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STATE’S AGENDA DOES NOT FIGURE IN CoP

P Biodiversity Board has made four vital contributions to the 29 agendas for the CoP. But officials are sceptical that these will be brought up for discussion at all. Sources say the event will be no more than a holiday.

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CITY RUNS FOR ITS HERITAGE

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ADDING COLOUR TO YOUR LIFE

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MEETING ‘CHAIR’MAN EASTWOOD

lint Eastwood’s latest film sees the 82-yearold actor return to acting. He talks to Romain Raynaldy about the famous ‘chair’, making movies, and Obama. PG 25

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CITY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

A CARING ACT

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

Recent and retrospective A painting exhibition by artist Sudip Roy will be held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery from September 28. Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: September 28, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 6656 4466

Photo exhibition An exhibition titled Imagine is being held at Alliance Francaise De Hyderabad. The exhibition will feature work by Manohar Chiluveru, Srinath Vadapalli, Satya Sai Mothadaka and Shivaprasad Chiluveru. Where: Alliance Francaise, Marredpally, Secunderabad When: Ongoing, 9am to 6pm Contact: (040) 2770 0734

Mudra in style An exhibition of paintings featuring various forms of Lord Ganesha will be held at Iconart Gallery. A preview for the exhibition was held on September 15. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: Ongoing, 11.30 am to 7pm Contact: 98499 68797

Play time Lamakaan will be hosting Manch Theatre’s A Plateful of Plays on October 6. This 120-minute offering is a varied and interesting collection of humorous short plays. tÜÉêÉW==Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 tÜÉåW October 6, 7.30pm onwards `çåí~ÅíW 96427 31329

Ikebana exhibition An exhibition of Ikebana and Painting wherein you can witness a fusion of metal, petal and paint. It’s a journey of scrap in the arms of petals and paint by artiste Sharmila Agarwal. Where: Rainbow Art Gallery,

CINEMAS

Young boys carry bread to distribute among the patients at Osmania Hospital. Balyogi Paryatak Bhavan, Begumpet When: September 25 onwards, 11am to 7pm

Calligraphy art On the occasion of Vinayaka Chathurthi, Sri Parameshwar Raju presents a series of calligraphic artworks based on Lord Ganesha. The exhibition will be held at Truffles Cafe, Jubilee Hills. Where: Truffles Cafe, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2355 0105

Painting exhibition An exhibition of paintings by artiste Sathya Shivakumar titled Naman is being held at Shrishti Art Gallery. Where: Shrishti Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 15 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2354 0023

Life together Iconart Gallery is hosting Life Together, a group show featuring sculptures, paintings and prints by

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22 artistes. A preview will be held on September 28. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 When: September 28 onwards, 11.30 am to 7pm Contact: 98499 68797

Collage, Hotel Ista, Gachibowli. The brunch will be held every Sunda. Where: Hotel Ista, Gachibowli When: Every Sunday, 12pm onwards Contact: (040) 4450 8888

Film workshop

For art’s sake

A film making workshop and film appreciation workshop is being held by Yavanika films. tÜÉåW 29 September onwards, 11am onwards `çåí~ÅíW 94904 40986

Iconart Gallery is hosting Buy Artfor Arts Sake, an affordable art show. A preview will be held on September 15 at 6.30pm. The exhibition and sale will be on till October 15. tÜÉêÉW=Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 12 tÜÉåW September 15 onwards, 11.30 am to 7pm `çåí~ÅíW 98499 68797

Treadmill Treadmill, a play dealing with a journey of exploring personal memories of people in towns of India. It is a comedy in the simplest sense of the word. tÜÉêÉW==Nift auditorium, Madhapur tÜÉåW September 22, 23 7pm onwards `çåí~ÅíW (040) 2311 4537

Sunday brunch A brunch is the best way to bring in a relaxed Sunday with family and friends. A relaxed and pampering Sunday brunch is being offered at

The refund A play titled The Refund will be presented at Lamakaan on September 30. The play takes a dig at the education system prevailing in the country. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: September 30, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 96427 31329

Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 44767777, Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 8800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973

CITY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Man sets himself on fire

Speaker to tour Kerala

32-year-old man Santosh Kumar committed suicide by setting himself on fire at his house in Mani Keshav Nagar under OU police station limits. Santosh was an alcoholic and vexed with this, his wife had left him a few months ago. The couple had two children. Upset at this Santosh attempted suicide six times and this time he succeeded.

Man drowns in Musi

15 member team of AP Assembly MLAs and MLCs led by Speaker N Manohar is going to tour Kerala from today. The team will visit Cochin and Thrissur. The main objective of this tour is to observe how women members of SHGs supervise the responsibilities of sanitation, education, health and nutrition departments.

55-year-old man D Vishwanath Rao was found dead in the Musi River on Saturday. Vishwanath, a resident of Kishanbagh, had reportedly gone to attend a relative’s funeral on September 18 but did not return home. The Shahinayat Gunj police, who is investigating the case, suspects that he may have fallen into the river in an inebriated condition.

Minor kidnapped, raped This is the third such incident in Old City and so far the police has been unable to trace the perpetrators. Mohd SUBHAN

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ncidents of kidnapping and rape are on the rise in Old City of late, more so amongst minors. But there is little the police has been able to do to curb these crimes. In a latest case, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by three men in Kishanbagh under the Bhadurpura police station limits. The incident which took place three days ago has left residents of Old City shaken. While the police have identified two of the three perpetrators, investigations are on, said M Ram Mohan Rao, ACP, Charminar. The 16-year-old victim is a resident of Kondareddy guda basti and is a student of an Arabic school. According to reports, the girl was returning home after attending school as

usual on September 18. When she reached Kishanbagh bus stand she was abducted by a man in an auto who took her to Ghansi Bazaar area. Here he and two others raped her. In the meanwhile, her concerned father, an auto driver, lodged a missing complaint with

The 16-year-old girl was abducted at Kishanbagh bus stand and taken to Ghansi Bazaar where she was raped by three men. the Bahadurpura police station. The girl was released by her abductors the next morning. Upon learning of what the girl had undergone, her parents and some locals informed the police about the incident. A case was registered and the girl was shifted to Government Maternity

Hospital in Petlaburj. The police during the course of investigation identified two people — Dastagir and Aachulu — both auto drivers, for raping the girl. They have been taken into custody and the police is on the lookout for the third accused, said Ram Mohan Rao, who added that the victim was left very shaken by the incident. Incidentally, this is the second such incident to take place in the Kishanbagh area. A few days ago an eight-year-old girl had been kidnapped and gang raped by two men in Asadbaba Nagar. So far the police has not been able to trace the perpetrators. Following the two incidents, the locals of the area a worried lot and are concerned about the police inaction. In the last 20 days three such incidents have taken place in the Old City, with the earlier one taking place in Hafizbaba nagar under the Kanchanbagh police station limits, where a 10-month-old infant was raped by two Bangladeshis.

Senior citizen caught with ‘illegal’ money The 70-year-old man was found near the High Court carrying nearly `48 lakh in cash. Postnoon News feedback@postnoon.com

senior citizen was caught with a huge amount of cash by the Charminar police recently. The police recovered `48 lakh cash from his possession. According to the police, the accused Naval Kishore Sharma had been keep-

ing the money with him illegally, said Charminar inspector V Shyam Babu. He added that the 70-yearold Sharma is a native of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. On Friday during a routine patrol near High Court the police found Sharma moving around suspiciously. Upon checking they found `48,69,650. On ques-

tioning he didn’t give clear answers. The police then called his family and they revealed that he is into the jewellery business and had come here to buy gold jewellery. He was later handed over to the income tax department. A case will be booked against him by the IT officials for carrying illegal money, said Shyam Babu.

MLAs walk from Tank Bund to Assembly

haratiya Janata Party MLAs went on “Padayatra” from Ambedkar statue to Assembly demanding that the State government introduce SC and ST SubPlan in the Assembly on Saturday. BJP floor leader Yendla Laxminarayana, State party president and MLA G Kishan Reddy and Srinivas Reddy paid floral tributes to Amebdkar statue. Laxminarayana criticised the government for its failure to introduce the SC, ST sub-plan in the Assembly despite its assurance. He came down heavily on the State government saying it was trying to escape from introducing the sub-plan on pretext of protests from Opposition parties in the House. He also charged the State government with adopting a escapist attitude towards the SC, ST sub-plan though it constituted a cabinet sub-committee to study grievances of Dalit and tribal peo-

ple by touring the State for six months and submit a report. BJP State president demanded that the State government introduce a separate Telangana Bill and have it passed in the Assembly. He also warned that they would protest in the Assembly if the government failed to do so. He wanted the government to immediately introduce SC and ST sub-plan in the NSS Assembly.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Countdown to Co P Hyderabad 2012

AP’s agenda not in CoP-11

and above all, the benefit of the dignitaries as a holiday tour rather than actually work towards the set biodiversity goals. “Since it is an international event, no expenses will be spared by both the host and the dignitaries. With 450 cultural organisations lined up for the event, it is going to be a jolly affair, more like a vacation than an effort to save the environment. No startling resolutions can be expected from this conference, as none of them have yielded any results so far. The number of declarations signed and decisions take up for discussion

AP Biodiversity Board has made four vital contributions to the 29 agendas for the CBD. But officials are sceptical that these will be brought up for discussion at all.

THE FOCUS THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE AICHI BIODIVERSITY AND A CONTINUATION OF THE

NAGOYA PROTOCOL.

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA

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mong the 29 agendas shortlisted for discussion at the upcoming CoP-11, the AP State Biodiversity Board has made four vital contributions. These agendas figure among the many problems related to the biodiversity of Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh. But, authorities and experts remain sceptical about the four agendas figuring out in the scheme of discussions at the conference. According to R Hampaiah, chairman AP State Biodiversity

Board, “We have made these four contributions after considering the many biodiversity problems in the State, but it remains to be seen whether an actual discussion will take place.” It has been learnt that the agendas have not been slated for discussion in the timetable and schedule of the CoP-11. While the focus of this year’s CoP-11 is going to be the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and a further continuation of the many discussions of the Nagoya

The four agendas contributed are n Health security through medicinal plant biodiversity n In situ water harvesting, organic farming and biodiversity soil revision n Biodiversity indices for cities and villages n Useful tree plantation

Protocol, the schedule released has not mentioned any time slot for the contributions made by the AP State Biodiversity Board. The enormous importance of water harvesting, organic farming and biodiversity index of villages and cities deals with the many pressing issues related to the environment within the City and Andhra Pradesh. Furthermore, officials whisper that the entire conference will help promote tourism, social networking and personal relations

will just keep increasing every year. The very fact that we are yet to clarify a lot of discussions from the Nagoya Protocol is an indicator of what is going to happen,” says an official from the biodiversity board. Experts point out that the only saving grace is that it will not have an absolutely zero effect like the Rio +20 or any of the other climate conventions. Given the skeletal strength of the biodiversity laws and the urgency with which they have to be looked into, it is in no way reassuring that the CoP-11 is only a facade for other vested interests like tourism.

