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NEW CMs: BJP's Chief Minister-designate Manohar Lal Khattar (left) acknowledges greetings after being invited by the Governor to form the next government in Haryana. (Right) BJP party Chief Devendra Fadnavis celebrates with supporters after the party's victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election at the BJP office in Mumbai. Fadnavis is tipped to be the new CM of Maharashtra

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Proving the strength of Modi magic once again, the BJP has won historic victories in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections knocking the Congress out of power in both the States. The BJP performed an astounding feat in Haryana raising its tally to 47, an absolute majority, from the measly four seats it

had in the previous Assembly. Its vote share went up from a meager 9.05 per cent to 33.2 per cent this time. Manohar Lal Khattar, an RSS pracharak for long and a low-profile organization man, has been chosen to be the first BJP Chief Minister of Haryana.

In Maharashtra however, with 123 seats, the BJP fell 22 short of absolute majority.

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t's unfortunate that most United Nations' aims and goals come across as lofty, merely to be discussed by committees within committees sitting around elongated tables during the general assembly sessions. Last week saw only the concerned observing the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, another one of those seemingly unattainable goals of the world body, which sound good on paper - and perhaps in spirit - but so not a priority of any government, including those of the poor, underdeveloped nations.

On a philosophical level - and for that matter, if you are a believer of Hinduism's Karmic theory or even the Biblical belief that the poor will always be with us then eradication of poverty would simply be a non-issue. For condescending societies, the poor, at best, offer a feel-good factor that one can do charity to while holding on to their own good fortune. Nobody, whether in governments, the corporate, or even spiritual sectors want the end of poverty. Why else would the rich-poor gap keep widening despite all the "efforts"?

Are we really looking for solutions here or simply finding topical cures on the premise that poverty is but a disease?

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, that as many as 2.2 billion people live in poverty is no accident. It is the result of a series of deliberate and conscious decisions by key actors who have chosen to prioritize other goals, he says.

For the ruling elite and the rich, poverty is at the bottom rung of all power structures in society. So why would they ever want to wobble that structure by elevating the poor from their scourge? Naively enough, I wonder sometimes, as human beings, how much does one really need to live and if and when it would ever be "enough"? It's only when the rich, who are becoming richer every day, decide that they have enough, will the poor have a little more.

Charity is not a solution to poverty; it is the containment of greed of the rich.

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Minority govt plan in Maharashtra -As Shiv Sena plays hard to get representation in the new house.

Senior party leaders are claiming that with the support of these Independents and smaller or regional parties, the BJP could stake claim to form a minority government.

BJP sources also say that later, with the support of the NCP and the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi's three legislators, it would easily sail through the vote-of-confidence in the legislature.

The BJP has many reasons to give its erstwhile ally a snub, as Shiv Sena had viciously targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi during poll campaign.

Though there were reports about back channel talks between BJP and Shiv Sena over powersharing in the new dispensation, there was no official word from

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Proving the strength of Modi magic once again, the BJP has won historic victories in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections knocking the Congress out of power in both the States. The BJP performed an astounding feat in Haryana raising its tally to 47, an absolute majority, from the measly four seats it had in the previous Assembly. Its vote share went up from a meager 9.05 per cent to 33.2 per cent this time. Manohar Lal Khattar, an RSS pracharak for long and a low-profile organization man, has been chosen to be the first BJP Chief Minister of Haryana.

In Maharashtra however, with 123 seats, the BJP fell 22 short of absolute majority. The Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray bagged 63 seats and is demanding a lion's share of cabinet positions. Although the NCP of Sharad Pawar with 42 seats has offered unconditional support, the BJP is exploring all options and has put off

Newly elected BJP MLAs celebrate victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election at the BJP office in Mumbai on October 20

government formation till after Diwali. BJP's Maharashtra chief Devendra Fadnavis is most likely to be the choice for the Chief

Minister's post.

With the party appearing in no hurry to form the next government, there were reports that the BJP has

contacted over a dozen of the 18 Independents or newly-elected legislators from small and regional parties who have got single-digit

Khattar invited to form govt in Haryana CHANDIGARAH: Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has invited Manohar Lal Khattar, who has been unanimously elected as the next chief ministerelect of Haryana, to take oath of office on October 26.

A BJP delegation led by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and party vice president Dinesh Sharma, accompanied

by Khattar and other party leaders met Governor Solanki and handed over a letter reflecting the unanimous decision of choosing Khattar to be the next chief minister of the state.

He also added that the newly elected MLA from Prithla, Tek Chand Sharma, who had fought on a BSP ticket, has also lent his unconditional support to the BJP government and submitted a letter in this regard to the Governor.

Earlier, Khattar was unanimously elected by BJP MLAs to be their assembly leader in a meeting in Chandigarh.

Sixty-year-old Khattar won the assembly elections from the Karnal seat and has also been the Chairman of BJP's Haryana Election Campaign Committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

Contesting the Haryana Assembly polls on its own for the

first time, the BJP attained a majority by bagging 47 of the 90 assembly seats in the state.

The election came at a meeting of 47 newly-elected MLAs at the Chandigarh UT Guest House, party Vice President Dinesh Sharma, who attended the meeting along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu as

central observers, told reporters.

Khattar, a first-time MLA, has worked as an RSS Pracharak for 40 long years. Born in Rohtak district, he had contested the Assembly elections from Karnal. He won the Karnal seat with a margin of 63,736 votes. He is stated to be close to the Prime Minister and BJP Chief Amit Shah

Another aspirant for the post of Chief Minister Haryana BJP President Ram Bilas Sharma told reporters that he had proposed Khattar's name, which was seconded by several MLAs including another aspirant Abhimanyu and Prem Lata (wife of Birender Singh who joined the BJP from Congress recently).-Agencies

BJP leaders submitting to Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki a letter staking claim to form the Government at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on October 21

Newly elected BJP MP Pritam Munde and her sister Pankaja Munde celebrate their victroy at the party office in Mumbai on October 20

either side.

BJP leaders are peeved with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's demands. These have been made on record through the back door where the party has demanded a status equal to that of the BJP, were the two to form the government in the state together.

Sources say the Shiv Sena has demanded the home ministry, power, PWD, irrigation and many such important portfolios for themselves. It's as if the Sena wants all that it had when the party had formed a government with the BJP in 1995.

Back then, the Sena had the chief minister's post and other heavyweight portfolios. The BJP had the deputy CM portfolio.

However, in 1995, the Sena was just marginally ahead of the BJP in numbers.

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Indian-American gets Barron Prize for Young Heroes WASHINGTON: An IndianAmerican teenager from California is among the recipient of this year's prestigious Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

Kiran, age 16, of California, has received the prize for creation of Waste No Food, a free web-based service that links food donors with charities that feed the hungry.

His group has redistributed food to serve 100,000 meals and has kept thousands of pounds of food out of landfills, the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes said in a media release.

Each year, the Barron Prize honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive difference to

people and the planet.

The top fifteen winners each receive USD 5,000 to support their service work or higher education.

charities that feed the hungry.

In four years, his group has redistributed food to serve over 100,000 meals.

Kiran, created Waste No Food, a free, web-based service that efficiently links food donors with charities that feed the hungry.

In four years, his group has redistributed food to serve over 100,000 meals "I've learned that it's possible to make a difference in the world if one is committed," Kiran said.

Kiran, created Waste No Food, a free, web-based service that efficiently links food donors with

He began his work after volunteering at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, which serves three meals daily to anyone in need.

Researching the hunger prob-

Modi immune from human rights lawsuit in US WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is immune from the human rights violation lawsuit filed against him for his alleged role in 2002 communal riots

ernment, enjoys head of state immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts" in light of his current status.

As such "Modi is entitled to

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

"After a head of state or head of government leaves office, however, that individual generally retains residual immunity only for acts taken in an official capacity while in that position," the top US attorney of Indian origin said in Gujarat when he was the state's chief minister, the US has said.

US Attorney Preet Bharara told a federal court in New York that the Executive Branch of the US government "has determined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the sitting head of a foreign gov-

immunity from the jurisdiction of this Court over this suit," Bharara said in his submission before a US court.

The lawsuit against Modi was filed by the New York-based American Justice Center (AJC), a nonprofit human rights organiza-

tion, along with two survivors of the post-Godhra violence.

Bharara said under the customary international law principles accepted by the Executive Branch, head of state immunity attaches to a head of state's or head of government's status as the current holder of office.

"After a head of state or head of government leaves office, however, that individual generally retains residual immunity only for acts taken in an official capacity while in that position," the top US attorney of Indian origin said.

Bharara's submission to the US federal court comes in response to the AJC lawsuit.

In a statement, AJC said that it will contest the "Suggestion of Immunity" filed by the US administration in the Alien Tort case filed against Modi when he visited the US in September, 2014.

Modi has been widely accused by national and international human rights organizations for presiding over mass violence against Muslims which resulted in the killing of over 2,000 people and included mass rapes against minority women.

"We will challenge the suggestion of immunity by the US Government," said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, attorney for the AJC. "The suggestion by the US Department of State not only violates the US laws and established US policy on the issue of human rights violations but also violates several provisions of US Laws such as Human Rights Enforcement Act and International Religious Freedom Act," he said.-PTI

lem, Kiran learned that it's largely one of food distribution and that one third of all food in California is wasted.

He also began to better understand the science of wasted food and its effect on our landfills and methane emissions.

He resolved to help others see the food waste problem as both a humanitarian and an environmental one, the organizers said.

Kiran conceived of a simple system that would make use of

technology and allow donors to post available food to pre-approved charities who in turn, would claim it and pick it up.

"He has rallied 140 students at his high school to help sign-up food donors and make the system a rousing success, with others schools and community colleges eager to start their own chapters. For the past year, Kiran has been developing a mobile app for cell phone," Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes said.-PTI

Joshi credits workers at ground for BJP's victory KANPUR: Crediting party workers at the "ground zero" for the victory of BJP in Haryana and Maharashtra polls, senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi has said in any election a leader gives directions but workers at the ground ensure the victory.

Joshi also said that stigma of corruption attached with Congress in the two states led to its rout.

"Congress suffered defeat because of one family's corruption.

Both, Robert Vadra and Hooda's families were involved in corruption in Haryana," he told reporters.

In Maharashtra also, major scams done

by Congress leaders led to its defeat, he said.

Joshi congratulated party members for the win in the two states and said that the "sole reason for the victory was the contribution of the workers at the ground zero."

"BJP's victory in Haryana and

Maharashtra was a result of hard work by the party workers and organization on the ground level," he said.

"A leader gives the direction but it is the dedication of the workers at the ground level who makes the victory possible," he said.

Murli Manohar Joshi

Joshi also addressed the issue of the long-pending salaries of the workers of Lal Imli textile mill here.

"We have spoken to the Textile Ministry and pending salaries will be released before Diwali," he said.-PTI

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At present, the BJP has 122 seats, double the 63 seats that the Sena has. The ratio of portfolios then could at best be 2:1, it can't be 1:1, say BJP sources.

On its part, the Shiv Sena has also adopted a 'wait-and-watch' attitude while expressing readiness to sit in the opposition if the BJP failed to come up with an acceptable proposal for alliance.

Senior BJP leaders feel that if BJP forms a minority government, Sena wouldn't have the courage to pull it down at least in the immediate future.

If they dare to do that, the Sena will lose its voice at the Centre and the BJP will pull out of the alliance it has in the powerful Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Control over BMC gives Sena the real clout in Mumbai.

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Anti-India march call divides Kashmiri groups in UK LONDON: Kashmiri campaign groups in the UK are divided over a planned anti-India rally here to highlight the Kashmir issue with some groups dismissing it as being against the interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The so-called 'Million March' planned from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street on October 26 is being led by Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry.

While his group claims overwhelming support from various communities, others have dismissed it as against the "national interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir".

India has raised with Britain its concerns about the planned rally here.

The matter was taken up by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during her talks with Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in London last week.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin in New Delhi said the British side

maintained that matters between India and Pakistan should be best addressed and resolved by the two countries.

Dr Shabir Choudhry, spokesperson for the Kashmir National

Party and director of the Institute of Kashmir Affairs, said "They are spending huge amounts of money to try and get people to attend. I had a phone call from an old friend in Halifax (west Yorkshire, En-

NSA favors talks to solve all problems with Pak NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of Pakistan's enhanced pitch on Kashmir and escalation of border firing, India has said all problems with the country can be addressed through talks but asserted that it cannot be taken for granted.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said India will keep cred-

through talks. I don't think of any problem that cannot be resolved through negotiations," he said delivering an address on "The Munich Security Conference" here.

His comments came against the backdrop of Pakistan's increased pitch lately to internationalize the Kashmir issue and ceasefire vio-

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval

ible and effective deterrence to deal with terrorism while pushing for a joint international effort to deal with the menace.

He also emphasized that India wants friendly ties with China without compromising on territorial sovereignty.

"We would like to resolve our problems through negotiations,

lations on International Border and Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

Referring to terrorism emanating from Pakistan, he said India would like to have an "effective deterrence" which is "credible" and "be seen that India cannot be taken for granted and its legitimate rights cannot be trampled upon

and "becomes an instrument of stability in the region".

He underlined the policy of having friendly relations with all neighbors and said India's economic progress could bring the regional countries together.

"I think developing better relations with neighborhood is important. India's economic development could bind together the region which could see a vested interest that India's growth will bring more opportunities and they should not feel undermined," he said.

Turning to China whose troops have been indulging in incursions across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), he said India considers it as "a very important neighbor" with "we have had good relations for centuries".

Observing that there had been "some bad experience in 1962 (when China waged war)", the NSA said, "But there is lot space for economic cooperation and commerce. I would like to develop our relations to such an extent till the time our territorial and integral sovereignty...we would not able to compromise on it. We should sit together and resolve our boundary dispute amicably."

He added that India was deeply concerned with the threats emanating from the cyber space and maritime security.-PTI

gland) who said that after the Friday prayer it was announced that free coaches and free food will be provided for volunteers who attend the march."

"It is an attempt to divert at-

tention from the problems of people living on the Pakistani side, and give it a religious touch, which will further divide the people of Jammu and Kashmir on religious and ethnic lines," he said.

The date of the march, October 26, has also been highlighted as significant for pro-Pakistan groups as it was on this date in 1947 that the last ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India.

The organizers stressed that the "peaceful march" is intended as a protest against the "atrocities in the region".

"It is not anti or pro any country. It is simply about people in Britain raising their voice against injustice," said Majid Chaudhry, the organizer of the 'Million March'.

The group also intends to hand over a petition to British Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street at the end of the march.-PTI

China, India to set up military hotlines BEIJING: India and China have agreed to step up engagements between their militaries by setting up hotlines between the army headquarters and establish new border meeting posts to address incidents of incursions like the one in Ladakh area last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry has said.

During last week's Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) held in New Delhi, both sides held candid, amicable and constructive consultations and reached the broad consensus on measures safeguarding peace and stability of the border area, Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said here.

"Both sides agreed to establish regular meeting mechanism between the two military headquarters of neighboring military areas and border troops, to set up new border meeting posts in the border areas between the two countries, set up hotlines between military headquarters of two sides," she said.

The consensus fully demonstrates strong willingness and positive attitude between two countries in properly dealing with the differences and safeguarding stability of border through cooperation, Hua told a

media briefing.

"We also believe these measures will help to build communication and connections between two militaries especially the two border troops and will help the two sides to properly deal with border affairs," she said.

"The stable and sound development of China and India relations serves the fundamental interests of the two countries. We would like to make efforts to properly deal with border related affairs through consultations and maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas," she said.

Hua said during two-day meeting from October 16, officials of foreign and defense ministries of the two sides spoke highly of the proper settlement through friendly consultations the stalemate in the western section of the China-India border, indirectly referring to the standoff at Chumar in Ladakh region coinciding with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

It finally ended after hectic talks with both sides withdrawing to positions they held on September 1, 2014.

Both agreed to proceed from overall interests in safeguarding peace and tranquility in the borders between the two countries so as to create favorable conditions for the development of bilateral relations, she said.-PTI

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India's efforts at UN for 'International Yoga Day' UNITED NATIONS: India has initiated efforts to have June 21 commemorated each year as the 'International Day of Yoga' at the United Nations, aiming to bring to fruition the idea floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly last month.

Underscoring the widespread recognition and popularity of the ancient Indian practice, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India here Prakash Gupta said the Indian delegation has initiated steps to proclaim 21st of June each year as the 'International Day of Yoga' at the world body.

"While India is considered as the birthplace of innumerable sports since ancient times, Yoga offers a holistic approach to health and well being globally, and is one of the several concrete manifestations of globalization, that through the exchange of best practices, promotes better individual lifestyles, which are devoid of excesses of all kinds," Gupta told a UN General Assembly session on 'Sports for Peace and Development' here.

Addressing the 193-member UN body last month, Modi had

asked the world leaders to adopt an International Yoga Day saying that by changing lifestyle and cre-

culture of healthy lifestyle through regular physical exercise has been recognized by the Indian

ating consciousness, Yoga can help deal with climate change.

Gupta called on UN member and observers states along with UN agencies to collectively join in India's efforts of making the Indian Prime Minister's initiative a "success."

Yoga is the 5,000-year-old Indian physical, mental and spiritual practice that aim to transform body and mind.

Gupta noted that fostering a

government as a national health priority particularly since the country is going through a period

Terror strike can't be ruled out: Rajnath NEW DELHI: The possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here.

"No possibility can be ruled out. We cannot ignore terror activities. Hence alerts are issued," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

Singh was replying to a question on whether there is a possibility of a terror attack during the festival season.

Asked about the advisory issued by the Home Ministry telling all states to ensure security in places of worship and communally sensitive places during festival season, the Home Minister said such advisories are being issued regularly on the basis of the information receive by the government.

