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Refinery comes under cloud U Srinivas srinivas.u@postnoon.com
HYDERABAD: With the pompous signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the State government with Amerind Petroleum Private Limited to relocate a petroleum refinery project at a cost of Rs 11,136 crore coming under cloud, the government authorities began playing it safe and the company is putting out a strong defence. The State government signed an MoU in the presence of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on November 17 for the establishment of the refinery in the PCPIR (Petro Chemical and Petroleum Investment Region) between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada. However, environmentalist and former government of India secretary EAS Sarma raised a bogey against the proposed deal doubting the credentials of the company and its antecedents in oil refinery. They sought to know as to why there was no bidding while awarding such a huge project. They also asserted that it could cause huge pollution in the region. A closed unit from America is being shifted to Andhra Pradesh and APIIC
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is involved in the project. However, principal secretary of industries TS Appa Rao said that the government had not given any land so far. Asked if the project was fake, he asserted that no decision was taken so far and the government would not give any land. He said that the government did not announce the allotment of land either. He pointed out that the company sought 700 acres for the project. Promoter Syed Badruddin said, “This is very common in India. People start talking
against anything that is coming up. I am not taking a single pie from India. The US government and EXIM bank are financing this project. Why will they agree, if it is not a viable project? Some people, without verifying the facts, are talking whatever they want.” “It is a working plant. There will be no pollution from this industry. I am assuring you. If the government here cannot provide the land, I will take it at the market price. There is nothing to worry about. It is a good plant. We will be able to relocate it. There is no doubt
about it,” he added. He went on to explain, “If I have to set up a new plant, it will cost me around Rs 16,000 crore which is expensive. But relocation will be cheaper.” As soon as the deal was announced, doubts were raised on the credibility, as some questions could not be answered. The minister for Major Industries J Geeta Reddy had to wind up the press meet saying that they had enough questions. The State government tried to showcase the project as one if its largest catch on the industrial front. It was announced that the project could provide employment to 55,000 people directly. The authorities claimed that the project would contribute over Rs 15,544 crore annually by way of excise, sales tax, state surcharge to the State and Central governments. Out of this, sales tax and state surcharge payable to the state government works out to more than Rs 7,122 crore annually. The project, in its second phase, will be expanded to a total refining capacity of 15 million tonnes per annum along with an additional project of petro chemicals complex costing Rs 8,611 crore.
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hile the Telangana issue had put paid to Andhra Pradesh’s representation in the last year’s Republic Day parade at New Delhi, even this year the State failed to get a chance to participate in the Republic day celebrations at Delhi on January 26, 2012. According to sources, the panel of experts rejected the options given by the State representatives again. The State government had submitted four themes to be represented at the Republic Day parade. One of them highlighted and focussed for the selections was Sankranthi celebrations. Sources in the State information and public relations department told Postnoon that this year also they could not qualify for the R-Day parade. They are hopeful that they
may get a call in December for the second meeting. A panel of experts rejected the AP tableau citing the reasons that it did not represent the culture of the entire State. Some of the officers involved in this programme opined that there was no proper lobbying from our side. Last year the government had submitted four themes for the Republic Day parade:
Charminar, Bonalu, Ghusadi dance by Gond tribals of Adilabad and Etikoppaka dance from Vishakapatnam. This year the panel opined that it was not representative of the general culture of the State. Although no reason was mentioned in the refusal, sources in New Delhi told the State government informally that the Centre did not want to
add to the heightened tension in the State. In 2010, Lambada was the subject sent by the State, however, was rejected by the panel. According to some sources, the issue was not up to the standard, while others said it was rejected because the entry was published after the deadline. AP in 2009 presented the Annamayya theme and it was dubbed as Reflection and representation of the Rayalaseema region. Trying to downplay its disappointment, State government sources said the Stateentry was rejected perhaps because there is no representation from AP in the selection and screening committee. “Big fabrication contractors influence these committees in order to boost their business. If the State had a representative in the committee, it could have got us the representation,” opined one of the officials from Andhra.
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Students who took part in the Aiesec Deccan event Sudeshna Koka sudeshna.k@postnoon.com
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t’s a small world after all! Aiesec Deccan (professional organisation of highly motivated students) celebrated the coming together of diverse cultures from various countries to create a pot pourri of multiple cultures at a City mall yesterday. Twenty diverse international interns were present at the event who are currently on international circuits — with various companies, NGO’s, and schools in the City via the AIESEC exchange programme. The interns had put up various stalls representing their respective countries. There were stalls that included global cuisines that were decorated with posters. They gave out souvenirs to the people who had come to the event. They interacted with the people explaining their cultural exchange experience all the while painting people’s faces with their country’s flag. Other events also included international games, quiz competitions and global music. The core aim of the event was to promote cultural sensitivity and awareness about different countries amidst the four thousand people that attended the event. “We have students from Egypt, Russia, Poland, Indonesia, Afghanistan and many more. This was an amazing platform for a two way interaction between these 20 international students and Indian students and in some cases parents too,” says Sakina Hamza, vice president, Aiesec Deccan.
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he 17th International Children's Film Festival came to a close on Sunday with a colourful valedictory ceremony. Iranian film Alafzar bagged the 'Golden Elephant' for the best feature film in the international category. Among Indian films, it was Chillar Party that walked away with the honours. About 1,75,000 children across the country and the world watched films, attended workshops and interacted with filmmakers.
It’s raining media meets at Secretariat T Postnoon News
he media lounge located in front of C Block (Chief Minister's block) at the State Secretariat has turned into a studio these days. Apart from the Ministers, MPs and MLAs who come to meet the CM, and even chota netas, too barge into the lounge and start waxing eloquently about their meeting. Interestingly, in some instances the groups who have come to the C block to deliver a memorandum to the office of the CM too “address the media” as if they discussed the matter with the CM in detail! For the record, it was Kiran
Kumar Reddy who, as Speaker, removed the media point from the Assembly lobby as it had turned into a governmentbashing spot. According to norms, one should be at least an MLA to address the media in front of the C block. Or there should be suffi-
cient reasons such as leaders who discussed a public interest matter with the CM wanted to explain it to the media. But there exist no rules today. Anybody walks in and ask the cameraman to switch on and start firing. The situation has become so ridiculous
that some ministers who have chambers and conference halls to address the media also use the lounge for the purpose. There is also an attractive financial consideration for this culture to develop. The host gets air space or print space all for free. There is another media spot where non-working journalists gather. It is also used as a passage to enter the D block . Some newspapers and a TV are also arranged here where some retired journalists spend their time. There are instances where some of them stay late in the night also. Some of them are seen relaxing and also sleeping here from time to time.
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Hyper Local T-stir not against Seemandhra people, says Ramaiah HYDERABAD: MLC Chukka Ramaiah on Sunday made it clear that the ongoing Telangana agitation was not against the people of the Seemandhra region but only against the rulers of that region. Speaking at his ‘Vekuva Pilupulu’ book release function here, Ramaiah made it clear that he was always a Telangana activist and a Communist and he would continue to be so till his last breath. Senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya said that political leaders should follow Ramaiah’s foot-steps to serve the poor people. Telangana Praja Front chairman and noted balladeer Gaddar said that Ramaiah was spreading knowledge among the poor people, who were not getting it hitherto. Stating that the Telangana agitation was a democratic movement, he exuded confidence that the goal would materialise soon. CPI-M leader Y Venkateswarlu said that he was participating in the Telangana agitation to solve people’s problems. He said that Ramaiah was providing knowledge to the society with common language.
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elugu Desham Party is determined to move a no-trust motion if not for defeating the Congress but for exposing the Opposition ranks who “make double-talks” against the government or Telangana. TDP senior leader Yerrannaidu yesterday lashed out at critics saying that some political leaders were speaking “shamelessly” on the futility of a no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. NTR Bhavan, Yerran said that his party would definitely table a no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the ensuing winter session of Assembly slated to begin from December 1. Then the fact would come out as who were the real culprits and
traitors, he added. “It would be known whether those who were bragging that they would pull down the government would keep their word”. He also claimed that the Jagan group legislators were returning to the Congress party as they
were not able to organise agitations on the burning problems of the people. The TDP leader also alleged that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has lost control over the officials and his cabinet colleagues. In that case, what is the use of holding the much-trumpeted Rachchabanda programme when the applications received from the people were being thrown into dust bin, he asked. Pointing out that the Health Minister had openly admitted the failure of the government hospitals in the State, he charged that Kiran Kumar Reddy was the first CM, who imposed the highest taxes in the country. He also charged the CM with outshining even late chief minister YSR in squandering public money on his publicity blitzkrieg.
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Telangana meted out gross injustice, says Harish Rao MEDAK: Senior TRS leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao has said that the Telangana region was meted out gross injustice in the Jalayagnam programme. Speaking to mediapersons on Sunday, Harish alleged that the government was distributing worm-infested rice to the people under the muchtrumpeted Re one-a-kg programme and asked how the poor could consume such rotten rice. He also dismissed the new rice scheme as a farce by the Congress government. Alleging that the government was diverting the funds meant for the welfare of SCs and STs, he demanded that the government constitute a special board for their welfare. He also demanded that the State government take steps to establish Girijan University in the Telangana region. The TRS leader added that his party would extend support to the no-confidence motion if the TDP tabled it. He felt that if the Telangana ministers and Congress legislators of the region backed the notrust motion, the Centre would concede to a separate Telangana.
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HYDERABAD: BJP senior leader Bandaru Dattatreya has alleged that both the Central and State governments were adopting a lackadaisical attitude towards farmers’ problems despite severe drought prevailing in the State. Talking to the media on Sunday, the former Union minister said that over 800 mandals in the State were in the grip of a drought and farmers were wailing. Added to this, they were not getting remunerative prices for their produce, he lamented. Demanding an all-party meeting, Dattatreya said that the Kiran Kumar Reddy government should wake up from deep slumber. He also demanded that the government immediately release a Rs 1,000-crore package to help the farmers recover. He asked the government to announce compensation of Rs 20,000 for cotton and Rs 10,000 for paddy per acre. He also demanded that the crop loans be immediately scrapped.
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Delhi govt orders probe into blaze NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has ordered a thorough investigation into the fire incident in East Delhi in which 14 people were killed and 36 others suffered injuries. Health minister AK Walia said deputy commissioner (revenue) of East Delhi JP Sharma has been asked to investigate the incident and file a report to the government at the earliest. As many as 2,000 to 2,500 people were understood to have been present inside the community centre when the tent burst into flames, police said. The tents erected on the grounds of the community hall were completely gutted. As the fire spread, people ran helter-skelter searching for a safe area but many got trapped in the fire and lost their lives, police said. Officials said the chief minister has directed the health department to offer best medical treatment to those injured in the incident. Walia, himself a doctor, visited GTB hospital in East Delhi and personally
monitored the treatment of those injured in the blaze which engulfed a congregation of eunuchs at a community centre in Nand Nagri. Walia said 11 people were brought dead to the GTB hospital and 31 are now under treatment, out of which one is critical. He said as per preliminary report short circuit triggered the blaze. The enquiry committee has been specifically told to find out those responsible for the incident. A formal notification ordering the probe and compensation will be issued today. The approach road to the park was narrow, which hampered rescue operations as the big fire tenders could not reach the spot to fight the blaze. However, smaller fire tenders were able to get in and battle the flames. Fire department officials said the organisers had not taken permission from the department. The Delhi Police has registered a case against unknown persons for causing death due to negliIANS gence.
