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Leadership awards for india feature Bhartia, Nooyi Nepal adopts new constitution Although the party appears to be well-entrenched, there is at least a section of its non-traditional supporters US, India launch who may have become uneasy about some aspects of the government’s policies Although the ‘ease of doing party appears to be wellbusiness’ group entrenched, x

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he 12 percent increase in the BJP’s vote share at the national level between 2009, when it secured 18.8 percent, and 2014, when this rose to 31, showed that a fairly large section of those who did not constitute the party’s traditional support base had voted for it. The reason for their support is known — Narendra Modi’s promise of rapid economic growth. According to a recent survey, Modi’s approval rating remains high. However, it is a curious feature of present-day politics that support for the prime minister cannot ipso facto be equated with support for his party. This strange outlook of the voters was highlighted by the Delhi assembly elections where the BJP was badly mauled. But, otherwise, the party was able to hold its own in states like Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand and even made inroads in Jammu and Kashmir. Although the party appears to be well-entrenched, there is at least a section of its non-traditional supporters who may have become

BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya dies,condolences pour in

Irresponsible and provocative statements every now and then by some hardline BJP leaders such as MPs Yogi Adityanath (left) and Sakshi Maharaj (right) have caused much embarrassment to prime minister Narendra Modi.

uneasy about some aspects of the government’s policies. While they will be hoping that it will pursue the promised economic reforms, they will also wonder whether an increasingly prosperous India will not also harbour intolerant sectarian elements. What is more, these may not be driven by anti-Muslim sentiments alone as at the time of the BJP’s emergence from the margins of pol-

itics to centre-stage in the 1990s, but by attitudes involving minorities other than the Muslims which can also open up a divide between sections of the Hindus themselves, such as between vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The meat-ban controversy in Mumbai has been largely defused by a judicial directive allowing the sale of meat. But what the uproar has shown is how the BJP's record can

be hit by the various divisive impulses which are coming to the fore. Mercifully, the apprehensions of communal acrimony have subsided because the government has apparently compelled the saffron hotheads to cool down. The attacks on churches have stopped though not the killing of rationalists. But other issues which should have been allowed to remain very much in the background have

raised their heads. Vegetarianism is one of them and the promotion of Hindi another. An RSS mouthpiece, Panchjanya, has argued that English should be “chased away” and Hindi encouraged “to become an organ of Bharat’s self-respect, progress and pride”. If such observations are regarded as not representative of official views, this cannot be said of union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma’s statements on imposing a ban on the sale of meat during the nine-day Navratri festival, making Hindi compulsory in schools and including Ramayana and Mahabharata in the school curriculum, but not the Bible and Quran since these do not reflect India’s “soul”. His most quotable quote, however, was the observation that the former president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was a nationalist “despite being a Muslim”. Carrying on from where the culture minister had left off, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has ordered that all files should be signed in Hindi. It is yet to be seen whether these diktats are floaters intended to test the public mood.

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Digital economy on Modi’s agenda In California, Modi is set to have meetings among others with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and electric carmaker Tesla’s iconic CEO Elon Musk ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

US wants to be India’s best friend: Joe Biden

s Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets out win over America again with an outreach to the IndianAmerican community, three themes would animate his journey-entrepreneurship and innovation, digital economy and renewable energy. Landing in New York on September 23 evening, Modi will have an interaction with potential investors, a discussion with media and communication majors and a dinner with CEOs of 40-plus companies focusing on infrastructure and manufacturing in aid of his “Make in India” initiative, next day. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies expected at the dinner meeting with Modi at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel are Lockheed Martin chairman Marillyn A Hewson, Ford Motor president Mark Fields, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, PepsiCo CEO Indra

Indian-American group Modi to boost Republicans holds roundtable with top CEOs in New York New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday kicked off his engagements in New York with a financial sector roundtable with leading WASHINGTON: ConservativeCEOs, including JP are minded Indian Americans Morgan’s Jamie Dimon forming a new Republican group and Peter the Hancock to mobilize communityoftoAIG back Insurance. Republican candidates in what the“New founderYork calls “a very imporengagements kickmedia said. tant time in history”, off Shalabh with Wall Street. “Shalli” Kumar, a PM @narendramodi prominent Indian-American busiwith leading nessman and a CEOs major supporter for a financial of Prime Minister sector Narendra Modi, roundtable,” tweeted has taken the lead in forming the external ministry Republicanaffairs Hindu Coalition spokesperson Vikas aims to pro(RHC). The coalition Swarup. mote conservative principles such as “Bullish free marketson andIndia,” limited govheernment, said.The others with a focus oninhow the theyroundtable relate to Indianinclude Americans. Steve Schwarzman, CEO “This is a very important time Blackstone, Charles in history. The country hasKaye sufoffered Warburg Henry so much Pincus, so dramatically in Kravis of KKR, Bill Ford the last eight years, and another offour General Atlantic, or eight years of the same Chase Coleman direction, the US as of we Tiger know it Global and Vicki Fullertold will come to an end,” Kumar ofFoxNews.com. NY State Common Retirement Fund.

WASHINGTON: India and the US kicked off a crucial dialogue here with the US leaders saying America wants to be “India’s best friend” and India asserting that their relationship is defined by natural synergy of democracies. The assertions were made at a business conclave on September 21 on the eve of the first Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. “Our goal is to become India’s best friend,” US Vice President Joe Biden said addressing the 40th Leadership summit of US-India Business Council

Nooyi and Johnson & Johnson chairman Jorge Mesquita. Modi will then head to the Silicon Valley after addressing the UN global summit. The first Indian leader to visit California in more than three decades, Modi is set to have meetings among others with Apple CEO

Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and electric carmaker Tesla’s iconic CEO Elon Musk. Besides a town hall style questionanswer session at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters, Modi will also be meeting Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai and Shantanu Narayen, India-born CEOs of Microsoft,

Google, and Adobe respectively. With many an Indian at the forefront of innovation in the Silicon Valley, Modi will be looking at how to maximize opportunities at a digital economy dinner that evening attended by several Indian-Ameri-

Goyal asks US energy firms to invest in India IANS, WASHINGTON

ndian Power Minister Piyush Goyal has asked US clean energy and financing companies to invest in India saying they must capitalize on the enormous opportunity in the country. Goyal, who was speaking at an event here ahead of the US-India Energy Dialogue and the USIndia Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, addressed the concerns and challenges faced by investors in India. He also laid out Narendra Modi government’s vision for getting to

Piyush Goyal

the ambitious target of 175 GW of clean energy by 2022, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Addressing concerns relating to the fiscal health of distribution

companies in India, he said the government was looking for a long term and sustainable solution to the issue which will be implemented soon. Goyal also asked the US government and companies to help come up with innovative solutions so as to not miss out on the tremendous opportunity in India which is set to become the largest clean energy market in the next 10 years. On the issue of the rupee’s stability, he pointed out that the Indian rupee has never depreciated more than 3.5 percent CAGR in 25 years.

(USIBC), the largest bilateral trade association in the US comprised of 300 top US and a score Indian companies. Joe Biden “The President and I, and the entire administration believe that the India-US relationship will be a relationship that will go a long way in defining the 21st century,” he said. There was so much potential for trade and investment between the two countries, Biden said.

can tech leaders as also Cisco Chairman John Chambers, and Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs among others. Besides Pichai, Modi will also be meeting Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc, there.

Walker walks out of presidential race WASHINGTON: Wisconsin state Governor Scott Walker has announced that he was dropping out of the 2016 presidential race and urged the remaining Scott Walker candidates to offer a positive conservative alternative to real estate magnate Donald Trump. The Wisconsin governor entered the race in July as a front-runner in Iowa after winning battles against public unions in his home state.

Indian tech industry does not take away US jobs ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

ispelling the myth that Indian tech companies take away jobs from US professionals, a new report has said the Indian tech industry contributed nearly 411,000 jobs to the US economy this year. The Indian tech industry also helped American firms to bring better, innovative, cost-competitive solutions to improve their global market, said the report by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). Titled “Contributions of India’s Tech Industry to the US Economy”, the report was released by India’s Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on September

21 ahead of the first Indo-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. According to the report, Indiabased IT companies providing services to American businesses and

other customers invested more than $2 billion in 2011-2013; paid $22.5 billion in taxes to the US Treasury in the last five years; and today support more than direct and indirect

411,000 jobs in the US. A majority of these jobs are held by US citizens and permanent residents. It also documented charitable activities by Indian IT services companies in the US through volunteers, scholarships and grants such as a $35 million gift from Tata Consultancy Services to Carnegie Mellon University last month. Sitharaman said Indian IT organizations benefit from access to the US market, “just as American IT organizations benefit from their investments and operations in India”. “This momentum is surely going to increase manifold with new partnership opportunities emerging in the areas of Digital India and Smart Cities for US technology firms.”

