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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 HYDERABAD

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They say, those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. Whoever said that has clearly never met any of the people on our list. These are teachers we wish were a part of our classrooms.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

BRACE FOR

WHAT AILS THE MMTS?

By all accounts, the MMTS should have been a success story, yet the service is fighting many battles to survive.

COP CHARGED WITH ABUSE ‘SPARED’

DELUGE

Despite an SC/ST atrocity case booked against him, Chilkalguda inspector has gone on long leave to escape the situation — though the complainant is a policeman.

P3 BÉYONCE GIVES COLD SHOULDER TO KIM

Pop superstar Béyonce and Kim Kardashian reportedly don’t share a warm relationship despite the great friendship between their partners.

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REPORT ON P4 With the Met department’s prediction of heavy rainfall for the next 48 hours, the various civic bodies in the City have been put on alert for the next two to three days. The Hussain Sagar has already recorded its full-tank-level capacity of 513.9 feet.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

city events

COOKERY WORKSHOP

Oxford Bookstore, Hyderabad and Nestle India Ltd. will be organising an exciting cookery workshop on ‘Vegetarian Kebab’ for all above the agegroup of 18 years on September 6, 2012 from 2pm onwards at Oxford Bookstore, The Park.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES SHOWS

DINING Punjabi food festival Head to Taj Deccan for a Punjabi Food festival. The food festival offers a variety of Punjabi delicacies such as saag and makke ki roti and also a variety of festival specials. Where: Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 6666 3939

Shobana’s Krishna Talented and elegant danseuse and actor Shobana will perform along with her troupe. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: September 8, 7pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245 Life of others A German film Leben der Anderen (The life of others ) directed by Floren Henckel Von Donnersmarck wil be shown on September 21. Where: Goethe Zentrum, Banjara Hills, Rd No 3 When: September 21, 4pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

Kebab and biryani fest The Jewel of Nizam at Hotel Golkonda is hosting a kebab and biryani fest. Sample various age-old recipes. The fest offers options for both vegetarians as well as non-vegetarians. Where: Jewel of Nizam, Hotel Golkonda, Masab Tank When: Ongoing, 12.30pm onwards and 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 6611 0130

No exit Theatre-lovers head to Nift on September 8 where the play No exit is being presented. The play deals with three recently deceased people Garcin, Estelle and Inez who find themselves in hell. Where: Nift, Madhapur When: September 8, 7.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2311 4537

Mediterranean fest Take a trip and experience a variety of Mediterranean delights such as bruschetta and seafood marinara pasta, bruschetta and antipasto at Truffles cafe. The fest is on till September 30. Where: Trufﬂes Cafe, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 8am onwards Contact: (040)2355 0105

Deep in the wood The exhibition displays woodcut art prints by 22 artists.These art works are from the woodcut workshop conducted by Earth Art Gallery. The works will be on display till September 14. Where: Earth Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing

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Art exhibition An art exhibition by Kandukuri Ramesh Babu titled Samanyashetram is being held. Where: Muse Art Gallery, Tank Bund Road When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040)2752 2999 A relook at art Jannis—A Relook, a collection of recent water colours on Arches paper by Jehangir Jani will be held at Kala. Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 10 When: September 7 onwards, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 66564 466

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Recent and retrospective A painting exhibition by titled Recent and Retrospective is being held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery. The exhibition will be held from September 28. Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 10 When: September 28 onwards, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 6656 4466

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City

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

SHOULD ECO-FRIENDLY GANESHAS BE MADE COMPULSORY? 75%

YES (A) NO (B)

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TODAY’S QUESTION

DO YOU THINK THE GHMC IS DOING ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE RAIN SITUATION? A)

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CRIME

Atrocity case against cop

Despite an SC/ST atrocity case booked against him, Chilkalguda inspector has gone on long leave to escape the situation. MOHD SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com

n another demonstration of how there are a million ways to circumvent a situation, City police attempted to protect one of their own when a case of atrocity against SC/ST was slapped against him. The incident occurred when head constable, C Ramakrishna, attached to the Chilkalguda police station, lodged a complaint against the Chilkalguda inspector B Anjaiah, alleging that he had insulted him for being an SC/ST. However, he escaped by going on a long leave before action could be initiated. According to the police,

Anjaiah had been attached to the Chilkalguda police station for the last 18 months. On July 28, he verbally abused Ramakrishna using vulgar language and criticised him based on his caste.

Ramakrishna felt hurt and humiliated. Following this, he complained to ACP PV Murlidhar as well as DCP, North Zone, Ch Srikanth. But the officials did not take any action

CIVIC

Status of incomplete HMDA projects discussed A press conference was held to highlight the alleged irregularities of the HMDA master plan 2031. RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA Rahul.r@postnoon.com

he HMDA’s master plan 2031 has come under fire by various civic bodies and representatives from all parties. At a press conference that was held on Tuesday at Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram, the Chetana Society and Basthi Vikas Manch denounced the many alleged irregularities in the urban municipal governing body’s master plan. Many ambitious projects of the HMDA like the unfinished ORR and the many financial and infrastructure irregularities were discussed at the conference. The ORR’s vehicular traffic growth in the ORRGC was estimated at 6 lakh in 2031. Which means that the utility value of the current functional ring road will have very little value and the fact that the plans for the ORR have been under constant change has affected a lot of families living around the project adversely. Furthermore, the issue of solid waste management came under severe criticism as the governing bodies failed to

The HMDA’s master plan is flawed as it has many unaddressed issues and is incomplete. The vital urban planning principles are missing in the plan. address the many issues of being allocated only one landfill in Malkapur which will inadvertently affect the transportation costs. Sustainability and reduced environmental costs could be achieved if multiple spots were identified in all directions, they said. The inclusion of many villages like Pochampally into the City’s urban limits in the future will mean that the local weaver folk and farmers who form the backbone of the villages’s economy will come under severe increased costs of urban living. The local handloom livelihood is likely to get affected because of the City’s socialscapes. The press conference was attended by a strong audience who approved of the criticism directed at the HMDA.

against the inspector. Disappointed, Ramakrishna approached the Secunderabad court, which directed the Gopalpuram police to book a case against the said inspector under the SC/ST atrocities Act. Following the magistrate’s directive, Gopalpuram inspector P Shivabhaskar booked a case against Anjaiah and referred the case to ACP Murlidhar for further action. However, so far no action has been taken. Ramakrishna said, “I don’t want to force him, because the matter lies with the court. The court has issued orders to register a case against the inspector and has also directed that a report be

admitted in this case.” According to sources, when the head constable filed a complaint, Anjaiah immediately had him transferred and went on earned leave from August 23. He has reportedly gone to his native town of Kodad in Nalgonda. When contacted, ACP Murlidhar said, “We can’t take any action without conducting a proper investigation.” “The inspector should be suspended within 48 hours if a criminal case was booked,” said Ramakrishna. According to Ramakrishna, there has been a case registered against Anjaiah in this regard when he was with the OU police station.

city WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 LAST YEAR... HERE Jagan reacts to Gali arrest

ast year, when mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy was arrested by the CBI in Bellary, the media had directed various questions to Jagan in this regard. Jagan told the media that it was not right to drag his name into the case as he had nothing to do with Janardhan Reddy. He also stated that what the CBI was doing was injustice and not in the right direction.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

NUMEROLOGY

513.9ft

is the full-tank level capacity of the Hussain Sagar which has been reached due to the heavy rainfall. The State expects more rain in the next 24 hours.

I have been teaching for the last two decides. Today class room ethics have changed. Now we teach them how to deal with various real life problems. Padmaja W, teacher See page 8

THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

Unique hoardings for COP-11 put up in City. Looks like the upcoming COP-11 conference is bringing out the hidden artistes in the GHMC. These hoardings have managed to catch the attention of passers-by.

Teaching still has many takers in the City. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, City teachers take time to say what they love about being part of this noble profession.

MMTS plagued by many issues, authorities unsure. It is touted as the best mode of transport and efforts are being made for its upkeep. Yet, the MMTS continues to be riddled by its fair share of problems

Organisations denounce HMDA master plan 2013. At a press conference, the Chetana Society and Basthi Vikas Manch denounced the irregularities in the HMDA’s master plan.

Despite modern outlook, caste slurs still exist in society. A case has been booked against the inspector at Chikalguda police station for using caste slurs.

CIVIC

City braces itself after heavy rain forecast After the Met department’s prediction of heavy rainfall for the next 48 hours, the various civic bodies in the City have been put on alert for the next two to three days. M ANIL KUMAR

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com

ith the Met department declaring the possibility of heavy rains for the next 24 hours, authorities have taken precautionary measures. Low lying areas in and around the Hussain Sagar lake have been put on alert. The GHMC, CPDCL and other departments have been put on alert following the Met department’s forecasts for the next three to five days. Areas centred around storm water drains and nallahs have been affected in the past during these situations, especially in August 2000 when the City’s functioning was disrupted due to a flood-like situation. In order to avoid such a situation, the GHMC has issued warnings to the residents of low lying areas around the Hussain Sagar, especially Himayath Nagar, Chikkadpally, Barkhatpura, Narayanguda and Kawadiguda areas. Repair works on many blocked drains were being undertaken in the night so as to not disrupt the traffic flow. The Hussain Sagar recorded more than full-tank level capacity of 513.9 feet on Monday. Following this, mayor Majid Hussain instructed zonal and deputy municipal commissioners to be on alert and prepare the residents for any eventuality. He advised the people living in the areas abutting the lake’s nallah to be vigilant and alert and seek any help from the department or their corporators. R Dhan Singh, chief engi-

The rains have receded so there is no alarming situation. This is the second time it is happening after July, we have prepared and cautioned authorities. R Dhan Singh, chief engineer, GHMC neer of the GHMC said, “The rains have receded so there is no alarming situation. This is the second time that it is happening

after July, we have prepared and cautioned authorities to vacate the people of the four areas adjacent to the lake’s surplus nallah.” Clogged drains and manholes were being cleared to allow the free exit of the water. Elsewhere, the CPDCL was taking full precautionary measures by carrying out maintenance and repair works in many areas. Musheerabad, Gandhinagar, Ramnagar and VST areas have in the past faced many problems because of electric short circuits and overhead cables. Tree pruning and cable repair works were being taken up in full swing. The Central zone of the City’s power grid has been facing constant breakdowns due to many feeder problems.

Banjara Hills, Ameerpet, Somajiguda areas have witnessed four hour blackouts because of main line power cables failing in the rains. Vehicular movement was also affected at Nagarjuna Circle and Panjagutta crossroads because of the failure of streetlighting and the pitiable condition of the roads. The rains also managed to dampen the vehicular movement in many areas during the evening. Punjagutta, Somajiguda, Khairatabad, Ameerpet, Kukatpally and Begumpet were clogged because of the constant drizzle. The rains managed to halt the progress of many road works and metro rail works in various parts of the City.

