ISSUE 50 WE THE STATE

We SEPTEMBER 09 TO SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 POSTAL REGD. MP/BHOPAL/4-323/2013-15 

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RAIPUR 

BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister 

Narendra Modi on Saturday 

urged people to dethrone an arrogant 

Congress regime by democratic 

method as it has ruined and devastated the 

country. 

Addressing a rally from the Red Fortshaped 

dais, dubbed as the biggest-ever 

gathering in Chhattisgarh's tribal heartland 

Surguja, Modi unleashed a direct attack 

on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 

for heading an insensitive Government. 

He also took on Congress president Rahul 

Gandhi for his poverty is a state of mind remark. 

"The Congress' culture of arrogance 

is at its peak now. India's 1.25 billion people 

are fighting acute poverty and problems 

while its leaders are busy redefining poverty," 

Modi quipped in his 25-minute speech. 

Each of Modi’s statements against the Congress 

regime was cheered by massive 

crowds, which saw a sizeable attendance of 

women and youth. 

Stepping up the attack on the Congress 

Government at the Centre, Modi observed: 

"Each and every act of the Congress regime 

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Dethrone arrogant 

Cong regime, 

says Modi 

is reflecting its arrogance. The failure of 

Manmohan Singh has led to an economic 

downturn. The Rupee has landed in hospital 

where it is currently battling for life and 

death." 

He heaped praise on Chhattisgarh Chief 

Minister Raman Singh for unleashing a 

wave of development in the State, which 

was plagued by backwardness. "There are 

two Singhs in the country - Raman Singh in 

Chhattisgarh and Manmohan Singh in New 

Delhi. Both are doctors, the only difference 

being Raman Singh is a doctor of 'insaan' 

(people)," Modi remarked drawing massive 

cheer. 

He hit out at the Central Government for 

missing the coal files. "Parliament is deliberating 

where the coal files have gone missing 

while the people of the country have 

been deliberating where the Congress 

regime has gone missing." He also took on 

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for 

making a mockery of people's problems and 

their poverty. 

Without naming the Gandhi scion, Modi 

remarked, "Congress leaders have lost touch 

with the public. Some Congress leaders 

have made slight of people's poverty by say- 

Film industry is an insecure 

place: Kangana Ranaut 

ing Rs 5 is enough to have a sustaining meal 

while one leader (Rahul Gandhi) pulled the 

biggest gag on the poor by saying 'poverty is 

a state of mind'." 

Modi further said that "he (Rahul) poured 

acid on poor people's plight and misery by 

making 'a state of mind' remark." Modi 

urged people to give another chance to Raman 

Singh in a fledgling Chhattisgarh 

which has witnessed all-round development 

during BJP regime since December 2003. 

"Chhattisgarh, which is just a 13-year-old, 

has led from the front in all sectors. Even 

the Supreme Court has advocated for a need 

for implementation of Chhattisgarh-like 

Food Security Scheme in the nation. I personally 

invited a team of Chhattisgarh officers 

to Gujarat to study the Chhattisgarh 

Food Security system and later implemented 

it in my State," Modi said. 

The rally at Ambikapur was organised by 

the BJP to mark end of a 6,000 km long 

Vikas Yatra of Raman Singh in the Assembly-poll 

bound State. The Vikas Yatra was 

launched onMay 6 from the Maoist-heartland 

Dantewada and was suspended for a 

few weeks after several Congress leaders 

were killed in a deadly attack on May 25. 

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2 BHOPAL September 9 to September 15, 2013 

BHOPAL 

Madhya Pradesh may be clocking the fastest GDP in 

the country, but it's sinking on the health index, 

thus making it impossible to shrug off its BIMARU 

Direct SMS to voters to encourage 

bigger turnout in MP 

BHOPAL: The Election Commission will for 

the first time directly relate to voters, motivating 

them to cast their vote during the 

Madhya Pradesh elections scheduled later 

this year. The poll panel will send SMSes to 

one crore voters, urging them to come out 

and vote. 