GHMC adopts short-cuts for CBD Md Nizamuddin

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ith the several crores of works pending, the GHMC has adopted unique procedures like lottery system (chittis) and short tender notice. Awarding the works for this CoP-11 has several dimensions and its pursuit in haste to complete them before October, remains a curious fact. Several questions are being raised about these unique procedures being followed for the works that should have been completed way back. Most of the works, from planting trees to recarpeting roads, are being sanctioned in this manner and its transparency is questionable. Twenty two roads, with a length of around 125 kms, that led to various important hotels and historical places from the CBD venue HICC had been iden-

tified. The GHMC took up the responsibility to beautify these roads and also recarpet the roads that come under its limits. Some other roads are under the

purview of the R&B and NH departments. For re-carpeting of BT roads, 62 works were taken up at a cost of `60 crore. Three new roads

were taken up inside NAC to improve connectivity and providing of additional carriage way from Mini Charminar to Hitex. All the works were scheduled to be completed by September end. Some of the other works include retrieval of 34 fountains and waterfalls at a cost of `1 crore,improving side walks at 52 locations at a cost of `20 crore, improvement of 57 storm water drains at a cost of `35 crore, junction improvement and lane marking at a cost of `8 crore, providing signages at `10 crore and improvement of street-lighting with `10 crore and works pertaining to art and clock tower repair that stand at `16 crore and `25 lakh respectively. One can easily get works of pertaining to `1 crore, if a correct channel is approached. With most of the works being handled by engineers it is rumoured that

kith and kin of these officials can easily benefit by undertaking these works that are being commissioned at the last minute. All they need to do is follow a few prerequisites. Short term tender notice is another phenomenon that limits the competition. There were occasions when tenders were called for on Saturday for a bid that would be closed on Monday. Apart from this the task of putting up 125 hoardings promoting the CBD across the City was apparently handed to a single person. “The assignment was handed over to the person, even before I took charge,” says A higher officials, evading questions on the procedure adopted. According to the official, the tenders were floated but as no one responded, the task of mounting the CoP-11 hoardings was handed over by his predecessor to that agency.

CITY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Political spin goes online Keeping pace with changing technology, netas are now making full use of social networking sites to reach out to a wider population and make a larger impact.

reaching out to internet users. “It is difficult to find individuals especially educated youth not active on Facebook and twitter. As a ruling party, it becomes very important for us to reach out to people through such means,” he said. Khan said that he would take up the issue with APCC president Botsa Satyanarayana and convince him to open the party’s accounts on Facebook and Twitter. He also said that he

INKESHAF AHMED

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ith the advancements in technology, more parties in the State are becoming techsavvy. Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress are at forefront of using technological innovations. While the Telugu Desam Party has taken to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to promote the party’s ideology, objectives and programmes, the YSR Congress launched a mobile application for iPhone and iPod users on September 15. Incidentally, the YSR Congress is the first political party in the country to launch such an application to reach out to voters. Commenting on the development, YSR Congress leader and IT wing in-charge Madhusudhan Reddy said that there was a demand from fans and supporters for such an application. “Being a prominent political party in the State, we have been receiving requests from our supporters across the globe to have a unique system to keep them updated about our State in general and party in particular.

THE YSR CONGRESS IS THE FIRST POLITICAL PARTY IN THE COUNTRY TO LAUNCH SUCH AN APPLICATION TO REACH OUT TO VOTERS.

That is when we came up with this application.” Madhusudhan Reddy said the application can be downloaded by anybody from anywhere for free. Earlier, the party had launched a similar application for Android Operating System

users, which he said was downloaded by about 25,000 people. On the other hand, the TDP is making waves on Facebook and Twitter. It has 1,525 followers on its twitter handle (www.twitter.com/jaitdp) with 6,647 tweets till date. On

Facebook the TDP has (www.facebook.com/tdpofficial) about 33,549 followers.

CONGRESS, LEFT

HMR organised Vana Deeksha at UoH

yderabad Metro Rail Ltd recently organised ‘Vana Deeksha’ at University of Hyderabad (UoH). Managing director, HMR, NVS Reddy and vice chancellor Prof Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, several senior professors, students and others participated in the tree plantation programme and school children enthusiastically planted saplings in the University campus. Speaking on the occasion, NVS Reddy mentioned that Indians were one of the earliest to have realised the importance of trees for the sustenance of life and preservation of nature. He quoted extensively from Indian classics like Vedas, Puranas, Mahabharata etc, regarding the importance given to trees in the Indian civilisation. Stating that HMR is planting over 50,000 trees during Vana Deeksha programme from September 15 to October 20 in the City, he announced the criteria for awarding prizes for those individuals, colony welfare associations

and other social groups who plant the maximum number of trees or facilitate large scale plantation by HMR. A committee consisting of a divisional forest officer, an officer of HMR and an NGO representative

LAG

The APCC general secretary Abid Rasool Khan agreed that the party is lagging behind in

will select three individuals or associations for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of `50,000, `40,000 and `25,000 respectively. The details are available on HMR website www.hyderabadmetrorail.in, he mentioned. While thanking HMR for taking up large scale plantation on the University campus, Prof Ramaswamy requested Reddy to consider extending Corridor-III of the Metro Rail up to Hyderabad Central University in the next phase. Prof S Mohanty of the University and Md Ziauddin, chief general manager, HMR, also spoke on the occasion. Separately, after detailed discussions with scientists at the Department of Plant Sciences of the University, the VC and the MD jointly decided to take up research and propagation of certain unique plant species for absorbing high levels of carbon emissions and that UoH and HMR would jointly share their resources for this purpose. NSS

would strive to ensure that the party’s existing website has a new look in a month’s time. The case is not different with the Left parties and the BJP. The CPM State secretary BV Raghavulu said that the party is planning to make use of information technology in a big way. “I agree that there is a great need to catch up with the techsavvy. We will definitely take steps to reach out to them,” he said. The party has already decided to launch its own television channel to promote its basic objectives across the State.

NATION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Sher Shah’s tomb dirty

9 states to get more funds NEW DELHI: Bihar, UP, West Bengal and six other states having literacy levels less than the national average will get enhanced Central share under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan programme, with the Planning Commission approving a proposal to this effect. They will get funds in the ratio of 75:25 compared to the existing ratio of 65:35. Himachal and Uttarakhand will also be included.

DEHRADUN: Departing from BJP's

"exceedingly dirty condition" of Sher Shah Suri's tomb in Bihar's Sasaram, Union minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off a letter to culture minister Kumari Selja seeking her intervention to protect it. Sher Shah’s tomb is an imposing brick structure in the middle of a pond. In 1998, it was included in the UNESCO's tentative list for World Heritage List.

Fresh cases in coal block The CBI conducted raids at the offices and residences of the accused in seven cities

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday registered two new cases against two private companies, their directors and other public servants in the coal block allocation case and conducted raids in seven cities across the country. The agency, which has been already probing the case, has charged Vikash Metals and Powers Limited and Grace Industries with alleged misrepresentation of their net worth and joint ventures to illegally get coal blocks, CBI sources said. The agency also conducted raids at the offices and residence of the accused persons in seven cities — Nagpur, Chanderpur (Maharashtra), Kolkata, Asansole, Purulia (West Bengal) and Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh). The managing directors of these companies and some unknown government officials have been charged with cheating, and criminal conspiracy as well under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the sources added. One of the cases was against the Kolkata-based Vikash Metal & Power Ltd, and its directors Vimal Patni, Vikash Patni, Anand Patni, Virender

PM's ouster no solution

NEW DELHI: Not happy with the

official line over the series of alleged scandals swirling around the UPA government, party veteran BC Khanduri today said resignation by PM Manmohan Singh is "no solution" to the political stalemate and called for political reforms to root out corruption instead of "short-term solutions".

Javelins stuck in quagmire NEW DELHI: A proposal to acquire Javelin anti-tank guided missiles from the US has hit a roadblock over transfer of critical technology and reluctance of the American government to participate in the field trials. India is looking to acquire the third-generation anti-tank guided missiles for modernising its more than 350 Infantry units and provide them the capability to destroy enemy armoured regiments.

The US is not agreeing to provide critical technologies of the missile demanded by India and has also shown reluctance to make available the missiles for being evaluated by Indian experts in the field trials, sources said. Till the time these issues are sorted out, it would be difficult for the Indian side to proceed further on the deal, they said. In response, US missile manufacturer Raytheon said, “The Javelin JV stands ready to

respond to all requests of the Indian government relating to the evaluation and procurement of the combat-proven missile while ensuring it adheres to a US and Indian governments’ agreement.” The Javelin missile is manufactured by a JV of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin but sold to global customers through the US government under the Foreign Military Sales route. The company said the missile was a superior soluPTI tion for the Indian Army.

THE MDS OF THESE COMPANIES AND SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH CHEATING, AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. Kumar Jain, Kailash Chander Jain, Vijay Kumar Jain and Anand Malick, who is authorized signatory for the company along with others. Nagpur-based Grace Industries Ltd and its directors Mukesh Gupta and Seema Gupta along with unknown public servants and other unknown persons were booked in second case. "Promoters of one company are alleged to have sold their stakes after allocation of coal blocks," said CBI sources. CBI had earlier registered five cases and conducted searches at 30 locations on Sep 4. A preliminary enquiry to examine the irregularities, if any, in the allocation of coal blocks by ministry of coal during the period 2006-2009 was registered on a reference from CVC in June.

UNITED WE STAND

Koothankuli: Villagers of Koothankuli protested against the commissioning of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in the convenier of S P Udayakumar and Pushparayan in Koothankuli village near Kudankulam project on Saturday. people of the village protested by forming human chains in the sea shore of their village. PTI PHOTO

Indian soldiers lauded in Israel

Stampede kills two in Mathura temple

Trinamool not to fight Congress

HAIFA (ISRAEL): While remaining unknown in their own country, some Indian soldiers will become household names in Haifa in northern Israel after figuring in the history textbooks taught at schools for their contribution in liberating this city in 1918. The municipality of Haifa has gone ahead with its decision to immortalise the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers, many of whom are buried in the cemetery here, by including the stories of their valiant efforts in liberating the coastal city during the First World War in the school curricula as part of the history textbooks. “The move is a part of Haifa municipalities efforts to preserve the city’s history and heritage,” Hedva Almog, deputy Mayor, told peoPTI ple gathered to pay respects to Indian soldiers.

MATHURA: Two women died early Sunday as massive

JANGIPUR: Despite severing of ties between both the parties, the Trinamool Congress didn’t put up any candidate for the Jangipur bypoll against Congress nominee Abhijit Mukherjee, son of President Pranab Mukherjee. Trinamool district president Md Ali said, “This was Pranab babu’s seat. And the candidate now is his son so as a mark of respect to the President, we didn’t put up any candidate.” Although BJP’s Sudhanshu Biswas is also in the fray, the contest would be virtually between CPI(M)’s Muzaffar Hussain and Abhijit Mukherjee. Altogether 11 candidates have filed their papers for the assembly seat, official sources said. The last date for filing nomination PTI ended yesterday.

crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. “Two female pilgrims died separately, one of a heart attack, and another of injury caused by slipping on the stairs,” Senior Superintendent of Police (Mathura), Padmja, told IANS. Thousands of pilgrims thronged the holy shrine in Barsana village on the birthday of Radha Rani, celebrated as Radha-Ashtmi all over the Braj region, around Mathura and Vrindavan, the leelabhoomi (playground) of Sri Krishna and Radha. Eye-witnesses said the stampede was caused due to heavy rush and limited time for 'darshan' of the presiding diety, who is known to be the IANS beloved of Sri Krishna.

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Very true

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t’s very true what Sumaa Tekkur has written in her article on Saturday. I have had several unpleasant experiences at restaurants where either I got mad at the poor service or the food being too spicy despite telling them beforehand about my preferences. Gayatri Sharma Via email

A bumpy ride ahead for Barfi! ? Not really! Hemanth Kumar

ven the super-tight shirts and the short skirts have not been able to get Kingfisher Airlines up from the dumps. That’s enough proof that such dress code is unnessecary. As the writer of Come fly with me observed, waitresses of Emirates are fashionably dressed without the ‘show’. Rajesh Chinnaswamy Jubilee Hills

EDITORIALS Readers’ views We invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to feedback@postnoon.com or #1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 040-4067 2222.