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US, India launch ‘ease of doing business’ group

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Fact sheet issued at the end of dialogue notes that India-US bilateral trade has grown from $19 billion in 2000 to over $100 billion in 2014 ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

s India and the US work to increase their bilateral trade five fold to $500 million, they have launched a joint work stream on the Ease of Doing Business while continuing discussions on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT). The launch of the work stream was announced on the conclusion of the first US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue here Tuesday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman co-chaired the dialogue with their US counterparts Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. The two sides have also agreed to support the efforts of the Harvard Business School and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad to develop a cluster map.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

This tool will help Indian companies integrate into global supply chains, strengthen India’s economy and better enable American companies to identify markets for their products and services in India. Launch of a private sector-led Inno-

vation Forum was also announced. It will serve as an additional avenue through which the two governments seek private sector feedback and input for bilateral discussions. A fact sheet issued at the end of the dialogue noted that India-US

bilateral trade has grown from $19 billion in 2000 to over $100 billion in 2014. US exports to India totalled $38 billion last year, supporting an estimated 181,000 US jobs. Cumulative Indian foreign direct investment in the US totalled $7.8 billion in 2014; US foreign direct investment into India was $28 billion. US-India CEO Forum offered suggestions in key areas such as business climate, smart cities and infrastructure financing, supply chain integration (including cold chain), aerospace/defense, and renewable energy among other topics. The US Commerce Department’s SelectUSA initiative and the Silicon Valley chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) have signed a memorandum of intent to work together to provide Indian entrepreneurs the data and assistance they need to facilitate their expansion into the United States.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is very much looking forward to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry said as India and the US began a crucial dialogue here today. The two sides would be discussing some of the most complicated issues of the day, said Kerry as he and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led their high-level delegations for the first India-US strategic and commercial dialogue at the State Department. Noting that Obama and Modi had elevated the dialogue from strategic to strategic and commercial to boost their commercial ties during the US president’s January visit to India, Sushma Swaraj said she was very hopeful that the dialogue would be very productive and meaningful.

‘Diplomacy Partnership’ 34 US lawmakers welcome Modi’s US visit to align stands IANS, WASHINGTON

Over the last few years, the US has signed more than $10 billion in defense sales to India.

WASHINGTON: Reflecting their dramatically expanded political, economic and strategic cooperation, India and the US have announced a new Diplomacy Partnership aimed at more closely aligning their strategic perspectives, diplomatic training, and engagements around the world. The new partnership was announced at the conclusion of the first US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. The Diplomacy Partnership includes a new Policy Planning Dialogue to share perspectives on strategic challenges and opportunities. The Diplomacy Partnership also will familiarize the two sides’ diplomatic corps with each other through site visits by institute staff and diplomats, and by the exchange of best practices

in diplomatic training. As part of the Diplomacy Partnership, the US and India will strengthen and expand their consultations on the full range of regional and functional diplomatic issues. Ten years ago, defense trade between the US and India was virtually non-existent. Over the last few years, the US has signed more than $10 billion in defense sales to India. Visa applications for Indian students have increased by 202 percent to 92,156 in FY 2015. US visitors to India have nearly doubled from 611,165 visitors in 2005 to 1,123,444 in 2015. Indian students account for the second-largest group of foreign students in the US.

elcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Silicon Valley, 34 US lawmakers, including Ami Bera, the only Indian American in Congress, say it would showcase Indians’ contributions to the US technology industry. In a letter to Modi welcoming him on his second visit to the US and his first visit to the West Coast, Bera, who is Co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, and other lawmakers highlighted the value of his Silicon Valley trip. Modi is visiting California and

touring several Silicon Valley companies this week, including Facebook, Google, and Tesla, the letter noted. “We look forward to your upcoming trip to California, which marks the first time an Indian head

of government has visited the Golden State in 33 years,” they wrote. “This trip will help showcase the exciting contributions Indians and Indian Americans make to the US technology industry.”

India, US to step up war against terror IANS, WASHINGTON

ven as recognizing the threat posed by South Asian terror groups including Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba and D company, India and the US decided to step up their counter-terrorism efforts, they reached five other key agreements. An India-US Joint Declaration on Combating Terrorism issued at the end of the first India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue on September 22 renewed a call to Pakistan

to bring perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to justice. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the dialogue, “reiterated the threat posed by entities such as Al-

Qaeda and its affiliates, Lashkar-eTaiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, D Company, and the Haqqani Network, and other regional groups that seek to undermine stability in South Asia.” The dialogue set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third summit with President Barack Obama at the United Nations next week. Other key outcomes included setting up a new mechanism of dialogue between India’s Foreign Secretary and US Deputy Secretary of State on regional and global issues.

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Net security draft: Govt U-turn The draft policy had required every message sent through e-mail, WhatsApp or SMS to be stored in plain text format for 90 days IANS, NEW DELHI

ollowing a public outcry, the government made a U-turn on September 22, exempting social media sites and apps users, as also net banking and password-based e-commerce, from saving data for a minimum of 90 days from the date of transaction as under the draft encryption policy before withdrawing the draft.. Opposition parties like Congress and Aam Admi Party slammed the BJP-led government for the draft encryption policy even after it was withdrawn. “There was concern about the draft in certain sections. When I went through the draft policy, I found that there were two-three words which were giving rise to unnecessary misgivings,” said Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. “Hence I have directed the department to withdraw the draft

India’s Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

policy, review it and then make it clear that on whom it is applicable and on whom it is not,” he said. “I want to make one thing clear, the people who use the social media, will be out of the ambit of encryp-

CCS okays Apache choppers deal

NEW DELHI: The union cabinet on September 22 cleared a mega deal for purchasing Apache and Chinook helicopters from American aviation giant Boeing, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to US. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met here on September 22

after a meeting of the cabinet, and cleared the proposal worth $2.5 billion, defense ministry sources said. India would be buying 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers, a deal that has been pending since 2013 when Boeing won the tender in a global competition. In August this year, Boeing gave 13th price extension to India, giving a deadline of September. The deal was cleared by the CCS after a green signal from finance ministry earlier this week. The Apache helicopters are meant to replace the Indian Air Force’s aging fleet of Soviet-era Mi-35 attack choppers.

Bhagwat’s quota remark sparks row NEW DELHI: The remarks by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on quota triggered strong reactions from the RJD and the Congress on September 21, with the RSS issuing a clarification and the BJP seeking to end the controversy by saying it was not in favor of reconsideration of reservation. Seizing on the remarks by Bhagwat made in the run-up the crucial Bihar assembly polls, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad dared him and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to end education and job quotas. “I challenge the RSS and the BJP to end reservations,” the former Bihar chief minister posted on Twitter. Lalu Prasad said 80 percent of the country’s population was made up of Dalits and backwards who would oppose any attempt to do away with

tion. It concerns those who encrypt their messages,” he added. Earlier in the day, in a clarification to what it called as Draft National Encryption Policy, the department of electronics and Information

Technology said certain categories of encryption products were being exempted from its purview. Earlier, the draft policy had required every message that is sent through e-mail, WhatsApp or SMS to be stored in plain text format for 90 days from the date of transaction and made available to the law enforcement agencies on demand. The draft proposed to introduce a New Encryption Policy under Section 84A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and called for public comments by October 16. Reacting to the draft policy, the Congress accused the government of trying to encroach upon the right to privacy of communication of the common people. “Subjugation of individual freedom, surveillance of citizen and suppression of the dissent have emerged as the DNA of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government,” said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

Grand alliance names candidates PATNA: The grand alliance of Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress on September 23 released the much-awaited first list of 242 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections, keeping in mind the caste equations in view of their social support base. According to a press release issued by the grand alliance, 55 percent of the 242 candidates belong to Other Backward Classes and Economically Backward Classes, 16 percent belong to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, 14 percent are Muslim, and 16 percent from general or upper castes. About 10 percent candidates are women. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with RJD state president Ram Chandra Purve and state Congress president Ashok Choudhary announced the list at a joint press conference here. Nitish Kumar said the name of remaining one candidate would be announced soon. “We have tried to ensure representation to all sections of society. There are no complaints over the names of candidates,” he said.

Jaitley confident of GST rollout by 2016 IANS, HONG KONG

inance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed his confidence that the new goods and services tax (GST) regime will roll out from next fiscal despite the pending issues regarding direct tax. “The Congress is trying to delay the new tax regime. But one must remember, it is a transactional tax and not an income tax,” he said here at a press meet. Jaitley has gone to Singapore and Hong Kong on a four-day official tour. He expressed his confidence that the GST will be passed in the Rajya Sabha in the next session. Jaitley, however, added it was not necessary to implement the new regime from April 1, 2016, itself and since it is a transactional tax it can come into effect from the first date of any other month.

“It (GST) can come up on the first of any month. Delay from April 1 does not mean that it will go to April 1 of the next year. That only happens in income tax,” he added. Talking about the retrospective tax and minimum alternate tax (MAT) issues in India, Jaitley said:

“For the future, retrospective tax and MAT are over. Transfer pricing has been resolved. It is not that we have been only talking about these things, we have been acting on it as well.” He also said that Chinese investments in India are very much welcome.

Bose alive in China in 1948: Declassified file IANS, KOLKATA

reservations. “The RSS is talking about ending reservations and we are talking about increasing it on the basis of the population,” he said. Sensing that Bhagwat’s remarks made during an interview was turning into a big political issue, both the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP came up with separate statements. The RSS is seen as the ideological fountainhead of the BJP.

reedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was “alive” and “somewhere in Manchuria, China” in 1948, one of his trusted aides, Deb Nath Das, had claimed then, according to the declassified files by the West Bengal government. Among the released dossier, file No. 22 sheds light on intelligence gathered by the Bengal government on INA leaders, including Das.

An extract dated August 9, 1948, says: “Deb Nath Das, an ex-INA leader who is actively engaged in anti-Congress propaganda, is preaching in political and party cir-

cles that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is alive and is somewhere in Manchuria, China at present.” “To rouse the curiosity and even belief of the people, he (Das) says that Netaji told him before the plane-crash that the possibility of a third world war would emerge in the wake of the second world war.” On August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the “death” of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945.