NEWS BRIEFS Gold chain snatched from woman in City

Vegetable vendor sets herself ablaze

Businessman found dead in City hotel

GHMC appeal to control mosquito menace

three-tola gold chain was snatched from a woman on Tuesday night, on Bogulkunta Road under Abids police station limits. Susheela, 50, a resident of Netajinagar was walking on the road when two men came on a bike and snatched her gold chain from her. She lodged a complaint and the police are investigating the case.

vegetable vendor, Swapna, a resident of Asmalguda, under Meerpet Police Station limits set herself ablaze. She died of burn injuries while undergoing treatment at Osmania Hospital. It is alleged, that the victim, 30, was being harassed since the past few months by her husband, who doubted her ﬁdelity. A case has been registered.

businessman, Srikanth Malker from Mumbai, was found dead in the bathroom of a City hotel under mysterious circumstances. He had come to the City a few days ago and was staying at the Kamath Lingapur Hotel near Shyamlal building. The police have registered a case and are investigating. A post mortem is being conducted.

ith the increase in number of reported dengue and malaria cases from educational institutions and software companies, the GHMC has appealed to them to take up anti-larval operations in and around their premises. GHMC commisioner, MT Krishna Babu has requested establishments to pay attention to the control of mosquitoes.

city WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

POLITICS

CM now woos minorities CM Kiran Kumar Reddy has now turned his attention towards the minorities in Andhra Pradesh, especially the Muslim community. INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

The CM’s announcement assumes importance in the wake of TDP’s pitch to attract the BC community .

fter promising legislation to the SC and ST community for proper implementation of their funds under a specified sub-plan, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has turned his attention to woo the minorities — especially Muslims. The CM, who is on a three-day tour of Kurnool district as part of his Indiramma Baata, announced that the government would set up regional study centres exclusively for students from the minority communities. He also said that jobs would be provided under the Rajiv Yuvakiranalu in all the three regions of the State and would also enhance the salaries of Imams (prayer leader) and Muazzins (caretaker) working in various mosques across the

State. This announcement by the CM has been welcomed by the Muslim leaders and elders of the community. The CM’s announcement assumes importance in the wake of main opposition Telugu Desam Party’s aggressive pitch-

ing to attract the BC community with a lot of promises. While hailing the announcement by the chief minister, Andhra Pradesh Congress committee general secretary Abid Rasool Khan noted that as per the existing system the Imams and Muazzins are being paid a paltry amount of `200 every month. He requested the State government to enhance the salary to `5,000 for Imams and that of Muazzins to `3,000 per month. He opined that this would help these religious lead-

ers to avoid depending on local politicians and residents for their livelihood. “The lack of support from the government has forced many of these Imams and muazzins to look for alternatives to earn a livelihood. In the process, they are succumbing to political pressure and acting in a biased manner on many crucial issues. The CM’s promise will help them get rid of this,” Khan said. He also requested the State to provide liberal financial support to mosques which does not have any financial source to run it. Party MLC Farooq Hussain also welcomed the move and hoped that the State government’s move would help the minorities to empowering themselves. He called upon the student community to utilise the opportunity completely and grow in their careers.

POLITICS

Govt trying to prune BC quota: TDP

DP politburo members Y a n a m a l a Ramakrishnudu and Dadi Veerabhadra Rao have alleged that the State government was trying to decrease reservations in the local bodies for Backward Classes people in the State. They demanded that the State government continue reservations to SCs and STs according to their population. In a press release on Tuesday, the TDP leaders alleged that the Kiran government was trying to prune reservations to BC communities instead of increasing them. They also alleged that the government was trying to prune BC quota to ensure that reservations did not cross 50 per cent. They also alleged that the State government has failed to increase reservations from 50 to 69 per cent like in Tamil Nadu. They also strongly opposed the State government’sattempt to prune BC quota. NSS

city WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

TRANSPORT

What ails the MMTS?

By all accounts, the MMTS should have been a success story, yet the service is fighting many battles to survive. PADMINI C AND SUDESHNA KOKA feedback@postnoon.com

ly admit they don’t feel the need to buy a ticket as there’s no system of checks in place. But it seems that even if every passenger dutifully purchases a ticket, the service would still not break even. The first phase which cost the State government and Indian Railways `178 crore has never made a profit since its inception in 2003. Railway authorities are almost resigned to this. “This is the cheapest mode of transport you will see in the country. You can travel 30 kilometers for `3. Subsidised is not even the word. The project is almost a social service obligation. The revenue we rake in does not even meet our expenditure. In fact, at any point it stands at 70 per cent. That is, if we have spent `100, we recover only `30. That’s the way it is,” rues K Sambasiva Rao, CPRO, South Central Railway.

ith the state of traffic congestion in the City, it’s apparent that the MultiModal Transport System (MMTS), is going to become increasingly important for public transport in the City. But already the MMTS is plagued by some key issues passengers can’t ignore anymore and the Railways, despite their best efforts, can’t seem to do anything about.

FREQUENCY

Despite having a chock-a-block schedule on paper with an MMTS train available at an average of every 15 minutes, in reality, it’s quite a different story. At any point in time, passengers are

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kept waiting at least half-anhour to 45 minutes for their ride. Passengers say this is worse during lean periods, especially on Sunday afternoons when there is usually no service. Railway officials, however, say they have their own compulsions. Primary among which is that unlike metro services, the MMTS here has no exclusive corridor of its own. “This means that MMTS trains have to share the track with general trains, local trains and good trains, leaving little time for maintenance. Therefore, we have had to cancel some services on the weekends for the upkeep of tracks. This might hamper the frequency but we have no choice,” they say.

the number of passengers availing MMTS services. Today, the 121 services cater to over 1.6 lakh people in the twin cities. This is an extremely small percentage of the total number of people who use public transport in the City. But the railway department is not too worried. In fact, they say it’s ideal, given their constraints. Shakeel Ahmed, PRO of South Central Railways, explains, “Over the years, we have added additional coaches to existing trains; added a women’s special and upgraded facilities. But if it increases beyond this, we might reach capacity saturation. We can address these issues with Phase II, which will begin soon.”

CAPACITY

TICKETING

In the last five years, there has been an exponential increase in

“In the mornings, there is a huge rush at the counters. From plat-

This is the cheapest mode of transport. You can travel 30 kilometers for `3. Subsidised is not even the word. The project is almost a social service obligation. K Sambasiva Rao, CPRO, SCR form tickets to general tickets and tatkal, everything is done at once, so waiting in the queues had become a hassle. If we miss a train, waiting for the next train might mean getting to work late. I almost considered giving up

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travelling by MMTS. Thankfully, that was when they started the ATV machines. Now it’s a little more manageable,” quips Sahitya Reddy, an IT employee. Indeed, for the tech savvy, the railway department implemented a Smart Card system that can be used at the Automatic Vending Machines at every station, to beat the queue. They say that it has been quite a success, with 60 new smart cards being sold and about 500 recharged on a daily basis. It is estimated that at present approximately 10,700 passengers are using 67 ATVMs at 16 MMTS stations every day.

HEAVY LOSSES

Ironically, even as the patronage of the MMTS seems to be catching on, its coffers seem to be running on empty. Except for a conscientious few, many unabashed-

at the

While MMTS enables one to go from one end of the City to the other quite economically and quickly, it still doesn’t eliminate traffic woes for commuters. The main problem for passengers has become commuting from the station to their respective destinations. “People who have their own vehicles at the stations are still okay. But for the rest of us, we still have to rely on autos or walk to a bus stop in the vicinity to get to our destination. All the time and money we save by train, we have to spend here. So the purpose is defeated,” says Siddharthan, a self-employed professional. For their part, railway officials say they would welcome government initiatives to have support services. “We can’t supervise anything outside of the station, but we would gladly welcome it if APSTRC provided buses outside MMTS stations or other initiatives that could help commuters,” adds Rao. So until Phase II is rolled out, which aims to integrate the upcoming Metro with new and old rail services, it seems that the MMTS conundrum will remain at a helpless impasse.

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TEACHERS’ DAY

It’s a process of evolution VOICES

Teaching is an evolving process. Today blackboards have been replaced with computers and internet. I have been teaching for the last two decades, and yes, today classroom ethics have changed. It’s not just confided to text books, today we teach children how to deal with real life problems. We expose them to the world.

— Padmaja W, Centenary Baptist School.

Dance is the best way to transform life and it is a blessing to see so many lives transform through me. When one learns dance there is complete mindbody coordination. This makes them more alert and the effect of this show in their other activities too. This is indeed gratifying. Yes, teaching dance may not bring monetary benefits but it is mentally satisfying.

— Sagar M, Dance teacher.

Teaching is the most tiring job because we have to repeat the same information again and again, but yet a very powerful profession. In my profession there is both love and respect. A student and teacher bond is very powerful and it works both ways. Our relation is not time bound, learning is continuous process.

I take pride in calling myself a drawing teacher. I don’t just teach them how to draw but it’s more about bringing out a child’s talent and passion. As a teacher I have to nurture their emotions and thought processes. Now or 10 years later this will never change.

— Priyamani, yoga and meditation instructor.

— Krishnaveni Devi, Secunderabad Public School.

As a child, most of us wanted to become teachers but very few actually go on to choose teaching as a profession. But for those who do take it up, it’s either the passion for the profession or an instrument to bring about a change. On Teachers’ Day, we speak to a few teachers on what the profession means to them.

VOICES I always wanted to do something for the society hence I chose teaching. At this transit home we teach children every thing from scratch. They don’t even know what education is when they first come here. It’s very challenging but the end result is rewarding.

Though I am a teacher I am still learning a lot myself. A teacherstudent relation is a give and take one. To be a teacher one needs to be committed and should be open to learning new methods of teaching. Today it’s all about the internet and computers. I feel this creates major communication gap. The emotional connect between students and teachers is reducing day by day and we need to work towards bridging this gap.

— M Raju, teacher, Divya Disha.

— Gauri N, Centenary Baptist School.

I was brought up in an ashram so I know the importance of a teacher and a mentor. I was teaching in my village, but then I came to the City. Here we all live as one family. It’s gratifying to see how the orphan children transform and how they understand the importance of education.

I always wanted to be a teacher and for the last 30 years I have been living my dream of teaching students. This is indeed a very noble profession and it is a privilege to meet and interact with so many young minds. We mould a student’s life and this indeed makes them a good citizen in the future. For the last 30 years the syllabus has not changed much and this needs to change. We need to introduce a more practical syllabus to make both teaching and learning a fun experience.

— Nagraj K, teacher, Divya Disha.

— Anita Rajan, St John’s School.

AS TOLD TO SUDESHNA KOKA (sudeshna.k@postnoon.com)

GHMC

125 hoardings under use for COP-11 With the much touted Conference on Biodiversity just around the corner, the GHMC is on a publicity blitz with several billboards and hoardings promoting it across the City. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

urious onlookers are now fascinated by the unique hoardings that have popped up along several stretches in the City of late. The themes featuring a tiger, an insect, a sparrow, a rooster, planet with plants and the world map dotted in green are now up for display for the public. Denizens can now assume that authorities have hit the top gear, for the much awaited International Conference on Biodiversity. With the impending COP-11, known to the general public as the ‘Biodiversity Conference’ the GHMC put up hoardings in 24 stretches across the City. Nearly 125 boards have already been put up. Mostly on the stretches

between Koti to LB Nagar, Khairatabad to Erragadda; between Telugutalli Flyover to Khairatabad Junction and on the Begumpet stretch these billboards are considered to be the initial part of the public relations blitz for the government. The

stretch between KBR Park to Kothaguda Junction alone boasts of nearly 18 hoardings for the COP-11. According to the officials, the hoardings will be used for these two months, until the completion of the Conference. These 125

boards include direction boards and arches specially made visible for the commuters and general public. As GHMC is responsible for hoardings in the City, as part of the contract with the agencies it has decided to focus on the COP-11.

“We shall be coming up with different themes in two phases for the conference. After completion of the first phase, the GHMC will change the theme accordingly,” said D Jayaraj Kennedy, additional commissioner (Electricity and Advertisement). The 20-day conference is considered to be one of the biggest events to be held in the City after the Afro-Asian Games in 2003. Apart from other means of publicity, the use of hoardings at a greater level is augmenting the promotional campaign for this event. According to the officials, it is but obligatory on the part of the agencies to provide space for social causes. The GHMC will be coming up with more hoardings as the date for the event closes in.

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF WAR

In the heart of Aleppo, besieged by Syrian troops for more than five weeks, a young couple who found love in a time of war exchanged vows.The marriage was between rebel sniper Abu Khaled and Hanan, the nurse who treated his leg wound. The 20-year-old remembers falling in love with Hanan “at first sight.”

