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On Rahul, Modi And Mamata The five state elections have, after all, produced five results. A contest is on between two ideas of India – a federal India and a unitary one

he sharpest observation after the five state elections has come from Mamata Banerjee. “Rahul Gandhi is a Narendra Modi asset.” Sonia Gandhi and Rahul had mounted a bitter attack on Mamata during the campaign in West Bengal. Against this background, would she ever shake hands with the Congress? asked NDTV's Barkha Dutt. Mamata came down sharply with the above one liner. The implication of what Mamata said is that Rahul, and the Congress by extension, are a requirement of Modi. They, and they alone, must be the counterpoint for the musical score the BJP is composing. In fact this composition has been underway well before the May 2014 general election which brought Modi to power. The entire Indian establishment, CII, FICCI, the electronic media, press - everybody was chatting up Rahul to stand in opposition to Modi. He was cajoled, paraded on the stage. Anchors implored him to debate Modi on live TV. As it is, Modi's 2014 victory was because of the universal disgust with Sonia, Rahul and Manmohan Singh which was harvested by the world's most expensive election campaign. BJP think tanks now divined that Modi will continue to look good so long as Rahul is projected as the alternative. And Mamata has quickly noticed it. So, Rahul must remain in play to benefit Modi. Instead of admitting that Rahul is something of a non starter, his coterie keeps making excuses: his take off had been delayed because Rahul wanted to raise the party from scratch. He is teeming with ideas, say Motilal Vohra, Janardan Dwivedi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma. Only, Ahmad Patel sees authority resident elsewhere: “let's ask Madame.” No one is willing to concede that Rahul simply doesn't fizz. After P.V. Narasimha Rao brought the Congress tally down to 140 seats in 1996, Sitaram Kesri as Congress President raised

it by one to 141, but the next year Sonia plummeted: 114 seats. Electorally, the mother and son combination has done the party no good. So many of the party's wounds are self inflicted. Take the tamasha in Assam. If Sonia Gandhi can dig her heals in for her son, who can blame 81-year-old Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi dream dreams for his son, Gaurav Gogoi? Why can't he be the next Chief Minister. Himanta Biswa Sarma was to Gogoi what Amit Shah is to Modi. He was miffed at Gogoi's brazen nepotism, of course. But Rahul has had a role in driving Sarma away. Sarma describes a meeting with Rahul. “He is arrogant and likes to behave like a master with his servants.” It is uni-

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versally acknowledged, an angry Sarma has brought down the Congress citadel in Assam. True, the BJP now is in power in two frontline states – Jammu and Kashmir and Assam. But circumstances impose a certain moderation in both situations. It cannot permit communal excesses and live comfortably with Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar. Nor can it put on war paint against Bangladeshis in Assam at the same time as it is having exceptionally good relations with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. An atmosphere of moderation induces other steps. The BJP fields nine Muslim candidates of whom one has survived the fray. What if he becomes a minister? Badruddin Ajmal of the AIUDF would be a worried man on that count?

Parties with national pretensions must quickly find lasting partners in the states, not one night stands like the Left and the Congress had in West Bengal And now the imminence of Congress collapse is causing interesting political shifts elsewhere. In Kerala, Muslims have veered away from the Congress and Muslim League. They have voted in large numbers for the Left Front. This is welcome. There are other lessons in these elections. The Indian ruling class has long deluded itself that the country had a durable two-party system. In a multi-ethnic, multi-religious country where every currency note has to indicate denominations in at least 17 languages, to aim for such a system will, in the long run, prove illusory. A durable system of coalitions will surely evolve. The five state elections have, after all, produced five results. A contest is on between two ideas of India – a federal India and a unitary one. Establishments, of which the media is a part, are generally more comfortable with two national party systems, in bad odor though they be globally. They have since the 90s, bred crony capitalism and corruption. Electoral changes sweeping the world are on that count. That is why Mamata's is an astute observation. By describing Rahul as a Modi asset, she is debunking the illusory twoparty system at the Centre. Yes, two-party systems will be the order in the states. Come 2019, leaders like her, from the regions, will shape the power structure in New Delhi. The days of two-party compact, above the regional satraps, may be coming to an end. Parties with national pretensions must quickly find lasting partners in the states, not one night stands like the Left and the Congress had in West Bengal.

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ndia and Iran's friendship is as “old as history”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tehran May 23, emphasizing the social connections “through art and architecture, ideas and traditions, and culture and commerce”. A more wider and abiding testimony to the long and close relation is through language. Ever wonder from where words like 'seb', 'sabzi', 'mez', 'dehati', 'kulfi', paneer', 'barfi', 'shaadi' and so on came? These and several others - most color and fruit names for instance have no 'indigenous' alternatives - while many of these words are as current in Farsi even today. 'Dehati' is as strong a term of contempt in Iran as it is in India. And then what about words so imbued in Indian history like Peshwa (literally 'foremost' in Persian) and Nihang (crocodile)? These cannot be dismissed as just curiosities in our language due to the influence of Urdu, which draws a large part of

vocabulary from Farsi, but also due to a common cultural descent way back in history. Both nations take pride in their Aryan heritage - the prevalence of 'Aryaputras' as terms of address for royal princes in Indian epics, and Iran renaming itself so from the commonly-used Persia (in the 1930s) to stress this. But there might have been some discord between the Aryans in India and Iran at some point - or why does 'deva' connote a good celestial being in Indian mythology and a demon in Persian, and the 'asura' have the opposite meaning (the supreme being in Zoroastrianism is 'Ahura Mazda'). Persian pervaded India from the medieval ages with some of Amir Khusrau's most famous poetry in the language. And these are still heard today, be it “Nami Danam Che Manzil Bud” (made most famous by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) or “Zehale-Mikeen” which is an early example of composite poetry with Hindi and Persian

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alternating: eg. “Shaban-e hijran daraz chun zulf wa roz-e waslat cho umr kotah, Sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaatun andheri ratiyan...” The use of Persian became official during the reign of Akbar the Great (1556-1605) and it must have held some appeal for a monarch, just a generation or so down from a pure Mongol-Turkish heritage, to make it a court language. India had some prominent Persian poets like Mirza Abdul-Qadir 'Bedil' (1642-1720), and the use was so ingrained that a popular phrase till fairly recently was “Hath-kangan ko arsi kya/Pade likhe ko Farsi kya” (the first line means roughly that no mirror is needed to wear a hand ornament). Its use continued well into the 20th century - Allama Iqbal chose Persian to write “Javed-Nama”, his long epic of celestial travel inspired by Dante's “The Divine Comedy”. Continued on page 7

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Immigration Isn’t That Bad For Native Workers Immigrants have different language skills, and have other skill differences from native-born workers of the same education level

oes immigration cost native workers their jobs or drive down their wages? This is one of the most contentious issues in economic policy right now. Fortunately, a lot of academic economists are doing some very smart, careful and thorough empirical work to figure out the effects of immigration on local labor markets. Various surveys and meta-analyses all reach one overwhelming conclusion: Immigration has at most only a small harmful effect on the native-born. If this were biology or astrophysics, that would be that – the media would accept the scientific consensus, until new research came along and overturned it. But this is economics, and so politics and ideology inevitably get in the way. There will always be people who are in favor of immigration restriction, and they will always have reason to question what would otherwise be a well-accepted consensus. To some, this means that true consensus is impossible. Russ Roberts, host of the popular podcast EconTalk, sounds a pessimistic note in a recent interview: “A famous…study [concluded] that the influx of Cubans from the Mariel boatlift didn't hurt prospects for Miami's native workers…Harvard's George Borjas re-examined the Mariel data last year and insisted that the original findings were wrong. Then Giovanni Peri and Vasil Yasenov of the University of California, Davis retorted that Mr. Borjas's rebuttal was flawed…To Mr. Roberts, this indicates something deeper than detached analysis at work. 'There's no way George Borjas or Peri are going to do a study and find the opposite of what they found over the last 10 years,' he says. 'It's just not going to happen. Doesn't happen.' “ To Roberts, empirical questions in economics will always degenerate into a politically motivated back and forth of

he-said-she-said. But I disagree. Although complete agreement may never be possible – there will always be the research outlier whose results differ radically from the norm – there are two factors that allow conclusions in economics to be more than 50-50. Those are 1) weight of evidence, and 2) quality of methods. We've already seen that the weight of evidence comes down on the immigration-is-mostlyharmless side of the debate. But what about the quality of the empirical methods used? Here too, I think one side is clearly winning. In the academic debate over immigration, the standout is Borjas, a professor of economics and social policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Borjas may disagree with most of his colleagues, but his output is voluminous and he works at a top university. A number of business publications have called him “America's leading immigration economist.” Now Borjas has written a book on the

topic, called “Immigration Economics.” The book summarizes much of Borjas' own work, all of which purports to show that immigration is very bad for native workers. However, University of California-Berkeley professor David Card and University of California-Davis' Peri have written a paper critiquing the methods in Borjas' book. It turns out that the way Borjas and the economists he cites do immigration economics is very, very different from the way other researchers do it. One big difference is how economists measure the number of immigrants comColumnist ing into a particuBloomberg View lar labor market. The natural measure of this seems like it would be the change in the number of immigrant workers, measured as a percent of the total workers in the labor market before this batch of immigrants arrived. This is the measure Card and Peri like. But instead of using the change in the number of immigrants, Borjas just uses the number of immigrants itself, as a percentage of the current total number

Noah Smith

I’m A Cancer Survivor

hen I was 13 years old, I was diagnosed with nonHodgkin's Lymphoma, a cancer that is rarely found in children. Fast forward 13 years to this afternoon, when I found myself getting on a conference call with Vice President Joe Biden and asking hundreds of Americans around the country if they'd be willing to host conversations in their communities about how we can expedite the pace of cancer progress. Here's how it all came to be: Throughout my experience with cancer – from my initial diagnosis to the surgeries and procedures that followed – I felt completely out of control. I was in a continuous state of recovery, and never in a place of victory. I lost hope countless times during my cancer treatments. I felt that life had treated me unfairly and that I deserved better. It's what millions of patients and

their families feel every day. Daily points of devastating despair and fear. That their illness will not be cured. That they will never become healthy again. With the support of family and friends, I beat my illness and rediscovered the hope that I had once lost. But not everyone has the support I had. And no one should feel alone in a fight for their lives. I decided to dedicate my life to helping those affected by this terrible disease. And I’m proud to say that my job is to help organize communities around the country to make sure every person whose life cancer has touched has a part to play. On June 29, the Vice President and Dr. Biden are convening a Cancer Moonshot Summit. It will mark the first time that individuals and organizations in communities around the country -- patients, survivors, researchers, physicians, business leaders, philanthropists and more -will convene under the national charge to double the rate of progress to end cancer

of workers. This creates a number of problems. Let's think about a simple example. Suppose there are 90 native-born landscapers in the city of Cleveland, and 10 immigrant landscapers. Suppose that demand for landscapers goes up, because people in Cleveland start buying houses with bigger lawns. That pushes up the wages of landscapers, which will draws 100 more native-born Clevelanders into the landscaping business. But the supply of immigrants is relatively fixed. So the percent of immigrants in the Cleveland landscaping business has gone down, from 10 percent to only 5 percent, even though the number of immigrants in the business has stayed the same. Borjas will find that the percent of immigrants in the business goes down just as wages go up. But to conclude that native workers' wages went up because immigration went down would be totally incorrect, because immigration didn't actually fall! In fact, Borjas' method is vulnerable to reaching exactly this sort of erroneous conclusion. Card and Peri point out that if you use the more sensible measure, there's not much correlation between immigrant inflows and native-born workers' wages and income mobility. In another section of his book, Borjas uses a much more complex model to estimate the impact of immigration on the native born. But Card and Peri point out that Borjas assumes that immigrants and native-born workers are identical in terms of job ability. In reality, immigrants have different language skills, and have other skill differences from native-born workers of the same education level. Card and Peri find out that when you allow for even a small discrepancy between the two types of workers, immigration looks pretty harmless. Continued on page 6

By Ashwani Jain as we know it. If you want to be a part of it, you can contact us, and let us know you want to host a summit in your community. Reflecting on my own experience with cancer, here’s what I’ve learned: Health care is not just about medicine and treatment, but more importantly about people who are making real-time, human decisions. And I’m grateful that President Obama and Vice President Biden have taken a stand to make sure our health care system works better for the actual people who rely on it the most. When you talk to patient advocates for diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, or diabetes, they’ll often mention the lack of political will from those elected to lead us. These issues are complicated, and incredibly personal for millions of us. And creating lasting change starts with creating an open dialogue between patients and the communities charged with treating and researching their diseases.