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Although the party appears to be well-entrenched, there is at least a section of its non-traditional supporters who may have become uneasy about some aspects of the government’s policies AMULYA GANGULI, NEW DELHI

After Yellen, it’s Rajan turn to act NEW DELHI: Acknowledging the recent volatile developments in the global markets, most notably China, and low inflation, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has decided to keep interest rates near the zero-bound. This outcome was widely expected by the financial markets, as federal fund futures were only anticipating a 30 percent probability of a September liftoff. But US monetary normalization is inevitable and most likely we will see a rate hike this year. A majority in the Federal Open Market Committee sees a rate hike sometime in 2015 and Yellen also said a rate-hike policy decision will be followed by a press conference. This implies that an October liftoff is out of the picture and a December move is very much on the cards, provided global volatile conditions in the financial markets abate, particularly in China and emerging markets. Yellen reaffirmed that the US

labour market remains ‘solid’ and that the committee is confident of meeting its long-term inflation target of 2 percent, even though falling energy prices have subdued their outlook for inflation in the short term. The market reaction was mixed but the message is quite clear: US economic recovery remains robust. Expect a rate hike in 2015, but don’t focus too much on the timing of this hike. Rather, look at the path of monetary tightening, which will remain highly “accommodative” according to Yellen. With the Fed meeting out of the way, and the September 20 Greek election likely to be a non-event for global markets, the domestic focus will turn to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) meet on September 29. The ball is now in Rajan’s court. He must stop obsessing with the timing of the US Fed hike. India’s macros — inflation, current

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Ray Film & Study Collection in California. The festival will host a tribute screening of ‘Patang (Kite)’ for the late Prashant Bhargava on September 30 at Intuit Art Gallery. Workshops on how film festivals program films, minorities in the cinema space and the Narrative of Bollywood hosted by Subhash Ghai’s film school Whistling Woods will take place on October 2. Along with films and workshops, the festival is hosting its first Gala Awards and Cocktail Reception on October 4 at Venue SIX 10 that will include the Chicago Premiere of Fawzia Mirza’s play ‘Me, My Mom and Sharmila’ and a ‘Fashion in Bollywood’ exhibition by acclaimed fashion designer Joy Mitra. The 2015 festival sponsors include Zee Cinema, Etihad and Jet Airways, Hyatt International, Counsel General of India Chicago, the RM Group at J.P. Morgan Securities and Xfinity. Details on the full list of films, screening times, locations, featured guests and ticketing details can be found on www.csaff.org.

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Leadership awards for Bhartia, Nooyi The two were honored by association of 300 top US and Indian companies for their roles as women leaders ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

hobhana Bhartia, chairperson and editorial director of HT Media Ltd., and Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, have been presented US-India Business Council’s (USIBC) prestigious Global Leadership Awards. The two were honored by the largest bilateral US trade association made up of 300 top US and Indian companies, on September 21 for their contributions and commitment to driving a more inclusive

US library apologizes to woman NEW YORK: A library in New York has apologized to an Indian-origin woman after an employee of the public library asked her to stop breast-feeding her daughter in public. “We will be giving our staff additional coaching to remind them about the proper practice for maintaining a welcoming environment,” CBS New York online on September22 cited a library statement as saying. Sherry Singh, a regular visitor at the Forest Hills library, was last weekend told to stop feeding her child in the library and breast-feed her four-month-old daughter in the restroom.

global economy and for their roles as women leaders.The awardees were introduced at the annual USIBC Leadership summit by Purna Saggurti, Chairman Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch who also serves as one of USIBC’s board of directors. “These extraordinary leaders have made a lasting impact on their industries and on US-India relations,” said Saggurti. “They have been a true inspiration to business and leaders across the globe and

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PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi (left) and HT Media Chairperson Shobhna Bhartiya.

have raised the bar for all of us.” “As the representative of a media group that realizes the importance of looking at both India Shining, and the Other India to get a real picture of what is happening in our country, and as a woman leader in a nation where women are finally coming into their own, I am delighted to receive this award,” said Bhartia. “Our two countries, both democracies, have a strong and free media and I see increasing opportunities for collaboration as media and technology companies from India

and the US navigate the evolving digital landscape,” she said. “The USIBC plays a critically important role in strengthening the relationship between two great nations,” said Indra Nooyi. Noted Indian-American artist, Natvar Bhavasr who is known for his abstract expressionism and “color-field” painting was awarded the Artistic Achievement Award. “My work aims to transcend boundaries and I am honored to receive this award that recognizes my Indian roots,” he said.

Couple donates $1 mn to Nalanda varsity IANS, NEW DELHI

alanda University, an international centre of learning coming up in Bihar, on September 22 received a personal endowment of $1 million from an Indian-origin couple to support a Professorial Chair in the School of Historical Studies. The endowment was made by Rajendra Joshi, who is now a Swiss citizen but who hails from Rajasthan, and his wife Ursula Joshi. The symbolic cheque was handed over by Ursula Joshi to Nalanda vice chancellor Gopa Sabharwal at a

Couple sued over autistic son WASHINGTON: An Indian couple is being sued in the US state of California, alleging that their autistic son is a “public nuisance” and created an “asyet unquantified chilling effect” on the otherwise ‘hot’ local real estate market”, a media report said. Vidyut Gopal and Parul Agrawal got slapped with a lawsuit filed by their two neighbors. They were ultimately forced to leave their home of seven years in Sunnyvale, one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News reported on September 17. “This has been pretty devastating for us, but we are doing our best to

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function held on at the India International Centre. Rajendra Joshi founded a pharmaceutical company Fumapharm with other partners in Switzerland and is credited with development of highly effective drugs for the treatment of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. Fumapharm was bought over by US-based company Biogen Idec and the drug that Joshi developed, now a very successful medicine globally, is marketed as Tecfidera. Sabharwal in her remarks said the endowment was valuable for the

Actor raises funds for heritage museum NEW YORK: Indian-origin actor Minita Gandhi performed her onewoman play Muthaland in the Chicago suburb of Naperville on September 20 to raise funds for an Indian-American Heritage Museum. A group of Indian Americans is trying to re-establish a heritage museum in Chicago by the end of the year after they were removed from their previous location, the Daily Herald reported.

Indian ice hockey team to visit Canada

university in these formative years. Nalanda University based in Rajgir, Bihar was established by an Act of Parliament in 2010 and is designated as an “Institution of National Importance”. The university admitted its first batch of students in School of Historical Studies in 2014.

MONTREAL (CANADA): The Indian ice hockey team will conduct their first tour of North America when they visit local outfit Brampton Beast here next month. Brampton Beast, an affiliate of top National Hockey League (NHL) club Montreal Canadiens, plays in the second tier East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The Indians will play the Beasts at the Powerade Centre here on October 9. Brampton Beast president and general manager Cary Kaplan is hoping that the tour will help to increase the popularity of ice hockey in India.

App offers ‘books for Snapchat generation’ IANS, NEW YORK

cope with it,” Gopal, an engineer at a Silicon Valley company, was quoted as saying. The couple’s hired caregivers gave the boy special medication and put him in therapeutic classes after neighbors complained about the young boy pulling children’s hair and biting a woman.

WASHINGTON: Two Indians have been arrested in the US on charges of defrauding at least 70 people in 32 states of more than $150,000, a media report said. Nikita Natvarlal Patel, 25, and Akash Satish Patel, 32, residents of New Jersey’s Leonia city, would persuade their victims to pay up instantly in order to avoid being arrested for owing money to tax authorities, Jackson Observer reported on September 19. They were arrested on September 4.

ith more and more teenagers giving up books for Facebook and Twitter, an Indian-American businesswoman cum author has recently launched an app that features short fiction for young readers or what she calls the “Snapchat generation”. Each book on the app called Hooked will be roughly 1,000 words and is designed to be read in about five minutes. The stories will be told entirely through dialogue and read like texts. Messages show up on screen

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when readers click “Next,” CNN Money reported. While initially, the app, developed by Prerna Gupta, will only feature content from screened contributors, eventually users will be

able to submit content of their own. The app is free to download and features one free story a day. Readers can unlock more stories with the subscription service. A week of unlimited stories costs $2.99. A month is $7.99 and a year is $39.99, the report said. Telepathic, the company Gupta founded with her husband, Parag Chordia, has raised $1.9 million and closed its first round of funding. Gupta was co-founder and CEO of Khush, the leading developer of intelligent music apps like Songify, an app that turns speech into music.

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Nepal adopts new constitution A federal and secular Nepal, according to the new constitution, will have seven provinces, each with its own legislature; celebrations break out across the country

‘Nepal not ‘yes man’ of India’

Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav displays the constitution, formally adopted following a decade of political infighting, in Kathmandu on September 20. ANIL GIRI, KATHMANDU

n a historic step, Nepal on September 20 adopted a new constitution, the first full-fledged one in the Himalayan nation after it became a democratic republic in 2008. Celebrations broke out across the country, as millions of rejoicing people lit lamps and came out on to the streets. A federal and secular Nepal, according to the new constitution, will have seven

SHORT TAKES Xi for better ties with US SEATTLE: Chinese President Xi Jinping has put forward a four-point proposal on the development of a new model of a relationship Xi Jinping between China and the US. China and US should read each other’s strategic intentions correctly and manage their differences properly, Xi said.

IAEA chief visits Iran’s sensitive military site

VIENNA: The chief of UN’s nuclear agency visited Parchin, one of Iran’s most sensitive sites, that Western intelligence agencies have claimed might have been the location for conducting secret nuclear tests with possible military dimensions, a statement said. Iran has strongly denied the allegations. Parchin, located in the south-east of capital Tehran, is considered to be one of the most important issues of the IAEA ’s probe of Iran’s nuclear plan.

provinces, each with its own legislature. With this, the Interim Constitution was annulled. President Ram Baran Yadav declared the promulgation of the “Constitution of Nepal - 2072 BS” at a special ceremony at the Constituent Assembly hall in New Baneshwor area of Kathmandu. The year 2072 BS refers to the year in the Bikram Sambat Nepali calendar. For the constitution’s promulgation, voting was held in the

Nepalese students celebrate as they take part in the candlelight vigil welcoming the new constitution in Kathmandu.