WAR SONG OF SYRIA

It’s as ubiquitous as the gunfire that rings through Syria

Can you hear it, Basher? Yalla erhal ya Bashar: The words are spray-painted on walls, blared on minibus radios and exchanged as mobile phone ringtones which means “It’s time to leave, Bashar”.

n Syria’s rebel-held areas, the words are spray-painted on walls, blared on minibus radios and exchanged as mobile phone ringtones: Yalla erhal, ya Bashar (It’s time to leave, Bashar). Huddled fighters intone the song-cum-slogan before launching operations against Syrian army forces. In Syria’s streets, demonstrators chant it to open and close marches against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “Get out Bashar!”, demands the song, a rageful drumroll of attacks calling the Syrian president a “liar” and an “ass” and his brother Maher a “coward”. Its creator paid dearly, however. Ibrahim Qashush, a singer from the central city of Hama, was little-known before the Arab Spring reached Syria in March 2011. A few months later, a shaky recording of the nagging mantra performed by Qashush along with a chorus of demonstrators at a night protest in Hama went viral on the Internet. “You have lost your legitimacy... Freedom is within reach... The martyrs’ blood doesn’t come cheap,” says the song, whose unlikely rhymes never fail to trigger laughter. It even pokes fun at Assad’s slight lisp. Qashush was soon arrested; his body was found in a river in July last year. The man nicknamed “the mocking bird of the revolution” had had his throat slit and vocal chords ripped out. In many Syrian towns where anti-regime protests carry on, organisers call themselves Qashush in respect. “His song gives us courage... Ibrahim Qashush holds a special place in people’s hearts, I think,” said one of the organisers of a recent rally in the town of Marea, north of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. “The Free Syrian Army is made up of normal people like me, who have families and jobs. There are not many heroes but we have our guardian angel:

Ibrahim Qashush,” said the young man, who gave his name as Mohamed Qashush. In the disputed Aleppo neighbourhood of Jdeideh, Abu Mohammed, a veteran commander who defected from the army three years ago and returned from exile to join the rebellion last year, likes to tease regime soldiers with the song.

‘HIS SONG GIVES US COURAGE’ After checking the soldiers’ position by using a small mirror to peek around the street corner, Abu Mohamed wheeled out a speaker, stuck his mobile against the microphone and played the rebel anthem full blast. “Maybe they’re afraid or maybe they cannot defect, but I’m sure they enjoy listening to

You know, when your lips have been sewn shut for so long, people want to sing. They want to shout. Abdallah Syrian rebel this,” he said, raising his eyebrows and turning an ear towards the army checkpoint as if he expected a sign of appreciation. “The words are very simple. I think every Syrian can relate to them. The regime has tanks and helicopters and lots of weapons we don’t have. But we have this

music... that’s why I like to play it during the fighting.” If the Syrian revolution had a soundtrack, Yalla erhal ya Bashar would be the theme song but anti-regime music has flourished over the past year. “This is my favourite time of the day,” said Abdallah, a Free Syrian Army fighter, as he flicked his laptop open and sprawled on a foam mattress in his brother’s empty home in central Aleppo. “This one always makes me cry,” he said, putting on a song entitled Ya Hef (Oh Shame), another revolution favourite written by Samih Shuqeir, a wellknown Syrian singer exiled in Paris. The anti-regime repertoire flooding the Internet includes everything from a rap remix of Qashush’s song to heart-wrenching tales of bereavement mixing in soundbites from orphaned

children backed by Arab orchestras heavy on whining violins. The revolt has forced Syria’s celebrities to take a public stand and some of the Arab world’s best loved artists who chose to extoll the virtues of Bashar and his regime, such as actress Raghda, are now hate figures in rebel strongholds. Conversely, star singer Asala unexpectedly announced she was siding with the rebels and has since been touring the world to raise funds for the revolution. One of the most popular figures among Syrian rebels is Abdelbaset Saroot, the goalkeeper of Syria’s football youth team who joined the armed struggle. An injury sustained during clashes with the army might jeopardise his future in sport but his song “Have you no pity?” is a hit and a new career beckons. AFP

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Business

SBI WINS IBA AWARD

State Bank of India bagged IBA award for its Mobile Banking initiative ‘State Bank Freedom’. The award was won under the Best use of Mobility Technology in Banking under PSU Banks category. State Bank Freedom has the largest market share in terms of customers and transactions.

GREEN DRIVE

Make every drop count

Around 60,000 litres of underground water can be extracted from a 1,000 sq ft plot annually with proper rainwater harvesting methods. PRUDHVI RAJU K prudhvi.k@postnoon.com

here was a grim situation in the City last summer with huge water scarcity and the water levels of reservoirs touching rock bottom. Today, the rainwater was flooding the roads and drains of the city creating huge trouble to the commuters. The scarcity and flooding of water can be managed and to a reasonable extent, if the residents try to bring rain water harvesting systems in place. The nature cycle is getting affected by extracting the ground water from the lowest possible levels with out replenishing it. The culture of apartments has further worsened the scenario by increasing the dependence on underground water in the lowest possible land area. Many are not even bothered to recharge the ground water, leaving the rain water on to the roads resulting in damaging and flooding of the roads and drains, said Abhinav Gangumalla, CEO,

Hyderabad goes green. Around 60,000 litre of underground water can be extracted from a 1,000 sqft plot annually with proper rainwater harvesting methods. An individual uses 135 litre per day or a family of four use

540 litre per day, resulting the need of 1,97,000 litres per year. Even after rainwater harvesting methods, the household is extracting 1,37,000 litres annually from the underground water. However, if the resident try to exploit the underground with

out rainwater harvesting methods, the water levels will deplete soon and will result in water scarcity soon, he said. The quality of bore water can be increased and maintained by using the rainwater harvesting methods. It is mandatory to keep the terrace clean and the rain water pipe should not be connected to the any of the house cleaning water, he said. The used water from the house should not be sent to the pit because of its contamination with detergents and soaps. It will spoil the purity of water that is harvested resulting in bad quality bore water, he said. Many residents have realised the importance of water with its scarcity and started practicing these methods. There are also some who use these methods just with awareness to increase the underground water levels. There are even few ecofriendly residents in the City using these methods without going for a bore-well at home, he said. There were many builders

CHINESE FACTORIES

‘Samsung violates workers’ rights’ NEW YORK: Samsung forces employees at its Chinese factories to work up to five times the legal overtime limit, bans them from sitting down and denies basic labour rights, according to a US-based watchdog. According to China Labor Watch’s probe of eight factories, the South Korean electronics giant is guilty of widespread “legal and inhumane violations.” These include forcing workers at the Tianjin Samsung Mobile Display factory to put in as many as 189 hours of overtime in a month, when the legal limit is 36 hours, according

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who have applied for permissions by digging small pits in the corner of their apartments. However, they did not implement rainwater harvesting methods once they got the permissions. The pit was not maintained properly and this resulted in heavy costs at a later time. Almost 50 per cent of the costs can be saved by constructing rainwater-harvesting system, during the construction of house or an apartment. The construction costs depends on the area but can approximately range around `10, 000 per 1,000 sft and the ideal time is March-May, Abhinav said. The resident, who is buying water can also get back the money invested in the form of water in two to three years. However, it cannot be guaranteed all the water harvested in the house area will benefit only that house. A small amount of water can also go to the neighbour helping to increase over all underground water levels, he added.

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2 ASSAM RIFLES MEN INJURED IN MANIPUR BLAST Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Keisampat in the heart of Imphal town this morning. The bomb, planted in a two-wheeler, exploded at 9am at a crowded bus terminal, barely one km away from the police headquarters, official sources said.

PARLIAMENT

Govt urges Opposition to get quota Bill passed Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till noon after a BJP-led uproar over the coal block allocation.

Rajesh Shah, co-owner of the Hitler clothing store in Ahmedabad, has agreed to drop the Nazi dictator’s name and re-brand his outlet following protests from the Jewish community and the government. AFP

CRIME

Two Goa cops suspended for misbehaving PANAJI: Two police constables have been suspended for allegedly misbehaving with two local girls on Sunday night at Dona Paula jetty, a famous tourist spot here. The duo — Gaurish Matonkar and Gajanan Chari — attached to the police control van were suspended after the girls filed a formal police complaint against them. They alleged that the constables misbehaved with them, when they were returning from a friend’s birthday party on September 2. One of the girls is working as a public relation officer with a five star hotel. The complaint mentions that the constables asked them ‘personal’ questions and even insisted to know their mobile numbers, after taking away their licences. The girls said that the constables even threaten them to take to the police station in the middle of the night. The harassment, according to the complaint, continued for almost 25 minutes during which the constables acted ‘flirty’ and also against the law.d PTI

NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of opposition by the SP and disruption of proceedings by BJP over coal block allocations issue, the government today appealed to all political parties to get the Bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs passed in Rajya Sabha today. Parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said he wanted BJP not to disrupt the proceedings today so that the Bill can be taken up.

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The Bill comes within four months of Supreme Court striking down such a decision by Rajasthan and UP. “We have already lost three weeks due to disruptions. I request them to let Parliament function for last two days so that important issues could be taken up,” he said.

Minister of state for personnel V Narayanasamy, who will pilot the Constitution Amendment Bill in the Upper House, said the measure is the result of an assurance made by the PM at an all-party meeting. “I request Congress and its ally as well as the opposition parties to get the bill passed unanimously,” he told reporters outside Parliament house. The government yesterday cleared a Bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in govern-

ment jobs with effect from 1995. The legislative action, which comes within four months of Supreme Court striking down such a decision by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, meets the demand of most of the parties, barring the Samajwadi Party. The Constitution Amendment Bill is being brought to end uncertainties with regard to methodology for deciding the promotion and bring clarity on the issue. PTI

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LUCKNOW: Three Lucknow university students were killed and three injured when their car turned turtle here late Tuesday, police said. The accident took place after a tyre of the car burst and the driver lost control of the vehicle. Bumping into a divider, the car overturned. The injured were admitted to hospital and their condition is stated to be serious.

India calls on Syrian parties to dissociate from terror groups UNITED NATIONS: India has asked all parties in Syria to dissociate themselves from terrorist groups, which it said are exploiting the increasingly militarised conflict. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri said the Syrian conflict has become increasingly more militarised, which is being exploited by well-known terrorist groups.

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POLITICS

Gujarat polls: Hindutva out The 2002 and 2007 polls were held in a charged environment by whipping up communal sentiments in the backdrop of the 2002 riots and numerous encounter cases, which resulted in easy polarisation of votes.

hunning the Hindutva card, the campaign of the major parties in Gujarat for the forthcoming Assembly elections this time is centred around issues like water, housing and inflation. The 2002 and 2007 Gujarat elections were held in a charged environment by whipping up communal sentiments in the backdrop of the 2002 riots and numerous encounter cases, including the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case which resulted in easy polarisation of votes, Congress office bearers said. “But with the passage of 10 years post riots and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sadbhavna’ mission softening his stance towards Muslims have contributed to the fact that Hindutva is not a major issue this time in state elections,” they added. The Congress and Keshubhai Patel’s newly formed Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) are of the view that they have a level playing field this time against Modi-

The Congress’s ambitious promise of providing homes to poor and middle class housewives at nominal rates, if it comes to power, has garnered a

The BJP is trying to cash-in on the burning issues of inflation and corruption of the Central government.

led BJP, as the issue of Hindutva is on the backburner. “Modi has tried to change his colours from what he had projected himself in 2002. He is now trying to woo Muslims. People have come to know his reality and the emotive issues will not sway them this time,” Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said.