"We issue regular alerts. We issue alerts on the basis of whatever information we get," he said.

In an advisory, the ministry said that the country has recently witnessed communal incidents in

many places during the festivals of Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja.

It also said that communal atmosphere was strained in some states during Bakrid over issues related to animal sacrifice.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Since the Diwali/Kali Puja will be celebrated on October 23, it is necessary that continued vigil and proper security arrangements are made at places of worship during observance of the festival especially in the communally hyper sensitive/sensitive areas to prevent communal disturbances, the advisory said.-PTI

of rapid urbanization and consequent loss of open green spaces.

Highlighting the recent spurt in sporting engagements in India, he said the huge success of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has transformed cricket's popularity and visibility.

Developed on the pattern of the English Premier League for Football, IPL is considered India's most profitable and popular sporting league and has generated employment and revenues for upcoming athletes/players, sporting associations and companies, he said.

"India is now using this format to encourage traditional sports like Kabaddi and modern established sports such as Badminton and Hockey," Gupta said.

India welcomed the observance of the First International Day of Sports for Development and Peace on April 6 this year, saying the commemoration would further promote sports as a catalyst for bringing people together.

The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and Trans Stadia have signed a 10-year Alliance Agreement to restructure and popularize the Collegiate sports format.

The pact aims to give further impetus to the spirit of peace, education and development through sport and provides a platform for aspiring young sporting talent to prove their mettle, Gupta said.-PTI

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Hindus in Pak demand holiday, Diwali aid ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's minority Hindu community leaders have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to accept their demand for a public holiday on Diwali and announce a special aid package for them on the festival.

Pakistan Hindu Council Patron-in-Chief Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, also a ruling party legislator, said that grant of a holiday will help reduce the community's sense of deprivation.

"We are patriotic Pakistanis and it is our constitutional right to have a public holiday on our annual festival," he told The Express Tribune.

Vankwani said he would raise the issue

in the National Assembly. "No political party is interested in resolving the issues of minority communities in Pakistan," he said.

He said official holiday is observed on Diwali in over 10 countries including Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Singapore, Fiji, India and Bangladesh while in Pakistan Hindus who do not attend offices on that day are marked absent.

Diwali will be celebrated on October 23.

The Pakistan People's Party-led government had introduced a package of Rs 10, 00,000 for each Hindu lawmaker for distrib-

uting among their communities on Diwali.

Vankwani said the PML-N government led by Prime Minister Sharif should continue the tradition. He said the government should ask all public and private organizations to offer packages and advanced salaries to Hindus on Diwali.

Scheduled Caste Rights Movement Pakistan Chairman and Director Hare Rama Foundation Ramesh Jaipal said that the announcement of a public holiday is a must to make Hindus feel that they are part of the society in this country.

He said Hindus were among the most underprivileged groups in Pakistan and therefore needed special attention of the

government.

"The government should announce an economic package for Hindus on Diwali, as it does during Ramazan," he said.

"Yousaf Raza Gilani was the first prime minister to congratulate the Hindu community on Diwali. We expect it from the incumbent government too," he added.-PTI

Indian-American indicted for violating cash reporting WASHINGTON: An Indian-American perfume trader from Texas has been indicted by a federal court on charges of failing to report over 40 cash transactions exceeding USD 10,000, which totaled more than USD 1.6 million.

The accused, Virender Sharma, who is owner and president of a wholesale and retail perfume store in Laredo in Texas, has been indicted on 44 counts, US Attorney of the Southern District of Texas, Kenneth Magidson said.

The indictment claimed that Sharma, 59, was responsible for complying with the cash reporting requirements for the company.

Despite knowing of his filing obligations since 2006, Sharma allegedly caused the business to fail to report in at least 44 cash transactions exceeding USD 10,000, between June 2009 and July 2010, which totaled more than USD 1.6 million, the indictment alleged.-PTI

Govt to merge NSEL with Financial Technologies NEW DELHI: The government has decided to merge National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), which is embroiled in a Rs 5,600 crore payment crisis, with its holding group Financial Technologies.

The crisis-hit NSEL is promoted by Jignesh Shah-led Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. Issuing a draft order for the proposed merger, the government said the move has been decided upon in "public interest".

"The central government has decided on the merger of NSEL with its holding company FTIL, in public interest under Section 396 of the Companies Act, 1956," the Corporate Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

Further, the government has sought comments from members of the two companies as well as the creditors on the draft order.

"All due procedures in this regard shall be followed. The members of the two companies, its creditors may provide suggestions/objections within a period of 60 days," the Ministry said.

The Ministry has the responsibility of implementing the companies law.-PTI

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CHICAGO: The Indian American Republican Organization (IARO) organized one of the largest gatherings of Indian American business leaders and business owners gala and dinner on October 12 at the India House Banquets in Schaumburg, IL. IARO is a grass root organization which works to recruit, elect and support candidates at the city, State and National elections who share the Conservative philosophies of family values, lower taxes and economic prosperity.

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Practical reasons for why we should support Peter Kuo DR ROMESH JAPRA

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AAPI's Healthcare Summit to be held in Mumbai India Post News Service

OAK BROOK, IL: The 9th annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) 2015, organized by the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, will be held at the prestigious Trident Oberoi Hotel, Nariman Point, Mumbai, India from January 2nd to 4th, 2015, Dr. Ravi Jahagirdar, President of AAPI, announced here.

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New Chief optimistic over Air India performance ABDUL SIDDIQUI

CHICAGO: The new assignments for Nakul Singh Chand, coming from New Delhi as Midwest Manager for Air India, and Rishikant Singh moving up to new assignment in New York as Regional Manager America could not have been better timed as both are greeted with a code-sharing partnership with Air Canada.

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ecently, I submitted my proud endorsement of Mr. Peter Kuo for State Senator, District 10. I wrote of a great family man, one who has lived "The American Dream" and one who has built businesses from the ground up, creating jobs, managing budgets and having to live within means. California could take a few lessons from my friend Peter.

Today, I'm writing to discuss more practical reasons as to why I'm supporting Peter Kuo. In the last few weeks, I've had the great opportunity to follow his campaign closer and see just how much Peter is really needed in Sacramento. He recognizes that small businesses are such an important mechanism for job creation, but sometimes in California, people feel you almost have to be wealthy just to start a new company. Therefore Peter is proposing a moratorium on the franchise tax to start up a small business. New York State has done something similar and has seen an increase in small businesses in this once very unfriendly business environment.

Often maligned, larger companies like Tesla need help too. In September of 2014, Tesla announced that instead of building its new battery factory in Califor-

CHICAGO: Members of the Indian community at large in Chicagoland and across the USA have accorded an unqualified welcome to the news that the upcoming $630 million Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD) museum will have Hindu Dancing Shiva statue in its permanent collection.

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in tax breaks that Nevada offered Tesla will result in enhanced revenue for years to come that will

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state for corporations if for no other reason than because it does not have the overbearing regulations that California has, sometimes causing a company years worth of delays in building.

Tesla's CEO Elon Musk was quick to cite this. The $1.2 billion

help with public safety, education, and infrastructure.

Peter recognizes the intertwined issues of crime, poverty, and the economy along with education. He realizes we need a booming economy to bring in the much needed tax revenue to fund

our schools. Kids living in poverty cannot possible get a good education, and many live in crime ridden neighborhoods.

Speaking of Crime, AB 109, championed by legislatures like Peter's opponent Bob Wieckowski has allowed dangerous criminals back on the street and out of prison early. Crime statewide has gone up since the passing of AB 109. Peter will assure that any prison reform to ease the stress on overcrowded prisons will not included such drastic measures.

Peter will protect commuters who rely on BART from dangerous BART union strikes. BART is not just a convenient means of public transit, but an important way of protecting our environment, an important way for teachers and public safety workers to travel, and a necessary vehicle for those disabled to get to work or school.

Peter will put commuters first.

Peter will assure that college admission is based on merit, not race and will fight any further attempt to bring back SCA-5, a bill that would drastically impact Asian and Indo-American college admissions to the UC and California State School system by punishing those over-performing groups.

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FIA Diwali & Raas Garba with Celina Jaitly India Post News Service

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nia, perhaps even in our district, that it would build in Nevada.

Nevada, already a much friendlier

FREMONT: India Post has invited all to the Diwali Festival, Fireworks and Raas Garba with Bollywood celebrity Celina Jaitly being organized by Federation of Indo Americans of North California (FIA) in association with Fremont Hindu Temple. Building on last year's success, this year Diwali, the festival of lights will be held in sprawling Alameda County Fair Grounds in Pleasanton, California on Saturday, October 25. Come and join

thousands of people in the only Diwali festival with spectacular fireworks and a laser show.

Diwali celebrations will include: • Spectacular Wells Fargo fireworks & laser show at 8 pm • Dandiya with Bollywood Celebrity Celina Jaitly 8:30 pm11:30 pm Raffle for two return tickets to India

by Etihad Airlines • Dazzling Parade by Life OK at 6 pm • "Bharat Yatra" showcasing culture and ethnic heritage from all over India • All day long cultural programs and kids contests • Jewelry, Clothes and Food booths • Concert by Harjeet Mehndi 5-7 pm • Kids talent show and animal rides For details visit Fiaonline.org.

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IARO hosts Indian American business leaders MADHU PATEL

CHICAGO: The Indian American Republican Organization (IARO) organized one of the largest gatherings of Indian American business leaders and business owners gala and dinner on October 12 at the India House Banquets in Schaumburg, IL. IARO is a grass root organization which works to recruit, elect and support candidates at the city, State and National elections who share the Conservative philosophies of family values, lower taxes and economic prosperity.

Close to 400 Indian American leaders gathered to network and discuss ideas on how to jump start our economy and fix the issues plaguing the State of Illinois. The event was widely attended by both local and State elected officials as well as Senators, Congressmen and Governor Candidates. Unlike other organizations, IARO events are free to attend and all expenses are paid directly by the organization.

In attendance were US Senator Mark Kirk, State Senate minority leader Christine Rodagno, GOP Governor Candidate Bruce Rauner, US Senate candidate Jim Oberweis, Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider, Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman and Illi-

Indian community members at IARO Gala gathering

nois Chamber of Commerce CEO, Todd Maisch.

Also in attendance were leaders of the Indian American Medical Association, pharmacy groups, small business owners as well as executives from Fortune 500 firms. Local elected officials from Schaumburg, Maine Township, Naperville, Aurora and Dupage and Cook counties also came to the meeting IARO board member Nimish Bhatt opened the event with his

welcome remarks and emphasized: "The candidates that we elect in the upcoming election will determine the future of Illinois."

IARO Board member Anuraag Bhargava outlined a new mission for IARO for the next election and to ensure politicians remain true to their word.

Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman praised the Indian American community and applauded their contribution. Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider

Students learn about Hinduism at Grayslake temple SURI SWAMY

CHICAGO: The Hindu Temple of Lake County in Grayslake has blossmed out of its traditional label of a place for worship and rituals with avowedly seeking to create awareness about essence of Sanatan Dharma not only among Hindus but also among members of the communtiy at large Iit is in this context that stu-

dents from schools and colleges in the Lake County area visit the temple for getting first hand feel about this oldest world relgion Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma. As indicated by teachers of world religions class, their students get a real sense of Hinduism when they take time to go to local temples, Sikh Gurdwara or Jain temple.

It was in this conext that a large group of 125 students from the Lake Forest Academy with five teachers visited the temple on Wenesday October 15 to see, as put by Geetha Patil, a spokesperson, Hindu deities, observe Hindu rituals, and get their doubts and questions answered by knowledgeable people.

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said, "I have always stood by the Indian American community and I see a community of giving, a

group of professionals and entrepreneurs.

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Wells Fargo lights up Diwali by bringing in Smiles India Post News Service

FREMONT: Wells Fargo & Company is lighting up Diwali with community celebrations and partnerships throughout the country.

In addition to supporting Diwali Festivals and other events across the country, Wells Fargo is working to help bring smiles during the New Year by collaborating with Operation Smile to provide free surgeries for children in India born with cleft lip and cleft palate.

Until Oct. 26, Wells Fargo will donate $3 to Operation Smile, an international children's medical charity, for every Wells Fargo ExpressSend®money transfer to India from an eligible account.

Wells Fargo will make a $25,000 minimum donation to Operation Smile with a maximum donation of $50,000. More information about the collaboration is available at www.wellsfargo.com/diwalismiles.

Wells Fargo knows that many families send money to loved ones in India to celebrate Diwali, and the company offers a $0 transfer fee for ExpressSend®customers sending more than $500 to India from an eligible Wells Fargo account.

Also, new ExpressSend® customers with an eligible Wells Fargo account receive a $0 transfer fee on their first transfer when they sign up and send money from their account by December 31, 2014.

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Students of Grayslake School with Priest Pandit Anil Joshi

MILPITAS, CA: Brahma Kumaris Silicon Valley Meditation Center, Milpitas will celebrate Diwali on Saturday, October 25 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Jain C e n t e r, 7 2 2 S . M a i n St . , Milpitas, CA 95035. Dinner will be served from 6 pm to 6:45 pm.

All families are invited to join

and experience lightness & joy with Live Entertainment, an ins p i r a t i o n a l Ta l k b y S i s t e r Kusum on "Igniting Light Wi t h i n U s " , f o l l o w e d b y Guided Meditation, Candle Lighting Ceremony, Prasad & Blessings. Admission is free but, RSVP is required.

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AAPI's Healthcare Summit to be held in Mumbai OAK BROOK, IL: The 9th annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) 2015, organized by the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, will be held at the prestigious Trident Oberoi Hotel, Nariman Point, Mumbai, India from January 2nd to 4th, 2015, Dr. Ravi Jahagirdar, President of AAPI, announced

largest sectors, in terms of revenue and employment, at present and for the future. India is making significant improvements in the healthcare infrastructure and is building modern medical facilities throughout India. Indian doctors have made tremendous progress in the 21st century and India is now being hailed as a medical tourism hub.

At the same time, hundreds of millions suffer and die as a result of lack of access to healthy living

here.

The Summit to be held in collaboration with the and Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs & Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) Indian Surgical Association, in addition to other national and international organizations and will have participation from some of the world's most well-known physicians and industry leaders, he added.

Healthcare in India is one of the

conditions or effective health care provisions in many parts of the world, particularly in India. "The coming together of so many of us today is to share our responsibility to the entire community, and help to give support and comfort particularly in the time of despair" Dr. Jahagirdar said.

This innovative Summit is aimed at advancing the concept of accessibility, affordability and the quality of world-class healthcare to the people of India to the realm of reality. Among other

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areas, the Summit will focus on prevention, diagnosis, treatment options and share ways to truly improve healthcare transcending global boundaries.

An AAPI Team is on his way to Mumbai for yet another visit to coordinate efforts with local organizers to have the Summit flawlessly executed and that it exceeds its objectives to deliver outstanding programs geared towards enhancing skills, providing training and enabling exchange of ideas and best practices between leading experts from several countries to achieve this desired goal for all people of India.

"AAPI USA has been engaged in harnessing the power of Indian Diaspora to bring the most innovative, efficient, cost effective healthcare solutions to India," Dr. Seema Jain, President-Elect of AAPI, said. "With the changing trends and statistics in healthcare both in India and US, we are refocusing our mission and vision of GHS2015. AAPI would like to make a positive and meaningful impact on the healthcare in India. For the first time, clinical practice workshops and Research Competition will be held at this summit," she added.

According to Dr. Ajay Lodha, Vice President of AAPI, the Summit has also already attracted several India based professional associations. In addition, several international healthcare industry partners are looking for opportunities to participate in this event for greater collaboration on Research & Development and philanthropic engagements.

According to Dr. Gautam Samadder, Secretary of AAPI,

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Republican Party stands for lower taxes, less wasteful spending, a booming economy, term limits and quality of education for our kids and that's what I know you stand for."

Todd Maisch, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce expressed his desire to work with IARO and Indian Americans moving forward. "Nimish Jani introduced Bruce Rauner, describing him as the right choice for Illinois and a friend of Indian-Americans: "As a son of Swedish immigrants, Bruce understands the issues faced by immigrants."

Bruce Rauner gave a fiery

speech that brought the crowd to their feet in appreciation and applause: "I promise you today that if I am elected as your next Governor I will work with Indian American community, I will work to create jobs in Illinois and increase trade with the largest democracy in the world, India."

Illinois Senate minority leader Christine Rodagno pledged her support to IARO and the Indian community.

One of the biggest cheerleaders for the Indian-American cause has been Mark Kirk. He described his positive expertise working with Indian leaders over military and defense cooperation and the campaign against terrorism: "When I

look out at this crowd, I see winners. India is a rising country full of winners. The Republican Party would be a lot more interesting with more Indian Americans."

Bruce Rauner's running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti identified with the challenges and aspiration of Indian immigrants. Dr Umang Patel and K Amin too addressed the gathering. IARO board member Prajesh Patel thanked the IARO board members in making this event a tremendous success.

IARO plans to organize similar events in other areas of Greater Chicago in the near future to foster greater ties with elected leaders and to elevate the roles if Indian Americans in shaping our future.

"The scientific program of GHS is developed by leading experts with contributions by the Scientific Advisory Board and the International Scientific Committee on topics such as Trauma & Head Injury, Cardiology, Maternal and Child Health, Diabetes, Oncology, Surgery, Mental Health, Immunology & Lung Health, HIT, Allergy and the Impact of Co-morbidities. " In addition, the Summit will feature plenary sessions, interactive

round tablets, clinical practice workshops, and meet the expert sessions, along with scientific poster sessions that will facilitate dissemination and exchange of best practices.

"As part of the CEO Forum in Mumbai, CEOs from around the world from hospitals, teaching institutions and major healthcare sectors, including pharmaceutical, medical devices and technology, will join to explore potential opportunities for collaboration," Dr. Naresh Parikh, Treasurer of AAPI

said.