Throughout my experience with cancer – from my initial diagnosis to the surgeries and procedures that followed – I felt completely out of control The Vice President is boldly declaring this Administration’s political will with his Moonshot Initiative. Want to be a part of it? Now is a great time to meet up with other supporters in your community to get ready for the work ahead. Join your fellow cancer patient advocates, researchers, community leaders, and health care professionals as we share updates and discuss efforts to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. You can start right here. Let’s end cancer once and for all. Ashwani Jain is Director of Outreach Cancer Moonshot Summit

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Neera Tanden Appointed To Democratic Party Platform Committee By Ela Dutt wo Indian-Americans have been selected to be on the important Democratic Platform Drafting Committee, one of them a close confidante of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. On May 23, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz announced the appointment of the 15-person Platform Drafting Committee which is responsible for developing and managing the process through which the Democratic Party’s National Platform is established. Several of the appointees were selected by the two Democratic presidential contenders, Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Among those Clinton selected was Neera Tanden, executive director of the progressive thinktank, the Center for American Progress. Tanden is a long-time Clinton supporter and was also an important player during the then First Lady's healthcare initiative, and more recently, helped draft President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The Clinton Campaign’s Senior Policy Advisor Maya Harris, an Indian-American, and sister of California Attorney General Kamala Harris, will be a

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non-voting member of the Committee, as will Sanders Campaign’s Policy Director Warren Gunnels. Although, according to DNC rules, the members of the drafting committee are appointed at

the discretion of the DNC Chair, Wasserman-Schulz tried a more inclusive approach this year, allocating 75% of the committee’s seats to the presidential campaigns, awarding the slots proportionally according to the

California Governor Endorses Kamala Harris For U.S. Senate By a Staff Writer

overnor of California Jerry Brown endorsed one of the two leading Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris, giving a boost to the Attorney General's campaign just days before the June 7 primary. Harris is pitted against U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, DCalifornia, in the upcoming open primaries that will send the top 2 vote getters to the November 8 general elections. According to the most recent poll by SurveyUSA, Harris is leading with 31 percent to Sanchez' 22 percent, in a crowded field of candidates, the Orange County Register reported. “She’s strong. She’s intelligent. She knows what she’s doing,” Brown said about Harris. “We’re proud to announce the newest member of Team Kamala – Governor Jerry Brown,” declared Harris'

campaign in a fundraising mailer. Governor Brown has worked with Harris on environmental lawsuits and regulations concerning big banks. In his May 24 endorsement made at the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, with Harris by his side, Brown had high praise for the Attorney General. If Harris wins November 8, she will

become the first IndianAmerican Senator in the history of the country. “Kamala has done a great job. And as her client, I know what a hell of a lawyer she is,” the San Jose Mercury News quotes Brown saying during a joint appearance at emocratic Party headquarters in acramento.

current vote tally between the candidates. The Democratic Platform Committee may become the forum where the real battle between Sanders and Clinton is fought out, as the Vermont Senator expects to turn the Democratic Party more to the left. He has already succeeded in nudging Clinton's campaign in that direction with his popularity among Millennials and young voters. Though political pundits have already handed the Democratic nomination to Clinton because of the overwhelming support she has among Super Delegates, i.e. establishment-inclined elected and other Democrats, Sanders has won enough primaries to project the image of a party trying to push against popular will. "These individuals represent some of the best progressive thinking from across the nation, Wasserman-Schultz said in a press release. "I am confident that the members of this committee will engage Americans in a substantive dialogue of ideas and solutions that will inform our Party Platform." Tanden has been campaigning for Clinton in several states during the primaries, several of which have gone against the former Secretary of State. The July party convention in Philadelphia may turn out to be a contentious. Among several people who congratulated Tanden on her Facebook page, there was one who expressed that premonition. "Congratulations. Hope the convention wont be "messy"!!" said Chhaya Mani, to which Tanden replied, "so do I! Thanks all!" Tanden has also stepped up outreach to Indian-Americans, a constituency known to be more than 70 percent Democratic. Millennial Indian-Americans however, appear split between

Sanders and Clinton. Tanden has served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential campaigns and think tanks. She served as senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, working on President Barack Obama’s health reform team in the White House, helping develop policies around reform and working with Congress and stakeholders on particular provisions of the legislation. Prior to that, Tanden was the director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, where she managed all domestic policy proposals. She had also served as policy director for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, where she directed all policy work, ranging from domestic policy to the economy to foreign affairs, and managed day-to-day policy announcements. In that role, she also oversaw the debate preparation process for thenSen. Clinton, D-N.Y. When Clinton was a Senator, Tanden was her legislative director, overseeing all policy and legislation in the Senate office. In 2000, she was Hillary Clinton’s deputy campaign manager and issues director for her Senate campaign in New York. Tanden also served as associate director for domestic policy in the Clinton White House and senior policy advisor to the first lady. She was named one of the “Most Influential Women in Washington” by National Journal, and was recently included on Elle magazine’s “Women in Washington Power List” and recognized as one of Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Politics.” She has a bachelor of science degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and a law degree from Yale Law School.

Immigration Isn’t That Bad For Native Workers Continued from page 5 This isn't the first or the most noteworthy example of Borjas using data analysis methods that look a little dubious. In an earlier case, he used a data set that was so finely sliced and diced as to be rendered useless. Again, Peri was on the team that uncovered the oddity. So the debate between Borjas and his opponents shouldn't make us throw up our hands and say that "opinions on the shape of the Earth differ," or conclude that the debate is hopelessly corrupted by politics. I'm not claiming that Borjas is a bad researcher,

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or that his conclusions are wrong – those are things for the economics research community to decide. But the public should know that the weight of evidence is against Borjas, and many of his methods also tend to look a bit shaky when subjected to careful scrutiny. To not point this out would be to do the public a disservice, given how often Borjas is cited by immigration opponents. As I see it, Peri, Card, and others are winning the empirical debate. Noah Smith is an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University.

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Pakistan To Be Included In Count Of Those Killed In Counterterrorism Operations By Karen DeYoung ast weekend’s drone strike that killed Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was the first acknowledged by the U.S. military in Pakistan and will be included in an upcoming White House accounting of all those killed in counterterrorism operations outside active war zones. The inclusion of attacks in Pakistan, nearly all of which have been conducted as CIA covert actions, will significantly boost the overall number of strikes taken since 2009. The statistics, which may be presented in aggregates without specific reference to geographic location or date, will include drone-fired missiles in Pakistan and drone and other air attacks in Yemen, Somalia and Libya, along with government tallies of combatant and civilian casualties. The Washington Post had previously reported that Pakistan would probably not be included in the tally. The statistics to be released will not include airstrikes or casualties — either combatant or civilian — in what are considered the active war zones of Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. “We’re still working on it; we don’t have anything to announce yet,” said a U.S. official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the issue. The numbers are expected to be released in the coming weeks as part of President Obama’s pledge to be more transparent in describing lethal U.S. actions overseas.

Absent specific information about when and where they occurred, the total accounting of civilian deaths could spark as much controversy as the attacks themselves. One official said the number could be significantly lower than the hundreds estimated by several independent groups who use local contacts and media reports to assemble their counts. The administration has long since discarded the 2011 statement by John Brennan, then Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser and now CIA director, that “nearly for the past year there hasn’t been a single collateral death” from drone

strikes. But it has consistently rejected the high independent claims of civilian casualties from the precision weapons. “There is no doubt that some innocent people have been killed by drone strikes,” Obama, who has cited “misinformation” on the subject, said last month. “What I can say with great certainty is that the rate of civilian casualties in any drone operation are far lower than the rate of civilian casualties that occur in a conventional war.” The administration gathers its own reporting from afterstrike overhead surveillance and both signals and human intelligence on the ground.

U.S. Designates Two Pakistani Groups As ‘Terrorist’ By a Staff Writer

he State Department has designated two groups operating in Pakistan as terror groups triggering automatic sanctions against them and blocks Americans from doing business with them. Both the Tariq Gidar Group (TGG) and Jama’at ul Dawa alQu’ran (JDQ) were put under the category of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), May 25, as they are determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, the State Department said in a press release. As a result of these designations, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which the TGG or

JDQ have any interest is blocked and Americans are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the two groups. The TGG is a Pakistani Taliban (TTP) linked group based in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan. Washington considers it responsible for multiple large-scale, fatal attacks, including the December 16, 2014, massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, that left 132 schoolchildren and nine staffers dead—the deadliest terrorist attack in Pakistan’s history. The TGG’s leader, Umar Mansoor, is also known as the mastermind of the January 2016 attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan, that killed 20 and wounded between 50 and 60 others. It is also held responsible for the 2010 kidnapping of a British journalist traveling to North

Waziristan, Pakistan, and the 2008 kidnapping and beheading of Polish geologist Piotr Stanczak in Attock, Pakistan. The second group, JDQ, is based in Peshawar, Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan. It pledged allegiance in 2010 to nowdeceased Taliban emir Mullah Omar, and has long-standing ties to al-Qaida and Lashkar eTayyiba, the State Department said. The JDQ has been responsible for various attacks, including the 2010 kidnapping and death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. “The United States will continue to work with regional partners to counter militant and terrorist networks,” said the State Department, adding that the imposition of sanctions by the United States against terrorists “is a powerful tool.”

Since 2013, when Obama announced newly restrictive guidelines for drone and other strikes outside official war zones and a desire for increased transparency, the

Enduring Language Relationship Continued from page 4 While even Guru Gobind Singh used the language to pen his fierce condemnation of Aurangzeb and his policies (‘Zafarnamah’), it is also not much known that Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghalib’, the most famous Urdu poet ever, initially used to write in Persian and only switched to Urdu at the urging of Emperor Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’. Musha’irahs were held for both Persian and Urdu poetry till 1857. Even after Persian was replaced by Urdu as the language of administration, it continued to be needed basic proficiency in Persian was once needed to qualify for Uttar Pradesh’s Provincial Civil Service (Judicial) and it is still is a subject for the state PCS exam. And the India-Iran cultural exchange was not only one way. ‘Pehlwan’, that embodiment of masculine strength, is held to derive from the Hindi ‘Balwan’!