Constituent Assembly. In the 601seat assembly, 507 lawmakers voted in favor of the constitution while 25 voted against it — as many as 69 members who hail from the southern plains of the Nepal Terai have been boycotting the constitutionmaking exercise. Madhes-based political parties and members from the Tharu community walked out of the Constituent Assembly and rejected the constitution, saying their demands

Bangkok blast: Malaysia arrests eight suspects KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested eight people with suspected links to the deadly blast at Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine, the police said on September 23. “So far we have arrested eight people, four of them are local. They were arrested for involvement in human trafficking activities,” Xinhua quoted deputy police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim as saying. The suspects were arrested in Kuala Lumpur and the northern state of Kelatan bordering Thailand. So far, there was no concrete evi-

Kashmir apple of discord: Sahrif ISLAMABAD: Terming the Kashmir dispute as the main reason of tension with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has Nawaz Sharif urged New Delhi to hold talks on all issues, including Kashmir. The issue should also be raised at other platforms besides bilateral talks between the two neighboring countries, Geo TV quoted Sharif as saying.

were not incorporated in the new document. Before announcing the enactment, the head of the state signed five copies of the new constitution. Hundreds of thousands of people across Nepal lit lamps to celebrate the event. The government declared a holiday to mark the occasion. The new constitution has given an opportunity to maintain unity in diversity in the nation and ensure rights of all, Yadav said.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s top political leaders on September 21 vowed to maintain good relaPrachanda tions with India, a day after New Delhi voiced concern over unrest in areas bordering India after the promulgation of the new constitution in the Himalayan nation. Over 40 people have been killed in the protest, and dozens of others injured. “We want to be good friends with India,” Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said in his address to the joint rally. “We want to be India’s friend, not ‘yes man’,” said Dahal, who is known for his vitriolic antiIndia rhetoric. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala of the Nepali Congress, addressing the rally, said Nepal was willing to have harmonious relations with both India and China.

UN should help Europe with refugee crisis: Russia IANS, MOSCOW

R dence or confessions of their direct involvement in the attack, Ibrahim said. Malaysian police are working with their Thai counterpart for further investigation. A potential extradition requires evidence from the Thai authorities.

ussia urged the United Nations (UN) to play a more active role in solving European refugee crisis. The problem could not be solved without united efforts, without the more active involvement of the UN and its agencies, Xinhua reported Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying on September 22. “New measures must be studied... The EU is failing to solve the refugee problem and there is no common solution,” said Gatilov.

“All this happened because the national policies pursued by Assad are inconsistent. People are fleeing the war and terrorist activities of IS,” said Gatilov, criticizing western countries for blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the crisis.

21 Palestinians arrested in Jerusalem raid IANS, JERUSALEM

sraeli security forces on September 21 arrested dozens of Palestinians in east Jerusalem for “rioting”, in the largest raid since clashes broke out over the city’s most sensitive holy site last week. “In an overnight operation in east Jerusalem, police arrested 21 Palestinians suspected for disturbance,” Xinhua news agency quoted a police spokesperson as saying. The official Palestinian new

agency WAFA reported that 19 of those detained were minors. Hundreds of policemen were deployed near the Palestinian neighborhoods of east Jerusalem

after a week of repeated clashes between Palestinians and the police, Jerusalem District Police Commander, Brigadier General Avshalom Peled said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said measures against Palestinian stone-throwers in Jerusalem will be toughened, including new rules allowing live sniper fire against them, heavier penalties and mandatory minimum sentences. The wave of Palestinian unrest began on September 13.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu discusses the development of new state capital with Singaporean ministers during a visit to the island nation IANS, HYDERABAD

ndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on September 22 called on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and invited him to the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new state capital next month. On the second day of his visit to Singapore, Naidu met the prime minister to extend the invitation, according to a statement issued here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of Amaravati on October 22. “Glad to meet Singapore PM @leehsienloong. Invited him for

Uber to launch car pooling facility in Bengaluru BENGALURU: Cab aggregator services company Uber on Monday said that it was soon going to launch its car-pooling service named UberPool here, while keeping in touch with the traffic police department here to increase the utilization of cars on the road. “Our vision for UberPool means helping solve some of the toughest problems cities are facing today, whether it’s congestion, pollution, or lack of access to transportation.

We are working tirelessly towards that vision as we aim to transform urban mobility for over 1.2 billion Indians,” said Uber Bengaluru general manager Bhavik Rathod. “With UberPool, we’ll aim to achieve this vision, one we share with policy makers, to make Bengaluru city of the future - one that looks a whole lot greener, cleaner, and more efficient thanks to fewer cars and more shared rides,” he added. The new service will help commuters can share a ride and split the costa with another person who happens to be requesting a ride along a similar route. Riders can save up to 50 percent while adding only a few minutes of time per trip, Uber said.

Amaravati’s foundation-laying ceremony on October 22,” tweeted Naidu. A day before, Naidu had called on Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran and discussed the development of

Singapore is already preparing three master plans for Andhra capital region new state capital through Swiss Challenge method. With the Singapore government already preparing three master plans for development of capital region, capital city and seed capital, Naidu

is visiting that country to seek its partnership in construction of the capital city. Andhra Pradesh’s Finance Minister Y. Ramakrishnudu and Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana and senior officials are accompanying Naidu. After a lunch meeting with Iswaran, Naidu also delivered a public lecture at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), which was moderated by Indian Ambassador Gopinath Pillai. Inviting investors to invest in Andhra Pradesh, Naidu said it has many advantages including a long seacoast. “We are ranked second in cargo handling in the country.”

Chandrababu Naidu with Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran in Singapore.

Rs.15 bn French aid for Bengaluru Metro

Saarc nations at Kerala’s crafts festival

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French development agency has announced 200million euro (Rs.15.04bn ) as soft loan for the second phase of the much-delayed state-run Bengaluru Metro rail project. Financing of the Metro rail project is part of the credit facility agreement Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) signed with the Indian government in New Delhi earlier this month. Paris-based AFD is a public development finance institution, which implements the French government’s policies and supports projects that improve living conditions, boost economic growth and

protect the planet through a network of 71 agencies the world over. “The new funding is in addition to the 110-million euros we gave in 2012 for the project’s first phase,” AFD regional director

(South Asia) Nicolas Fornage told reporters after signing an agreement with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola here.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Artistes from Saarc nations will take part in an international handicrafts exhibition to be held in Kozhikode as part of the ninth edition of the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (GKSF). The 18-day festival will be held at Iringal in Kozhikode from December 20. The Kerala Tourism Department is organizing the GKSF.

Telangana sportstars come forward to help farmers’ families IANS, HYDERABAD

eading sportspersons from Telangana have come forward to help families of farmers who have committed suicide due to debt burden and crop failure. Responding to an appeal by the state government to all sections of the society to come to the rescue of farmers’ families, tennis ace Sania Mirza, top shuttler Jwala Gutta and cricketer Pragyan Ojha have declared their support. As Sania is in China to play in a tournament, her mother Naseema Mirza presented a cheque of Rs.300,000 to MP K. Kavita, daughter of Chief Minister K.

Tennis star Sania Mirza (left) and shuttler Jwala Gutta.

Chandrasekhar Rao. “Agriculture and farmers are core of our country. Whatever crisis the state is facing be it farmers’s suicides or an earth-

quake, we have to come forward to help the people,” said Naseema. Sania is the brand ambassador of the newly-created state.

Jwala, who presented a cheque of Rs.100,000, said it was the duty of every citizen whether they are celebrities or a common people to come forward to help the farmers. “We need to come forward and do whatever we can,” she said. Ojha said since farmers are backbone of the country, he decided to join the effort without second thought. The government said 430 farmers committed suicide in the last one year of which 141 have been found eligible for compensation in accordance with the government’s criteria. Opposition parties however claimed that over 1,000 farmers killed themselves in the same period.

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BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya dies, condolences pour in Dalmiya suffered a gastro-intestinal bleeding and later succumbed to internal haemorrhage.

Jagmohan Dalmiya factfile Date of birth: May 30, 1940 Birthplace: Calcutta (now Kolkata), India 1983: Becomes the BCCI treasurer (the year India won the 50-over Cricket World Cup) 1997: Unanimously elected president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2000: Gives up the ICC chairman’s post 2001: Becomes the BCCI president 2005: Finishes term as the BCCI chief. 2006: Expelled from the BCCI over

BCCI General Secretory Anurag Thakur pay his last respect to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya who died on 20th September, 2015 in a Kolkata Hospital, on Sep 21. (Photo Courtesy: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) IANS, KOLKATA

oard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was admitted to a hospital three days ago after complaining of chest pain, died this weekend, triggering shock and sorrow among the fraternity who termed it a great loss to the game. “His condition became unstable this morning, and we were able to successfully stabilize his cardiac con-

Indian-origin man sued for walking on F1 track SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin Briton was charged this week for committing a rash act by walking on a Formula 1 track during the final race in Singapore, media reported. Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia crossed the Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix track last week near Turn 13 along Esplanade Drive while the race was on, The Straits Times reported. The 27-year-old, accused of endangering the safety of the Formula 1 drivers of the Grand Prix racing, was arrested later. He is currently in remand and his passport has been impounded. A bail of 15,000 Singapore dollars ($10,600) was offered to him but he said “this is too high for me. I am not working currently”.

dition. However, in the late evening, Dalmiya suffered a massive gastrointestinal bleeding and in spite of all the efforts of doctors he succumbed to the bleeding at 8.45 pm,” attending doctor Anil Mishra said. The veteran cricket administrator, 75, was admitted to the B.M. Birla Hospital on Thursday night and shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He also underwent a coronary angiography with his condition remaining stable for close to three days.

