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TRANSFUSING LIFE

r Lakshmi Srinivasan Ramana, one of the founders of Animal Care Clinic, Hyderabad, talks about facilitating blood transfusion in animals and the need for more animal donors.

‘PEOPLE LIKE TO BE SCARED FROM A SAFE DISTANCE’

eet David Baldacci, the king of mass market thrills who likes to needle readers with tales of high intrigue. He has a massive fan base in India, where all his books are sold as special Indian editions.

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US police have captured an ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of staging the Boston Marathon bombings, after a desperate manhunt that virtually paralysed the city and its suburbs. Responding to a tip from a local resident, police found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard in Watertown, wounded and weary after a gun battle overnight in which his accomplice brother was killed.

GOTCHA!

MUM'S THE WORD!

es, it’s true that women like a man who’s understanding, caring and respects women. It is also true that men who respect their mothers and love them, generally turn out to be more sincere. However, a man who constantly looks to his mother for approval and can’t stop talking about what a perfect human being she is will raise a ‘mama’s boy’ flag. PG 20

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JEWELS OF THE NIGHT

fter three successful years in Mumbai, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in its endeavour to promote India as the international innovation and design destination for jewellery, inaugurated the first Delhi edition of India International Jewellery Week at Pragati Maidan. PG 16&17

PAGE TWO SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Green Brunch

RIDING INTO THE SUNSET

Jubilee Hills When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 2355 8856

There is a special environmentfriendly brunch to celebrate Planet 21 anniversary. Planet 21 is a sustainable development programme initiated by Accor Group. Where: The Square, Madhapur, Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre When: April 21, noon to 3pm Contact: (040) 6682 4422

Three for two Taj Safaris offers guests the option of extending their two-day trip. It gives you a third day complementary stay. There are four exquisite lodges in the national parks of MP. Where: Taj Safaris When: Offer is valid from April 15 to June 30 Contact: (022) 660 1 1825

ArtInspire This is a workshop for children between the age groups of two and 10. Where: Treasure House, Plot# 21, Road 8, Saptaparni, Banjara Hills When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4pm to 5pm Contact: (040) 2355 0118

Terracotta jewellery exhibition Harini Rao presents H’earth — Treasures of the Soil, an exhibition cum sale of exquisite hand crafted and hand painted terracotta jewellery. Where: Trendz, Satyasai Nigamagamam, Srinagar Colony When: Up to April 18-20, noon to 8pm

Filmmaking workshop for children Yavanika Films is conducting a unique filmmaking workshops this summer vacation for children. Even a parent and child can register as one student pair to make a short film together. Where: Begumpet When: From April 24, 2pm to 7pm, Daily classes except on weekends Contact: 94901 00404

Sketch-based modelling workshop A modelling workshop for live sketching, painting and photography, which focuses on body-mind integration and active acting among other things. Where: Just Books, Plot # 1130/A, 1st Floor, Road no 36, Jubilee Hills When: April 21, noon to 5pm Contact: (040) 2354 0131

Shareable platters There are various shareable platters that allow you to combine multiple items on the menu at reasonable prices. Where: TGI Friday’s – RK Cineplex When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 4015 1925

Dam’n’ed: Point of view This is a Telugu film with English subtitles on the life of adivasi communities affected by the government’s decision to construct the Polavaram dam. Where: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, 20 Journalist Colony, Road no 3, Banjara Hills When: April 20, 5.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

All about cycling A half day interactive workshop on cycling, the technical considerations, fitness, nutrition, common problems, how to plan a training programme, planning for competition and prevention of injuries. Where: Alliance Franchise, Road no 3, Banjara Hills When: Registration: Ongoing

CINEMAS

Malvani cuisine

A view of Falaknuma Palace, Old City.

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Event: May 4 Contact: (040) 2335 0008

Reflections and Images

Taj Deccan is hosting Malvani Food Festival at Spice Junxion. Enjoy a scrumptious spread of classic dishes like pandhara kombdiche saar, kale vatana ni gawarchi bhajji and puran poli. Where: Spice Junxion, Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills When: Till April 25 Contact: (040) 6652 3939

An exhibition of paintings by artists including Agacharya, Anand Panchal, Arvind Kolapkar, Datta Bansode, Devyani Parikh, and Kaushik Raha. Where: Kalakriti Art Gallery 468, Road No 10, Banjara Hills When: Up to April 30 Contact: kalakriti.in

IPL Fervor Kailash Parbat has a special offer this IPL season. You can order any four or six items from the menu and get the chat of d day free. Where: Kailash Parbat, Above Ebony Gautier, 2nd floor, Road No 36,

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 447677770, Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 08800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973

CITY SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

7-hour power cuts

Naidu protests minor’s rape

DP president N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to avoid his birthday celebrations in protest of the rape of a five-year-old girl, an incident that came to light in New Delhi on Friday. Naidu turns 64 today. Naidu’s decision has disappointed party leaders and cadres, who had ordered a 64kg cake representing Naidu’s age to celebrate the occasion.

he APCPDCL’s Metro zone wing has announced an unscheduled seven-hour power cut for the residents of Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills and Madhapur on Saturday. Following line shifting, parts of Patrika Nagar, AP State Art Gallery, Durgam Cheruvu, Shilparamam, Kavuri Hills Phase 2, Manjeera Water Works and Jubilee Enclave will be affected.

Meet the HMWS&SB MD

he ‘Meet Your MD, HMWSSB’ programme will be held today from 5pm to 6pm at the board office, Khairatabad. Those with pending cases should bring previous references to get priority. “Dial Your MD, HMWSSB” programme will be held from 6pm to 6.30pm today. People can speak to the MD on 66752212 / 66752213 / 66752214.

Pro-T activists to fund their fight In a rare decision, every T-JAC activist has pledged to spend `2,000 from their own pocket to organise a dharna in New Delhi on April 27. Inkeshaf Ahmed

T-JAC HAS DECIDED TO

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MEET LEADERS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PARTIES WHO HAVE EXTENDED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF TELANGANA STATE.

ave you ever heard of people participating in public agitation by spending their hardearned money? It’s a rarity, but activists of Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC), the umbrella organisation of all proTelangana organisations, is going to do just this in order to express their strong desire for a separate Telangana state. The activists have decided to hold a massive dharna at the historic Jantar Mantar on April 27 with thousands of proTelangana people. To organise the dharna programme in New Delhi, each activist of Telangana Joint Action Committee has decided to spend `2,000 from his or her own pocket. “It’s our democratic way of telling the world how strongly we feel about

T-JAC leader Prof Kodandaram with C Devi Prasad having a separate Telangana state. Every activist of the T-JAC is spending his hard-earned money to organise this agitation in New Delhi,” T-JAC leader and

Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ (TNGO) Association president C Devi Prasada Rao told Postnoon this morning. According to the estimates

Woman, lover held for attempt to murder husband After her husband got suspicious, the woman and her lover decided to kill him. feedback@postnoon.com

wife. The two started quarreling on the issue. Feeling harassed, Padma and her lover decided to get rid of her husband. On Tuesday, Padma made a call to Shiva Kumar and asked him to kill her husband. Accordingly, he purchased a knife from a shop at Madannapet market and also purchased chilli powder. He drove to Kesava Nagar on his motorcycle and waited for his victim to arrive. Around 11.30pm, the victim

drove up on his motorcycle. When he was taking a turn near Narayana Junior College to go to Vambay colony on his way to his house, Shiva Kumar blocked his way, threw chilli powder into his eyes and stabbed him several times with a knife in the abdomen, causing bleeding and severe injuries. The police, after analysing the call data and making discrete inquiries, apprehended the two accused.

With the objective of gathering support for its proposed dharna, T-JAC has decided to meet various leaders of national and regional political parties who have extended their support for the creation of separate Telangana state. A delegation consisting of T-JAC chairman Prof Kodandaram, V Srinivasa Goud and C Devi Prasada Rao reached Delhi this morning. The T-JAC leaders will meet BJP president Rajnath Singh, BSP leader Mayavathi, Rasthriya Lokdal leader Ajit Pawar and leaders of JMM, Janatadal (S) and CPI during their two-day Delhi tour. Speaking to Postnoon from New Delhi, T-JAC chairman Prof Kodandaram said that they would invite all pro-Telangana political party leaders to participate in the dharna organised by them.

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Postnoon News n attempt to murder case has been booked after the police arrested Ramavath Padma and her paramour Kommu Shiva Kumar (in pic) for conspiring to kill Padma’s husband, Tara Singh. Padma had met K Shiva Kumar near St Anne’s School around eight years ago, as both their children were studying in the school. They started having an affair soon after. In time, Tara Singh noticed an unknown number in the call history of his wife’s cellphone. When he called the number, an unknown man answered. Ever since, he started suspecting his

prepared by T-JAC, the total cost to hold this agitation will be `22 lakh. The cost includes the train fare to Delhi, food and miscellaneous expenses. T-JAC has already booked a special train to travel to Delhi from Hyderabad. “We have booked a special train to go to the national capital to hold our agitation. As many as 2,000 activists, including government employees, will depart from Hyderabad on April 27,” Devi Prasad added.

T-JAC LEADER TO MEET LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES

s the onus of strengthening Congress lies with him, he continues his State-wide campaigns to promote his pet programmes. Less than 24 hours after returning from New Delhi following his all-important meeting with AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the CM headed to the temple town of Bhadrachalam on Friday and participated in the celestial marriage of Ram and Sita. Without taking a break, Kiran Kumar Reddy is heading to Visakapatnam district today to participate in a series of programmes as part of his State-wide campaign. The CM will leave Hyderabad this morning and reach Visakapatnam in the afternoon. He will participate in the Amma Hastham Programme, which is aimed at providing nine essential food items to 2.25 crore white ration card (Below Poverty Line) holding families at subsidised

prices. He is also scheduled to inaugurate an SC residential complex and a market yard for farmers in Visakapatnam.

SURPRISE FOR RIVALS

The CM is utilising his campaign to surprise his rivals with many new and innovative schemes in order to endear himself to the masses. The CM announced that the government would bear the electricity charges of SC and ST households if they consume below 50 units of electricity every month and `10 lakh will be given to SC and ST students who want to go to abroad to pursue higher education. The announcements of the chief minister surprised many of his rivals from other political parties, who left no stone unturned in criticising Kiran Kumar Reddy. Reacting on the new incentives announced by the CM, a TDP senior leader said that the strategies adopted by the CM would help him garner support for his party from SC and ST communities.

CITY SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Taking self-defence to City’s orphanages The joint effort of a meet-up group and a newly-founded social enterprise in the City takes various forms of martial arts to people from vulnerable and neglected sections of society — orphans and rehabilitated victims — to empower them. PIC COURTESY HEALING TOUCH

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very Sunday, the State Home Rehabilitation Center for Women at Yousufguda turns into a combat zone. Girls of all ages resembling a small army are out on the field training in various martial arts, as if they were readying for war. These orphans and rescued victims, considered the most vulnerable and neglected strata of society, are now empowering themselves, thanks to the joint efforts of a meet-up group and a newly-founded social enterprise in the City. "We asked a number of special homes, NGOs and rehabilitation centres what their requirements were and self-defence was always on the top of the list. So we decided to do something about it," says Niti Gupta, a founding member of the meet-up group Healing Touch. Fortuitously for Healing Touch, Sinew happened. The City-based start-up, with a team of martial arts practitioners with over 40 years of collective experience in karate, judo and jiu-jitsu, were looking to put

their expertise to use. The company, which was floated earlier in the year, was already offering a number of martial arts-based self-defence training programmes for corporates, schools and individuals. But unlike conventional offerings which require one to master the art and be at the peak of their physical fitness, Sinew's courses are more application orientated techniques useful in dayto-day situations, and don't presuppose youth or athletic agility. "We interviewed several law enforcement authorities and

Anyone can learn martial arts!

or interested parties, Sinew also holds classes for individuals in Banjara Hills at the Jalagam Vengalrao Lake Park and on St Alphonsas Church premises. The classes start from `800 per month. "We charge those who can pay, and we don't those who can't," assures Yudhajit. More details are available at sinew.co.in or sinew on meetup.com.

found out the 12 to 15 most common acts of violence, like chain snatching, groping, choking and attack by multiples. So our programmes are designed to equip women with techniques to negotiate through such crises," says Yudhajit Baul, the founder of Sinew. So as part of its CSR initiative, when Sinew came on board and started delivering its 'women empowered' programme, they say it was to a phenomenal response. The company has already worked with over 700 women since their inception

four months ago. Does this mean they aim to replicate this model? "The response has been overwhelming. We have had other homes, colleges, NGOs and individuals show interest and ask to be included. But we want to see this pilot project through before we scale up. We even plan to have some of these girls who do really well take up training themselves so they can continue the chain while also creating a livelihood for themselves," says Bharghavi Karlapudi, a co-founder of Healing Touch.

Pvt heritage owners not sure of govt Owners say the government promises a lot of things but takes a step back when it comes to implementation. Aleena Alice aleena.t@postnoon.com

ears of pleas and petitions of heritage activists and private heritage owners has finally borne fruit after the GHMC announced that all private heritage buildings will get a 75 per cent waiver in property tax. Even for renovation and conservation of the buildings, the GHMC has announced that `25 lakh or a reimbursement of 20 per cent of the estimated cost, depending on which is less, will be sanctioned for private buildings. The offers will come into effect from the current financial year said Mayor Majid Hussain. The GHMC has also set up a heritage cell for owners of private heritage buildings to register

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themselves and avail the offer. Though this is welcome news, owners and activists fear the promise will be broken as usual. Obied, a private heritage building owner, says he is not sure if the plan will be implemented. “The government says a lot of things but when it comes to implementation, it takes a step back. There are so many government heritage buildings like the Mehboobia School and City College, which are crumbling by the day. When they are not able to restore them, how can we be sure that private structures will be restored? But if the government goes by its word, it will surely be a relief for many private heritage building owners.” Meanwhile, heritage activists are also concerned about the 3,000-

odd unlisted private buildings which still remain unprotected. “So far there are only 150160 private buildings that have been listed. But there are thousands of unlisted heritage buildings which should also be notified. We may lose out on some beautiful private heritage structures. There is a need to have a specialised heritage wing. As a heritage activist, I am happy that some initiative has been taken by the government. For the GHMC, the 75 per cent tax waiver on all the private structures is a negligible amount. What we are looking for now is the safety and conservation of the thousands of unlisted private heritage buildings,” said Safi Ulla, managing trustee of the Deccan Heritage Trust.