Stop violence

here seems to be no drop in the violent protests against the insult laid on Islam. If this is not contained now, matters may go out of hand. Despite repeated affirmation that the US had no hand in the making of the movie, protesters are refusing to buy. It’s time they realised the truth. Aditya Mishra Banjara Hills

HE IS A PART OF SHE

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he selection of Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra starrer Barfi! as India’s official entry to Oscars this year has sparked an intense debate about its chances of finding a place on the final list of Oscar nominations. Over the past few years, Indian films haven’t managed to catch the attention of the Oscar committee and one of the reasons behind this poor run has been lack of funds to promote the film in the US. Surprisingly, Film Federation of India (FFI), which is incharge of sending one Indian film to Oscars every year, doesn’t support the producer of the winner financially. Back in 2002, when Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Lagaan was sent to the Oscars, Aamir Khan had to spend a bomb to promote and lobby for his film which eventually earned him an Oscar nomination. However, producers of regional films, who don’t have the required funds for promotions, haven’t been as lucky as

From the hip SYED SHOAIB

A Aamir Khan. So what are the chances for Barfi!? It’s heartening to know that it has been produced by UTV Motion Pictures, which itself is a part of Disney. So far, no Indian film has ever won an Oscar in Best Foreign Film category and only three films – Mother India, Salaam Bombay and Lagaan — have got Oscar nominations. Barfi! is going to be in contention with films like Amour, The Intouchables and Pieta, but UTV & Disney can do everything they can to push the film to the finishing line. The game has just begun.

person has exercised voting right in Andhra Pradesh as a third gender in the recent MLC elections at Nandyal. Her counterpart holds a double masters degree, in commerce and social work and is an ardent advocate of basic rights for the third gender. Today, they are symbols of success for members of their ilk. The two held a campaign in Warangal district for the voting rights of transgenders. As a result, the local authorities issued voter ID cards to 140 of them in Warangal district. The voter, Laila said, “The public should realise that we are also human beings and have basic rights like our fellow beings.” Laila manages an NGO, Modern Awareness Society in Warangal, dedicated to transgenders. Her friend Rachana Khan, who has two master degrees from Nagarjuna and Osmania universities, is an advocacy officer for

Pehchaan project, a five-year programme of Alliance India to reach out and spread awareness on HIV among high-risk groups. In Warangal district, 14 of their community members have completed graduation and nine have qualified as lab technicians. These transgenders can now discharge their duties as efficiently as anyone else, as they have the right skills. Transgenders can be hetero, homo, bi, pan, poly or asexual. Simply put, they are people who cannot identify themselves with the gender assigned to them at birth. As they are a minority group and intricate details about their genital formation, cross dressing, sex reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy are not known to the `normal’ majority, most amongst us tend to mock and segregate them from mainstream life. Transsexuals are different from transgenders. As most of these people from the “twilight zone” find it difficult to get normal jobs or are still fighting for their basic human rights like voting and education, you will find them involved either in sex trade or begging, two easily available vocations that promise them daily meals. Even

in these jobs and in the hamams (bathrooms) they run, those born as men and who pretend to live like men, cheat them of their minimal pay or pass on sexual infections like AIDS. Kaveri, 25, from an agricultural family in Brahmavara taluk in Udupi district, is the first transgender to be appointed as a government employee in Karnataka. Born as a boy, Stany D’Souza, from July 1, 2012, she works at the office of B Jayshree, theatre artiste and Rajya Sabha member. A step towards spiritual equality was taken by the Episcopal Church in New York in July 2012 when it adopted a legislation to give transgenders the right to become ordained ministers. Like in any other community, there are black sheep here too who resort to crimes for sustenance including blind marriages where they do not reveal their true sexual identities. In August 2012, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced a monthly pension of Rs1,000 for transgenders above 40 years of age and living in abject poverty. The Miss Universe pageant changed its rule in April 2012 to

allow Jenna Talackova, a transvestite from Canada to participate in the event that supports equality for all women. Against Me! singer Tom Gabel revealed plans to begin living as a woman in the May 2012 issue of Rolling stones. After years of privately dealing with gender dysphoria, the singer will be known as Laura Jane Grace, post electrolysis treatment and will remain married to wife Heather. This year, the famed Oxford University rewrote the laws governing its strict academic dress code that followed concerns about being unfair to transgenders. Under the new regulations, students taking exams or attending formal functions need no longer wear ceremonial clothing that is gender specific. What we don’t realise is that anyone, you and me, could have been born with a different orientation in gender, religion, nationality, cultural or economic identity. It is incidental that we are who we are. Our real achievement should emerge from actions borne out of these differences. The differences should not be portrayed as shortcomings, ultimately resultant in unfair marginalisation.

BUSINESS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

China to lose Google music BEIJING: Google Inc will close down its online music download service in China next month because of pressure from its rivals like Baidu Inc and Tencent’s QQ. The service will close Oct 19. “This is part of an ongoing effort across Google to bring greater focus to our portfolio of products," the Shanghai Daily Saturday quoted the company as saying.

Apple seeks more damages in wake of win NEW YORK: Apple is seeking more than $700 million in additional damages and interest while arch-rival Samsung wants a new trial in the wake of a verdict that saw Apple awarded $1 billion. A California jury declared that the South Korean giant should pay Apple $1.049 billion in damages for illegally copying iPhone and iPad features for its Galaxy S smartphones. But in a court document filed Friday, Apple said it “is requesting an amendment to the existing verdict and a total judgment” of more than $707 million, noting that the amount it received did not adequately cover Samsung’s infringements on its patents.

Fiat in deep trouble? MILAN: Italian PM Mario Monti and Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne will hold talks on the future of the troubled auto giant that once symbolised Italy’s boom. Marchionne has repeatedly warned he may be forced to shut down one of Fiat’s five massive Italian plants, which are producing below capacity due to of a slump in European car sales.

Size matters at yacht show Megayachts are the most popular at the Monaco yacht show this time round. Some of them are longer than some cruise ships even.

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MONACO: As the world’s biggest yacht, codenamed Project Azzam, nears completion under a veil of secrecy in Germany, the trend for ever larger floating palaces was on full display at the Monaco Yacht Show this week. Considered the most prestigious event of its kind in the world, this year’s show, which wrapped up on Saturday, included a record six megayachts, notching up an average length of 80.11 metres (263 feet). These giants of the seas are around twice the size of the average superyacht, already around 45 metres in length. “Yachts are certainly increasing in length,” Ellie Brade, editor of Superyacht Intelligence at the Superyacht Group of publications, told AFP. To date, there have been 88 yachts of 80 metres and over delivered worldwide, and there are 19 currently under build.

THE APPEAL OF A MEGAYACHT IS THE VOLUME IT OFFERS. THE MORE ROOM YOU HAVE THE MORE OPTIONS YOU HAVE. The most hotly awaited new build, Project Azzam, is set to become the world’s largest megayacht, and oust Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich’s 162metre Eclipse from the top of the superyacht league table. Slated for delivery in 2013, the new yacht will be 180 metres (590 feet), longer than some cruise ships. It is under construction at Germany’s Lurssen yard, although the name of its owner is kept under wraps. Size in the yachting world counts for a lot, industry experts confirmed at the four-day annual show. “There is definitely an element of ‘I’ve got a bigger boat than yours’,” an executive at a leading yacht broker told AFP. “It’s boys with their toys. They want the biggest and the best.” One-upmanship aside, the appeal of a megayacht is the

onboard volume they offer. “You might want to put in a cinema or a gym, so the more length, the more options and the more room you have,” said Brade. The brief from the sportsmad owner of the 78.50-metre motor yacht Hampshire II, showing here this week was simple: To have fun on board. So the yacht’s helipad can be converted into a platform for baseball, tennis or soccer, with a giant net that can be placed around the deck. A 3D cinema graces the brand new 88.5-metre Nirvana that made its world debut here, along with two onboard vivariums home to a chameleon, water dragons, bearded lizards and turtles. Megayachts are proving highly popular with people wanting to

charter the yachts for holidays or business, brokers said. “There is a lot of interest in the big, recent modern boats, particularly from Russian cli-

ents,” Fiona Maureso, head of charter at Monaco-based Yachting Partners International said. The boom has happened in spite of practical limitations —

since the largest yachts are too big to berth at many of the world’s most beautiful ports and islands. Italy’s fabled fishing village of Portofino is too small for very big yachts, as are many small Caribbean islands such as the exclusive St Barts. But anyone considering buying or chartering one of the superyachts on show here this week in Monaco will need deep pockets. A week’s charter on one of YPI’s superyachts will cost upwards of 800,000 euros ($1 million). And the largest megayacht at this year’s show — the luxury 90-metre-long sailing yacht Athena, which is one of the world’s largest three-masted schooners — is on sale from Monaco-based broker Y.CO for a AFP cool 72 million euros.

INTERVIEW SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Adding colour to life

M ANIL KUMAR

Roopa Vaitla has come a long way as a costume designer ever since she made a spalsh with Dookudu. In a freewheeling chat with Postnoon, she tells us more about herself, Samantha and being Sreenu Vaitla’s wife.

HEMANTH KUMAR

hemanth.k@postnoon.com You made your debut as a costume designer with Dookudu. How did all begin? I always wanted to be a designer, but it wasn’t until I met Sreenu Vaitla that I had the chance to take it up as a profession. I was born and brought up in Hyderabad. After my schooling in St Anns High School, I took up BiPC in Class 11 because I wanted to study medicine; however, my mother asked me to opt out of it since she didn’t want me to see struggling for 10 years to become a doctor (laughs). Surprisingly, I got admission in Indira Seva Sadan College of Information Technology and Engineering where I studied Electronics and Instrumentation. I met Sreenu Vaitla when I was in my third year of college. He was the one who forced me to join a fashion designing course. That’s when I joined Hamstech Institute

of Fashion & Interior Design. We have been married for 10 years now and it took me eight years to begin pursuing my dream. Better late than never, I guess.

Your husband is one of the most popular directors in the industry. Did it make your job any easier? Oh no! I wasn’t the first choice for Dookudu. Someone had already designed the look for Samantha, but Sreenu Vaitla wasn’t happy with it. That’s when he asked me to give it a shot but also added that I’ll be onboard only if everyone in the team likes my work. I had just 14 days to design the costumes for Samantha. Luckily, everyone liked it.

You have closely worked with Samantha. What’s the most attractive thing about her? She’s got a beautiful face and she carries both western and Indian outfits quite well. Another good thing about her is her skin tone which can take any colour. I feel she’s perfect and a designer’s delight. She even wears my clothes during her offscreen appearances, which is a

big deal for me.

How would you define your style? What inspires you when you design something? I love bold colours and I make sure that there’s an Indian element in everything I design. At times it’s difficult to convince the directors and others because most people here seem to like neon colours or dull colours. When I work on a film, I keep the background and the character of the artist in mind. In terms of inspiration, I try my best to blend earthy colours with a bit of glamour. Sabyasachi and Manish Malhotra are two designers who inspire me.

I feel that Samantha is perfect. She’s got a beautiful face and she carries both western and Indian outfits quite well. She’s a designer’s delight .

films, I also get orders from US and almost all of them want lehengas which I had designed for Samantha in Dookudu!

Dookudu was a gamechanger for Sreenu Vaitla. Did it change your life as well?

work, but in the end, it’s beautiful because you are creating someone’s appearance.

Yes, it did. Professionally, there are a lot more expectations on Sreenu and along with it there’s so much more pressure. Otherwise, nothing much has changed personally. We have three lovely kids and now both Sreenu and I are busy with Baadshah. There’s no time to think! (laughs).