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Pentagon has released information on a number of drone and other airstrikes taken by the military in Yemen, Somalia and Libya. Pakistan has been the administration’s most active and written-about drone program, with hundreds of strikes in the tribal regions close to the Afghanistan border reported by local residents, the Pakistani government and outside organizations. The administration has only thrice publicly acknowledged drone attacks there. The first was in April 2015, when hostages Warren Weinstein, a U.S. aid worker, and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were mistakenly killed in a CIA strike targeting al-Qaeda. The White House also announced in April 2015 that a January strike that year had killed U.S. citizen and alleged al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn. The third time was this past weekend, when the military announced it had targeted Mansour in the southwestern Pakistan province of Baluchistan. The attack that killed alQaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011 was a CIA-operated ground assault carried out by helicopter-borne U.S. Navy SEALs. Strikes in Pakistan have always been particularly sensitive. Begun in 2004 by the George W. Bush administration and sharply escalated during Obama’s first term, CIA drone attacks were conducted with what U.S. officials said was the private acquiescence of Pakistan’s government, which nonetheless sharply protested them in public.

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Civil Rights Division Chief Vanita Gupta Says U.S. Law Falling Short For Many By a Staff Writer tudents of the New York University School of Law got to hear a humorous yet inspiring speech from the current head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Justice Department Vanita Gupta at their convocation May 19. Gupta, who graduated 15 years ago from the same school, and has won seminal civil rights cases, including overturning past verdicts, and who today is leading the effort to redefine conduct of law enforcement, is the first Indian-American to hold one of the top posts in the Justice Department. She spoke in the presence of her two sons, Rohan, 4, and Chetan, 7. Joking that she remembered just two words from her convocation, Vanita and Gupta, the civil right lawyer said practicing law remained a “noble profession.” But even as it turns the values of “We the People” such as equality, fairness, freedom and opportunity, into real protections, it was far from evenly applied. “Despite the tireless efforts of so many to drive this progress – including efforts from my outstanding colleagues at the Justice Department – in too many communities across America today, we see a dramatic gap between what our laws guarantee, on the one hand, and what people experience, on the other,” Gupta asserted. She reflected on times when U.S. law did not live up to its highest ideals, such as during centuries of slavery and Jim Crow, when the law codified discrimination and oppression. The law treated women, people of color, the poor as second class citizens, at best, said Gupta. But she expressed optimism about America’s ability to bring out the “promise” of the legal framework. Despite tremendous obstacles, she said, the law had achieved “unimaginable” progress, from LGBTI rights to policing and criminal justice reform. But there were important gaps persisting, she said, listing several among them such as difficulty voting, criminalizing of poverty and disability, the difficulty poor defendants have getting meaningful legal representation, continuing racially segregated schools 62 years after Brown v Board of Education outlawed them, use of force, racial justice, and rights of LGBTI individuals. Gupta took the opportunity to slam the North Carolina House Bill 2, denying transgender individuals to use public

bathrooms according to their self identification. According to her such bills “not only violate the laws that govern our nation, but also the values that define us as a peo-

ple.” She urged the graduating students to focus on three attributes, courage, purpose and kindness. Gupta fought a nationally known case fresh out of law

school at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, when she went to Tulia, Texas, to defend scores of African-Americans wrongfully accused by the false testimony of a police officer.

For low-level drug changes, these African-American defendants were sentenced to anywhere from 20 to 361 years. Gupta fought tirelessly to get the charges reversed, and her clients were freed in 2003. Gupta also said her inspiration came from her family’s story - her parents who came to America 50 years ago, her sister who came out as gay, and a husband who escaped violence in Vietnam to reach America. Gupta became the head of the Civil Rights Division in October 2014. She served previously at American Civil Liberties Union where she is credited with pioneering that organization’s National Campaign to End Mass Incarceration. Born in the Philadelphia area, Gupta spent much of her childhood in U.K. and France.

U.S. Lawmakers Question India’s Plans For Iranian Port

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he stands next to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran May 23.

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ay 24 U.S. senators questioned May 24 whether India’s development of a port in southern Iran for trade access risked violating international sanctions, and a State Department official assured them the administration would closely examine the project. “We have been very clear with the Indians (about) continuing restrictions on activities with respect to Iran,” Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, said on Tuesday. “We have to examine the details of the Chabahar announcement to see where it

falls in that place,” she testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi May 23 pledged up to $500 million to develop the Iranian port of Chabahar, to try to give his

country trade access to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The route is currently all but blocked by Pakistan, long at odds politically with India. The United States and Europe lifted sanctions in January under a deal with Iran

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to limit its nuclear program but some restrictions to trade remain, tied to issues such as human rights and terrorism. Biswal said she believed India’s relationship with Iran was primarily focused on economic and energy issues, and said the administration recognized India’s need for a trade route. “From the Indian perspective, Iran represents for India a gateway into Afghanistan and Central Asia,” she said. “It needs access that it doesn’t have.” Biswal said she had not seen any sign of Indian engagement with Iran in areas, such as military cooperation, that might be of concern to the United States. Modi is due to visit the United States next month and will address a joint meeting of Congress, a rare honor. Senator Ben Cardin, the committee’s top Democrat, asked if Biswal expected formal security cooperation agreements to be signed during that visit. She noted that India and the United States have already strengthened their security cooperation in several areas. “We’re looking at what additional areas we can engage in to deepen that cooperation,” Biswal said. Washington sees its relationship with India as critical, partly to counterbalance China’s rising power. President Barack Obama has called it “one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century.” – Reuters

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Indian Students Win Six Awards At Intel Competition – WASHINGTON ndian students have won six awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the U.S. where New Delhi’s Shreyas Kapur was declared the grand winner of the “Google Thinking Big Award.” Organized by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public in Arizona this month, the Indian team comprising 16 students won a total of $9,500 in three grand awards and three special awards in the fields of biotechnology, medicine, biomedical engineering and mathematics, Intel declared in a statement on Tuesday. Kapur from Modern School at Barakhamba Road won the award for the “project that addresses a large and seemingly-impossible problem, by finding an elegant solution with broad impact”. His project titled “Cellphonebased Optometry using Hybrid

within Bounded TwoDimensional Environments”. Suhani Sachin Jain and Divya Kranthi of Centre Point School in Nagpur won the third award in plant sciences for developing an “Innovative Strategy using Endophytes for Effective Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Cotton”. Vasudev Malyan of Maharaja Agarsain Public School in Delhi won fourth spot in translational medical science for the development of a “Novel Paper Sensor as a Diagnostic Test for Multiple Sclerosis”. The 16 Indian students were selected to attend ISEF as finalists of the Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) 2016 that featured more than 1,700 young scientists selected from 419 affiliate fairs in 77 countries. The Intel Foundation also awarded $1,000 grant to each winner’s school and to the affiliated fair they represented.

Images” also won him third position in both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and

Biomedical Engineering award. Arvind Krishna Ranganathan from Ecole Mondiale World School in Mumbai won the sec-

ond place for his project titled “Deterministic Approach to the Position, Trajectory, and Collision Prediction of Particles

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n Indian-American education administrator was last week appointed interim county superintendent of schools of the Sutter County Board of Education, Calif. Baljinder Dhillon was chosen after series of public meetings and inputs from community members and staff to serve the remaining 2 and 1/2 years term of present superintend Bill Cornelius who retires July 1. Dhillon has been a teacher

and assistant principal at Tierra Buena, assistant principal at Barry, principal at Rio Del Oro in Plumas Lake, and most recently Superintendent of the Cascade School District in Anderson, according to an Appeal Democrat.com report. Dhillon, 53, was one of five applicants selected to be interviewed

before the board May 18. The entire process was held in meetings open to the community, the report said. Board of Education President June McJunkin said that Dhillon’s experience is what set her apart. “She filled many roles during her career,” McJunkin was quoted as saying. Dhillon’s first job in educa-

tion was as a fifth-grade teacher at Tierra Buena Elementary School for four years before she earned her master’s degree and moved into administration. She worked as an assistant principal at Tierra Buena and Barry Elementary schools in Yuba City Unified School District and became the principal at Rio Del Oro Elementary in the Plumas Lake Elementary School District. She received her doctor of education degree in 2013 and the same year left Yuba-Sutter to take a job as the superintendent of the Cascade Union Elementary School District in

Anderson. However, she always wanted to return. “Most of my life, I’ve lived and worked in Yuba City, and I’m coming back home,” Dhillon was quoted as saying. “Yuba City is where my heart is.” Her experience as an English learner helped shape her views on how outside-the-box thinking can help students who are struggling in school. “I believe we really have to think outside the box to help those kids,” Dhillon said. “It takes collaborating with the parents, teachers and administration.”

N.Y.P.D. Celebrates Immigrant Heritage The New York City Police Department ‘s Community Affairs Bureau for Immigrant Outreach unit celebrated immigrant heritage through community appreciation at the prestigious NewYork Historical Society Museum May 17. The program started with a video presentation of the history of New York followed by U.S. National Anthem sung by Sparsh Shah. Opening prayers were performed by Imam Khalid Latif who also happens to be NYPD Chaplain. Later, Joanne Jaffe, chief of community affairs, addressed the guests. Commanding Officer Lieutenant Adeel Rana of Immigrant Outreach Unit presented awards to community members, including Srujal Parikh from the Federation of Indian Associations, for his exemplary services for community. Photo above, Parikh, third from left with Lieutenant Adeel Rana, second from left, and other officials after being presented the award.

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Hate In Hoboken Ravinder Bhalla, an accomplished attorney and the only Sikh councilman in Hoboken, New Jersey, engaged in a Twitter battle against a Trump supporter who labeled him #Terrorist, Ela Dutt reports ow the hell did Hoboken allow this guy to be a councilman? Shouldn’t even be allowed in the U.S. #terrorist.” That was a hateful tweet out of the blue for Hoboken Councilman Ravinder Bhalla, the first of its kind during his multiple terms as the only Sikh Councilman sporting a beard and turban. The tweet came from a Robert Dubenezic, who according to Bhalla, is from Jersey City, and a Trump supporter, he told Desi Talk. Bhalla didn’t take it lying down, wanting to nip in the bud what he sees as a rising tide of hateful speech encouraged by the tone set by Republican Presidential nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump. “Sir, I am born & raised in America. You clearly don’t know what it means to be an American. #ignorant @dubenezic @TotallyHoboken @HobokenInc” Bhalla tweeted back unfazed , adding, “Unfortunately, ignorance and racism are alive and well, even in Hudson County. I am not deterred but more determined to serve my community in Hoboken - as a proud American and a proud Sikh.” In the face of a cascade of responses from loyal Bhalla constituents, Dubenezic continued relentlessly. “No towel on my head,” he tweeted, according to the Hoboken Patch online news.