CITY SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

DISCOMs reduce power cut duration as Rabi nears end While the DISCOMs reduced power cut duration from three hours to an hour, officials apprehend that the demand will shoot up again during peak summer although the demand for power has dropped by 300MUs for the first time in the State. these areas were under a blanket of unscheduled power cuts for the past one month, and despite the load relief, there seems to be no change in the situation. With the CPDCL’s hotline number 155333 being unhelpful, residents have taken to calling sub-stations insistently. “In all this confusion, we do not know where to complain or where to go and get clarity over this issue,” says Sai Kashyap, resident of Vanasthalipuram.

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ith the Rabi season nearing an end, scheduled three-hour power cuts in the City have been officially reduced to an hour. This came following an announcement by the DISCOMs on Tuesday that a drastic drop in demand from the agricultural sector has provided load relief and power outages have been rescheduled to an hour per day for domestic sectors. The overall demand for power in the State has dropped down by 300 Million Units (MU) for the first time this year, although officials predict that the demand will shoot up again during peak summer. This load relief, however, has not brought any relief to the domestic consumers in the City. Many parts of the City are reeling under unscheduled power cuts and some areas are on the receiving end of more than just

WHAT

one-hour power cuts. Officials of the Central DISCOM cite the reason for the power cuts as repair and maintenance works at the various sub-stations. The central zone of the City, including areas like Chikkadpally, RTC Crossroads, Narayanguda and Old MLA quarters, are subjected to more than an hour power cut. Residents complain of power outages in random phases and

despite many complaints to the sub-stations, there seem to be no end to their woes. “We were told that power cuts would last for one hour in a single spell but they are being erratic. There is no time or duration for power cuts over the last three days,” says Narsimha Das, a resident of Gandhinagar, RTC Crossroads. A few days ago, the entire Old City reeled under a blackout

for more than six hours. Areas around Charminar like Laad Bazaar, Gulzar House and Moghlapura witnessed an overnight power cut that was restored the next day morning at 2am. On the other hand, this is a common instance at residential areas in the Cyberabad limits such as Vanasthalipuram, Dilsukhnagar, Kothapet and Uppal. Forget scheduled cuts,

Sri Rama Navami fest celebrated with fervour A

rich spiritual ambience prevailed in several temples and makeshift pandals at different places in the City as Sri Rama Navami was celebrated on a grand scale on Friday. The festive mood began in the early hours of the day with the playing of devotional songs at the pandals. The temples and streets alike echoed with songs like Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanamu Chuddamu Rarandi, Kalyana Vaibogame, Sri Sita Ramula Kalyana Vaibogame and the film songs of Lavakusa and other movies.

OFFICIALS SAY

According to the officials of the DISCOMs, the problem lies with the sub-stations and technical snags such as feeder tripping, unexpected summer winds and gales during nights are to be blamed. “We suffered several feeder trips in the City due to increased load demand and flux. The problem is rampant in Madhapur and Jubilee Hills which were electrified and maintained without glitches. We will look into this matter and rectify it and provide a schedule list to impose power cut for all areas soon,” said Subhash Reddy, O&M engineer from Metro Zone, APCPDCL. PICS: N SHIVA KUMAR, M ANIL KUMAR

NATION SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Car mows down five

Youth shot dead

youth was shot dead allegedly during an armed robbery in Kamlapur area, police said here today. Ram Awadh, 22 was shot dead when he resisted the robbery attempt by an unidentified person in Devipur village late last night, they said. Police said that the incident was reported this morning after which an FIR has been lodged.

Delhi child rape accused arrested A Bihar court granted the Delhi Police three-day transit remand of Manoj Kumar. MANOJ KUMAR HAD MARRIED RECENTLY AND HIS WIFE HAD COME TO HER PARENT’S PLACE TWO DAYS BACK. THE ACCUSED, WORKING AS LABOURER IN DELHI, IS A NATIVE OF BHARPHUA VILLAGE OF THE DISTRICT.

An Indian protestor waves the national flag as she shouts anti-government and Delhi police slogans during a demonstration against the rape of a five-year old girl, outside a hospital in New Delhi on April 19, 2013.

MUZAFFARPUR: A 25-year-old youth accused of raping a five-year-old girl in the national capital was arrested here early this morning, police said. Manoj Kumar was apprehended from Chiknouta, his in-law’s village, at around 2 am from here in Bihar, about 50 km from Patna. The youth was arrested by a team from Delhi with the help of local police. The accused, who has come here by a train from Delhi, was traced after tracking his mobile phone location, police sources said. Later in the day, a Bihar court granted the Delhi Police three-day transit remand of Manoj Kumar. “After he was arrested, Manoj Kumar was produced in the court of the chief judicial magistrate in

Woman gang-raped

our policemen and a pedestrian were injured after a speeding luxury car hit them at a check post at Marine Drive in the wee hours of Friday. According to police, the accident took place at around 1.30am near the Police Zymkhana where a nakabandi was being carried out to check drink driving cases.

Muzaffarpur and the court granted a three-day transit remand to Delhi Police,” the official said. Manoj Kumar will be escorted by police first to Patna and then onward to Delhi, the official said. Kumar had married recently and his wife had come to her parent’s place two days back. The accused, working as labourer in Delhi, is a native of Bharphua village of the district. Kumar allegedly raped five-year-old girl at his rented accommodation in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar. The girl and her family stayed in the same building where Kumar lived. Delhi police has registered a case and slapped charges of attempt to murder and rape on Kumar, who allegedly confined the girl in his room for at least two days. The girl, who was reported missing from April 15 evening, was rescued on April 17 morning from the ground floor of the building. Meanwhile, doctors at the AIIMS hospital said the victim’s condition has become stable now. She had contracted infection from foreign objects inserted into her body. Doctors had to surgically remove a 200-ml bottle of hair oil and pieces of candlesticks from her vaginal AGENCIES orifice.

Slapgate

CP BS Ahlwat slapped a girl protester at least four times which left her bleeding in an ear. Heavily rapped for their behaviour, Delhi Police tonight suspended the ACP.

26-year-old woman was gangraped allegedly by three persons in Kolahi area, police said here today. The victim was gangraped by the trio when she was returning from the local market yesterday. The accused also looted `20,000 cash from her, they said. “All the three men have been identified and raids were being conducted to arrest them,” police said.

Man in chains for 12 yrs

nable to pay for his treatment, and receiving no help from the government, the family of a mentally-challenged 33-year-old man in Rajasthan’s Churu district has kept him chained to a bed for more than 12 years now. The victim, Arif Kaji, is a resident of Sunjagarh town in the district, some 350 kilometres from state capital Jaipur. Arif lost his mental balance at the age of 21, after a prolonged illness. Arif was married and had three children by then. For the past 12 years, he has been living tied to an iron chain in a dark corner of his house, and receives no treatment. Rubeena, his wife, says Arif would suddenly turn violent and start throwing things out in a fit of rage. “If he is kept free, he throws stones even at neighbours and shouts at them. I am his wife and it hurts a lot to see him chained like this, but this is the only way for me to keep him under control,” Rubeena told IANS, adding that her

ARIF LOST HIS MENTAL BALANCE AT THE AGE OF 21,

AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS. husband suffers from hallucinations. Rubeena said she had sought medical help from doctors in her town and nearby places, but the condition of her husband did not improve. “People say I should get him treated at a specialised hospital in a bigger city, but my money has now dried up and I don’t know whom to approach,” Rubeena said, explaining that she had taken her husband to public grievances camps organised by the district administration several times, but received no financial help. “I am forced to work as a labourer to look after my three children and husband. The income is not enough to send the children to school,” Rubeena said.

WORLD SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Maduro sworn in

Woman killed in court blast

icolas Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela on Friday, in a ceremony replete with drama as he replaced the late Hugo Chavez and urged dialogue with the opposition to build a better country. To cheers in the National Assembly, Maduro dedicated his oath of office to “the eternal memory of the supreme commander” Chavez.

Taiwanese woman died, while seeking divorce in a court, when her husband detonated an explosive device in the premises in China’s Guangdong province Friday, authorities said. The woman, surnamed Yeh, was standing trial in a divorce case in the People’s Court of Meixian county in the afternoon, when the blast occurred, Xinhua reported.

Boat mishap: 3 bodies found

ong Kong underwater search teams have recovered three bodies a day after two boats collided in fog in the city’s busy waterways, with three crew members still missing as police arrested the two captains. The incident Thursday night refocused attention on Hong Kong’s maritime safety, and came after a ferry crash in October claimed 39 lives.

The hunt in Boston’s over ‘Captured!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody,’ the Boston police department said on Twitter. BOSTON: US police on Friday captured an ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of staging the Boston Marathon bombings, after a desperate manhunt that virtually paralyzed the city and its suburbs. Responding to a tip from a local resident, police found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard in Watertown, wounded and weary after a gun battle overnight in which his accomplice brother was killed.

A NEIGHBOR ALERTED POLICE AFTER FINDING

TSARNAEV “COVERED WITH BLOOD” IN THE

BOAT WHERE HE HAD TAKEN REFUGE, BOSTON POLICE CHIEF ED DAVIS TOLD REPORTERS. “Captured!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody,” the Boston police department said on Twitter after Tsarnaev was taken away to applause from relieved residents. Hundreds of people later descended into the streets of Boston to celebrate, chanting: “USA! USA!” Some climbed onto car roofs while others danced in the streets. A neighbor alerted police after finding Tsarnaev “covered with blood” in the boat where he had taken refuge, Boston police chief Ed Davis told reporters.

This image obtained April 19, 2013 courtesy CBS News shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who was captured Friday night, April 19, 2013 after he was found hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb.

Killer tweet

Framed

“Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people,” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tweeted at 8:04 pm on Monday, just hours after Boston was rocked by twin explosions that police say he set with his brother. The University of Massachusetts student was surrounded by a small army of police for a final showdown

The parents of the two Boston bombing suspects have flatly denied that their sons, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, and his older brother Tamerlan, 26, could be involved in Monday’s terror attack. which lasted nearly two hours. Attempts to negotiate with him failed as he was “not communicating,” Davis said.

“We exchanged gunfire with the suspect who was inside the boat, and ultimately, the hostage rescue team of the FBI made an entry into the boat and removed the suspect,” Davis told a press conference. Following his capture, Tsarnaev was taken to hospital, where he was in serious condition. “We will determine what happened. We will investigate any associations that these terrorists may have had. And we’ll continue to do whatever we have to do to keep our people safe,” President Barack Obama said after the capture.

Many feared to be dead in China quake BEIJING: Hundreds of people were killed or injured when a strong earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, local officials said, five years after a massive quake devastated the region. The shallow earthquake struck close to the city of Ya’an on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT), setting off landslides, destroying buildings and triggering a major rescue operation. Four hours after the quake struck, the death toll stood at 56, the Xinhua news agency said, quoting the provincial earthquake relief headquarters. CCTV News had earlier reported 72 killed but revised that down to 47, with 600 injured, citing the Sichuan emergency authorities. The quake sent panicked residents in cities hundreds of kilometres away fleeing into the streets, some of them still in their slippers and pyjamas. Local seismologists registered the quake at magnitude 7.0 while the US Geological Survey gave it as 6.6 at a depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles). It was followed by several aftershocks. AFP

Friends of Syria meet in Istanbul

Iraq votes in test of stability amid chaos

French family’s ordeal ends

LONDON: The main international backers of

BAGHDAD: Iraqis voted on Saturday in the country’s

Syria’s opposition gather in Istanbul on Saturday with the rebels hoping Western and Arab countries will step up their support, including with arms. The 11nation core group of the “Friends of Syria” — including the United States, European nations and Arab countries — will hold talks with key figures in the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. The group has so far struggled to come up with a united strategy to end the violence in Syria, despite fighting that has seen more than 70,000 killed and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. Analysts said it was unlikely Saturday’s meeting will mark a major breakthrough.

first polls since US troops departed, a key test of the country’s stability in the face of a spike in attacks that has claimed more than 100 lives. But the credibility of the provincial elections has come into question, with attacks on candidates leaving 14 dead and a third of Iraq’s provinces — all of them mainly Sunni Arab or Kurdish — not even voting. The election is seen as a gauge of the popularity of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government ahead of a general election next year, but major issues affecting voters such as poor public services and rampant corruption have largely been ignored during the campaign. Experts said not much can be expected from this election.

PARIS: A family of seven including four children who were held for two months by Islamists in Nigeria flew into Paris early Saturday days after having been released. French President Francois Hollande was waiting to welcome the MoulinFournier family at Orly airport just south of Paris, as they flew in from Cameroon, where they were freed late on Thursday. They were accompanied by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who on Friday flew out bring them home. The government has not so far shed any light on how their release was secured — except to say that no ransom was paid and there was no military operation to free them.