What exactly does your job encompass?

We heard that you were planning to launch your own clothing line. How’s that coming along?

It took you eight years to make your dream of becoming a designer come true. Any regrets so far?

Costume designing in movies is a big task because you can’t repeat colours and other stuff life earrings and even shoes. I feel it’s more about camaflouging the actor’s flaws and make them look more beautiful. You have to keep the character, the artist and the cinematographer in mind before finalising the look. For Dookudu, there was a time, when I had to design 8 outfits in a single day! It’s a lot of

It’s been a crazy year so far. After Dookudu, I worked for Autonagar Surya, Nandini Reddy’s upcoming film and now Baadshah. Besides, I am taking care of the interior designing of our new house which is under construction. Perhaps, I’ll launch my clothing line next year. Since January, I have designed around 150 clothes and none of them have the same colour, embroidery or design. Apart from

I feel proud that I finally took up the profession which I had dreamt about for a long time. Once you start working, your approach towards life changes. There has never been a moment of regret.

How do you manage to juggle between motherhood, your profession and being Sreenu Vaitla’s wife? I love all three of them! (laughs)

GOLDEN YEARS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

In an increasingly nuclear family set up, what place do grandparents occupy? We explore.

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or as long as I can remember, family for me has meant, my mum and my dad and a monstrous elder brother. That’s not to say, I don’t have a long line of competitive cousins, pesky aunts, balding uncles and other rif raff of relatives. No, my grandparents on both sides ensured that they were actively procreating for a major part of their lives. I just happen to not care about any of them. In this day and age, it’s hard enough to relate to your own mum and dad. To relate to their mums and their dads and their sisters and brothers is perhaps, being a little too optimistic. I know my grandparents because I was forced to spend my summer vacations with them, every single year through school. When I was old enough to say no, I said no. Over time, I saw less and less of them. Until, as a friend of mine likes to put it, the count stood at “three down, one to go.” Since I didn’t know them, I didn’t feel anything when they were gone. Another consequence of this indifference is that I don’t particularly know, like or relate to old people. I find that in this feeling, I’m not alone. Most of my twenty-something friends circle, specially those who’ve a grandparent living with them, feel the same, a little more strongly even. Especially when they narrate legendary tales of their old one’s antics. I have never had to share my room

with an old person who demands for a Tata Sky connection so they can watch Bhakti channel. Or to go and pick KFC zingers for my granddad every night. Or forced to apply weird herbs on my face so I could become fairer. Or drive my grandmother around the city, from temple to temple, depending on which God’s favourite day it was. In the light of these revelations, a recent trip to my mother’s home-town has led me to have a new-found respect for my fiercely independent grandparents. At 70, my only surviving grandmother lives and fends for herself. Even after having been taken care of, for most of her life, first by her father and then by her husband, she is still unafraid to be on her own now. She manages her own finances, is still sharp, funny and amazingly progressive, sometimes even more than my mother. A steady stream of visitors come and go, a tradition from my granddad’s doctor days who it seems, treated everyone who walked through his door, even if they could pay for his services in only turnips and pumpkins. I now wish I had known them better. Without them having come to live with me, that is. The inherent dichotomy had me wondering on the role of grandparents in a nuclear familial set up. Are they either to be strangers, like in my case? Or are they to be an obligatory presence in their child’s home? It seems that there is no blanket answer. But if there has to be one, I’ll think I’ll go with my grandmother when she says, “I’ll remain on my own until I’m able. I’m not going to go asking my children for help as long as they don’t ask me to raise their children for them.”

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ART AND CULTURE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Stedelijk Museum reopens

msterdam’s Stedelijk Museum is due to fully reopen on Sunday after eight years of work. The original 1895 building of the modern and contemporary art museum has been refurbished and an extension added that overlooks the city’s Museumplein. The new building includes a large glassed entrance opening onto Museumplein.

Beaton’s photos found

cache of 120 photographs by Cecil Beaton that depict life in Britain during the Second World War has been discovered in London in the Imperial War Museum’s Photograph Archive. Although the photos entered the collection in 1948 when the ministry of information’s photography archive was transferred to the museum, they remained unattributed until now.

Sculptures fill Shanghai park

culptures by Wim Delvoye, Subodh Gupta and Jaume Plensa, among many others, go on display in a public park in Shanghai in September as part of the Jing’An International Sculpture Project Biennial (20 September-30 November). The exhibition is part of an effort to build a permanent outdoor sculpture collection for the Jing’An district in central Shanghai.

Rider on the storm

Recreating her beloved memories and experiences of horses on canvas is avid rider and budding equine artist Pooja Ganapathy Kapur. Padmini C padmini.c@postnoon.com

elve a little into art history, and it will reveal that horses have always played a loyal muse to artists, be it as cave paintings in ancient civilisations, battle mounds during the Renaissance, equestrian races in the nineteenth century or even in modern times, when artists like Degas, Edwin Muir and our very own MF Husain immortalised the much favoured creature on canvas. And now, in a post-modern fashion, city-based Pooja Kapur, a budding equestrian artist, continues the great tradition. Even though, in her case, her interest in horses is rather personal. “My fascination with horses began when I was 10. I had just started riding and soon I found myself in love with the animals

— they are intelligent, kind and so incredibly loyal till the end. The grace, power but yet gentle nature of the animal was a great inspiration to me. This continued for the next two decades. But after childbirth, my back gave out and I had to stop riding. It affected me strongly. It was then that I looked towards the canvas to bring horses back to me, in

When I was trying to find my feet, I would look towards my favourite artists like Edwin Muire’s and Husain’s horses for inspiration. Over time, I’ve learned to recreate my own experiences.

Serene and luminous Art from the Danish Golden Age include landscape paintings characterised by its strong contrasting colours

he Danish Golden Age covers the period of creative production in Denmark, especially during the first half of the 19th century. Although Copenhagen had suffered fires, bombardment and national bankruptcy, the arts took on a new period of creativity catalysed by Romanticism from Germany. The period probably most commonly associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting is from 1800 to around

1850, which encompasses the work of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and his students, including Wilhelm Bendz, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye, Constantin Hansen, and Wilhelm Marstrand as well as the sculptures of Bertel Thorvaldsen. Around the beginning of the 19th century, the Golden Age of Danish Painting emerged to form a distinct national style for the first time since the Middle Ages. It has a

style drawing on Dutch Golden Age painting, especially its landscape painting, and depicting northern light that is soft but allows strong contrasts of colour. The treatment of scenes is typically an idealised version of reality, but unpretentiously so, appearing more realist than is actually the case. A crucial figure was Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who had studied in Paris with JacquesLouis David.

some way or the other,” she says. Pooja’s journey towards finding art was a lot less straightfoward. Hailing from an army background, which enabled her to travel a lot, Pooja dabbled in a number of fields, including fashion design (she ran a boutique of her own for six years) and teaching (managed a play school) among others. Yet she craved more. “While I enjoyed everything that I was doing, I was still yearning for more. It then dawned upon me that my heart lay in art. So I took up the canvas seriously three years ago.” Pooja’s debut solo show ‘Art de Konj’ was held earlier this year at the Muse Art Gallery, which opened to positive reviews. Since then, she has had four shows at the Hyderabad race course and is currently exhibiting her paintings at

Beyond Coffee. A self-taught artist, Pooja says that she started off seeking inspiration from masters like Muire and Husain but is slowly coming into her own. “Initially, when I was still trying to find my feet, I would look towards my favourite artists like Edwin Muire’s and Husain’s horses for inspiration, but our styles are very different — I don’t venture into abstract or semi-abstract. But over time, I’ve learned to recreate on canvas my own memories and experiences. So now my creative process is more evolved,” she admits. In her own words, her work now captures everything from the mystifying way horses react to mundane things to their pure joy at being free. So has she found her calling in art? Pooja says, “I think so. It’s been a surreal and enriching experience. This is what I want to do.”

ART FOR DUMMIES

ENVIRONMENT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Ice cover shrinks to record low

Greece’s Santorini bulges

Wind turbines for power

COLORADO: Arctic sea ice cover is now

GREECE: Santorini locals began to

LONDON: Placing wind turbines off the

at the lowest summer minimum extent since satellite records began in 1979, say scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, NSIDC. The new data prompted forecasts of severe winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere and a call from conservationists for a coordinated international response to the polar crisis.

suspect last year that something was afoot with the volcano under their Greek island group. The volcano has been quiet for 60 years, and these recent events don't indicate an imminent eruption, said geologist Nomikou Paraskevi of the University of Athens. Greece's Santorini was created by a volcanic blast 3,600 years ago.

East Coast could meet the entire demand for electricity from Florida to Maine, according to engineering experts at Stanford University. It would require 144,000 offshore turbines standing 270 feet tall — not one of which exists since proposals have stalled due to controversy and costs. But the analysis shows it's doable.

GREEN VERTIGO

OLIVIER MORIN

An Italian vertical garden, covering a surface of 1,263 sq m, has been certified as the largest in the world.

shopping centre near Milan is claiming an unusual record — the biggest vertical garden in the world, covering a surface of 1,263 square metres (13,600 square feet) with a total of 44,000 plants. The huge garden, which was inaugurated in 2010 but was only certified as a record this week, was designed by architect Francesco Bollani who headed a creative team that included an architecture studio from Montpellier in France. “It took us a year to grow the plants in a greenhouse and 90

days to build the facade,” Bollani told AFP. “It was like building a giant Lego!” The previous record was held by a Madrid garden covering 844 square metres. Shopping centre director Simone Rao said: “This is sustainable architecture, which can combine beauty with energy saving while respecting the environment.” The garden helps regulate the temperature in the shopping centre in Rozzano and, by reducing direct sunlight, it helps keep energy consumption low. It also absorbs carbon diox-

Catch a glimpse Musée des Arts Premiers Quai Branly in Paris has one of the most well known vertical gardens in the world. The garden was created by Patrick Blanc, who used his patented scaffolding and irrigation system to make the wall.

Upstanding gardens A vertical garden, or a green wall, usually denotes a side of a building partially or completely covered with vegetation. Though the idea of a vertical garden is not new (for example, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon), Stanley Hart White is credited with

Advantages:

inventing modern vertical gardens and holds a patent for the same. Vertical gardens are of two main types; one, where the plant is rooted in the ground and grows along the wall supported by special structures, and the other, where modular panels are mounted on the wall.

n It can be used in urban areas to reduce the overall temperature of the building. n Living walls are a great way to reuse grey water. n It is sometimes created indoors to improve air quality.

ide and reduces ambient noise to a minimum. French architect Le Corbusier was one of the first to conceive of a vertical garden in 1923 and the idea has become very popular in architecture circles. Bollani said that his version was easier to build and take apart because the garden is made up of small metallic containers. This means the garden is more expensive than classical methods, with a total cost of 1.0 million euros ($1.3 million), he AFP said.

MEXICO CITY:

MADRID: The 24-m high

Fernando Ortiz Monasterio created the vertical gardens in Mexico City, which have been credited with bringing down pollution levels.

vertical garden at CaixaForum museum in Madrid is another creation by Patrick Blanc and has been drawing visitors since 2008.

FOOD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Britannia cheese lines

ndian food giant Britannia Industries has launched yoghurt and cheese lines.The flavoured yoghurt line, which rolled out this weekend, is available in three variants: mango, vanilla and strawberry.The range is available with initially across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore Hyderabad and Chennai. In addition, Britannia has launched a gourmet cheese line as a trial.