Powerful quake rocks northeast GUWAHATI: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked India’s northeast, Myanmar and Bangladesh today morning, triggering panic among people. The tremor was felt at 8.47am in most parts of Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur, besides in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The epicentre was located in Myanmar,
about 130km east of Imphal, the website of US Geological Survey said. Seven northeastern states — Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur — are considered by seismologists to be the sixth most earthquake-prone belt in the world. IANS
Congress leadership weak: BJP NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Sunday accused the Congress-led government of suffering from a leadership crisis and trying to malign the opposition. “This government has a leadership crisis, it has lost its credibility. It is the most corrupt government since Independence,” Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, said in his address at the Ramlila ground on the conclusion of party leader LK Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra. “They are now trying to hide their corruption and malign the opposition for it. In cash-for-votes (scam), the judiciary and the people ask why the MPs,
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utted tents, slippers and other articles strewn all over — this was the scene at the community centre where 14 eunuchs lost their lives in a fire incident tonight. Loud cries of people, who lost their friends and loved ones, resonated the bylane in Nand Nagri after a major fire swept through the community hall leaving 14 dead and 40 others injured. The eunuchs, who converge here every year for their festival, were an agitated lot and vented their anger on media and even at fire and police personnel, who were involved in rescue operations. Hundreds of eunuchs, who were rescued from the blaze, were seated outside the venue and some were inconsolable as they lost their friends in the fire incident.
“What will I do now? I have lost everything... My close friend is no more. Who will support me now?” one rescued person, who did not want to be identified, said. The rescued eunuchs were sent to a nearby park with their belongings and arrangements had been made to provide them food. They were seen shouting and raising slogans. Despite requests by the authorities urging them to move to the park, they did not budge. The scene at the GTB hospital, where the injured were admitted following the incident, was almost the same with many of the eunuchs not allowing the media to photograph them. “What have you people got to do with it now? Our friends are dead.. go away,” said PTI one person.
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UP Cabinet clears Maya’s divide and rule proposal LUCKNOW: In a move that Chief Minister Mayawati said was inspired by BR Ambedkar, the UP Cabinet on Tuesday decided to divide the state into four: Purvanchal, Pashchim Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh. While Mayawati had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue, her Cabinet took a formal decision to take it up as a resolution in the State Assembly during the Winter Session beginning today. “We will get a resolution passed by the Assembly to divide the state into four smaller states during the coming Winter Session,” Mayawati said at a press conference here. After the resolution was passed by the Assembly, it would be sent to the Central government that would be required to table it before Parliament where it would have to be passed, Mayawati said. Explaining the rationale behind the move, she added: “As we all know, UP is the country’s most populous State with the population shooting up to nearly 20 crore, which means that 16 per cent of the country’s population lives. It also has a gigantic area of 2,40,000 sq km and that is what makes it
Pranab dismisses Hazare’s recipe of right to recall, reject KOLKATA: Anna Hazare’s demand for right to recall elected representatives and reject candidates is not feasible in a huge country like India, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said and claimed that the provision, if implemented, would only create political instability. Without taking Hazare’s name, Mukherjee said, “India is the largest functional democracy in the world with over 122 crore population and each Lok Sabha MP has an average electorate of 15 lakh. Under such circumstances, I do not know if such a demand is feasible.”
“If implemented, it will create political instability in the country,” he observed. Mukherjee was addressing a panchayati raj conference here organised by the West Bengal Pradesh Congress. Soon after he had ended his
12-day fast on the Lokpal issue, Hazare had said his fight would now be for the right to recall elected representatives and right to reject candidates as part of electoral reforms. Shakeel Ahmed, AICC general secretary in-charge of West Bengal, alleged in his speech that Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev were trying to divide the country. “In 1977, the same had been tried by making false allegations against Indira Gandhi and then again in 1989, the BJP had tried to divide the country over the Ram Janmabhumi Babri Masjid issue,” he claimed. PTI
unwieldy.” Only a division can solve the problems and remove the inherent imbalances, the chief minister said. “The move would fulfil the much-awaited aspirations of the people living in each of the regions that have suffered on account of neglect and apathy of successive governments — either led by the Congress or the BJP.” Accusing national governments of apathy towards her State, Mayawati said: “Even though UP had given the maximum number of prime minis-
ters to the country, none cared to do something concrete for appropriate development of the state.” She claimed that hers was the only government that had shown sincere interest in comprehensive development. “Soon after we came to power on our own strength in 2007, I not only wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a special economic package of Rs80,000 crore for the development of the backward regions of Purvanchal and Bundelkhand but also met him personally — to no avail.” IANS
Early polls in UP? T he Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reduced the duration of the Winter Session of the State Assembly, scheduled to start on Monday, fuelling rumours that the chief minister may dissolve the assembly and push for mid-term polls in the politically-crucial state. In an all party meeting on Sunday, parliamentary affairs minister Lalji Verma said the house will have two sittings in the Winter session, instead of
the earlier decided duration of over a week. The move comes close on the heels of the Samajwadi Party and the BJP mulling to move a no-confidence motion against the government. Shivpal Singh Yadav, leader of the Opposition and senior Samajwadi Party leader, said, “The CM may dissolve the House. But before she forces mid-term polls, we will try to prove that she is heading a minority government.”
Congress rubbishes Advani charge on black money NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday rubbished senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani’s charge that the United Progressive Alliance government lacked the political will to bring back black money stashed abroad. “It is ironical those who did nothing to bring back black money despite being in power for six years are blaming the Congress-led UPA government which has done everything on the issue,” minister of state for parliamentary affairs Rajiv Shukla told reporters. Concluding his 40-day Jan Chetna Yarta against corrup-
tion at the Ramlila ground here on Sunday, Advani said the UPA government lacks the political will to curb corruption and bring back black money of Indians stashed IANS abroad.
Around the World
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Universally fresh
Suu Kyi to stand for elections for the first time
Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 91st anniversary of National Day at the National League for Democracy party headquarters in Yangon on Saturday
YANGON: Myanmar’s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi plans to run in upcoming byelections, her spokesman said on Monday, days after her party decided to rejoin the official political arena. The National League for Democracy’s (NLD) move on Friday to end its boycott of the political process came on the same day the military-dominated government received a seal of approval from Washington for a string of nascent reforms. “Daw Suu said she intends to take part in the election,” Nyan Win, spokesman for the NLD, told AFP. Daw is a term of
respect in Myanmar. Suu Kyi hinted that she would stand for office at a meeting of party delegates on Friday, when they decided to re-register as a political party and contest elections after boycotting last year’s vote — Myanmar’s first in 20 years. After speaking directly to Nobel laureate Suu Kyi for the first time, in a call from Air Force One, US President Barack Obama said Hillary Clinton would next month become the first US secretary of state to visit Myanmar for 50 years. Attending an Asian summit in Indonesia, Obama said
Clinton’s December 1-2 trip was designed to stoke ‘flickers’ of democratic reform in a country that for decades has been blighted by military rule and international isolation. The NLD won a landslide victory in polls in 1990 but the then-ruling junta never allowed the party to take power. Suu Kyi, although a figurehead for the campaign, was under house arrest at the time. Myanmar’s next election was not held until November last year, and the NLD boycotted it - mainly because of rules that would have forced it to expel imprisoned members. Suu Kyi
was again under house arrest. Although the election was widely criticised as a sham, Myanmar’s military rulers gave way to a nominally civilian administration which released Suu Kyi from years in detention and has since made a surprising series of conciliatory gestures. In developments Suu Kyi has described as encouraging, it has passed a law giving workers the right to strike, stopped work on an unpopular mega dam, released about 200 political prisoners and held direct talks with her. As a reward for such moves, Myanmar last week won Southeast Asia’s approval to chair the regional bloc in 2014 — despite some concerns that such a diplomatic prize was premature. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he would also visit Myanmar as soon as possible to encourage reforms. Analysts say the return of the NLD would add to the legitimacy of the army-backed government, which is seeking to end its global isolation — but would also increase the relevance of the popular but long-excluded Suu Kyi. After spending 15 of the past 22 years in detention, the 66year-old told her party on Friday that they should contest all the seats available in by-elections and had implied that she would run herself.
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Pepper spraying California cops on leave WASHINGTON: After a video of two police officers pepper-spraying non-violent protesters at pointblank range sparked nationwide outrage, the University of California at Davis has placed them on administrative leave. Friday’s incident has led to calls for the resignation of University Chancellor Linda Katehi, who announced the action in a written statement on Sunday saying she shares the outrage of students and was deeply saddened by the use of the chemical irritant by campus police. Most of the protesters had their heads down as a campus police officer walked down the line, spraying them in their faces in a sweeping motion.
‘Lone wolf’ terror plotter arrested in NY NEW YORK: A ‘lone wolf’ Al Qaeda sympathiser who plotted to bomb police cars and postal facilities in Manhattan as also US soldiers was arrested as he was preparing to create working explosives, officials said. Jose Pimentel, 27, described as a ‘lone wolf’ with no ties to international groups, planned to carry out a one-man terror spree in retaliation for the US killing of Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in September, according to the Police Commissioner. His intended targets were US military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as US postal facilities and police in NY.
Gaddafi son: From riches to rags T
he chic black sweater and jeans were gone. So too the combat khaki T-shirt of his televised last stand in Tripoli. Designer stubble had become bushy black beard after months on the run. But the rimless glasses, framing those piercing eyes above that straight fine nose, gave him away despite the flowing nomad robes held close across his face. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, doctor of the London School of Economics, one-time reformer turned scourge of the rebels against his dictator father, was now a prisoner, bundled aboard an old Libyan air force transport plane near the oil-drilling out-
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is seen sitting in a plane in Zintan
post of Obari, deep in the Sahara desert. A reporter aboard the flight approached the 39-year-old prisoner as he huddled on a bench at the rear of the growling, Soviet-era Antonov. The man who held court to the world’s media in the early months of the Arab Spring was now on a 90minute flight bound for the town of Zintan near Tripoli. He sat frowning, silent and seemingly lost in thought for part of the way, nursing his right hand, bandaged around the thumb and two fingers. At other times he chatted calmly with his captors and even posed for a picture.
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT Gaddafi’s run had come to an end just a few hours earlier, at dead of night on a desert track, as he and a handful of trusted companions tried to thread their way through patrols of former rebel fighters intent on blocking their escape over the border. “At the beginning he was very scared. He thought we would kill him,” said Ahmed Ammar, one of the 15 fighters who captured Gaddafi. The fighters, from Zintan’s Khaled bin al-Waleed Brigade, intercepted the fugitives’ two 4x4 vehicles 40 miles out in the desert.