After the much-touted 'Pappu vote' campaign 

during the Delhi elections, EC has hit 

upon this idea—a tested poll strategy of big 

political parties to woo voters. 

Election Commission's one-crore target has 

been built from a voter database created by 

panel officials. Efforts are on to increase the 

database. Assistant chief electoral officer 

Sanjay Singh Baghel said, "We have written 

to all district collectors to collect phone numbers 

of voters. As of now, we have contact details 

of one crore voters in Madhya Pradesh." 

"Through these SMSes, the electorate will 

be motivated to come out. Also, they will be 

informed about their polling booths and timings 

on Election Day. We will also ask them 

not to get influenced by liquor, money or 

muscle power of politicians during voting," 

Singh said. The SMS query format was started 

during the Karnataka assembly elections 

during which voters were given details about 

polling booths if they SMSed a particular 

number. But this is the first time SMSes will 

be sent to encourage voting and raise the 

turnout. "Our SMS gateway is already in 

place. Efforts are on to increase the database," 

the electoral officer said. 

Capital 

WE THE STATE 

MP has highest percentage of kids 

on verge of starvation in country 

tag. With 60% children underweight and malnourished, the 

state has highest percentage of children on the verge of starvation 

in the country. 

In just June this year, 1.62 lakh children in the state were 

found to critically malnourished. And this is just the tip of 

the iceberg as 14 lakh more kids were found to underfed. 

These figures are part of the June, 2013, report of the state 

women and child welfare department. 

And here's the shocker. At least 40,000 more children have 

joined the malnourished bracket despite the state government 

spending over Rs 4,000 crore in last 3 years on nutrition 

to children and pregnant women. 

While there's a spurt in annual expenditure on providing 

nutrition, the number of severely malnourished kids has 

risen from 1.21 lakh in June 2011 to 1.62 lakh in June, 2013, according 

to the monthly report of the women and child development 

department. 

And despite the rising graph, the number of children 

weighed at anganwadi centres for malnutrition remains stagnant. 

In 2011, around 61 lakh children were weighed through anganwadis 

across the state. In 2012, it rose to 76 lakh children 

and in 2013 it again dropped to 64 lakh children, the state government 

report states. 

The women and child development minister of Madhya 

Pradesh, Ranjana Baghel, that "we have brought down malnutrition." 

She cited a study conducted by National Institute 

of Nutrition (NIN) in 2010, saying "the NIN study stated that 

malnutrition in state has fallen". 

Rajasthan Govt creates 100 

posts of Section Officers 

The Government of Rajasthan has created 

100 posts of Section Officers to be deputed 

in the offices of Cabinet Ministers and Min- 

isters of State in Rajasthan. 

Over 2000 clerical posts 

vacant in Travancore bank 

Over 2000 posts at clerical level have been 

lying vacant in State Bank of Travancore, 

Government of India undertaking. 

Hearing against IAS couple 

adjourned 

The special court has again adjourned the 

hearing on confiscation of properties allegedly 

amassed by tainted IAS couple 

Arvind Joshi, his wife and 16 others, on Saturday. 

Special judge Alka Dubey has posted 

the next hearing for September 28. 

Earlier, the court sent notices to 18 people 

in connection with confiscation of properties 

of IAS officer couple Arvind Joshi and 

Tinoo Joshi, his children, parents, family 

members and others in the Rs 44-crore dis- 

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proportionate assets case. Investigations 

have shown that this is 3,151% more than 

his known source of income. 

Most of the accused, including Arvind 

Joshi and his sister's relatives living abroad 

However, she refused to delve on the recent statistics of her 

own department. 

"I am not satisfied with the condition of children and we are 

working through various schemes like Atal Bal Mission to 

bring down malnutrition,"Baghel said. 