COMMENT SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

EDITORIALS THE SORROW AND shame of India If the curse of the US is terrorism, ours is violence against women. Not much time has passed when the nation stood paralysed in shock over the bus rape incident and now here's another. A five-year-old girl was raped. One cannot speak of what the accused did to her. It is terrible and heinous. There are no words to describe the perverse acts that the man did to her for his sexual gratification. It speaks of a sort of rot of the mind. Nothing else. Just pure rot of the mind. A 200ml of hair oil bottle and bits of candle had to be surgically removed from her body. All this points to grim fact that no matter how progressed we profess to be, women irrespective of age are ultimately seen as a means of getting pleasure. And the sad thing is that several are out there who think this way and are unwilling to change. Everyday we hear of some form of violence against women, sexual and domestic. And it gives our conscience the shivers that there could be several out there who silently bear all of it,thinking that it is their fate, who don't report it, or speak out against it, fearing stigmatization, isolation or backlash.And look at those who we have charged with protecting women. According to papers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Mamata Sharma on Friday said that she has taken note of the rape of a five-year-old in Delhi but surprisingly expressed inability to go and visit the family not before Saturday since it is a holiday on Friday. There... Need we hope when the person in charge shirks her duty saying that it's a holiday?

TIME TO Name and Shame Another day, another minor raped. The number of crimes against women in this country rises steadily, and yet the mindset that perpetrates such heinous crimes goes unchecked. It’s time the media is forced to name and shame those convicted for sex crimes. The names of their parents and siblings must also be highlighted so that the shame pervades everyone around them. Only then will those who protect such offenders be forced to cast them out.

Back in time Soul Curry SUMAA TEKUR

business visit to London last week took me down memory lane. Over the weekend, with work behind me, I set off to explore how much central London had changed. To my relief (and not so surprisingly), it hadn’t changed at all. Just a few new buildings had altered the landscape, only a little. I took the opportunity to walk down to the university, where I had studied for a year. I was returning to London after almost seven years, and the memories bubbled up in my mind from all its hidden recesses. There, the bench where my

friends and I sat during lunch break. And here, the shortcut we took to reach the adjacent building for class. Being a Saturday afternoon, there were few students on campus milling about the café and bookshop. They may not realize it yet, but a few years later they, too, may walk down this campus with many memories of their student life. I walked to my department and looked around. Even the empty seats and tables had many stories to tell. And these sprung from my own mind. When I stepped out onto the park in front of the main university building, the light drizzle and winds transported me to another time when London was home, and the friends I made here became family. Nostalgia is a wonderfully strange thing. Money cannot buy it although people are willing to spend a fortune to get a

piece of yesterday. They want a part of their past to stay the same. In this uncertain climate, where relationships have become fleeting arrangements of convenience and time is perceived more as money and less as a faithful companion through life, nostalgia slams the brakes, if only for a bit, on change. It’s warm and comforting to think of all the pleasant memories from the past. Nostalgia is also wonderful because not only does it highlight the positive memories and emotions, it also has a unique way of converting even the negative emotions of that time into positive ones when one looks back. The hardest times and the most difficult circumstances begin to look more like challenges when one has successfully overcome them and get the opportunity to reminisce and review their actions. It’s not just the old who

NOSTALGIA IS A WONDERFULLY STRANGE THING. MONEY CANNOT BUY IT ALTHOUGH PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SPEND A FORTUNE TO GET A PIECE OF YESTERDAY. crave memories from the past. Even the young, these days, as young as thirty and even twenty year olds, are looking back and thinking: It’s not the same. This has spawned a whole new industry that caters to consumer craving for vintage goods. With these, the intention is to revive those bittersweet memories. These goods also cater more to people, who feel lonely in an increasingly fragmented society. Social isolation in a tech-connected world, ironically, is also the reason we crave a time when things were simpler and more in our control. Although adjusting to a foreign culture in a new country, and meeting academic expectations were big challenges for me at that time, when I now look back, they seem like a great learning period, which shaped who I am and how I think today. And that is the beauty of nostalgia. Walking down memory lane on that damp, cold Saturday afternoon was most valuable to me during that entire week-long business visit to London. And it didn’t cost anything!

COMMENT SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

The smokin’ sherriff Cancer sufferer Dietmar Erlacher’s lonely anti-smoking campaign in Austria, one of Europe’s last bastions of the habit, has won him insults, enemies and even several assaults. Letter from Europe SIMON STURDEE

ancer sufferer Dietmar Erlacher’s lonely antismoking campaign in Austria, one of Europe’s last bastions of the habit, has won him insults, enemies and even several assaults. But despite this, and even though his band of marshalls has shrunk, the “Smoking Sheriff ”, as the press calls the retiree, is not about to hang up his badge. “Addicts are not happy when their drugs are taken away from them,” the 63-year-old, who has never smoked, told AFP. “I am not expecting anyone to thank me, not smokers and not the media.” Following him around on one of his patrols in Vienna, Austria seems stuck in a nicotine time warp, with some of the laxest regulations in the EU — which some venues don’t even adhere to. According to Eurobarometer, 33 percent of Austrians smoke, one of the highest rates in the EU and well above France (28 percent), Britain (27 percent) and Germany (26 percent). Rates of lung cancer among women are growing, and will hit “dramatic levels” if the number of girls smoking continues to buck the European trend by ris-

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AUSTRIA SEEMS STUCK IN A NICOTINE TIME WARP, WITH SOME OF THE LAXEST REGULATIONS IN THE EU — WHICH SOME VENUES DON’T EVEN ADHERE TO. AS PER EUROBAROMETER, 33% OF AUSTRIANS SMOKE, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE EU. ing, said Manfred Neuberger, professor at Vienna’s Medical University and a member of the Austrian Council on Smoking and Health. Even in the restaurant on the ground floor of Austria’s health ministry, patrons can puff away -in a separate room. Under Austrian law, this room must be less than half the size of the whole venue, it cannot be the “main room” and the smoke cannot drift into the non-smoking area. Exceptions abound. Venues under 50 square metres (540 square feet) can allow smoking, as can those up to 80 square metres if a separate room is impracticable. The result is confusion. Many establishments either manage to get around the ban, or simply

flout the rules. Erlacher calls his country the “ashtray of Europe”. A 2011 Vienna Medical Association investigation found 61 percent of venues in breach, with either the areas not separated or properly marked, the smoking area larger -- or just a free-forall. Air samples taken for the probe found that even when the smoking area is separated, this does little to stop smoke, with its deadly cocktail of carcinogenic chemicals, wafting wherever it pleases. Try cycling on the pavement, jaywalking or not cleaning up after your dog, and the Austrian authorities will soon be on your

case. But another of the flaws of the Alpine nation’s anti-smoking legislation is that according to Erlacher no one checks -- not the police, not health and safety inspectors -- that venues are sticking to the rules. This leaves it to up to members of the public such as Dietmar Erlacher to act. He and his organisation have filed 18,000 official complaints since the law came into force in 2009, despite it being an onerous process. Someone doing so has to give their name and address, meaning that the proprietor of an offending location can find out who complained, and then bar them from

their premises -- or worse. “I am barred for example from the Donauzentrum, Vienna’s biggest shopping mall,” Erlacher said. He has been beaten up a number of times, and comments on the Internet liken him to a Nazi informer. In a further twist, data protection laws mean that someone making a complaint is even unable to discover whether the owner has had to pay a fine. Franz Pietsch, a senior health ministry official, conceded to AFP that “in some areas there are some problems” implementing the law, but he said that fines have been levied and even licences revoked, and that checks do take place. Owners also fear a drop in business. “My venue is only 35 square metres so I can allow smoking,” the owner of a smoky Greek restaurant in central Vienna told AFP. “I don’t like the smoke but if I made the whole place non-smoking no one would come.” Josef Bitzinger from Vienna Chamber of Commerce says that matters have improved considerably since the 2011 study, and that the number of complaints has fallen sharply. “There is no need to change anything,” he told AFP. “There are practically no more complaints ... I think that the solution we have in Austria really isn’t bad.”

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All in a day

The Guardian (UK)

Marathon bombings: A week of mayhem

he nightmare that Boston experienced yesterday is one that could be repeated in almost any city around the world. No counter-terrorism plan could have prepared the city for the wild scenes that followed the publication of identifiable pictures of the two marathon bombers. No theory yet stacks up about their behaviour. They hung around in the city they had bombed. They had no getaway plan. America has experience with selfmotivated bombers and shooters – in Times Square and Fort Hood. But nothing could have prepared the law enforcement agencies for the sort of scenes they had to cope with yesterday: the greater urban area of Boston in virtual lockdown, all public transport shut down, thousands of residents forced to flee their homes and busloads of heavily armed police moved into an ever more tightly drawn siege. Their only concern was to stop more people dying. It is difficult to see what else they could have done. Everyone should pause before wrapping some larger political narra-

tive around the brothers’ actions. Their father and uncle are stunned, disowning the bombing and shooting, and calling it a dishonour on their ethnic Chechen family. Nothing new there. But coming from a diaspora created by two brutal wars that Russia launched to crush separatism, it is not easy to place what the brothers did in Boston this week in any intelligible campaign. Chechen jihadis have been surfacing in a variety of battlegrounds outside Chechnya, against western-backed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, but alongside radical Sunni opposition forces in Aleppo in Syria. While radical Muslim Chechen militants have staged brutal terrorist attacks against theatres, trains, aeroplanes and the Moscow Metro, if it turns out the pair were radicalised by trips back to the North Caucasus, this would be the first time such tactics were used outside Russia. If this transpires to be the case, the marathon bombings should be anathema to all diaspora Chechens. They seek asylum from a barbaric regime in Grozny, whose leader has no qualms in ordering assassinations of his opponents abroad. They have no interest in bombing those who provide them with a new home.

BUSINESS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Antares rocket launch

Yahoo! stops some services

ahoo! on Friday announced it is getting rid of coupon service deals and “Yahooligans” Internet guide for children. “Today, we are shutting down a few more products,” Yahoo! platforms executive vice president Jay Rossiter said. “By making tough decisions like these, we can focus our energy on building beautiful products for you,” he added.

rbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, will make a new attempt Saturday to launch a first test flight of its Antares rocket. A $1.9 billion contract requires Orbital Sciences to deliver freight to the ISS over the course of eight flights by the beginning of 2016.

New data not enough

rgentina’s new inflation measure is not enough to overcome the IMF’s censure of the country for inadequate data, an IMF official said. The IMF formally censured Argentina for not supplying accurate data on GDP and inflation. Miguel Savastano, the IMF deputy director for Latin America, said,”The creation of the index alone does not remove the problem.”

Mobilising the future Believing that the cellphone is going to emerge as an irresistible technology, three friends set up a mobile application development company. PRUDHVI RAJU K

prudhvi.k@postnoon.com

hinking ahead and understanding emerging technologies is an important aspect of any business planning. Amit Pinipe, Ravi Shankar Metlapalli and Bhanu Prakash Kanthala, three friends and classmates from GRIET Engineering College, reunited to start Zytrix Soft Labs in May 2012 with an initial investment of `20 lakh. They all believed that the mobile is going to emerge as an irresistible technology for the growth of businesses. This vision enabled them to start a mobile application development company, which provides value and solve problems of various businesses with the help of emerging technologies on mobile. Zytrix not only grew in revenue but also in terms of human resources and is expected to break even this fiscal. Talking about their business idea, Ravi (in pic) says, “Technology took a curve from desktop to mobile. Customers are using mobile not only as a personal device but also for business purposes. It brings huge value addition and saves costs, provides business intelligence and valuable customer support. We are building a healthcare application for a client, where the patient gets all the necessary alerts on exercise, diet and medication on a timely basis. In return, the patient gives inputs as to whether he is following the setup guidelines

on all those parameters. This will help the doctor and patient in recognising health problems that may turn out without these daily practices. These applications are useful for industries for their growth and sustenance.” On the challenges they faced, Ravi says, “Attracting human resources was tough during the nascent stage of the business. Our long-term vision and road map, along with flexibility in work timings and culture, has helped in attracting talent. We could built trust in

With our partnership model, we got together with web development companies to provide mobile solutions. Diwakar Singh, Head (global sales), Zytrix the employees that their growth is equally important for us along with our growth.” Building a client base is another challenge for any startup to get the initial revenue to keep the business going. The business adopted a partnership model with web development companies to offer mobile app development services. “Many clients of various web development companies also seek mobile app development services. Earlier, web development companies could not provide these services and used to leave the client to avail services from elsewhere. With our partnership model, we got together with web development compa-

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nies to provide mobile solutions to clients. This will be a winwin situation for all of us. We also have our own marketing approach in gaining direct clients,” says Diwakar Singh, head (global sales), Zytrix. “Initially, many of the clients had their own doubts about working with us on new technology and devices. With our talented employees, we could gain the trust of the customers in a few days. For instance, we developed an education app for a client, wherein his intellectual property is used in the application. The client was doubtful about the security. However, we assured him that if anyone could break the security, we would not charge a single penny,” he adds. The company is working on a long-term vision, where they don’t just offer services to clients in various verticals but also try to gain expertise in each of the verticals, which eventually helps the company to develop its own products. When asked about future technologies, Ravi says, “Mobile is a great tool for customer relationship management and also to provide valuable analytics for the growth of business. We are developing an incentive application based on QR code for a retail customer, which helps the client to track the customer and his purchase information. A business can categorise its customers by their visits and spending at the store. This information will help the client in designing new strategies.” The 45-employee company is aiming to be among the top mobile application companies in the City by the end of 2014.

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FOCUS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

THE RISE OF THE THIRD GENDER

Pakistan’s vibrant but shunned transgender community is striking out into politics with individuals contesting elections for the first time.