Special
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Maroon 5 pose in the press room with their Best Pop/Rock Duo Album
Bruno Mars poses with his Best Pop/Rock Male Artist Award
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Singers Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift, golden girl of AMA
Singer Katy Perry
Jennifer Lopez poses with her Best Latin Music Artist award
Nicki Minaj poses in the press room after winning Best Rap Hip-Hop Album and Artist Award
Lady Antebellum poses with the Best Country Band/Group/Duo Artist award
LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift was the big winner on Sunday at the American Music Awards, taking three gongs including Artist of the Year, while Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber left empty-handed. Bieber, who was last year’s big winner at the AMAs, sang a song from his Christmas-themed album ‘Under the Mistletoe,’ but failed to win in the only category in which he was shortlisted, for best pop/rock male artist. Other winners included Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Adele. Swift won best female artist and best album for ‘Speak Now’ in the country music category, while the best group went to Lady Antebellum, who won the prize last year and went on to become the big winners at this year’s Grammys. In the soul/R&B category, best female artist went to Beyonce — who sent her thanks by video message from New York, while Usher bagged best male artist. Rihanna, who also sent her regards by message, won soul/R&B best album for ‘Loud.’ Nicki Minaj meanwhile beat Lil Wayne and Kanye West to win best rap/hip-hop artist, her first AMA — and then quickly won her second, for best rap/hip-hop album for ‘Pink Friday.’ Best new artist went to Hot Chelle Rae, who have already had a hit with ‘Tonight Tonight’. On the Latin front, Jennifer Lopez took the top prize against a shortlist which also included Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias — and thanked everyone in English and Spanish. Californian girl Katy Perry, who performed dressed in pink strumming a pink guitar, seemed surprised when given a special award, for the first artist to have five number one singles from the same album.
This year’s big winner, Taylor Swift
Business
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Matters of saving and spending
Dollar inching towards MUMBAI: The Indian rupee was down by 44 paise at Rs 51.78 per US dollar in early trade today due to the pull-out of foreign capital from the equity market amid persistent dollar demand from banks and importers despite weakness of the American currency overseas. The rupee resumed lower at Rs 51.43/44 per dollar on the Interbank Foreign Exchange, as against its previous close of Rs 51.34/35 per dollar last week, and declined further to Rs 51.78 per dollar before quoting at Rs 51.73/74 per dollar at 1030 hours. The domestic currency moved in a range between Rs 51.43 and Rs 51.78 per dollar during morning deals.
In the Sydney market, the dollar lost ground against the yen and euro in early trade as investors’ tweaked their positions on global debt concerns and reports that US lawmakers will soon announce that negotiations on a deficit-reduction package have failed. The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled by over 191 points in opening trade today as mounting worries about slowing growth and sluggish policy initiatives amid lingering uncertainty over the euro zone debt crisis prompted investors to reduce their exposure. The 30-share index, which has lost 1,198.02 points over the past seven sessions, fell further by 191.22 points, or 1.16 per
cent, to 16,180.29 in the first five minutes of trade on Monday. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index declined by 58.25 points, or 1.18 per cent,
Market@noon BSE 16,177.81 NSE 4,848.80 Gold 24k : 10g Silver 1kg Dollar $ Pound £
193.70 57.00 `28,900 `55,400 `51.69 `81.41
to 4,847.55. Stocks of metal, refinery, auto, banking, consumer durable and realty companies remained under selling
pressure and were mainly responsible for the Sensex’s decline. The trading sentiment in the domestic market was bearish amid a weak trend in the Asia region driven by the deepening euro zone crisis, market analysts said. They said concern that a steep rise in the inflation rate might hurt economic growth, which has pulled down infrastructure and banking stocks in recent weeks, also contributed to the lower opening in the stock market. Meanwhile, in the Asia region, Japan’s Nikkei Index fell by 0.21 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down by 1.86 per cent in early trade on Monday.
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Comprehensive agricultural policy sought
HYDERABAD: FICCI chairperson of Andhra Pradesh chapter Sangeetha Reddy said on Monday that there was a need for a definite policy on Agriculture. Sangeetha was talking at the Food Fest 360, an international conference-cum-exhibition on agribusiness and food processingorganised here. She felt that about 90 per cent of the agriculture produce was going waste as there were no proper storage facilities. She stressed the need for a holistic approach for the development of agriculture and also on the storage front. She pointed out that proper storage facilities would enhance revenue to the State. Chief Executive of ITC Agri business division Shiva kumar, Chairman of Nagarjuna Chemicals and Fertilisers K S Raju , Director-General of Icrisat Dr William Dar also participated in the meeting.
BSE proposes to widen investor base Postnoon News
HYDERABAD: Only two per cent of the Indian population is participating in the capital markets, while the remaining are shying away. Why? A typical Indian household’s balance sheet consists of investments into gold, real estate, fixed deposits, insurance and other things, if they have that investible extra money. But spend in stock markets don’t figure as a priority to them, according to Madhu Kannan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Addressing the first year students of management at the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), here on Sunday he
MD and CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange Madhu Kannan interacted with students of IMT near Shamshabad said: “We need to look at costeffective entry barrier for more
brokers/members to enter BSE. Then only we can spread
investment culture in India.” More than 90 per cent of Indian population was interested in risk-free investment. They didn’t want to deploy their hard earned money in stock markets, whereas in USA, 90 per cent of population did invest in stocks. Indian economy was growing faster than ever before and several companies were starting their operations. The companies needed financial resources, which could come from equity markets. It was the dire need to connect people so that the exchange was a platform that would provide cost-effective solutions to raise funds. “We are more of retail in nature. The active investors who contribute and become part of the BSE come from only two
states—Gujarat and Maharashtra. So the reach of BSE should be much more. Kannan said that mobile phone penetration could be used for expanding the investor base of capital markets and the financial products needed to be distributed like FMCG. There was a need to create a financial infrastructure platform. He also emphasised the need for training in financial sector to open a lot of opportunities to young entrepreneurs. Fielding questions, he said time was not ripe for bringing in all 23 stock exchanges in the country under one umbrella. It might take another five years to happen, he said, and added that some of them were non-functional. It would cost at least Rs. 100 crore to establish a new exchange.
Play Field
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
A critical look at games and players
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reg Norman’s International side started strongly as they looked to mount an unlikely comeback after heading into the final day’s singles trailing 139, but the Americans’ strength in the bottom half of the line-up ensured they clinched a fourth straight victory in the competition. Jim Furyk maintained his perfect record for the week with his fifth win by beating South African Ernie Els 4&3 before Woods, who opened his account in Saturday’s foursomes, claimed the clinching point with a 4&3 triumph over Australian Aaron Baddeley.
On the putting green. I was listening to this dude behind me [Stricker] giving me a putting tip about releasing the blade a little bit Woods, a controversial wild card pick by USA captain Fred Couples, was pleased with the way he played all week and credited teammate Steve Stricker for the improvement in his putting. “It does feel good,” the 14-time major champion said on Sky Sports 1 after his
victory. “I was hoping it wouldn’t come down to my point. I was hoping Stricks and I could take a victory lap back here but we didn’t get off to a good start early. “I was saying on the range it was going to come down to probably the last four matches and we needed to get our points so we went out there and played really well today. I played well all week. Unfor tunately I just didn’t make putts. I hit putts well but they weren’t going in over the first three days, the first four matches.” Asked where it had come good, he replied, “On the putting green. I was listening
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to this dude behind me [Stricker] giving me a putting tip about releasing the blade a little bit. Whatever he says about putting, I’m going to listen to.” Norman was disappointed but proud of his team. He said, “Obviously I feel for the guys. They came here full of enthusiasm. “We did the right thing the way we loaded it up at the start of play and the guys stepped up to the plate. “I’m really proud of them for doing that. We really put a little bit of fear into the Americans. But the Americans had too much horsepower and putted really well.” EVENING STANDARD
USA retain Presidents Cup Tiger Woods secured the decisive point as the United States retained the Presidents Cup against the International team at Royal Melbourne
Mancini demands improvement Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has warned his players they will have to improve if they are to get anything out of Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Naples
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ity take on Napoli, knowing they must win in order to seal a place in the knockout phase and avoid a nervous last-day encounter with Bayern Munich. They warmed up with a decent 3-1 win over Newcastle, which ended the Magpies’ unbeaten record and maintained their own advantage at the top of the Barclays Premier League. However, despite a couple of penalties from Mario Balotelli and Sergio Aguero either side of a Micah Richards
effort, Mancini still found room for complaint and he said: “I know what we can find more in Naples. Naples this season are
The rest is down to him and he is doing very well playing very well at home. If we want to win in Naples, we should play better than we did this afternoon.” Still, City came out on top by adding another three goals to
their impressive tally, with Balotelli and Aguero taking their seasonal tallies to eight and 11 respectively. It is a measure of Mancini’s new-found confidence in Balotelli that he allowed him to take City’s first penalty, after Ryan Taylor had handled Yaya Toure’s shot. “With the penalties, Mario is fabulous,” he said. “It is impossible that he misses. I don’t know why. He shoots very well. “Mario is a very important player for us. He is a great play-
er and is getting better and better. “I am trying to help him because I don’t want him to waste his talent and to make sure he can become the player he can become. “The rest is down to him and he is doing very well.” City are yet to drop a point on home soil this season and, despite Mancini’s concerns, look well placed to come through a difficult week that concludes with a trip to Liverpool next Sunday. EVENING STANDARD
Play Field
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
A critical look at games and players
Johnson seals Liverpool win
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len Johnson scored a sensational late winner to earn Liverpool three vital Barclays Premier League points as his side recorded a 2-1 victory at his old club Chelsea. Former Blues full-back Johnson netted a brilliant solo effort to inflict his old side's third defeat in four league matches and leave both teams 12 points behind league leaders Manchester City. Each committed defensive errors to concede earlier goals, with Maxi Rodriguez giving Liverpool a half-time lead on his first league start of the season and substitute Daniel Sturridge equalising shortly after the break. With Chelsea's title bid threatening to unravel entirely, manager Andre Villas-Boas hauled off Mikel for Sturridge
at half-time and the substitution paid dividends in the 55th minute. Malouda was allowed to advance into the box and his cross-cum-shot was tapped home by Sturridge. A wonder-save from Jose Reina stopped Ivanovic glancing home Didier Drogba's freekick two minutes later as Chelsea continued to dominate. Liverpool visitors missed a great chance when Dirk Kuyt dragged wide after good work down the right from substitute Jordan Henderson before Johnson produced one of the goals of the season to win it three minutes from time. The full-back brought down Adam's pinpoint crossfield ball superbly, nutmegged Ashley Cole, and drove goalward before slotting into the corner.
Aussies Mohun Bagan get past push to East Bengal 1-0 in I-league level SA series H
alf-centuries from Usman Khawaja and Ricky Ponting combined with a six-wicket haul by debutant Pat Cummins gave Australia hope of winning the second Test against South Africa following an enthralling fourth day's play in Johannesburg. Khawaja (65) and former captain Ponting (54 not out) helped the tourists close on 142 for three in pursuit of 310 as Australia sought to make the highest successful run chase at the New Wanderers stadium and level up the two-match series at 1-1. Earlier, teenage paceman Cummins claimed impressive figures for six for 79 as South Africa were dismissed for 339 in their second innings following an eventful start to the day. The hosts started in a strong position on 229 for three. However, Australia tore into the home side early on and took four wickets for the addition of just 37 runs to haul themselves back into the contest.