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After 10 years of good rains, Gujarat is facing acute water scarcity this year owing to a deficient monsoon in Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat, which has been compounded by slow paced work of laying canal network for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam project. It has emerged as a major issue prior to the elections.

huge response (already 50 lakh forms have been distributed) and has brought to fore the issue of people’s aspirations of owning a house when real estate prices have skyrocketed in the state. “Water, housing, providing medical facility to people, reducing VAT on petrol, diesel and kerosene and thereby reducing prices, giving full benefits of sixth-pay commission to state government employees, providing good education are highlighted by Congress as key election issues. We have also raised

our voice against corruption of this government,” Doshi said. Meanwhile, the BJP is trying to cash-in on the burning issues of inflation and corruption of the Central government. “Inflation due to mismanagement of the Union government, corruption at the Centre and large scale discrimination towards Gujarat are the main issues that the BJP has taken up in campaign during the forthcoming elections,” spokesperson Jagdish Bhavsar said. “We will be fighting this election also on the issue of leadership quality (of Modi), path breaking development carried out by the state government in the last 10 years and our goal of making Gujarat a developed place so it can be in league with developed nations of the world,” Bhavsar said. Regarding the Hindutva issue, another BJP leader said, “Party’s policy is well defined by the chief minister who has announced — development for all, appeasement for none.” PTI

MONSOON BONANZA

First instance of compulsory licence provision in the Indian Patent Act being invoked.

ublic interest would be seriously affected if the order of compulsory licence issued in favour of Natco Pharma Ltd to make and sell the cancer drug is stayed, the company's counsel argued. Hearing the final arguments, the Intellectual Property Apellate Board reserved its orders on the case between Bayer Corp and Natco Pharma.

Bayer Corp, the north American subsidiary of German company Bayer AG, has challenged in the IPAB the March order of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks of compulsorily licensing Natco Pharma to market the generic version of Nexavar (sorafenib tosylate). Bayer filed the petition against Natco Pharma, the controller of general patents and the central government asking for the staying of the compulsory licence. Incidentally, this was the first time that the compulsory licence provision in the Indian Patent Act was invoked. Natco Pharma's counsel Rajeshwari Hariharan said patent was not a hunting licence or a right given to a patent holder to sue others for manufacturing a product when public interest was involved to a large extent. IANS

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World US PREZ ELECTION

Democrats rip Romney to bits CHARLOTTE: Democrats launched a coordinated character assassination of Mitt Romney at their convention on Tuesday, skewering the wealthy Republican presidential hopeful as elite and out-of-touch. In a rowdy start to three days of political theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, speaker after speaker hammered the multimillionaire businessman as a ruthless corporate raider who lacked the moral fibre to help ordinary Americans and only wanted to look after the rich. The headline act was First Lady Michelle Obama, who didn’t even mention Romney’s name, but still drew blinding contrasts between her husband’s hard-scrabble journey and the more closeted existence of his privileged rival. Others were more blunt, like rising Hispanic star Julian Castro who claimed “Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn’t get it” as he mocked the candidate’s suggestion that aspiring entrepreneurs could borrow money from their parents. Critics even emerged from beyond the grave with a video tribute to the late Democratic icon Ted Kennedy carefully crafted to show him annihilating Romney during a one-on-one debate from the 1994 Massachusetts Senate race. “I am pro-choice, my opponent is multiple choice,” Kennedy famously jibed, exposing Romney’s shifting convictions on the hot-button issue of abortion. In less than nine weeks, Americans must decide if the country’s first black president should be re-elected or if Romney should oust him after just one term. AFP

NASA TO HONOR ASTRONAUT ARMSTRONG ON SEPT 13 A memorial service for Neil Armstrong, the first human being to set foot on the moon, will be held in Washington on September 13, NASA said on Tuesday. NASA chief Charles Bolden, present and former astronauts and other dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral in honor of Armstrong, who died on August 25 at the age of 82.

SYRIAN CRISIS

VICTORY FETE TURNS SOUR

Stop spreading misery, says Ban Though the UN Chief did not name any country, his message was to Russia, Syria’s main arms supplier.

N leader Ban Kimoon on Tuesday accused countries who send arms to Syria of spreading “misery” as he called for greater international efforts to end the war and ease a mounting humanitarian crisis. “Those who provide arms to either side are only contributing to further misery — and the risk of unintended consequences as the fighting intensifies and spreads,” Ban told the 193-member UN General Assembly. Ban did not name any country but Russia is President Bashar al-Assad’s main arms supplier while UN officials say Iran has made arms deliveries to his forces. The Syrian government accuses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of arming the opposition. The United States and Britain say they give non-lethal assistance to the opposition. The UN secretary general said there had to be greater international support behind the efforts of new UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to end the 18-monthold conflict, which activists say has left more than 26,000 dead. The United Nations says about 20,000 have died. Brahimi said in his first comments to the UN assembly since replacing Kofi Annan as special envoy on Saturday that the death toll in Syria was

One person was killed and another seriously wounded when a gunman opened ﬁre during the victory speech of Quebec’s newly elected separatist premier, who was unharmed, police said Tuesday. The suspect was later caught on camera shouting “The English are waking up!” as he was being arrested. The shooting took place with Pauline Marois’s Parti Quebecois projected to win Tuesday’s elections in the mostly French-speaking province.

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon listens as Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the UN AFP General Assembly on Tuesday in New York City.

Rising refugee exodus UNITED NATIONS: The UN refugee agency said earlier that more than 100,000 people fled Syria in August, a record since the start of the uprising against Assad in March last year. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that 235,000 people have registered in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. UN officials believe that a similar number may have left

without seeking to register. The agency said some 1,000 Syrian refugees were crossing into Jordan and about 500 Syrian Kurds are arriving in Iraq each day. Hundreds of Iraqis who had sought refuge in Syria have also fled. Lebanon has taken in about 59,000 Syrians, while Turkey now has more than 80,400 Syrian refugees, with about 8,000 waiting at the border.

“staggering” and also called for united efforts on the conflict. Brahimi said he would go to Damascus “in a few days” but warned that the conflict is “deteriorating steadily”.

“The death toll is staggering, the destruction is reaching catastrophic proportions and the suffering of the people is immense,” he said in a brief speech to the assembly.

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NASA’s Voyager ‘dancing Oz doctor reprimanded on edge’ of solar system over gay ‘cure’

S African union tries to rein in mine unrest

TOKYO: Japan’s government has agreed to buy a group of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with China, reports said Wednesday, a move likely to prove a further irritant in a tense ties. Tokyo will pay private Japanese landowners 2.05 billion yen ($26 million) for three of the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

LOS ANGELES: NASA’s Voyager 1, launched in 1977, may be “dancing on the edge” of outer space, the scientists behind the project said Tuesday. In a lecture marking the approaching 35th anniversary of the project, Ed Stone said it could be “days, months or years” before it ﬁnally breaks into interstellar space.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s powerful mineworkers union is trying to rein in unrest in the vital mining sector which has turned into a battleground for rival political and labour factions. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), a key ally of the ruling ANC, on Tuesday denounced calls to exploit the turmoil.

SYDNEY: An Australian doctor has been severely reprimanded and banned from working as a general practitioner after prescribing a drug to a boy who came to him for help to “cure” his homosexuality. A Health Care Complaints Commission committee found Mark Craddock guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct.

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CLINTON SNUBBED China’s likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State, a US ofﬁcial said on Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers. Hillary had been due to meet Vice President Xi later on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing that looks set to be dominated by a series of territorial disputes between China and its neighbours, notably in the South China Sea. “Due to scheduling reasons, the meeting between Vice President Xi and Secretary Clinton is not going to happen today,” said the ofﬁcial.

Barack knows what it means when a family struggles. So in the end, for Barack, these issues aren’t political — they’re personal. He knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grandkids. Michelle Obama US First Lady

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NATIONAL INTEGRITY

ften in the pages of Granma, the redand-black-inked Communist Party newspaper that is a daily presence in Cuban life, there is a standard sort of feature article about the island’s economic troubles. Sometimes it’s a story about bread. Other times bus service, or tires, or the sugar harvest. But the theme is generally the same: workers at a Cuban state-run company struggling to meet production quotas and public demand because of supply shortages, broken equipment and a “lack of discipline.” In one recent edition of Granma, the story was sanitary napkins. “Since 2004, investments have been made in national sanitary napkin production to improve quality,” the Granma article explained. “In addition to increasing production capacity at different plants around the country, their physical attributes have been perfected, incorporating ergonomic wings, and starting in 2008, super-absorbent material. But frequent complaints about the lack of adhesive on their wings and a lack of padding have led many to think that the investment hasn’t produced the desired result.” Once again, it was a window into an economy still at great pains to produce basic items that were abundant on Cuban store shelves more than 50 years ago, under a different system. After Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, Cuba adopted a Soviet economic model based on central planning and the elimination of most forms of private property. By the late 1960s, Castro had nationalized all businesses — down to the last shoe shine stand and ice cream cart. GLOBAL POST

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HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS Famous backers of Jalian Assange, it has been confirmed, have lost £200,000 in bail money they put up for the WikiLeaks chief. They stand to lose more if the man does not surrender before the cops. Was Assange a bad bet?

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ot long after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray termed migrants ‘infiltrators’, his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena heir apparent Uddhav Thackeray, not wanting to be outdone in vitriolic diatribe, has said that migration from Bihar must be kept under check through permit system. It was barely 80 years ago that a short young politician popularised the concept of lebensraum (roughly translates as ‘living space’) to ascend to power in Germany. Yes, your guess is right, we are talking about Adolf Hitler, who considered anyone non-German subhuman. People of Slavic origin, Gypsies and Jews were persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, deported — and in the case of Jews, massacred to the best of his ability. The more the Thackerays (including Shiv Sena satrap, the ageing but definitely not mellowing, Bal Thackeray) unleash their polarising venom, the more it sounds like a desi version of Mein Kampf. And if one were to analyse their organisa-

tions’ agenda, it is only the lack of unchecked power that is preventing them from carrying out similar pogroms. To understand Raj’s tirades and Uddhav’s attempt to whip up ‘sons of soil’ passions, we should go back to Bombay (wasn’t Mumbai then) of the 1970s. Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena was carrying out a vitriolic (and violent) campaign against South Indians, who, according to him, were taking away the jobs and opportunities of Marathi manoos. It was under the wing of Bal Thackeray that nephew Raj and son Uddhav cut their teeth in the toxic politics of regionalism. Raj, a firebrand orator, always had more visibility in Shiv Sena and many thought he would take over from Bal Thackeray. However, it was not to be. As the worried uncle started relegating him to the margins to give more space and visibility for Uddhav, the cousins drifted apart and two factions emerged. And finally in 2006, with no more maneuvering space left within the fold of the same party, Raj walked out and formed the MNS. Ever since, Raj and his followers embarked on a Marathi chauvinism campaign; shriller, more poisonous, more violent and better organised — designed to outdo his uncle’s outfit in the same department,

on his home turf. And it is working. The audacity with which the MNS is able to continue with its politics of thuggery is an insult to our democracy and the rights guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution. Despite its violent campaigns targeting migrant workers, especially autorickshaw and taxi drivers, the MNS boss is a free man and continues his trade with impunity. While several cases have been registered against the MNS chief and his outfit, thanks to our legal system, the bigot has never had a reason to worry or curtail his activities. Mumbai is what it is today because it has attracted and made maximum out of the best

talents from across the country. It is the migrants who form the fabric of cheap essential services that keep the city running. If people from other states were to be taken out of India’s financial capital, it would be reduced to an empty shell. South Indian, North Indian, Bihari or Bengali... anyone who is a citizen of this country has the right to travel, live and ply his trade and maintain his identity anywhere in the country. Organisations like Shiv Sena and MNS are a blot on our culture and have little difference from the Third Reich. They must be crushed before these cancer cells inspire more of their kind elsewhere and become malignant to our civilisation. The writer works for Postnoon.

EDITORIALS ‘Stop spreading misery’ Africa’s last absolute monarch

ore than 100,000 have ﬂed in the month of August from Syria and counting, yet there’s no let up in the exodus nor the mass massacre there. As the world just sits and watches people being culled everyday, Ban Ki-moon cuts a sad ﬁgure asking the mighty and powerful to stop spreading misery in Syria. He did not name anyone, but it was clear as daylight that he was talking about Russia, Syria’s main arms supplier. Russia and China have been the major stumbling blocks in taking action against Basher Al-Assad. It is understandable that they too have much to lose politically and morally if they support any action against Syria, for leaders of both nations rule their people with an iron hand, rarely forgiving dissent; they would jeopardise their own standing and fear reprisals in their respective nations. Money is another important factor. But for the sake of humanity, stop the arms supply to Syria.