Credited with turning the gentleman’s game into a global sport of big money and a reach well beyond its traditional bastions, Dalmiya’s death was widely mourned. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled his death and extended their condolences to his family. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar tweeted: “Heartfelt condolences to the family & friends of Jagmohan Dalmiya. Had met him in June. Little did I reraise that it would be

the last. Will always cherish his encouragement & support over the years. Worked hard for the game of cricket & excelled as an administrator,” tweeted “Saddened by Mr. Dalmiya’s death. Immense contribution to Indian and world cricket. A huge loss. Always a players man! Condolences to family!” posted former India captain and leg-spin great Anil Kumble on Twitter. “Dalmiya Ji’s contribution 2 Indian cricket was immense. He was an astute administrator&a visionary.His demise is a huge loss 2 Indian cricket,” added former Indian batsman V.V.S. Laxman. “It is a big loss to Indian cricket.

allegations of misappropriation of funds related to hosting the 1996 World Cup 2006: Wins Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) election to become CAB chief. 2007: Resigns as CAB chief 2013: Appointed interim president of the BCCI 2015: Returns as the BCCI president after a 10-year gap 2015: Dies on September 20

He was one of the finest cricket administrators I have known. We owe it to him for uplifting the status of Indian cricket to what it is today. He was a great manager of people,” Lal, who was part of the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian team, told IANS. Sharma, who said he had played for Bengal for 5-6 years, said Dalmiya was “partly responsible” for his selection in the Indian team also. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rushed to the hospital along with city Mayor Sovon Chatterjee to pay her last respects. Dalmiya was also ICC chief for three years.

Federer fan wakes from 11-yr Rio begins search for coma, amazed by his exploits Olympic torch bearers IANS, SEVILLE (SPAIN)

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panish national Jesus Aparicio woke up from coma after a gap of 11 years and was stunned to hear that his idol, tennis maestro Roger Federer is still playing and has won 17 grand slams. Aparicio was involved in a car accident on December 12, 2004, when Federer had pocketed just four Grand Slams and was only 23-year-old. Aparicio got up from coma on August 27 this year. Curious, he asked his mother about Spain, current affairs and his favorite tennis star, Federer. “It came like a flash to my mind and I asked about Roger. I thought he had retired. When I knew that at 34 years, he is still playing and is

Roger Federer

number two in the world, I thought they were kidding me. When I heard that he reached 17 Grand Slam titles, I put my hands on my face,” Aparicio was quoted as saying by tennisworldusa.org.

io 2016 organizers launched a campaign to select members of the general public to carry the Olympic torch. “We know that the best thing about Brazil is its people and so we want to hear the stories of real people who make a difference in every corner of the country,” Xinhua quoted Rio 2016 ceremonies director Leonardo Caetano as saying. At least 12,000 people are expected to participate in the relay, which will begin its 20,000 km journey in May. According to Rio2016.com,

organizers are seeking nominations for Brazilian residents who have inspired others by making a difference in their communities. “Taking part in the Olympic Torch Relay is not exclusively for celebrities. Everyone can take part, nominate someone or be a torch bearer, it just has to be shown that they have made a difference in the lives of others,” Caetano said. The flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, on April 21 before beginning its 95-day Brazil journey in capital Brasilia on May 3. The relay will pass through more than 300 Brazilian cities, arriving in Rio for the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium on August 5.

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Sridevi pampered by ‘Puli’ team

Tamannaah bags a song in ‘Bruce Lee’

Shooting in some old studios that she ‘hadn’t visited in so many years brought back wonderful memories’ of her initial years in Tamil industry HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI, CHENNAI

ridevi, who plays the queen of an ancient kingdom in her comeback Tamil film Puli, says she was treated like a queen off the sets too and considered this gesture of the team “sweet”. “To be treated like a queen even off the sets was the best part of this role. It felt special, respected and very sweet,” Sridevi, who is returning to Tamil cinema after two decades, told IANS. Sridevi’s last Tamil outing was 1986 film Naan Adimai Illai with superstar Rajinikanth. When she went back to the sets after so many

years, she admits it was nostalgic. “Shooting in some old studios that I hadn’t visited in so many years brought back wonderful memories of my initial years in Tamil industry. It was like reliving a dream,” she said. About her role, she says: “This is the kind of the role you get once in a lifetime. It excited me so much that I jumped at the opportunity without much contemplation. Contrary to everything I’ve done in my career, what I’ve done in this film will always remain special”. Going by the film’s promos, one would’ve expected her to be playing the antagonist. But she doesn’t concur with that observation. “It’s a character with layers of

shades. I’m not playing a typical queen we read in fairy tales. I’m really not at the liberty to divulge much information,” she said. Her look and costumes from the film have already created quite a buzz. She gives all the credit to fashion designer Manish Malhotra. “Right from my gown to ornaments and the crown; Mansih was responsible for everything,” said Sridevi, who had to have people help her carry the costume as it was so heavy.

I am comfortable with bikini: Pia IANS, CHENNAI

ctress Pia Bajpai, who sported a bikini for an advertisement, believes one need not necessarily have a great body to wear a bikini. “No matter how you look, if you’re comfortable with your own body, anybody can sport a bikini. When you’re confident about how you look, trust me it isn’t difficult to slip into a bikini,” Pia told IANS. In an advertisement of music app Gaana, Pia wore a bikini for a beach sequence. “Although I never got to wear a bikini in my films so far, I agreed to do this ad because the concept was beautiful. The ad

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was shot in Spain on a beach, and it made sense to appear in a bikini. I wasn’t forced to do it,” she said. Pia admits she was quite comfortable in the bikini, but she did

experience cold feet initially. “In the trials, I did get a little apprehensive, but when I saw women walking naked on the beach, I really didn’t mind wearing a bikini. Currently shooting for her Bollywood debut film Yeh Laal Rang, she’s willing to sport a bikini in films too, but not before she knows how she’ll be portrayed. “I have no qualms in wearing a bikini, as long as I’m not portrayed cheaply. My decision to wear or not to wear a bikini will depend on the director and cinematographer of the film because they will be responsible for how I look on screen,” she said.

CHENNAI: Southern actress Tamannaah Bhatia has reportedly bagged an opportunity to groove to a special song in actor Ram Charan’s upcoming Telugu actioner Bruce Lee, which also features Chiranjeevi in a cameo. “Tamannaah has been offered the song that was originally planned with Ileana (D’Cruz). While Tamannaah is yet to sign the dotted line, it is learnt that she has given her nod,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS. Reportedly, Chiranjeevi will also shake a leg in this song along with his son. The makers plan to shoot the song in Hyderabad.

Akhil Akkineni, a brand icon in the making IANS, CHENNAI

ith three major brand endorsements already in his kitty even before the release of his debut film, actor Akhil Akkineni has sure attracted lot of eyeballs from brands. Akhil, son of actor Nagarjuna, currently endorses Karbonn mobiles, Mountain Dew and Titan. “He is such a good fit for a brand because he carries an air of sophistication and suavity which neatly

complements the brand he endorses,” Sandeep Malhotra of a popular ad agency told IANS. He added that Akhil has been attracting lot of attention for his stylish young appeal and has developed a strong acumen.

FILM REVIEW | TAMIL

‘Trisha Illana Nayanthara’ - A fun sex comedy that isn’t bold enough

ebutant Adhik Ravichandran’s Trisha Illana Nayanthara, an A-certified adult comedy, was promoted as the boldest Tamil film of this generation, and as strictly intended for adults. It’s bold to an extent, but not quite enough and that’s disappointing, considering it was Tamil cinema’s first attempt at the genre. With an A certificate the makers were so proud about, why not give us an unadulterated sex comedy; why dilute it with family sentiment? G.V. Prakash plays Jeeva, a jilted lover stuck between Ramya (Anandi) and Aditi (Manisha Yadav).

Film: Trisha Illana Nayanthara; Language: Tamil; Director: Adhik Ravichandran; Cast: G.V Prakash Kumar, Anandi, Manisha Yadav, VTV Ganesh, Simran and Arya; Rating: *** Their mothers give birth to them around the same time in the hospital. When they’re put in the cradles, Jeeva mysteriously ends up in the middle with Ramya and Aditi on either side. Jeeva’s uncle jokes about it and from an early age, they like

each other. The childhood sequences are fun to watch, especially the scene where the trio uses a cussword substitute to get back at a

bully. Adhik shows a lot of promise as a filmmaker with good understanding of what young audiences want. In a lovely scene, when

Ramya offers her cheek for Jeeva to kiss, and when he does, water gushes upward from a nearby pipe. The film respects and disrespects women at the same time. There’s so much hatred against women, but Aditi’s character stands testimonial to the equal freedom they deserve. G.V. Prakash may not be a great actor, but he sure does know how to play to the gallery, even when the joke is on his character most of the times. He’s definitely improved as an actor from his last film Darling. He now delivers one-liners with ease and aces the dance moves. Anandi is decent. — Haricharan Pudipeddi

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Love to be ahead of time: Meghna

Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar, whose movie Talvar is going to be released next month – based on Arushi Talwar murder case – feels making films on real events is not ‘scandalous’ RADHIKA BHIRANI, NEW DELHI

n 2002, when experimental cinema was not as welcome as it is today, Meghna Gulzar dared to be different with Filhaal..., a film on surrogacy. The filmmaker is only glad she is “ahead of time” with her creativity. “Filhaal, even though it was appreciated, didn’t do very well commercially. Back then, people had said, and even continue to say, that had it been released now, it would have made more sense. “Yes, it was ahead of its time. But I am fine with that. I would rather be that than be outdated,” Meghna, the daughter of celebrated writer Gulzar and veteran actress Rakhee, told IANS in an interview. It is streaks of her father’s filmography as a director — works like Koshish, which was on a deaf-andmute couple; Achanak inspired by the crime of passion that was the K.M. Nanavati case; and Libaas, a film on extra-marital affairs which remains unreleased in India till date — that find reflection in the works of Meghna. Meghna’s forthcoming film Talvar — a retelling of three investigation theories behind the Aarushi TalwarHemraj murder case — comes at an apt time when the Sheena Bora murder case has been keeping people at the edge of their seats. She couldn’t agree more, and

Wake up and act: Rakeysh on FTII MUMBAI: With the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) logjam hitting a dead end, filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says it’s Rakeysh Mehra time for the government to ‘wake up and act’. “#FTII wake up government of India and act For a government that’s impervious to FTII protest a warning from 1968 France,” Mehra tweeted along with a link to a story which drew comparison of FTII stir with an 1968 agitation of Paris over abrupt removal of the director of the Cinémathèque Française. Over 250 students are on strike to protest the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman.