Khurram Shahzad Agence France-Presse

SUKKUR, PAKISTAN: Stereotyped as dancers, beggars and prostitutes, Pakistan’s vibrant but shunned transgender community is striking out into politics with individuals contesting elections for the first time. They may only be seven out of 23,000 candidates with little chance of getting elected, but they have livened up an otherwise lacklustre campaign and set an important marker for their rights in the conservative Muslim country. “People don’t believe we can be corrupt because we don’t have children and families,” says independent candidate Sanam Faqeer in the southern city of Sukkur. “We don’t need to collect wealth and build villas for our next generations by stealing people’s money as other politicians do,” she added. In Pakistan, there are an estimated 500,000 “eunuchs” — a community of castrated men, hermaphrodites, transsexuals, transvestites and homosexuals, traditionally paid to help celebrate the birth of a son or to

dance at weddings. When the Supreme Court in 2009 recognised them as a “third gender”, ordering they be issued with separate identity cards, it was hailed as a landmark decision in a nation battling enormous human rights abuses and chronic violence. But in a country where sexual relations outside marriage are taboo and homosexuality is illegal, transgender people are treated as sex objects and often become the victims of assault, ending up as little more than beggars. Now Faqeer has given up dancing to focus on campaigning for the May 11 polls, telling AFP that the world of politics is more serious. “My aim is to give justice to the poor, welfare to the old, promote meritocracy and the lives of cleaners and remove unemployment. Once elected, I will make my city cleaner and end the traffic chaos,” she said in her office. Born in 1975 as Essa Gul, the son of a radical prayer leader, she has overcome immense personal pain. Her strict father kept his children at home to be taught only the Koran and she was bul-

lied by her brothers for “girlish” tendencies. After her father died, her brothers forced her out aged 15 and she was taken under the wing of a prominent member of the transgender community. She changed her name, grew out her hair, dressed permanently as a woman and spent the next decade dancing and working as a prostitute. She became

They may only be seven out of 23,000 candidates with little chance of getting elected, but they have livened up an otherwise lacklustre campaign. popular and earned good money, but her ambitions spread wider. She invested in a textiles business and started supplying bed sheets and ladies clothes door to door, allowing her to make new contacts in the city. Then she branched out into

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welfare, providing care to elderly eunuchs and registered her own charity in 2009. Today, her two-room apartment serves as a home, an institute offering transgender people computer training and therefore the prospect of more respectable work, the headquarters of her charity and as a campaign hub. “I decided to live for others, because everybody lives for themselves but nobody sacrifices their life for others,” she said. Having won the hearts of Sukkur’s transgender community and hundreds of poor people, she says her community asked her to stand for election. All the transgender candidates are running as independents, limiting their chances of success. Politics in Pakistan is based heavily on patronage, giving wealthy landlords and entrenched political parties a huge advantage. In the eastern town of Gujrat close to the Indian border, Resham is taking on the impossible: going head to head with the outgoing deputy prime minister and a former defence minister for a seat in the nation-

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al assembly. “The main political parties have failed to lessen people’s problems,” she said, leaving her house to campaign against rising inflation and poverty. “Women who are fed up with the political heavyweights — who win elections from our area but don’t do anything for the people — asked me to defeat both of them,” she said. “I am pretty sure about beating them and getting more than 60,000 votes.” Her immediate neighbours are enthusiastic supporters, but others laugh when asked if they would vote for a transgender candidate. “I can’t take them as anything more than a joke. They can’t win,” says Muhammad Iqbal, a 40-year-old shopkeeper in Gujrat’s fish market. “Resham won’t get any more voters than sex clients,” said grocer Javed Iqbal. The candidate is unbowed. “We won’t dance while going out to seek votes. We want to give an impression of a decent campaign. We want people to believe that we are serious people and take politics seriously,” Resham said.

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TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK PERSONAS n experiment from MIT’s media lab, Personas takes your first and last name, scours the Internet, then spits out a composite image of what it thinks you’re like, based on what it found about people with your name.

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INDIA’S GOT TALENT Pune-based Rolocule is set to revolutionise the way you play games on your iPhone.

NT BALANARAYAN

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aming in the living room has for long been a monopoly held by gaming consoles, that is changing now and fast. This year we have seen the rise of microconsole such as Ouya that lets gamers play Android games on an HDTV and now a Punebased company has come up with a bit of technology that makes this even easier. Rolocule, a company that made its mark with iOS games such as Touch Squash and Flick Tennis has come up with a technology dubbed Rolomotion that lets you play some of their games on TV while using your iPhone as a controller. Using a mobile phone as a controller might not be such a big feat, but what makes their approach unique is that you can control the game by swinging the iPhone around like a Wiimote or PlayStation Move. Rolomotion uses Gyroscope, accelerometer and

magnetometer in iPhones and iPod to get accurate reading of the way a device is moving and converts this data into a format a game can understand. This data is then pushed on to Apple TV, a set top box that lets you stream video and content on to a TV. As of now Apple users can push websites and videos on to the TV via Apple TV using AirPlay feature, but Rolomotion will also make the set top box an awesome gaming console. The main differentiator between this approach and that of a game console like Nintendo Wii is that there is no need for an extra sensor on top of the TV for it to work. Rolocule founder and CEO Rohit Gupta says that their approach allows gamers to use maximum number of gestures. “Since we are using all these sensors you can play very accurate shots while playing Flick Tennis. You can slice, cut and perform any normal action used in the game. Rolomotion is essentially an algorithm and we might even develop Rolomotion plug-ins for popular mobile game engines depending on the feedback we get from the market,” he says.

YOU CAN CONTROL THE GAME BY SWINGING THE IPHONE AROUND LIKE A WIIMOTE OR PLAYSTATION MOVE.

Rohit Gupta There have been a few solutions in the market, but most of them have been clunky to set up and not accurate as far as gameplay was concerned. One of the existing offerings lets a gamer controller a PC or Mac game using an iPhone. Rohit says that he wanted to go for something that was hasslefree to set up. “I got the idea when I went for World Wide Developers Conference recently where I was exposed to

Apple TV for the first time. Once I came back we did some feasibility tests and started working on this technology,” he says. The company will be launching a beta version of their game Motion Tennis that uses this technology later this month to gauge public reaction to their idea and a final version in May. It will even feature a multiplayer mode

though each person will need to have their own iOS device to play the game. The company is also working on other games that will utilise this technology and an introduction video posted on Rolomotion website (rolomotion.tv) shows a zombie game that should get a lot of gamers excited. Since the game will be entirely displayed on the TV, the mobile phone display can be used as a second monitor that again brings up some interesting cases. In case of Motion Tennis however it’ll also sport a pause button, but for a game in which you have to kill zombies for example, gamers could be able to select weapons from the display on the iOS device. Rohit says that Motion Tennis will be available on Apple Store on a freemium model as the install base of Apple TV is still low in comparison to other iOS devices. That said, looking at the reaction it has got from press and gamers world-over don’t be surprised if this technology turns out to be the killer app that converts Apple TV — that Steve Job’s once called a hobby — into the next top selling product from Apple.

ANIMAL KINGDOM SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

PET NEWS

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Comfort dogs on duty

Coelacanth genes mapped

pecially trained therapy dogs brought to Boston by Lutheran Church Charities will be stationed at the First Lutheran Church of Boston, a few blocks from where bombs exploded at the marathon finish line.

hen the study authors sequenced the ancient fish's genome, they found that its genes have been evolving more slowly than the genes of the other fish they looked at, including sharks and lungfish.

Sea lion strandings climb

cientists still don't know why nearly 1,300 sickly sea lions have beached themselves on the shores. They think some weird oceanic phenomenon may be blocking off the sea lion pups' source of food, scientists reported.

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TRANSFUSING LIFE

Dr Lakshmi Srinivasan Ramana one of the founders of Animal Care Clinic, Hyderabad talks about facilitating blood transfusion in animals and the need for more animal donors.

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amyrose.t@postnoon.com If your dog meets with an accident or contacts blood diarrhoea and is in need of blood, where can one go? Is there a facility in the city that facilitates blood transfusion? For the past eight years or so, after the outbreak of HIV, blood bags are inaccessible for veterinarian hospitals and without blood bags it is impossible to open a blood bank for animals. Each of the blood bag comes with a serial number and strict care is taken while distributing them. However, I do perform blood transfusions with the help

of my friends’ dogs. It all started when my two dogs helped save lives of a few patients. And later, they too turned donors when others needed blood and my group became bigger. Now, I have formed a group of friends who help each other. Another problem, one faces is the unavailability of blood kits. Kits are necessary to find the blood group of a particular breed. Like in humans, dogs also have different blood groups, which are not difficult to determine. There is a particular type of blood group DEA 1.1 that cannot be transferred to dogs of other blood groups. Only using kits can we determine whether the dog has DEA 1.1 blood group or not. I am currently trying to import kits so that we can check for this group before transfu-

more donors can save a lot of dogs’ lives.

sion. The Chennai Veterinary Hospital has acquired a few blood bags but the problem they are facing is the lack of donors. My biggest dream is set up a blood bank with enough donors and kits and make the blood bags available. I get many blood transfusion cases each month and

What are the requirements needed in a dog before it donates its blood? My dogs have been donating for a long time. It is perfectly safe for them. Within two weeks after a blood transfusion the health of the dog gets back to normal. Anyone who has a big dog and is between two and six years of age can donate. Before donating we check the weight of the animal and make sure that the dog is more than 35 kg. We have a dearth of volunteers for donating blood. People are very reluctant to let their dogs donate blood but the deal is that blood transfusion doesn’t hurt the dog. It is necessary to spread awareness so that more people will come forward and

let their dogs donate. There are times when I have had people coming with street dogs and asking us to take blood from them. They opt for street dogs because they don’t have to answer to anyone before picking them up. However, I feel that it is a selfish thing to do because the lives of street dogs are also precious. Another reason why we shouldn’t transfuse blood from street dogs is because it is unsafe. They might not be vaccinated and might have diseases of which we are unaware of. Do you do blood transfusions on cats too? It is much more difficult to perform blood transfusion on cats. There are more blood types in cats than in dogs. Without kits, it is dangerous to perform blood transfusion in cats.

BOOKS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

SHORT READS Title: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls Author: David Sedaris Publisher: Little, Brown and Company David Sedaris is back with another hilarious offering, this time filled with essays about his travels around the globe. His macabre wit and charm shine through again, establishing him as one of the funniest writers ever.

Title: The Athena Doctrine Author: John Gerzema, Michael D’Antonio Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated While male values have traditionally been valued in business and corporate fields, the authors argue that traits usually attributed to women will gain prominence in these fields in the coming days.

Title: Clean Author: David Sheff Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Addiction is one of the largest healthcare problems in the US today, and author David Sheff goes beyond the traditional de-addiction methods to find a way to deal with addiction and stay clean.

Title: The Elite Author: Kiera Cass Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers The Elite is the sequel to The Selection, and revolves around the competition to win Prince Maxon’s heart. The protagonist, America, is torn between Maxon and her first love, but as the competition gets fierce, she doesn’t have much time to make a choice.

The shifting sands All’s not well in paradise. Kishwar Desai’s latest book Sea of Innocence delves into the murky waters that tourists are unwillingly drawn to in Goa. tions that flourish on these beaches. Everyone, it seems, knows what has happened but no one is prepared to say. And when more videos appear, and Simran herself is targeted, the paradise becomes a nightmare.

FLEME VARKEY

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t is not an easy topic to talk about now, leave alone read. Every day you have stories in the newspapers screaming about rape or abuse of some woman or the other. And the age limit shockingly is going lower and lower. From three-year-olds to even 60-year-olds, no age group has been spared the heinous abuse or horror of rape. Kishwar Desai’s latest book Sea of Innocence deals exactly with this topic. Desai’s first book in the Simran Singh series, Witness by Night looks at honour killing and the second, Origins of Love explores surrogacy in the context of the urbanrural divide. Simran Singh, the central character in the story, is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-cum-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place — white beaches, blue seas and no crime. She heads over there with 16-year-old daughter Durga, thinking that paradise lies in

Sweta Srivastava Vikram’s hardhitting poems on women’s issues, and her skill at addressing them in a succinct language are at once enlightening and thought-provoking. Sunory Dutt feedback@postnoon.com

Goa. But trouble follows her there as well, or rather is already there. A colleague of hers, Amarjit (also an ex-flame) sends her a disturbing video of a young girl being molested by four men in a hotel and she seems to be smiling, putting up little resistance and then she goes missing. The girl in the video, Lisa Kay, has a sister, Marian, looking for her and Amarjit, despite Simran’s emphatic nos, asks her to help Marian. Nothing in the beach town is as it seems. The beach changes

colour everyday and so do those who make a living from it. Goa is a tourist’s paradise, but it has now got the dubious name of being a rapist’s paradise as well. Every year, a number of British and Russian nationals are found raped or murdered in this beach town. Kishwar also refers to the Scarlett Keeling case, which landed a lot of bureaucrats and India in a lot of soup. The tone of this book is ominous and cautious and yet very saddening. The Delhi rape incident plays a prominent part in the book; ref-

erences to the victim’s helplessness and the brutality seem to jump out at every corner in the story. The book digs up a lot which the government and authorities are trying to bury, hoping to sustain the false image of Goa. A haunt of the flower children, drugs like cocaine and marijuana seem to flowing like wine there. The drug mafia has its roots so strongly entrenched that any investigation into its nexus is nipped in the bud. Simran must break through the web of lies and dark connec-

Name Sea of Innocence Author Kishwar Desai Pages 368 Publisher Simon & Schuster

Minimal words, maximum impact N o Ocean Here is a collection of poems that raises concern about and chronicles the socio-cultural conditions of women in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The stories, which are either based on personal interviews by the author or inspired by true incidents, are factual, visceral and bold narratives. So we’ve heard of the whole gamut of atrocities on women — female infanticide, honour killings, dowry deaths, marital rape, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse — time and again in India. Almost to a point of ennui, truth be told, if you haven’t experienced them first-

Title: No Ocean Here: Stories in Verse about Women from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Author: Sweta Srivastava Vikram Pages: 66 Publisher: Modern History Press

hand. But Sweta’s choice of words in her 43 poems in this slim volume gives these issues, which are just as prevalent in other parts of the world, a hauntingly fresh perspective. When she describes the

marriage of young daughters to older men for money: “To her father, she was a business deal, a dark song, not a daughter…. How could she go to sleep knowing incense wouldn’t kill the smell of betrayal? She’s saving her curses” or writes, “Women can tie a knot of secrets… paint it onto their nails, rub it into their blush and mix it into a pot of broth, serve it to their family for dinner. Next time you eat soup, listen. Each morsel reveals a story” or says of a victim of child abuse, “She can’t pray, her faith has become too dark”, Sweta’s words hit where it hurt the most — your very soul.