Providing the background to the Summit, Dr. Ajeet Singhvi, Chairman, Board of Trustees, said, "This international health care summit is a progressive transformation from the first Indo-US Healthcare Summit launched by AAPI USA in 2007."

Since then, AAPI has organized seven Indo-US/Global Healthcare Summits and developed strategic alliances with various organizations. It is these learning and relationships that have now enabled us to plan ahead and prepare for an outstanding event that has already received confirmation and endorsement from dozens of very prominent and talented physicians and surgeons that are very passionate about serving their homeland, Mother India.

Invited guests of honor & chief patrons include Past President of India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Health Minister of India, Governor of the State of Maharashtra, and Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai. In addition, multiple renowned glamour personalities from Bollywood and Literary fields are expected to attend.

Dr. Jahagirdar urged all AAPI members to come and be a part of this noble initiative of AAPI that impacts the lives of millions of Indians. "The enthusiastic responses from local organizers and healthcare professionals from across India clearly demonstrated the credibility and appreciation for the commitment of AAPI and its members. Join this great effort, register now for the memorable event, and make the 2015 GHS in Mumbai a tremendous success."

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Instead Peter will focus on making sure every kid graduates high school ready for college or their further career, so that such racial discrimination will not even be discussed. He will also fight against any of the future plans of the legislature to promote "Affirmative Action" in the work place. We need to keep Silicon Valley filled with the greatest talent on earth… ability is what should count, not race!

Finally, while Peter will most certainly promote an "all of the above" energy plan, he will not vote for added gas taxes as his opponent has. In January 2015, gas tax is expected to increase up to 40 cents per gallon.

Workers in SD-10 cannot afford

that, and we need to be careful not to implement such measures while there is not a viable every day alternative for middle class workers.

When electric cards, hybrids etc are more affordable, then we can talk about cutting down on gas.

A reminder, one half of a billion people voted for our new Prime Minister in India in the recent election. We need to take matters into our own hands and assure proper representation in Sacramento by a man who will truly represent every family in our district. Peter's outreach to every community, every political affiliate in the district has been unprecedented. I urge you to vote for Peter Kuo for Senator, and give him the honor of representing your family in Sacramento.

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New Chief optimistic over Air India performance ABDUL SIDDIQUI

CHICAGO: The new assignments for Nakul Singh Chand, coming from New Delhi as Midwest Manager for Air India, and Rishikant Singh moving up to new assignment in New York as Regional Manager America could not have been better timed as both are greeted with a code-sharing partnership with Air Canada.

Air India now has service to India from Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, St. Johns, Toronto and Vancouver. All flights to Europe and the Far East are non-stop on Air Canada aircraft, and then via continuing service on Air India Boeing 777s or 787 Dreamliners to India. From the Air India Delhi hub, one can make seamless connections to over 50 other cities across India, according to Nakul Chand.

In a talk to this paper, Nakul Chand said that with a non-stop daily flight from Chicago to New Delhi that offered seamless connections to all major cities in the Indian sub-continent, Air India held an unbeatable edge over the

competitors.

Etihaad was among the big challengers along with American Airlines. Whilst American Airlines

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has stopped flying non-stop to India, Etihaad operates its flight with a stopover in the Middle East.

Recent entrants in this market are Qatar and Emirates. Travel agents

share that some of the competing carriers try to lure the passengers by offering cheaper fares and attractive incentives. However, Air India is able to fend off competition by offering competitive fares.

According to Nakul Chand the Air India flight occupancy is well maintained and with its quality services and choices of food for traveling public, it will continue to have an edge over the rivals.

Nakul Singh Chand, an MBA-Marketing, joined Air India 27 years ago in Mumbai in 1987 and oversaw the entire cargo export activities at the International Airport at Mumbai for four years at an operational level. Besides Air India's own flights, he also supervised the cargo operations of over 20 foreign airlines that were handled by Air India.

From 1991-2003 he headed the Anand and Vadodara stations of Air India in Gujarat registering

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Anand Upadhyaya and Prabhakar Joshi usually give the tour of the temple to students and answer their questions.

Anand Upadhyaya gave them an elaborate tour and answered all their questions accurately and methodically with lots of day today examples. Temple priest Pandit Anil Joshi welcomed the students warmly and requested them to participate in the Archana and Maha Mangalarati and blessed all the students for their academic success, bright future and pros-

perity, become good citizens, and maintain peace, harmony, and love to humanity with prasadam.

Dr. Harsh Kumar, the president, appreciated the teachers for bringing their students to the temple and getting first hand information. He said that for starters, a visit to a Hindu temple can be helpful in understanding the way Hindus worship their deities, decorating them elegantly, and chanting scared hymns. This would help shatter the usual myth created by many books depicting Hinduism as an antiquted form of worhsip to

monkey , elephant gods and the likes.

It should not be deemed a religion confined to the Indian subcontinent but is essentially a world religion with its universal appeal and preachings. In the United States, the diverse and universal aspects of Hinduism are reflected in the plethora of temples representing numerous worship traditions as well as cultural beliefs, Dr. Harsh pointed out. He also assured teachers that his team and he will be available to answer their questions regarding Hindu religion any time.

blistering revenue growth and set sales records despite stiff competition from numerous carriers.

From 2003-2005, he was heading the Marketing, Pricing and special promotions division of Commercial HQ at Mumbai for the Asia Pacific region. This required monitoring of performance of the stations in the region, activities of competitors, capacity deployment, and the timely launch of special

with his hard work and dedication.

New code shares with Malaysia Airlines between Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, and multiple daily codeshare operations with Singapore Airlines from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to India via Singapore were charted successfully during his tenure.

Chand has worked in Air India HQ in Mumbai and Delhi with the Executive Director - Sales & Mar-

In a talk to this paper, Nakul Chand said that with a non-stop daily flight from Chicago to New Delhi that offered seamless connections to all major cities in the Indian sub-continent, Air India held an unbeatable edge over the competitors fares and incentives to compete favorably.

On a challenging overseas assignment as Manager-Australia and Fiji from 2005-2009, he engineered a sales and marketing coup by increasing revenues threefold

keting of the Commercial Dept for over five years before taking charge as Manager - Midwest. He succeeds Rishikant Singh who was picked for the new assignment in New York as Regional Manager - Americas.

Amazon urged to remove leggings carrying Hindu gods HARISH RAO

CHICAGO: Huge protests by a cross section of Indian community members asking the world's largest online retailer Amazon.com to immediately withdraw women's leggings that carried images of various Hindu gods and goddesses seem to have paid dividend.

Amazon.com, the online retailer headquartered in Seattle, has removed the women's leggings carrying images of various Hindu gods and goddesses from its website within 24 hours after Hindus protested. The products were sold on its website Indians had called this type of marketing highly inappropriate, disgusting and hurting their religious beliefs Madhu Patel president of NRI Press Club , Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism, and Sohanlal Joshi president of National Federation f Indian Associations in America, said that Hindu gods and goddesses were highly revered in Hinduism and were meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to be worn around one's legs,

crotch and hips.

Asking Amazon.com to offer a formal apology, Rajan said that

any inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees.

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Interfaith Meet creates awareness about religions THAKAR BASATI

CHICAGO: "Who is my neighbor?" was the topic of an Interfaith Gathering hosted jointly by Brother David Darst Center, First Lutheran Church of the Trinity and the Office of Spiritual Life and Service Learning at ITT on October 15 at Darst Center in Bridgeport.

Enjoyable part was, they invited people from normal everyday life from different faiths. Maria Alicia Ibarra from Lutheran-Eleca,

Melissa Naiman from Jewish, Iman Kort from Islam, Norm J.Volpe from Roman Catholic and Professor Jagindar Singh Ramdev represented Sikh faith.

There were set of five questions. How does your religion impact your day to day life? Would your life have looked different without your faith? Why is your religious pathway the right one for you? What makes your place of

(L to R) Maria Alicia Ibarra, Melissa Naiman, Iman Kort, Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev and Norm J Volpe

worship different or unique from other faith traditions; what draws you to your place of worship?

What role does conversion and proselytization play in your faith; is it important to share your religion with others? What are some religious practices that you engage in as a unique aspect of your faith tradition, such as: prayers, ceremonies, rituals, special celebrations, etc.?

Each representative answered and shed light as per their religion. It was timed. The Moderator did a good job keeping track of questions. After the initial presentation, public was encouraged in question answer session. Some

people were surprised from answers given by Prof. Ramdev on behalf of Sikh religion because some have never heard of Sikh religion. They have seen pictures of turbaned people but no idea about what religious ideology they have.

It was eye opening for most of them because most people from audience lived nearby and have no interaction with Sikhs. Some showed interest in visiting Gurdwara, (Sikh place of worship).

They really liked the idea of fresh prepared free food. Another interfaith conference is slated at Palatine Gurughar on November 15 and all are invited.

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Hinduism, said Madhu Patel is among the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken lightly. Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled, Rajan Zed pointed out.

Any trivialization of Hindu gods and goddesses was disturbing to the Hindus world over, Joshi said. Hindus were for free artistic expression and speech as much as anybody else if not more. But faith was something sacred and attempts at trivializing it hurt the followers, Zed added.

Products that Hindu devotees

are finding objectionable include 11 women's leggings carrying images of Ganesh, Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Muruga, Bajrang Bali, Rama, Radha-Krishna, Kali, etc., priced at $48-$52 each; two drawstring pants carrying images of Ganesh and Shiva, priced at $29.95 each; Ganesha gathered waist yoga pant priced at $62.00; four sneaker shoelace decorations to tie with shoelaces carrying images of Vishnu and Durga, priced at $4.99 each.

Amazon.com, Inc., a Fortune 500 company founded in 1994, claims to offer "Earth's Biggest Selection" and "strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company". Jeffrey P. Bezos is President.

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Lord Shiva statue in Louvre Abu Dhabi CHICAGO: Members of the Indian community at large in Chicagoland and across the USA have accorded an unqualified welcome to the news that the upcoming $630 million Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD) museum will have Hindu Dancing Shiva statue in its permanent collection.

This tenth century lost-wax bronze from Tamil Nadu (India) of Chola period, 86 centimeters high, has been in the collection of National Gallery of Australia in Canberra till 2009. A video posted on the LAD website explains the meaning behind various parts of the statue.

Claimed to be "a unique and universal museum", LAD is Abu Dhabi's collaboration with Musee du Louvre of Paris and "will present major objects from the fields of ar-

chaeology, fine arts and decorative arts".

A superb example of Indian Chola-period bronze casting, this statue represents the Hindu deity Shiva in an iconographic form known as Nataraja, or Lord of the Dance. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva, along with Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu, forms the great triad of Hindu deities. Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.

Sohan Joshi president of National Fed-

Lord Shiva as Natraj at LAD Museum

eration of Indian Associations said that the Museum needs to add more Hindu artifacts in Museum collections. Madhu Patel, president of NRI Press Club mentioned that the Art had a long and rich tradition in India and ancient Sanskrit literature talked about religious paintings of deities on wood or cloth. Prof Anant Rawal, a Baroda University Sanskrit scholar now settled in USA, said that the Hinduism is the oldest religion of the world and has millions of followers across the world.

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Tribute to RD Burman in St Louis DEEPIKA GHOSH

ST LOUIS: A St Louis based business firm that periodically organizes cultural events as well, Seema Enterprises brought back the glorious memories of late RD Burman, on his 75th birth anniversary, with a musical concert themed 'A tribute to legend R.D Burman.'

The event on Oct 12 at Clayton High School had Bollywood's renowned singers Mahalaxmi Iyer, Jolly Mukherjee with the talented Bishak Jyoti and Shreyashi of Saregama fame and one of the finest live orchestras from Bollywood. Over 300 mu-

sic lovers from across St Louis metropolitan area had come to enjoy the concert and were overwhelmed with the nostalgic memories of Burman's most popular melodies rendered by talented artists for three hours.

RD Burman, lovingly known as Pancham Da, is the man who revolutionized Bollywood music with his unique compositions. He was deeply influenced by Western, Latin, Oriental and Arabic music genres.

Many of his scores have a mix of electronic rock, disco and jazz elements. Pancham incorporated a wide range of these influences, Singers at RD Burman Tribute concert in St Louis

delivering some of the biggest all-time hits including Chura Liya Hai, Mehbooba Mehbooba, Bahon Mein Chale Aao, Tum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya Hai, Aap Ki Ankhon Mein Kuch and O Mere Dil Ke Chain among many others.

Comments from viewers on this great show were exhilarating, said Ashwin Patel, one of the organizers, and this would induce them to host shows lie this in the future as well. Trupti Sharma echoed the sentiment of all when she observed that "it was awesome with singers bringing back memories of timeless beautiful Hindi songs! I loved the show...do again!

Explaining healthcare to Muslim Americans SURENDRA ULLAL

CHICAGO: With the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace just a few weeks away, it is considered important that Chicago's Muslim American immigrant community members understand their insurance choices.

With an estimated 200,000 Muslims, Cook County has the largest Muslim American population of any county in the nation. With this end in view, the Asian Health Coalition (AHC) hosted a meeting at the Rogers Park Library on Saturday October 11 to discuss collaborative approaches to working together and coordinating resources to reach Chicago's Muslim immigrant populations from Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.

Funded through a grant from the state of Illinois In-Person Counselor program, AHC and its partners have formed the "Keep the Faith" initiative which is the first partnership in Illinois to actively target Muslim Americans, an often overlooked group in outreach efforts.

"From our experience during open enrollment in the first year, the insurance literacy barriers was huge and many consumers didn't understand basic concepts like how a deductible works or why premiums must be paid every month," said Ranjana Paintal, ACA Project Director at the Asian Health Coalition.

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Senior Citizens have an outing at Botanical Gardens HARISH RAO

Seniors at Botanical Gardens

CHICAGO: Senior Citizens of Sikh Community of Chicago were taken to an outing at Botanical Gardens of Chicago by Sikh Outreach Society of Chicago last week.

It was a Social outing so that seniors could know each other and make friends so that they have someone to talk to, share their

Pooch day. Because of Halloween, they allowed dogs inside the garden and had dress competition.

It was enjoyable to see four legged lovables and their owners dressed up in different costumes.

Seniors took one hour tram ride that explained whole history of the area where different trees, flowers

Proposed Senior Living homes

everyday stories and find some sources of help. Although a good number of children take good care of their parents, yet it is different to have interactions with someone of your age.

Botanical Garden is located on 385 Acres and has lot of variety of plants, flowers and vegetables.

They hold exhibits and classes on different subjects. This became a special day as they had Dress up

are located, how they do research and keep making changes.

As weather was sort of cold, they enjoyed hot drinks after tram ride, then visited Fruit and Flower exhibit. Small yoga demonstration was given by Yog Guru Kannubhai Brahmabhatt. Ms. Jasvir Kaur Singh made arrangements for sandwiches and treats.

Thakar S Basati and S Khuspal Singh Sodhi made arrangements

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"These literacy barriers are further compounded by the language barrier when working with the Muslim American community as most foreign-born recent immigrants speak limited English.

As such our navigators play key

roles in bridging the gaps to help educate and enroll individuals and their families," she added.

Navigators from the partnering organizations are available to provide ACA enrollment assistance in English, Arabic Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and Gujarati.

for transportation. Seniors en- seniors is a move by a group of joyed it so much they are already community activists in asking, "When is next time we can Chicagoland to set up a housing go for outing". colony for seniors with two bedThey exchanged phone num- rooms / two bath town houses bers so that they can keep in touch with a Clubhouse for all amenities, with each other, and when next common activities and even comprogram is planned, they can inform others too.

They exchanged phone Some of them have been to Botanical Garden be- numbers so that they can fore but they said, "It keep in touch with each was totally different other, and when next prowith people of their own age." Changing colors gram is planned, they can of fall added glory to inform others their sentiments. Bonsai exhibit attracted them a lot. mon meals. The proposed senior Sikh Outreach is already doing living facility is planned at a conyouth programs every month for venient location for seniors and last two months. Next outing is would be available to them either scheduled for November 15. You on rent or outright purchase. This can get more information for Sikh move, it is learnt, has generated Outreach by emailing lot of interest among members of Soschicago2014@gmail.com. community from the Indian subMeanwhile, of huge interest to continent.

Tech News Cyber security spend by Indian firms down 17% NEW DELHI: Average security spend by Indian firms has come down by 17 per cent to USD 4 million this year even as information security breaches have become more frequent and damaging.

According to consultancy firm PwC, Indian companies spent an average of about USD 4.8 million on security last year.

This is despite the average cost of a security incident for Indian companies spiraling to USD 414 in 2014, from USD 194 in 2013.

"The average cost of a security incident for Indian companies has more than doubled from USD 194 in 2013 to USD 414 in 2014 and there has been a 20 per cent increase in the average losses as a consequence," said the PwC report - State of the Information Security Survey - India 2015.

However, even as information security breaches become more frequent and damaging, Indian companies have reduced the average security spending, it added.

"As organizations move ahead and embrace new technologies without fully comprehending the implications, they are becoming susceptible to an array of cybersecurity threats and these threats today have become increasingly complex," said the report. -PTI

SBI to carry on in UK despite crackdown LONDON: State Bank of India is determined to carry on retail banking operations in the UK despite a recent crackdown by the Bank of England on the operations of foreign-owned banks in the country.

SBI, which has been operating in the UK for 95 years, said it is prepared to set aside 100 million pounds in ring-fenced capital and restructure its operations if that is necessary to keep operating on the high streets.

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, the UK head of the bank, told 'The Times' newspaper that the bank will keep serving retail customers in Britain as well as open new branches.

"Our intention is to continue to do business in the UK. We have been here for 95 years.