READERS’ VIEWS

t certainly is something to be Africa’s last absolute monarch. King Mswati III of Swaziland has huge responsibilities on his shoulders. He appoints the prime minister, members of the cabinet and the judiciary. Of course, it is only right that a man who has such heavy responsibilites may be allowed to indulge a little, even though it chokes the exchequer of his nation that is among the world’s poorest. The Umhlanga Reed Dance is an event that allows the king to let his hair down. It’s an annual rite that sees girls as young as ﬁve dance, chant and lay reeds at the feet of King Mswati ... topless. It’s a modern world, but tradition is tradtion and the king knows it. This time there were 80,000.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Cinema

MIRA NAIR IS ALL SMILES Mira Nair made her comeback after more than three years of hiatus. Her latest film The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on the novel of same name by Mohsin Hamid, was recently screened at Venice Film Festival and leading critics from Europe have praised Mira Nair’s storytelling and performances.

NEWSMAKERS FROM TELLURIDE

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

The Oscar Buzz Begins

Argo, The Gatekeepers have already sparked the Oscar buzz after being screened at the Telluride Film Festival. Here are some more newsmakers from this film festival. HEMANTH KUMAR Hemanth.k@postnoon.com

Liberal Arts

Argo

The Gatekeepers

Ginger & Rosa

Ben Affleck’s Argo is based on a true story based on Tony Mendez’s account of rescue of six US diplomats from Tehran in 1979. US and Canadian governments convince Iran that the diplomats are part of a film, titled Argo.

Dror Mereh’s documentary The Gatekeepers made waves at Telluride. It throws light on the role of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency and six former heads of the agency pour their heart out revealing dark secrets.

Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, set in London, boasts of stunning performance by the 14-year-old actor Elle Fanning who plays a teenager who’s crushed by the weight of family discord and nuclear threat in 1962.

This is a romantic comedy-drama movie written, directed and starring Josh Radnor, of How I Met Your Mother fame. The ﬁlm revolves around an introverted 35-year-old man, Jesse (Radnor), who is newly single and is uninspired by his job. He wonders if his best years were the time he spent in college. When he gets a chance to go back to his alma mater for a function, he meets Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen), a 19year-old college student who is into classical music. The ﬁlm premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This is Radnor’s second foray as a director.

DID YOU KNOW...

$21.3m

The amount collected by horror flick Possession on its opening day. The movie has the second best Labor Day opening of all time, with Halloween having earned the highest with $30.6 million in 2007. Possession, starring Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Natasha Calis, cost in the low- to mid-teen millions to produce and was directed by Ole Bornedal.

Stories We Tell

Frances Ha

Hyde Park on Hudson

Sarah Polley took the audience by surprise by narrating a heartbreaking tale about her own family and she comes to terms with the fact that she was born out an extramarital affair. Critics have called it her best work so far.

Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver is about a 27-year-old woman trying to make sense of her life. The film is being praised for its superlative writing and Greta Gerwig’s performance.

Bill Murray steps into the shoes of Franklin D Roosevelt, who plays host to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who visit his estate, Hyde Park in 1939, in this film by Roger Michell. The buzz is incredible.

PREVIOUS NEWSMAKERS AT TELLURIDE The Artist (2011)

Slumdog Millionaire

A Separation

sghar Farhadi’s A Separation had its US Premiere at Telluride in 2011 and it went on to become the most successful Iranian film of all time in US. The incredible buzz about the film paved way for its Oscar win as well.

ichel Hazanavicius’s The Artist began its march to the Oscars last year after its premiere at Telluride Film Festival. The film swept almost every major film awards ceremony and went on to win five Oscars.

anny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire had its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival in 2008 and went on to bag more than 100 awards including eight Oscars and grossed about $377 million in box office receipts.

ICONIC QUOTES

When you decide to be something, you can be it. When I was your age, they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? Frank Costello

The Departed

If there is anything that this tragedy can teach us, it’s that a male model’s life is a precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn’t mean that we can’t not die in a freak gasoline ﬁght accident. Derek Zoolander

Zoolander

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

spotlight

DANCE AWAY

Ladies, head to Torque to let your hair down and dance the night away. Catch VDJ Wish playing some of the best Hip Hop and RnB videos live for you.

LADIES’ DAY OUT

Filling up their shopping bags and catching up with friends, ladies were a busy lot at the launch of Desire exhbition and sale at Taj Krishna on Tuesday.

SHOPPING

SPREE Anju Asrani 1 Sneha 2 Shravani 3 Shilpa, Priyanka 4 Anitha, Bina Mehta 5 Sneha 6 Anusha 7 Bhavana 8 Lavanya, Bindu 9 & Sharada Poorvi 10 Haritha 11 Shilpa 12 Shilpa, Bhavitha 13 Mamata & Monika 14 Komal & Pooja 15 Sneha 16

ALL STARS

Director Sekhar Kammula and the stars of his upcoming movie Life is Beautiful turned up at the press meet organised at Prasads Labs on Tuesday.

GAME ON

Manjeera Group are now the ofﬁcial team sponsor of The ASC Royals Polo Team. The announcement was made at Rain pub on Tuesday night.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

health

INFLAMMATION DRUG PROMISING IN DEPRESSION A drug that eases inflammation may offer new hope for people with difficult-to-treat depression, says a study. The study employed infliximab, one of the new biologic drugs used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

SKIN RASHES

Honey coloured mess It might be a common skin infection but it can leave those affected feeling pretty bad. Read on to know more about impetigo. RANJANI RAJENDRA

ranjani.r@postnoon.com

itika loved playing with her daughter’s soft skin. But one day she noticed blisters and sores on her 5-year-old’s face and hands. Worried that she might be down with chicken pox, Ritika took her to the paediatrician only to be told that, the sores and rashes were a symptom of impetigo, a common skin infection, and not chicken pox. While the news did come as a relief, concerns were raised about how the girl might have contracted it and if it would scar.

WHAT IT IS “Impetigo is a common bacterial infection and can occur in children due to unhygienic conditions or can be spread from somebody else who already has it. However, impetigo can also affect people of any age group and more commonly people with diabetes or those who are immune suppressed,” says Dr Shahina Shafeeq, a City-based dermatologist.

SYMPTOMS In babies impetigo can also occur in the diaper area. This contagious skin infection is generally caused by the streptococcus bacteria and also the staphylococcus bacteria. A lot of preschool and school going children are affected by it thanks to their play habits. However, good hygiene can prevent the onset of impetigo, which often develops when the affected area has been scratched repeatedly, something children tend to do a lot.

ANEWS PP-LYBRIEFS YOURSELF

HOUSECALL

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Diabetes Insipidus

Love gaming and social networking? Fitocracy is a unique health app that combines social networking with ﬁtness to make exercise fun. Through the app you can earn points, unlock achievements and win points. The free-ofcost app is available for iPhone and iPad users.

When one refers to diabetes the general understanding is of Diabetes Mellitus which is often referred to as sugar diabetes. Another type of diabetes called Diabetes Insipidus also exists. This occurs when the body is unable to produce enough of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or is unable to respond correctly to its effects. Symptoms include excess urination and dehydration.

DID YOU KNOW?

“Impetigo often appears as pus filled boils. If it is severe then it will be accompanied by other constitutional symptoms like fever etc,” explains Dr Shahina. There are two types of impetigo – bullous (large blisters) and nonbullous (crusted) and the latter is the more common form to affect people. This form of impetigo usually starts off with tiny blisters which eventually burst and leave small wet patches of skin that may be reddish in colour. Gradually a honey-coloured crust covers the affected area. In the bullous form of impetigo, the pustules release toxins that make them bigger fluidcontaining blisters that appear clear at first. These blisters stay longer on the skin without bursting.

There are two types of impetigo – bullous and non-bullous and the latter is the more common form to affect people.

TREATMENT “In case the impetigo is not severe then we prescribe topical antibiotic creams that can help relieve the symptoms. In case it is more severe then oral antibiotics are prescribed. We also advise the patients to maintain good hygiene as usually lack of personal hygiene is a trigger for this skin infection,” says Dr Shahina. Because the rashes and sores in impetigo are superficial it does not leave scars. The resultant redness usually fades in a few days. However, they may itch in certain cases.

PIONEERS

Cigarette smoke causes cancer

Crawford Williamson Long

Cigarette smoke that attaches itself to the smokers’ hair and clothes and then spreads around the room increases the risk of cancer in children and pets.

Crawford Williamson Long as an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his ﬁrst use of inhaled diethyl ether as an anaesthetic. Although his work was unknown outside a small circle of colleagues for several years, he is now recognised as the ﬁrst physician to have administered ether anaesthesia for surgery.

health WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

TRAUMA

RESEARCH

Genes related to Glaucoma found

Over a month, researchers gave one group of mice doses of alcohol that are equivalent to double the legal driving limit in humans.

HEAVY DRINKING negates recovery from trauma WASHINGTON: Heavy drinkers not only face a higher risk of car accidents and domestic violence, but alcohol also actually rewires the brain, negating recovery from a traumatic experience also, says a US research. “There’s a whole spectrum to how people react to a traumatic event,” said study author Thomas Kash, assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. “Its the recovery that we’re looking at — the ability to say ‘this is not dangerous anymore’. Basically, our

research shows that chronic exposure to alcohol can cause a deficit with regard to how our cognitive brain centres control our emotional brain centres,” said Kash, the journal Nature Neuroscience reports. “A history of heavy alcohol abuse could impair a critical mechanism for recovering from a trauma, and in doing so put people at greater risk for PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) and alcohol abuse,” said National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) scientist Andrew Holmes, who

conducted the study with Kash, according to a North Carolina statement. Over a month, researchers gave one group of mice doses of alcohol equivalent to double the legal driving limit in humans. A second group of mice was given no alcohol. The team then used mild electric shocks to train all the mice to fear the sound of a brief tone. When the tone was repeatedly played without the accompanying electric shock, the mice with no alcohol exposure gradually stopped fearing it. The mice

with chronic alcohol exposure, on the other hand, froze in place each time the tone was played, even long after the electric shocks had stopped. The pattern is similar to what is seen in patients with PTSD, who have trouble overcoming fear even when they are no longer in a dangerous situation. The PTSD is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying event. Often, its victims have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb. IANS

SINGAPORE: Scientists have isolated three new genes linked to Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG), a leading cause of blindness, which affects 15 million people worldwide, 80 percent of whom live in Asia. A team of scientists carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 1,854 PACG cases and 9,608 controls of over five sample collections in Asia. They performed validation experiments in another 1,917 PACG cases and 8,943 controls collected from a sample. This research carried out by scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), with Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), National University of Singapore (NUS), National University Hospital’s Department of Ophthalmology and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, is the first to study PACG genetics using a genome-wide perspective, the journal Nature Genetics reports. This finding confirms the long-standing suspicion of Aung Tin, principal project investigator, who is professor of ophthalmology at NUS. Tin has worked on PACG for over 10 years and believes, from clinical observations, that the disease is strongly hereditary, according to a statement of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. “This provides further evidence that genetic factors play a role in development of PACG. The results may lead to new insights into disease understanding and open the possibility of novel treatments in the future as well as the potential of early identification of people at risk of the disease,” said Tin. SERI is the national body for ophthalmic and vision research in Singapore. The GIS is a research institute under the umbrella of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. IANS

BREAKTHROUGH

Gene therapy restores olfactory sense ? WASHINGTON: Scientists have restored olfactory sense in mice through gene therapy for the very first time — potentially opening the way for people to regain their sense of smell lost since birth or owing to disease. The breakthrough in curing congenital anosmia, may also aid

research on other conditions that stem from problems with the cilia. Those tiny hair-shaped structures on the surfaces of cells throughout the body are involved in many diseases. Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School caution that it will take

time for their work to affect human treatment, and that it will be most important for people who have lost their sense of smell due to a genetic disorder, rather than those who lose it due to aging, head trauma, or chronic sinus problems. “Using gene therapy in a

mouse model of cilia dysfunction, we were able to rescue and restore olfactory function, or sense of smell,” said senior author Jeffrey Martens. “Essentially, we induced the neurons that transmit the sense of smell to re-grow the cilia.” The mice in the study all had

a severe genetic defect that affected a protein called IFT88, causing a lack of cilia throughout their bodies. Such mice are prone to poor feeding and to early death as a result. In humans, the same genetic defect is fatal, according to a university statement. IANS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Entertainment

DSP PROMISES TO SURPRISE ALL

Devi Sri Prasad has said that he’s trying something radically different for his upcoming film starring Mahesh Babu and Kajal. Sukumar is directing the film. We wonder what DSP is up to?