BOOKS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

‘People like to be scared from a safe distance’ He is the king of mass market thrills who likes to needle readers with tales of high intrigue. He has a massive fan base in India, where all his books are sold as special Indian editions.

ne of the world’s highest-selling thriller fiction writers, David Baldacci, 10 of whose books have made it to the top of the New York Times’ best-sellers’ list with over 100 million books in print over 45 languages, says the timeless appeal of thrillers lies in the fact “that people like to be scared from a safe distance”. “People like horror and they like reading things about the battle between good and evil. People have been intrigued by such stories — of battles and valour — for thousands of years in the same format that I write, but from a safe distance,” Baldacci said. Baldacci, the author of 29 bestselling mass market and children’s novels like The Camel Club Series, The Last Man Standing, The Sixth Man and Freddie and the French Fries, says the mass market as a genre is growing because people generally love good stories. The writer, whose new book, The Hit, has been published by Pan Macmillan, is in London, away from his home in Virginia, US, to promote the racy drama about a government secret service agency operative Will Robbie, who has been assigned to bring down rogue assassin Jessica Reel, a professional in the game, before she can turn her gun on the agency. Baldacci fans may find the book with a man and a woman in the lead stalking each other a little too desolate. But the writer defends his sparsely populated plot when asked about it. “As a writer, you try to grow and you try to change. You cannot write the same book, the same thing over and over again.

My last book, The Innocent, with Will Robbie in the lead, was another cat and mouse game like The Hit. But here I brought in a female adversary Jessica Reel, who is Robbie’s equal. I have built these two machines,” Baldacci said. Baldacci does not see any conscious gender statement in his book. “But I think it can qualify. I write about strong independent women. My experience has been that they can read faster than a man and are more nimble than men in the battle of wits,” Baldacci said. The 52-year-old writer shot

to fame in 1996 with his first novel, Absolute Power, which was a bestseller. It was made into the film Absolute Power, starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman in 1997. Two more movies, Wish You Well and King & Maxwell, based on his books, are on the floors. Baldacci feels that a writer must be able to write different kinds of stories. “People care about stories that move them. It

is important to keep different mindsets,” he says about his children’s books like Freddie and the French Fries series and The Christmas Train. “I would record the Freddie and the French Fries stories and my children would listen to my

stories when their mother was away. That is where the stories come from. Wherever I go, whoever I meet, I am looking at — it is through the eyes of a storyteller. It is an addiction. Whenever I am walking on the streets, I get to see life a little

different. Most of my stories are life’s creations and life’ events,” Baldacci said. Baldacci’s books offer deep insights into the real world of the American secret service, the army and the government through its melange of spies, killers, army veterans, government investigators, CIA and FBI operatives. “I have built a lot of relationships with people and agencies on the ground over the years. This is very important to my research and it sets my books apart from the rest,” the novelist said. Baldacci began “to write as kid in my journal, encouraged by my mother. From there, I moved to short stories and then to the novel,” he said. The writer is keen on a greater connect with his fans in the developing world, “where the focus of publishing and readership have shifted. It is a terrific development. Reading helps people become more tolerant and influenced by what happens around them. With television and movies, you just sit down and watch. When you read, you get to imagine what the characters look like,” he said. Baldacci says he does not plan his books. “They are inspirational. The books just flow. I build them brick by brick. I don’t know how the book will end when I sit down to write,” Baldacci told IANS. The writer, who runs an adult literacy charity, Wish Me Well Foundation, and works for Feeding Body and Mind, a US food programme, said he wants to work with private bodies in India to empower adults without IANS access to education.

WHAT’S SELLING Walden’s best in fiction

Walden’s best in non-fiction

New York Time’s best in fiction

New York Time’s best in non-fiction

n Oath Of The Vayuputras by Amish Tripati

n Business Sutra by Devdutt Pattanaik

n Starting Now by Debbie Macomber

n Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell

n Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer

n Return of A King by William Dalrymple

n Manuscript Found In Accra by Paulo Coelho

n Gulp by Mary Roach

n Leadership 2.0 by T Bradberry & J Greaves

n Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

n Carry on Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

n On Hinduism by Wendy Doniger

n The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

n The Great Deformation by David Stockman

n Durbar by Tavleen Singh

n Six Years by Harlan Coben

n Secrets of Silicon Valley by Deborah Perry Piscione.

n Manuscript Found In Accra by Paulo Coelho n Fifty Shades Of Grey by EL James n Love Stories That Touched My Heart by Ravinder Singh

WOMEN SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

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www.jenniferlouden.com: Bestselling author Jennifer Louden is considered the contemporary voice of women’s comfort who provides inspiration and tools to create lives they love.

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A LITTLE HELP Ladies Circle, a non-sectarian organisation comprising the wives of members of Round Table, are creating a flutter in the City with their service to community.

Influencing the world All About Eve

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AMY ROSE THOMAS

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hen like-minded people striving for a similar goal come together, they make a stronger and more powerful group. Members of Ladies Circle vouch that it is this thought that helps them bring about a difference in society. Ladies Circle, a non-sectarian organisation comprising the wives of members of Round Table, are creating a flutter in the City with their service to the community. The group’s latest feat was Unsung Heroes, wherein 10 women who have actively taken part in bringing about change without coming to the forefront were felicitated. Chartered in 1993, Ladies Circle 49 is involved with construction of schools, toilets and adoption of certain organisations. Secretary of the wing Divya Baldev says, “Our recent works include the adoption of Swayamkrishi house. It is a home where differently-abled

children are taught skills that will help them get integrated into society when they grow up. The house has tied up with hotels and food chains so that these children can find work at these places after passing out. We help this house monetarily and hold health and dental camps where doctors treat kids in the house. Another project we recently took up is the treatment of a 12-year-old who has thalassemia. She has gone through more than 250 blood transfusions in her life and recently she also contracted

cancer in her eye because of thalassemia. We raise funds for her medical treatments through our work,” she says. Most of the times, Divya Baldev says, funds are generated internally and other times, fundraisers are organised for the purpose. “We organise raffles, musical concerts, theatre activity as part of fundraising activities. But mostly we raise funds internally,” she says. Unsung Heroes helped in getting together many noteworthy women who in turn have

THE GROUP’S LATEST PROJECT WAS UNSUNG HEROES, WHERE 10 WOMEN WHO HAVE ACTIVELY TAKEN PART IN BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE WERE FELICITATED. promised to help each other in their endeavours. “It felt good when two of these women came forward and promised to pitch in and help a woman police officer who has been working for trafficked victims,” she says. How can a person reach out and help the group? “More than the monetary help, we are interested in service. There is a lot one can do at Swayamkrishi house for the children. Whenever we organise health camps or the like, we make sure that we take along our kids so that they too can understand the importance of serving the society. We also fund education of kids who are genuinely in need of money,” she says.

ime magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world list is out. Of the 100, 35 are women. The 35 women are a wonderful mix of entrepreneurs, scientists, lawyers, actors, singers, sportswomen and businesswomen. Most are truly inspiring — their stories show strength, brilliance and hard work. With 15year-old Malala Yousafzai on the cover, people wouldn’t expect any less of the people who share the honour with the gutsy youngster. But wedged between tennis players and AIDS researchers are three women whose fame rests mainly on their being married to a man of prominence. Michelle Obama is one of them. But she is an excellent lawyer in her own right, has campaigned vociferously for things that are close to her heart, all without losing sight of her familial and social values. Another is Peng Liyuan, China’s new First Lady. Known globally for her sartorial brilliance, she was much more famous than her husband in her role as a popular folk singer. While she might have shot into the limelight with her marriage, she certainly isn’t riding her husband’s popularity wave. The last is Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge. Her inclusion on the list, I have issue with. In the write-up, the things mentioned about her are: She met her Prince Charming. She shies away from stealing the spotlight. She does charity work. Her elegant wardrobe is promoting British fashion. She will give birth to the third in line to the throne. Don’t get me wrong, Kate seems like a nice, sensible woman. But to name her as one of the most influential people in the world simply because she is married to a prince is demeaning to the other men and women on the list. The others have made significant contributions to their fields, or have become symbols of change; they have made a mark. Kate hasn’t done anything significant so far. Wearing elegant clothes isn’t all that influential people do. We hope Kate really makes a difference, at which point we’ll welcome her on to the list.

SPOTLIGHT SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

All that glitters Sri Krishna Jewellers launched its second store in the city. Traditional, temple, kundan, antique and contemporary designs in gold, diamond and gem stones will be available in the store.

Hot wheels

Shiny new toy

As part of EcoSport Urban Discoveries campaign, Ford India, showcased its Chennai-built urban SUV EcoSport to customers at Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad.

Honda launched its new family sedan Amaze car in the city at Taj Krishna on Friday.

FASHION FERVOUR

S BALAKRISHNA

Designers exhibited their collections at Khwaish Designer Exhibition organised at Taj Krishna on Friday. Spotted were Amita Motwani, Pavani Khurana and others.

1 Kavya, Sneha

5 Sakshi

8 Pavani Khurana

11 Raghini

2 Minal 3 Amrin 4 Nikki

6 Nisha 7 Amita Motwani

9 Disha 10 Srishti

12 Rupa 13 Neha

RELATIONSHIPS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

ong commute times and urban areas that leapfrog over open space make it harder for people to socialise, but cities that are decentralised are even worse, University of Utah researchers say in a study published online today in the Journal of Transport Geography. These data suggest that ideas like converting parking lots to condos, or reducing the size of roads to accommodate cafes that spill out onto the sidewalks, can have social benefits that outweigh the cost of increased traffic.

I AM ALL EARS

am a 28-year-old woman. I am a working lady. My boyfriend expects me to come home and do the housework.He is a stickler for cleanliness.I understand it’s good but after work I don’t have the energy to go around doing the household chores. I keep it for the weekend. How do I tell him to back off without offending him?

Dear disturbed kid, Hmm.. surely I see a disapproving mother-inlaw in the future wagging her finger at you. Understandably, you are too zoned out to lift a finger to clean the dishes in the night. But I am sure the morning offers a few hours of free time. Do it then. I am sure this middle way would have you both happy and him off your back. Girl.. I would advise getting your life back on track and stop whining.

Mum's the word!

If you’re always playing second fiddle in your man’s life, chances are you’re stuck with a man who's still tied to his mother’s apron strings. Here are a few signs to help you decide your path. NIDHI BHUSHAN

nidhi.b@postnoon.com

es, it’s true that women like a man who’s understanding, caring and respects women. It is also true that men who respect their mothers and love them, generally turn out to be more emphatic and sincere. However, a man who constantly looks to his mother for approval and can’t stop talking about what a perfect human being she is will raise a ‘mama’s boy’ flag in any woman's mind. And, most of the time, with reason. Though women understand that mothers play an important role in their man’s life, they don’t like playing second fiddle. With all due respect, if a woman’s sharing a man’s bed, she certainly won’t like taking a backseat in other aspects of the relationship. If you’re in a relationship that involves constantly fighting for that special spot — currently occupied by your mother-in-law or boyfriend’s mum — run while you can. Here are a few cues on the basis of which you should pack your bags!

1: ARE YOU PLAYING THE MAID / LOVER ? In the 21st century, where most families are the double-income sorts, the traditional notions regarding household chores seem obsolete. No, you are not supposed to pick up the plate after your man has finished a meal just because he’s used to being treated that way or just because you are a woman— the damned nurturer. Mama’s boys are usually the types who have been spoon-fed, with obnoxious amounts of love, every single meal till them poor souls part from their mums to go to college. If your man or boyfriend expects you to cook, clean and run errands for him, he’s bad news. He expects you to do all this because he’s been conditioned to believe that women who love him will pamper him every chance they get — like

they have nothing better to do. We agree that women don’t expect a Mr Clean or the male equivalent of Betty Crocker, but they like a helping hand. And, if your loverboy can’t even do that, dumping him is something you’d thank us for later.

2: 'MY

MUM IS THIS , MY MUM IS THAT '

Are you sick of your lover praising his mum’s cooking, the way she cleans, the way she talks, how social she is, what a nice person she can be and so on? You may be on to something. It’s nice for a guy to appreciate his mother for her cooking skills from time to time, women understand that, in fact most people like what comes out of their home kitchens — after all, that’s the taste we grow up with. However, there is a thin line

between liking her skills and making her the benchmark for everything. Women don’t appreciate men who constantly compare them to their mothers, one, because it makes them feel old and two, because they don’t want to replace the mother, they just need the No. 1 spot all to themselves. So, if you’re with a guy who wants to ‘fix you’ and make you just like his mum, GET OUT!

3: MOTHER

AND THE ' SUN '

If the sun in your relationship is your man’s mother, there’s definite trouble ahead. For a mama’s boy, his world usually starts and ends with his mother. All his plans, his vacations, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions depend on one factor – the mother. He’ll be the kind to invite his mother to every vacation, sometimes, even for a trip

to the mall. It is normal that your man would pamper his mum on her birthday or anniversary, however, if she’s a fixed element in all his plans no matter what the occasion is, he’s not such a great catch.