KOLKATA: Odafa Okolie fired home a penalty as Mohun Bagan scraped past arch-rivals East Bengal 1-0 in an I-League match before a 90,000 strong crowd at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. The spotkick was awarded when Uga Opara brought down Sunil Chhetri inside the box, and Okolie made no mistake with the easiest of deadball situations. After six games, Mohun Bagan are now second with 15 points, while East Bengal stay on 10. East Bengal dearly missed the services of the suspended Tolgay Ozbey and their attacks lacked sting. The match was restricted to the midfield in the initial minutes, before East Bengal upfronter Alan Gow sent a short overhead ball to Robin Singh who laid it back for Alan, but the Scott got the yellow card for diving. In the 18th minute, Ukpara fumbled as he let the ball bounce to a free Sunil Chetri in the box. Ukpara tried to save the situation with sliding tackle which the referee judged improper and awarded a penalty to Bagan which proved productive. East Bengal started pounding the Mohun bagan goal with relentless moves, but the
green and maroon custodian saved a Sanjhu Pradhan attempt and some time later dived full length to thwart Robin Singh's effort. On the other side, Chhetri
missed a golden chance to kill the match in the 78th minute when he failed to tap in a Odafa pass with East Bengal shot-stopper Gurpreet Singh IANS at his mercy.
Power outage sabotage, say Bagan camp KOLKATA: Kolkata was shamed as a power failure led to a 19-minute blackout and disruption in the game under floodlight between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. The green-and-maroon brigade was leading by an Okolie Odafa strike before an over 90,000 crowd when the stadium suddenly plunged into darkness. The power supply was, however, restored after 19 minutes and the last few minutes of the
match played. Mohun Bagan Club, which organised the match, alleged sabotage. "Two days back, we had written to sports minister Madan Mitra expressing fears of sabotage. Our worst fears have come true. This must be probed. In future when we organise such matches, we will hold them outside Kolkata," said Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra. The sports minister, however, ruled out any foul play.
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Bopanna-Qureshi crash out at Valencia VALENCIA (SPAIN): India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan crashed out of Valencia Open following a straight set defeat at the hands of Marc Lopez and David Marrero. The IndoPak pair, seeded fourth, lost their quarterfinals 2-6, 4-6 to their Spanish unseeded rivals. Bopanna and Qureshi had plenty of chances but could not cash in on any. In all, they had seven breakpoints but could convert none. The Spaniards converted all three breakpoints they got. Bopanna and Qureshi are world number six in the team rankings at present and need to stay in the topeight to qualify in the season-ending World Tour Finals in London. Third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi advanced to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-7(6), 10-6 win over Czech Frantisek Cermak and Slovakia's Michal Mertinak. Bhupathi and Mirnyi will next face top seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Oliver Marach of Austria. IANS
Fedex runs over Tsonga at Barclays
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efending champion Roger Federer kicked off the singles action at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London with a 6-2, 26, 6-4 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The fourth seed cruised through the opening set at a packed O2 Arena, but Tsonga hit back when Federer's level dropped in the second and the result looked in doubt until the Swiss star broke to edge a tight decider. Federer did not take long to move ahead, breaking in the fourth game. Tsonga benefited from a series of Federer errors in the third game of the second set to break. That gave the former Australian Open finalist the lift he needed and he began to play much better. His fearsome forehand was becoming a real feature of the match and he used it to great effect to force another break to move 5-2 ahead, before clinching the set when Federer netted a backhand. The Frenchman was the first to face a break point in the fifth game, which he saved with a pinpoint forehand, but the outcome remained on a knife-edge. An easy volley dumped into the net was followed by a double-fault, and when Federer creamed a winner down the line he had three match points, taking the second with a backhand placed neatly behind his opponent. Federer admitted his shock Wimbledon loss to Tsonga had been on his mind when the Frenchman began to turn things around in the second set.
Whacky World
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Fun and frolic in a flat world
When money doesn’t talk
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Magic in his fingers
Millionaire gives away fortune to charity, lives on $1,350 a month
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arl Rabeder, the Austrian businessman who last year decided to give away his large fortune, because he realized money didn’t make him happy, now lives on just $1,350 a month. It was one of the most shocking headlines of 2010. Karl Rabeder a millionaire from Telfs, Austria, announced he was in the process of selling his luxury properties and businesses because he had realized money is counterproductive and actually prevented him from being happy. His goal was to ‘have nothing left, absolutely nothing’. Mr Rabeder, who came from a poor family where the rules were to work more and achieve material things, confessed that for a long time he believed more wealth automatically brings more happiness. But lately he kept hearing a voice telling him to stop what he was doing and begin his real life. He started to feel like a slave working for things he didn’t actually want or need. For a while he didn’t have the courage to give up all the wealth he and his family had become used to, but he finally made the big decision during a holiday in Hawaii. Karl and his wife spent all the money they could actually spend, but realized they hadn’t met a single real person throughout their stay. They felt like they were all actors; “the staff played the role of being friendly and the guests played the role of being important and nobody was real,” the
former businessman remembers thinking. He also experienced feelings of guilt on gliding trips over African and South American countries and says he began feeling like there was “a connection between our wealth and their poverty”. He suddenly realized that if he wasn’t going to give up his consumerist lifestyle then, he wouldn’t do it for the rest of his life. Rabeder raffled his beautiful Alpine home, selling 21,999 lottery tickets for 99 ($134) each, to people who hoped to once live in such a luxurious home, sold his vacation house in the Provence, his collection of gliders, an Audi A8, and the interior decoration business that helped him make his fortune. He set up an organization called MyMicroCredit, which helps people in third world countries, and transferred all the money in its accounts.
Butt of all jokes Butt injection with ‘Fix a Flat’ leads to arrest
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ransgender woman is charged with posing as doctor in Miami area. A Miami Gardens transgender woman is
facing charges of practicing medicine without a license after police say she injected a patient’s rear with everything
Karl Rabeder used to live in a 321 square-meter house in the Tyrolean Telfs, but has now moved in a 19 square-meter wooden cabin, and lives on just 1,000 ($1350) a month. He is a lifestyle coach and gives seminars on themes like “Happiness can be learned” or “Enough money to be happy” to people willing to listen to his arguments, and has even published a book called “He who has nothing can give everything”. He doesn’t make as much money as before, but some would say there is still something left from the businessman he used to be. They would be wrong, because while Rabeder feels good about pursuing a career that’s fun and good for him, instead of sitting on the terrace every day with his feet in the sun, he donates all excess funds to his MyMicroCredit organization. but the kitchen sink in an illegal cosmetic surgery procedure. Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested on Friday after an investigation by Miami Gardens Police and the Florida Department of Health. According to police, the victim saw Morris in May and was injected in her buttocks with a substance consisting of cement, “Fix a Flat,” mineral oil and super glue. The amateur incision was then sealed with super glue, police said. The victim was later hospitalized with a serious medical condition as a result of the injections. Morris, who police say is a man but appears to look like a woman and sports an apparently enhanced rear herself in arrest photos, was being held on $7,500 bond. it was unknown whether she has an attorney.
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n 1989 Chinese artist Zhang Baohua invented a new style of painting which requires the artist to use his finger and palm prints to create unique works of art. It’s hard to believe such masterpieces can be created without any tools, but Zhang Baohuang manages to do it by using just his fingers and palm prints. His unique painting style is characterized by a concise, lively style and a sense of reality, and is considered a combination of traditional Chinese painting and the structural features of Western painting. Most of his works
depict animals, especially dogs. Zhang’s works have been featured in art galleries all around the world, and he is known as “China’s world famous palm painting artist”.
Brave New World
From the world of science & research
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
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New NASA missions to investigate how Mars turned hostile
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aybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that’s appropriate. The Martian surface is incredibly hostile for life. The Red Planet’s thin atmosphere does little to shield the ground against radiation from the Sun and space. Harsh chemicals, like hydrogen peroxide, permeate the soil. Liquid water, a necessity for life, can’t exist for very long here — any that does not quickly evaporate in the diffuse air will soon freeze out in subzero temperatures common over much of the planet. It wasn’t always this way. There are signs that in the distant past, billions of years ago, Mars was a much more inviting place. Martian terrain is carved with channels that resemble dry riverbeds. Spacecraft sent to orbit Mars have identified patches of minerals that form only in the presence of liquid water. It appears that in its youth, Mars was a place that could have harboured life, with a thicker atmosphere warm enough for rain that formed lakes or even seas. Two new NASA missions, one that will roam the surface and another that will orbit the planet and dip briefly into its upper atmosphere, will try to discover what transformed
Mars. “The ultimate driver for these missions is the question, did Mars ever have life?” says Paul Mahaffy of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Md. “Did microbial life ever originate on Mars, and what happened to it as the planet changed? Did it just go extinct, or did it go underground, where it would be protected from space radiation and temperatures might be warm enough for liquid water?” The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission features Curiosity, the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to the Red Planet. The Curiosity rover bristles with multiple cameras and instru-
ments, including Goddard’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite. By looking for evidence of water, carbon, and other important building
Both MAVEN and Curiosity/SAM will determine the history of the Martian climate and atmosphere using multiple approaches blocks of life in the Martian soil and atmosphere, SAM will help discover whether Mars ever had the potential to support life. Scheduled to launch
in late November or December 2011, Curiosity will be delivered to Gale crater, a 96-milewide crater that contains a record of environmental changes in its sedimentary rock, in August 2012. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, scheduled to launch in late 2013, will orbit Mars and is devoted to understanding the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. It will help determine what caused the Martian atmosphere — and water — to be lost to space, making the climate increasingly inhospitable for life. “Both MAVEN and Curiosity/SAM will determine
the history of the Martian climate and atmosphere using multiple approaches,” said MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. “Measurements of isotope ratios are an approach shared by both missions.” Isotopes are heavier versions of an element. For example, deuterium is a heavy version of hydrogen. Normally, two atoms of hydrogen join to an oxygen atom to make a water molecule, but sometimes the heavy (and rare) deuterium takes a hydrogen atom’s place. When water gets lofted into Mars’ upper atmosphere, solar radiation can break it apart into hydrogen (or deuterium) and oxygen. Hydrogen escapes faster because it is lighter than deuterium. Since the lighter version escapes more often, over time, the Martian atmosphere has less and less hydrogen compared to the amount of deuterium remaining. The Martian atmosphere therefore becomes richer and richer in deuterium. The MAVEN team will measure the amount of deuterium compared to the amount of hydrogen in Mars’ upper atmosphere, which is the planet’s present-day deuterium to hydrogen (D/H) ratio. They will then compare it to the ratio Mars had when it was young.
Babies may benefit from moms’ lasting melancholy Bruce Bower
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double dose of mom’s depression may do a baby good. Infants generally thrive physically and mentally if their mothers’ emotional condition, whether healthy or depressed, remains stable before and after birth, say psychologist Curt Sandman of the University of California, Irvine, and his colleagues. Kids whose mothers stayed depressed from the fourth month of pregnancy on displayed first-year mental and physical development compa-
rable to that of youngsters whose mothers stayed emotionally healthy for the same stretch, Sandman’s team will report in Psychological Science. In contrast, babies’ first-year physical and mental development lagged if their mothers’ emotional state during pregnancy changed after giving birth. That pattern held whether depression during pregnancy resolved after giving birth or depression first appeared after delivering a child. “A human foetus that prepares for inadequate care after birth based on biological mes-
Stable emotional conditions before and after birth key in infants’ health
sages from a depressed mother will have a survival advantage,” Sandman says. A foetus that gets thrown a caretaking curve upon leaving the womb — whether biologically primed to expect sufficient or deficient treatment — tends to struggle developmentally, at least for the first year, he suggests. Related investigations have found that people whose mothers nearly starved during pregnancy eventually developed higher rates of diabetes and other metabolic disorders if they received enough food after birth.