Indian film wins at Toronto Film Fest TORONTO: Angry Indian Goddesses by Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin, who has explored “firebrand women” in the Bollywood film, has been placed second in the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The all-out female buddy film boasts of a line-up that includes Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda, Amrit Maghera, Rajshri Deshpande and Pavleen Gujral. “Ok so @AIGtheFilm just won first runners up GROLSCH PEOPLE’S

CHOICE AWARD at #TIFF 2015,” Sandhya Mridul tweeted on September 20. This year marked the 38th year that Toronto audiences were able to cast a ballot for their favorite festival film for the Grolsch People’s Choice Award. This year’s award went to Lenny Abrahamson for Room, read the fest’s official site. The first runner-up is Angry Indian Goddesses and the second runner up is Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight. Sarah-Jane also took to Twitter to express her excitement at winning.

Vishal Bhardwaj to release film on every Gandhi Jayanti IANS, MUMBAI

Meghna Gulzar is the daughter of celebrated lyricist Gulzar and actor Rakhee.

averred that “cinema has been reflecting society since before”, and it continues to be so. Citing relevant examples to back her point, Meghna said: “When Bandit Queen was made, it was not because of the scandal, it was because the maker felt the story

needed to be told. When Maachis and Border were made, these were stories that needed to be told. “It’s not the intent of making films on real events which is scandalous, it is when the incident itself is scandalous that the film becomes scandalous,” the 41-year-old said.

ishal Bhardwaj’s directorial Haider released on October 2 last year, and this year, Talvar, which he has written and co-produced, will hit the screens on this date. The filmmaker is said to have planned to make it an annual ritual. “Vishal sir has been very excited about the release date. Last year,

Haider came as a pleasant surprise... This year, Talvar has already garnered a huge response at Toronto International Film Festival. Now he is keen to bring a film every October 2,” said a spokesperson. Talvar, directed by Meghna Gulzar, also has Tabu, apart from, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Neeraj Kabi. Talvar delves on the Noida double murder case of 2008.

‘Katti Batti’ - Convoluted, cliched and confusing Film: Katti Batti; Cast: Imran Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Vivan Bhatena, Manasvi Mamgai, Director: Nikhil Advani; Rating: *1/2

n the face of it, Katti Batti is supposed to be a rom-com between a die-hard romantic and a commitment-phobic girl, at least that’s what the trailers promised. But what you get is a potpourri of emotional trajectories offered in a non-linear, confusing and obscure manner. Narrated from Madhav Kabra (Imran Khan) aka Maddy’s point of view, the narration begins with an inexplicable, found footage technique revealing his live-in relationship with Payal Malhotra (Kangana Ranaut). And then we are suddenly

thrown into the emergency ward of a hospital where the doctors and Maddy’s friends are trying to revive him after his alleged suicide attempt. After Maddy is successfully revived, we learn that his drinking Phenyl was an accident. And what

follows is Maddy’s pursuit to convince his ladylove to be friends with him once again. Their on-and-off relationship has now hit rock bottom after 5 years of living together. Kangana and Imran make a lovely, volatile pair. Their on-screen chemistry is palpable.

On the performance front, the film is Imran Khan’s canvas. His is the only character that is well etched. With his look recollecting the charm of Dilton from Archie’s comics, Imran is honest, charming and expressively convincing. On the other hand, Kangana Ranaut as Payal Malhotra who comes from a broken family, is an extension of the various roles you have seen Kangana perform in her earlier films. The script written by director Nikhil Advani and Anshul Singhal has a convoluted screenplay riddled with forced humor and glaring plot holes which include underdeveloped characterizations. Also the script is punctuated with songs that do not elevate the viewing experience. The numbers except for the last one are laborious and ear-sores. — Troy Ribeiro

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‘Guessing game around Bigg Boss unique’

Want to work in movies with good script: Tina

ince the announcement about Bigg Boss coming back on the small screen with a new ‘double trouble’ season, several names have cropped as rumored contestants. Superstar and the host of the popular reality TV show Salman Khan says the guessing game has always been a ‘unique’ aspect of the show, adding that first “everyone wants to know who is going into the house” and when it goes on air the interest shifts to eliminations. And the Dabangg star is in no mood to quash the speculations around the upcoming season “Bigg Boss Nau”. “One of the unique things about Bigg Boss is that every year, before the season starts everyone wants to know who is going into the house. And once the season starts, everyone wants to know who is leaving the house,” Salman said.

ctress Tina Ahuja, who made her Bollywood debut with Second Hand Husband, says that she is reading scripts nowadays and will do those films that have good scripts. Tina, daughter of actor Govinda, says that she is set to work on another good projects. “Lots of things are coming up my way. I am reading scripts and looking forward to a project soon,” she said. “I want to be part of good cinema and I don’t keep certain mind-set for that. The moment I get a movie that have good script, I will definitely do that. I want to go with the flow and live the moment,” She added. The actress has bagged her first award for Second Hand Husband at the 6th India Leadership Conclave & Business Awards ceremony held in Mumbai recently.

No candlelight dates for Alia

ctress Alia Bhatt says that she would prefer a date wearing pyjamas at her home instead of a candlelight dinner all decked up. “Honestly, I’m not into this candlelight and going out and dressing up. I want to be in pyjamas at home, and watch my favorite TV shows, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Friends’. I want to eat my favorite cheap food, whether it is pizza, or other cheap food like samosas or chaats. Now I’ve become a vegetarian, so the cheap food is less nowadays . I want to be in the comfort of my home with my partner and be myself and this would be a ‘shaandaar’ date for me,” said Alia.

What made Amy Jackson pinch herself?

ritish model-actress Amy Jackson said on Wednesday that she was extremely surprised when she was offered Singh Is Bliing and had to pinch herself to believe that she was going to star opposite Akshay Kumar. “I had to pinch myself. I got the call and didn’t expect it. And right up till nearly the end of filming, I was thinking, ‘Am I actually doing a film with Akshay Kumar?’ because I was a massive Akshay Kumar fan before and the first film that I ever watched was his and Katrina’s film, ‘Namastey London’. I didn’t think that I could get the chance to star alongside him, especially so early on in my career,” said Amy at a press meet here on her first reaction on being offered the film. Amy added that Akshay has been the best co-star. “He’s the action king of Bollywood and not just the way he is as an actor, but mainly the way he is as a person.”

Sonam’s sound advise for girls

ctress Sonam Kapoor wants young girls to move ahead from those things that are not working best for them and says that this holds true for shampoos too. Sonam, who has joined hands with beauty brand L’Oréal Paris Advanced haircare’s campaign ‘Change your Shampoo, Change your Hair’, wants to advise all young girls that “it’s not only about relationships but correct things that work for you”. ‘Change your Shampoo, Change your Hair’ is L’Oréal Paris’s new style mantra for the season and has been backed by its three ambassadors: Sonam Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif.

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Ricky Fowler’s day in BMW Championship

BY DR. NILESH MEHTA AKE FOREST, IL -- Jason Day of Queensland may head the list of 70 elite players in the FedEx Cup rankings with 4680 points but it was the flamboyant Californian Ricky Fowler who captured the hearts of the Labor Day crowd in Norton, Massachusetts during the Deutsche Bank Championship, to climb the ladder at Number 3. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup now advance to the third playoff event in Lake Forest, Illinois. This event is conducted by the Western Golf Association to benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation. BMW Championship is the penultimate event in the PGA Tour playoffs for the FedEx Cup. The golfers accumulate FedExCup points over 43 weeks of intense competition. Hence, consistent performances and point accumulation throughout the year is the key to reach the summit. At the end of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms in Lake Forest, Illinois, the best 30 players who are eligible to move on to the Tour Championship will have their scores re-set. Essentially, this ensures that all 30 players in the field will have a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup. Tiger Woods won the inaugural FedEx Cup in 2007 and 2009 coupled with the

BMW Golf Championship 2015 hefty $10-million top prize. Previous ten. Furyk, no stranger to Conway Farms outstanding golfers who have won the Golf course, set the course on fire when he FedEx Cup trophy include Vijay Singh of shot 12-under-par 59 in September 2013. Fiji(2008), Jim Furyk of US (2010), Bill After winning the Barclays by six Haas of US (2011), Brandt Snedeker of US strokes, Jason Day was one of the favorites. (2012), Henrik Stenson of Sweden (2013) The stylish Aussie piled up wins at the and Billy Horschel of US(2014). Canadian Open, PGA Championship and Of these golfers, Stenson and Furyk are The Barclays. in the fray with their rankings in the top By his own admission, it was some

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fatigue that led him to a sub-par thirdround 73 in Boston. Rickie Fowler, following his tremendous win at Deutsche Bank Championship, propelled himself to No. 5 in the world. While he is not quite part of the “Big Three” of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day, he most certainly is inching upwards. “They’ve clearly played the best out of anyone over the past few months to couple of years,” Fowler said. “So I’m trying to be a small fourth thrown in there. But there are a lot of other really good young players playing well right now, as well.” As far as Jordan Spieth is concerned, there were troubles for him in the last two tournaments. Clearly, a bizarre fortnight as he ended up missing his second successive cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship in the second round of FedEx Cup playoffs. Despite that, Spieth returned to No 1 in the world rankings, thanks to the intricacies of the points scoring. Lake Forest, Illinois will see the likes of Day, Spieth, McIlroy, Fowler, Stenson among seventy other golfers. At the completion of the BMW Championship, top 30 golfers take their arduous journey to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta during September 24-27.