According to news reports, Dubenezic’s Facebook page shows he is a Trump supporter. “As always, Councilman Bhalla is a total class act. I’m not though, and I can say this guy is an ignorant clown,” said one; “Please educate yourself and do not hate. Hoboken will not stand for it,” said another; “Sad, unAmerican behavior that cannot be tolerated. I’m happy majority of Hoboken is progressive and rejects racism.” “Proud of you Ravi and proud of our hometown Hoboken for electing you twice,” one tweet maintained. “Prouder of you than ever Ravi! Inspiring to see you set an example of American civic duty at a time when America needs it most,” added another. “Proof that racism requires ignorance,” said yet another. An attorney born and raised in New Jersey with a practise in Rochelle Park, Bhalla is a familiar figure on the streets of Hoboken. He is a Councilmanat-Large and Council President for the City of Hoboken. He is a former chairman of the Hoboken Democratic Party from 2010-2011. Bhalla served as a local Democratic Committeeman for the 2nd Ward, 3rd District of Hoboken from 2007-2009, prior to his service as a Councilman. “We are turning a negative into a positive,” Bhalla told Desi Talk, about the flood of public support from his constituents

Above, Hoboken Councilman Ravinder Bhalla, right, launching the bike share program with Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, center, and corporate sponsors on Oct. 9. Left, Bhalla, speaking to United Nations representatives from 30 countries, on the Hoboken waterfront in June 2015 on the issue of climate change. Below, Bhalla, right, with Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, at a ceremony February 2016, honoring Suarez’ work. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, front row left, looks on.

upset at the tweet from Dubenezic, who is from Jersey City. “Clearly in Hoboken we live in a society that elects people not because of what they look like but for what they can do,” he said. “We want to make this an opportunity to educate the public at large about Sikhs.” But he admitted it was a shock to get

the hateful tweet, the first in his 7 years of using Twitter to communicate routinely with his constituents. He is no stranger to anti-Sikh speech, however. In the 1970s, during the crisis with Iran, he was called “Ayatollah;” when the war in Iraq took place, he was called “Saddam Hussain.” With 9/11, he was branded “Osama.” This time round, he said, because of the nature of the presidential campaign, “People feel more emboldened to say these things when one of the people running for President condones this kind of behavior.” Bhalla was referring to Trump’s “Wow. This is the impact of a Donald Trump candidacy. People feel more empowered to publicly express their ignorance and hatred. You’re doing a great job. Keep up the great work you do,” one supporter messaged Bhalla. One Bhalla supporter is quoted in rawstory.com, pointed to Dubenezic’s name saying, “Your last name is as foreign as it gets! BTW, he’s not Muslim. Educate yourself.” During his tenure in council, Bhalla is proud of his accomplishments. Among them, he said, was getting the city’s fiscal house in order. “We have been able to stabilize our financial standing. Our credit rating has risen from junk status to a double A plus,” he said. “We have also been able to root out government corruption. Hoboken had a big problem,” he said.

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And the hospital that was on the brink of collapse, was saved by selling to a private entity, thus saving 1,000 jobs, he noted. More Indian-Americans are moving into Hoboken, young professionals wanting to live in the “miniature Manhattan,” he said. These growing numbers have combined with some of the old timers who did not flee Hoboken when violent hate crimes against Indians spilled over from neighboring Jersey City that spawned the “Dot Busters,” gangs of the 1980s. For his Sikh community he helped bring a major change. “Last year, we were able to get the Hoboken City Police Department to change its policy and allow turbans and facial hair to be work by recruits,” he said. “So we have the ability to have a very diversified police force,” he added, and urged IndianAmericans to apply for law enforcement jobs. Bhalla graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, got his Master of Science degree in Public Administration and Public Policy from the prestigious London School of Economics in the United Kingdom. He has a law degree from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Councilman Bhalla is married to Navneet K. Patwalia Bhalla, and they have two children, daughter Arza K. Bhalla, 9, and son Shabegh S. Bhalla 4.

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Scandinavian Airlines has a sale to cities in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, such as Oslo. (Anna Bryukhanova) Land Sonesta is offering up to 45 percent off online bookings for travel through July 15. The Sonesta Savings promotion applies to U.S. and Caribbean stays at its brands: Royal Sonesta, Sonesta Hotels & Resorts, and Sonesta ES Suites. For example, rates at Sonesta ES Suites in Andover, Mass., and Orlando start at $119, plus 11 percent taxes; regular rates are from $159 and $169, respectively. Save 20 percent on midweek stays at Sonesta ES Suites Dublin Columbus, in Ohio, and Royal Sonesta New Orleans. Rooms at the New Orleans property now start at $183 (down from $229), plus 10 percent tax. Book by July 4. Info: sonesta.com Casa Palopo, a boutique hotel on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, launched a Travel Solo-la package. The special starts at $1,107 per person and includes three nights’ lodging (a 10 percent discount off the regular rate), private guided boat tour to two Mayan towns on the lake, personal blessing ceremony with a shaman, daily breakfast, transportation to/from Guatemala City, and taxes and gratuities. Travel by Dec. 31. Book at 888-479-6026, reservations@casapalopo.com Info: casapalopo.com Florida’s Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau has teamed up with a dozen hotels to offer a Vacation Like a VIP package this summer. The deal includes a room upgrade, $100 resort credit, $25 American Express gift card, complimentary parking and other perks, such as a discount card with two-for-one rates at area attractions. Stay at least two nights through Sept. 30. Hotel rates vary. For example, a two-night weekend stay in mid-June at the Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood starts at $636, including taxes and resort fees. Info: sunny.org/vip Sea Azamara Club Cruises is offering free cabin upgrades and air credits of $500 per person on select voyages booked by May 31. The deal applies to more than 20

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Yale Awards Honorary Degree To Trinidadian-American Biographer President Peter Salovey (seated, center) is shown with this year's honorary degree recipients: (seated, from left) Rosalie Silberman Abella, Audra McDonald, President Peter Salovey, Haruki Murakami, Alice Waters, (standing, from left) David Saperstein, Arnold Rampersad, Calvin Hill, Jennifer Doudna, and George C. Wolfe.

By a Staff Writer n American of Indian descent originally from Trinidad, was awarded the Yale Honorary Doctorate for the Humanities May 22, at the 2016 commencement ceremonies at the Ivy League university. Arnold Rampersad is a biographer, literary critic, and the emeritus Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He is widely credited with renewing the genre of the literary biography and is considered among the nation’s leading biographers. His works, which chronicle the lives of African-American luminaries, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Arthur Ashe, Jackie Robinson, and Ralph Ellison, have made a distinctive contribution to

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American culture, according to Yale University. Born in Port of Spain,

Trinidad in 1941, to Jerome Rampersad, a journalist, and Evelyn de Souza Rampersad, a

telephone operator at the island’s U.S. naval base. Rampersad's parents divorced

3 Men Of Pakistani Origin Indicted For Alleged Citizenship Fraud, Smuggling By a Staff Writer

hree men of Pakistani origin, and an American woman were indicted May 26, for allegedly acquiring citizenship fraudulently, as well as smuggling artifacts from Pakistan into the United States. Through a complicated intrigue that allegedly involved committing bigamy with an American citizen, one of them managed to get not only his own citizenship, but also get some of his Pakistani children naturalized, and working toward getting the rest of his family to the U.S. Ijaz Khan, 42, and Vera Lautt, 56, both of Sante Fe, New Mexico, and Ibrar Khan of Pakistan, were indicted by a federal grand jury for a conspiracy to defraud the United States and naturalizing and procuring U.S. citizenship by fraud. Ijaz Khan faces additional charges, along with Fahad Khan of Pakistan, for conspiring to smuggle and for smuggling artifacts from Pakistan into the United States, and for conspiring to obstruct justice

and for obstructing justice, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ijaz Khan and Fahad Khan are both also charged with conspiring to and making false statements associated with the criminal investigation and federal grand jury investigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment alleges that Ijaz Khan and Vera Lautt met on the Internet in 2001. In early 2002, Lautt travelled to Pakistan to meet Ijaz Khan for the first time in person and while there signed marriage documents. Both Ijaz Khan and Lautt submitted fraudulent documents to the State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which enabled Ijaz Khan to immigrate to the United States in 2003 and later become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. At the time Ijaz Khan signed marriage documents with Lautt, he was in a marital relationship with a Pakistani woman, already had children, and continued to have children with the Pakistani woman

during his purported marriage to Lautt. The conspiracy included eleven separate attempts to obtain immigration benefits by fraud, five of which were successful and another five of which are still pending. According to the indictment, Ijaz Khan allegedly used his U.S. citizenship to enable his four oldest children to procure American citizenship. Khan also helped with a petition filed on behalf of his brother, Ibrar Khan. The indictment alleges that even before his four oldest children arrived from Pakistan, Ijaz Khan divorced Lautt and returned to Pakistan to obtain marriage documents for his Pakistani wife. Upon his return to the United States, while continuing to live with Lautt, Ijaz Khan allegedly began fraudulently filing for immigration benefits for his mother, his Pakistani wife, and two additional children. The indictment also alleges that his brother Ibrar Khan participated in the conspiracy to defraud USCIS and the State Department to get

U.S. citizenship. The indictment further alleges that after Ijaz Khan immigrated to the United States, he along with Fahad Khan and others conspired to smuggle Pakistani artifacts into the United States, from approximately 2007 through at least May 2014. During this period, Ijaz Khan allegedly used his business to facilitate the imports which he would then resell at shows, online, and to established customers. In October 2013, one of his shipments was inspected and later seized by Customs and Border Patrol. After Ijaz Khan became aware of the inspection, he, Fahad Khan and others allegely submitted false documents to CBP to get the shipment released. One of the conspirators, John Bryan McNamara, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with Ijaz Khan and Fahad Khan to smuggle artifacts into the United States and admitted he made false statements to special agents when questioned about the October 2013 shipment.

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Kudos For Co-naming Of Jackson Heights Corner As Diversity Plaza By Suman Guha Mozumder stretch of road in New York’s Jackson Heights, an eclectic neighborhood boasting of a population of about 200,000, was last week officially co-named “Diversity Plaza”, honoring the heterogeneity of its people and culture during a ceremony. On May 21, officials from the city and people from the neighborhood gathered where 37th Road, 73rd Street and Broadway intersect to co-name the stretch that has traditionally served as a meeting point and the mainstay of Jackson Heights, where South Asians, Blacks and Hispanics live and work side by side. “Diversity Plaza has truly become a neighborhood gathering point for Jackson Heights and Elmhurst residents,” said Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst). The plaza serves as a town square, concert stage, festival space and cafe year round.

From left, SUKHI New York President and Co-Founder Agha Saleh, Public Advocate Letitia James, Council Member Daniel Dromm, Friends of Diversity Plaza Chair Shekar Krishnan, SUKHI New York Co-Founders Shazia Kausar and Fatima Baryab celebrate the co-naming of Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens.

There is always something exciting taking place there,” Dromm said at the co-naming ceremony. The name “Diversity Plaza” was coined by Dromm’s former chief of staff Will Sweeney who lives in Jackson Heights.