On November 30, last year the Union women and child development 

minister had informed the Lok Sabha that in 2010- 

11, over Rs 1,200 crores were spent under the Integrated Child 

Development Scheme and Rs 897 under the Supplementary 

Nutrition Programme in Madhya Pradesh. Over Rs 1500 crore 

was spent in 2011-12. This amounts to Rs 2787 crore spend on 

eradicating malnutrition in just two years. 

On expenditure incurred in 2012-13, an official at the woman 

and child welfare department said "we don't have exact figures, 

but more than Rs 1,300 crore has been spent." 

Officials of the department have also raised questions on 

the authenticity of their own figures. 

"An aanganwadi worker, who is not that efficient weighs 

and prepares data. These figures cannot be considered foolproof. 

No study has been conducted in the state after the National 

Family Health Survey of 2005-06," an official said. 

Even if we go by the NFHS-3 statistics, 60 % children below 

the age of 5 were found underweight in Madhya Pradesh. 

Principal secretary, women and child development department, 

B R Naidu said, "From this year, nutrition has also been 

included in the annual health survey which is conducted by 

the Union health ministry. Once this is done, we will have a 

clear picture. And if there are loopholes, we will work towards 

improving it, Naidu said. 

Apex Bank peon forces wife to have sex with seniors for promotion 

Stories of exploitation of women are 

common in India, but the state capital 

of Madhya Pradesh witnessed a 

shameful tale of exploitation of a woman by 

her husband, who repeatedly forced her to be 

gang-raped by six other people who worked 

with the husband for a promotion at the 

workplace. As if this was not enough, the victim 

was also subjected to unnatural sex and 

physical abuse. The woman has accused her 

husband of repeatedly forcing her to prostitution 

before his friends in the state capital. 

The ordeal began when her husband, a 

peon working at Apex Bank, started beating 

her and allowed two of his friends to rape 

her. 

The ordeal began when her husband, a 

peon working at Apex Bank, started beating 

her and allowed two of his friends to rape 

her. 

She revealed to the police that in 2012, she 

was gang raped by four people, Om Patidar, 

Shivpal, Sunil and Ajay, and all this for promotion 

which the husband wanted. She also 

alleged that her husband wanted promotion 

and he made her have sex with the four 

which included a legal advisor of Madhya 

Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (Apex 

bank). 

The victim alleged that her husband of 13 

years exploited her by insisting on unnatural 

sex and then offering her to his friends. He 

beat her whenever she resisted to the demands 

of her husband. She said she had been 

made to take drugs and attempts were made 

to declare her mentally unstable. 

The husband threatened to kill her two 

children when she resisted. She was forced to 

take sleeping pills and injected with sedatives 

to curb any show of resistance from her. 

As she sank into depression due to being 

drugged constantly, her husband accused her 

of suffering from schizophrenia. 

The victim’s husband alleged that his wife 

had been receiving regular medical treatment 

from Dr Deepak Mansharmani practicing 

in Indore. The station officer of the police 

station where the victim has lodged the 

complaint said that a case of gang rape has 

been registered and all the seven accused, including 

the victim’s husband, apprehended. 

- Abha Ghani and Vibha Parkin - are yet to 

give their explanation. None of them appeared 

for the hearing. 

Other accused in the case are Arvind 

Joshi's children Asmi Joshi and Isaan 

Joshi, brother Rajeev Joshi, business partner 

SP Kohli his wife and children, industrialist 

Pawan Agrawal and Sridev Sharma, 

builder of Kamrup Housing Society, Guwahati. 

Only Joshi's business partner, SP Kohli, 

appeared in court and submitted his explanation. 

Kohli argued that he has not acquired 

illegal property. 

The counsel for Arvind Joshi contended 

the documents enclosed with the charge 

sheet were not clear. 

The Joshi couple have been charged under 

of Prevention of Corruption Act. Fifteen 

other accused have been charged under 

Section 109 (instigation) and Section 120 

(conspiracy) of the IPC.