4: MOMMY'S

CALLING

If your partner’s mother calls him at least four times a day just to check on how his day is panning out, you’re in trouble. In case of Indian men, and only Indian men, it’s normal for them to speak to their mums on a daily basis — in saner countries, even that’s too much. However, if your Indian man has been talking to his mother more than once a day, there’s a lot you need to worry about. He’s a mama's boy!

5: THE

DECIDING FACTOR

Competing with the woman who gave birth to your partner is def-

initely going to be a one-sided battle — you will lose. So, the best thing to do is pack your bags if you know that your life is headed that way. One tell-tale sign is who has the decisionmaking power? If your partner involves his mother in every little decision he makes regarding his life — jobs, health, fitness, clothes, etc.. — he’s a mama's boy. As it is, couples find it hard to agree on day-to-day issues, and involving a third party into this already troubled situation is a recipe for disaster.

6: MOMMY

KNOWS BEST

If your partner involves his mother in every aspect of your life together, chances are, things will be no different when you have children. Remember, a mama’s boy is convinced that his mom is the only one who knows how to raise ‘great’ kids.

CINEMA SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

A breezy entertainer

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayindhe, starring Nithin, Nithya Menen and Isha Talwar, hits all the right notes which are essential for a romantic entertainer. her films and Gunde Jaari Gallanthayindhe is no different. There’s so much grace and subtle variation in her performance that it’s quite easy to fall in love with her performance in this film. Nithin has good comic timing and it’s quite obvious in this film. He dances like a dream and the remix of Emaindo Eevela song is a treat to watch, particularly for Pawan Kalyan’s fans. Madhu Nandan is brilliant and Isha Talwar is good in her short lived role. One of the problems with a romantic comedy, like this one, is that all the good gags are confined to only one part of the film. After starting out as a laugh riot, Gunde Jaari Gallanthayindhe turns into an emotional drama as Shravani and Karthik come to terms with the change in feelings for each other. As a result, it feels as if the story has lost its sheen but there are plenty of well-conceived sequences in the second half which keep the film afloat. It’s a good debut for Vijay Kumar Konda as a director; Anup Rubens and I Andrew make a great impression in terms of music and cinematography respectively. There’s something magical about falling in love with the right person and this film proves just that. Two big thumbs up.

HEMANTH KUMAR

hemanth.k@postnoon.com

unde Jaari Gallanthayindhe is the kind of film which will put a smile on your face. That in itself is a huge achievement for a romantic entertainer and this film manages to do it plenty of times as the story unfolds. The film revolves around four characters — Karthik (Nithin), Shravani (Nithya Menen), Shruti (Isha Talwar) and Madhu (Madhu Nandan). The entire film is about the confusion that arises due to a small mistake and after a point of time, no one has a clue who’s in love with whom until the climax. Directed by Vijay Kumar Konda, the biggest strength of the film is its screenplay. Although there have been films in the past which were based on mistaken identity, Gunde Jaari Gallanthayindhe is so well written, especially the first half, that it enchants you for most part of the film. The gags, especially those involving Nithin and Madhu Nandan, are brilliant and the second half of the film completely belongs to Nithya Menen. We have seen her outshine almost everyone else in

Movie: Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Cast: Nithin, Nithya Menen, Isha Talwar Directed by: Vijay Kumar Konda Rating:

The serious issue which Gouravam tries to address and the message it sends out get completely lost in translation.

Gouravam is a big bore I

t’s not enough to have a good story to make an engaging film, especially one which tries to address a serious issue and more importantly, a film which is intended to make you think and change for the good. Gouravam falters right at the very

onset. It brings the age-old concepts of casteism and honour killings on screen and no matter how much it’s adapted to the modern context, it still remains a theme which has been beaten to death. Directed by Radha Mohan, the film stars Sirish and Yami Gautam in lead roles and it’s about a young man, Arjun (Sirish), who goes to a village in search of his friend but soon realises that there are much bigger problems plaguing a sect in the village. The entire film is set up like an investigation where Arjun, Yamini (Yami Gautam) and a couple of others try to find clues which could lead them to their friend Shankar. Although the premise is promis-

ing and the fact that the film could have been so much better, the biggest issue with the film is its screenplay. Despite its short runtime, the film drags so much that it tests your patience and that, except for LB Sriram, Brahmaji, Prakash Raj and Pavithra Lokesh, none of the actors manage to make an impression turns out to be a big bane for the film. The theme and what the protagonist is expected to do is too daunting a task for a newcomer and the effect is clearly visible on Sirish. Gouravam is easily the weakest film in Radha Mohan’s career so far. If only the film had a better principal cast and a gripping screenplay, it wouldn’t have been as boring as it is now. Thumbs down.

Movie: Gouravam Cast: Sirish, Yami Gautam, Prakash Raj Directed by: Radha Mohan Rating:

CINEMA SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

NOT JUST A GUEST APPEARANCE IN GO GOA GONE:

SAIF

ctor Saif Ali Khan, who plays the role of a zombie slayer named Boris in his forthcoming coproduction Go Goa Gone, says his part is more than just a guest appearance. “I wouldn’t say it’s just something like a guest appearance, there is a role there,” the 42-year-old said Thursday at the film’s music launch. “I am happy that if people have liked what they have seen in the trailer. I am confident that they’ll enjoy the role in the movie,” he added. Saif sports a blonde look in the film

KJo a very good dancer: Remo D’Souza C

horeographer Remo D’Souza has certified filmmaker Karan Johar as a “good dancer” who can do some really “professional spins”. “He is typically Karan Johar, who will first say no, but then (he) picks up really fast. You should see his spins, they are too professional and fantastic,” the 39-year-old said at the promo of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. “He keeps saying that he cannot dance, but he is a very good dancer,” said Remo. The upcoming season of the dance reality show will once again see Remo, Karan and Madhuri Dixit, on the judges’ chair. The trio recently shot together for a promo of the show. Karan admits he could only do it as it was shot in bits. “Steps were not complicated, so it didn’t take much time for me to learn them. We do it in cuts, so it’s not such a big problem. But if I had to do the whole

set piece together, then it would have been difficult for me,” Karan said while shooting for it. The trio have been judging the dance reality show since 2010 and this will be their third appearance together. IANS

and reveals it took them a lot of time to get it right. “We tried to dye them blonde, but they became yellow and red. So it was quite a long process and we got it right in two to three attempts. People have liked the look and the dialogues,” Saif said. Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, Go Goa Gone also features Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Puja Gupta. The film will release May 10. IANS

Aamir featured on Time B ollywood star Aamir Khan has been featured on one of the seven special covers of the Time magazine listing the world’s 100 most influential people. The list includes finance minister P Chidambaram, Delhi lawyer Vrinda Grover and California’s Indian-American attorney general Kamala Harris besides teenaged Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and US President Barack Obama. Like Aamir Khan, Malala Yousafzai, is also featured on one of the special covers. Aamir Khan, 48, the Bollywood star who won praise from composer AR Rahman, “has been chosen for using his influence to raise social awareness in India.” “In a world of false diplomacy and evasiveness, Aamir is a straightforward man,” writes Rahman noting, “He uses his gifts as a charmer to give his audience the most bitter medicine. Hypnotised, we take IANS it without complaint.”

CINEMA SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Anne Hathaway’s cut voted most influential haircut

nne Hathaway’s decision to cut off her hair for her role in Les Misérables definitely influenced her film career (the brunette beauty did, after all, take home an Oscar for her portrayal of the troubled Fantine), but now it appears her cropped cut has had quite the effect on other women, too. At least, that’s according to a poll by the Hairdressing

Council of Great Britain and Universal Pictures, who asked a thousand people to weigh in on the most influential onscreen haircut of all time. Hathaway’s pretty pixie beat Jennifer Aniston’s laid back loose curls in Along Came Polly, which came in second place, as well as screen legend Audrey Hepburn’s bold updo in Charade, which finished third. The close-cropped cut

is definitely popular among celebs, with Miley Cyrus and Ginnifer Goodwin among the gutsy Hollywood gals who have opted for the low-maintenance do. More recently, Maggie Gyllenhaal debuted her own cute pixie, though Hathaway’s hair had nothing to do with the star’s drastic change. Instead, the actress went short to deal with a hard-towork-with bowl cut she had done for a film.

Jennifer Love Hewitt: Grandmother calls me her ‘Little TV Ho’

ennifer Love Hewitt has a nickname you really don’t hear that often — especially from one’s grandma! The traffic-stopping actress stopped by Ellen to chat with Ellen DeGeneres and guest cohost Matthew Perry to talk about her Lifetime series The Client List — and Ellen asked, in an interview airing Friday, whether or not J.Love’s grandmother is a fan of the sexy show. “She likes it,” the actress revealed. “She ignores the parts that she doesn’t like and pretends like they’re not happening but

she calls me her ‘Little TV ho.’ And she thinks that’s really funny.” So funny, in fact, that the star’s grandma doesn’t keep her pet name for her famous grandchild a secret. Hewitt continued, “But, she does it, like, out loud to people. She’ll be like, this is my ‘little TV ho.’ She’s from Texas. I’m like, ‘Grandma, not aloud. Like on the phone with me, family joke, funny. Not out loud in the mall or the restaurant.’ She gets a kick out of it.” As do we.

Awards galore for Jennifer H

ollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence received the Friendship Award from NGO Down Syndrome of Louisville on April 26. The Silver Linings Playbook actress will be lauded for her friendship with childhood friend Andy Strunk, a Louisville local. He has Down Syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. She has known him since middle school, reports contactmusic.com. “Lawrence and Strunk have been friends since their middle school days. They enjoy a loyal friendship of mutual encouragement and enjoy each other’s company. They text and speak on the phone quite frequently. Their families stay in close contact and continue a friendship too,” said a source from the NGO. Lawrence won’t be able to attend the ceremony at the Mint Jubilee Gala as she is currently filming in Hawaii, but her brother Blaine and his fiancee will accept the award on her behalf. IANS

CHAI TIME SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

SUDOKU

THOUGHT OF THE DAY Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. – Anthony Trollope

KAKURO

How to play kakuro

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Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once. Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Fathers’ garments 5 Fixes, as a carnival game 9 Places for crow’s-nests 14 Hanger material 15 Polish a Time piece? 16 Worship 17 Word before ‘singer’ or ‘guitar’ 18 Highly rated 19 Eyelashes 20 Place that makes sweet stuff? 23 Little bit of liquor 24 ‘Pardon ___ dust’ (renovation sign) 25 ___ du Flambeau, Wis 28 Pass out cards 31 Overturn, as a government 36 ‘It’s a pity!’ 38 Feverish chill 40 Doesn’t just want 41 Some Steinways 44 Acid in proteins 45 Extreme anger 46 Gift wrapper’s roll 47 Sgt or cpl 49 Pirates rivals 51 Hardly too strict 52 Hoover, for one 54 Bill stamp 56 It has fragrant, tubular flowers 65 Place to call home 66 ‘The ___ Ranger’ 67 Grasp 68 Cheese choice 69 Lightly burn 70 Ho-ho-ho time 71 Mexican mister 72 Emulates kangaroos 73 Without much fat DOWN 1 Punch tools 2 In ___ of (replacing) 3 Boast 4 Passenger vehicle 5 Come into view again 6 Object of pagan worship

7 Lollobrigida or Gershon 8 ‘Mad Men’ extra 9 It’s often paired with cheese 10 Mine access 11 Recital numbers 12 Group of three 13 Hollywood’s Penn 21 Get ___ of (eliminate) 22 ‘The boy king’ 25 With whom Jacob contracted to marry Rachel 26 Famous San Antonio mission 27 Log home 29 Jelly for germs 30 Word before ‘module’ or ‘landscape’ 32 It’s in the bog 33 Like some colonies or codes 34 Parkinson’s disease

drug 35 County abutting London 37 Out of ___ (not harmonising) 39 Upper hand 42 Big name in tires 43 Street vendors, eg 48 Kettle and Joad 50 Take action against 53 Landscaper’s covering 55 Anti-knock fuel 56 Witches 57 Pastoral woodwind 58 Thing in grammar class

59 Taro corm 60 Small salmon 61 Word attached to ‘sack’ 62 No gentleman, he 63 First name in jazz legends 64 Garden of the Bible PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

CHAI TIME SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Aries

Gemini

Taurus

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Judgement

Three of Cups

Ten of Wands

Three of Swords

Six of Swords

Page of Pentacles

ork – You may not be entirely happy with the results of a project, which you worked very hard on. Let it go and move on. Romance – Singles may be tempted to get into an unconventional relationship. Stay away and don’t yield to temptation. Health – Stop popping pills, no matter how good it makes you feel. You need to get a proper medical check-up and go by the book. Money – Finances are in good shape. Be practical and don’t get too adventurous with investments. Stick to long-term, traditional ones. Tarot message – This is not a great time for matters of the heart. You feel restless. Wait it out and don’t jump to take action unless you’ve very sure.

ork –Watch out for matters of etiquette and the expected rules and regulations in a business environment. To grow, you need to follow theses. Romance – You have the urge to stay home and spend time doing homely things. Take time off and just relax at home with no plans. Health – Nagging health issues may crop up if you haven’t taken care of them already. Home remedies and alternative therapies work best. Money – Not a best time to move money around when you are unsure of where you’ll be next or what your next career move will be. Tarot message – What you sow, you will reap. But that should not stop you from following your gut feel.

ork – Stop worrying. What’s the worst that could happen? You lose out on one project? Let it go and move on to the next thing. Romance – A third person may be knowingly or unknowingly interfering with your romance. Tell that person off. There’s never an easy way to do it. Health – The heat may be getting to you. Keep your body cool with fruits, juices and plenty of water. Avoid heat-inducing foods. Money – The falling rupee against the dollar has you a bit worried. You want to save on your foreign trip but also want to have a good time. Plan! Tarot message – This is a relatively easy time with no major changes. You need to cruise along.

ork – Hard work and perseverance are required at the moment. It also means that you need to stick to a formula you know for sure works. Romance – Before sealing the deal on an important relationship, review your pros and cons. Ensure you know very well what you’re getting into. Health – A family doctor may be annoying but he/she is also the one with the knowledge of your family history. Be patient and go with the familiar. Money – There is no dearth of anything for your needs. But don’t get greedy and try to maximise what you have. Tarot message – Sharing is an important part of the spiritual growing process. Learn to share your thoughts and ideas, even though they will be exposed to criticism.

ork – Good time to look at new avenues and opportunities. This is an ocean with a world of new chances. Look at the right places. Romance – An overseas trip will get you in touch with interesting members of the opposite sex. Enjoy the interactions and the new ideas. Health – Your mind needs relaxation. Take a break and get out of the city for a few days. Leave your phone behind if that would help. Money – There are ways to keep track of your expenses only if you have the will to cut down and save for tomorrow. Get pen and paper and take note. Tarot message – Be open to new ideas and exploration. There are many different sides to a story.