The co-naming ceremony coincided with World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, designated by the United Nations in 2002. A special performance by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company followed Dromm’s remarks and

the unveiling of the official “Diversity Plaza” street sign. Others who were present at the event included U.S. Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), N.Y.C. Public Advocate Letitia James (D-NYC), Queens Borough President Melinda Katz (DQueens), N.Y. State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens), the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the Friends of Diversity Plaza, SUKHI New York, and the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership, among others. “We are very excited about the co-naming ceremony and the designation of our special public space as, officially, Diversity Plaza,” said Shekar Krishnan, Chair of Friends of Diversity Plaza. “As the gateway to Jackson Heights, it is a reflection of the incredible cultural vibrancy and diversity of our neighborhood,” he said. He said following the recent installation of overhead lights and the beautiful street art by a local business owner and resi-

Engineer To Get $7.5 Million In Settlement After Fall In Philadelphia Museum By Suman Guha Mozumder

hani Guthula may not have seen “The Gates of Hell”, one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin housed in the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, Pa., but the engineer faced something akin to the sculpture’s title when he fell 38 feet through a glass attic floor of the museum in November 2012. Earlier this month, Guthula, an energy-efficiency engineer from Philadelphia, reached a $7.25 million in settlement in a court in Philadelphia after he sued the defendants, including the museum’s private security company, on various grounds. His attorneys at Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C., said May 10 that a settlement has been reached in the Nov. 26, 2012 case when Guthula, 27, nearly died due to the fall at the museum. Guthula headed out onto the surface before suddenly plummeting to the floor 38 feet below. He fell while he was working for consulting contractor ICF International and had gone there to inspect the lighting fixtures in the museum that had opened to visitors

after completing an extensive, $9 million renovation. The building’s surveillance cameras captured the graphic footage of Guthula’s fall. The settlement was reached May 6 just as the jury selection in the case was about to begin in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on Guthula’s numerous claims against the defendants, who allegedly were “collectively responsible” for the failure to protect Guthula from harm when he stepped onto the hazardous, unprotected glass floor. As a result of the fall, Guthula suffered multiple fractures and other traumatic injuries from head to toe and was hospitalized for more than 45 days, underwent more than 15 surgeries, and requires intensive lifelong medical care. The Rodin, which was released as a defendant from the litigation, is owned and operated by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Larry Bendesky, a member

Photo Courtesy: The fall of Phani Guthula as captured by the museum’s surveillance camera. (Photo source) Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C.

of Guthula’s legal team at SMBB noted that one of the Rodin’s most famous sculptures is titled ‘The Gates of Hell’, and Guthula’s fall could have had the same title. “The chilling picture of Phani Guthula falling nearly to his death could have the same title; his life has been a living hell every day since his fall. His accident was totally preventable had those responsible for his safety just done their job,” Bendesky aid. Attorney David Kwass said that testimony at trial clearly

would have demonstrated that the defendants failed miserably in their duty to protect Guthula. He said that guard railings installed to keep people off the glass floor were not in place, security personnel who escorted him to the site were uninformed and inattentive, and there was no signage to warn against a fall hazard. “Mr. Guthula hopes that there are lessons learned by those who are responsible for workplace safety. The best plans and precautions are meaningless – as they were in his case – if they are not followed by everyone involved,” Kwass said. Defendants in the settlement were the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Allied Barton Security Services. The plaintiff was not going to assert claims at trial against L.F. Driscoll Construction Co., the museum’s renovation contractor or Elliott-Lewis Corp, the building maintenance contractor, according to a press release announcing the settlement

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dent, “this is a wonderful day for our plaza,” the town square of our community. “We are grateful for the efforts of Daniel Dromm, the Mayor’s OneNYC Plaza Equity Program, and Neighborhood Plaza Partnership for working with us and our community to bring these significant improvements to this important open space,” he added. In 2011 Dromm, the DOT and community stakeholders implemented Diversity Plaza as part of a larger neighborhood transportation study that sought to increase pedestrian safety and decrease congestion in the area. The plaza also serves to increase open space in a neighborhood where it is scarce. Because of coordinated efforts, the plaza has become an integral part of the Jackson Heights and Elmhurst communities and is home to a variety of festivals and cultural events throughout the year, and even a gathering point for immigrant communities when disasters occur in their homelands. In 2012, Dromm allocated $500,000 for the capital reconstruction of Diversity Plaza. When complete, the plaza will feature a raised street bed, new lighting as well as new planters and trees. Construction on the plaza is set to start later this year with completion in late 2017. Vita Coco, a coconut water company, has signed on as a sponsor of Diversity Plaza and will be funding additional cleaning and horticultural services for a full year as well as free programming for the community. “I’m proud to see my vision of Diversity Plaza as the capital of the living United Nations in New York City became real,” said Agha Saleh, founder of SUKHI, a nonprofit for South Asian community in New York. “SUKHI’s inclusive team of diversity lead by two women, Shazia Kausar and Fatima Baryab, and their dedicated work with Council Member Dromm at 37th Road during the past four years made this plaza famous around the world,” Saleh said. In a statement Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that Diversity Plaza has been a mainstay of Jackson Heights – one of the most diverse neighborhoods in one of the most diverse cities on earth – for years. “We are proud to stand with Council Member Dromm and the people of Queens to formally recognize the importance of this plaza for the folks here – who speak over 150 languages,” the mayor said.

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Indian-American kids walked away with the top three prizes at the National Geographic Bee and the Scripps National Spelling Bee

By Suman Guha Mozumder

hey made it tougher this year, introducing words derived from trickier and more obscure languages like Irish Gaelic, Maori and Mayan, and forced them to spell three times as many words as in years past, nonetheless in the end Jairam Hathwar, 13, and Nihar Janga, 11, clinched the title of co-champions of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was a roller coaster finish for the two competitors, who made it to the top May 26 at the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee, from among more than 280 spellers, continuing a remarkable run of success for IndianAmerican spellers that began in 1999 with Nupur Lala’s victory. The competition was held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. In the 39th round, Hathwar, a resident of Painted Post, New York, correctly spelled “Feldenkrais,” a medical term used for a system of aided body movements to increase bodily awareness and ease tension. Janga, who is from Austin, Texas, immediately followed by spelling “gesellschaft,” which

means a rationally developed mechanistic type of social relationship characterized by impersonally contracted associations between persons. After these two words, both spelled correctly, the Scripps National Spelling Bee declared the two co-champions instead of a solo champion for the third year in a row.

But there were chances of a solo champion emerging. Hathwar misspelled two words, but both times Janga, the youngest-ever winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, followed up with a miss, and so the bee continued. The timing of Janga’s misses was almost too perfect for many to believe, but he denied after-

wards that he misspelled on purpose, saying he just didn’t know the words. The final two words were the crowning achievement of an impressive performance. Hathwar and Janga tackled every difficult word and lasted through all 39 rounds, including 24 rounds of head-to-head competition.

Above, Nihar Janga, 11, of Texas, left, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of New York, celebrate May 26 in National Harbor, Md., after being named co-champions in the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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“I’m just speechless. I can’t say anything,”Janga said as he hoisted the trophy. “I mean, I’m only in fifth grade,” reports quoted him as saying. This was Janga’s first time participating in the National Finals, and Hathwar’s second time. Hathwar’s brother Sriram Hathwar was a co-champion in 2014. Rich Boehne, chairman, president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company, declared Hathwar and Janga co-champions and awarded them engraved championship trophies. “Hathwar and Janga both proved their depth of knowledge of root words and word origins to master round after round of some of the most challenging words in the English language,” Boehne said. “The entire week was a showcase of very talented students who have dedicated so much time and effort to this skill. Scripps commends their performance,” he said. Hathwar represented Corning Rotary Club in Corning, New York, in this year’s competition. He is a 7th-grade student at The Alternative School for Math and Science. Janga represented Houston Public Media in Houston, Texas, in this year’s competition. He is a 5th-grade student at River Ridge

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Elementary School. Another Indian-American, Snehaa Kumar, 13, of Folsom, California, finished third. The two champions have become close friends over the past year. According to ESPN, as the confetti fell Janga celebrated the win by imitating the touchdown dance of his favorite athlete, Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, who sent a tweet congratulating the young speller. Jairam, who is fan of Jordan Spieth, took inspiration from the professional golfer, particularly his ability to bounce back after bad shots. Besides being a golf fan, Jairam follows politics and elections devoutly. He also travels to India annually during the sum-

Photo above, contestents waiting for the start of a round at the Gaylord NationalResort and Convention Center in National Harbor in Maryland May 26. Below, co-champions Nihar Janga, left, and Jairam Hathwar, right hold the trophy after being declared winners.

mer, and this year he is looking forward to seeing Mount Everest. At school, Jairam is especially interested in math and social studies. He hopes to attend Harvard University to study medicine. Nihar loves playing football with his best friends and playing video games — especially his favorite, Batman: Arkham City. Nihar likes movies that motivate him to become “a beneficially influential citizen.” In the future, Nihar aspires to be a neurosurgeon developing many cures for serious brain disorders. Each of the two champions will receive a trophy and $45,000 in cash and prizes. Hathwar and Janga began a whirlwind victory tour May 27, with numerous national networks and publications, entertainment programs and digital media platforms, including “Good Morning America,” “Today Show,” “Wall Street Journal,” “Live with Kelly,” “CNN” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live. For the first time ever, the co-champions will travel to Wall Street to ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange June 1.

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ournalists’ rule of thumb that winners, not also-rans, make news stories were set aside last week as both the print and electronic media extensively covered Akash Vukoti, the youngest participant in last week’s National Spelling Bee Championship who lost in the bee semifinals May 25. The 6-year-old from Central Texas was eliminated in round 3 when he missed the correct spelling of the word ‘bacteriolytic’ by a single letter, but that did not take away the credit and the spotlight from the homeschooled kid. “Akash Vukoti has won our hearts — if not the Scripps National Spelling Bee,” declared NPR. “Clearly this is a kid who knows some things — and as this year’s youngest speller, he is

Six-year-old Akash Vokoti, the youngest participant who was darling of the audience despite losing in the seminals May 25, responding to a question from the host.

near certain to be a crowd favorite,” wrote Vox. Even after he got eliminated Akash received a standing ova-

tion from the crowd at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, the venue of the bee.

Even his fellow competitors on the stage applauded him for what he had already achieved. Akash, who could barely reach the microphone, had earlier easily spelled the word inviscate, meaning to encase in a sticky substance. He high-fived the other kids before leaving the stage. The spelling whiz kid charmed people not just with his spelling prowess but with his cute face and candid manner. Asked by an USA Today reporter about competing against spellers, some of whom were more than double his age, Akash said: “I’m ready to get those 15year-olds out of the way,” but he then perhaps changed his mind and said, “I’m not trying to get past the spellers; I’m trying to get past the dictionary. The dictionary is what you compete with!” Akash, who also reads and

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writes Telugu his native tongue, and Hindi, started reading at the age of 2. By 2 1/2, he entered his first spelling bee and competed against a group of kindergartners. He said in an earlier interview that as he spells he just gets the letters in his mind. “As I say the letters, the letters just come up,” he was quoted as saying. Akash, who has also appeared on “Little Big Shots” with Steve Harvey and dreams of becoming an actor, is also passionate about corporate logos. “You can show me any logo and I can tell you what company it is,” Akash said. Akash’s mother Kala Vukoti, a former engineer, home-schools him. His father, Krishna, is a pharmacist. “He needs to be home-schooled,” Krishna said. “He’s very advanced. He’s like five, six, seven grades higher” than his peers, news reports quoted her as saying.