ASTROLOGY 

11-09-2013- Wednesday- Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Shasthi 

Positive direction -North and West 

Bad time - 12:24 pm to 1:56 pm 

Good time - 6:10 am to 9:18 am 

and 3:28 pm to 6:32 pm 

12-09-2013-Thursday- Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Saptmi 

Positive direction - North and West 



and 10:52 am to 1:56 pm and 5:00 

pm to 6:32 pm 

13-09-2013- Friday- Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Ashatmi 

Positive direction - East and North 

Bad time - 10:56 am to 12:24 

pm 


and 12:25 pm to 1:56 pm and 5:00 

pm to 6:32 pm 

14-09-2013- Saturday- Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Navami 

(Dashami Tithi Kshay) 

Positive direction - East and North 

Bad time - 9:16 am to 10:56 am 

Good time -7:44 am to 9:15 am 

and 12:24 pm to 5:00 pm 

15-09-2013- Sunday- Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Ekadashi 

Positive direction- South and East 


Good time - 7:44 am to 12:24 pm 

and 1:56 pm to 3:28 pm 

16-09-2013- Monday -Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Dwadashi 

(Ekadashi Vratt) 

Positive direction-South and East 

Bad time - 7:44 am to 9:18 am 

Good time -6:09 am to 7:44 am 

and 9:19 am to 10:52 am and 1:56 pm 

to 6:31 pm 

17-09-2013- Tuesday-Bhadrapad 

Mah Shuklapaksh-Trayodashi 

(Pradosh) 

Positive direction-North and West 


Good time - 9:18 am to 1:56 pm 

By AACHARYA SARVESH 

E-Mail: acharya.sarvesh@yahoo.com 

Mobile: 9826609192 

GENERAL VASTU TIPS 

It is not at all good to keep a 

mirror in the kitchen. Never 

keep a broom at any visible 

part of the room, not even in 

the kitchen. 

The dining room should 

never face the front door of 

the house. 

The living room wall should 

have a happy family picture 

on it. 

The doors and windows of 

the room must open up 

outward. 

Editorial 


UPA's mismanagement of economy 

and the rupee: What next? 

Hit by a plunging rupee and tormented 

by the impending 

nightmare of managing oil imports 

as a consequence, Union Minister 

for Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa 

Moily recently suggested that fuel 

pumps across the country should close 

at 8pm to minimise the use of fuel by 

consumers. As the stupidity of the idea 

dawned on the Minister, he quickly 

shifted the spotlight on “people” who, he 

claimed, had made the suggestion. He 

did not enlighten us on who these brilliant 

‘people' are; nevertheless he was 

grounded by the outburst of justified 

criticism. 

Moily appears to have taken a cue from 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 

speech in Parliament on August 30, in 

which Singh advised that the country 

must economise on the use of fuel. 

While the sentiment is laudable and 

there cannot be any dispute with the 

suggestion that motorists must curtail 

their expenditure on fuel, in their own 

and the country's interests, shutting 

down fuel pumps at eight in the evening 

is not the solution. Since people will still 

use as much fuel as they would want to, 

you will have long queues throughout 

the day at fuel stations and altercations 

and anarchy. The basic question is: Why 

should the people be made to pay — first 

with the rising price of oil and then 

with such imposed inconveniences — 

for the Congress-led UPA Government's 

mismanagement of the economy and 

the rupee? Since Moily’s idea (which he 

says is not his) has not found many takers 

even within his Government, it is 

unlikely to be implemented. But it does 

offer us an indication that the Government 

has reached the bottom of the pit 

in finding workable solutions to the economic 

crisis, and that more such outlandish 

brainwaves could be in the offing. 