TEAMS UP WITH EDUCATION NGO

CINE BYTES

Pr iya Anand pledges support for a noble cause

riya Anand has decided to celebrate her birthday, which falls on September 19, in a unique manner. She has teamed up with an NGO named Nalandaway Foundation to raise funds to educate 25 children from marginalised sections of the society. Talking to Postnoon, Priya Anand said, “I don’t like celebrating my birthday and every year I strive to do something to make a difference in our society. I had met Sriram, the founder of Nalandaway Foundation, at a concert and he suggested that I could help their organisation raise funds to educate children. The initial plan was to raise funds for 25 children; however, now I have been given the task of choosing these 25 children from a list of 100. It really is a tough task to pick out only few when each one of them has a heartbreaking story to tell. Right now, I am trying to get in touch with as many people as I can to raise the funds and I request everyone to come forward and donate for this noble cause. You can donate whatever amount you want through www.orangestreet.in and every penny that we raise will have an impact on the future of these children.” The actress is currently in Hyderabad where she is shooting for a song for her upcoming film Ko Ante Koti.

YVM’s trailer launched

he theatrical trailer of Nani, Samantha starrer Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu has become a huge hit with the audience after it was launched yesterday. Gautham Menon has directed the ﬁlm and Ilayaraja has composed the music.

Gauravam’s schedule wrapped up

he second schedule of Allu Sirish, Yami Gautam starrer Gauravam, which was happening in Rajahmundry, has been wrapped up. Radha Mohan is directing this bilingual ﬁlm and Prakash Raj is producing it under Duet Movies banner.

Madhura Sreedhar finds his hero

ahat Raghavendra is reportedly in talks with director Madhura Sreedhar for an upcoming bilingual ﬁlm based on sperm donation. He had earlier acted in a supporting role in Ajith’s Mankatha. More details about the ﬁlm will be announced soon.

Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 CINE BYTES

VARANASI DIARY

SONAM, DHANUSH

Salman, Prabhu Deva to team up again?

fter setting the cash registers ringing at the box office with Wanted, actor Salman Khan and choreographer Prabhu Deva are likely to team up again for a South film remake. “We are doing a film with Salman in the lead. The film will be directed by Prabhu Deva. We can’t talk about the subject,” producer Kumar Taurani said. PTI

to begin shooting for Ranjhaa

Recreating 26/11 felt terrifying: RGV

am Gopal Varma says that recreating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, which claimed 166 lives, for his ﬁlm was “terrifying”. “Just shot the Taj massacre of 26/11. Merely recreating it felt terrifying. Can’t even imagine what the victims would have undergone,” Varma tweeted. The movie is being made with a budget of `40 crore. IANS

Arjun Kapoor injured on sets of Aurangzeb

ctor Arjun Kapoor of Ishaqzaade fame, who is currently shooting for Aurangzeb, injured his hand while shooting for an action sequence. “I was shooting last night for my ﬁlm (Aurangzeb) and I injured myself in the excitement of doing action. There are many ﬁrsts happening in my life. I did a major action sequence and I ended up hurting my hand,” the actor said. IANS

ollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and southern star Dhanush will start filming in Varanasi on Wednesday for their film Raanjha. The actors and the film’s director Anand Rai are in Varanasi along with the entire cast and crew of the film. Rai said while 60 per cent of the film is set in Varanasi, the rest will be shot in Delhi and Punjab. The shooting will take place over the next two months, the director said, adding that a lot of the scenes will be shot at the picturesque ghats along the Ganga. Sonam, who is extremely excited about the film, said it is a clean love story that will appeal to all kind of movie-goers. The Saawariya actress described her role as that of a simple girl. Meanwhile, Kolaveri star Dhanush expressed his excitement to be in Varanasi and said he was looking forward to doing his first Hindi film. “People down south wait for years to come to Varanasi, I am extremely lucky that I have got the opportunity to experience the holy city at such a young age.” PTI

Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 CINE BYTES John’s silent six months

ohn Mayer, who is recovering after vocal cord surgery, says he has been advised not to sing for six months. “Silent for the next few months, no singing for probably six, but all signs point to this being the last step in getting to perform again. Back to notebooks and iPad to communicate for the time being. Zen living at its ﬁnest,” he tweeted. PTI

Rihanna clashes with the French

ihanna sparked hysteria by posting her arrival time at a Paris station on Twitter, and then termed the French ‘insane’. “If you push me, you will get that back! Papz and crazies included!!!! I had to ﬁght my way out of a damn train station!!! (sic),” she tweeted. PTI

Bruce Willis to sue Apple over iTunes downloads?

ctor Bruce Willis is reportedly considering legal action against Apple after he discovered he is not allowed to leave his iTunes collection to his daughters, Rumer Scout, 20, and 18-year-old Tallulah after his death. iTunes customers are only allowed to borrow tracks rather than own them outright, reported Sun online. PTI

JAY-Z, KANYE CONCERT

Kim gets cold shoulder from Béyonce

Pop superstar Béyonce and Kim Kardashian reportedly don’t share a warm relationship despite the great friendship between their partners — Jay-Z and Kanye West. West and Jay-Z bonded over their performance at the Made In America festival. Béyonce was seen cheering for her husband but West’s reality star girlfriend was not spotted despite attending the event, the New York Daily News reported. “Kim and Béyonce barely spoke to each other. They were on opposite sides of the stage. Béyonce didn’t even acknowledge (Kim) was there until the concert was almost over,” a source said. However, when they both went backstage, insiders say they spoke a little to each other but it was “uncomfortable”. “Eventually, the women made small talk in the dressing room, but you could tell Kim was uncomfortable,” said a source. PTI

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become wellknown, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised. Fred Allen

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU How to play kakuro 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.

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Lava below the surface 6 Brush target 11 Twenty-third Greek letter 14 At full speed, on the briny 15 Cause of many yawns 16 Member of Attila's horde 17 ‘Ho, ho, ho’ fellow 20 Hydrox rival 21 Acts human 22 John Wayne oater 23 Participated in a marathon 24 Time at the hotel 25 Sticky substance in wheat 26 More than just trim, as prices 28 Ointment denizen? 29 Unreturnable serve 30 River between two Great Lakes 34 ‘... ___ what you can do for your country’ 35 Comfortable compromise 37 Cut (off), as branches 38 Neptune's spear 39 Prepare for company, as a table 40 It may be after ginger 41 Bewails 45 Gaudy and cheap 47 Like a pretentious museumgoer 50 Jamie ___ Curtis of ‘Halloween’ 51 ‘___ said all along ...’ 52 Layers of dark green eggs 53 ___ Bator (capital of Mongolia) 54 Ken Kesey's communal group 57 ___-K (before kindergarten) 58 Add one's two cents 59 Sharp-eyed bird of prey 60 Leaky radiator's sound 61 ‘___ directed’ 62 Cheesemaking by-products

DOWN

1 College students' choices 2 Ethically challenged 3 Principal source of lead 4 Venus de ___ 5 ‘... a rose by ___ other name ...’ 6 ‘Cotta’ or ‘firma’ starter 7 Troublesome (Var) 8 The ten in a sawbuck 9 252 gallons 10 Way to be exalted or regarded 11 Ghostly figure 12 You may have it for the basking 13 Have chants encounters? 18 Acquire 19 Slip among chips? 24 Use FedEx 25 Grassy forest area 27 Variety of pea or bean 28 Barney's buddy, in cartoondom 31 In an appropriate way 32 ‘... slithy toves did ___ and gimble’ (‘Jabberwocky’) 33 ‘___ making myself clear?’ 34 Tune-up recipient 35 Starts by short-circuiting 36 ‘___ humble opinion ...’ 37 Some new car drivers 39 Eradicates, with ‘out’ 40 ‘Car 54, Where ___?’ 42 Accuse tentatively 43 Almost but not quite 44 Eyesight and hearing 46 TV recording device 47 Appliance brand name 48 Early alphabet characters 49 ‘How naughty of you!’ 52 ___-Lackawanna Railroad 53 Sundance Film Festival state 55 Letters at the end of some letters 56 Hem, but not haw

Chai Time WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 6-9-2012

As per Hindu panchang thiruvaikumar@yahoo.co.in, 040-27177230 / 9177596118

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You will always work hard to achieve success. Your wishes will get fulfilled after facing minor hurdles. Persons from other region will help you. But avoid unwanted discussions and disputing with neighbour to avoid unwanted tensions.

Your stock is set to pile up. Unexpected fortune too likely. Sudden journey likely that will prove beneficial to you. Parents will extend full support to all your new and innovative efforts. Those deprived of children for long will get one now.

Good effects will get delayed and hence postpone trying new efforts. Never ever interfere in issues that are in no way relevant to you. Expected good news may not come, which will disappoint you. Children will be affectionate.

QUICK CROSSWORD FRED BASSET

Expected work will get completed according to plan. You will be active in your new efforts. Friendship circle will expand and that will prove beneficial to you. Govt sops likely for businessmen. Financial situation will be strong, which cheers you up.

Though there will be delays in tasks undertaken, ultimately success will be yours. You will be more inclined towards trying new and innovative methods in business to attract more customers and increase turnover. Financial position is be strong.

Success will be possible only after hard work but after delay. However, you will work actively without giving up. Your influence, respect, name and fame are expected to rise. You talk wisely and get work done without much efforts.

Artists will get promising opportunities and earn name and fame. Take care of mother's health. If a surgery is inevitable, this is the right time to proceed. Relationship among couples will face hiccups. Employees will get their due promotion.

Mild tension and confusion likely. Avoid trying new methods in business for the time being. Written-off dues get collected, which will be a surprise to you. Blood relatives might create tension and obstacles. Children will make you happy.

Your social status is set to improve and you achieve greater heights. Opportunities will be such that you will be successful in all efforts. Hand loans given will be returned without any problem. Avoid fresh investments in shares.

TAROT READ

Sumaa Tekur

tarotreadhyd@gmail.com

ARIES:

GEMINI:

The Tower – Do not share personal stuff with others unless they are very close to you and have your best interests in mind. They may do more harm than good.

LEO:

The Hanged Man – Set goals for yourself and make a detailed plan to reach those goals. There will be times when you doubt your own abilities. Have more confidence.

LIBRA:

STONE SOUP

Seven of Swords – Someone in your team is saying something very important. Pay attention. Although they may not say it directly, they will most likely make the point.

SAGITTARIUS:

The Chariot – You may go through some hassles while travelling, or trying to get to a place within the city. Use GPS or rely on directions.

TAURUS:

The Star – You may be stuffing too many activities into one day. Spread out the work and give yourself adequate rest and relaxation, too.

CANCER:

Three of Pentacles – You feel restricted by your circumstances. There are chances that you may get too close to someone and this person leads you the wrong way.

VIRGO:

Ace of Wands – There is a lot of creativity around you, and ideas that will make you look at life differently. Go through this intense period with openness.

SCORPIO:

Ace of Cups – You are feeling very emotional about something at the moment and want to share ideas with someone who is of your intellectual level.

CAPRICORN:

The Wheel of Fortune – Finances matters need attention. You need to focus on safeguarding the money you have made till now. Use it in the right way.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Nine of Swords – You are in the process of rebuilding your reputation. You are ready to strike out on your own with new ideas and plans.