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Cover By Ela Dutt ndian-American kids shone yet again at the nation’s National Geographic Bee competition May 25, in Washington, D.C., walking away with the three top prizes. Rishi Nair, a 12-year-old from Florida, became this year’s champion, in a competition that began with half a million students from 11,000 schools, narrowing down to the three Indian-American winners. Saketh Jonnalagadda from Massachusetts secured second place, and Kapil Nathan, a sixthgrader from Alabama took third place. Much ink has been spilled on why kids of Indian origin do so well at competitions like the Geographic Bee and the Spelling Bee, with no conclusive answer except that they are propelled by the very American spirit of competition, and by dint of hard work. The youngest finalist for the Spelling Bee for instance is 6-year old wunderkind Akash Vukoti. Nair’s correct answer (Lake Kivu) that catapulted him to the top was to the question - Which East African lake that drains into the Ruzizi River contains large quantities of dissolved methane gas that could generate electricity for millions of people? Nair leapt into the air arms up enjoying his victory in a competition that is open to grades four through eight. In this 28th Geographic Bee, the finalists ranged in age from 10 to 14 years old. He walks away with a $50,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society, and an all-expenses-paid trip for two to southeast Alaska, different from most of the previous winners who got to go to Galapagos Islands.

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A Clean Sweep National Geographic Bee Championships Top, 2016 National Geographic Bee champion Rishi Nair, 12, of Florida celebrates his win at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on May 25. Left, Standing with National Geographic Society President and CEO Gary E. Knell are the top three winners of this year’s competition, Rishi Nair of Florida (center) took first place, Kapil Nathan of Alabama (left) finished third and Saketh Jonnalagadda of Massachusetts (right)clinched second place. Below, Journalist, humorist and National Geographic Bee moderator Mo Rocca with the 10 finalists who took part in the 2016 National Geographic Bee held at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on May 25 (top row, left to right) Samanyu Dixit of North Carolina, Thomas Wright of Wisconsin, Lucas Eggers of Minnesota, Ashwin Sivakumar of Oregon, Rishi Nair of Florida and (bottom row, left to right) Grace Rembert of Montana, Saketh Jonnalagadda of Massachusetts, Rishi Kumar of Maryland, Pranay Varada of Texas, Kapil Nathan of Alabama.

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Nair also won the prizes his parents lined up for him - an iPhone, a trip to Switzerland, and a golden retriever. “I’d like to thank my mom for [helping me prepare] and for everything she’s done since I was born,” Nair is quoted saying in story posed on the National Geographic website. “I love you, mom,” he said, before biting his medal, the report said. Fourteen-year-old Jonnalagadda won a $25,000 scholarship. and Nathan got a $10,000 scholarship prize. Last year’s two top winners were also Indian-Americans, champion Karan Menon, 14, or New Jersey, and 11-year -old Shriya Yarlagadda of Michigan. According to a recent survey, 3 out of 4 8th graders in this country lack basic proficiency in Geography, a shortcoming the competitors in this contest obviously did not suffer from.

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Community By Urvashi Verma ver 1,100 people from different walks of life attended the “Celebration of the Glory of Hyderabad” held under the patronage of Consulate General of India in Chicago at Shalimar Banquets in Addison, Ill. May 15. The event was aimed at celebrating the famed ‘GangaJamuni Tehzeeb’ – display of the diversity and culture of one of India’s cosmopolitan cities, its spirit of civility, hospitality, and capturing the essence of what is known to many as the “Hyderbadi Tehzeev”. “Hyderabad has always remained as a point of convergence of many different cultures, traditions, festivals, and religions that gave it its distinct cosmopolitan character, typifying the true plural character of the city, where people belonging to different castes, creed, and religions live in peace and harmony and participate in each other’s festivals with enthusiasm”, said Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India, in Chicago in his inaugural address. The dignitaries who attended the event included Dr. Gopal Lalmalani, Mayor of Oak Brook, Hardik Bhatt, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Governor of Ill, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Democratic Party nominee for the 8th Congressional District of Chicago and Krishna Bansal. From the displays of the beautiful calligraphy to awardwinning theater performances from the Qadri Ali Baig Theater Foundation, which was flown from India to perform at the event, and Sufi Qawaali, the event showcased the best of the arts from Hyderabad. Honoring the diversity and strength of Hyderabad’s educational institutions the “Glory of Hyderabad” Steering Committee honored prominent Chicago area Hyderabadis with awards of excellence in many areas. The awardees included Dr. Azher Quader from the Compassionate Care Network, who received an award of excellence for community service; Dr. Vidyasagar, for excellence in science and medicine in the field of neonatology; Dr. M.T. AliNiazee, for excellence in promoting education through his service as an academician for the past 50 years; Ratnam Chitturi, for excellence in promoting education as the founder of North South Foundation which successfully delivered at least nine national spelling bee champions as well as educated thousands of students in India; Mohammed Kaiseruddin, for excellence in community Service interfaith for

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Above from left, Azam Nizamuddin, master of ceremonies Mir Z. Khan, chairman of the Steering Committee, with recipients of the Excellence Award, Dr. Nazneen Rizvi, Dr. Azhar Quader, Dr. Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, Dr. M. T. Ali Niazee, Ausaf Sayeed, consul general of India in Chicago, Dr. Ratnam Chitturi and Dr. Mohammed Kaiseruddin, and Dr. Sadiq Ahmed Naqvi, at the Glory of Hyderabad event May 15 in Addison, Illinois. Left, Renowned Padma Shri Awardee Mohammed Ali Baig and his wife Noor Ali Baig from the Qadir Ali Baig Theater Foundation in Hyderabad performing "Quli: Dilon Ka Shezada" at the event.

his tireless efforts in building relationships with other faith communities in Chicago; Dr. Nazneen Razi, for excellence in business as the senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Health Care Service Corporation, the largest customer-owned health care services provided in the U.S. and Sadiq Ahmed Naqvi, for excellence in promoting Hyderabad’s history and culture. Prominent Chicagoan from Hyderabad Prem Rupani highlighted in his address the intellectual might of Hyderabad with the establishment of world class educational institutions like the Indian School of Business, Indian Institutes of Management, Indian Institutes of Technology, and a string of professional, technical, and vocational and educational institutions. “Hyderabad is emerging as the most preferred destination for students from a number of countries,” he said. The Steering Committee also presented a special award to Consul General Sayeed for his exceptional commitment and service to the welfare of IndianAmericans in Chicago. “This

event really displayed what the cosmopolitan and diverse the city of Hyderabad really is, and we were not only able to bring culture, traditions, literature, music, poetry, calligraphy and even dress to Chicagoland but also were able to raise close to $1,000,000 which will be used to help the city back home that’s a great achievement”, said Sayeed. The Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation presented two acclaimed plays, “Spaces: Story of Hyderabadi Haveli” which confronted the modern-day question of how space is defined , or “does space defines us” and “Quli: Dilon ka Shahzaada,” the story of Golconda Kingdom that look the audience back to the time a through a tale of true love. According to Padma Shri Awardee Mohammed Ali Baig, head of the Qadir Ali Baig Foundation, the most important mission for him is to keep the ancient tradition of Indian theater, which found it roots in Hyderabad and is alive across the world. “It is across India and unlike Bollywood movie and songs, performing arts and artists have to make a lot of

efforts to get recognition. My father was the founder and we are now trying to bring this art form to mainstream. Today, we hold the largest festival in India and we are going to France, Germany, Asia and we have accomplished a lot. Our whole mission and effort is to revive the love for theater and promote this ancient art to the world while maintaining its historical integrity”, Baig said. The Siasat Urdu Daily of Hyderabad showcased calligraphy made by artists from India as part of the Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition, including exhibits of Nayeem Saberi and Faheem Saberi, paintings of Lateef Farooqui, embroidery of Naseer Sultan, and wood work of Mohammed Mazharuddin. The visit of Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat, to Chicago, exclusively to attend the event, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many Urdu lovers. The highlight of the entertainment event was a Qawwali which is part of the rich culture of Hyderabad. Riaz Qawwal and his party, who came from Houston for the event, presented popular Qawwalis.

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The event also raised more than $1,000,000 in funds which will be contributed directly to Hyderabad for various projects, including building hospitals, providing treatments to patients, offering educational scholarships, and improving educational institutions with a generous donation from Deepak Kant Vyas Chairman and CEO of RedBerri Global Corp. Mir Z. Khan, chairman of the Steering Committee, thanked the Steering Committee – Ashfaq Hussain Syed (secretary), Iqbal Ali M.Baig (treasurer), Prem Rupani, Muzaffar Mirza, Sami Siddiqi, Tasneem Osmani, Iftekhar Shareef, Gazala Rahman, Syed Sharafat Hussain, Anis Khan, Syed Hussain, Khalid Osmani, and Ali Jaffer who worked to make the event a success. He also thanked Azam Nizamuddin, the MC of the event. “ This is such an amazing event, unbelievable even though I am not Hyderabadi, I have many friends who are physicians from Hyderabad, and I really enjoyed seeing their amazing culture and fantastic cuisine. This is the first year we have seen anything like this in Chicago land I hope that they will continue this for years to come” commented Mayor of Oak Brook Gopal Lalmalani.

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JUNE 2016 VISA BULLETIN ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT RETROGRESSION FOR INDIA AND CHINA

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he Department of State’s June 2016 Visa Bulletin has announced major retrogression in the Final Action cut off dates for India and China. Specifically, in June 2016, India EB2 Final Action cutoff date will retrogress to October 1, 2004, for the final issuance of immigrant visas. The India EB2 Final Action cutoff date stood at November 22, 2008, in the May 2016 visa bulletin. Thus, India EB2 Final Action cutoff date will retrogress by more than four (4) years in June 2016. India EB3 will continue to move at the snail’s pace. The Final Action cutoff date for EB3 India will move from September 1, 2004 to September 22, 2004. Similar to India, EB2 Final Action cutoff for China will retrogress by 20 months to January 1st 2010 in June 2016. Like EB2, in June 2016, EB3 China Final Action cutoff will also retrogress from current August 15, 2013, to January 1, 2010. The DOS has cited “extremely high levels of Employmentbased demand for adjustment of status cases filed with USCIS during past two (2) months” as the reason for retrogression of the EB2 preference Final Action cutoff dates for India and China.

The June 2016 Visa Bulletin does not project a bullish forward movement in the immediate future for both India and China EB2 and EB3 preference categories. EB2 India Final Action cutoff date is expected to advance slowly, at a pace consistent with that of the India EB3 preference cut off date, during the last three (3) months of the fiscal year. The projection is much worse for the Chinese nationals as the retrogressed Final Action cutoff is not likely to advance either in the EB2 or EB3 category. Like the EB2 preference category, Final Action cutoff date for the FB4 category for both India and China will also retrogress in June 2016. India FB4 Final Action cutoff will backward from present July 22, 2003, to January 1, 2001. Likewise, China FB4 will retrogress from July 22, 2003, to January 1, 2003. While DOS is not in a position to project whether or not the China FB4 will advance until the end of current fiscal year, it is almost certain that India FB4 will not advance during the last quarter.