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Holistic view of mind, body and soul
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Nature’s happiness hormones
Breast cancer and diet
What are endorphins?
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ou know that feeling you get when you have just completed a tough workout? Or that warm cosy feeling after you treat yourself to some of your favourite chocolate? Or even that glorious post-coital bliss? These are all examples of the effect that an endorphin release has on the body. Endorphins are hormones which have four key effects on body and mind: they enhance the immune system, relieve pain, reduce stress, and they postpone the ageing process. Endorphins vary in strength, from just 18 to 500 times as powerful as any man-made analgesic. And because they are naturally produced by the body, endorphins are possibly the best (and most legal way) to achieve a natural high. They are one reason why soldiers wounded in battle can continue to fight or have the strength to save someone else; it also accounts for the so called runner’s high, or why some people are drawn to dangerous activities like car racing, skydiving and bungee-jumping. Not every experience or feeling is the same for every person. Once the body’s nervous system triggers an endorphin release it does depend on the level of activity one is partaking in and the body’s need for it. As an example, one runner may have an endorphin rush (experienced as a second wind) after running for 10 minutes, while another may need to run for 30 minutes before feeling a second wind. Whether you work out for two minutes or two hours a day, you will experience the feelgood rush from an endorphin release to some degree. It doesn’t matter if you’re a yogi, gym bunny or a muscle Mary. Once you feel that natural high, you’ll want to feel more of it, more often. So what are you waiting for?
Endorphins are neurotransmitters that assist the body in handling pain, stress and emotional issues. Physical activity produces endorphins, which help people feel better during the activity and after the exercise is stopped. This can have a benefit for people suffering from mental disorders. Spending time in the sun, eating chocolates and eating spicy foods can release endorphins. In fact, they say the spicier the food the happier you can be!
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Do patients with breast cancer need to follow a special diet? Almost all patients wonder if there is a special diet for those undergoing treatment or after completing treatment for breast cancer. There are many conflicting ideas and theories about diet and nutrition and this can be confusing, particularly when trying to understand all sorts of other information about breast cancer and its treatment. Most experts agree that a healthy diet should be balanced and varied providing all the right nutrients needed for good health.
Signs after treatment n Recovery from surgery: After
surgery, it is quite normal to miss a meal or two, which should not be a problem. Most people are able to start eating again the same day as surgery and appetite should build up over the following few days. Eating well will help the body recover and heal. n Appetite: Chemotherapy can affect appetite. It is quite normal not to feel like eating a normal diet. It helps to eat little and often rather than having a larger meal. Appetite should improve within a few days of treatment. n Nausea: Nausea and vomiting can be a problem for some people during and after chemotherapy. However, there are several types of anti-sickness drugs that can be prescribed. It is important to take frequent sips of water/coconut water/fresh juices. n Sore mouth: Chemotherapy can make the mouth sore or dry. Soft, moist foods such as soups and desserts can be easier to eat. Drinking with a straw can help by avoiding any sore areas in the mouth.
(The concluding part to this column will appear next week. The writer is director and consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases, Hyderabad)
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A RED-CARPET HIT Forget the LBD: the perfect frock for this party season is flirty, fun — and feathery
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ith socialite Olivia Palermo and actress Sienna Miller among its fans, the Little Feather Dress (LFD) is a red carpet hit, while avian-influences could be spotted at many of the fashion shows. Palermo — many a fashion-lover’s style crush — took a subtle approach for Paris Fashion Week last month, attending Giambattista Valli in a feather-trimmed patterned dress. A fortnight later, Miller wore a coral Matthew Williamson number with plenty of plumage for the Too Many Women gala dinner at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond. And for Halloween, Glee actress Lea Michele took the
look to the extreme, dressing as Natalie Portman’s ballerina from Black Swan in white feathers and a tutu. “The woman in a feather dress is confident in her fashion choices and exudes playfulness,” says designer Matthew Williamson, who has used feathers both in this season’s collection and next. “Feathers give fluidity and movement to a dress and I love the texture they can give to very simple shapes. They feel so decadent; they are reminiscent of the Twenties, a time of prosperity and luxe.” Another designer who has come out as a feather fan is Donatella Versace, whose yellow dress (swiftly snapped up
by Naomi Campbell) had more than a hint of Sesame Street’s Big Bird. For next season, there are ostrich feathers at Prabal Gurung, the new darling of the red carpet, and Oscar de la Renta sent rising star of the runway Lindsey Wixson down the catwalk in a blush feather maxi. Meanwhile, at LVMH, Kate Moss climbed off Marc Jacobs’s carousel to close the show in a feather-adorned mini-dress teamed with a tiara. But the LFD look — which is achievable for less at Topshop and online store Asos — can also be dressed down. At D&G, fluffy feather skirts in rainbow hues were paired with bright T-shirts
and wedge-heeled trainers for a more nonchalant take on the trend. Feather dresses are an early sign of the Twenties influence which is seeping into fashion ahead of the release of Baz Luhrmann’s film of The Great Gatsby. For the party scenes, the wardrobe of Carey Mulligan — who plays Daisy Buchanan — is expected to be particularly lust-worthy and will likely include feather-adorned flapper dresses. The Great Gatsby won’t be in cinemas until Christmas 2012 though, so the LFD could have longevity. Just try to erase Björk’s swan dress from your memory. Rosamund Urwin
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adhana was born in Kerala to Leela and Sundaram, and is the youngest of five siblings. She and her sisters Usha, and Chitra, and her brothers Anant and Ravi were all musically inclined. Her older sister Usha is married to the son of MS Subbalakshmi, the great classical musician, which meant attending a lot of musical concerts together as a family. When asked about her childhood, Sadhana tells us, “I was the youngest, and my older sister Usha got married when I was just 6! And before I even grew up, all my brothers and sisters moved on to different places for their higher studies. So I was like the only child. But I am very close to my immediate older brother.” Sadhana is married to Dr KS Nayak, Director and Chief Nephrologist of the Department of Renal Sciences at the Lazarus Group of Hospitals. They have two children — Aditi, who is pursuing a research course in medicine in the USA, and son Akash, who is pursuing a dual degree from BITS Pilani. Sadhana’s profession as a Lifestyle Consultant is an interesting one. After her education in Kerala and Chennai, she got an admission into the Yale University to pursue her Business Administration. During the gap period before she left for the US, she decided to work in the Housekeeping department at the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. That was where she met her husband. She says, “I was in love before I knew it, and married two months after we decided to be together. We had two children, and I became the dutiful homemaker for a long time, tending to my husband and my childrens’ needs. And I still am proud to have done that.” After 12 years of being a home-maker, Sadhana once realised that even a simple task of climbing the stairs was becoming an ordeal. Her friend once casually commended her never-give-up attitude and sug-
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She believes she is her own competitor. And she will do anything for her clients to make them gain the confidence, and the good health they deserve to have. Sadhana Nayak’s story is about what women can achieve if they set their mind to it
gested that she should do something about it. “Hence started my foray, not only into fitness, but overall personality development,” she tells us. She quit just a day after joining Dinaz’s, the popular aerobics hub, but went back, with double the determination to fight her fears. She has not looked back since - with encouragement from her family and Dinaz herself, she passed an exam given by the American Fitness Association. She now counsels, trains and encourages a lot of women to shape not just their body, but also instill in them the confidence they need. When asked about who she
She and her husband go out for dinners every Friday, but make sure discussions about workplaces are not part of their ‘catch-up’ time. An interesting protocol that the family follows is never to carry cell phones on their outings during the weekends. “For the kind of profession my husband is in, he is granted access,” she says smiling. She also believes in planning for the year ahead,and believes that being organized helps her and her family run smoothly. Sadhana and Dr Nayak are now planning an event with close friends and family, to celebrate their 25 years of being together.
looks up to, pat comes the reply, “None.” The confidence on her face is clear. “I never looked up to anyone. I set parameters for myself and try to overcome them. There are so many challenges one can give to oneself and I strongly believe in that. Be in at home, or in my profession. That is the simple formula that I have adopted.” At home, Sadhana ensures that the family has their dinner together. “My children are not here now, but when around, we make sure we spend quality time together. We go on regular holidays, and I also accompany my husband on his conference tours at times.”
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adhana has set the functioning of the house on the autopilot mode. She has supported me and our children so well. My son Akash had health problems when he was a kid, but words will fall short of describing the
great strength she had been to bring him back to health.”says her husband Dr Nayak. He adds, “ Her entire focus for many years was just us. Now to see her achieve her professional goals and help her clients lead a better life
makes me feel immensely proud of her.” Dr. Nayak believes that Sadhana is the key force behind their daughter Aditi’s excellence in studies, and their son Akash’s admission to the BITS institute.”