NUMBER GAME

There is no point arguing with someone in your office. This person is not arguing to make a point but to irritate you. Do not let it bother you.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: Six of Wands –

INK PEN

You will have to work hard to achieve success in your efforts. Be careful in new efforts. Some have a bright chance to change residence. Self-employed, export, import business will prosper well. Employees need to work with involvement.

for 6-9-2012

Seven of Wands – Read disclaimer carefully and be sure of all terms and conditions before you sign something important. You need to know what you’re getting into.

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Be careful while driving and talking as chances are that you will be misunderstood. Take care of mother's health. Good events to take place at home, which will keep family members cheerful. Artists will get good opportunities.

SUDUKO

There will be delay in getting your works done but work will finally be done to your satisfaction. Avoid interfering in others' personal issues. Though expected money will come, you have to spend for good events to take place at home.

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Entertainment WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

MEMORIAL STATUE

CINE BYTES

Amy Winehouse to be immortalised in bronze?

ate singer Amy Winehouse’s parents are planning to erect a bronze statue of the singer in Camden. The family of the Back To Black star, who died last July after a long battle with alcohol and substance abuse, are in talks with staff at the Roundhouse where the proposed statue would be located. Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse said that the family had initially wanted to place a memorial bench close to her Camden Square home, reported Sun Online. “Amy was in love with Camden but for us, it is a place that we associate with both heartbreak and love, because we loved Amy dearly. We wanted to have a bench in her memory outside her house in Camden Square, but there are so many hoops you have to jump through to do that,” he said. Mitch’s second wife Jane confirmed that the family was now considering placing a statue outside the Chalk Farm Road venue where the singer last performed. “We’re in very early discussions. It wouldn’t go up till at least 2013, but for those who loved Amy’s music and all those who knew her around Camden, it’ll be something very special to remember her by,” Jane said. PTI

Gladiator star rescued by US coast guard

ctor Russell Crowe was rescued by a US Coast Guard boat during the weekend after getting lost during a kayak trip. “Thanks to Seth and the boys from the US Coast Guard for guiding the way... 4 hrs 30 mins, 7m (11.2km),” Crowe posted on Twitter the next morning. Petty ofﬁcer Robert Swieciki said, “He just got a little lost.” PTI

Matt Damon buys new home close to Affleck

he Bourne Identity star Matt Damon and his family are moving west after purchasing a huge pad in California. The 41year-old actor and his wife Luciana Barroso’s new spread is one of the Los Angeles area’s most architecturally desired homes and it’s in the same gated community as friend Ben Afﬂeck’s home, reported Daily Star. PTI

‘No regrets about Transformers films’

ctor Shia LaBeouf says that he has no regrets starring in the Transformers franchise because the success of those movies allowed him to work on projects like Lawless. “Lawless is closer to my own sensibility but I’ve been working on things that you can’t say ‘no’ to, because they’re incredible opportunities, and help to make ﬁlms like this possible,” LaBeouf said. PTI

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

INDIA VS NEW ZEALAND

End to a rough patch Indian cricket is back on track after bumping through a rocky road over the past year and a half. But it is still early to say whether this early success will last for long or not. Twelfth Man Babu Kalyanpur

ndian cricket is back on track after bumping through a rocky road over the past year and a half. It is still early to say whether this early success will last. It may be argued that New Zealand were down in the dumps and the 2-0 victory was a foregone conclusion. But what matters is the way India went about their work to get there. The spine was beginning to show up again. The real test will come when India take on England later in the season. However, India's confidence level has certainly gone up. Refreshingly, it was the new brigade which provided the impetus. The second Test was tough. The New Zealand batsmen finally learnt that aggression is a good method to counter spinners. Inspired by their captain Ross Taylor, New Zealand had one of their better days which set up a tense encounter. Needing 260 to win, India seemed to be on course but lost wickets at crucial intervals. But Virat Kohli and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed calmness under pressure which

was missing earlier. That was a key moment for Indian cricket. Kohli personified the new Indian spirit of cricket. He is finally expressing himself in the longer version of the game. He seems very assured at the crease and has learnt to bide his time and wait for the loose deliveries in contrast to his aggro in the shorter versions. He is the rising star for India. Ravichandran Ashwin used the conditions well and cemented his place in the team. Flighting the ball contributed a lot to his Man of the Series performances.

India's confidence level has certainly gone up. Refreshingly, it was the new brigade which provided the impetus. He was well complemented by Pragyan Ojha who had a productive series. Cheteshwar Pujara came back after a long lay-off and scored a fine hundred. But he needs to eschew the hook shot particularly against England.

Suresh Raina was a disappointment. He has the talent but somehow it does not translate into runs in Tests. Still, he must be persisted with. This may help him sort out his batting. India's most valuable player was Dhoni. He put his hands up whenever his side was in trouble. And batting aggressively helped him to be consistent. This indirectly helped his captaincy and his mind never drifted throughout the series. The biggest disappointment was Sachin Tendulkar. His lack of footwork brought about his

LEAGUE CRICKET A 2 & 3 DIVISION TWO DAY

n Team Speed 114 lost to Kosaraju 118 for 7 n Raju CC 127 lost to HBCC 128 for 1 (Rasheed Ahmed 102) n Mega City 245 (Sai Charan 82,Sameer 7/60) bt Balaji Colts 144 (Sandeep 50) n Saleemnagar 261/5 (Sami Ansari 91) bt Galaxy 214 (A Sekhar 67) n Charminar CC 323 (Abdul Rehman 61, Ravi Chandra 75, Mir Ubaid Ali 64) bt Jai Bhagwathi 212 (Rahul Chouhan 74,Ganapathi Hemanth 92) n Crown CC 275 (Rambabu 64) bt Mega City 203 (K Enosh Krupakar 50, Vignesh 5 for 24) n Brothers XI 181 (Zeeshan Ali Baig 5/67)bt Nizam College

124 (Md Sajjad Ali 5/46) n Vijay Hanuman 273 (Shareef Pathan 91, Sukain 95, Pradeep Naidu 5/29) bt Sultanshahi 228 (Meher Prasad 77) n Raju CC 138 (Md Munnawar Hussain 7/32) lost to Venus Cybertech 140/3 (Krishnand Gupta 52) n Continental 238/6 (GA Shashidhar Reddy 88, P Rohit Reddy 55) bt New Blues 103 A 4 & 9,10 DIVISION TWO DAYS

n HUCC 146 (Md Bin Saleh 53) bt Gowlipura 93 n Col Kumr Acrylic 282 (Md Bin Saleh 65, Samrat Reddy 5/35) bt Vijayanand 112 (Shaik Wajid 58, Md Bin Saleh 5/20, Md Kaleemuddin 5/12)

n WMCC 225/8 (P Srinivas Rao 73) bt Nobel 15 (Goyal 7 for 6) n HCA Academy 84 (Sai Patatrya 5/27) lost to Col Kumar Acrylic 86/1. n Yadav Dairy 242 (Vinith Reddy 108) bt Natraj 91 (Nawaz 51, Bharath Raj 7/36) n Mayura CC 264/8 (Harish Yadav 51, Gopal Jha 78) lost to Kishoresons 265/7 (Rahul Pawar 52, K. Nitin 62) n Boys Town 198/8 (Azmath Khan 89) bt Lal Bahadur 141 (Azmath Khan 5/23) n Secunderabad Club 114 (CV Anand 53) bt MP Sporting 93 (Anoop Singh 5/29) n Agarwal Seniors 294/7 (Ijaz Khan 115 n.o., Ghouse Junaid 57) bt Rushiraj 289/3 (Mohammed 65, Prashant Varma 70 n.o., J. Rahul 58

n.o.) n Kakatiya 104 (Zubair Hussain 5/32) lost to Southern Stars 105/5 n SUCC 175 (Satish Buchi 5/50) bt MP Blues 159 n St Marys 152 (Ranjeet 5/30) lost to United 153 for 7 (Shravan 51) n Tarakarama 103 lost to Manchester 106/3 n AB Colony 73 lost to Sagar XI 76/7 n Green Turf 131 lost to Vijay Bharathi 132/7 n Consult CC 118 (Mahir Vijay Vazir 5/31) lost to St Andrews 119 for no loss (Bhagath Varma 51 n.o.) n All Saints HS 226/8 (Srinath 66, MS Nikhil Naidu 72) lost to Deccan Colts 230/9 (Sandeep 84)

downfall, either bowled or leg before. He seemed rusty more than out of form. But India need not worry yet. The Little Master is sure to get his act together against the Big Boys. A great player like Tendulkar knows when to quit. And the current spotlight on him will not bother him. New Zealand ended the series with some hope. They finally realised that a clicking scoreboard rather than a static one eases pressure. Trent Boult and Tim Southee improved on tour. Doug Bracewell showed all-round capabilities which augers well for the future. Taylor's innings in Bangalore was awesome. He smashed the spinners all over the ground and his innings rubbed off on the lower order. He also captained the side very well and was proactive at all times. New Zealand have a good mixture of experience and youth. Jeetan Patel's fine comeback will provide much needed help to Daniela Vettori when he returns to the side. India can certainly look ahead with optimism. The transition has begun and the young players are almost ready for any challenge. The top of the cricket ladder is a bit shaky at the moment. By getting into the winning habit, India can easily scale it.

n HPS B 127 lost to Mahaveer 130/7 n Bharatiya 73 lost to Satya CC 74/2 n Greenlands 209 (Saiteja 84) lost to HPS R 214/1 (HK Sinha 71 n.o.,Abhirath Reddy 124 n.o.) n Gunrock 326/8 (Rajender 118, Jaikrishna 100, UT Jagan 54) bt AVCC 195/7 (Revanth 52) n St Patricks 175 (Anirudh 57) lost to Sunshine 177/2 (Pradeep 101 n.o., Bharath Bharadwaj 54) n Manikumar 90 lost to ML Jaisimha 91 for no loss. n Natraj 298/9 (Md Mukram Siddiqui 76) bt Sutton 147/6 (Yashwanth Reddy 68) n Shanthi XI 162 (Rajan 50, Anil 73, Rahul Yadav 7/33) lost to Time 166/5.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

PARALYMPICS

TRACK WORK

Oscar returns to defend 100m gold Pistorius, who became a high-profile athelete after he was the first doubleamputee to compete at the ‘12 Games, is out to defend his 100m title. PHIL HAZLEWOOD Agence France-Presse LONDON: South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (right) returns to the track on Wednesday, days after he suffered his first 200m defeat in nine years and complained that his competitors had an unfair advantage. Pistorius, the most highprofile athlete at the London Games after he became the first double-amputee to compete at the Olympics last month, is out to defend his T44 100m title. Organisers have billed the showpiece straight sprint as the race of the competition, with all eight finallists

capable of running under 11secs. The field includes Britain’s Jonnie Peacock, the current world record holder with 10.85sec. Peacock, 19, lost his right leg below-the-knee to meningitis at the age of five, and trains under Dan Pfaff, who coached Canada’s Donovan Bailey to Olympic 100m gold in Atlanta in 1996. Pistorius won the T44 title in Beijing four years ago in a photo finish from his great rival Jerome Singleton of the United States, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intern who won silver in Beijing. But the “Blade Runner” has warned that

winning gold again will be tough because of the progress made in the event

over the last four years — and because it is not his favoured event.

HAVING A BALL

Players seen in action during the polo match between ASC-ARTY and SSC-HPRC, held at the Bison polo grounds in Secunderabad on Tuesday. The difference in the team handicaps saw ASC-ARTY begin the match with half a goal advantage but this did not seem to help N SHIVA KUMAR the side much as they lost the match to SSC-HPRC by five goals to three and a half.