The regime's abject failure to contain 

the current account deficit, which is set 

to boom from the impact of a falling rupee, 

will have impact on the oil import 

bill. It has begun to affect our foreign 

policy too. There are reports that India 

is considering scaling up its oil import 

from Iran because it pays the latter in 

rupees. According to Moily, who has 

sent the proposal to the Prime Minister, 

by increasing the import of crude from 

Tehran, India can reduce its dollar outflow 

on the product by $8.5 billion. It 

must be remembered that New Delhi 

had drastically cut oil imports from 

Iran following US sanctions against the 

latter to the extent that Iran had slipped 

down in the list of our major oil importers, 

and Iraq had been the beneficiary. 

An unhappy Tehran got an opportunity 

to hit back when it seized an Indian 

ship near (but not into) its waters on the 

pretext that the ship was polluting Iranian 

waters. Since the ship was carrying 

crude bound for India from Iraq, many 

experts believe Tehran had acted out of 

spite. 

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Mumbai’s insatiable fondness for Ganesh Chaturthi 

The world’s most pricey real estate, the 

country’s worst population densities, 

the world’s most expensive home, the 

country’s largest slum population, maximum 

tax revenues – Mumbaiites like their city’s 

superlatives . So it’s befitting I guess that the 

numbers should not disappoint when we refer 

to the city’s favourite festive spectacle. So, 

here goes: What’s the capacity of Tokyo’s 

proposed helmet-shaped space-age stadium 

for the 2020 Olympics? Eighty thousand. 

Number of daily visitors to the Tirupati Balaji 

temple, believed to be the country’s richest 

deity? 1 lakh. Population of a small country, 

say Trinidad & Tobago? 13 lakh. And how 

many Mumbaikars celebrating Ganesh 

Chaturthi? Fifteen to twenty lakh visitors expected 

to a single idol, Lalbaugcha Raja, over 

ten days, with as many as five lakh visitors 

on a single day. And how many idols does 

Mumbai have to select from? In 2005, there 

were 8,800 ‘sarvajanik Ganesh mandals’ (or- 

ganisers of idol-displays for public viewing). 

That number is now 11,400. 

Over 1,80,000 smaller idols, mainly installed 

by households and cooperative housing 

societies, will be immersed in the Arabian 

Sea off Girgaum Chowpatty with about 15 

lakh people visiting the beach through the 

day, not to mention the millions watching 

from vantage points and on television 

screens. 

The money involved is mind-boggling too – 

Rs 4 crore in sponsorships for a single major 

mandal, Rs 3 crore cited as the cost to conduct 

the 10-day spectacle, Rs 222-crore insurance 

for another idol. 

Nobody wants to be left out of the fun, it 

seems. Not Bollywood, not corporates who 

handed out donations despite their woes, not 

even underworld dons, who had their own 

pandals when the ganglands were a feared 

Mumbai reality – Varadarajan Mudaliar had 

one in Matunga, a pandal in Chembur is still 

referred to as Chhota Rajan’s pandal. 

Politicians, of course, cannot afford to stay 

out – not only do they fund pandals generously, 

they also walk the pious talk with daylong, 

sometimes night-long, visits to pandals, 

playing chief guest, chief patron, vote-seeker, 

promiser of bigger-better festivities and 

more. 

To draw in the crowds, there are the hooks: 

The tallest (the idol at Khetwadi 11th Road 

stands at 28 feet this year), the most relevant 

(themes range from drought to floods in Uttarakhand) 

and other sundry superlatives. 

What is it about Ganpati or Ganesh 

Chaturthi that makes us so breathless? 

Contrast the festivities with daily realities 

of life in Mumbai: Public spaces have shrunk 

to unintelligible levels and Mumbaiites have 

long forgotten the historical experience of 

the city’s colonial heritage, of the wide open 

Esplanade stretching from Azad Maidan till 

Cooperage. Wide income disparities and a 

continual marginalisation of the urban poor 

means that for many, access to public space 

for shared celebrations is almost nil. 

The ten days of now-or-never revelry are 

completely different from the daily mundane. 