We're too deep rooted here," he said.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England had recently issued an ultimatum to the British operations of foreign-owned banks taking deposits of more than 100 million pounds to restructure with their own ring-fenced capital or end retail operations. -PTI

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TCS joins US-based IT industry body WASHINGTON: Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest infotech company, has joined the US-based Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, it was announced here.

ITI advocates on behalf of its 60 members for global policies that advance industry leadership in technology and innovation, open access to new and emerging markets, promoting e-commerce expansion, driving sustainability and efficiency, protecting consumer choice, and enhancing the worldwide competitiveness of its member companies.-PTI

6 PIO-led firms among 100 fastestgrowing businesses in US NEW YORK: Six firms founded and headed by Indian-origin persons are among the 100 fastestgrowing businesses located in American cities, says a list by Fortune and The Initiative for a Com-

tive industry categories.

Ranked 17th in the list FutureNet Group, a construction, environmental, technology and security services firm, with an India-born CEO Perry Mehta. The

Ranking 43rd on this Fortune list is the Seattle-based True Fabrications which was founded in 2003 by its CEO Dhruv Agarwal in his garage. The firm, a wine lifestyle brand and a marketer for

Lowes on service and quality.

On the 68th spot is transportation and logistics firm Westcoast Trucking that recorded a five-year growth rate of 168.1 per cent. Its CEO Jay Patel founded the com-

petitive Inner City (ICIC).

The ICIC, founded by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter in 1994, identifies, ranks, and spotlights annually the 100 fastest-growing businesses located in the inner cities of the United States and includes an eclectic group of innovative companies, including custom glass artisans, pet relocation specialists and beverage flavor generators.

Companies were ranked overall by revenue growth over the five-year period between 2009 and 2013 as well as within their respec-

company's five-year growth rate is 498.2 per cent and its 2013 revenue was USD 97 million.

On the 30th position is software project development and infrastructure management firm InfoPeople Corporation headed by Shyam Gulati. It had a five-year growth rate of 381 per cent and registered 2013 revenues at over USD 10 million.

InfoPeople Corp, the New Yorkbased firm, serves companies in the US and India, along with governments, utilities, and non-profit institutions.

thousands of wine retailers around the world, recorded a five-year growth rate of 305.6 per cent and with 2013 revenues standing at USD 23 million.

Express Kitchens, ranked 67th is headed by Max Kothari and has a five-year growth rate of 172.1 per cent. The Hartford based firm's 2013 revenue stood at 14 million dollars.

Since Express Kitchens' founding in 2002, it has grown to over 105 employees, seven locations, and it increasingly competes with industry titans Home Depot and

pany to cater to the trucking and logistics requests for customers of his warehousing business.

Westcoast Trucking, based in Compton, is now an upstart transportation firm with Fortune 500 clientele that expects to double its fleet year over year for the foreseeable future.

On the 87th position is another Hartford-based Star Hardware, whose CEO Parul Kothari has relied on relationships with local businesses to grow the business, which has a five-year growth rate of 88.7 per cent.-PTI

Ajay Banga among world's best CEOs NEW YORK: Financial services giant Mastercard's CEO Ajay Banga is the sole Indianorigin top executive in a list of 100 best-performing CEOs in the world compiled by the prestigious magazine Harvard Business Review (HBR), with Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos topping the rankings.

The Harvard magazine's annual 'Best-Performing CEOs in the World' 2014 list comprises global chief executives who "actually delivered solid results over the long run."

India-born Banga is ranked 64th on the list, which specifically took into account the increase in total shareholder return and market capitalization in ranking the CEOs. Under Banga, who was named Mastercard CEO in 2010, total shareholder return was 169 per cent while market capitaliza-

tion grew USD 66 billion.

The list includes Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers at the third spot, Yum Brands CEO David Novak (12), Netflix chief Reed Hastings (23), Canon CEO Fujio

Ajay Banga

Mitarai (45), Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz (54), Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger (60), Adidas CEO

Herbert Hainer (73) and Nike CEO Mark Parker (76).

However, the list of 100 lacks gender diversity as it consists of only two women, Debra Cafaro of IT firm Ventas (27) and Carol Meyrowitz of retailer TJX (51).

HBR focused mostly on longterm results and the performance of active CEOs over their entire stints.

Only those CEOs were included who have been in their jobs for at least two years.

The top CEOs have been effective with the first 50 having delivered total shareholder returns of 1,350 per cent during their time on the job. "...Being a good CEO is about far more than just investment performance. Leading a company and creating value depend on many skills that are hard to measure - strategic vision, authenticity, long-term planning. And investors certainly aren't the only stake-

holders that need tending to; the best-run companies connect effectively with customers, employees, and the communities where they operate," HBR said.

Banga is among the 13 CEOs whose nationalities differ from their companies.

While the top 100 have each experienced their own unique journeys to success, over a quarter of the CEOs have MBAs and nearly as many had studied engineering.

Twenty-four of HBR's 100 best-performing CEOs have undergraduate or graduate degrees in engineering, compared with 29 who have MBAs. Eight CEOs have both degrees.

At technology or sciencebased companies, it's not a big surprise to find an engineer at the helm but engineers thrive at the top of other kinds of firms too, HBR said. -PTI

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India govt to issue Ordinance Tatas launch Land Rover factory in China for e-auction of coal mines NEW DELHI: In a major move towards energy sector reforms, the Cabinet has recommended promulgation of an Ordinance to facilitate e-auction of coal blocks for private companies for captive use and allot mines directly to state and central PSUs. The move comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court last month quashing allocation of

Jaitley said briefing the media after the meeting.

State sector requirements including those of the Central and state governments would be met and coal mines would be allocated to PSUs like NTPC or state electricity boards.

"As far as the private sector is concerned, the actual users of coal in the cement, steel and

214 coal blocks to various companies since 1993.

"The Cabinet has recommended promulgation of an Ordinance to the President in order to resolve the pending issues particularly the situation arising out of the Supreme Court judgment quashing the allocation of the coal blocks," Finance Minister Arun

power sectors who apply for a certain number of coal mines will be put in the pool and there would be an e-auction. A sufficient and adequate number of mines would be put so that actual users go back with the mines," he said.

Jaitley said the auction process would be "transparent" and completed in "three to four

months" with proceeds going entirely to the state governments where the mines are located.

"The entire mess that the UPA had left behind from 2005 onwards over the next four months would be cleaned up," he said, adding coal worth USD 20 billion which was being imported annually would be domestically substituted through this measure.

The biggest beneficiaries would be the eastern states like Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. States like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh would also benefit.

"This will financially empower particularly the eastern states (which have most of the coal mines) and lakhs of laborers would get employment while bank capital held up with the allottee companies would be fruitfully utilized," the Finance Minister said.

Jaitley vehemently denied a suggestion whether the process could be termed as "denationalisation" of the coal sector saying, "The original Nationalisation Act remains and will remain and Coal India Ltd will be fully protected." -PTI

NDA govt reforms aimed at business ease: US envoy CHENNAI: The NDA government's proposed economic reforms aimed at ensuring ease of business in the country will encourage more global firms to set up shop and expand here, US Ambassador to India Kathleen Stephens said.

The proposals may have been still in the early stage, "but the kind of program the new government has laid out, of increasing the ability of foreign companies to invest here in India" will raise the country's standing as an investment destination, she told reporters here last evening.

One of the challenges India faced was that it was standing low in the ease of doing business according to global indicators, she said.

However, the efforts by the Narendra Modi government in the areas of transparency and land acquisition among others, if implemented, will encourage more investment, she said.

"Some of those steps, if they are taken, I think that will encourage not only American firms, but others, many of whom have already done business and want to expand," she said.

India offered many advan-

Stephens particularly singled out terrorism as a common challenge faced by the two countries and said this was an area of mutual cooperation. tages in manufacturing base "but you need to have the infrastructure to do it," she added.

The US envoy, who earlier addressed members of the IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce

(IACC) in her first visit to the city after assuming charge, outlined the growing bilateral relations in many areas even as she pointed out the two countries' willingness to forge more relations in the areas of security, Defense and civil aviation, among others.

Stephens particularly singled out terrorism as a common challenge faced by the two countries and said this was an area of mutual cooperation.

This was not only discussed during Modi's recent visit to the US but also when US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visited India in June this year, she said.

The US missions in India had last year issued over 800,000 visas of all descriptions and "I believe we will soon reach the milestone of one million visas issued in a calendar year," possibly in 2015, she said.

Stephens said that US supported India's efforts to secure a "rightful and natural place" in the world. -PTI

CHANGSHU, China: Tata's cater for about 30 per cent rise in Jaguar Land Rover rolled out its JLR sales in Chinese market. premium Range Rover Evoque at With 27 million car sales per colorful ceremony here formally annum China currently has the inaugurating its over USD 1.7 bil- biggest automobile market in the lion factory where it is set to manu- world constituting one fourth of facture new Jaguar models in a the global market. joint venture with China's Chery The 400,000 square-meters Automobile Company by 2016. plant was launched within two Tata Group's Chairman Emeri- years of foundation laying certus Ratan Tata, group Chairman emony.

Cyrus Mistry along with top BritLocated in the Changshu Ecoish and Chinese officials took part nomic Development Zone north in the inauguration of the new of Shanghai, the factory is part of plant which has begun production a RMB 10.9 billion joint venture of the cars, which has been one of investment plan. fast selling l u x u r y brand vehicles in China, the world's largest automobile market.

T h e state-ofthe-art plant which is set to m a n u f a c - The Automation Rate of Body Shop at the newly inaugurated Jaguar Land Rover plant in China’s Changshu town ture about 1.30 lakh vehicles per annum formally Besides Tatas, Ralf Speth, rolled out its first batch of ve- Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar hicles at the ceremony.

Land Rover, and Yin Tongyao, The new plant-opening forms Chairman and Chief Executive part of RMB 10.9 billion (Over Officer of Chery Automobile USD 1.7 billion) joint venture in- Company, welcomed the formal vestment demonstrating Jaguar opening of the facility that aims Land Rover's commitment to the to be the most advanced and efChinese market, JLR officials said. ficient car factory in China.

Land Rover, which has become "The opening of this worldniche vehicle among the Chinese class facility is an important milewealthy, is already selling about stone for Jaguar Land Rover. lakh of imported vehicles, making Since its launch, one in five Range China its largest market.

Rover Evoques have been sold The new factory is expected to in China," Speth said. -PTI

Tata Jaguar Land Rover plans factory in US LONDON: Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is working on an ambitious plan to set up a factory in the US, in a first for a British carmaker in the world's second-biggest automobile market.

The West Midlands-based luxury carmaker is reportedly talking to several southern states of America, including South Carolina, about building a plant in the US, The Sunday Times claimed.

JLR is capitalizing on a turnaround in its fortunes after Tata acquired the struggling brand for around 1.3 billion pounds back in 2008.

It is all set to launch its i54 en-

gine plant in Wolverhampton - a 500-million-pound investment.

It has also signed a deal for a new factory in Brazil and is exploring three possible locations in Wales for a new logistics hub, though it is also considering a site in the Midlands.

Selling directly into the US would allow JLR to avoid high import tariffs and smooth the impact of fluctuating currency rates.

The newspaper believes it would probably receive significant startup support from the chosen state, and could commit itself to building a factory that will eventually produce 200,000 cars a year.-PTI

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Satya Nadella gets USD 84 mn compensation in 2014 NEW YORK: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned USD 84.3 million this year, according to the salary details coming days after the India-born chief executive was criticized for suggesting that women should not ask for pay raises but trust their "good karma" to get their dues.

In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft said Nadella will get a total compensation of USD 84.30 million for the fiscal year ended June 2014, significantly up from the USD 7.66 million he received in 2013.

The 2014 compensation includes salary of USD 918,917, a bonus of USD 3.6 million and USD 79.77 million in stock awards, which were designed to keep Nadella at Microsoft while the company hunted for a new CEO and to give him long-term incentives as CEO. Microsoft said Nadella is slated to receive stock worth an estimated USD 59.2 million under the long-term performance- based stock award in connection with his promotion to CEO. However Nadella will not be eligible to receive any part of stock award compensation until 2019.

The amount also includes a

one-time special retention stock award of USD 13.49 million granted to Nadella as Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise in August 2013 to help ensure the con-

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

tinuity of Microsoft's leadership team during the CEO search period and the company's business transformation.

Microsoft said that its CEO role is demanding, requiring mastery of complex, rapidly evolving business models and the ability to lead a highly technical organization.

"With the appointment of Satya Nadella, we believe we fulfilled our

goal, selecting the best candidate to bring the Company renewed and continued success," it said.

The salary details come less than two weeks after Nadella remarked at a women-in-computing conference women don't need to ask for raises and should just trust their "karma" that the system will pay them in future.

Nadella, at a receiving end of severe public outrage for his comments, later apologized in a letter to the employees saying that he "answered that question completely wrong" on what advice he would offer women who are not comfortable asking for pay raises.

"Without a doubt I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap. I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work," he later said.

"It was a humbling and learning experience," Nadella said of the reaction to his remarks.

In an interview to CNBC, Nadella said anyone held back in their career by gender bias should push back against their managers, and that he had wrongly drawn on the advice from his own experiences. -PTI

Surat firm showers cars, flats, jewellery to staff AHMEDABAD: In an unprecedented Diwali bonanza, Suratbased diamond firm Hari Krishna Exports has given Rs 4 lakh each to 1,268 employees, including cleaning staff, to buy cars, flats and jewellery.

This novel reward, which is apart from the annual Diwali bonus, would cost the company Rs 50 crore.

"Besides Diwali bonus, which is given to all employees, we have been running a program to reward loyal, hardworking and dedicated staff. After one-year of evaluation of their performance, we have selected 1,268 such employees," Hari Krishna Exports Chairman and Managing Director Savaji Dholakia said here.

Out of its 6,000 employees, the management selected 1,268 employees for their exceptional work,

devotion and loyalty towards the company, Dholakia said.

"We have allotted Rs 4 lakh to each of these employees, which comes to around Rs 50 crore. It was left to them to choose which gift they want. For example, those who had a car and a flat, opted for jewellery. This will boost their morale and encourage them and others to work hard," Dholakia said.

Dholakia said 491 employees accepted the gift to buy cars, while 207 employees opted to buy flats and 570 chose jewellery.

Each of the selected employees would get Rs 4 lakh to buy a Fiat 'Punto Evo' car, or a residential apartment or get gold jewellery

worth Rs 4 lakh, Dholakia said.

Meanwhile, Fiat Group Automobiles India said it has delivered the biggest single bulk order of 455 Punto cars to a prominent business house in Surat.

"The order comprises of 190

Punto Evo 1.2 Petrol and 265 Punto Evo 1.3 Diesel in New Pearl White and Minimal Grey colors was taken by Sukrit Autolink, FIAT exclusive dealer in Surat," the auto maker said in a statement. -PTI

'Gas pricing will ensure profit, not windfall profit' NEW DELHI: Days after ap- balancing act. I am not against proving lower than demanded business, or against big busigas price increase, Finance Min- ness. I don't consider profit a ister Arun Jaitley has said the bad word. I think it is windfall USD 5.61 per mmBtu rate will en- profit that is a bad word. Theresure explorers make profit but not fore, this (gas price hike) ensures windfall gain.

The increase in rate, approved the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), balances interests of oil and gas explorers and consumers, he said here.

"It is a rational decision... Even at this (USD 5.61) price, the explorers are going to make profit. They won't have a windfall profit. At the same time, the burden of consumers will be Finance Minister Arun Jaitley minimal," he said.

Jaitley said the CCEA approved price of USD profit rather than windfall profit, 5.61 per million British thermal at the same time this also factors unit as against USD 8.4 per into interest the aam aadmi." mmBtu approved by the previThe NDA government after ous UPA government and coming to power twice deferred higher rates demanded by pri- a decision on gas price hike, vate firms like Reliance Indus- which was originally due on April tries and BP, balances incen- 1, to hold wider consultations. A tives for investment and con- gas price increase will result in sumer interest. rise in cost of fertilizer produc"We balanced the decision tion and hike electricity tariff as where there is incentive for in- also CNG price. vestment in the sector and at the Jaitley said the gas price decisame time the consumer is not sion was "professionally taken." overburdened," he told ET Now. A committee of secretaries ex"With this decision, the explor- cluded the irrelevant factors in ers may not make a windfall the Rangarajan formula, which profit, they will make a profit." was approved by the previous Jaitley added that he was not UPA government, and included against business. "Well it is a the relevant. -PTI

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Impact of Modi visit-II SURENDRA ULLAL & SUDHIR VYAS

CHICAGO: We are happy to share this second part of our survey touching upon the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to USA. This second part again substantiates in huge measure the observations made by community leaders across USA that PM Modi's visit was highly rewarding and fruitful for not only cementing bilateral ties but also improving economic and investment prospects for India.

The survey also indicates beyond doubt that the visit has gone a long way in erasing the wrong impression about Modi Ji as a sectarian leader. Many a US lawmaker privately confiding with the surveyed leaders said they were misinformed about his handling of the affairs in Gujarat, his home State. "They stand corrected for good," said Sohan Joshi, president of National Federation of Indian Associations.

Citing an oft repeated definition of true religion by Modi Ji - "Religion to me is Devotion to work and Devoutly working is being religious." Dr Meshri observed that it is up to true secular forces in India to work unitedly for the betterment of the country and thru it the world as "we Indians as a whole believe that Vasudha Aive Kutumbakam."

More theatrics than substance A

nil Patel said that on the surface we got assurance from USA to be with us in fighting global terrorism but no concrete commitment towards taking stand against Pakistan who is actively supporting terrorism.

In my opinion we lost best opportunity to cash in on the vast mandate and support of Indian people to PM. We also missed to strongly raise and get commitment from USA for membership of India in the UN Security Council. Mr. Modi's visit had more theatrics than substance.