Chicago seniors visit Smoky Mountain

Seniors enjoying Sky Lift ( Rope Way Ride) during the Smoky Mountain tour

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Punjabi spor ts lovers from the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio turned out in large numbers to enjoy kabaddi and vollyball tournaments organized recently by Punjab Sports & Cultural Club (PSCC) at Elk Grove Village, Forest Preserve grounds in Chicago. In the Kabaddi Cup Tournament, there were three teams from India, the US and Canada. In the final match, the US Kabaddi Team defeated the Indian Team by scoring 38 points against 19 and won the first prize. The second prize went to the Indian Team. The first prize of $13,000 was sponsored by prominent businessman, D a r s h a n Si n g h Dh a l i w a l f r o m Milwaukee, in the memory of his father, late Subedar Kartar Singh Dhaliwal. The

second prize of $11,000 was sponsored by the host Punjab Sports & Cultural Club. In the Volleyball Tournament, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sports Club won the first prize of $1500 and Glenview Spykar, the second prize of $1100. Present on the occasion were Raja Krishan Murti, the candidate for US Congress and O P Meena, Consul at the Consulate General of India in Chicago, among others. The event was a grand success thanks to marathon efforts of Harvinder Singh, president of the club, Amrik Singh (Amar Carpet), finance secretary & media in-charge, Happy Heer, Jaskaran Singh Dhaliwal, Lovedeep Singh Dulat, Narinder Singh Sra, Gian Singh Seehra, Gurmeet Singh Bhola, Rajinder Singh Dyal, Manminder Singh Heer, Lucky Sahota and Swaran Singh Sidhu.

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL-- Bhartiya Senior Citizens (BSC) of Chicago organized a Smoky Mountain tour by bus in Tennessee & North from September 9 to September 13. Two buses carried 114 people. BSC president Hari Patel and his executive committee members Madhu Patel, Ramsing Parmar, Chandu Patel, Indu Vaghani, Ishwer Patel, Girish Kadakia, Kamini Machhar worked as volunteers and helped in food arrangement throughout the tour. As team leader, BSC secretary Rakshika Anjaria took responsibility bus#2, Madhu Patel and Hari Patel took responsibility of bus#1. Joint treasurer Vithhal Balar was in charge of seating arrangements for the two buses. Thanks to a special cooking van, fresh Indian food was served throughout the tour. Indeed, all BSC members enjoyed freshlycooked Indian food besides morning teabreakfast, lunch and dinner on all 5 days. On September 10, all seniors visited the

Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina and were thrilled by its natural beauty. On September 11, the members visited America’s largest underground lake. It was an amazing experience to see huge caverns which were large enough to hold a twostory building. They also took a guided boat trip across the lake bigger than three football fields, and saw colorful rock formations and a waterfall. BSC members visited Ruby Falls in Chattanooga, Tennessee for spectacular views of the Tennessee River as well as the surrounding mountain and ancient cave formations. The1120-feet underground Ruby Falls, America’s tallest and deepest underground waterfall, took their breath away. BSC members went to Magic Beyond Belief show by Darren Romeo in Pigeon forge, Tennessee. On September 12, all seniors enjoyed the Smoky mountain railroad for a 4-hour train ride.

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BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO. IL -- Bollywood singer Arijit Singh made a stopover in Trenton, New Jersey, earlier this month as part of his North American musical tour. The award-winning ‘Tum Hi Ho’ (Aashiqui 2)-fame crooner, who would be holding concerts in Illinois, Texas and California, among other states, performed at Sun National Bank Center, Trenton on September 12. About 6,000 people, including music aficionados, turned up for the sold-out concert, according to organizers, Roshni Productions, headed by Roshni Suchdev and her team. After a huge success in New Jesery, 28-yearold Singh is ready to rock Chicago. Cinestarz Entertainement has organized the ‘biggest’ musical concert at Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Praire Stone Parkwaiy, Hoffman Estates, IL on October 2nd at 8:30 pm He started singing in Bollywood films in 2011, his first song being “Phir Mohabbat”

from the movie “Murder 2”. Later, he lent his voice in “Jhoom Jhoom Ta Hun Main”, “Players”, “Uska Hi Bana”, “Barfi” etc but it was ‘Tum Hi Ho’ which last year fetched him the prestigious Filmfare Award for the ‘best

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Robbers zero in on Uber riders BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL-- Robbers have been targeting Uber riders waiting for their ride in River North and Old Town. The Chicago Police Department has issued a community alert after two recent robberies where the offenders targeted people waiting outside for their Uber to pick them up. Two robbers have been approaching people, apparently disguised as Uber drivers, and inviting their victims into the vehicle, the police said. Once inside the vehicle, the robbers demanded debit cards. The first incident occurred in the early morning hours of September 13 in the 1500 block of North Wells Street in Old Town. The second incident occurred in the early morning hours of September 19 in the 500 block of North State Street in River North, the police said.

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Postal dept reward for clue on theft of mail BY A STAFF WRITER LBUQUERQUE, NM -- The US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of person(s) responsible for recent theft of US Mail. Of late, there has been a spate of breakins into Neighborhood Delivery Collection Box Units located in the residential areas of Albuquerque Metro to include some areas of Rio Rancho, NM. Postal Inspectors seek the public’s assistance in identifying those responsible for vandalizing and stealing US Mail from these units. Customers affected by mail theft should file

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Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2015 from Sept 30th to Oct 5th at Showcase Icon Theater presenting feature films and short films ‘ Devi’, ‘ Patang’, ‘ Me, My Mom & Sharmila. Also exhibition by fashion designer Joy Mitra ‘Fashion in Bollywood’. For more information visit: csaff.org

Cops hunt for suspect in truck stealing case BY A STAFF WRITER ALLAS, TX – The Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man suspected of stealing a U-Haul truck early on September 20. About 2:40 a.m., the man took a U-Haul from the central Oak Cliff business in the 7000 block of South R.L. Thornton Freeway. Surveillance footage shows a black man in dark-colored shorts and a white t-shirt walking around the parking lot. The man appears to have braids and a receding hairline. Police found the stolen truck abandoned in the 11800 block of C.F. Hawn Service Road. Inside, the police found a full-size ATM that had been broken open.

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Paresh Rawal’s play tickles Illinoisians BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Live2u Entertainment presented the hilarious Hindi comedy play “Kishan Vs Kanhaiya” at Meadows Club, 2950 W Golf Road, Rolling Meadows, IL on September 18. Written by Bhavesh Mandalia, the play was produced by Swaroop Sampat and directed by Umesh Shukla. The play was watched by over 1370 theaterlovers representing different generations and sections of society who jammed the Meadows Club Grand Ballroom. Many prominent community leaders were also present in this superb, fun-filled, emotional, family-comedy play. Bollywood’s renowned comedian Paresh Rawal as Kishan was brilliantly personified in this play. He effortlessly made his character

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK -- A library in New York has apologized to a New York woman after an employee of the public library asked her to stop breastfeeding her daughter in public. “We will be giving our staff additional coaching to remind them about the proper practice for maintaining a welcoming environment,” Sherry Singh, a regular visitor at the Forest Hills library, was last weekend told to stop feeding her child in the library and breast-feed her four-monthold daughter in the restroom. “Me and my other daughter were playing with puppets, when this little one started crying. I started nursing her,” Singh was quoted as saying. “An employee came over and told me not to breast-feed my daughter there,” Singh said. Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the law allowed breastfeeding in public. “It has been the law for quite a while. It is every woman’s right to breast-feed in public,” Lieberman said. Singh has accepted the library’s apology and is not taking any legal action, but she wants the story to go out to educate others.

genuine. When he was on the stage, he commanded the attention of the audience and got them hooked on to each and every scene. His witty, humorous, and hard-hitting dialogues were the highlight of the show. The cast also included Dharmendra Gohil, Chirag Vora, Jimit Trivedi, Puja Gupta, Ankit

Trivedi and others. They ably supported Paresh Rawal by putting up extraordinary performances and made the play a once-in-alifetime experience to cherish. “I love to perform in the US and now I have the chance to make you laugh non-stop. But remember, it’s not mindless comedy,” said Paresh. At the end of the show, he introduced

his team and thanked the nNational promoters JMD Creations and lLocal promoter Karl Karla. Karl Karla, CEO of Live2u Entertainment, thanked the audience and his team including his wife Sonia Karla, Payal Shah, Ketan Soni and B & G Tires. According to the producers, approximately 114 shows are slated to be staged all over the US this year. Live2u is an entertainment power house specializing and conceptualizing live shows, concerts and plays in the US and Canada featuring the most sought-after celebrities from the Indian and Pakistani entertainment circuit. A group of young enthusiastic personalities came together with over a decade of experience in providing world-class quality entertainment to our community comprising of Karl Karla, Sonia Karla and their team.