The idol immersion get-togethers make it 

completely acceptable to dance on the roads, 

the Nashik dhols drowning out the humdrum 

in a public celebration that’s ever more commercial, 

more dependent on sponsorships, 

more acceptable of the ribald even. Add to 

that the growing supply of city folk seeking 

divine intervention – believing in miracles 

even — to set things right, and you have the 

ten days of quietly suffered traffic jams, 

noise pollution and fresh potholes from pandal-poles 

lodged deep in the tarmac. 

Until next year, until a bigger, better, louder, 

richer Ganesh festival.


BHOPAL 

The impact of replacement of BK 

Hariprasad with Mohan Prakash as 

AICC general secretary in charge of 

Politics 


Digvijay to remain away from election scene 

in state, reins in hands of Nath, Scindia 

the state come has come to the fore with the 

announcement of election- related committees 

of the party. It has become clear that 

Digvijay Singh would not play a significant 

role in the Congress’ poll efforts. 

Mohan Prakash had suggested to Congress 

vice president Rahul Gandhi to keep 

Singh away from the election scene in the 

state. He had also advised Gandhi to use 

Singh indirectly. The committees have been 

constituted accordingly. The reins of elections 

have been given to Union minister Kamal 

Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia. 

Although Congress has not projected 

Scindia as its chief ministerial candidate 

but his appointment as chief of election 

Scindia not to be projected as 

CM; poll panels announced with 

consensus of Cong satraps 

BHOPAL 

Union Minister of state for Energy (independent 

charge) Jyotiraditya 

Scindia, who has been named president 

of Congress election campaign committee, 

would not be projected as party’s Chief 

Ministerial candidate. Union minister Kamalnath 

was taken into confidence on this 

matter and only then did the state president 

Kantilal Bhuria and leader of opposition 

Ajay Singh agreed to hand over the reins of 

campaign to Scindia, said highly- placed 

sources. 

It has been agreed upon, sources say, that 

the selection of its chief minister in the state 

will be made based on the opinion of the 

MLAs, as was done in Karnataka recently. 

Consensus was reached among top Congress 

leaders on this formula evolved by the Congress 

high command and subsequently, the 

committees were declared. Former chief 

minister Digvijay Singh, who has not been 

included in party’s election campaign, would 

be given importance in distribution of tickets. 

Kamalnath will look after coordination 

in all factions in the party and pacify its leaders. 

Congress is preparing a strategy to grill 

chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and 

his ministers and it is busy in making plan 

for aggressive campaigning. Election campaigning 

would focus on public meetings as 

well as media management. Publicity material 

would be prepared in this month and 

everything possible will be done to put the 

government in the dock, Digvijay and Bhuria 

were not ready to project chief ministerial 

candidate prior to assembly election results. 

On the other hand, Scindia wanted command 

of election campaign committee as 

well as his projection as chief ministerial 

candidate. Sources said Kamalnath was instrumental 

in Digvijay and Scindia arrive 

consensus on the point that decision of chief 

minister would be made after election results. 

Sources also said that Bhuria is said to 

be unhappy with this decision. 

Inherited hostility may 

prevent Scindia, Ajay 

from joining hands 

Jyotiraditya Scindia will face a tough time 

in developing good rapport with leader 

of opposition, Ajay Singh in comparison 

to other leaders in the party. Jyotiraditya 

Scindia’s father, Madhvarao Scindia and Ajay 

Singh’s father, Arjun Singh never saw eye to 

eye. It would be difficult for the party to 

ensure harmony between Jyotiraditya and 

Ajay. 

Scindia is not that strong in Vindhya region 

and he needs Singh’s support there. 

Although, Scindia in the past was also 

supported by former assembly speaker, 

Shrinivas Tiwari. 

campaign committee is like challenging 

chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Kamalnath, 

who has been made convener of 

all the committees, is being projected as 

leader of Congress team in the upcoming 

elections. 