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ctor Abhishek Bachchan, who recently became the father of a baby girl, has thanked his fans for their good wishes and is now asking them to suggest names for his newborn. “And suggestions for names are very welcome guys. Something with ‘A’,” the 35-year-old posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. His wife, Aishwarya Rai, gave
birth to their first child Nov 16 at Mumbai’s Seven Hills Hospital and since then, the Bachchan family is receiving congratulatory messages from around the globe. “To receive all this love from all of you. Oh ya! And our crew grows past 800,000. A huge welcome to all the new ones...And the congratulatory messages still pour in. Thank you so much guys. All of you are wonderful and so sweet. My daughter is so blessed,” he further posted. While Abhishek is enjoying his
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fatherhood, megastar Amitabh is in seventh heaven after becoming a grandfather for the third time and says it is difficult for him to stay away from his granddaughter. “Difficult to tear yourself away from the ‘little one’, but now home to replay videos and stills and wait for her to come home...Shooting 3D camera stills and movie of the ‘little one’... Amazing! Child is the Father of man... Never had this at my birth,” the 69-year-old posted.- IANS
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It’s difficult to sustain as a lead actress: Chhavi Mittal T elevision actress Chhavi Mittal, popularly known as Disha of TV show Tumhari Disha, admits it is difficult to keep getting lead roles in television shows. “It’s very difficult to sustain yourself as a main lead in the industry. I consider myself fortunate enough to still get the main leads. After working for so long, there is still freshness in me. I am exposed but not over-exposed,” she added. “There are very few actors in this industry who have done different roles with each new show and I consider myself lucky to be one of them. The journey has been very satisfying so
I have learnt that you can’t be moody all the time. I have grown as a person in this industry
far. I have always tried to do different kind of roles,” Chhavi told a website. After doing modeling and anchoring in the capital for five years, she shifted to Mumbai, where she did TV shows like Twinkle Beauty Parlour, Virasat, Grihasthi, Nagin and Bandini. She has also been part of reality shows and is currently seen in Zee TV’s ongoing music
show Star Ya Rockstar. She also says that “it is difficult to carve a niche in the industry because of the competition.” “There are so many newcomers. To carve a niche for yourself in the industry, you have to have it all - good looks, good performer, command over language. And your personality as a social figure has to be good -- if you are rude, you have no place for yourself. Moreover, your choice of roles is also important,” she added. The actress, who is married to TV director Mohit Husein, finds acting liberating. “There’s an actor in every human being and
there are different kind of moods. Since we live in a society where we are not able to show those moods to everyone, acting gives you a chance to express it,” said Chhavi, who was last seen in Sahara One’s Ek Chutki Aasman. “You get to play different characters where you can shout and you can laugh out loud. You get to do so many new things that we can’t do as a social animal, that’s a great liberating feeling,” she added. So Chhavi what have you learnt from the industry? “I have learnt that you can’t be moody all the time. I have grown as a person in this industry,” she said.IANS
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Desi Boyz go from chic to distressed look
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rom picking up stylish clothes from designer stores in London to stitching some customised garments, designers Shymali Arora and Kunal Rawal have handpicked garments for John Abraham and Akshay Kumar for Desi Boyz to make sure they gel with the characters and fit the situations. The action-comedy deals with how the life of two friends turns upside down when recession hits Britain and they are left with no choice but to strip and pole dance for a living. Hence it was a task for the designers to make sure they style two different looks of the lead actors. Arora has styled John, who plays a banker in the film, and admits his look has been inspired by Shia LaBeouf’s Wall Street look. “John plays a confident banker in the film who is a perfect guy and is about to get married. So it was necessary to dress him up in a way that he is comfortable in and that goes well with his character as well,” Arora said. Arora has also designed for John in Force and so for the corporate look, she has given him chic, stylish clothing. “I have given him suits with banker shirts. Banker shirts are the ones with white collar and white cuffs, which is accompanied by Oxford ties and pocket handkerchief that completes the corporate look,”
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@jaavedjaaferi she said. And as John loses a job in the film, the designer has given him a distressed look. “For the distressed look, he will be seen wearing fun t-shirts, torn, distressed jeans and leather jackets along with worn out boots,” said Shymali, adding she has used charcoal grey, blue and black colours for the actor. Similarly, designer Kunal Rawal, who has designed for Akshay in the film, has given two different looks to the 44-year-old actor. “As Akshay is playing the role of a young London guy, it was important for me to bring those elements, but since I have been in London before, I didn’t face much difficulty in understanding the style of the people
It’s lehenga-choli for porn star Sunny ontrary to her image, Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone chose to make her entry into the Bigg Boss 5 house in traditional Indian attire. The 30-year-old, who was born as Karen Malhotra, wore a heavily embroidered lehengacholi and accessorised it with a mang tika. She made her entry into the house Saturday in a doli, carried by eight men. She also chose to dance on an Indian track Chaliya chaliya from the movie Tashan after stepping out from the doli. Vida’s exit from Bigg Boss 5 had left the contestants sad, and hopefully Sunny will lift the mood of the inmates. Sunny’s entry will be shown on Colors channel Monday.
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here,” said Rawal. “In the first half of the film, Askhay will be seen in a lot of graphic t-shirts, t-shirts with slogans, winter jackets, denims in lighter tones and fire-fighter pants,” Rawal said, “For the colour palette, I have used steel grey, beach blue, purple, black and reds. I haven’t given him belts, his outfits have suspenders attached to them,” he said. Rawal also admits that he did visit various designer stores to research, but ended up creating fresh outfits for the actor. Directed by Rohit Dhawan, Desi Boyz also features Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh and releases IANS Nov 25.
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Acting keeps Pattinson young
Streep donates film fee for charity
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ctress Meryl Streep was so keen to make a film on former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that she slashed her fee and donated the rest to charity. The Hollywood veteran plays Thatcher in new film The Iron Lady, which tells the story of Thatcher’s rise to power and her role as the country’s first female leader. The grapevine is abuzz with news that Streep didn’t make any money from the movie as she cut her usual salary to 625,000 pounds to make sure the project could go ahead and then donated the fee to a good cause, a website reported. The publication reports Streep used the money to help fund America’s National Women’s History Museum.
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ctor Robert Pattinson says it is great being an actor because it “delays being an adult”. “I’m living a life I didn’t really know existed and I can kind of delay being an adult for a while! It’s fun. I get to meet really interesting people who think they are making something great,” a website quoted Pattinson as saying. The 25-year-old has achieved worldwide success with his role as vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight series. IANS
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Snow Patrol S wants to work with Gaga
now Patrol drummer Jonny Quinn has revealed the band wants to collaborate with Lady Gaga because as an artiste she is the whole deal. The Called out in the Dark group has a lot of respect for the Bad Romance hitmaker and would love to get her
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into the studio to add something different to one of their songs, reports a website. “I think she’s pretty incredible. To get her to guest vocal would be a coup,” said Quinn. “I love watching her and reading her interviews. She knows exactly what she’s doing, she seems so much smarter than your average pop star and is really talented,” he added.
Moss nude portrait sells for 16,250 pounds
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ctress Kate Moss’ nude portrait has reportedly been sold at auction for more than 16,250 pounds. The photograph was taken by photographer Albert Watson on a shoot for the German edition of Vogue in January 1993. The photo was clicked when Moss was in her teens, reports a website. The sepia picture features the supermodel kneeling naked and looking into the distance, with just her legs to protect her modesty. The auction took place at Bonham’s auction in London. “Kate Moss is a contemporary icon and the photographer is a well-established name. Combine that with the size and limited edition nature of this lot and it all combines to make it interesting to collectors,” said Bonham’s photography specialist.
Gomez likes baking
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inger Selena Gomez says she likes cooking, but most of all she loves to bake. The 19-year-old, who is currently dating teen sensation Justin Bieber, loves to spend her free time in the kitchen when she is not on tour or on set, reports a website. “I like to bake — cookies and cakes and stuff. I’m not that good but that’s the whole fun
of it; you get to mess around and experiment,” said Gomez. When she’s not baking in her spare time, she simply likes to lounge around at home and watch movies. “It’s nice to feel pretty and get dressed up but otherwise I’m definitely in jeans and my hair is up. I just like sitting on my couch watching movies,” she said.
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Pitt’s parenting woes
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rad Pitt has confessed he always worries about the fact that he doesn’t get enough time to spend with his family. The Moneyball actor who raises six children, Maddox, 10, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five, and threeyear-old twins Knox and Vivienne, with partner Angelina Jolie says his priorities have changed since he became a father, reports a website. “My concerns are all with family and their safety. Am I spending enough time with them, and am I giving the opportunity and instructions that are important to them? Am I getting that right? Once family comes along, it becomes a matter of life and death,” he said.
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ennifer Lopez likes to dress in a classic way and doesn’t really follow fashion trends. The singer-and-actress says she doesn’t really go for trendy clothing and would rather pay homage to old school Hollywood glamour, reports a website. “I just do what I feel when it comes to my style. Even though I love things that are modern and new, I don’t really go big on trends that much. I keep it classic,” she said. “I like a touch of sexiness and I love glamour -old school Hollywood glamour. I also come from the Bronx area in New York and grew up in the hiphop area, so that style is very ingrained in me,” she added.
he filming of Venuto al mondo (Into the World), an upcoming movie starring Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, has concluded here and the cast and crew will now travel to Rome to shoot the final scenes, Bosnian media reported Saturday. The second stage of filming in Sarajevo, which began Nov 7, ended without interruptions and on schedule, the local media said. The Academy Award-winning actress was joined in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital by her husband, acclaimed Spanish actor Javier Bardem, and their young son, Leo, just as she was in September during the first leg of filming in that location. Although their presence aroused a great deal of interest from the media and the general public, the film stars managed to avoid the cameras during their stay. In Italian director Sergio Castellitto’s Venuto al mondo, scheduled for release in Italy and Spain next year, Cruz plays a single mother who accompanies her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the 1992-95 Bosnian conflict. Filming began in September in Sarajevo and scenes also have been shot in Rome and the Croatian island of Korcula. The film is based on the like-named novel by Margaret Mazzantini, the director’s wife and a bestselling Italian author. IANS
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PG Vinda is all set to make his directorial debut with The Lotus Pond. He talks about his journey and the twenty-yearold dream
In search of a Lotus Pond Hemanth Kumar hemanth.k@postnoon.com
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t’s been more than twenty years since PG Vinda first dreamt about a lotus pond. He’s all set to make his directorial debut with the film The Lotus Pond which was screened at the recent 17th International Children’s Film Festival and it was also the only film made by a Telugu filmmaker, which was selected in the Indian Competition section of the film festival. Question him about the lotus pond which has been with him for so long. And he recollects the time when he was studying in a school in Beechupally, near Gadwal. “My school was near the banks of the river Krishna and every time I looked at the fields and the river from my classroom, I would end up dreaming a lot about the world outside my school. Back in school, I was a very good student and had also won several prizes for my
paintings. One day, I simply went off on an expedition without informing anyone and when I returned my teachers were really angry at me,” he recollects. It was when he was in his eighth standard that his Sanskrit teacher told him about a lotus pond which fascinated him. “My Sanskrit teacher told us about a lotus pond in Manasarovar and the way he explained it was so beautiful that I wanted to go see it myself,” he says quoting the exact words from the Sanskrit verse which roughly translates to “There is a beautiful place called Manasarovar deep in the Himalayas. The lotus in the pond are so beautiful that on a night with the full moon, they dwarf the beauty of the moon. So beautiful is this place that even the Gods and angels visit it.” In 1997, he joined the JNTU School of Fine Arts and took up photography as a specialization as he wanted to get into films. “When I was in my second year, I saw several children’s films at the 12th International Children’s Film Festival in Hyderabad and that is what inspired me to
make my own film. I have been dreaming about watching my own film at Lalitha Kala Thoranam,” he says. This is how his journey of making The Lotus Pond began. He had written a story based on his experiences when he was young and had then forgotten all about it. He went on to assist acclaimed cinematographer Madhu Ambat right after his graduation and began learning about the art of cinematography from him. After working with Madhu for a while, he borrowed Rs5,000 from his friends and went on a trek to the Himalayas, Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri. “I was scouting for loca-
tions for my film during the trek but I realised that those mountains were too big for the script I had written for The Lotus Pond. After I worked on films like Grahanam, Nandanvanam 120 kms, I worked on the sets of a travel show, Vihari as a cinematographer. During this time, we went to Kullu Manali and it was the perfect location to shoot the film. I met AL Nitin Kumar, who was directing the travel show, and told him about my idea of making a film. He liked it and we decided to make the film at a later point of time,” he informs. PG Vinda and AL Nitin Kumar finally put together a crew of about 45 people and
in the summer of 2009, they began shooting the film in a village named Sancher near Kullu-Manali. “It was very difficult to shoot at such high altitudes because we were trekking and shooting every single day for almost 35 days straight. We started from an altitude of 8,000ft and went up to 14,000ft. I must thank Aakash, Rohit, their parents and my entire crew and cast for their efforts because the credit goes to their spirit, which motivated me to make the film,” he says. The film has already been screened at the Banff Mountain Film Festival and the 17th International Children’s Film Festival. Vinda also plans to send The Lotus Pond to other major film festivals in Venice, Berlin and Cannes next year. Now that Vinda has already made his film based on his experiences as a child, we ask him if he has found the lotus pond he has been dreaming about. “No. I tried to get permission to go to Manasarovar but I didn’t get it. So, I left it to my imagination,” he smiles.