Chicago Focuses on Youth Engagement BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL - In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, Chicago Election Board officials announced initiatives that are aimed at engaging more young voters during the 2016 elections. “With the Presidential Election Cycle only months away, we are targeting our younger citizens,” said Marisel A. Hernandez, SecretaryCommissioner of the Chicago Election Board. “We plan to give new meaning to ‘early and often.’ We know that if we get our citizens involved in elections early in their lives, they will return often to participate throughout their lives.” Hernandez and Election Board Chairman Langdon D. Neal pointed to the following: • On-line voter registration: The Election Board and other Chicago civic groups lobbied for this new system. In its first year, Chicago voters have accounted for nearly 31,000 or 45% of the 68,000 people who have used the system. • Election Day registration: The Election Board and other Chicago civic groups lobbied

for this change in the law. The Election Board will provide this service in each of the city’s 2,069 precinct polling places starting with the Primary Elections in March 2016. • m.chicagoelections.com: This new mobile version of the Chicago Election Board web site focuses on the most critical services to help citizens use smart phones to access the on-line registration system and find their polling place if they need to use Election Day registration. The site also will let users apply online to Vote By Mail – the option formerly known as Absentee Voting. • Young Poll Workers: For eight years, the Chicago Election Board has led the nation in assigning high-school students to serve as

Election Judges. Through a partnership with Mikva Challenge, more than 1,700 students have worked in each citywide election. Last fall, the Board partnered with the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCRUL) to recruit college and university students to serve. A new CLCRUL study found that the Chicago Election Board now also leads the way in the use of college poll workers. • Civics Education: For many years, the Chicago Election Board and other civic groups advocated that one semester of civics instruction be a requirement to graduate from high school. Recently, Gov. Rauner signed new legislation to that effect. “Historically, registration and turnout rates have been lowest among our youngest voters,” Neal said. “Part of that owes to how young people are more likely to move between elections. Part of that is a feeling that voting doesn’t matter. Our hope is that civics classes and making registration and voting so easy and accessible will help us turn the corner, making more young voters upstanders instead of bystanders.”

IndiaFest Milwaukee held in Wisconsin BY A STAFF WRITER ILWAUKEE, WI -- Indian Americans celebrated IndiaFest Milwaukee 2015 at Humboldt Park on a grand scale in Wisconsin. It was orchestrated and presented by Spindle India, a non-profit organization. The objective of this event was three fold: to enable Indian-Americans connect to their roots, to pass on their unique traditions to new generation, and to promote intercultural competence, empathy, and business growth. The event, with free entry, had over 15,000 Indian American attendees, including people belonging to different nationalities. It saw multigenerational families dressed in traditional garb. The event, organized for the third time, had newly-introduced attractions like Wisconsin India Singing Idol, Mr./Mrs. Wisconsin, Flagship India Fashion Show, Flagship Kid’s Parade, Indian Classical/ Bollywood Dances, Traditional Dhol and Contemporary DJ Fusion, Vibrant Costumes, Creative Painting, etc. The event was an all-day retreat which was enjoyed thoroughly by people along

(L-R) Bayview Alderman Tony Zielinski, City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Chris Abele, Steve Ponto, Purnima Nath, Katherine Thorat - seen lighting a traditional lamp at the inauguration of the IndiaFest Milwaukee 2015

with their families and friends. City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto, Bay-view Alderman Tony Zielinski, Katherine Thorat representative of Air India, Shawn Reilly and Milwaukee Judge Joseph Donald were present as Guests of Honor at the inauguration.

Consul General of India, Dr. Ausaf Sayeed extended warm greetings. Spindle India, is a non-profit charitable organization, which is focused on the community they live in, attentive to bringing communities together one step at a time; and building community to serve as a bridge between India and United States.

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MASCONN celebrates Onam fete in Trumbull

BY A STAFF WRITER RUMBULL, CT – About 300 people from across the southern state of Connecticut came together to participate in and cherish their rich cultural heritage and be part of the annual Onam celebrations organized by the Malayalee Association of Southern Connecticut (MASCONN) on September 12 at Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT. The more than four-hours long cultural extravaganza was in many ways “reliving the culture and traditions” and a “cherishing the past with a view to pass it on to the future generation.” Legendary King Mahabali was welcomed to the stage with pancha vadyam and a warm traditional welcome by women, who later on performed Thiruvathirakkali, a folk dance, typically a Keralite dance, well known for its essence, grandeur and simplicity. The cultural event consisted of several songs, mostly in Malayalam. Children “from the ages of five delighted the audience with their melodious voices, and several dances both cinematic and traditional, showcasing the rich variety of dance forms prevalent in India. Said Sujanan Puthenpuraiyil, vice president of MASSCON: “In a very short period, we have grown by leaps and bounds and we strive to meet the growing needs of our community.”

Fatal fall in hall: family demands $2.5 million

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BY A STAFF WRITER UFFALO, NY - The family of a first-year Indian American medical resident who died in a fall last year at the Tralf Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. After attending a concert at the hall, Rajan Verma, 28, decided to climb the second-floor bannister and slide down on June 2, 2014. He completed the first leg of the bannister with another concertgoer but lost his balance on the second leg and fell to the ground. Verma succumbed to his injuries the next day. The family of the deceased Verma subsequently has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the music hall, looking for at least $2.5 million. In the filing, the family alleges the club attached a sticky substance to the bannister to deter visitors from sliding down it. That sticky substance caused Verma to lose his balance, according to the family. The lawsuit added that the music hall should anticipate concertgoers attempting to ride the bannister and should have safeguarded the staircase. A native of New Jersey, Verma was a graduate of St. John’s University, where he received a degree in biology, and later the American University of Antigua Medical School. He was in his first year of the University at Buffalo.

Thieves steal tires from parked cars

BY A STAFF WRITER T. LOUIS, MO -- It’s a crime happening as often as twice a day in St. Louis. Thieves are stealing people’s tires. Thefts are being reported in Benton Park, Soulard and Tower Grove East. Tires from two cars were stolen around 4 am on September 10 on Withnell Avenue in Benton Park. The victim says his neighbor also had four tires stolen the week before, and at least five cases of tire theft were reported in the neighborhood of Tower Grove East. Former Soulard resident Danisha Stallworth is one of the many St. Louis tire theft victims. Stallworth says she was sad when she realized the right front tire was stolen from her PT Cruiser. Sixth Ward Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia says she has been communicating with the police on the car thefts.

Maveli, the legendary King is being welcomed by women Indeed, Indian Americans continue about 14,000 from 2000. to come in large numbers and settle down Everyone enjoyed the sumptuous in the state of Connecticut particularly Onasadhya (meal) served on banana leaves, in towns with reputations for excellent the most important and main attraction schools. The latest figures from the US of the day with different traditional dishes Census show 37,545 people of Indian and ‘’payasam’’ that was served on banana origin living in the state, an increase of leaves.

‘Champion of Change’ award for Indian teen BY A STAFF WRITER NDIANAPOLIS, IN -- A 15-yearold Indian American teen has been selected by the White House for the prestigious Champions of Change Award for empowering the community by imparting Internet coding through her non-profit organization. Swetha Prabakaran, whose parents immigrated from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli in 1998, is a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. She hopes to continue inspiring young women to transform their future and the world. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Prabakaran is among 11 young women selected by the White House as “Champions of Change.” She is the founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!, a non-profit body

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working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs. “Under Swetha’s direction, Everybody Code Now! has taught hundreds of students how to code and has raised thousands of dollars for STEM activities in schools,” the White House said. “Her mentorship programs have transformed shy, young girls into confident students, community leaders and budding technologists,” the White House said in a statement. In addition to her passion for science and computers, Prabakaran is an avid Bharatanatyam dancer; she did her Bharatanatyam arangetram in Tirunelveli last month. Her father, Prabakaran Murugaiah, is the founder and CEO of techfetch.com. He lives in Ashburn, Va., a suburb in Washington D.C.

Indian student takes up cudgels for mentally ill BY A STAFF WRITER ASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Indian American student at North Carolina State University has been raising awareness among students, faculty and administrators about mental health issues. “One of our main goals is to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illnesses and suicide, because no one talks about it,” said Avi Aggarwal, president of N.C. State University’s student organization National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), on World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. The organization is also promoting existing mental health services on campus and assisting students in receiving care from such services, N.C. State University’s student newspaper, the Technician,

Avi Aggarwal reported. “Over 90 per cent of people who commit suicide are diagnosed with a mental illness,” Aggarwal was quoted as saying. NAMI, in coordination with N.C. State University’s Student Health Center, also held a candlelight vigil on

September 10. The international theme of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is “Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives.” Organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention in collaboration with the World Health Organization since 2003, the initiative seeks support from governments, non-governmental organizations, and international and national associations to raise public awareness about one of the world’s largest causes of premature and unnecessary death — suicide. According to the latest suicide figures provided by non-profit organization Suicide.org, over one million people die from committing suicide worldwide each year, and the global suicide rate has increased 60 per cent in the past 45 years.

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percent. “Higher fish consumption may be beneficial in the primary prevention of depression,” the authors noted. Several previous studies have looked at the possible role of dietary factors in modifying depression risk, but the findings have been inconsistent and inconclusive. “The high-quality protein, vitamins, and minerals found in fish may help stave off depression while eating a lot of fish may be an indicator of a healthy and more nutritious diet,” the researchers suggested. Depression affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide.

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