In a way, Congress high command has given 

a clue that if the party comes to power, 

then either Kamalnath or Jyotiraditya 

would be made chief minister. 

Digvijay Singh, two years ago was given 

command of the party in the state. As per 

his wish, Kantilal Bhuria was made party’s 

state president and Ajay Singh was made 

leader of opposition. 

The latest developments in the party 

NEW DELHI 

Actress Rozlyn Khan, who is known 

for her role as Savita Bhabhi, visited 

Parliament House and Rashtrapati 

Bhavan wearing a white transparent 

shirt. 

Rozlyn turned quite a few heads in Parliament 

and said, she had come to see 'netas' 

(politicians) at work. 

Asked whether she was joining Congress 

party, Rozlyn replied, "Let's see what will 

happen and no one invited me, I just came 

randomly, just to meet parliamentarians. I 

want to see how leaders are working." 

clearl show that Bhuria and Singh are now 

lagging behind in the race for chief minister. 

The reason behind Congress not projecting 

Digvijay is that the BJP has prepared 

its election campaigning targeting 

Digvijay. 

Although attempt has been made to pacify 

Digvijay by giving place to his followers in 

these committees, Digvijay not being at the 

forefront of the elections might affect the 

morale of his followers. 

Sources said the declaration of these committees 

was pending because of Digvijay’s 

opposition to Scindia’s name. Finally, Mohan 

Prakash had his way and Diggy was 

sidelined. 

Savita Bhabhi to 

join Congress? 

Rozlyn Khan spotted 

in Parliament 

Asked about the rise in cases of rape and 

her remark about castration of rapists, she 

said, "The biggest problem in India is safety 

of a woman. There is no fear of law and system 

among goons.... Rapists should be punished 

in such a manner that it becomes a 

lesson for others." 

The porn toon Savita Bhabhi has roped in 

Bollywood actress Rozlyn Khan to star in 

his latest online comics 

She is the first Bollywood actor to have 

her own web-comic. Deshmukh has signed 

an agreement with Rozlyn Khan to license 

out her name and likeness in the exchange 

of royalties.


Feature 


Keep the change! 

SWECHCHHA OJHA 

E-mail: swechchhaojha@gmail.com 

He joined a new job, was soon going to 

move to a new city, got engaged for 

marriage with a girl and will soon 

have to deal with numerous changes, all at 

once. And he had no idea how he was going to 

handle any of these. Things got even worse 

when he started to look for an apartment in 

the new city and everything was going so fast 

and nothing was clear as to what to do. So 

many changes and that too all at once! He 

was totally befuzzled. Not that he wasn’t 

smart enough to take care of changing 

things, not that he wasn’t willing to progress 

in life, it was just one simple thing, he was 

willing to change but whenever a change 

came into his life, he was totally haywire as 

to what to do in order to adapt the change 

into his life. Everything was so new and 

changed and different that he couldn’t decide 

how to react at the change. Not that he wasn’t 

okay with the changes, but just that he was 

comfortable with the old set up, and coming 

out of that comfortable place made him confused 

if he was happy or sad. I don’t know if 

this happens with everyone or not, but I 

know it is not a very good situation to be in. 

The person who lands in such a situation is 

happy and sad, anxious and subtle, content 

and incomplete, all at the same time and you 

know, having such contradictory feelings altogether 

is not at all a comfortable situation 

to be in. 

Sure change is inevitable, and we must deal 

with it, which requires us to change the way 

we deal with things, but it doesn’t at all mean 

that we should change ourselves with it. We 

must always remain the person we are, no 

matter if everything changes or things remain 

the same. No doubt when there are 

changes in our life or even just in our plans 

and schedules, we sometimes find ourselves 

in the situation that I showed in the instance 

above. But who said that this situation is permanent 

and will never change? If all things 

change and even the situation we are in right 

now is because of some change, how is it possible 

that the situation will remain intact? 