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Libra Three of Wands

Knight of Cups

ork – Many new challenges are going to come your way. It’s up to you whether to step up and show what you can do, or reject them and stay where you are. Romance – Feelings of positivity can wipe out that irritation you feel rising up towards your loved one. It may be because of spending too much time together. Health – You need to pause and take a break if your body is feeling fatigued. It is sending you a signal that a break is in order. Money – Do some thorough background research before you decide to invest in a new fund. Err on the side of caution. Tarot message – You can get a better deal with your current situation if you remain patient.

ork – It helps if you have a consensual attitude while working in large teams. Take the team members into confidence before launching plans. Romance – Your romantic life may be getting to theatric for your liking. Being a more practical person, you like to stick to reality. But let your partner enjoy this time. Health – When the rhythm of your daily routine is meddled with too many times, it leads to stress. Get back into the familiar and do things you enjoy to de-stress. Money – There may be some missing links in the balance sheet and it’s important you figure it out. Tarot message – Be empathetic and open to other people’s points of view. Team work is important.

Date 21-4-2013

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Nine of Pentacles

Queen of Swords

Strength

Scorpio

ork –There may be some imbalances at the work place, in terms of the number of hours you’re working or the expectations and resources at your disposal. Talk to your boss. Romance – Growth is indicated in a relationship where you and your partner decide to take it a notch higher. Health – If your exercise routine has not been giving you any results, it could be that your body is fatigued and needs a change. Do a different routine. Money – There’s nothing to worry about money. If you have taken a home loan or any such high-interest-guzzling loan, think of ways to reduce the interest outflow. Tarot message – You are unique and should not compare to others.

ork – Beware of coming across as too snooty and difficult to approach. This may prevent your further growth within the company. Romance – Legal issues between partners need to be sorted out. Singles should go out and meet potential partners. Health – Discuss your health issues openly with your doctor. It may seem like an insignificant problem to you but your doctor will recognise trouble if there is. Money – No point accusing your tax advisor if you haven’t done your homework and checked on where your money is going. Be careful. Tarot message – Communication is very important. Be frank and honest with people who matter and it will make a huge difference to your quality of life.

ork – You may be blocked access to something important. Look at it this way. It also means, you are expected to concentrate on fewer jobs. Romance – You need to up the romance quotient in your life and for that you need to renew and refresh your attitude. Make way for the new. Health – Stomach upset or sore throat or something minor will be an irritant. Treat it immediately. It is also a sign that you should diet. Money – Shifting money around is not a good idea now. Don’t shake up something which is stable just to bring some change. Tarot message – Get adventurous but within limits. It should not upset your life in such a way that you need to start over.

Aquarius ork – Streamline your work processes so that you can produce better quality work. By thinking of new ways to do the same old thing will take up time. Romance – A travel plan to reignite the passion between you and your partner is a good idea. Choose a location which you both will find things to discover. Health – A change may be needed in your diet or exercise to make the most of your current situation. Continue to meditate and release mental stress. Money – Money matters need attention. Pool all your resources together and think of ways to maximise what you have. Tarot message – This is not the time to be aggressive. Get practical and do the best under your present circumstances.

Pisces Five of Swords

ork – Creativity will rid you of boredom at the work place. Think of new ways to do the same old job and you won’t feel stuck in a rut. Romance – If you have made some promises, it’s important you keep them. Maintaining this trust, at any cost, is the foundation of a strong relationship. Health – Go for a regular health checkup. You may be in for a few surprises but nothing that cannot be handled well. Consult a good doctor. Money – Knowing about a scheme first is one thing, acting on it fast is another. Being there first will give you an advantage. Tarot message – It’s not easy to think out of the box. But it is essential to keep you motivated.

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THE SATURDAY QUIZ SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

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does the Tropic of Cancer pass on the African continent? 16. When was George Orwell born? 17. How many spots are Dalmatians born with? 18. What is the theme of the film The Day After Tomorrow directed by Roland Emmerich?

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Concorde? 6. In what year did the Iraq-Iran war break out? 7. Latin name 'canis' describes which type of species? 8. Heidi Klum was born in which year? 9. What colour is found at the top of the rainbow? 10. What does the 'doux' refer to

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1. When did Quaid-e-Azam die? 2. In which city was the first set of traffic lights put up in England? 3. In which year was the Spice Girls' album Spice the number one on in UK and USA? 4. How many premolar teeth does an adult human have? 5. What was the maximum speed of the supersonic aircraft

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Which country became the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise same-sex marriage?

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Which is the largest volcano?

In which country is transgender people running for its upcoming elections for the first time?

Which is the biggest glacier?

Universities in which country has called off a talk to students by the Dalai Lama and is being accused for bowing to China?

Which is the most dense forest?

Which area receives the heaviest rainfall?

Which Oscar-winning movie recently was pulled from Chinese theatres?

Chile's Senate has voted to impeach their Education Minister for professional misconduct. Who is he?

India Earth Day is right around the corner. Test yourself and find how much you know about our planet.

What is the highest elevation on earth?

What is the highest temperature recorded?

1. New Zealand 2. Pakistan 3. Australia 4. Django Unchained 5. Harald Beyer

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What is the age of the earth?

with Santosh Ghule What animal do you see in this maze, and how many?

WHO AM I? I am a former president and military ruler. I was in news recently for fleeing from a courtroom after judges ordered my arrest. I was on a self-imposed exile in London and Dubai and was back in my home country last month.

Answer: Pervez Musharraf

PRAGUE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK 4. ABRAJ AL BAIT TOWER CLOCK, MECCA

Answers: 1. STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL CLOCK 2. BIG BEN CLOCK, LONDON 3. A pistol.

Answer for 62:

UMDK founder and Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly surrendered before a court in connection with a defamation case. Who is he?

PICTURE PUZZLE 63

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Which 34-carat diamond from the mines of Golconda, once owned by the world's richest man, the last Nizam of Hyderabad is up on auction in New York?

1. Mauna Loa on Hawai'i Big Island 2. Lambert Glacier in East Antarctica 3. Amazon, Brazil 4. Mawsynram 5. Mt. Everest, Asia 6. 134째F (56.7째C) - Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California 7. -128.5째F (-89.2째C) - Vostok, Antarctica 8. 4.5 to 4.6 billion years

The only woman to head the Election Commission passed away this week. Who is she? She was also former Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh Governor.

1. V S Ramadevi 2. Princie 3. Vijaykanth

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SPORTS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

India win 4 skating medals

Watson quits vice-captaincy

SHIMLA: India have won four medals

MELBOURNE: A month after he was

in the ISU (International Skating Union) World Development Trophy in Short Track Speed Ice Skating, held in Singapore from April 9 to April 13. Besides India, eight other countries including North Korea, Singapore, DPR Korea, Argentina, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Mangolia participated in the five-day event.

He finished 0.5s ahead of Dani Pedrosa.

Chess gets TN govt fund CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

J Jayalalitha on Friday granted `29 lakh for conducting the World Championship after an MOU was signed between All India Chess Federation and FIDE. AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan and FIDE vicepresidents Israel Gelfer and D V Sundar were present when the MOU was signed.

disciplined during the disastrous tour of India, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has stepped down as the team's vice-captain to focus his “attention on scoring runs and taking wickets". “Making the decision to step down wasn't easy but it's something I've been thinking about since the Test series against India," Watson said.

Marquez dominates MotoGP practice AUSTIN, TEXAS: Spain's Marc Marquez

dominated both free practice sessions on Friday ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix of Americas race, the second event of the 2013 MotoGP season. The 20-year-old Marquez, who rides for Repsol Honda, had the fastest time in both sessions on the brand new

Texas track, finishing more than half a second ahead of fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa ahead of Sunday's race. Germany's Stefan Bradl, Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, who is the reigning world champion and winner of the first Qatar Grand Prix of the season, and Italy's Valentino Rossi rounded out the top five. Marquez posted the best lap time in his second practice run. “In the morning, we were competitive compared to our rivals, but this afternoon when the track improved they had a better feeling and a better confidence to improve much more than us," Lorenzo said. In early April, he took third place in the Qatar race, finishing behind Lorenzo and Rossi. Yamaha teammates Lorenzo and Rossi practiced one day after receiving a scare, when a fire broke out early Thursday in a building next to their main garage. The fire resulted in the MotoGP machines and the team's equipment being heavily doused in water and fire retardant materials from the sprinkler system. The bikes had to be taken apart, cleaned and dried out, and then re-assembled. Circuit of the Americas now becomes the third US venue on the MotoGP calendar, along with Laguna Seca and Indianapolis. Laguna Seca is scheduled for July while Indianapolis takes place in August. AFP

Nibali lands overall Trentino win MILAN: Italian Vincenzo Nibali

(above) underlined his form ahead of the three-week Giro d'Italia by winning the final stage and taking overall victory at the 37th edition of the Giro del Trentino on Friday. Overnight leader Maxime Bouet went into the fourth and final stage, held over 166.8km, with a 3min 19sec lead on Belarusian Kanstantsin Siutsou of Team Sky and 3:56 on Astana team leader Nibali. However the Frenchman who rides for AG2R, struggled early on the tough, 11km final ascent on which reigning Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins fell off the pace after suffering mechanical problems. In the end, Bouet trailed over the finish line 4:42 behind Nibali. Nibali completed the fivestage, four-day race in a total time of 17hr 49min 11sec, with fellow Italian Mauro Santambrogio second at 21sec and Bouet third overall at 55. AFP

F1 unaffected as police, protesters clash

DUBAI: Bahraini opposition protesters seeking to highlight pro-reform demands clashed with police on Friday as Formula One Grand Prix practice sessions passed unhindered by the unrest, away from the circuit. Meanwhile, Bahrain said it was expelling journalists working for Britain's ITV television for “violating the laws and regulations” of the small, Shiite Muslim-majority Gulf kingdom ruled by a Sunni dynasty. The measure was taken “to ensure preserving the national security of Bahrain," an Information Affairs Authority statement added. Supporters of the radical February 14 Revolution Youth

Webber shrugs off switch talk MANAMA: Aussie Mark Webber on Friday played down speculation that he was ready to quit Formula One for a career in sportscars. “People are putting two and two together," Webber told the BBC. Coalition, which had called for a “Day of Rage", tried to march on the former Pearl Square in Manama, the focal point of

Shiite-led pro-democracy protests in February and March 2011. Police fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse them before

they neared the area, witnesses said, but no casualties were reported. The movement's supporters -armed with petrol bombs and stones -- clashed with police in Shiite villages outside the capital and burnt tyres to block main roads, the sources said. “Your race is a crime," chanted the protesters. “No, no to the blood Formula." All of the violence was at a distance from the Sakhir race circuit, south of Manama, where practice sessions passed unaffected. Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of the more moderate Shiite opposition bloc AlWefaq marched peacefully on the Budaya highway, four kilometres west of Manama.

Free practice time 1. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Lotus 1:34.154, 2. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:34.184, 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1:34.282, 4. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:34.310, 5. Paul di Resta (GBR) Force India 1:34.543, 6. Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:34.552, 7. Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1:34.631, 8. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:34.666, 9. Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1:34.932, 10. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:34.976

SPORTS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

Norway’s Pettersen stays in front KAPOLEI, HAWAII: Suzann Pettersen fired a four-under 68 to maintain her slim one-shot lead after the third round of the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship on Friday. Pettersen reached 14-under-par 202 to break Ai Miyazato’s 54-hole scoring mark of 206 which was set last year at the Ko Olina Golf Club course. South Korea’s Seo HeeKyung is one stroke back in second, shooting a six-under 66 after making a bogey on the last hole. Pettersen ran off four straight pars to close out her round Friday. “My game was a little bit tighter off the bat,” Pettersen said. “I found a nice little key on the range last night, just to tighten it up a little bit.” Defending champ Miyazato has sole possession of third place at 11under 205 after shooting a twounder 70. Kim Hyo-Joo fired a 69 and is one shot back at minus-10. Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn is tied for fifth with two others at nine-under after shooting a fourunder 68. Pettersen, a 10-time LPGA Tour winner, started quickly with birdies on the first three holes. That moved her to 13-under par and a commanding four stro-

Suzann Pettersen checks the line of her putt on the fifth green during the third round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf at the Ko Olina Golf Club on Friday in Kapolei, Hawaii. AFP/KEVIN C. COX kes in front of the rest of the field. Pettersen’s lead over Seo was cut to just two after the Norwegian made a bogey on the par-three eighth. “I felt like I played pretty good,” Pettersen said. “It’s not like I faded off. Certain pin locations were a little bit harder to get to

especially when you are between clubs.” Seo and US player Jessica Korda each shot 66 for low round of the day. Korda is tied for eighth place at minus-eight with world No. 1 Park In-Bee (67) and England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who shot a 68. AFP

Kevin, Steve share lead HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA: Kevin Streelman birdied three of his first five holes en route to a one-under-par 70 to seize a share of the RBC Heritage lead before second-round play was suspended Friday. Streelman is tied with Steve LeBrun and Charley Hoffman, who finished their second rounds at three-under 68 and oneunder 70, respectively. The three leaders have totals of six-under-par 136 at the $5.8 million PGA Tour event at the Harbour Town Golf Links course. “I didn’t hit it quite as crisply as I did yesterday and had a lot of putts around the edge, but overall if I can keep myself in position to contend on the weekend I’m happy,” said Streelman. Play was suspended because of rain with 17 players still on the course. They will finish their rounds on Saturday morning, with the third round starting straight after. Luke Donald (68) and

Kevin Streelman hits a tee shot on the 8th hole during the second round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on Friday in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. AFP/TYLER LECKA

Bill Haas share fourth place at five-under while Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and Australians’ Stuart Appleby (68) and Marc Leishman (71) are part of a group of seven players tied for sixth at four-under 138. McDowell tied for the low round of the day at four-under 67.