FTC to look into food ads

Reading food labels

ederal officials concerned about childhood obesity say they are closely watching the kinds of food being advertised to children. But there isn’t much they can do if they don’t like what they see. The Federal Trade Commission plans to release a report by the end of the year detailing how dozens of food companies market their products to children.

Shoppers — particularly women — who take the time to read food labels are thinner than those who don’t.Women who read food labels weighed nearly 9 pounds less than women who didn’t read labels, according to the study. It also found that women read labels more than men, and the smoking population paid even less attention to label information.

Amigos from Spain

Michelin stars define what fine dining is. Spaniard Koldo Royo, one of the best exponents of his country’s cuisine, has two. What’s his secret? Something simple, something honest.

RAJESH RAVINDRAN

rajesh.r@postnoon.com

SRINIVAS SETTY

wo minutes, amigo, and I will be with you.” The bearded one of the portly men in the white attire of chefs told us as we walked up to them. They were in conversation with some men in black, senior officials of Park Hyatt; the clean-shaven man spoke in Spanish with lots of animation and the bearded man translated what he said. Two minutes passed and they were done and the two men in white approached us, the cleanshaven in quick large strides, the bearded man on his heels. Both wished us and shook our hands. “Do you speak Spanish?” “No.” “That’s okay.” We were led to the balcony of the Park Hyatt wherefrom we had a nice view of the concrete park with vestiges of greenery that marked it sparsely. “So, what have you got for us from Spain?” The bearded translated for the clean-shaven. He answered and the former translated: “Something simple... something honest.” The clean-shaven man was Koldo Royo, the two-Michelin star chef from Spain, and the bearded man was Sebastien, who works at

Royo’s restrauant in Spain, and here in India as his translator. The Michelin guide defines two star rating as “excellent cuisine, worth a detour”. It’s this “simple, honest motto” that has made this Spaniard one of the best exponents of his country’s cuisine. Despite being one of the best known faces on the culinary circuit in his country and abroad, he bears no airs of his “stardom”. “I am not here as a Michelinstar chef, or anything of the sort. We are men come to India bringing you the taste of Spain,” clarified Royo, who was on his first visit to India. Born in the Basque region, Royo grew up helping his parents at their tapas bar at St Sebastian in the North of Spain. “Cleaning up the bar, a little of cocktail-making, a little of bartending,” he reminisced. He then moved to Mallorca, an island in the Mediterranean Sea where he set up his own restaurant Restaurante Koldo Royo. Here the tastes of Basque and the Mediterranean combine to form something very unique as several of his patrons would testify. We asked him about the popularity of tapas and its becoming a meal in itself. “You see, it’s not a meal, neither is it an appetiser as goes the misconception,” corrected Royo. “It’s something you have with wine. Of course, it becomes a meal if you have lots of it.” “People go to a tapas bar, eat some tapas, drink some wine and then move to the next one where once again they eat some more and drink some more,” Royo explained. He talked with nostalgia of the late-morning-late-lunch-late-dinner culture in Spain. “Now times have changed,” he sighed. Since majority of the Spanish mainland is fringed by the Mediterranean, seafood is big in Spain. “It varies according to region though,” said Royo. “In dry regions, it’s more of beef and goat.” Of the Indian cuisine, Royo said it’s a bit spicy. “We had four types of biriyani,” chipped in Sebastien while Royo was trying hard to recall something he said he had in the morning and loved it. “Dosa?” “Yes... but it has potato in it.” “Masala dosa?” “That’s the one, said Royo with relish. “We loved it.”

Tapas comes from the Spanish word tapa, to cover. Story goes that King Alfonso XIII stopped by a tavern in Cádiz (Andalusian city) where he ordered a cup of wine. The waiter covered the glass with a slice of ham before offering it to the king, to protect the wine from the beach sand, as Cádiz is a windy place. The king, after drinking the wine and eating the tapa, ordered another wine "with the cover". Another story is that King Alfonso X of Castile fell ill and he recovered drinking wine with small dishes between meals. He ordered that taverns were not to serve wine unless it was accompanied by snacks, or tapa. When we told him about these stories, he said, smiling, the first story “holds more water”.

FOOD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Omelette

Brownies

The easiest breakfast food ever, omelettes are gastronomy's gift to bachelors.

Dal and chawal are passe. Use your pressure cooker for more interesting things, like brownies.

2 eggs n Vegetables of your choice, finely chopped (onions, tomatoes, capsicum, mushrooms) n 1 pinch salt n 1/2 tsp pepper n Grated/finely chopped cheese n Butter n 1 tbsp milk

½ cup of butter n ¼ cup cocoa powder n 1 cup sugar n ¾ cup maida n ¾ tsp baking powder n ¼ tsp salt n 1 tbsp honey (optional) n 2 eggs

Murgh sada Noor’s Kitchen NOOR JAFRI It's a very simple, tasty dish which can be made in a jiffy. Ingredients 1. Ginger - garlic paste - 1 teaspoon

2. Chicken curry cuts - 500 gms 3. Thick curd - 1 cup 4. Kaju paste - 2 tablespoons 5. Green chilli paste - 2 teaspoons 6. Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon. 7. Salt to taste n

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Heat butter in a pan. Add vegetables and stir fry for few minutes till tender. In a bowl, whisk eggs with milk with salt and pepper. When the vegetables are tender, spread them across the pan and pour the egg mixture over them. Allow the egg to cook, gently lifting the cooked portions for the runny bits to

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hit the pan. When the bottom is golden brown, flip the omelette. Sprinkle the cheese on the top. Once the other side is cooked, slide the omelette on to the plate and fold to melt the cheese. Add boiled potatoes and herbs like oregano for a heartier, Spanish-style omelette.

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Take off the heat, add cocoa powder and mix well. Cool. In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, salt and mix. Add honey, eggs, the cocoabutter mixture to the flour mix and stir well. Pour the batter into a

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HISTORY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Sept 24

1988: Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson runs the 100-meter dash in 9.79 seconds to win gold at Olympics in Seoul. Johnson’s triumph, however, was temporary: He tested positive for steroids three days later and was stripped of the medal.

Sept 25

1915: British forces launch an attack on German positions at Loos, Belgium, beginning the Battle of Loos. The British attack at Loos was led by Sir Douglas Haig, commander of the 1st Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).

Sept 26

1957: The Shakespeare-inspired musical West Side Story makes its Broadway debut. East Side Story was the original title of the musical, written by playwright Arthur Laurents and scored by composer and lyricist Leonard Bernstein in 1949.

Sept 26

1960: For the first time in US history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. Presidential hopefuls, John F Kennedy and vice-president Richard M Nixon met in a Chicago studio to discuss US domestic matters.

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1954: The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the US Navy.

1939: 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler’s army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days.

Sept 28

1994: 852 people die in one of the worst maritime disasters of the century when the Estonia, a large car-and-passenger ferry, sinks in the Baltic Sea.

Sept 29

1913: Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the engine that bears his name, disappears from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp to England. Days later, his body was found floating in the North Sea.

1996: The US Postal Service issues an F Scott Fitzgerald commemorative stamp.

Sept 30

1938: British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to Germany.

SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 1

All for a cause

The Charity Art Fair organised by Heal a Child Foundation at Muse Art Gallery was a gala event with many turning up to extend their support. 6

Youngsters were seen putting their best foot forward and letting their hair down at the sundown party held at Park on Saturday night. Spotted were Ciara, Bhargavi and others.

Jazzing it up!

1 DJ Jonathan 2 Iantha 3 Bhargavi 4 Ciara

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6 Anu Prethna, Satya 7 Sabeena Lona, 8 Karen Bhatia Deepnath 9 Aria, Kiran Kevin, Pooja 10 Shashi Nahata Jwala Gutta 11 Ranguli Arpita

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CINEMA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Damarukam to release on October 11

agarjuna, Anushka starrer Damarukam is finally going to hit the screens on October 11. Although the film’s shooting was wrapped up in early 2012, it took almost six months to complete the post production. Nagarjuna, who’ll be seen in an action packed role, is all praises for the visual effects in the film and it’s also the highest budgeted film in his career. The film revolves around the life of a man who becomes the messiah for a sect of people which has in turn triggered the rumours that the film is loosely

Shadow’s team praises Venkatesh T he entire team of Shadow can’t stop raving about Venkatesh these days. The film’s first look was supposed to be launched on September 19, but Meher Ramesh, the director of the film, postponed the launch once again. Interestingly, those who have caught the first glimpse of Venkatesh in the teaser have been going gaga over the actor’s style and new look. “Just saw #shadow teaser...awesome visuals..venky rocks..all de best @MEHERRAMESH (sic),” Brahmaji posted on Twitter. Gopimohan, who has co-written

the script, tweeted, “Shadow 1min trailer is just kevv http://keka.com .. Venky rocks in his new macho stylish action look. Wait for few more days. :)(sic)” Taapsee is playing Venkatesh’s love interest in the film and Srikanth, Madhurima Banerjee are also playing important roles. Venkatesh is playing the role of a don in this action entertainer which has been shot in Switzerland, Malaysia, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Thaman has composed the music. Shadow is expected to release in January, 2013.

Pawan Kalyan disappoints his fans

he principal shooting of Pawan Kalyan’s upcoming film Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu is almost complete and the stage was set for the audio launch of the film in Hyderabad on September 24. However, fans of Pawan Kalyan were in for a huge surprise when sources close to Pawan Kalyan revealed that the film’s audio CDs will be released directly into the market. This is the first time in recent history that a high profile event related to Pawan Kalyan was called off at the last hour. In the past, the audio launches of his earlier films like Jalsa, Puli, Teen Maar, Panjaa and Gabbar Singh were celebrated with much fanfare amidst thousands of his fans who thronged to the venue from various parts of the state. It’s still not clear why the audio launch was called off, especially considering the fact that the buzz surrounding the film has shot through the roof as it approaches its release date. Puri Jagannadh has directed the film and DVV Danayya has produced it. Pawan Kalyan and Tamannaah are playing the lead roles in this film which is slated for release on October 18.

inspired from Amish Tripathi’s bestselling novel The Immortals of Meluha. Srinivas Reddy has directed the film and Venkat has produced it under the RR Movie Makers banner. Devi Sri Prasad has composed the music. This is the fourth time Nagarjuna and Anushka are pairing up after Super, Don and Ragada. Meanwhile, Nagarjuna is shooting for his upcoming film titled Love Story in Zurich, Switzerland. His recent film Shirdi Sai garnered good reviews and Nagarjuna, in particular, was appreciated for his performance as Sai Baba.

CINEMA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

‘I only want to touch hearts’ Anurag Basu is delighted that Barfi! has touched so many hearts and he has more reasons to smile after the film was chosen as India’s official entry to Oscars.

he director, who believes touching a hundred hearts is more important than `100 crore box-office takings, says versatility often turns out to be a disadvantage in the film industry. “I personally feel it is a disadvantage to be a versatile director. Producers don’t know where to place you because they don’t know what next you will come up with,” Basu said. “(As a director, I feel) You live with a film for one to two years, and so it should be entertaining. Each and every project should excite you (as a filmmaker). For me, Barfi! was an altogether different experience,” added the director, who has earlier helmed films as different as Gangster, Life... in a Metro and Kites. Basu’s latest offering Barfi! is drawing viewers to the theatres even a week after its release on September 14, but Anurag Basu insists that he doesn’t know if his film will join the `100 crore club.. His prime reward, he says, is touching viewers with his story telling — something he has successfully achieved with the movie.