On the question of Indian economy, he said it is always attractive for multinational corporations to come to India.

We have a huge market and largest middle class to offer to the world. We need to see real implementation and not just announcements of investment. The economic and

Anil Patel

investment climate is presently very lucrative on the face of it but for a healthy investment climate we need to set up good infrastructure like rail link, modern ports, better roads and less of bureaucratic interference. A single window opportunity will go a long way. However unfortunately the `red-tapism is still prevalent which hampers growth

Anil Patel observed that India's image in this country is always great. India is the largest democracy in the world and it has proved that with democratic and peaceful means the governments can be changed. With the help of NRI contributions and achievements in USA and the maturity of Indian people to live up to democratic standard, India showed the world that we are a tolerant and peace loving nation. India and Indians are always known for their hard work, entrepreneurial skills, honesty and integrity. Indians in USA are known for keeping up their culture and peacefully celebrate their religious activities and at the same time also participate in US events.

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Modi can convert his vision into reality D

r Raj Bhayani, ENT special ist and Plastic surgeon in New York, said that the US visit of the leader of 1.2 billion people, Narendra Modi, will be marked as a historic event in the relationship of USA and India.

As a member of the planning committee for PM visit to New York pointed out that "even though we had thought it will be a great event at Madison Square Garden; the actual event and speech by PM was above and beyond our expectations." He mesmerized the crowd of 20000 people who went ecstatic and showed their love and enthusiasm by clapping, roaring and greeting almost every sentence he spoke.

No other US or foreign leader accomplished this feat ever in the history of New York. Nearly 50

nouncing new prominent US plans about Senators, simplified Congressvisa. He said men, Conto NRIs that gresswomen had it not community been for you, leaders & there would other digninot have been taries were an IT revolupresent & aption. He menplauded the tioned about Indian leader.

During his home for everyone by speech he 2022. What diftouched on ferentiates him many major Dr Raj Bhayani issues facing from other InIndia as well Indian people living dian leader is he does not only talk in USA. He talked about India's about problems and issues but has young population - 65% below clear thinking to solve them. His than 35 years of age - and the need assertiveness to get things done to give them jobs. He won the has been proven again and again.

"I was lucky to meet him twice hearts of NRIs and PIOs by an-

during his New York visit. Meeting him in person is one of the best moments of my life.

Due to time constraints, there was not much time to talk, still he invited our group with Suresh Jani to visit to India in January 2015 for Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas," Bhayani said.

He is a true leader in our life-

time who has a grasp of problems facing common people. He has a vision for India and ability as a great leader to convert this vision into reality. "India has long back graduated from 'snake charmer' to 'Mouse" computer charmer, and under Modi's leadership, it would be a global power to reckon with," Bhayani added.

Modi charisma has revived hope & enthusiasm

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UNIL SHAH, founder presi lamic states as well as Al Qaeda dent of Federation of Indian which recently announced it was Association (Schaumburg) said establishing a terror cell in South that Prime Minister Narendra Modi Asia. Another crucial part will be really took a rock star status at a increasing Indian purchases of US reception in New York where defense equipment and more US thousands of Indian Americans India manufacturing joint vencheered him during his first US tures to build up the Indian devisit and this was the platform for fense industry. a positive momentum.

PM Modi's visit has sucHe got a rousing reception ceeded in highlighting to the US from more than 20,000 Indian government and private sector Americans as he spoke from a ro- multinationals that India's new adtating stage at NY Madison ministration will be much more Square Garden addressing every dynamic in terms of its approach important issues from global ter- to boosting economic growth and rorism to favorable investment cli- attracting foreign investments. mate in India.

With meetings with CEOS of Modi's charisma, Modi's wave leading companies as well as head swept every individual without ex- of leading multinationals - such ception and as Boeing, GE, created atmoIBM which alsphere of hope ready have and enthusistrong presence asm in the heart in India - the foof every Indian cus was to emAmericans. phasize that Modi's US India's BJP led trip has set the government foundation for would be more stronger ties dynamic and between two will implement democratic policies that will countries. This result in stronpaved the way ger long term refor renewed lationship. The Sunil Shah strong partnergovernment ship with US. would be willing Both he and President Obama to lay down red carpet for foreign vowed to set a new agenda be- investments unlike previous Intween the nations. It should pro- dian government which had a vide an opportunity to improve bi- reputation for putting up red tape lateral trade ties, especially when that slowed down and discourUS foreign direct investment (FDI) aged foreign investment. flows into India have slowed Thus the overall impression is down in recent years. full of optimism as it offers conThe new agenda would focus siderable opportunities for rapid on two main themes: strengthen- revenue growth for US multinaing joint security cooperation and tionals in the Indian market across boosting bilateral economic rela- wide range of industries from aviations and thus improving bilateral tion, power equipment and to serintelligence information sharing, vice sectors such as banking, incombating terrorism and law en- surance and tourism. There is a forcement cooperation. strong mutual commercial interest At present, a key focus will be that has been involved in buildon dealing with the threat from Is- ing up bilateral commercial ties.

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India must promote clean & green energy I

ftekhar Shareef, Chairman FIA Trustee Board, felt that the bilateral relationship after the historic visit of PM Narendra Modi should touch upon the economic aspect the most. The visit was at a time when both countries needed each other for economic development. The superpower country USA needs to sell its much awaited civilian nuclear technology to India, as Indian villages need power at a much lower rate compared with present rising cost of electricity in India. "Agriculture in India must increase to produce enough for the growing young population of India," he said.

It was the right time to discuss cross border terrorism with neighboring countries as India will no longer tolerate

any sort of terrorism; Pakistan needs to stop talking about Kashmir promoting terrorism at the borders. India will never compromise on the issue and every inch of Kashmir will remain with India.

With the oldest and largest democracy in the world together could make a big impact in world economy. India also needs to concentrate more on climate and look towards promoting clean and green energy.

Iftekhar Shareef

How two Narendras captured hearts in US

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ohan Joshi, president National Federation of Indian Associations, said that India sent two Narendras to US in the course of past hundreds years and both Narendras - Swami Vivekananda and Indian PM Narendra Modi - have captured the heart and minds of the US people at large. US lawmakers have begun viewing Narendra Modi in a hugely different shade after his triumphant visit last month. "I have talked to many US Senators and Congressmen in Illinois and at national level and all are in agreement that they were ill-informed about PM Modi. Things should look up a lot now," he said.

With regard to investment and economic outlook, Joshi observed that Indian economy is strong and is going to be stronger, especially in the light of falling gas prices and business friendly approach of the government.

"The foreign investors usually look for the safety of their investment and return to their capital. On both these counts, India has Sohan Joshi an edge over others. I am pretty sure that the flow of investment from overseas corporations and multi-nationals would go up significantly in coming years," he said On a joint front to fight terrorism, Joshi said that India has been a victim of terrorist activities for the past many years. It would be in the country's interest to join like minded forces to combat this cancerous evil. "In my opinion India would be participating actively to meet this challenge. It can even opt for military cooperation," he added.

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ALWINDER SINGH, a Sikh community activist who attended PM Modi's events in New York, was very upbeat about Indo-US relations. "Both need each other and President Barack Obama realizes more after his meeting with Narendra Modi.

Balwinder Singh

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ARENDRA MANGROLA, Jan Schakowasky indicated to me former president of Indo that they were not fed with corAmerican Democratic Organiza- rect information about Modi and tion and a community leader, said that they have better appreciation that the image of India as well of him as a person and as Indian that of PM Modi has gone sky PM." high after his "I talked to visit to USA many Indian last month.

American "I atleaders comtended Madiing from difson Square ferent parts of Garden meet USA and difand had talks ferent regions with a cross of India. The section of US consensus lawmakers was that and other Modi Ji was elite Indian tough but Harendra Mangrola Americans quite sincere during the in his apAmbassador's reception. My dis- proach and work. They felt that tinct impression is that he won India has now a good leader and over the heart and mind of many that the country would move on there. US Congressman Danny the right path," Mangrola said.

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r Dayal Meshri, noted In dian scientist and a frontranking community activist in Oklahoma, said that the visit of Prime Minister Modi has started a process of political and economic impact on the relationship between two democratic coun-

tries which have similar goals and challenges but have taken different flights.

Now it seems that the leaders of both countries will be taking the same flight whenever possible to spend quality time together for solving critical problems. Both

leaders have to see that they fulfill the expectations of their own people for strong, domestic economy, defense against terrorism and moral support for international policies and finding solutions to restrict unrealistic Chinese territorial expansion and invasion of less powerful neigh-

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With regard to economic climate and investment prospects, Mangrola mentioned that he is very optimistic of larger flow of investments in India as Modi Ji clearly indicated to the corporate executives that the government will remove all roadblocks that come in the way of investors.

India has a business-friendly government and has immense opportunity for investors in infra-structure, high tech and

even consumer fields, he said.

Mangrola feels that India would be participating more actively with US in fighting global terrorism with change in the government in India.

"We all the time suffer from cross border military maneuvers from Pakistan and this has been pointed out to the US government. Hope things look up a bit now, especially in the context of Modi Ji's efforts to strike good neighborly relations with all the South Asian countries including Pakistan and China," he added.

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bors.

This cooperation will attract many American investors and assure them that their investors are as safe as they are in the USA. This will enhance India's economy too, he added.

What is more important is that the US leaders have started viewing Modi a much better shade not as a sectarian leader but a national leader subscribing to his oft repeated definition of religion - 'Religion to me is Devotion to work and Devoutly working is being religious', Dr Meshri observed.

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I feel that Modi will agree for a more active role at global level in fighting Islamic terrorism. It is in mutual interest as well since India has been facing the menace from across its borders," he said.

Balwinder Singh was of the firm opinion that the investment climate for getting increased flow of

investments from US corporations has improved a lot after Modi's visit. "Even I am considering along with a few others business ventures in India. I plan visiting India with this end in view in the near future," he added.

Singh felt that India's image in US had already gone up after the largest, free and fair democratic elections in India and for that one

has to admire the role of Manmohan Singh government as well. Narendra Modi as the duly elected Indian PM was well received wherever he went and this speaks volumes about his personal charm as well as Indian democracy. "We need to move in the right direction and keep up the tempo so that we can cash in on regenerated goodwill," he added.

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Maharashtra, Haryana results further boost Modi image N

aren Patel, CEO MedStar Laboratories and former President AIA Illinois, said that India and US would have close and good working relationship especially after the visit of PM Modi and his meetings with US President and a number of US Congressmen.

However, it would be a Hobson choice for Modi to have military involvement with US coalition for fighting global terrorism.

White India is committed to fight terrorism in any part of the world it understands what it really means as it has been victim for many years now from cross

Naren Patel

border incursions. It should behoove the US to exert pressure on

Pakistan to stop terrorism against India. Besides, India has not enough resources to get committed to military ventures of any sort.

Naren Patel said that India can definitely look forward to huge investment interests from US corporations after Modi's visit.

"Even before he came three scores of corporate executives were vying to have meetings with him.

Modi Ji was short of time and he could not oblige them.

The list was pruned drastically but the overall impression that he created was very favorable. The

India becoming country with tremendous potential

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inod Patel, a noted physician from New York, said that one of the centerpieces of India-US bilateral relationship is the determination of both the countries to fight terrorism since it continues to be a threat to both the countries. The US administration recognizes that their close coordination can lead to a more secure and just world. PM Modi is aggressively building friendly relationships with neighboring countries and in this context India can be a source of peace and stability in the region.

"I believe, their mutual commitment and passion for an open and inclusive rules-based world order, India would be assuming a greater multilateral responsibility. The US and India intentions are similar, with a very positive impact on

both homelands and the world," he observed.

On economic and investment climate in India, Vinod Patel felt that with PM Modi determined to cut down on bureaucracy in India, and his intentions to take India on economic progress, he has assured multiple times shackle free environment. He is convinced of the positive impact on Indian economy and its citizens if there are more jobs and resultant upping of purchasing power. This would make for a stronger economy as well. And the rapidly growing Indian market remains a great asset for companies that have already invested, while other foreign companies see the strength of the large market in terms of volume and resources.

Vinod Patel felt that Modi's

Vinod Patel

leadership has undeniably changed India's image, which is now becoming one of an energetic country with tremendous potential, ready for the future and rapidly coming out of its old problems. "I believe, for years India has not been able to play a key role on world issues. But, Modi's vision that seeks a strong and proactive role for India in the world has already received attention here and everywhere. This is greatly due to Modi actively working towards this," he added.

He conquered the hearts of all

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inesh Virani of Art of Living said that it would not be an overstatement to assert that the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to New York was an overwhelming success from all angles - boosting the image of India, boosting investment prospects and re-cementing bilateral relations with the US power brokers.

It would not also be an exaggeration to say that no PM from India was given such a boisterous welcome from Indian Americans from all walks of life and from all regions of India as Modi Ji received - not even Pandit Nehru. "One has just to see over a mile long queue of people waiting to go to Madison Square Garden. One has to watch hundreds of viewers who could not go to Madison Square

Vinesh Virani

flocking to Time Square and jamming the street there. One should see top level corporate executives vying to meet Modi Ji. And let us not leave US lawmakers behind.

They were there in huge numbers and left with very favorable impression of the new India PM," he

said.

Virani said that Modi Ji clearly indicated that India was with the US in fighting global terrorism and that would be one of the factors getting US and India closer in coming days. To UD corporate executives he assured that India is all geared to welcome them and the government will have business friendly approach all the time. He mentioned that India has long back graduated from Snake Charmer country to "Mouse (computer) monitoring nation.

"We hundreds of community members from Chicago were in New York all the three days and the impression that all of us got was that Modi came, Modi saw and Modi conquered the hearts of all," Virani added.

US companies would be heavily inclined to go to India because of business friendly policy of the government," he observed.

The stock of India and Modi Ji in particular in US has gone sky high. The public at large, the media and the government officials

have realized that the new Indian leader enjoys immense support not only in India but even here and that he is a force now to reckon with now. The recent elections results from Maharastra and Haryana gave a further boost to his image

Impressed by his sincerity and straight talk

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himshankar Dhake, Chair man of Dhake Industries in Michigan, said that India and US would sail together in fighting terrorism but he had his doubt that PM Modi would commit India for military involvement in fighting ISIS. India is rather bogged down to fight terrorism from neighbors and it can't shoulder additional burden, he said.

Dhake felt there is no doubt that more and more US companies would like to go to India as things are expected to look up especially with regard to ending of red tapes or corruption.

He said the image of PM Modi has taken a real U turn after the US lawmakers, the US administration and the media in general have had a close and first hand reap-

praisal of Modi as person. Many elected leaders privately confided to a number of Indian community leaders that they were misin-

Bhimshankar Dhake

formed about his personality and stance and that they were impressed by his sincerity and straight talk.

Lutheran college in Iowa to celebrate Diwali ARVIN PATEL

IOWA: Luther College; a col- and colleges to celebrate Diwali. lege of the Lutheran Church affili- "Awareness about other religions ated to Evangelical Lutheran created by such celebrations like Church in America, a Christian de- Diwali would make the students nomination; will celebrate Hindu well-nurtured, well-balanced, and festival of lights Diwali on Octo- enlightened citizens of tomorrow, ber 26. The Diwali program will be followed by refreshments and "a time for conversation".

Applauding Luther College for Diwali celebration, Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism observed that it was a "remarkable interfaith gesture" and "a step in the right direction". Sohan Iowa Diwali involved offering 'Raj Bhog' to Lal Joshi, president of deities National Federation of Indian Associations, mentioned he added.

Founded in 1861, women mathat Diwali symbolizes in a way end of darkness - ignorance and jority Luther College in Decorah enlightenment - gaining knowl- (Iowa, USA) offers over 60 majors edge, and this festival of Light to about 2,500 students, who becelebration should have univer- sides USA come from 25 countries. Dr Paula J. Carlson is the sal appeal and application.

Zed urged all USA universities President.

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Jalaram Mandir hosts colorful Raas-Garba YOGESH THAKKAR

CHICAGO: The Hoffman Estate based Shree Jalaram Mandir hosted colorful Raas Garba Ramzat with international artist Mayuri Patel and group that was actively participated and enjoyed by over 1000 devotees and Garba enthusiasts.

This is an annual event and it is held during the festival of Navaratri honoring Goddess Durga. The event was held at Harper College's gymnasium from 8 pm and ran well past midnight The college gymnasium was transformed to a huge dance floor to accommodate hundreds of enthusiastic dancers to participate.

Ranging from young children to teens, adults and seniors were seen dressed in colorful Indian clothes apt for the occasion.

Navaratri season is never complete without the energetic Garba and Dandiya performances in Chi-

cago which attract large turnouts.

This year was no exception, as people thronged the Harper College gymnasium with family and friends to enjoy an evening of dancing and fun.

The evening commenced with a short prayer to Goddess Durga before Mayuri and her group began singing traditional Garba songs which brought the crowd to the dance floor. People began dancing in a large circle around the picture of Goddess Durga which symbolizes that God is the center of our lives. The circle formation also has additional significance. The circle formed by dancers represents the cycle of life and its never-ending nature, tenets of the Hindu belief of reincarnation.

The dancers moved with fluidity, grace, flexibility, and synchronized clapping of their hands to the music being performed.

The Aarti propitiating Mata Durga

Navaratri not only symbolizes the victory of good over evil (Goddess Durga's victory over

Mahishasur) but it also celebrates the spirit of Indian culture and togetherness. The Board of Trust-

execution of this event which brought great joy and excitement to the audience. Sponsors and

Singers led by Mayuri in the center

ees, executive committee members and volunteers must be commended for careful planning and

vendors participated by displaying their banners and holding booths to promote their business.