Nadal dodges Grigor Denness dies, aged 72 scare, Novak cruises LONDON: Former England

MONTE CARLO, MONACO: Rafael Nadal survived one of his toughest claycourt tests to squeeze out a dramatic 62, 2-6, 6-4 win over highlyrated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-

finals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday. The Spaniard, who has not lost in the principality since 2003, was reluctant to talk about taping on his back, evidence of the wear and tear his return to his beloved clay may be taking after he missed seven months of play with knee problems. Top seed Novak Djokovic fought through his own physical problems as he won his third match of the week on his injured, but healing, right ankle with the Serb beating Jarkko Nieminen 64, 6-3 to advance into the final four. AFP

captain Mike Denness died aged 72 on Friday after a long battle with cancer. Denness was the only Scotsman ever to captain England, leading the team in 19 of his 28 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He also played 12 one-day internationals and went onto become an ICC match referee. Denness was awarded an OBE in this year’s New Years Honours for services to sport. His reign as England captain was marred by a strained relationship with Geoff Boycott, then one of the team’s star performers. During the 1974-75 tour of Australia, Denness dropped himself for the fourth Test after making just 65 runs in his first six innings But he returned to hit 188 in the Melbourne Test which, at

the time, was the highest score by an England captain in Australia. Denness played county cricket for Kent and Essex, scoring more than 25,000 runs in his first-class career and captaining Kent to six domestic

trophies between 1972 and 1976. During his time as an ICC match referee his controversial decision to sanction six Indian players in Port Elizabeth during the 2001/2002 tour prompted the Indian and South African boards to ban Denness from officiating in the next match. The ICC responded by withdrawing Test status from the game. Denness’s death prompted numerous tributes from within the sport. Michael Vaughan, who was England captain for the Ashes series win over Australia in 2005, wrote on Twitter that he was a “classy batsman and a lovely chap”. Former Kent captain Robert Key added: “Very sad that Mike Denness has passed away. His is a legacy at Kent that so far has not and may never be surAFP passed. A lovely man.”

Playboy to showman for Dimitrov MONTE-CARLO, MONACO: Grigor Dimitrov shed his playboy image on Friday in the millionaires playground of Monaco, giving Rafael Nadal a huge fright before the Spaniard reached the Monte Carlo semi-finals. The 21-year-old Bulgarian, a former

Wimbledon and US Open junior champion, has had a lot to measure up to as well as live down. Dubbed ‘Baby Federer’ for his undoubted potential, the colourful Dimitrov had been making more headlines for his reported romantic links with Serena Williams and

then Maria Sharapova rather than his achievements on court. After breaking into the top 100 in January 2011, it wasn’t until almost two years later that he broke the top 50. “The huge expectations that weighed on him didn’t help,” said Patrick

Mouratoglou, who was Dimitrov’s coach until last summer. His performance on Friday, where he lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to eight-time Monte Carlo champion Rafel Nadal, should help him into the top 30 next week. AFP

IPL 6

BATTLE OF THE TITANS

METRE

6 S 175

Chris Gayle (RCB)

16 4S 647

Virat Kohli (RCB)

HIGHEST SCORE

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

93*

Virat Kohli (RCB)

BEST BOWLER

4-13

Sunil Narine (KKR)

Sizzlers to heat up day Losing those wickets was the turning point, looked good to get to 140 then we lost four wickets for nothing. The bowlers are doing a good job but the batsmen keep letting them down. Adam Gilchrist KXIP captain

Virat Kohli (RCB) 321 runs

Amit Mishra (SRH) 11 wickets

Security at stadium beefed up

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aturday always brings with it two big matches in the Indian Premier League and today is no exception. Table toppers Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore vie for honours at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, while holders of the Kolkata Knight Riders take on the solid Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens. Such has been the dominance of this man in IPL that it has been only two matches that Chris Gayle has not done well, and it already seems like a long time. If RCB has to win this one, then Gayle will have to come good because RR have been performing exceptionally well this season. In fact, one would be able to draw similarities with the team that won the inaugural edition under Shane Warne with this one, for the way they are going about winning match after match without much ado.

KKR VS CSK AT 4PM RCB VS RR AT 8PM ON SET MAX Ironically for the RCB, inspiring them on is Bangalore’s darling, Rahul Dravid. A typical Gayle show normally takes the match away from the opposition, however

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n the wake of the recent bomb blast near the BJP state headquarters here, the Police on Friday beefed up security around the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which is hosting the home matches of RCB. "Cricket lovers should not bring any kind of bags including vanity bags, cameras, any type of eatables or soft drinks. Even water bottels or cans are not allowed inside. No 'entertainment' items like flags, balloons or any other such material will not be allowed inside the stadium," City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar said in a statement here. The city hosts eight IPL matches every year and four of them have been completed. The remaining matches will be held on April 23, 26 and May 14 and 18.

T PT

SRH

10 -0.104

8 +1.063

RCB

8 +0.362

CSK

6 +0.768

6 +0.050

KXIP

4 +0.210

KKR

4 +0.136

PWI

4 -0.788

0 -1.274

P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie; NR-net run rate; PT-points

good that team may be and however well the team may play that day. The interesting thing to note this season has been that in the absence of a good performance by Gayle on his off day has not meant the end of the road for the RCB. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and even Mayank Sharma have picked up the gauntlet for the team in their time of need.

Having lost their last match to some lusty hitting by Kings XI Punjab’s Manpreet S Gony, the KKR have been pushed onto the back foot and will do their best to get back to winning ways against CSK. That, of course, is easier said than done, for the CSK are riding high after a massive win over the Delhi Daredevils in their last match.

SRH beat KXIP, on top

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD Vs KINGS XI PUNJAB Kings XI Punjab innings (20 overs) M Singhc †de Kock b I Sharma 10(11) AC Gilchrist*† c I Sharma b KV Sharma 26(25) PC Valthaty c Perera b KV Sharma 6(17) DJ Hussey c Reddy b I Sharma 2(24) PP Chawla run out (Reddy/Perera) 23(15) Gurkeerat Singh b Steyn 17(12) A Mahmood c A Reddy b Mishra 4(4) MS Gony run out (I Sharma/†de Kock) 0(0) M Vohra c I Sharma b Mishra 0(1) AD Mascarenhas not out 5(5) P Kumar not out 3(6) Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2) 7 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 123 Bowling O M R W Econ GH Vihari 1 0 2 0 2.00 DW Steyn 4 0 14 1 3.50 I Sharma 4 0 29 2 7.25 NLTC Perera 4 0 25 0 6.25

KV Sharma 3 0 19 2 6.33 A Mishra 4 0 29 2 7.25 Sunrisers Hyderabad innings (target: 124 runs from 20 overs) Q de Kock† b Kumar 0(4) PA Reddy c Azhar Mahmood b Gony 19(17) GH Vihari c Hussey b Chawla 46(39) CL White* b Gony 16(23) BB Samantray lbw b Azhar Mahmood 10(12) NLTC Perera not out 23(11) A Ashish Reddy not out 7(7) Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 1) 6 Total (5 wickets; 18.5 overs) 127 Bowling O M R W Econ P Kumar 3 1 12 1 4.00 AD Mascarenhas 4 0 25 0 6.25 Azhar Mahmood 3.5 0 36 1 9.39 PP Chawla 4 0 25 1 6.25 MS Gony 4 0 24 2 6.00

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

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HYDERABAD: The Sunrisers Hyderabad have extended their winning streak at home to three after they defeated Kings XI Punjab on Friday night. Needing 124 for victory, Sunrisers chased down that score in just 18.5 overs, with five wickets in hand. Hanuma Vihari laid the foundation for Hyderabad’s innings having struck a well paced 46 runs off 39 balls. He fell short of his half-century by four runs when he hit a shot straight to extra cover where he was caught by David Hussey off Piyush Chawla. But this did not deter the Sunrisers from reaching their goal as the other batsmen

chipped in regularly and Thisara Perera finished the match slamming three sixes in the 19th over. Earlier, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. Although they lost their first wicket with only 15 runs on board, Gilchrist and David Hussey turned the match in their side’s favour. But this did not last long as SRH’s bowlers fought back well. KXIP who were at one point of time comfortably placed at 104 for five in 16.3 overs, lost their way, losing four wickets in four consecutive balls with the scorecard reading 115 for nine in 18.1 overs. The last pair managed to add 8 runs to take their team’s total to 123. With this victory, SRH have 10 points from 7 matches and are currently at the top of the table.

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Rodgers not scared by ghosts of Benitez This club is full of great legends with guys like Alan Kennedy who work on match days, Ian Rush, Jan Molby, John Aldridge, all great guys around the place. That doesn’t intimidate me, I enjoy speaking with these people. Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager

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LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is not intimidated by Rafael Benitez as the Chelsea manager prepares for an emotional return to Anfield on Sunday. The walls at Anfield and also at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground are covered with iconic images of the club’s domestic and European triumphs during Benitez’s reign. Chief among them is the Champions League final success in 2005, when Benitez’s Liverpool side famously fought back from 3-0 down against AC Milan in Istanbul to win on penalties. But ahead of the Spaniard’s first return to Liverpool since his 2010 departure, Rodgers admitted he is not unsettled trying to match Benitez’s achievements. “They are not intimidating for me,” Rodgers said when asked about the pictures of Benitez. “I said to the players ‘your job is to put yourself on the wall here’.

anchester City assistant manager Brian Kidd has revealed boss Roberto Mancini has not given up on winning the Premier League title despite what he has said in public. City face Tottenham on Sunday knowing a defeat, and a win for leaders Manchester United against Aston Villa on Monday, would confirm Alex Ferguson’s team as champions. Mancini recently admitted the race was over, but Kidd claims the Italian, inspired by last season’s title-winning campaign, believes it is still possible to overhaul United’s 13-point lead. “The boss’s been here less than four years and he has put silverware on the sideboard.”

“If I was only worried about myself then maybe having people around with great histories would worry me. But it doesn’t one bit. “This club is full of great legends with guys like Alan Kennedy who work on match days, Ian Rush, Jan Molby, John Aldridge, all great guys around the place. That doesn’t intimidate me, I enjoy speaking with these people.” Benitez, who also won the FA Cup with Liverpool in 2006 and guided them to another Champions League final defeat against AC Milan a year later, should get a fine reception from his old club’s supporters. However, there is a hint of tension in the relationship between Rodgers and Benitez since the Spaniard, whose family still live on Merseyside, expressed his wish to one day return to Liverpool. “I don’t know Rafael Benitez as a person. I know him as a manager. He is a fantastic manager there’s no question about that. “Rafael Benitez will deserve a great welcome when he comes back. He won the European Cup during his time here, which is a great achievement.” Benitez has found friends hard to come by at Stamford Bridge following his controversial comments about the Blues during his six-year reign.

‘Departure comments true’ Mourinho on Friday admitted that reported comments claiming his future lay away from the Spanish club were accurate but denied that he was “sad or unhappy” at the Santiago Bernabeu. Earlier this week, press in Spain widely reported comments by Manuel Alvarez, the president of CD Canillas, a club from the north of Madrid where Mourinho’s son is a player. Alvarez claimed that during a chat with Canillas coaching staff on

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Monday, Mourinho announced he would not be in Madrid next year to take part in the annual meeting. At his Friday press briefing ahead of Real Madrid’s Liga clash with Betis on Saturday, Mourinho verified the comments -- but encouraged reporters not to read too much into them. “I can confirm that, when I was asked if I would be here next season, I said, ‘I don’t think so.’ I said that I didn’t think I could AFP be there for next year’s meeting.”

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Terry snubs FA chief LONDON: John Terry (R below) has admitted he snubbed Football Association chairman David Bernstein’s (L below)attempt to shake hands during the official Champions League trophy handover on Friday. Terry ignored Bernstein in a show of contempt for the man who stripped the Chelsea defender of the England captaincy after he was accused of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during a match last season. Bernstein’s decision provoked then England coach Fabio Capello to resign in protest. Terry is also unhappy with the FA chairman’s comments about him during the court case into the racism claims. Terry was cleared of racist abuse in court, but was later banned for four matches by the FA for the same offence. Asked by Sky Sports News if he shook Bernstein’s hand during the ceremony to return the European trophy Chelsea won last season, Terry replied: “No. Listen, it’s a difficult one for me.

“Obviously he was the one who spoke about me in the court case and said things. I don’t want to talk on air. It’s probably a subject that we should maybe just avoid.” Bernstein advised Terry he had been removed as captain during a phone call after it had been confirmed the Chelsea defender would stand trial in July last year. And in September, just before his FA disciplinary hearing started, Terry quit international football and accused the FA of making his position “untenable”. Bernstein, who shook hands with several other Blues players in the Banqueting House on Whitehall, insisted he was unaware of the Chelsea captain’s snub. AFP