“I don’t know about making `100 crore. But I feel it is more difficult to touch people’s hearts. From my film, I only want to touch hundreds or thousands of hearts and that’s all that matters to me. Collection is not important for me,” Basu said. Barfi! is a moving tale of love beyond words — between a deaf and mute boy Murphy, played by Ranbir Kapoor, and an autistic

girl Jhilmil, essayed effortlessly by the National award-winning Priyanka Chopra.Southern actress Ileana D’Cruz, who has made her Bollywood debut with the movie, has also left a strong impact with her performance. The film has been hailed in cinematic circles for its simplistic, yet heartwarming treatment. The viewers are expected to understand the nearly mute nar-

rative through sign language and the beauty is that they do. Filmmakers like Karan Johar and celebrities like megastar Amitabh Bachchan have praised the “masterpiece” and Basu is thankful to them all. Johar said he felt “talentless” after watching Barfi!. “It is really overwhelming when people praise your film. For me, Karan Johar’s comment means a lot. Karan Johar’s message was very humbling. It takes courage and you need a big heart to praise any other director. I also received some great messages, one from Big B as well. It feels great when people admire you,” he said. For now, the filmmaker plans to work on an English version of Barfi!, work on a “small film”, and later, towards the winter season of 2013, he plans to roll out the Kishore Kumar biopic with Ranbir, on floors. Last week, Barfi! was named as one of the 20 films shortlisted by the Film Federation of India to send for the Academy Award category of Best Foreign Language Film, which was a

first in Anurag Basu’s career.. “It is great, but I don’t know how much of a chance do we have, because this year we have some wonderful films, not just from Bollywood but from regional cinema as well. “This is a good time for Indian cinema. (But) I hope this time we will be lucky,” he confessed recently. Luck has indeed favoured him. Barfi! has been chosen as India’s official entry to IANS the Oscars.

CINEMA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Tamannaah to romance Akshay

Amol Palekar to be honoured

ctress Tamannaah Bhatia, who debuted in Hindi with Chand Sa Roshan Chehra, is now working on her next movie Himmatwala. She has reportedly bagged another big offer in the B-Town even before completing her second Bollywood film. She will be seen shaking legs with Akshay Kumar in the film, which will be a remake of megastar Chiranjeevi’s blockbuster flick Tagore. Tagore, which was directed by VV Vinayak, is all about a war against corruption. It deals with how a man named Tagore spreads awareness about corruption and how he becomes the most adulated demigod in the state because of this noble mission. Chiranjeevi played the character Tagore, while Jyothika and Shriya Saran were the female leads in the movie. It was a big hit IANS in the south.

ctor-filmmaker Amol Palekar will be conferred with the Vishnudas Bhave Award on November 5 for his contribution to Marathi theatre, Sharad Karale, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Natya Vidya Mandir Samiti, announced. The award was instituted 52 years ago by Sangli-based Akhil Bharatiya Natya Vidya Mandir in memory of the pioneer of Marathi drama and is given away annually to honour a personality from Marathi film and drama for PTI their outstanding contribution.

Sikander Kher in Aurangzeb

ctor Sikander Kher has been signed up for Aurangzeb, a Yash Raj Films (YRF) project. Directed by Atul Sabharwal, the film will also star Ishaqzaade actor Arjun Kapoor in a double role. It will see Jackie Shroff and Amrita Singh come together after almost two decades. Rishi Kapoor will be donning the role of a villain in the film. “Sikander is doing an important role in Aurangzeb,” an official from YRF. Aurangzeb, rumoured to be a fresh take on the 1978 blockbuster Trishul and will hit the theatres next year. Sikander, on his part, was evasive about his role. “There is nothing that I can talk about it. Right now it is too premature. We will talk about it later. Till there is something substantial to talk, PTI let me struggle quietly,” he says.

CINEMA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

AHEAD OF THE

CURVE

father’s obstinacy and gruffness, and insists on joining him on a scouting trip to North Carolina, to try to break through to him. Eastwood says he enjoyed being able to leave the director’s hat off, and to get back to his acting roots. “After Gran Torino, I kind of thought that this is kind of stupid, doing both jobs,” he said. “And I thought, maybe I should just do the actor and allow myself a little bit of comfort zone. And this was the opportunity. So I just didn’t have to do anything but watching Amy throw the ball.” He added: “It’s quite relaxing because I can just sit back. I probably won’t do both again, at least for the moment. But I said I wouldn’t act again a few years ago, and that changed too, so sometimes you just... lie.” At the Republican convention, Eastwood wasn’t lying when he urged US voters not to re-elect Obama — but he admits that

his decision to use an empty chair as a prop was literally a last-minute affair. “I don’t know if I’d do it the same way, I doubt it because I thought of that about five seconds before I was on stage,” he said. “When you walk out there, you got an audience of 10,000 people extremely enthusiastic and your mind goes blank anyway.” In any case, he joked, the Tampa speech failed in at least one sense. “It didn’t get the response that I wanted because I was hoping that they’d nominate me. That was my ambition,” he said, smilAFP ing.

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Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Trouble With The Curve, sees the 82-year-old actor return to acting. He talks to Romain Raynaldy about the famous ‘chair’, making movies, and Obama.

lint Eastwood made headlines with his offthe-cuff Republican convention speech — and defies expectations again with his latest film, returning to the screen as an actor at the age of 82. The Hollywood icon and Dirty Harry star, who plays an ageing baseball scout in Trouble with the Curve, has long focused on directing, and even announced his retirement from acting after starring in the 2008 film Gran Torino. But he said he felt comfortable being directed by long-time producer and collaborator Robert Lorenz in the movie, which co-star Amy Adams. “Lorenz did a terrific job. He was making noises about wanting to direct for some years,” Eastwood told reporters Beverly Hills, presenting his latest movie which opens this weekend in the US. Eastwood is one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, adored by generations of fans since he starred in the 1960s TV series Rawhide, through Westerns like A Fistful of Dollars (1964) to his “make my day” period as Inspector Harry Callahan in the 1970s and 1980s. As a director he won plaudits and Oscars — for 1992’s Unforgiven and 2004’s Million

Dollar Baby. Eastwood’s Republican political leanings have never been a secret — he was mayor of his hometown of Carmel, California in the 1980s — and he endorsed Mitt Romney as the party’s White House candidate in early August. But his bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention — famously including talking to an invisible Barack Obama in an empty chair — raised many eyebrows, with some wondering if the icon was simply, sadly, growing senile. Eastwood appears to have enjoyed the bafflement, and dismisses the suggestion he is going senile. “When you get to a certain age, you’re just glad to be there,” he said with a smile. “I’ve been enjoying the journey to this stage and so I intend to enjoy the rest of the journey.” The ageing process is at the center of his new film: Eastwood plays an elderly Atlanta baseball scout, refusing to admit that he is going blind. His daughter, played by Adams, is frustrated by her

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SUNDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Desert transport 6 Full force 11 Edible pigeon 16 Secret rendezvous 21 Honshu port 22 ‘Walk Away –’ 23 Wavy 24 Exudes moisture 25 Sigh or murmur 26 Vine-covered 27 Pilot’s OK 28 Midwest airport 29 PC monitor 30 Valuable thing 32 Meanness 34 Decadent 36 Gardener, often 38 Comb, in a way 40 Amherst sch 42 Rental agreement 43 AOL message 45 Rain-delay rollouts 47 Target rival 49 Joist crossers 52 Grease jobs 53 Dagger handles 54 Quaker pronoun 57 Luxury fur 58 Type of vinegar 59 Oater showdowns 60 Playground shout 61 Pothole locales 62 Smoothed the way 63 About a quart, in London 64 Tall tales 65 Gridiron stats 66 Rock tumbler stones 68 Juicy pears 69 First name in cosmetics 70 Tangy taste 72 Big pitcher 73 Mutt 74 Barrages 75 More rational 77 Bubbles up 78 Supermarket area 79 Lost cause defender (hyph) 82 Ecstasy 83 Give up territory 84 Recounted 88 Foul caller 89 Work with oils 90 Least covered 92 – Speedwagon 93 Mold source 94 – mignon 95 Broadcast portion 96 Above the horizon 98 Manual 99 Cubed 100 – – Maupassant 101 Punjab capital 102 Underhandedly clever 103 Cloud formations 104 Jetson kid 105 Fishing permit 106 Jane or Henry 107 Turn – – ear 108 Coup plotters 109 Movie part 111 Kin of argon and neon 113 Speckle

115 Costa – 119 ‘Gunsmoke’ marshal 121 Brag 123 Beethoven’s ‘Fur –’ 125 Canine warning 126 Pursue relentlessly 127 Great Buddhist king of India (var) 129 Coral reef 131 Enjoyed a repast 133 Deride 134 Hindu dervish 135 Sheet of plywood 136 Put – (save) 137 Brit’s TV 138 Make corrections 139 Dodge, as taxes 140 Brick worker DOWN 1 Davenport 2 Kind of turf 3 Not glossy, as a photo 4 Just scrape by 5 Dr Zhivago’s love 6 Achilles’ battle prize 7 Make public 8 Apartments 9 Society column word 10 Koppel and Turner 11 Is thrifty

12 Sales reps’ goals 13 Natural impulses 14 Pub pint 15 Cowshed 16 50-percent-off deals 17 Warm up 18 Dublin-born poet 19 Wild time 20 Mao – -tung 31 Fixed gaze 33 Less polluted 35 Ladies’ casuals 37 Started over 39 Chopin works 41 Snow lovers 44 High-IQ group 46 Not up yet 48 Mme’s daughter 49 Avis rival 50 Form a gully 51 Gather together 52 Source of iron 53 Rabbit’s home 54 Mid-afternoon 55 Comedian – Youngman 56 Thumbs-up votes 58 Do a banquet 59 Harrow parts 0 Card holder 62 Handled roughly

63 Weaving machines 64 Complain angrily 67 Whodunit or romance 68 Blow one’s own horn 69 Yard tools 71 Jeans go-with (hyph) 73 Needle end 74 ‘Be kind, rewind’ 76 Berne’s river 77 Hit a high ball 78 Eagle’s lair 79 Wipes the woodwork 80 Strong-arm 81 Powerful adhesive 82 Harvests hay 83 Tea container 85 Mork’s superior 86 Knowing looks 87 Gift recipient 89 Miner’s tool 90 Bribe (2 wds) 91 Leaflet 94 Discover 95 Mystique 97 ‘Do – – a Waltz?’ 99 Guys like Hamlet 100 Ms Close of films 101 Sausage choices 103 Very arid (hyph) 104 Impressionist – Manet

105 Desi’s partner 106 Anise-flavored plant 107 Darth’s real name 108 Congealed 109 Rhone tributary 110 Hard-hearted 112 Call forth 114 Ms Helmsley of hotels 116 – fatuus

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GEMINI

Efforts to secure additional loans will get fulfilled for businessmen. Court case delayed will be decided in your favour. Health will be fine. Differences with friends and wellwishers will go.

Postpone new efforts for a couple of days. Businessmen advised not to get into signing of new agreements. Employees might be overburdened. Misunderstanding among couples likely.

Marriage of son or daughter will be performed in a grand manner. Those in search of job will get favourable news. Unexpected fortune likely with which you will reduce debts considerably.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Proper planning and acting with alertness will bring desired results. Delayed marriage talk will resume and end favourably. Keep an eye on activities of your children and set them right.

-Self confidence and boldness level will be high.Troubles of the past will reduce gradually. Couple will be affectionate towards each other. Those affected by chronic disease will get relief.

You will concentrate on children's issues and make them feel confident by supporting them. Delayed work will take place without further obstacles. All new efforts will yield good results.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Ups and downs likely and hence act with caution in work undertaken. Delayed marriage talk will resume and progress well to end favourably. Likely to face a problem through your child.