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Indian Shops Attacked In Congo Over Killing Of Congolese National In Delhi – NEW DELHI he Indian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, has urged all Indian nationals to “keep a low profile” for the next couple of days after some shops belonging to Indians were attacked and a few Indians injured, apparently in retaliation to the killing of a Congolese national in New Delhi last week. The Indian embassy, in a statement, said Chief of police in Kinshasa, General Jean De Dieu Oleko, has assured the embassy that everything will be done to secure the life and property of all Indians residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said that police have already been deployed in the commercial area and that every effort is being made by local authorities to defuse the situation. It requested all Indian nation-

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als to “stay calm, avoid any confrontation or arguments and generally keep a low profile for

the next couple of days”. The embassy, while deeply regretting on behalf of the Indian

government the killing of the Congolese national in New Delhi, said it had conveyed to the Congolese authorities about the steps being taken in India to arrest the culprits, one of whom has been arrested, and prosecute the perpetrators. “The crime itself, it has been conveyed, was based on impulse without any planning or motive,” the statement said. In New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said some shops in Congo were attacked in retaliation to the killing of Masonda Ketada Olivier, 29, in Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi following an altercation with some men over the hiring of an autorickshaw “Our embassy in Congo is in touch with local authorities and as of now things have calmed down,” he said, adding: “India’s relations with Congo go back

many years. Thousands of African students continue to benefit from the Indian education system and we will ensure full safety to them.” According to reports, hundreds of protesters allegedly forced Indian shopkeepers to keep their businesses shut and attacked their property demanding appropriate action in the case. May 25 India had assured the African envoys of the safety of their nationals. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh went into damage control mode after the African Heads of Mission (HoMs) voiced outrage over the killing and demanded steps against “racism and Afrophobia”. – IANS

Italy Welcomes India’s Release Of Marine – ROME taly praised May 26 a ruling by India’s Supreme Court allowing Salvatore Girone, a marine facing trial for the killing of two fishermen, to return home until an international arbitration verdict on the case. “The foreign ministry expresses satisfaction over today’s decision of the Indian Supreme Court to immediately enforce The Hague Court of Arbitration’s decision of April 29, as recently requested by Italy,” said a statement. Girone will arrive back in Italy from India June 2, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced. “Welcome home to our rifleman Girone, who will be with us June 2,” Renzi said in a tweet. “We confirm our friendship with India, with its people and its government,” the tweet said. The government vowed to comply with the terms and conditions for Girone’s return laid down by India’s apex court after consultations between the two countries in recent weeks, the Italian foreign ministry said. The Hague Court of Arbitration on April 29 said Girone’s bail conditions should be “relaxed” enabling him to return to Italy until the court’s verdict over jurisdiction in the case, which is not expected before August 2018. Girone and fellow marine Massimiliano Latorre’s case dates back over four years. It sparked a diplomatic incident between India and Italy and has strained bilateral ties, prompting Italy to seek international arbitration in June last year. Latorre and Girone allegedly

shot dead the two unarmed fishermen while guarding an Italian oil tanker off the coast of Kerala in February 2012, and say they thought the fishermen were pirates. Italy claims India does not have jurisdiction in the case as the incident took place in international waters during an United Nations backed anti-piracy mission.

Latorre has been back in Italy for the past 18 months, where he had heart surgery after suffering a stroke. He and Girone have not been charged over the fishermen’s deaths but were barred from leaving India and were ordered to stay at the Italian ambassador’s residence and report regularly to police. – IANS

Five Dead, 92 Injured In Mumbai Chemical Factory Blast By Rajendra Jadhav

powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured May 26, police officials said. The factory building col-

lapsed after the fire and residents living nearby complained of breathing problems from the smell of the gas that was released, police and residents said. “First we thought it was an earthquake, the way our building was shaking,” said Sumedh Joshi, who lives about a mile away from the factory.

“Our window panes shattered due to the blast and we quickly came out of our building.” Twenty fire brigades and 15 ambulances were sent for the rescue operation, one police official said. “We are investigating the reason behind the explosion,” local police official Ashutosh

Dumbare told Reuters, adding that a disaster response team was trying to rescue several people trapped underneath the debris. “The rescue work will take time, maybe until tomorrow morning. So far five people are confirmed dead and nine people are seriously injured.” – Reuters

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LIBRA: A firm commitment will not only enable to achieve professional targets but also to realise your dreams. The company of family friends will keep you in a happy & relaxed mood. A new financial deal gets finalized paving the way for fresh money. Blossoming love life brings happiness. Mental alertness would enable to solve a tricky problem. Small picnic organized by your company is good to change your mood.

TAURUS: Colleagues and subordinates will lend a helping hand enabling to complete the work on time. Relatives will be willing to lend a helping hand at the time of need. Increase in income from past investment is foreseen. You enjoy a lovely time as Cupid is on your side this week. A very healthy week when your cheerfulness gives the desired tonic and confidence. Romantic destinations seems appealing to you.

SCORPIO: Cooperative nature brings desired results at professional front. Parental guidance in your decision would immensely help. Financial position will improve later in the week. Romance is likely to intensify through recreational activities & entertainment. A cheerful state of mind brings mental peace. Official journeys prove to be more fruitful for you. Your loan procedures for pursuing a plot will be in process.

GEMINI: Success in completing difficult assignments brings a lot of laurels at work. New relationship at family front will be long lasting & highly beneficial. Monetary gains from unplanned sources will brighten your week. You are likely to maintain good health that would also give you success. Travel for fun and pleasure is what you demand. Your girlfriend’s desire for an apartment might lead to its destination.

CANCER: Selfconfident would enable to convey your point of view with ease a workplace. Guests visit would make it a pleasant & wonderful week. New moneymaking opportunities will be lucrative. Love companion will be eager to meet you this week. A continuous positive thinking gets rewarded as you succeed in whatever you do this week. Small journey with your office colleagues will be interesting.

LEO: Mental clarity gives a decisive edge over all competitors at professional front. You will be in the mood to celebrate with family and friends this week. You get some financial rewards as dedication & hard work gets noticed. Proposing might benefit, as chances of succeeding in love are high. Creative hobbies are likely to keep you relaxed. Your boss may ask you for your company to a friend’s party.

VIRGO: Calculated risks would enables to complete the project on time. Good advice from family members brings gains. Monetary gains are likely to be from more than one source. Search for a true romantic friend might end this week. With a positive outlook & confidence, you succeed in impressing people around you. Travel plan with a colleague might lead to a new relationship. It might be the right time to sale your empty plot as property rates are at peak.

SAGITTARIUS: For some change of job would bring mental satisfaction. A week when misunderstandings at family front are sorted out with ease. Real estate investment would be lucrative. Romantic opportunity comes your way as your sparkling sunshine smile injures a lively & tender heart. Good time to divert attention to spirituality to enhance mental toughness. Investment in hotel industry can be the right choice to be made.

CAPRICORN: Your inner values coupled with a positive attitude will bring success at work. Investment in stocks & mutual funds would help in earning profits. Romance touches new heights, as partner positively responds. A pleasure trip gives the muchneeded tonic to health. A fun filled holiday at an amusement and theme park with your family is there. Investment on construction business might give fruitful results.

AQUARIUS: Responding positively & quickly to new ideas in business will go in your favour. An important development at personal front brings jubilation for entire family. Cutting down the number of parties and pleasure jaunts would help in keeping in good mood. An interesting cruise ship is next place for your vacation. Investing on a ship or a cruise is an exciting venture to be made.

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Arts & Entertainment – MUMBAI ctress Radhika Apte, who chooses her films based on characters and not genres, says her forthcoming movie “Phobia” will be a “game-changer” as far as thriller and horror content is concerned in India. “Phobia”, a psychological thriller directed by Pawan Kripalani, will feature Radhika as an artist who fights a phobia of stepping outside her house. “‘Phobia’ is not at all like the so-called image of thriller and horror films that we have in our country. It’s a film that I personally will enjoy watching as well. “If people go to watch this one, then it might have the potential to break that stereotypical image of Indian horror,” Radhika told IANS. In a decade-old career in the Indian entertainment industry, Radhika has balanced her work between commercial and offbeat cinema. The 30-year-old has previously appeared in films like “Badlapur”, “Manjhi The Mountain Man” and “Ahalya” (short film). Radhika says she has never signed a film by looking at its genre and has always been concerned about the characters offered to her. “‘Phobia’ is the first Bollywood film where I’m playing the solo lead. I don’t know what result we will get at the box office. But I have never selected a film by looking at its genre. I pick a film only when I like the character that I’ll be playing. It needs to be a challenging character for me to portray,” she said. “Even after ‘Phobia’, if I get another thriller or a horror project, I’ll do it only if I like the character. I don’t care whether I repeat a genre or not. I’ve never accepted films that way,” added the critically acclaimed actress. In the film, which releases May 27, Radhika essays Mehek, who is an artist and lives alone. Talking about the character, she said: “She is a very openminded person. One day an incident takes place with her after which a phobia develops in her mind and her personality changes. The film tells her struggle with her phobia.” Asked about similarities between her and the character, Radhika said: “As an actor, you don’t really need to relate with every character that you play onscreen. We can relate to everybody only on emotional terms as our emotions are the same. “I don’t have a phobia in my life and haven’t gone through what the character in the film has gone through.” – IANS

‘Phobia’ Will Break Stereotype Of Indian Horror Films ‘Waiting’ Full Of Lazy Stereotypes And Tired Plot Lines By Shilpa Jamkhandikar –MUMBAI n a particularly effective scene, the two main characters of Anu Menon’s film “Waiting” have a heated argument in a hospital parking lot about their respective spouses. Can you take a decision about someone else’s life? How do you decide if they want to live like a vegetable or would prefer to die instead? “Stop trying to kill your husband,” Shiv (Naseeruddin Shah) tells Tara (Kalki Koechlin). It is one of the few times the film strikes a true note. At other times, this tale of two strangers forming an unlikely friendship as they wait for their spouses to come out of a coma is a meandering tale that feeds off lazy stereotypes and tired plot lines one can spot from a mile away. Shiv is a retired professor who visits his wife of 40 years every day as she lies comatose in a sterile hospital room. He’s

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her situation, she finds a friend in Shiv. He shakes her out of her stupor. “There has to be purposefulness in your waiting,” he tells her. Yet, it is this very purpose that is missing in Menon’s narrative. For long periods of time, both Shiv and Tara don’t seem to undergo any character progression. Their motives change for seemingly no reason, and Menon cannot seem to go beyond a very superficial examination of two people dealing with a traumatic situation. Waiting for your loved one to come out of a life-threatening illness crushes even the best of us, but Menon’s narrative focuses on clichés such as the generation gap between Shiv and Tara, with dialogue like “You know how many followers I have on Twitter?” just for effect. This comes off sounding affected and artificial and you end up never fully getting the sense of Shiv and Tara — because they are always talking in clichés. Thank God for Naseeruddin Shah who leaves the artificiality behind and plays the wise but volatile Shiv with a serenity and dignity that can only come from an actor of his calibre. Koechlin tries hard to match him and succeeds partially. At other times, she is shrill and her runny mascara and garish make-up heightens the highpitched tone of her character. At 98 minutes, “Waiting” is a good attempt that explores the mindset of two people whose lives are altered forever, but it does its subject a huge disservice by never daring to go beyond the surface. – Reuters

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Take My Sari caters to two different markets, including the vendor and the buyer. The app will allow a user to upload pictures of items currently in their closest and create an online store to sell their product and become a vendor on Take My Sari. As the average Indian wears her Indian garments (Sari, Lenghas, Punjabis) at most 2 or 3 times, this will allow them to sell their clothing for extra cash. The app is similar to Etsy, another online marketplace for various handmade goods. A buyer visiting the app will have the opportunity to browse hundreds of online stores created by friends, family or strangers and will have the option to buy or rent the item of their choice. Search options will be available via geographical locations, rent/sell option, color/size option, and by style category. Buyers can also connect via Facebook to see which friends have set up online shops. A rating and review feature embedded in the app will allow buyers to feel comfortable to trust the seller and complete a purchase. Additional features of Take My Sari will include shipping with

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By Natalia Ningthoujam – NEW DELHI e it delicacies from Kashmir or the northeast, Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna says regional Indian cuisine is being increasingly lapped up in the U.S. The Indian chef, based in New York, believes the main reason is that most lovers of Indian cuisine are looking for something beyond the globallyrenowned Punjabi dishes. Khanna, who was raised in Amritsar, says regional cuisine is taking centre-stage in the US. “Today in New York, I can distinguish between food from Andhra Pradesh and the northeastern states. I think we can do a lot of more research to bring in fresh cultural and new flavor combinations to our diners. Regional cuisine is becoming more popular in America. “I think that the primary reason is that most of the Indian food lovers are looking for much more than Punjabi fare. This gives us the awesome opportunity to bring the world of regional cuisine forward... from Kashmir to the northeast,” Khanna, who considers Indian cuisine to be “beautiful in its simplicity”, told IANS in an email interview from New York. In fact, he believes India has come a long way. “From great legends to the human spirit, Indians are becoming world heroes. But, yes, food and diversification are our soft powers,” he explained.