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bstacles will be followed by good solutions. Advice from a learned person will steer you towards safer grounds. Money wise it looks like a promising week and all you financial plans will will be successfully implemented. You will become more religious and visit a holy place. Very good week for people in retail business.

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pponents will try to corner you and you may feelyour defence not working out quickly. You will have several issues on mind and start working on one at a time. Idea of investing in a property will continue to occupy your mind. Very favorable week for people in food business. You will be closer to finishing the project on time.

(May 21 to June 20)

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move will become certain but you will still have lots of time for preparations.

Pressure at work will increase and you may be asked to clean up mess created by others. You may be taking a short business trip to another state this week. You may dispose off some stocks and put money away. A close friend will come up with business idea.

(June 21 to July 22)

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egal battle can come to a pleasant end with large financial gains. Some of you may sign papers to buy a property with lots of greenery around.

With the blessings and guidance of a holy person you will continue to do well in all areas of life. You may be taking a short trip to a slightly warmer area for some urgent business.

(July 23 to August 22)

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e careful with money. Mistakes made earlier could catch up now. Be careful and read before you sign any contract this week. In laws will offer help but you may decline for the time being.

People in business should keep an eye on help recently hired. You have a small refund coming via mail.

You should take advice and change strategy.

(August 23 to September 22)

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oney will come in plenty but expenses could exceed your earlier budget. You may want to keep an eye on other family members charging heavily on your cards. You will be working on an important proposal and may discuss it with a colleague before sending it out. Some of you may get another job offer from out of state.

(September 23 to October 22)

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ecisions taken in a hurry will prove to be blessings in disguise.

You may invite or take few important people out for dinner this week. You will be exploring more ways to dispose off a property draining you out lately. Spouse will be little upset with one of your business decisions but will support your idea later on.

(October 23 to November 22)

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njoy the new relationship but watch out and keep it to yourself. You will start to reap rewards for work done few months ago. Material will be useful and sharpen your skills.

You will be happy the way things are making progress about a child. You may be thinking of relocating your office to more accessible place.

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here will be some interesting developments at work.

Some one may leave and you may become one of the contenders for the job. You will be little tough on the phone but will get few jobs done. A relative will call to invite you to a party. You will take time out of busy schedule and spend quality time with children.

(December 22 to January 19)

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here will be lots of conflict in your mind initially but advice from a trusted person will clear all confusions. It is very favorable time to take decisions about career and even ask boss for a raise or moving to a better position. You may change your earlier plans to go to a party because of hectic schedule.

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lanets will help those doing research or working in emergency room.

Changes you had been waiting will start taking place at work now and soon you will be in line for what was supposed to come months earlier. You may make some money through stocks also. You will be on lookout for a nice property for investment purpose.

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oney you were promised will be delivered with slight delay. You will share your knowledge with few new recruits. Spouse will make commitment to a friend to help with some cooking for a party. You will slowly working on a travel plan but will not be completely sure. Health will keep improving with new diet plan and exercises.

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Plane held for 90 minutes to check ill travelers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.: Passengers aboard a Dallas-to-Michigan flight say they were kept inside an American Airlines plane for about 90 minutes while medical crews examined three women who were ill.

The women were returning to Grand Rapids from a trip to an orphanage in Guatemala. Ford Airport spokeswoman Tara Hernandez says there was no Ebola threat, but a call was made to federal health officials.

Hernandez says the plane was kept away from the arrival gate as a precaution. Passenger Michael Veen says the actions were appropriate. He told The Grand Rapids Press it was a ``good exercise.''

Fire trucks and ambulances surrounded the plane. Friends and relatives waiting for passengers were frustrated because no explanation was given. Hernandez says authorities didn't want to cause alarm.-AP

„ Jammu hospital gets hemophilia care centre JAMMU, J&K: A hemophilia care centre has been set up at Government Medical College (GMC) hospital here in the city.

Minister for Health and Medical Education Taj Mohiuddin, who inaugurated the centre at GMC hospital here, said it was an important step for improving the quality of medicare services in the state.

Patients suffering from hemophilia and other coagulation disorders will be provided all associated medical facilities at the centre under one roof, like physiotherapy, orthopedic checkup and facilities of surgeons, neurosurgeon and intensive care management to cater to emergency cases, Head Department of Pathology Prof K K Kaul said.

Round-the-clock emergency services and causality management in cases of trauma for such patients are also available here, Prof Kaul said.

Hemophilia is a genetic disorder which impairs the ability of body to control blood clotting or coagulation.

The centre has a facility of five beds specially designed for such patients, HoD Pathology said, adding that the centre has been established at a cost of Rs 20 lakh.

The minister said such events provide medical fraternity an opportunity to update knowledge and find solutions for medical problems through exchange and sharing of scientific ideas.-PTI

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India plans Aadhaar linked universal health cover for all NEW DELHI: The NDA Government is planning to link the universal health assurance scheme for providing medical treatment to all citizens with Aadhaar number to check ghost beneficiaries and fraudulent claims.

Under its flagship National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM) which will be launched shortly, government has planned to cover the entire population.

"The government has planned to seed Aadhaar numbers with its universal health program NHAM. The experts think that this would help in keeping a check on any fraudulent insurance claims or ghost beneficiaries under the scheme," a source privy to the development said.

As per experts, since Aadhaar provides proof of identity of person based on biometrics details including iris scan and finger

prints, there will be remote chance of fraudulent insurance claims after seeding the unique identification number with the scheme.

According to the source, the idea of seeding Aadhaar numbers with the universal health coverage for all citizens in India is likely

The highlights of the proposed NHAM include 50 essential drugs with a package of diagnostics and about 30 AYUSH drugs to be made available to all citizens at government hospitals and health centers across the country.

A package of preventive and

to be approved as government wants to launch a fool proof insurance cover.

positive health information will also be made available to all citizens and the health insurance will

be a built-in feature of the mission.

As per media reports, the government now wants to provide Aadhaar number to all prisoners.

Besides there are plans to use Aadhaar for direct transfer of various benefits including fuel and food subsidies into the beneficiaries' bank accounts.

Under Aadhaar projects, around 69.54 crore unique identification numbers have been issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Government has approved the Phase-V of Aadhaar project which allows it to enroll residents in four more densely populated states comprising Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, having population of around 40 crore.

Now the government wants UIDAI to generate Aadhaar numbers for the entire population by June next year.-PTI

Tests in Hindi & Bengali to assess autism India Post News Service

LONDON: A research project by the University of Reading could lead to more people in India receiving earlier diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than ever before.

The study, funded by Autism Speaks in collaboration with Action for Autism, translated four tests originally devised for the UK and USA to screen and diagnose ASD into Hindi and Bengali - two main regional languages of India.

Paying special attention to the differences between cultures, the team, led by Dr Bhisma Chakrabarti tested the translated versions on children in two Indian cities. They found all of them were effective in identifying children affected with ASD. This means a more accurate assessment of ASD could soon be available to an extra 360 million people.

The sooner ASD is diagnosed the earlier sufferers can get access to treatment. Research suggests that early intensive behavioral interventions are more effective in improving the social skills of children with ASD. Dr Chakrabarti, from the University's Department of Psy-

"We tested the usability of four widely used SDTš on 170 children with and without autism spectrum conditions in Delhi and Kolkata.

On all of the tools, children with ASD showed robust and reliable differences from those of the control group. This work provides the first evidence that these SDTs are

Estimates based on western countries suggest India could have well in excess of two million children with ASD. Having access to well-validated screening and diagnostic tools is an essential step in determining the true cost of autism in India chology, commented: "Despite having the second largest population in the world (1.2 billion), India still lacks an estimate of how many people in India have ASD. Having access to standardized screening and diagnostic tools (SDT) for autism in regional languages is key to generating such an estimate."

useable in Hindi and Bengali.

More children can now be assessed, and those diagnosed with ASD could receive early treatment which could make a huge difference to them and their families."

Estimates based on western countries suggest India could have well in excess of two million

children with ASD. Having access to well-validated screening and diagnostic tools is an essential step in determining the true cost of autism in India, which could assist the Indian Government in planning health and research strategies.

Dr Nandini Chatterjee Singh, from the National Brain Research Centre in Delhi, commented: "As an active researcher in the field of autism I welcome these tools and am grateful to Dr. Chakrabarti and his team for this research. The first step in autism research is diagnosis using standardized assessments. In the past we have been often felt crippled because of the lack of tools in languages native to India.

"The availability of culturally appropriate standardized tools will open doors to research across various demographics.

We will then hopefully begin to get some insights into the incidence of autism in India."

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Texas hospital apologizes over handling of Ebola case WASHINGTON: The Texas hospital that cared for the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States has apologized over its handling of the case.

The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas treated a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola on October 8. Two nurses who cared for him subsequently contracted the disease and are now being treated in specialist facilities.

"As an institution, we made mistakes in handling this very difficult challenge," the hospital said in a "letter to our community" that was published in the Dallas Morning News.

Carnival Cruise Lines said in a statement that a blood test confirmed she was not infected, and she got off the boat after it returned to Galveston. The liner had been refused entry to Belize and Mexico over fears of the disease.

Duncan had flown from Liberia to Texas to visit family, arriving in Dallas on September 20. He began feeling sick four days later, but was not hospitalized until September 28.

He was sent home after an initial visit to the emergency room, even after he reported Ebola-like symptoms and said he had recently traveled from Liberia, the hardest-

The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

The apology came as a lab worker from the hospital who had been on a cruise returned to Texas. Because of fears she may have had contact with Duncan's fluids, she had voluntarily remained in isolation in her cabin.

hit nation in the current outbreak.

"The fact that Mr Duncan had traveled to Africa was not communicated effectively among the care team, though it was in his medical chart," the hospital said in its letter, which was signed by Texas Health CEO

Barclay Berdan.

"We did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola. For this, we are deeply sorry."

The letter added that the facility "did not live up to the high standards that are the heart of our hospital's history, mission and commitment."

Two nurses, Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, who cared for Duncan are now fighting the disease. The hospital said it was looking into how they became infected, despite their compliance with equip-

ment and safety procedures.

The women are currently hospitalized in Atlanta, Georgia and Bethesda, Maryland.

Speaking on ABC's Sunday morning news show, the head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, said US health authorities were implementing new procedures for health care workers treating Ebola patients, including ensuring that no skin is exposed at all.

Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people in an outbreak centered in West Africa.AFP

US to revise Ebola protocol, Pentagon readies team WASHINGTON: Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top federal health official said. The Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.

Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said those caring for an Ebola patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas were left vulnerable because some of their skin was exposed.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working on revisions to safety protocols. Earlier ones, Fauci said, were based on a World Health Organization model in which care was given in more

remote places, often outdoors, and without intensive training for health workers.

"So there were parts about that protocol that left vulnerability, parts of the skin that were open," Fauci said.

"Very clearly, when you go into a hospital, have to intubate somebody, have all of the body fluids, you've got to be completely covered. So that's going to be one of the things ... to be complete covering with no skin showing whatsoever," he said.

The Pentagon announced that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had ordered the formation of a 30-person support team from across the services to assist civilian medical professionals in the US if needed to treat Ebola. So far, three cases have been confirmed in the US.-AP

Canada sends experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO OTTAWA, ONTARIO: The Canadian government says it is shipping its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization for possible use in the West African countries hardest hit by the outbreak.

The government said in a news release that the Public Health Agency of Canada is supplying the vaccine to the U.N. agency in Geneva. The WHO is the international coordinating body for battling the Ebola outbreak which has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa.

The news release said Canada will send 800 vials of its experimental vaccine in three separate shipments.

The WHO will consult with its partners, including health authorities from the affected countries, to determine how best to distribute and use the vaccine, taking into consideration concerns about using an experimental vaccine on people.

Human testing of the Canadian-made vaccine began in the US. Twenty vials of the vaccine were sent to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland for testing on about 40 healthy volunteers, Canada's Health Minister Rona Ambrose said.

The Phase 1 trial will determine if the vaccine known as VSV-EBOV is safe for

human use. It will also determine the proper dosage level and test for possible side effects.

Studies have shown the vaccine works in primates both to prevent infection when

A lab worker at the JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research centre at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, on October 9 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

given before exposure and to increase survival chances when given quickly after exposure. -AP

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Eye implants may spell end of reading glasses WASHINGTON: Glasses may soon be a thing of the past as corneal inlays, implanted into the eye with a simple surgery, can correct vision without the need for corrective treatments, scientists say.

A thin ring which is inserted into the eye could offer a reading glasses-free remedy for presbyopia, the blurriness in near vision experienced by many people over the

age of 40, according to a new study.

The corneal inlay device undergoing clinical review in the US improved near vision well enough for 80 per cent of the participating patients to read a newspaper without disturbing far distance vision needed for daily activities like driving.

Researchers said presbyopia affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. As they age, the cornea becomes less flexible and bends in such a way that it becomes

difficult to see up close.

While the most common remedy is wearing reading glasses, a host of new corneal inlay products are in development to treat the condition, with three types currently under review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The theoretical advantage of using corneal inlays over wearing reading glasses is that corneal inlays prevent the need for constantly putting on and taking off glasses, depending on whether the person needs to see near or far.

One of the devices is the KAMRA inlay, a thin, flexible doughnutshaped ring that measures 3.8 millimeters in diameter, with a 1.6 millimeter hole in the middle.

When dropped into a small pocket in the cornea covering the front of the eye, the device acts like a camera aperture, adjusting the depth of field so that the viewer can see near and far.

The procedure to insert the implant is relatively quick, lasting about 10 minutes, and requires only topical anesthesia.

To test the inlay's efficacy, clinicians conducted a prospective non-randomized study of 507 patients between 45 and 60 years of age across the US, Europe and Asia with presbyopia who were not nearsighted.-PTI

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Upcoming Sun, Oct 26 • Diwali Mela Cultural Program Venue: Demetrius Hall, 691 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008 Time : 02:00 pm Contact: 732-668-3116

Sat, Nov 1 • Mega Tamil Musical Extravaganza Venue: Harrington Middle School Theater - South Jersey, NJ, 514 Mt Laurel Rd, Mt Laurel, NJ 08054 Time: 4:00 pm

Fri, Nov 07

• Ek Yaad Mukesh Ji Ke Baad Venue: Ritz Theater, 1148 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Time: 8:30 pm Contact: 732-910-6227

Sat, Oct 25 • Annual Halloween Costume Party Venue: Pranna, 79 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Time : 9:00 pm

Sat, Nov 1 • Diwali Celebrations 2014 Venue: Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack, NY 11725 Time : 05:00 pm Contact: 718-610-9799

Sat, Nov 1 • 10th Annual Halloween Hangover Venue: Pranna, 79 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Time: 8:00 pm Contact: 908-403-7045

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Sat, Oct 25 • Brahma Kumaris Silicon Valley Meditation Center, Milpitas will celebrate Diwali Venue: Jain Center, 722 S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Timet: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Contact: www.bksiliconvalley.org.

Sun, Oct 26 • Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago Organizes Fall

Sat, Nov 8 • Kasturi Media 5th Year Celebration Venue: Woodside High School Auditorium, 199 Churchill Ave, Woodside, CA Time: 4:30 pm.

Contact: 5104024633

Sun, Nov 9 • Kalakshetras Ananda Shankar Jayant

Banquet

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Venue: 14630 S. Lemont road Homer Glen IL 60491 Time :11:00 am to 3:00 pm Contact: (708) 301-9062

School, 20300 Herriman Ave, Saratoga, CA

Sun, Oct 26 • Marathi Movie Rama-Madhav Premiere and Meet The Director & Actress Mrinal Kulkarni Venue: Serra Theaters, 200 Serra Way, Milpitas, CA 95035 Time: 01:00 pm Contact: 5105798211

Sat, Nov 15 • Bollywood Affair Venue: Chakra Restaurant and Lounge, 151 S Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Timet: 9:30 pm Contact: 843-503-2133

Sun, Nov 16 • Red Carpet Wedding Show Venue: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Time :04:00 pm Contact: 562-366-3649

Time: 4:00 pm Contact: 408-329-7040

ATLANTA Upcoming Sat, Oct 25 • Gujarati Family Comedy Show Venue: Atlanta Event Hall, 3750 Venture Drive, Duluth, GA 30096 Time: 07:30 pm Contact: 404-551-2378

Sat, Nov 01 • 10th Year Dhoom Macho Diwali Venue: IAshiana banquet hall, 5675 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071 Time: 8:45 pm Contact: 770-329-0528

Sat, Nov 1 • Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam Venue: Norcross High School, 5300 Spalding Dr, Norcross, GA 30092 Time: 9:00 am Contact: 404-916-9899

ILLINOIS Upcoming • J K Yog Satsang and Bal Mukund Hindi Classes are held every 2nd and 4rth Sunday of Month Chicago Satsang Information: J K Yog, Chicago - Swami Mukundananda Venue: Clarion Inn/Waterford Banquets, Board Room, 933 South Riverside Drive, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm Contact: Ajay & Arti Chandhok @ 630-561-4807 Website: www.jkyog.org

1st and 3rd Sunday of Month • Chicago Children's Bal Mukund Character Building Program and Hindi Literacy Classes Venue: Vogelei Center, 650 W. Higgins Road, Hoffmann Estates, IL 60192 (Next to Nissan Dealership) Contact: Ajay & Arti Chandhok @ 630-561-4807

Mondays and Fridays • Free ESL - English as Second Language Classes Metropolitan Asian Family Services Venue: 9015 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles, IL, Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm Contact: 773-465-3105

Mondays and Fridays • Free ESL - English as Second Language Classes Where: Metropolitan Asian Family Services Venue: 9015 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles, IL, Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm Contact: 773-465-3105

In Brief Official's Indian radio remark sparks race row MELBOURNE: A New Zealand immigration official has sparked a race row after rejecting a woman's visa application for a job, saying New Zealanders are unlikely to hear Indian radio.