Some will undertake pilgrimage. Debt issues will come to an end as you will clear a major portion of the same. Delayed loan application will get sanctioned now but you need to be careful.

Your stock is set to pile up and you will be respected in the gettogethers you attend. Debts will come down considerably as financial situation is strong. Good news from a distance likely.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Court verdicts will go in your favour. Those deprived of children for a long time will hear a favourable news. Those planning to buy a house or plot will be successful without much efforts.

Though you will deal with work slowly, finally the results will be very favourable. Some good news regarding children's future will bring cheer to you. Dues to you will come and cheer you.

Delay in marriage talk might upset you. Stay patient and the situation will change soon. Health needs to be taken care of. During travel, be careful with outside food and water as you may fall ill.

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Nine of Wands - Your biggest strength is the number of options before you. You can plan and execute ideas better than ever before without the pressure.

Seven of Swords You are a believer in working towards a better social status. It may not necessarily be a bad thing because it motivates you to achieve more.

The Devil - You are tempted to take the easy route out. But there is no shortcut to success. You will have to continue working hard, which you’re damn good at.

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

Knight of Wands While it might seem like great fun to have someone as a puppet in your hands, it is not pleasant in the long term. Your credibility is at stake.

Five of Cups - You must learn to sugarcoat what you tell people. They are likely to find your words too harsh. Be a little sensitive to others’ feelings.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

Ten of Pentacles Finances are in control and this gives you confidence to do as you please and take off on the road less travelled. A great time to socialise.

Seven of Cups - You seem obsessed with making money. You are caught in the trappings of the material world and all that it has to offer. Let not obsessions overtake.

Knight of Pentacles - You are mad at someone for the way he/she treated you. Retreat from the situation and look at the big picture. You won’t be so mad.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

The Hermit - You are likely to meet a gorgeous person, who will change the way you think and make you look at life in a very different way.

Queen of Cups You focus more on the long term and tend to ignore the short term factors that could affect your immediate dayto-day living.

Four of Cups - If you have a passion, this is the right time to make adjustments in your schedule to follow it. Painting, music or such else will get your attention.

Queen of Swords You must get into the habit of making donations or any charity in cash or kind. Build this into your investment plan for long term.

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his is a true story of George Phillips of Mallepally, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things. He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all." Within five minutes three squad cars and an ambulance showed up. The police caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

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CINEMA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Cinnamon Girl starts bidding war

enee Zellweger’s Cinnamon Girl TV pilot has become the subject of an intense bidding war that was expected to reach a head on Friday. Warner Horizon Television, Universal Cable Productions and Fox 21 were the last three studios bidding for the project, a person with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap,

Bye-O, LMFAO! party rockers taking a timeout

he party rockers’ party is coming to an end — at least for now. LMFAO — aka the duo made up of Redfoo and SkyBlu — are going on indefinite hiatus, the group’s label confirms to E! News. The label also reveals that the two musicians are currently working on separate projects. “I feel like we’ve been doing this for so long, five or six years,” Redfoo said, per published reports. “And we’re kind of like saying, well, let’s just do what’s natural and just kind of explore that, instead of like forcing it all the time.” Redfoo notes that he and SkyBlu have begun moving in “different directions,” adding, “I think that we naturally just started hanging with two different sets of people, two different crowds, but we’re always a family.”

with talks now down to UCP and Fox 21. There were six studios bidding at one point. Zellweger co-created Cinnamon Girl with Anthony Tambakis (Warrior). The story combines Zellweger’s own journey from Texas to Hollywood and Tambakis’ interest in the late 1960’s music and movie scene around Laurel Canyon and New Hollywood

Mirren to play Queen again

elen Mirren will reign again, reprising her Oscar-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in a new play by Peter Morgan. The Audience will focus on the monarch’s relationship with the 12 prime ministers who served during her reign. The play’s title is derived from the private weekly discussions held between the queen and the heads of government that have taken place over the past six decades, according to The Telegraph.

SPORTS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Lee wins Japan Open

wo-time champion Lee Chong Wei fended off a spirited challenge from Boonsak Ponsana to win the men’s singles title at the Chinese-boycotted Japan Open badminton tournament on Sunday. The Malaysian top seed, the winner in Japan in 2007 and 2010, powered his way through to a 21-18, 21-18 victory over the Thai.”It was really a good match, but it was tough,” said Lee, 29.

Rose, Snedeker share lead

Row casts shadow on bid

ngland’s Justin Rose (right) fired a bogey-free two-under par 68 Saturday to match American Brandt Snedeker for the lead after the third round of the $8 million US PGA Tour Championship. Snedeker shot a bogey-free 64 at East Lake to join Rose on eight-under 202 after 54 holes with American Ryan Moore third on 204 and World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and Americans Jim Furyk and Bubba Watson another stroke adrift.

territorial row which has disrupted sporting fixtures between China and Japan could even impact on Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics, in the murky world where sport meets politics. The Japanese government’s nationalisation this month of three islands it administers and calls Senkaku, but which are claimed as Diaoyu by China and Taiwan, sparked violent mass demonstrations in Chinese cities.

Danel races to victory Sporting enthusiasts from across the globe rose as one to make Hyderabad Heritage Marathon memorable; by participating in large numbers, Hyderabadis added to the flavour. Winners Full marathon elite (men and women) international Name Derese Danel Aschenik Kimitei David Kipkurui Woldegeiorgis Eyob Alemu

Nationality Ethopia Kenya Ethopia

Marathon Elite(men and women) national Name Santhosh Jaspreet Singh Bipul Saharia

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Name Amena Aberash Mutala Amena Worke Degu Ariya Winta Alem

Siddappa Shivanur Anil Kumar Manchikanti Linganna

Half Marathon Elite (men) International Name Kidanu Bereket Alem Wendmu Melese Abera Mehari Hadush Haftu

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he weather is warmer here than in Ethiopia and so I’ve taken longer to complete the run than I do in my country,” said Danel Aschenik after winning the full marathon of the Hyderabad Heritage Marathon. He was way off his personal best of 2hr 11min clocked in Ethiopia as he stopped the clock at 2hr 20min. “But I enjoyed the run,” he added. Bereket Alem, a plumber from Ethiopia and winner of the half marathon elite men’s international and Hadush Haftu, an electrician, who came to the city to participate in the event, voiced the same observation after completing the half marathon. The run that was flagged off by the commissioner of police Anurag Sharma under perfect conditions – cool breeze, cloudy sky, enthusiastic participants, willing organisers and protective police – from Chowmahallah Palace culminated at the Qutub Shahi Tombs. Water, rehydrates and refreshment were made handy for the runners along the route by helpful volunteers. The route itself was made very

safe for the runners by the traffic department separating, as they did the path meant for the runners from the regular traffic with brightcoloured reflecting cones. Policemen were stationed every few metres to ensure no untoward incident occurred. To add fun to the event, there was a band playing tunes and photographers clicking pictures of participants with heritage structures forming the backdrop. While the band played the National Anthem at the start, they greeted the winners and those that completed the race with popular numbers. Uma Chirugupati, founder president of Hyderabad 10k Run and the inspiration of the event said that the response has been good. “I expected about 1,000 people to come and run, but we’ve had 1,200 registrations,” she said. While some Hyderabadis woke up early to either participate or encourage family and friends at the event, there were others who were oblivious to the action. “Oh, it is military men going through their exercises,” said a flower seller of the sight of the runners going past him under the Langar House flyover. The speaker, N Manohar, gave away the prizes to the winners.

Name Neeraj Pal Singh Babu Ram Santosh Kumar

Nationality Ethopia Ethopia Ethopia

Half Marathon Elite (Women) National Nationality Ethopia Ethopia Ethopia

Half Marathon Elite (men) National Syed Shoaib

Half Marathon Elite (Women) International

Name Nilam Sachin Rajput Manjula Shantappa Patil Pinky Maneck Debara

Half Marathon Elite (men) Open Name Steven Kaplan Richard McDowell G.Prabhakar

Nationality USA UK India

Half Marathon Elite (women) Open Name Jessica Pearl Frank Whitney Danielle Osborn Radhika Agarwal

Nationality USA USA India

Half Marathon (men) veteran Name Neil Starr Hariharan R B Col ASP Vinod

Half Marathon (women) veteran Name Nita Khurana

Corporate Men Name Sachin Pai Ch Ganeswar Rao P Lakshman Rao

Corporate Women Name Priyanka Chigurupati Neeti Solanki Srabani Deb

SPORTS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

ROI in command

Murali Vijay’s unbeaten knock of 151 ensured a crucial 75-run first-innings lead for Rest of India over Rajasthan. BANGALORE: Opener Murali Vijay's unbeaten knock of 151 ensured a crucial 75-run firstinnings lead for Rest of India on Day 2 of their Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan here today. Rest of India were 328 for two at stumps, with Vijay and S Badrinath (1 not out) at the crease, at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Rajasthan were all out for 253 on the first day. Vijay hit 18 fours and five sixes during his 257-ball innings, which turned out to be his tenth first-class century. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara contributed 81 and 78 respectively, and both were involved in big century stands with the Tamil Nadu opener. After adding 173 runs for the first wicket with Rahane, Vijay was joined by Pujara, and the two raised 153 runs for the third wicket to put their team in a commanding position, a day after the bowlers set it up with Umesh Yadav leading the way with a five-for. Vijay notched up his century by ambling across for a single off Madhur Khatri, a fleeting moment after hitting him

HYDERABAD: The final round

Rajasthan vs ROI Rajasthan 1st innings: 253 Rest of India 1st innings (overnight 2 for no loss) Ajinkya Rahane run out 81 Murali Vijay not out 151 C Pujara c Yagnik b Choudhary 78 S Badrinath not out 1 Extras: (B-4, LB-2, W-5, NB-6) 17 Total: (For 2 wkts in 91 overs) 328 Fall of wickets: 1-173, 2-326 Bowling O M R W A Choudhary 19 5 57 1 D Chahar 12.1 1 53 0 S Mathur 15.5 2 51 0 G Singh 24 2 79 0 M Khatri 19 1 72 0 V Saxena 1 0 10 0.

out of the park for a maximum. Out of the Indian team, Vijay used the opportunity with a well-stitched innings, that should force the selectors to take note. Just before the close of play, Vijay reached 150 after he pushed Khatri for a single to long off. The first-wicket partnership was broken when Rahane, who reached 5,000 runs in first-class cricket, was run out after facing 143 balls. His knock was

studded with twelve hits to the fence. The second wicket fell in the form of Pujara, who was snapped up by Dishant Yagnik off Aniket Choudhary for a well-made 78 off 140 balls, and laced with eleven boundaries and a six. Earlier, the Saurashtra player survived a scare on 57 when he was dropped in the slips. On a pitch that has a tinge of grass but no real assistance

CHAMP STUFF

Players of Kolkata Vikings who participated in the Elite Football League of India (EFLI) held recently in Sri Lanka, pose after being felicitated in a city hotel on DEEPAK DESHPANDE Saturday

Kush, Ameya, Pradyumn crowned champs

for the bowlers, Rajasthan were sent on a leather-hunt by ROI batsmen. That the Ranji champions failed to utilise the early morning conditions, only made their task difficult. Rajasthan missed strike bowler Pankaj Singh, who had taken 77 wickets since 20102011. The absence of Ashok Menaria and Rituraj Singh — both doing duty for the India 'A' team in New Zealand — was also felt. PTI

of the 9th JK Tyre National Rotax Max Karting Championship got off to a flyer at the JK Tyre-MMS Kartainment Track in Hyderabad on Saturday. The qualifying rounds and the two heats witnessed top class racing with the best karting drivers of the country giving it their all in a bid to be crowned ‘National Karting Champions’. Championship leaders Pradyumn V Danigond (Team Mohites Racing), Kush Maini (Team Maini Racing) and Ameya Bafna (Team Rayo Racing) took the honours on the day in the Micro Max, Junior Max and Senior Max classes respectively.