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And this holds true in his case. After presenting his book titled “Utsav - A culinary epic of Indian festivals” at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, the star chef unveiled his documentary “Kitchens of Gratitude” at the gala’s 69th edition this year. The documentary takes forward the chef’s ideology that food has always been the

thread which brings people together and that it transcends all barriers of caste, creed and faith -- thus, encouraging people to share. The documentary features personalities like the Dalai Lama, motivational speaker Deepak Chopra, spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi and Pastor Craig Mayes of the New

Shekhar Kapur’s Documentary On Mata Amritanandamayi Released –MUMBAI enowned film-maker Shekhar Kapur May 26 launched his new documentary on humanitarian spiritual leader, Mata Amritanandamayi, known simply as ‘Amma’ to million of her devotees, describing it a “spiritual search and scientific quest”. The 50-minute documentary entitled “The Science of Compassion” investigates the source of human compassion and creativity of Mata Amritanandamayi, who is based in Kerala’s Kollam district. Shot at her ashram for four days during her 60th birthday celebrations in September 2013, it includes a rare private interview with Amma, Nobel laureate scientist Leland Hartwell and other celebrities who discuss her unique approach to life and how love transformed their lives. “The search for what lies

more than physical sustenance. Food is the true power of sharing and breaking boundaries and walls,” he added. What’s next? A feature film? “I keep my work under cover until I unveil it in a grand way. Some major new project is coming up in 2017,” shared the chef, who is happy to present his art at the fest from year to year. Asked about progress of a biopic on him, he said: “I am sure it takes time to create big projects.” – IANS

beyond our own individuality has been with me since I was 15 years of age. I have been grappling with questions - What is the true nature of love, is there love beyond ownership, what is compassion,” said Kapur at the launch. He wondered whether if a person becomes more compassionate, does it alter his/her physiology, make them more intuitive, and is it an act, state of

mind or state of being. “It is not only a spiritual search for me, but a scientific quest. Meeting Amma on her 60th birthday was a huge opportunity to investigate these deeper truths,” Kapur said, describing the “unique experience” of being in her presence and feeling “the energy radiating from her”. “When you ask infinite questions, you cannot expect answers in finite ways - in fact, there are no answers. There is only experiencing. When you go to Amma, you go for the experience of her I have not remained unaffected,” he added. Mata Amritanandamayi Math vice chairman and Amma’s seniormost disciple, Swami Amritaswarupananda lauded Kapur for capturing her unique combination of beauty, grace, humility and wisdom through the biopic. – IANS

–LOS ANGELES ndian-American comedian Aziz Ansari says the upcoming second season of the popular comedy drama series “Master of None” will feature more Indian and Asian actors as American TV is going to become more diverse in coming times. Ansari along with actress Kerry Washington talked about the diversity issue in Hollywood for the “Actors on Actors” series and the duo struggled to find why the TV industry has received so much praise for improvements in diversity, reports variety.com. “I feel like everybody’s talked so much about how there’s more diversity on TV than in film. I don’t understand why. Do you?” Washington asked Ansari. To that, Ansari replied: “I don’t know. If I had to guess I feel like there’s more diverse creators.” “Our show (‘Master of

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44 room franchise motel for sale in West Virginia $695,000. Excellent opportunity for a first time buyer. For motel information contact Stephen Albis / CAS Associates, Inc. (804) 615-6694 05/27-06/17-mv

24 ROOMS & 42 ROOMS MOTELS FOR SALE IN HANNIBAL, MISSOURI ON I-72, MO 63401, Facing River view and Office attached to Laundry room with 2 Bedroom Manager’s Apartment. Recently remodelled. Call Patel (618) 530 0390 05/13-06/03-sl

MOTEL SALE - NORTH CAROLINA : EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAMILY TO RUN 48 UNIT FRANCHISE MOTEL IN GOLDSBORO ( AIR FORCE BASE ) NC - 27534. WELL MAINTAINED HAVING MANAGER LIVING QUARTER. SERIOUS BUYER. CALL 770-286-0174

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Franchise Hotel in Alabama looking for Front desk Clerk, Night Auditor & Manager. Must know English with Computer skills. Accommodation Provided With Good Salary. Experience preferred. Call – (703) 472-6692 or (205) 546-0049

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WELL PAID FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR COUPLE. COMPETITIVE SALARY. RECENTLY UPDATED 25 ROOM PRIVATE MOTEL& RV IN TRINIDAD, CO. FURNISHED APARTMENT INCLUDED. LEGAL STATUS REQUIRED. CALL: 719 422 3080 06/03-06/24-sd

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Excellent 33 Units Motel for Sale with 3 BDRM & 3 Bath Manager's Apartment on I-75 Corridor in Ohio. Room Revenue $235K. Asking Price $680K. Serious only. Call Danny Talwar (567) 242 3167

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Assistant General Manager & Housekeeping Job in Shreveport, Louisiana Motel Immediate hiring for Assistant General Manager at Franchised Motel in Shreveport, Louisiana, 190 miles from Dallas, Texas. Overseeing hotel operations, including guest relations, front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, finances, team building, and staff development. Immediate hiring for Housekeeping Job, accommodation provided for both the jobs Housekeeping. Please Call Ashok 214-449-0523, AGM job please e-mail resume to simhospitality@outlook.com 05/13-06/03-mv

Immediate opening for Front Desk (Computer skills & English must) and Housekeeping for franchise motels in Maryland and Virginia. Accommodation provided and Legal status must. Call - Shaila: 443.846.1185 or Rohan: 443.939.9126 05/20-06/10-sl

HELP WANTED Looking for Front Desk Agent to work night shift for a Franchise hotel located in Michigan. Must have Basic computer skill and speak English. Please call Victor 224-800-5395 05/13-06/03-mv

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Franchise Motel in Asheville,NC needs couple for Front desk (Fluent English required). and Housekeeping Supervision. [NOT FOR ROOM CLEANING]. Also looking for young Housekeeping couple. Accommodation will be provided. Legal status must. Contact: Mayank Patel (727) 430 1809 email: mjpatel7777@yahoo.com 05/13-06/03-sd

37 ROOMS PLANTATION INDEPENDENT MOTEL IN ISLAND PARK, LONG ISLAND, NY 11558 need Single / Couple General Manager, Front Desk and Housekeeping person including Laundry work. Accommodation provided. Call (516) 978 7125 05/13-06/03-SL

Two Independent motels in Houston Texas needs front desk clerk and housekeeping help. Singles/couples welcome. Accommodation provided at both properties. Good salary. Legal status and Proficient English. Call Amit 615-496-4259 05/27-06/17-mv

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Arts & Entertainment

Mythological TV Series 'Nagarjun...Ek Yoddha' Launched

ComScore’s South Asian Network Ratings For Week of May 2

– MUMBAI V show based on mythology, "Nagarjun... Ek Yoddha" was launched here, vouching to be different from the mythological shows which have been having a successful run on Television lately. An amalgamation of grand sets, hint of glamour, pint of reality and base of mythological elements, Life OK's TV show which was launched here May 24, impressed the media present with its different teaser and presentation. The cast of the show includes names like Marathi actress Kishori Shahane, Nawab Shah, Shruti Ulfat, Mrunal Jain, Chetan Hansraj and Nikitin Dheer. "This is a grand show. The grandeur of the visuals that you will get to see are sure to attract the audience out there. This show has ,as it is stated, building that level of curiosity among people," Kishori told IANS. With top-notch effects, the

comScore South Asian Networks (Weekday Prime – M-F 8-11 p.m.) Rank

Network

Rating

Avg. Audience

Avg. Households

Zee TV

0.0208

23,554

32,385

STAR Plus

0.0195

22,051

30,627

SonyEntertainment Television Asia

0.0188

21,328

32,441

Aapka Colors

0.0067

7,619

12,707

Life OK

0.0050

5,626

8,803

TV Asia

0.0038

4,250

8,873

MTV India

0.0003

383

1,107

grandeur of the show and the backing of influential team of writers, music composer and set designer, "Nagarjun...Ek Yoddha" is sure to grab attention of the youth. The show has been written by Robin Bhatt along with Akash Khurana, who have also penned

the blockbuster film "Krrish". The sets have been designed by Nitin Desai while the soundtrack had been composed by Jeet Ganguli and sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Siddharth Mahadevan. The show which starts May 30, derives its storyline from Mahabharata. The plot of "Nagarjun...Ek Yoddha" revolves around a character named Arjun (essayed by Anshuman Malhotra), who is surrounded by a living family, loyal family and a budding love life. Little does he know, that a secret from Mahabharata time is going to shake up his world and put him in the centre of a mythological conspiracy. "We believe the show will bring a super hero to the Indian screen that is truly rooted in our values," spokesperson of the channel said. "Nagarjun... Ek Yoddha" has been produced by Beyond Dreams Entertainment Pvt Ltd. – IANS

Jana Na Dil Se Door New Launch On Star Plus

comScore South Asian Networks (All Day, All Week): Rank

Network

Rating

Avg. Audience

Households

Zee TV

0.0098

11,119

234,931

Sony Entertainment Television Asia

0.0096

10,923

207,529

STAR Plus

0.0092

10,400

168,364

Aapka Colors

0.0036

4,029

105,065

TV Asia

0.0031

3,531

156,998

Life OK

0.0025

2,870

102,113

MTV India

0.0002

246

28,946

Rating – The percentage of television households in the nation that viewed the network Avg. Audience – The average number of TVs tuned to the network during the time frame Avg. Households – The average number of unique households that viewed the network during the selected date range. A view must be at least one minute. © 2016 comScore - Content in this chart is produced and/or compiled by comScore and its TV Essentials ™ data collection and analytical service, and is covered by provisions of the Copyright Act. The material presented herein is intended to be available for public use. You may reproduce the content of the chart in any format or medium without first obtaining permission, subject to the following requirements: (1) the material must be reproduced accurately and not in a misleading manner; (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge comScore as the source of the material; and (3) you may not receive any monetary consideration for reproducing, displaying, disclosing or otherwise using any part of the material.

ana Na Dil Se Door, new launch on Star Plus explores Love’s never seen before aspect. Instead of being the source of pain and insecurity, what if ‘Love’ makes you strong and evolves you as a person… This is the story of Vividha and Atharva, two distinctly different individuals, raised in completely different environments and how when they meet, their worlds change forever. The show focuses on the belief that when love is backed

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