The case came to light after Immigration lawyer Ramya Sathiyanathan received an email from the immigration officer with regard to a visa application for a job which a client had been offered.

The position was advertised in some local newspapers and with Indian station Radio Tarana.

The immigration officer objected to the employer, who supported the visa application, saying genuine attempts were not made to recruit local workers as New Zealanders are unlikely to hear Indian radio.

"I was shocked by what I took to be a racist statement," Sathiyanathan, originally from Sri Lanka, was quoted as saying by the New Zealand Herald.

She filed a complaint after failing to get a retraction of the statement or an apology from the agency. -PTI

„ US to allow some Haitians to immigrate faster WASHINGTON: Thousands of Haitian immigrants approved to move to the United States to join relatives already living here will soon be able to immigrate before a visa is available, the Obama administration has announced.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Homeland Security Department agency that oversees immigration benefits cases, said the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program will allow Haitians who are scheduled to receive a visa within two years to move to the U.S. While they are waiting for their visas, the immigrants will be granted a work permit, USCIS said.

A limited number of family immigrant visas are issued yearly, and in some cases approved would-be immigrants from Haiti can wait more than a decade for a visa to become available.

Starting in early 2015 the State Department's National Visa Center will notify Haitians already living in the United States that their relatives may be eligible to come to the U.S. sooner. USCIS said only those people contacted by the government will be eligible for the program. -AP

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Colorado candidate Gardner's town shapes immigration view YUMA, COLORADO: The dilemma faced by Republican Senate candidate Cory Gardner over immigration reform is evident in his hometown of Yuma on Colorado's high plains.

The Republican congressman's race against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall is one of the key battlegrounds as Republicans seek to pick up the six seats needed to take control of the Senate. Colorado is the only state this year with both a competitive Senate race and a sizable population of Hispanic voters.

Yuma is Colorado in a microcosm.

The town, like the state, has been transformed by Latin American immigrants who have arrived to open businesses, labor in fields and hog farms, and take seats in public school classrooms. They have been welcomed - the Yuma town council in 2010 urged Congress to pass immigration reform legislation - and met with suspicion.

Andrea Hermosillo, a high school junior, lives only a few blocks from Gardner's home in Yuma. This summer, she rode for hours to protest at Gardner's main

office, in a city closer to Denver in the congressman's sprawling eastern Colorado district. She took part in a sit-in to demand that he support granting citizenship to many of the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. ``It was kind of weird, but it felt we had to be there,'' Hermosillo

farmer has known Gardner since the two-term congressman was a child.

As Breithauer nursed a coffee at Yuma's central gathering spot, a restaurant called The Main Event, he made it clear that he thinks what Hermosillo wants is outrageous.

Dusk descends over the small rural town of Yuma in eastern Colorado. This farming hamlet of 3,200 near the Nebraska border is home to an increasing number of Latino immigrants drawn to work in the nearby corn and hog farms. Yuma is the hometown of Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, one of the GOP's current hopes for seizing the Senate back from Democrats.

said. ``It's important he know that it's people in his town who feel this way.''

Bill Breithauer also lives in Yuma. The 72-year-old retired

``How are they going to give them citizenship if they don't speak the language and they're up to no good?'' Breithauer asked. ``Cory's all right. He knows what's what.''

This is the riddle for Gardner in his race against Udall. The Democratic senator has called on President Barack Obama to limit deportations of people living illegally in the U.S., and he voted for a Senate bill that eventually would have granted them citizenship. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives did not vote on the Senate bill or any other immigration reform legislation.

Gardner has straddled the fence.

He opposes the Senate bill, but speaks warmly of immigrants. It's an indication of how he has been shaped by his town and his place in a party where supporting an immigration overhaul is a political risk.

Gardner regularly tells a story of meeting a high school valedictorian who was waiting tables at a small-town diner in his district. He told her she had a bright future; she told him she was brought into the country illegally and couldn't go to college.

The following year, Gardner passed through the town again.

The girl was still there, still waiting tables.

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he United States has started Ebola screenings at five major airports. Will these screenings really be effective, or are they being implemented by the administration to demonstrate that it is doing something to assuage public fears?

The administration has also been criticized by Republican leaders who are pushing to restrict, if not completely block off, air travel from West Africa. The tragic death of Thomas Duncan in Dallas from Ebola who had flown into the United States from Liberia has further exacerbated these fears.

While the airport screenings would apply to all travelers from affected West African countries, including U.S. citizens, non-citizens would certainly be more vul-

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nerable. The fears stemming from the Ebola epidemic are redolent of an earlier time when immigrants who traveled to the shores of the United States were processed at Ellis Island and excluded for a host

today. Anti-immigrant groups are using Ebola, along with ISIS, to further their argument that immigrants are dangerous to the United States, and several Republican politicians including former Mas-

Anti-immigrant groups are using Ebola, along with ISIS, to further their argument that immigrants are dangerous to the US, and several Republican politicians including former Massachusetts Senator and current New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown of diseases, notably including the eye infection trachoma.

A Marine General recently warned about hordes of Ebola infected immigrants running for the U.S. border, stoking similar fears

sachusetts Senator and current New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown, North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis, and Senator Rand Paul, have cited Ebola to support increased border

security along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pursuant to section 212(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), aliens who are determined to have a communicable disease of public health significance are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted in the United States.

By regulation, under 42 CFR 34.2, the term "communicable disease of public health significance" includes "quarantinable communicable diseases as listed in a Presidential Executive Order," a list which has included Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fevers since President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13295 in 2003.

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Under the authority of INA section 232, 8 U.S.C. 1222, aliens arriving in the United States may be subjected to detention and physical and mental examination to determine whether they are afflicted with a condition that would render them inadmissible, such as Ebola.

Interestingly, however, under INA 232(b) and 42 CFR 34.8, an applicant for admission who was suspected of having Ebola and found inadmissible on that basis, who disputed the finding, could appeal to a board of medical officers. Presumably, even if one has been quarantined after showing signs of being infected but has recovered, he or she ought to be ad-

if returning from a trip of less than 180 days and not having committed any crimes or taken any other actions which would otherwise cause them to be treated as an applicant for admission, would not be regarding as seeking admission to the United States, pursuant to INA section 101(a) (13) (C), 8 U.S.C. §1101(13) (C).

That is, the LPR would be considered rather as if he or she had never left the United States at all, because under section 101(a)(13)(C), becoming medically inadmissible under section 212(a)(1) doesn't cause an LPR to be regarded as seeking admission in the way that certain criminal conduct does.

So the LPR would be allowed in, if perhaps under quarantine, not necessarily because he or she

So an LPR absent from the United States for more than 180 days who does not have a spouse, parent (if the LPR is unmarried), son, or daughter who is either a U.S. citizen, or an LPR, or someone who has been issued an immigrant visa, might not be allowed back into the U.S. mitted into the United States.

And since INA §212(a)(1) is not among the grounds which can be a basis for expedited removal under INA §235, 8 U.S.C. §1225, this would presumably all take place, even for a nonimmigrant, in the context of regular removal proceedings before an Immigration Judge, unless DHS felt it could argue with a straight face that the nonimmigrant also fell under INA §212(a)(6)(C) or §212(a)(7) and was thus amenable to expedited removal. The nonimmigrant might, for example, be said to have lied to a consular officer or DHS officer about their illness and thus become inadmissible under INA §212(a) (6) (C) (i).

A Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), on the other hand, at least

were admissible but because admissibility is irrelevant for someone who is not an applicant for admission. There does not appear to be any provision in INA section 237, regarding deportability, which would relate to those who become afflicted with contagious diseases after already having been admitted.

An LPR who had been out of the United States for more than 180 days could potentially be in a more troubling situation. Under INA §101(a)(13)(C)(ii), an LPR who "has been absent from the United States for a continuous period in excess of 180 days" is not entitled to the statutory protection against being regarding as seeking admission, so such an LPR could be found inadmissible under INA

212(a)(1)(A)(I) if infected with Ebola.

And although a waiver of such inadmissibility is available pursuant to section 212(g)(1) of the INA, that section requires for a waiver of 212(a)(1)(A)(I) inadmissibility that the waiver applicant have a qualifying relative of one of various sorts, unless he or she is a VAWA self-petitioner.

So an LPR absent from the United States for more than 180 days who does not have a spouse, parent (if the LPR is unmarried), son, or daughter who is either a U.S. citizen, or an LPR, or someone who has been issued an immigrant visa, might not be allowed back into the United States after being infected with Ebola, having become an inadmissible applicant for admission and being ineligible for a 212(g) (1) waiver.

We wonder whether such a loss of LPR status due to an infection would be constitutional, but we know that according to the Supreme Court, long-term absences from the United States can strip returning residents of some of their constitutional protections.

The regrettable decision in Shaughnessy v. Mezei, 345 U.S. 2006 (1953), which upheld the refusal to admit a returning resident without a hearing and his resulting indefinite detention on Ellis Island, has never been overturned (though its practical effect with regard to the permissible length of detention under current statutes

There are very few passengers who fly into the United States each day from the three countries that are at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. was limited by Clark v. Martinez, 543 U.S. 371 (2005)), and Mr. Mezei had lived in the U.S., apparently lawfully although before the INA of 1952 was enacted and the modern LPR status created, for many years before his 19-month absence.

An LPR who is absent from the United States for more than 180 days and becomes infected with Ebola in the meantime may be at risk of becoming the modern Mezei. At the very least, however, the government should be held to the burden of showing such an LPR's alleged medical inadmissibility by clear, convincing, and

unequivocal evidence, as in Woodby v. INS, 385 U.S. 276 (1966), just as LPRs alleged to be inadmissible on other bases have been found entitled to the protection of the Woodby standard in such cases as Ward v. Holder, 733 F.3d 601 (6th Cir. 2013).

The BIA in Matter of Rivens, 25 I&N Dec. 623 (BIA 2011), has acknowledged that clear and convincing evidence is required to declare an LPR an applicant for admission under INA §101(a)(13)(C), although it reserved judgment on the question whether there is a difference for these purposes between clear and convincing evidence as mentioned in INA §240(c)(3)(A) and clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence as mentioned in Woodby.

impact on trade and investment.

This will further hinder their efforts to stem Ebola, and one way to stem an epidemic is to keep people working and normal. In addition, perceived fears about who has Ebola can result in racial profiling of people of certain nationalities, resulting in wrongful denial of visas or admission into the United States.

As a recent editorial in the Washington Post aptly stated, "The answer to Ebola is fighting it there, at the source, not at the U.S. border. No one is protected when a public health emergency is used for political grandstanding." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden sensibly told reporters, "Though we might wish we can seal ourselves off from the world, there are

One way to stem an epidemic is to keep people working and normal. In addition, perceived fears about who has Ebola can result in racial profiling of people of certain nationalities, resulting in wrongful denial of visas or admission into the United States.

As a practical matter, it is unlikely that any non-citizen found to be infected with Ebola would be turned away on the next flight home, or even paroled into the US for a removal proceeding, as this would expose others to the Ebola virus. He or she would be quarantined in a hospital and treated in the United States. If this person fully recovers, he or she should be found admissible. Otherwise, this person will unfortunately under the current state of medical advances in the treatment of Ebola most likely not be alive.

While the United States should not be nonchalant about the spread of deadly infectious diseases such as Ebola, the question is whether screenings at airports are the right way to deal with the problem? Ebola can incubate in a person for up to 21 days before an infected person shows symptoms, as was the case with Mr. Duncan.

It has recently come to light that Mr. Duncan's treatment was less than satisfactory as he was discharged from the hospital when he had a high fever.

There are very few passengers who fly into the United States each day from the three countries that are at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Blocking off flights from these countries, due to political grandstanding, will hurt these countries' economies even further, and will have an adverse

Americans who have the right of return and many other people that have the right to enter this country."

As The Economist noted in its recent article on the topic that Dr. Frieden and Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the infectious diseases component of the National Institutes of Health, have explained, "quarantining West Africa would be unwise. It would weaken governments, trap Americans and spur travelers to move in roundabout ways that make them harder to track."

Screening those who arrive in the United States for Ebola symptoms may be a helpful component of a broader anti-Ebola strategy if it is not taken too far, but we must be careful not to exclude from the United States people who show no real signs of being infected, and accord those who do appear to have been infected full due process to either contest or overcome inadmissibility.

If the administration believes that screening those who arrive in the United States for Ebola symptoms may be a helpful component of a broader anti-Ebola strategy, it should not be taken too far. We must also be careful not to exclude from the United States people who show no real signs of being infected, and accord those who do appear to have been infected full due process to either contest or overcome inadmissibility.

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Texas uses immigration screening, others pull back HOUSTON: An immigration advocacy group says more than 250 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are pulling back from a screening program for immigrants amid criticism that it may be unconstitutional, but the program is still being used in all Texas counties.

The Houston Chronicle reports that under the Secure Communities Initiative, jailers submit the fingerprints of everyone booked into jail to the Homeland Security Department to run through an immigration database.

If they get a match, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials can file ``detainer requests'' asking local law enforcement agencies to hold suspects up to 48 hours until they can be transferred to federal custody for deportation.

The program unveiled in 2008 has been ICE's signature immigra-

tion enforcement initiative and the agency says it remains necessary because it ensures ``dan-

it unfairly targets Latinos and deports immigrants in the country illegally caught for minor

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility in Adelanto, California. Most detainees in segregation cells are sent there for fighting with other immigrants, according to guards. more than 400 facilities nationwide.

gerous criminals'' aren't released into communities. But critics say

crimes rather than focusing ICE's limited resources on violent of-

fenders.

Following a spate of court rulings this spring, agency after agency across the U.S. began either ignoring detainer requests for immigrants or restricting the cases they would continue to hold suspects for transfer to federal authorities. Those rulings include a federal appeals court saying that states and local agencies don't have to honor detainer requests because they don't amount to the probable cause required by the Constitution to keep someone jailed. ``Agencies fear they'll be liable for unconstitutional detention,'' said Lena Graber, an attorney for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. The center has tracked around 255 agencies that have restricted the use of detainers, while ICE tallied 157 through the end of August, though many have curtailed it in

just the past few weeks.

Bucking the nationwide trend is Texas, in which every county jail continues to comply with ICE detainer requests by holding suspects whose fingerprints match the immigration database.

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia defended his agency's compliance with detainer requests. Because ICE operates within the jail, he said inmates are almost ``instantaneously'' transferred to the agency's custody, so there's little lag time between when they've been arraigned and are turned over to ICE. Harris County has deported 24,161 immigrants through Secure Communities since 2008, the largest number in the state, with the Houston region removing the fourth-most immigrants in the nation, according to ICE figures through August.-AP

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``If you're looking at the way our criminal justice system works, we don't charge a 2-year-old or a 3-year-old with the same crime as adults,'' Gardner said. ``I have known them for a very long time, whether it's just the people I've gotten to know through living in the community or its people my daughter goes to school with.''

Yet Gardner opposed legislation that would have let those young immigrants live in the U.S. legally. He did change course this summer and voted against efforts to repeal a program that lets some who came to the U.S. illegally as children stay in the country.

He has called for increased border security, a guest worker program and citizenship for people brought here illegally who serve in the military, but hasn't gotten more specific. ``Cory Gardner has made the calculation that he can say a few

nice things, fool enough voters and get away with this,'' said Patty Kupfer of the immigration reform advocacy group America's Voice, which supports the Senate bill.

Udall has hammered Gardner

On a recent morning, half-a-dozen longtime friends grumbled about the amount of Spanish they hear and the idea people can enter the country illegally. on the issue, even though in 2005, when immigration played less favorably in Colorado, Udall voted for a Republican bill that would have made being in the country illegally a felony.

``He's said we should take immigration reform in steps,'' Udall said at a recent debate. ``Well, he hasn't taken one step to move immigration to the finish line.''

Gardner's combination of warmth and hesitation makes sense at The Main Event in Yuma, a town of 3,200 that began to change in the 1990s as Mexicans from northern Chihuahua state, were drawn by the area's new hog farms and dairies.

On a recent morning, half-adozen longtime friends grumbled about the amount of Spanish they hear and the idea people can enter the country illegally. But they acknowledged that local businesses depend on immigrants and that most of the town's new residents, legal or not, are good people.

Said Bob Seward, 88, ``Yuma would look like a ghost town without the Spanish or Mexican people here.''

Yuma's immigrants have lobbied Gardner for years. -AP

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arnath, formally Isipathana, is a famous city near the important religious place Varanasi. Buddhism rules Sarnath because this is where Buddha preached his first Sermon and which thus makes it one of the four holiest places to the Buddhist world.

Sarnath got its name from Saranganatha ('Lord of the Deer'). The original Sangha of Buddhism was born in deer park, a site in Sarnath and it is in this place Gautama Buddha first preached the Dharma. It is a major Buddhist pilgrimage destination. This is a pleasant place to meditate, take a retreat and move around the wellmaintained gardens and Sarnath's ruins.

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are Asoka's pillar, the ruins of the Mulagandhakuti and the huge second century old Dharma Stupa, also known as Dhamekha Stupa, built by the Emperor Ashoka.

Buddhism flourished in Sarnath till the sixth century and then the Huns caused a trail of devastation and were followed by Mahmud of Ghazni and Qutub-ud-din Aibak who virtually razed Sarnath to the ground whatever was left by the Huns. The British archaeologists dug out the site, which heard the path to enlightenment from Buddha, stayed hidden amidst ruins, during 19th century. The place bears three fold values - archeological, historical and religious. It is a place worth a visit and to see the cultural and religious heritage of India and Buddhism.