LEAGUE CRICKET A

DIVISION THREE- DAYS ,

DAY 2

EMCC 232 (Kanishkk Naidu 3/44, Ashish Reddy 3/40, Lalith Mohan 4/53) vs Andhra Bank 247/3 (Abhinav Kumar 114, Naveen Reddy 31, Neeraj Bist 39, G.H. Vihari 44 n.o.).

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DIVISION TWO - DAYS

SBI 242 bt NizamCollege 138 (Sahil 41, Vidhat Reddy 38, Abrar Ahmed 6/29).

AIMING HIGH

Players in action during the on-going NBA 3X basketball tournament being held at the Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology, in Hyderabad on Saturday. DEEPAK DESHPANDE

SPORTS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Rain plays spoilsport Rains lashed Sri Lanka on Saturday ruining two key matches. While WI lost to Oz based on the Duckworth-Lewis method, SA beat SL in a 7-over clash. Kuldip Lal Agence France-Presse

COLOMBO: Australia qualified for the Super Eights round and South Africa earned bragging points as rain ruined two key matches in the World Twenty20 on Saturday. Australia beat the West Indies by 17 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis method after rain cut short the group B game that appeared headed for keen finish in Colombo. South Africa outplayed hosts Sri Lanka by 32 runs in a group C match reduced to seven-oversa-side in Hambantota due to rain. The match held only academic interest since both South Africa and Sri Lanka had already qualified for the next round with wins over Zimbabwe, the third team in the group Australia, chasing a challenging target of 192, were 100-1 in 9.1 overs when heavy rain forced the match to be called off in front of 18,000 fans at the

Sri Lankan ground staff cover the pitch as rain stops play during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match between Australia and West Indies at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. AFP Premadasa stadium. The Aussies, who were ahead of the par score of 83 at that stage, recorded their second successive win following a sevenwicket win over Ireland on Wednesday. The West Indies and Ireland will clash on Monday, with the winner taking the second Super Eights spot from the group.

Taylor hopes NZ can counter Pak’s spin

PALLEKELE, SRI LANKA: New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor (above) hoped his batsmen counter Pakistan’s spin threat in the group D cracker at Pallekele stadium on Sunday. New Zealand thumped Bangladesh by 59 runs in their opening match on Friday on the back of a T20 record score of 123 by

Brendon McCullum in a match they faced three left-arm spinners as well. But Pakistan pose a far greater threat as they have the top three wicket takers in all Twenty20 cricket with Saeed Ajmal (60 wickets), Umar Gul (59) and Shahid Afridi (59). To add to Ajmal and Afridi they also have skipper Mohammad Hafeez and rookie left-armer Raza Hasan, meaning New Zealand may well have to play 16 overs of spin. But Taylor said the momentum gained from the victory over Bangladesh could be invaluable. “Hafeez and Ajmal have got very good records in the last 1218 months. We have had an insight into the wicket and the confidence from the way we played on Friday, we’ll hopefully take that also,” said the New Zealand skipper. “We have prepared really well and I am sure we’ll do the AFP same against Pakistan.”

The weather ruined a keen finish with Australia edging ahead, needing 92 more from 65 balls with nine wickets in hand. David Warner hit 28 in an opening stand of 30 with Shane Watson, before Mike Hussey joined Watson to add 70 in 42 balls for the unbroken second wicket. Watson, who was unbeaten

on 41 off 24 balls with three sixes and two boundaries, was declared the man of the match. Hussey made 28 not out with three fours and a six. Earlier, the West Indies posted 191-8 following attacking halfcenturies from Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels. Left-handed Gayle smashed 54 off 33 balls and Samuels plundered 50 from 32 balls after the West Indies elected to bat in their first match of the tournament. Sri Lankan fans were treated to a flurry of strokes as Gayle hit four sixes and five boundaries and Samuels chipped in with four sixes and three fours. “The weather ruined a very exciting game,” said West Indies captain Darren Sammy. “Everybody was looking forward to it. “The batsmen did what was required of them. We knew Australia would come back hard, but we took too long to respond.” Australian captain George Bailey was relieved at gaining

Brief Scores: SA vs SL South Africa 78/4 (H Amla 16, F du Plessis 13, AB de Villiers 30, JP Duminy n.o. 12, KMDN Kulasekara 1/9 SL Malinga 1/27 HMRKB Herath 1/21 NLTC Perera 1/12) bt Sri Lanka 46/5 (EMDY Munaweera 13 KC Sangakkara† 13, BMAJ Mendis not out 7, JH Kallis 1/9 JA Morkel 1/8).

WI vs AUS West Indies 191/8 ( CH Gayle 54, J Charles 16, MN Samuels 50, DJ Bravo 27, SR Watson 2/29, MA Starc 3/35, DT Christian 1/29)) lost to Australia 100/1 (Duckworth-Lewis method) (D Warner 28, SR Watson 41, M Hussey 28, FH Edwards 1/16) full points from the match. “There was some good stuff but there was some ordinary stuff as well,” he said. “The challenge is to lessen the gap between the good and the ordinary stuff. “Watson and Warner did the job, Hussey was good too. But we are disappointed with the rain, because an exciting finish was set up.”

Luke earns Kevin’s praise COLOMBO: Luke Wright’s (ri-ght) match-winning 99 not out off 55 balls for England against Afghanistan in the World T20 was warmly greeted by axed team-mate Kevin Pietersen. “Thrilled for Luke Wright,” Pietersen said in a post-match discussion on ESPN-Star Sports, the host broadcaster of the tournament for whom he is working as a studio expert. “He has been out for ages. He has come back in one of his first games since the last tournament and he has performed.” Pietersen, who was man of the tournament when England won the event in 2010, has been cast into international exile for disciplinary reasons. Wright’s effort, the best by an England batsman in the World T20, powered the defending champions to an emphatic 116-run win over Afghanistan in a group A match in Colombo on Friday night. It knocked the minnows out of the tournament and lifted both England and India into the Super Eights round from

the group even before they clash in the last league match on Sunday. With no points carried forward into the next round and the Super Eights groups to be formed on the basis of pretournament seedings, both teams will be playing for nothing more than personal glory. But England captain Stuart Broad said his team will not take the game lightly. “It is hard to call any international game a dead game,”

said Broad. “We will be fired up and wanting a win against India. Actually, we need to be at our best if we want to beat India. “They are a very dangerous opposition. In this format of the game, everything depends on how the team performs on that particular day. “We need to make sure we have a nice relaxed day on Saturday and turn up fresh and excited for Sunday.” Wright, who may not have been in the side if Pietersen had been around, seized the opportunity by smashing six sixes and eight fours, helping England plunder 87 runs in the last five overs. England’s 196-5 after being sent in to bat proved too much for Afghanistan, who folded up for 80 in 17.2 overs under lights at the Premadasa stadium. Afghanistan were at one stage in danger of falling below the lowest ever total in T20 internationals of 67 by Kenya against Ireland in 2008, when they were reduced to 26-8 AFP in nine overs.

SPORTS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Barça on a roll

The Catalan side have now picked up a maximum 15 points from their opening five games.

Juve makes ambitions clear Champions League hero Fabio Quagliarella scored twice in a 2-0 win over Chievo. Justin Davis

Tim Hanlon

MILAN: Champions

MADRID: Substitute Xavi Hernandez (right, #6) scored a late goal to set Barcelona on their way to a 2-0 win over Granada which maintained their perfect start and sent them 11 points clear of bitter rivals Real Madrid. The Catalan side have now picked up a maximum 15 points from their opening five games. But for most of Saturday’s match they looked off-colour and appeared to be heading for a draw until Xavi’s goal four minutes from the end which was then followed by

FOR MOST OF SATURDAY’S MATCH BARCELONA LOOKED OFF-COLOUR AND APPEARED TO BE HEADING FOR A DRAW UNTIL XAVI’S GOAL FOUR MINUTES FROM THE END. an own-goal from Borja Gomez. It was tough luck on Granada goalkeeper Tono Rodriguez who had produced some excellent saves, but in the end he was helpless to stop Xavi’s strike from the edge of the area which went in off the crossbar. “It was nice to score the goal which practically gave us the win. I just saw the keeper slightly off his line and I hit it with the outside of

my boot,” said Xavi. “It was a difficult game as we’ve had before with teams which defend deeply and reduce the space but when you do score everything changes and that was the case here. “At this stage of the season you can drop points but we are on a winning run even though it is very early and there are things we have to improve.”

Granada coach Juan Antonio Anquela looked to take the positives from the game rather than the result. “At times we created doubts for such a big team and I cannot ask for more than that,” he said. “The team made it very difficult for a great side who had to give their all. We were practically perfect and it appeared as though it wasn’t Barca’s day.”

goal in two years in the 1–0 over Pulis’s boys. Ed Aarons

LONDON: Ashley Cole’s late goal saw

Bayern move top Bayern clinched a fourth win in four matches and reclaimed top spot on goal difference. BERLIN: Toni Kroos and Thomas Mueller (above, in red) fired Bayern Munich back to the top of the Bundelsiga on Saturday with a 2-0 win at Schalke while champions Borussia Dortmund saw their 31-match unbeaten run ended by Hamburg. Bayern clinched a fourth win in four matches and

reclaimed top spot on goal difference from Eintracht Frankfurt, who also have a perfect 12 points following their 2-1 win at Nuremburg on Friday. Saturday marked the start of Oktoberfest in Munich and Bayern celebrated in style despite missing French star Franck Ribery, sidelined with a thigh injury.

the Turin clash. Midfielder Andrea Pirlo, defender Andrea Barzagli and playmaker Sebastian Giovinco were all on the bench, as well as Nicklas Bendtner and Arturo Vidal, the former waiting for his debut and the latter nursing a sore ankle.

Bastia felled by Zlatan brace PSG moves into third spot after 4–0 win. PARIS: A brace from star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped to propel Paris Saint Germain to a 4-0 romp at Bastia on Saturday as the capital club moved into provisional third spot in Ligue 1. A flurry of early draws have held up PSG’s assault on the

Cole strike sinks Stoke Ashley Cole scored his first Chelsea to a 1-0 win over Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as the European champions went four points clear at the top of the Premier TOKE HAD League. LOOKED LIKE Stoke had looked like posting POSTING A a record fifth sucRECORD FIFTH cessive draw since the start of the new SUCCESSIVE season as the DRAW SINCE match entered the THE START OF 85th minute but THE NEW Cole’s goal condemned them to SEASON their first league defeat this term. Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo left John Terry and Frank Lampard on the bench after their exertions in the midweek Champions League draw.

Juventus underlined their Serie A title credentials with a fourth straight win thanks to Champions League hero Fabio Quagliarella’s (right) brace in a 2-0 win over Chievo on Saturday. Quagliarella had come off the bench to score the equaliser for Juve in their 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Wednesday. And the big striker showed that his nutmeg of Chelsea keeper Petr Cech was no flash in the pan thanks to a brilliant all-round performance which was capped with two goals in the space of five second-half minutes. After their Champions League endeavours in midweek caretaker coach Massimo Carrera, acting for the suspended Antonio Conte, rested a number of first team regulars for

summit currently occupied by Marseille, who were three points ahead of their traditional rivals ahead of a home meeting with Evian on Sunday. But they were well on their way to a third straight victory once Jeremy Menez eased them in front in the seventh minute.