Magic Screen
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
About stars, actors, and a bit of fun
RGV set to make Ramayanam
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T-TOWN TWEETIES
@khushsundar Good morning!wake up to the grind of monday morning..mothers always find it tough to get the kids ready for schools after the weekend :-)
@priyamani6 Will b going to melkote(45kms)before mysore to shoot...
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GV knows how to take people by surprise and his latest move has become the talk of the town. Two days after the release of Bapu’s Sri Rama Rajyam, RGV announced that he’s going to make a film on the lines of Ramayanam. However, it’s not going to be a mythological film. RGV is reportedly planning to adapt the storyline and set it in a more modern era with the story revolving around the conflict between two industries. He tweeted about the film and said, “My film is going to be a tense family thriller.” A marketing genius that he is, he has already decided to release the film on Sri Rama Navami in 2012.
Balakrishna wants to work with Nagarjuna
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uoyed by the success of Sri Rama Rajyam, Balakrishna showed interest in doing more mythological films. He is currently near Rajahmundry where he’s shooting for a new Telugu film titled Uu Kodathara Ullikki Padathara. “I wish to do a character with negative shades like Ravana. And I would love to collaborate with Nagarjuna for such films. I am ready to do multi-starrers.” Although several actors have expressed their desire to do multi-starrers the trend hasn’t really caught on in the Telugu film industry. Whether filmmakers can come up with good scripts for multi-starrers or not remains to be seen.
Priyudu postponed to December 2 V
arun Sandesh’s upcoming film Priyudu has been postponed to December 2. The film was supposed to release on November 25; however the post-production hasn’t been completed yet. So, the producer Uday Kiran decided to push the film’s release by a week. Preetika Rao is making her debut with this film which has been directed by Sravan. Shweta Basu Prasad is the other heroine in the film. The film’s songs were released recently and Mohan Jonah composed the music.
@Actor_Siddharth Our collections in ceded areas remain strong.Dil Raju will announce detailed profit figures soon.Wonderful success for our hardworking team!
@sound_a_rajini Good end to a productive week. Hope all is well .As kolaveri rocks the charts here's wishing u all a great week ahead and a good night.
@shraddhadas43 N the best part abt this trial was the troubling the designers with my drastic weight loss! Hehe dancing with joy#always happy to be thinner
@richyricha finished up a wonderful shoot in a beaauuutiful resort in Goa for the CCL season 2 calender. wore the Telugu Warriors color-red :)
@Sneha Ullal I'm thinking ill join Anupam Khers school..no harm in learning more..
@pnavdeep26 Sumbody give me panja songs! Cryin out louddddddd :)
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1400 Kalyana Tilakam 1430 Maavichiguru 1500 Idhuru Ammayilu 1530 Movie 1800 Jai Shri Krishna 1830 Shraavani Subramaniam 1900 Kannavaari Kalalu 1930 Auto Bharthi 2000 No. 23, Mahalakshmi Nivasam 2030 Mogali Rekulu 2100 Aparanji 2130 Devatha 2200 Mamathala Kovela 2230 Sree Mathi Sree 2300 Gemini Vaarthalu 0800 Vendithera 0830 24 Frames 0900 Movie 1200 Aha Emi Ruchi 1230 Maa Inti Aada Paduchu 1300 Chittemmaa 1330 Gorintaku
1400 [V] D3 Bloopers 1430 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance 1500 [V] Humse Hai Life 1530 [V] Trailers 1600 [V] Zabardast Hits 1800 [V] Fresh Songs 1830 [V] Humse Hai Life 1900 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance 1930 [V] Humse Hai Life 2000 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance 2100 [V] Deadly Dus 2130 [V] Trailers 2200 [V] Steal Ur Girlfriend 2300 [V] Humse Hai Life 2330 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance 2355 [V] Fresh Songs 0700 [V] Trailers 0730 [V] Zabardast Hits 0800 [V] Mind Blasting Mornings 1100 [V] Fresh Songs 1200 [V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance
‘[V] D3 Dil Dosti Dance’ at 1900 Hrs on CHANNEL [V]
1300 News Now At 1 1330 News Now 1800 6 Pm 1830 Live Report 1900 Primetime 1930 The Game 2000 News Now At 8 2030 Live Report 2100 The Newshour 2200 The Newshour - Plus 2230 E Now 2300 News Now At 11 0800 The Morning News 0900 News Now 1200 Live Report 1230 News Now
‘The Game’ at 1930 Hrs only on TIMES NOW
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Telly sitcoms, news and movie listings
1400 Abhishekam 1430 Aadade Aadharam 1500 Antahpuram 1530 Aakasa Ganga 1600 Prema Mandiram 1630 Jagadeeswari 1700 Adurs 1800 Mahabharatam 1830 Puttadi Bomma 1900 Kumkuma Rekha 1930 Manasu Mamata 2000 Chandra Mukhi 2030 Bharyamani 2100 Etv News 2130 Paduta Teeyaga 2230 Sambhavi 2300 Movie 0800 Jeevana Jyothi 0830 Tollywood Time 0900 Movie 1130 Abhiruchi
1400 Movie 1730 Charandasi 1800 Veera Naari Jhansi Laxmi Bhai 1830 Kalavari Kodallu 1900 Chinna Kodalu 1930 Pasupukunkuma 2000 Muddu Bidda 2030 Radha Kalyanam 2100 Kanyadanam 2130 Teenmar Just Mass Dance 0800 Gopuram 0830 Bhakti Samacharam 0900 Sri Raghavendra Vybhavam 0930 Ayurveda Jeevana Vignanam 1000 Latest Superhit Songs 1030 Kanyadanam 1100 Charanadasi 1130 Ardhangi 1200 Mahadevi
‘Business Tonight’ at 2100 Hrs only on ET NOW 1400 The F And O Show 1430 Closing Trades 1530 Tomorrow's Trades 1600 Business Day 1730 Markets Tomorrow 1800 Rush Hour 1900 Global Business Report 1930 Business Express 2000 Business First 2030 Markets Tomorrow 2100 Business Tonight 2200 Top 10 At 10 2230 Investor's Guide 2300 Zigwheels 0900 First Trades 1000 Hot Stocks 1100 Buy Now Sell Now - The Stock Game 1130 Buy Now Sell Now 1200 Market Sense 1300 Business Day 1330 Markets Now
‘Fight Quest’ at 1900 Hrs on DISCOVERY 1400 Man Vs Wild 1500 Man Woman Wild 1600 Perfect Disaster 1700 Discovery Showcase 1800 Wild Discovery 1900 Fight Quest 2000 Curiosity 2100 Man Vs Wild 2200 Swamp Brothers 2230 Destroyed In Seconds 2300 Anatomical Travelogues 1000 Fight Quest 1100 Raging Planet 1200 Swamp Brothers 1230 Destroyed In Seconds
1420 Most Shocking 1510 India's Minute To Win It 1605 The Voice 1700 Top Chef - Just Desserts 1800 The Amazing Race 2000 Masters Of Illusion 2100 Wipeout 2200 Got To Dance 2300 CSI - Miami 0905 Sky Teleshopping 0930 Scare Tactics 0955 Infomercial/5 Min 1000 Scare Tactics 1025 Infomercial/5 Min 1030 Top Chef Masters 1130 Wipeout 1225 Got To Dance 1320 CSI - Miami
‘Got To Dance’ at 2200 Hrs on AXN
‘Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo’ at 2200 Hrs on IMAGINE 1400 Haar Jeet 1500 Sawaare Sabke Sapne – Preeto 1600 Haar Jeet 1630 Dwarkadheesh - Bhagwan Shri Krishn 1700 Dharampatni 1800 Beendh Banuga Ghodi Chadhunga 1830 Sawaare Sabke Sapne – Preeto 1900 Dharampatni 1930 Haar Jeet 2000 Dwarkadheesh - Bhagwan Shri Krishn 2030 Sawaare Sabke Sapne – Preeto 2100 Beendh Banuga Ghodi Chadhunga 2130 Dharampatni 2200 Baba Aisa Varr Dhoondo
1400 Hamari Saas Leela 1430 Hawan 1500 Veer Shivaji 1530 Uttaran 1600 Phulwa 1630 Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka 1700 Sasural Simar Ka 1830 Balika Vadhu 1900 Hawan 1930 Sasural Simar Ka 2000 Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte 2030 Veer Shivaji 2100 Phulwa 2130 Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka 2200 Uttaran 2230 Bigg Boss 2330 Balika Vadhu
‘Veer Shivaji’ at 2030 Hrs on COLORS
‘Choti Bahu 2’ at 1930 Hrs on ZEE TV 1400 Hitler Didi 1430 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein 1500 Bhagonwali 1530 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli 1600 Pavitra Rishta 1630 Shobha Somnath Ki 1730 Ram Milaye Jodi 1830 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein 1900 Ek Nayi Choti Si Zindagi 1930 Choti Bahu 2 2000 Hitler Didi 2030 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli 2100 Pavitra Rishta 2130 Ram Milaye Jodi 2200 Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein 2230 Bhagonwali 2300 Pavitra Rishta
1400 Saas Bina Sasuraal 1430 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 1500 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge 1600 CID 1800 Saas Bina Sasuraal 1830 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 1900 Crime Patrol - Dastak 2000 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge 2045 Dekha Ek Khwaab 2130 Parvarrish - Kuchh Khatti Kuchh Meethi 2200 Saas Bina Sasural 2230 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 2300 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge 0900 Adaalat 1000 Crime Patrol - 1 1130 Kuch Toh Log Kahenge 1230 Dekha Ek Khwaab 1330 Parvarrish - Kuchh Khatti Kuchh Meethi
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‘Sasuraal Genda Phool’ at 1930 Hrs on STAR PLUS 1400 Sapnon Se Bharey Naina 1500 Diya Aur Bati Hum 1600 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behnaa Hai 1630 Sasuraal Genda Phool 1700 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 1730 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 1900 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 1930 Sasuraal Genda Phool 2000 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 2030 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behnaa Hai 2100 Diya Aur Bati Hum 2130 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2200 Navya 2230 Mann Ki Awaaz… Pratigya 2300 Maryaada ... Lekin Kab Tak? 2330 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam
‘Dekha Ek Khwaab’ at 2045 Hrs on SONY
MOVIES OF THE DAY AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
1255 300 1505 The Avengers 1650 Poseidon 1845 Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed And Fabulous 2100 Space Jam 2245 The Cave 0845 Good Morning, Miami 0915 Friends 0945 The Conan O'brien Show 1035 Beerfest 1220 17 Again
1440 Cats & Dogs - The Revenge Of Kitty Galore 1630 Analyze That 1835 The Informant! 2100 Rocky 2340 The Corruptor 0715 Flight Of The Intruder 0940 Over The Top 1145 The Corruptor
1400 Better With You 1430 Mike And Molly 1500 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 1600 The Event 1700 Better With You 1730 Mike And Molly 1800 E News 1900 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 2000 Better With You 2030 America's Funniest Home Videos 20 2100 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 2200 The Event 2300 $H*! My Dad Says 2330 Mike And Molly 0800 Just For Laughs 0830 Scrubs 0900 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 1000 Pretty Little Liars 1100 America's Funniest Home Videos 20
‘Better With You’ at 2000 Hrs on ZEE CAFE
Balika Vadhu
Parvarrish
Storyline - Anandi goes to Shravan’s house and shares her concerns with her family after returning. Jagya back answering Gauri’s parents as they try to talk to him about his relationship with Gauri.