Sarnath is an important temple city of India. The town is relatively peaceful and green, and provides a welcome alternative to Varanasi as a place to stay for people

visiting the ghats along the Ganges. There are many imposing temples to visit, which are constructed in modern times, for example Thai temples, the Burmese, Korean and Chinese temples, have all been built recently. Apart from these, there are three Tibetan temples and a Japanese temple.

Sarnath is generally quiet and clean and has a definite Buddhist atmosphere. On the weekends there are big and very noisy crowds, mainly the tourists booking cheap tour packages and visiting this historical and religious place.

ATTRACTIONS Archaeological and Excavation Area: From 1907 onwards, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) continued excavations at Sarnath. The main excavation site in Sarnath is a vast expanse of low lying structures and monuments.

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One can view the various facets of Buddhist history, the origin, growth, evolution and its ruin, by moving around this place.

Archaeological Museum:

Sarnath Archaeological Museum in Sarnath has a small but impressive collection of artifacts excavated from the Buddhist site. The sculptures and the antiquities ranging from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD are displayed here.

Ashoka Pillar: Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath (also called the Sarnath Pillar), carved out of stone with a height of 50m, marks Emperor Asoka's visit to Sarnath and is one of the most attractive sight for the visitors.

Chaukhandi Stupa: Constructed in the 5th century, the Chaukhandi Stupa was built to commemorate the spot where Buddha first met his disciples. There is an octagonal tower which is of Islamic origin and a later addition.

Nearby attractions include Dhamekha Stupa.

Dharmachakra Stupa: Dharmajika Stupa is the site of the Asoka pillar, and Mulagandhakuti temple. Apart from this, standing near by Chaukhandi Stupa, one can find ruins of monasteries, courtyards and verandas.

Deer Park: Sarnath got its name from Saranganatha (('Lord of the Deer'). The deer park is the place where the Buddha first proclaimed the Dharma to the world.

He taught his disciples two discourses here the Dhammacakkhapavathana Sutta and the Anattalakhana Sutta.

Thai Temple: Most countries with a large Buddhist population have a temple or monastery in Sarnath, as this is the abode of Buddha and usually these were built in a representative architectural style of the respective countries. The Thai temple is a famous temple managed by Thai Buddhist

Indian envoy in China inspects new Kailash yatra route BEIJING: India's ambassador to China is on a rare visit to Tibet to make preparations for the opening of a new route through Sikkim for Indian pilgrims to travel to the holy site of Kailash-Manasarovar which was agreed during last month's visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India.

The new route through Nathula Pass in Sikkim is expected to substantially reduce hardships for the pilgrims.

During the week-long visit, Indian envoy Ashok K Kantha would also study the scope to improve the bilateral border trade being conducted through the Nathula Pass, official sources here told PTI. Accompanied by a team of Indian officials, Kantha reached Golmud in the neighboring Qinghai province from where he traveled to Tibet's provincial capital Lhasa by train.-PTI

monks and carries the colorful structure and style of Thailand.

Tibetan Temple: Tibetan Temple is a beautiful Buddhist shrine located at Sarnath. This is a traditional style temple and enshrines the beautiful statue of Shakyamuni, the Buddha. The walls and sealing are decorated with Thangksa (Tibetan Buddhist paintings) and frescoes.

Best time to visit this place is between October to March.

Tibetan Temple

HOW TO REACH

By Train: Sarnath has a small railway station that is connected to Gorakhpur and Varanasi by passenger trains. Varanasi Cantonment railway station, at a distance of about 10 km from Sarnath, is the major railhead nearby.

By Air: Varanasi Airport at Babatpur is the nearest airport from Sarnath. It is about 10 km away from Sarnath.

By Bus: Sarnath is well connected to all neighboring cities by Government owned buses. Private A/C and non A/C deluxe buses are also available.

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he fourth poster of 'PK' shows Anushka Sharma dressed in over sized police dress carrying the same transistor which Aamir Khan has used and her character is named Jagat Janani. She is fondly called Juggu by Aamir's character in the film.

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Just before releasing the latest poster, Aamir Khan informed his fans on Twitter 'bawaal machne wala hai'.

Well we may still be 'cofujed' about Aamir and Anushka's roles in the movie and the story of it, we now know for sure that the transistor has a pivotal role.

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t a press conference recently, Deepika agreed that the heroes make much more money than the heroines.

But, she said, there has been a huge shift in parameters if it is compared with what the heroines used to receive before.

She made a point that money must not be given the pivotal importance in any piece of art. And she stressed on the importance of love and admiration that she receives from her audience that touches her heart far beyond materialistic comfort.

The press cited the example of Katrina Kaif as she had no significant role to play in 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and that she was treated as an eye-candy only. Deepika pointed out that Katrina felt her role was difficult and she had to slog hard for the same. So it will be injustice to call it a showpiece role. Thereafter, witty Deepika added that being a heroine is an arduous task. Effort and hard work are quintessential in the line of acting. Even though it looks glamorous from exterior, it demands patience and hard work at its zenith.

Deepika pointed out that Katrina felt her role was difficult and she had to slog hard for the same. So it will be injustice to call it a showpiece role.

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Haan, Jagat Janani"

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ll the "books in running brooks and sermons in stones" preach with unmistakable accent the gospel of continuous, incessant work. Light bestows upon us the power of sight. Light gives a mainspring to all beings.

The underlying secret of a lamp's luster and splendor is that it spares not its wick and oil. The wick and oil or the little self is being constantly consumed and glory is the natural consequence.

There it is, the lamp says, spare yourself and you will be immediately extinguished. If you seek ease and comfort for your bodies and waste your time in sensual pleasures and luxury, there is no hope for you. Inactivity, in other words, would bring death to you, and activity and activity alone is life. Look at the stagnant pond and the running stream.

The crystal water of the rustling river is ever fresh, clear, drinkable and attractive. But on the other hand see how disgusting, odorous, filthy, dirty, stinking and stenching is the water of the stagnant pond.

If you wish to succeed, follow the line of action, the constant motion of a river.

There is no hope for a man who would waste his wick and oil by preserving it from consumption.

Follow the policy of a river, ever progressing, ever assimilating, ever adapting itself to the environPAUL BRUNTON

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his antagonism between the meditative life and the practical life is only a supposed one, not a real one. If it exists at all it exists only between their extreme and therefore abnormal forms, between the wholly inactive trance state - which is temporary - and the wholly active extrovert state which is diseased.

The proper human life is not only practical but also meditative.

There is necessarily a contrast between the two qualities but there need not be an antagonism.

Man's trail leads all the way from the primitive who dwelt in a cave because he never saw a city, to the yogi who dwells in a lonely cave because he has seen too much of crowded cities! But it will not stop there.

The philosopher will seek an environment where he can unite the quietude and solitude and beauty of Nature with the comfort and stimulation and appeal of the town. He will be partly in the world yet partly out of it. He will commune with his divine spirit yet also with his better neighbor.

Philosophy advocates neither the permanent association with society nor the permanent retire-

ments and ever performing work, ever performing work is the first principle of success.

Students know that when they are speaking in their literary societies, the moment the idea "I lecture" comes into prominence within their mind, the speech is marred. Forget your little self in work and entirely throw yourself into it, you will succeed.

Self-Sacrifice Everybody loves white objects.

color by reflecting or throwing back that color. The other colors in the Sun's rays are entirely absorbed by the rose and nobody attributes those colors to the rose.

The green leaf absorbs all other colors in light and appears fresh and green by the very color which it denies to itself and throws back.

Black objects have the property of absorbing all colors and reflecting no light. They have no spirit of sacrifice in them and no charity.

They do not renounce even a

jects and you must be successful.

What does Rama mean by white? Europeans? Not Europeans alone, the white mirror, the white pearl, the white dove, the white snow, all the emblems of purity and righteousness stand as your great teachers.

Imbibe, therefore, the spirit of sacrifice and reflect unto others all that you receive. Have no recourse to selfish absorption and you must be white.

Forget your little self and absorb totally in work

Swami Rama Tirtha

There is no hope for a man who would waste his wick and oil by preserving it from consumption. Follow the policy of a river, ever progressing, ever assimilating, ever adapting itself to the environments and ever performing work

Let us examine the cause of their being the objects of universal love.

Let us account for the success of the white. The black objects are everywhere hated, discarded and rejected, and let us take this fact as it is and account for it. Physics tells us the reality of the phenomenon of color. Red is not red, green is not green; black is not black, and all is not what is seems.

The red rose gets its lovely

single ray. They do not throw back even an iota of what they receive.

Nature tells you that black, black like coal, shall he appear who refuses to give unto his neighbors what he receives. The way to receive it to give.

The secret of appearing white is the total renunciation-to throw back instantaneously on your neighbors all that you receive.

Acquire this virtue of white ob-

A seed in order that it may bud forth into a tree must perish itself.

Fruition is thus the final result of complete self-sacrifice. The more we impart the light of knowledge, the more we receive.

Excerpted from lecture delivered on October 7, 1902, at the High Commercial College, Tokyo, Japan. The 141st birth anniversary of Swami Rama Tirtha will be observed on October 22.

ment into solitude. It does not vaunt the home at the expense of the monastery or the monastery at the expense of the home. It takes no side in any absolute manner, but it makes use of both in the fullness of its own discretion.

It says that at one time or at a certain stage, society will be help-

wrong. A man's need in these matters must be dictated by his personal circumstances on the outside, and by his intuitive feeling on the inside; and if he is in any doubt as to where his duty lies he has to find and consult a competent spiritual director, who will quickly put him on the right track.

The secret of achieving successful balance between the contemplative life and the active life is to go slowly, inch by inch, and not to jump.

What is needed is a daily alternation of meditational retreat and practical action, a swinging to and fro between these two necessities

Achieving balance between contemplative & active life Philosophy advocates neither the permanent association with society nor the permanent retirement into solitude. It does not vaunt the home at the expense of the monastery or the monastery at the expense of the home. ful or even necessary to a man, whereas at another stage or at another time, solitude will be not less necessary and not less helpful.

It says that to remain in society when the inner prompting is to go into solitude is to turn society into an evil thing; but on the other hand, to remain in solitude when the inner bidding is to go forth among one's fellows again is equally

But, we repeat, philosophy cannot be tied down to any disciplinary formula which is to be prescribed freely to all men and at all times.

It is hostile neither to retirement from the world nor to activity in the world, but includes both as being, at different times, part of the philosophic life and needful to a well-balanced temperament.

Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?

- D.T. Suzuki You can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes.

- Osho Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one.

- Eckhart Tolle Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

-Meister Eckhart The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.

- Alan Wilson Watts Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen. - Bodhidharma,

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of a balanced life.

We must act in society the thoughts and dreams of our solitude. It is difficult to adjust the life of the Soul to the life of the world today and keep a fine balance - but we must try.

Excerpted from the 'Notebooks of Paul Brunton'. The 116th birth anniversary of Paul Brunton' was observed on October 21

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- Lao Tzu Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

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uring Chinese Presi- against which India is measured: dent Xi Jinping's visit 'Why cannot we be more like to India in September, them?' The more 'policy relevant' much was made of the the study is, the greater this line personal rapport and chemistry of speculation is in evidence. between him and his host, Prime In India, China is very rarely Minister Narendra Modi. Chinese studied qua China, in order to uninvestment worth US$20 billion, al- derstand its dynamics, trends and though a fraction of the figures complexities on its own terms.

(US$100-300 billion) that had been Much more often, Indian analytitouted before the visit, was nev- cal treatments of China are as exertheless significant in the bilat- emplar, allegory or metaphor. eral context.

The second dimension in It was also noteworthy that the which China and India can be juxIndian leadership was forceful in taposed is relational. Here, the fohighlighting India's concerns on cus is upon the factors that would such bilateral irritants as border in- bring the two countries together, cursions, stapled visas and river as opposed to those that would waters. The relaxed atmospherics set them apart. While conflict beand candid conversation presage tween states is relatively easy to a developing maturity in the bilat- explain, there is no single (or sineral relationship, which is important for the evolving power relationships across Asia and further afield.

One of the fascinating aspects of the visit and the Modi-Xi meeting was the way in which China and India can now be juxtaposed. When we juxtapose two entities, we place them close together for contrasting effect. From an International Relations (IR) perspective, what happens when we juxtapose the two Asian giants?

China and India can be juxtaposed File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and across three dis- Chinese President Xi Jinping, holding umbrella watch tinct dimensions. a cultural performance as they walk on the Sabarmati River front in Ahmedabad The first of them is comparative. China is one of the few countries in the gular) explanation of why states world with which India can sensi- decide to work in concert. In IR, bly be compared (Brazil is an- different theoretical streams proother). In any comparative exer- vide radically different answers to cise, the two cases being com- the question 'Why do states come pared should be sufficiently simi- together?' lar for the comparison to be warThe three predominant explaranted, yet sufficiently dissimilar nations, to simplify theoretical for the comparison to be fruitful. propositions, are as follows. RealA China-India comparison can ists argue that states make allibe undertaken from a multitude of ances to aggregate power. Liberdisciplinary perspectives, focus als suggest that states cooperate on a wide variety of issue areas to solve problems and thereby and encompass vast historical enhance their opportunities. periods. Almost any sensible Constructivists hold that states China-India comparison would come together to build community. yield fascinating results.

What is interesting is not only However, when Indian analysts that each of these explanations attempt this comparison, it is usu- rings true, but also that each is obally in unidirectional, yardstick viously incomplete and imperfect terms. By this one means that is the sense that it does not tell China is treated as the benchmark the whole story.

Each of these - power aggregation, problem solving and community building - will probably play a role in China-India bilateral relations. For instance, the BRICS grouping that contains both China and India could be considered as an example of power aggregation.

If China and India working together seems far-fetched, we would do well to recall that ChinaIndia relations have spanned the security spectrum - war at one end, alliance at the other - during the twentieth century.

While the two countries fought a war - brief and limited, but war nonetheless - against each other in 1962, they also were allies during the Second World War, before Indian Independence and the Chinese Revolution.

However, the most interesting dimension that emerges from juxtaposing China and India is the conceptual one. It has become quite trendy in IR to put both China and India in the same category of states, usually characterizing both of them as rising powers. But doing so is tantamount to making a serious conceptual error. While China is rising, India is emerging.

Although China is an emerging economy, it is a rising power, not an emerging power. This is not a semantic distinction but a substantive one: unlike emerging powers, which could have a systemic impact sometime in the future, a rising power already has a systemic impact today.

Juxtaposing China and India brings out this conceptual point with clarity. It also leads to an important taxonomical insight: the difference between China and India today is not one of degree but of kind, thus making it analytically incorrect to place both China and India in the same category of states.

Is there more at play here than the decade-plus lead that China has over India in terms of economic reform? What are the structural factors, domestic and external, that undergird this distinction?

Can - and how can - India narrow the gap and become a rising power itself?

Most important of all, is China's lead necessarily a problem for India? Perhaps it is worth reflecting that China's rise is masking India's emergence: while the world focuses on China, India has time to get its own act together, inside and out.

The writer is Professor and Chairperson, CIPOD, SIS, JNU & Member, IPCS Executive Committee.

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Magic returns

oon after the Lok Sabha elections, there were a number of by-elections in some States in which the BJP met with a setback raising speculation that the Modi wave was already in wane. The difference however was that Modi did not campaign in these by-elections and in UP particularly, the BJP campaign raised fears of raising communal temperatures by focusing on extraneous issues like 'Love Jihad.' In the recently concluded assembly elections however Modi was back in campaign mode and the magic has returned with BJP, hardly a presence in the last Haryana Assembly, bagging a majority there and from being a junior partner of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, has emerged as the single largest party with every possibility of forming a government there as well.

The Shiv Sena, with barely half the seats compared to the BJP, has however not taken the verdict kindly. Though it was expected that the two Hindutva votary parties would be natural partners, Shiv Sena is playing hard to get. It has even been taking potshots at Modi saying the so called "wave" couldn't give him a majority in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray harbors chief ministerial ambitions and had announced this intention even before the election. It was on this expectation that he broke the alliance with BJP. But the astute BJP chief Amit Joshi had learnt through his own surveys that the BJP could even ratchet up a majority if Narendra Modi were to campaign. While the two "natural" partners are playing coy, the Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar has already offered support to the BJP in government formation. Here is a dilemma for the BJP. It has been calling the NCP corrupt. Now if it accepts the support of NCP it will be accused of hobnobbing with the corrupt.

There have been several interpretations of the results. While all agree that the Narendra Modi government's honeymoon is continuing, the Telegraph of Kolkata has made the telling remark that "even superheroes need crutches." The implication is that Narendra Modi who is being made out as a superhero, will have to depend on some other party to form a government in Maharashtra.

The paper overlooks the fact that going solo, the BJP has emerged the single largest party almost doubling its tally and its vote share.

The people have generally tended to vote for a party which is already in power at the center; the reasoning being there will be no friction and there would be better scope at development of the region.

Another interpretation by Business Line of Hindu has it that the caste dominance has not been overcome. It was being made out that the BJP triumph has subsumed coalitions and regional, caste-based political parties and practices.

Denying this possibility, the paper argues that the BJP's electoral gains are directly proportional to the losses of the Congress.

In the Haryana as well as Maharashtra Assembly elections, "a comparison between 2009 and 2014 results proves that the BJP has gained primarily at the expense of the Congress. The regional parties, whether it is the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana or the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, have, in fact, gained substantially since the last Assembly elections."

As against the impression of the Congress being wiped out, the Telegraph reveals that compared with 2009, the Congress vote share has slipped by only 3.1 per cent in Maharashtra. From the Lok Sabha polls in May this year, the fall is just 0.2 per cent.

The BJP cannot also afford to alienate an ally of 25 years, the Shiv Sena. By keeping it out of government it might gain in the short term, but in the long run the fracturing of Hindutva votaries can only harm their cause. It would be wise for both the parties to climb down from their high horses and devise a compromise formula.

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