Sheer Genius, Vijays Jet Impress Hyderabad Races TrackWork: Sheer Genius and Vijays Jet were impressed when the horses were excercised here on Wednesday. Sand Track 800Metres: Sheer Genius (rb) 56.5, 600/42.5 Moved well. Pakat Pakat Pakat (Nitin Singh) 57.5, 600/41.5 Urged. Novaya Zemlya (rb) Chemeli (Sai Vashi) 59, 600/45 They moved together. Chayanandan (Nitin Singh) 58.6, 700/44 Moved well. Art Connoisseur (rb) Romantic Champ (Laxman) 1-1, 600/45 They moved together. Twentyfive Pips (Nitin Sing) 55.5, 600/42 Pleased. Perfect (Laxman) 1-0, 600/45 Easy. Vijays Champ (Laxman) 1-3, 600/45 Unextended. Sand Track 1000 Metres: Dauntless (rb) 1-18, 800/1-3, 600/48 Easy. Crimson Look (S.Nayak) Rebut (K.Alam) 1-12,800/56, 600/42 Former finished in front. Da Xia (Ajit Kuart) 117, 800/1-0, 600/46 Easy. Proof (rb) 1-10.5, 800/56.5, 600/43.5 Imrpessed. Original Gladiator (S.Nayak) Girnar (K.Alam) 1-14, 800/57, 600/43 Former finished in front. Sand Track 1200 Metres: Hard Kingdom (K.Alam) Nobel Honour (S.Nayak) 1-28.5, 1000/1-12.5, 800/57.5, 600/43 Former finished in front. Toli Toli Toli (Madhu Babu) 1-26, 1000/1-10.5, 800/57, 600/44 Moved well. Kohinoor Vibrant (Ajit Kumar) 1-34, 1000/118, 800/1-2., 600/48 Easy. Dazzling Prince (Christopher) Any Given Time (Mark) 1-27.5, 1000/1-11, 800/56, 600/42.5 Former finished in front. Kohinoor Supreme (Ajit Kumar) 1-27, 1000/1-10.5, 800/55.6, 600/42.5 Pleased. Sand Track 1400 Metres: Saravagnya (app) Bernabeu (rb) 1-49, 1200/1-33, 1000/1-15, 800/59, 600/43.5 Former finished in front. Monsoon Outer Race Grass 800 Metres: Sprint Saloni (Deep Shanker) 57, 600/43.5 Easy. Monsoon Race Grass 1000 Metres: Nano Splendour (Mark) Khabza (app) 1-13.5, 800/58, 600/43.5 Former finished in front. Incredible India (Ravinder Singh) 1-13, 800/58.5, 600/45 Easy. Inner Strength (N.Rajesh) 1-15, 800/58.5, 600/43.5 Easy. Monsoon Race Grass 1200 Metres: Vijays Conquer (Culhane) 1-21.5, 1000/1-6, 800/52, 600/39 Moved well. Kianoosh (Deep Shanker) Killer Instinct (Culhane) 1-21.5, 1000/1-7.5, 800/54.5, 600/42 Former finished in front. Off Break (Ajit Kumar) 1-28.5, 1000/1-13.5, 800/59, 600/45 Easy. Naughty Gal (Harinder Singh) 1-22, 1000/1-5, 800/51, 600/38 Moved attractively. Rajkumari (Sreekant) 1-23.5, 1000/1-8, 800/54, 600/40 Easy. Monsoon Outer Race Grass 1400 Metres: Vijays Jet (Culhane) Elazzam (Harinder Singh) 1-33, 1200/1-19, 1000/1-5.5, 800/53, 600/39 Former finished in front. Racing Tycoon (Trainer) 1-34, 1200/1-20, 1000/1-7, 800/54, 600/40.5 Moved well. Jaz Elle (Mukesh) Chetak (rb) 1-40.5, 11200/1-23.5, 1000/1-8, 800/55, 600/41 Former finished in front. Architect (Nitin Singh) hard Hit (rb) 1-36.5, 1200/1-20.5, 1000/1-6.5, 800/54, 600/41 Former finished in front.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

US OPEN

Ferrer in last eight, Djokovic frustrated

EMOTIONAL PREDICTION

Novak Djokovic was left a very frustrated player by torrential rains that caused more than six hours to be lost from the programme, severely upsetting the schedule. DAVE JAMES Agencie France-Presse NEW YORK: Spain’s David Ferrer (right) reached his fourth Grand Slam quarter-final of 2012 on Tuesday when he beat Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 in a rain-hit US Open last-16 tie which took over seven hours to complete. Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic only had 10 minutes on court, which allowed him to take a 2-0 lead over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka in his fourth-round match. Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion, who is playing in his last tournament before retirement, was into a first-set tiebreak with 2009 winner Juan Martin Del Potro. Serb eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic was 5-2 up on Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber when play was finally called off for the day at 2130 local time. The chaos meant that

David Ferrer happy to live in shadows Softly-spoken David Ferrer is happy to be the US Open fourth seed nobody mentions, preferring to let his racquet do his talking for him at Flushing Meadows. Ferrer, 30, reached his fourth Grand Slam quarterfinal of 2012 when he beat France’s Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 on Tuesday in a last-16 tie which was spread over seven hours because of two lengthy rain delays.

Djokovic was looking at possibly having to play on four of the remaining five days if he is to retain his title. But with more

rain expected on every day until Saturday, the prospect of the men’s final being played on the third Monday for a fifth succes-

sive year was edging closer. The rain was good news for Ferrer, who was safely into the last eight, and world number one Roger Federer, who hasn’t played since Saturday, having enjoyed a walkover from Mardy Fish in his fourth-round tie. Ferrer is the top-ranked Spaniard here in the absence of the injured Rafael Nadal.

Stosur likes Azarenka but backs Serena NEW YORK: World No 1 Victoria Azarenka is playing well but Olympic and Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is the one to beat for the US Open women’s crown, according to 2011 US Open winner Samantha Stosur. Australian seventh seed Stosur, whose repeat bid ended at the hands of Azarenka in Tuesday’s quarter-finals, shocked Williams in last year’s Arthur Ashe Stadium hardcourt final but sees little hope for such a stunner this year. “Serena, when she’s on, is pretty tough to beat,” Stosur said, adding, “She’s the favourite to go on and win. “She has been playing incredibly.” AFP

Sharapova, Roddick left in limbo For the seventh year in a row, rain has caused major disruptions at the season’s final Grand Slam event. JIM SLATER Agencie France-Presse NEW YORK: More than six hours of rain delays struck at the US Open on Tuesday, rescuing Maria Sharapova from a woeful start, extending Andy Roddick’s career for at least a day and leaving Novak Djokovic in limbo. In the only completed women’s match, top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus shook off a 75-minute rain delay after just 11 minutes to reach a

Maria Sharapova of Russia wraps herself in towels as rain delays play during her women’s singles quarterfinal match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre. AFP

semi-final by beating defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5). “It’s never pleasant to stop the momentum but it was the same for both of us,” Azarenka said. In the only men’s match to be completed, Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer advanced to a quarter-final by defeating France’s R Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4. “The rain made it very difficult,” said Ferrer. “But the fans have been great and I wanted to win it for them.”

Four unfinished singles matches were suspended until Wednesday, with French 11th seed Marion Bartoli leading Russian third seed Sharapova 4-0 until being rescued by the rain that forced them off the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. On the men’s side, defending champion Djokovic, the second seed from Serbia, managed a break for a 2-0 lead over Swiss 18th seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the 10 minutes they were on the court before showers struck. Djokovic, or whoever reaches

the final from his half of the draw except Ferrer, might have to play four of the final five days of the event, provided weather allows for an on-time men’s finish for the first time since 2007. Rain, however, is in the forecast until the weekend. Serbian eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic seized a 5-2 lead on German 19th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber before the last deluge shut down play at about 9pm, 30 minutes before officials suspended resumption to Wednesday.

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ITALY’S DEL PIERO ON BRINK OF SYDNEY SIGNING

SYDNEY: Former Italy and Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero will be unveiled as a Sydney FC player today (Wednesday), Australian media said, in a deal worth Aus$2.0 million (US$2.04 million) for a six-month contract. The signing was denied by Piero’s camp earlier.

WC PREPARATION

PAY AS YOU PLAY

Alonso for automatic World Cup qualification MADRID: Defending World Cup holders should qualify automatically for the next competition, Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso (right), part of the Spain squad that won the 2010 tournament, said on Tuesday. “Logically, as in many competitions and sports, the champion has the right to defend their title. FIFA does not allow for it but I think it is sufficiently important and fair that the winner have the right to qualify,” he told a news conference ahead of Spain’s friendly Friday against Saudi Arabia. In making the changes to the rules, football world governing body FIFA argued that the four years between competitions was a long time for any team to retain its strength. After taking on Saudi Arabia in Pontevedra in northeastern Spain, the 2008 and 2012 European champions will face Georgia in Tbilisi on September 11 in their opening qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup

Half of Brazil World Cup stadiums half done BRASILIA: Less than two years before the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil, half of the 12 host stadiums are at least 50 per cent completed, the sports ministry said on Tuesday. Work on Rio’s iconic Maracana stadium, which will host the World Cup ﬁnal, is 62 per cent completed, according to a progress review posted on the government’s ofﬁcial World Cup page. Venues in Brasilia and the northeastern city of Salvador are more than 70 per cent completed. But the arena in the northeast city of Natal is only 30 per cent done and work on the stadium in the southern city of Porto Alegre is just 33 per cent completed.

World Cup holders stopped getting automatic entry in the next competition at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

in Brazil. “I think many of us are in a fortunate position where we are part of a group that has made history, but we are aware of the future that lies ahead. We don’t want to rest on our laurels,” said Alonso.

It was actually a series of family tragedies that helped put life into perspective for Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe.

golden opportunity to stake his claim for more regular international action if he can deliver a

LONDON: Former England striker Michael Owen (above) has joined Stoke City on a free transfer, subject to Premier League Board approval, the club announced Tuesday. Owen, who made his name at Liverpool before joining Real Madrid, has signed a one-year deal following his release from Stoke’s Premier League rivals Manchester United at the end of last season. He has enjoyed an impressive career, scoring 221 goals in 473 appearances. But the 32-year-old’s career has been blighted by a series of injury problems and he has started just one Premier League match in the last two seasons. And it is that fitness record which has led to reports, still to be confirmed by Stoke, that he has signed on a pay-as-you play deal.

Koo to miss qualifier

Tragedy changed Defoe STEVE GRIFFITHS Agencie France-Presse

Owen signs for Stoke

WORLD CUP MISS

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

LONDON: At any other time in his career, Jermain Defoe (right) would be a nervous wreck this week as he waits to discover if he will be selected to lead England’s attack against Moldova, but a heart-breaking series of family tragedies have given the Tottenham striker a new perspective on life. With Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll ruled out through injury, Spurs striker Defoe has a

goal-scoring display in Friday’s opening World Cup qualifier. The 29-year-old is competing with Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge for a place in Roy Hodgson’s starting line-up and, for someone who has always treated football as by far the most important thing in his life, in the past Defoe would have been shattered if he doesn’t get the nod. But not anymore. A devastating sequence of deaths in his family has made Defoe realise that there are far more important things in life than football.

Defoe’s father Jimmy died of throat cancer just before the start of Euro 2012 and he flew home from England’s base in Poland to attend the funeral before returning to the tournament. As if that wasn’t enough heartache for Defoe to cope with, he then learned while he was on holiday after the Euros that his 20-year-old cousin Hannah had been electrocuted as she dived into a hotel pool on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. Those two tragic incidents hit Defoe especially hard.

SEOUL: Germany-based midfielder Koo Ja-Cheol will miss South Korea’s World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan next week because of an injured ankle, sports officials said today (Wednesday). The Korea Football Association said the Augsburg player, 23, was not included in the squad that left for Tashkent on Tuesday. South Korea, top of Asian qualifying Group A after beating Qatar 4-1 and Lebanon 3-0, take on the Uzbeks next Tuesday. Uzbekistan have only one point from two games. Koo’s agent said he had sustained an injury to his right ankle in a league game against Schalke 04 on Saturday. Koo, who captained South Korea’s Olympic team to a bronze medal in London, moved to Augsburg on loan from Wolfsburg earlier this year.