Storyline - Parvarrish is an interestingly woven family drama about two sisters, Sweety Ahluwalia and Pinky Ahuja, who are caught up in a hearty sibling rivalry in their attempt to be a better parent.
‘Balika Vadhu’ at 2000 Hrs on COLORS
‘Parvarrish… Kuchh Khatti Kuchh Meethi’ at 2130 Hrs on SONY
‘Masterchef Australia’ at 2100 Hrs on STAR WORLD 1400 Masterchef Australia 1430 Mr. Sunshine 1500 Necessary Roughness 1600 The Big Bang Theory 1630 Home Improvement 1700 Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior 1800 Masterchef Australia 1830 Mr. Sunshine 1900 Love2 Hate U 2000 Rules Of Engagement 2030 The Simpsons 2100 Masterchef Australia 2200 Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior 2300 The Big Bang Theory 2330 Home Improvement 0800 Rules Of Engagement 0830 The Simpsons 0900 Masterchef Australia 1000 Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior 1100 Love2 Hate U
1400 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma 1430 Lapataganj 1530 Fir 1630 Don't Worry Chachu !!! 1700 Ring Wrong Ring 1730 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma 1900 Lapataganj 1930 Don't Worry Chachu !!! 2000 Chintu Chinky Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story 2030 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma 2100 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo 2130 Mrs. Tendulkar 2200 Lapataganj 2230 Fir 2300 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma 2330 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo 0800 Teleshopping 0900 Happy Housewives Club 0930 Don't Worry Chachu !!! 1000 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo 1045 Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma
‘Lapataganj’ at 2200 Hrs on SAB
‘Mere Baap Pehle Aap’ at 1400 Hrs on ZOOM 1300 Planet Bollywood News 1330 Business Of Bollywood 1400 Movie - Mere Baap Pehle Aap 1730 Star Bonanza 1800 Letz Go! 1900 Planet Bollywood News 1930 Link'D 2000 Telly Talk 2030 Letz Go! 2100 Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2011 2130 Link'D 2200 B - Tonite 2230 Business Of Bollywood 2300 Bollywood Bonanza 0805 20 - 20 Songs 0825 Fresh Mornings 1000 20 - 20 Songs 1021 Fresh Mornings 1100 Zoom Box 1200 Garma Garam 1300 Planet Bollywood News 1330 Page 3
‘Rocky’ at 2100 Hrs on HBO
1400 Oddities 1430 Discovery Science Classics 1530 Cosmic Collisions 1630 Mythbusters 1730 Machines! 1800 Industrial Junkies 1830 Best Of Discovery Science 1930 What's That About? 2030 Stan Lee's Superhumans 2130 I, Videogame 2230 How Do They Do It? 2330 The New Inventors 1030 Stan Lee's Superhumans 1130 I, Videogame 1230 Best Of Discovery Science 1330 Connections
‘CSI’ at 2300 Hrs on BIG CBS PRIME
‘Stan Lee's Superhumans’ at 2030 Hrs on DISCOVERY SCIENCE
1430 Jerry Springer 1530 Aspire 1600 Survivor 1700 Bellator 1800 Galileo Extreme 1900 The Defenders 2000 Entertainment Tonight 2030 Galileo Extreme 2100 The Defenders 2200 Jerry Springer 2300 CSI - Crime Scene Investigation 0700 Big Wheels 0730 Aspire 0800 Galileo Extreme 0900 Bellator 1100 Jerry Springer 1200 Aspire 1230 Entertainment Tonight 1300 Galileo Extreme 1330 The Defenders
Chai Time
KAKURO
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.
SCRIBBLING PAD
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Take a shot at the brain game while sipping your cuppa
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QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Candy container 5 “Take a hike!” 10 Lose strength 14 Aerobics class reminder 15 Massacre site of 1836 16 Modicum 17 Bit of thatching 18 Finger, in a way 19 One for whom nothing’s good enough 20 Leverage in negotiations 23 Derisive look 24 Ornamental arch 25 Ruffle some feathers 28 Set up a new billiards game 33 Finish’d 36 Land of Apia 39 Popular cosmetics ingredient 40 Sends round the bend 44 Start of a bedtime story 45 Greek promenades 46 Drop off for a bit 47 Prepare leftovers 50 Olympian tale 52 Crimson Glory, for one 55 Lessened, as suffering 59 Learn by rote 64 Paying passenger 65 Summa cum ___ 66 Cut the fat 67 Appropriate anagram of “Bart” 68 Venerated tribe member 69 Word with “when,” “what” or “who” 70 Shipwrecked one’s refuge 71 Big name in tractors 72 Cerise and crimson DOWN 1 Stinging remarks 2 Continental divider
3 One of the five W’s 4 Bookkeeper’s book 5 Mumbai wraparound 6 Tribal unit 7 One to one, e.g. 8 First ___ equals 9 Adjunct for “war” or “gossip” 10 Perch or pike 11 She played Jennifer on “WKRP in Cincinnati” 12 At the summit 13 Some consider it a gift 21 What a need might do 22 The third character? 26 Word with “Palmas” or “Cruces” 27 They’re big in Australia 29 Cold and blustery 30 King or Freed 31 Mix for rum 32 Seaweed variety
33 Olfactory trigger 34 Beach bird 35 Like Bill Gates 37 Make up one’s mind 38 Molecule component 41 Sign of success? 42 Barn bedding 43 Big name in cosmetics 48 The law has a long one 49 Worked hard 51 Laundry repository 53 Lacking originality 54 Clementi work 56 Dry Italian table wine 57 Miscalcul ated 58 Bottle
SUDOKU
blondes 59 Cobra and Viper 60 Kind of surgeon 61 Distribute (with “out”) 62 German /Czech river 63 Kind of formality 64 DOJ department PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
I grow more intense as I age. – Florida Scott-Maxwell
Chai Time STAR POWER
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Your tomorrow today̶Star Power and Tarot THIRUVAIKUMAR
Date 22-11-2011
ARIES
thiruvaikumar@yahoo.co.in 040-27177230 / 9177596118
March 20 – April 18 Work cautiously and sincerely so that you will march forward. Avoid involving into anyone's personal matter. Happy events to take place at home. Itʼs in yo‑ ur hands to be happy by being flexible.
TAURUS
April 19 – May 19 Don't blame others for your inefficiency. Avoid talking harshly with family mem‑ bers and show them affection. Business‑ men advised not to believe others blind‑ ly and entrust them with any business.
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
June 21 – July 21
July 22 – August 21
May 20 – June 20
Your courage and self‑confidence is set to improve. Your shrewd approach will yield good results. Employees will be comfortable at workplace. Marriage might take place in family. Politicians' influence is set to increase.
Hurdles will disappear and happy time ahead. Employees to be favoured with the expected promotion and pay hike. Supe‑ riors' co‑operation makes you very happy. Be careful in financial transactions.
Avoid disclosing family matters to others. Avoid hurting relatives and family mem‑ bers. Income and expenses compete with each other. Be careful and monitor ex‑ penses on essential and priority basis.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS November 21 – Dec 20
October 23 – November 20
Employees are advised not to be over confident and proud. Be careful, do work diligently and earn a good name. Itʼs nec‑ essary to complete work in time. Don't neglect advise from experienced seniors.
Indirect opposition is active and trying to create a rift between employees and the management; exercise caution. However, exsting hurdles will disappear. Govt offi‑ cials can expect promotion with pay hike.
Efforts are most important to be successful. Be careful before signing any document. Govt officials advised not to be controversial. While driving, be cautious. Savings is a must.
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
January 20 – February 18 Proper planning of work and compl‑ eting them in time is a must for emp‑ loyees; else they have to face the ire of superiors. Do not allow laziness to occupy a place in you.
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
Eight of Swords – Bonds are being sev‑ ered. Though these will not affect strong, long‑term ties, the separation is likely to affect the way you live your life.
Knight of Swords – You cut through the heart of the matter and donʼt waste any time with long expl‑ anations. Take care of your health. Keep me‑ ntal stress in check.
Seven of Swords –Someone is plotting and planning against you to get you out of your comfort zone. Take this as a chal‑ lenge and donʼt attack anyone.
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
Three of Wands – A new job opportunity will make you realize that you are, indeed, in a good position right now and donʼt really need to change. Youʼll stop complaining.
Ace of Swords – Thereʼs no middle path for you at the moment. Youʼre thi‑ nking in terms of this extreme or that. Itʼs not helping you make the right decision.
The World – You have the world at your feet, and all wishes are slowly coming true. Conquer your fear and do what it takes to impr‑ ove your self‑esteem.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
The Star – Thereʼs hope and thereʼs light at the end of the seemingly long and dark tunnel. You will get help from the most unexpected sources.
Seven of Pentacles – Youʼre tired and feel overworked. You need to rest. Take time off, switch off your phone and let the long break ener‑ gise you.
Nine of Cups – This is the wish card. All yo‑ ur plans are falling in place. Youʼre in a gr‑ eat mood. Watch out to ensure your en‑ thusiasm is not mak‑ ing you insensitive.
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
The Moon – Youʼre feeling moody and this may be because youʼre stressed out about something and not finding an outlet to express your concerns.
King of Cups – Youʼre in a position of con‑ trol but are also tak‑ ing care of the emo‑ tional needs of your subordinates. You co‑ me across as a sensi‑ tive yet strong leader.
Nine of Swords – Nightmares and lack of good sleep is impacting your health. Take care and ensure you consult a doctor about this. Donʼt leave it to time.
February 19 – March 19
Ups and downs are seen and overall the situation is not so harmful. But avoid unwanted argument at work place. Take enough care to examine the documents before buying a property.
For Better or for Worse Stone soup
SOLUTIONS
Boggle OHIO MAINE TEXAS OREGON WASHINGTON
Number game
Suduko
Scrabble
Ink pen
COMICS
Fred Basset
Dec 21 – January 19 More than over confidence, obedience will do wonders. You have to bend wher‑ ever it is necessary. Health of some maternal relatives may be affected; take care. Avoid ego clashes with life partner.
SUMAA TEKUR
tarotreadhyd@gmail.com
August 22 – September21
Adopt slow and steady approach. Avoid neg‑ ligence and working in a hurry. Some might get a transfer but itʼs good to accept it with‑ out any hesitation. Be alert while driving. Politicians to avoid friends who criticise.
September 22 – October 22
TAROT READ
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
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PICS: SRINIVAS SETTY
Qadir Ali Baig Theater festival at Taramati Baradari near Golkonda
Shyam and Heer Chandana Chakraborthy
AK Khan and Sameera Khan
Preethi and Pamila
Two to tango Secunderabad Club celebrates Club Day 2011
Reetu
Mehar
Amrit Ahluwalia
Ankitha Roshni and Nikitha
The future comes together: Members of AIESEC Deccan come together for Global Village 2011
DJ Ananth
Amen and Eken
Seagrams 100 Pipers organised Hyderabad’s first ever musical festival called ALBO. The band NAGAA, a unique rock band performed to an eclectic audience at Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills
Music Director Ramana Gogula with wife Nikki