Even this situation will change and we will 

come out with flying colours and may be 

someday we will even love the new! And then 

it really seems true to think: Nothing remains 

permanent, if happiness is not going 

to stay forever and even sadness is a temporary 

phase, then not even change itself is permanent, 

and the effects of every change are 

also short lived. 

We are all very fast adapting to changes 

without even knowing that the change itself 

The Domino Effect 

KARTIKA DUBEY 

E-mail: kartikad02@gmail.com 

We live in India therefore it’s 

better to take things as the majority 

of Indians take it. Here 

the word Domino is understood as some 

incomplete pronunciation for the leading 

pizza cafe, but it’s pleasing to be informative 

at least to some of the natives. 

The domino effect is a very significant 

term in the English dictionary, which 

refers to an event leading to another 

similar event and which in turn leading 

to series of parallel events. To represent 

it practically let us exampalize by relating 

it to describe the country’s present 

scenario as a reason of some domino effect. 

This effect has been prevalent since 

ages but we still wait for the time when 

the same had any positive turnouts; but 

the positive results are the only ones 

having the most punctual expiry dates 

in our homeland. Hazare’s moment expired 

soon with two satyagrahs after 

which the constructive ended and nega- 

tive show games emerged. Protests 

against Delhi gang rape resulted in 

cities with serious traffic jam problems 

having more intense reasons other than 

faulty lanes for the first time, but that 

also eventually found its negative turn 

when political parties washed their 

hands in the flow of true public emotions 

infecting the interests. 

It is bookiversal that secret of a perfect 

living is to think all the time about it 

and work for it; one good deed leads to 

another one or humorously one orgasm 

leads to second, then why is it that these 

positive starts of the domino effect ends 

leads to only poly negative things. Rape 

lead to Rapes, strike leads to strikes but 

why it isn’t that a man using a public 

toilet leads to more such men? Why a 

corner of a road should become a pleasurable 

peeing point? Why there aren’t 

graffiti’s on walls? But there 

is always one pam- 

is mixing itself up with our lives and we are 

feeling less affected day by day by the feelings 

that the change brought to us! If one is strong 

enough to adapt with this temporary situation, 

even the change itself cannot make 

them suffer or feel confused as to what to feel, 

happiness or sadness, fear or safety, good or 

bad, gifted or challenged! 

And anyway, if thought another way round, 

will it not be boring if life was always the 

same and there were no changes, nothing 

new, nothing to look forward to, nothing that 

is worth changing ourselves for, nothing that 

comes suddenly and gives us a chance to get 

surprised and hurry up and make the necessary 

changes for? All this is an essential ingredient 

to an exciting life, an extraordinary 

adventure that is called life, a life which if 

someone observes from a distance feels like 

there is a party going on! There is not just 

one person who is living his life just to live, 

there is a life going on there! When they see 

you they should not see someone who is doing 

whatever he’s made to do, but someone 

who does what he does for the fun of doing it, 

for the excitement that it brings on! And 

change, is an inevitable part of such a wonderful 

life! For even if we are walking on a 

road and we do not turn our feet when the 

road turns, we are definitely going to end up 

hitting a wall or a car or even fall down a 

phlet sticking escorting to another 

poster plantation? Why does the 

garbage picking paves way to more dirt 

and not an increased sense of civilization? 

Everything in the world needs to have 

a balance, our both ears have to work in 

balance to let us walk properly, negatives 

must be countered by equal positives. 

But we are India planning to be 

out of the world as here negative rules. 

We were born as human, 

better mould 

this reality from now 

on – we were born as 

hormones some 

hole! Even small changes sometimes prove to 

be very important for bigger happiness in 

life, and sometimes even a small stubbornness 

can prove to be the reason for the biggest 

failure! So it’s right to adapt changes and 

mould ourselves in order to get suited with 

the changes. But it is also true that a lot of 

times, when we try to change ourselves just 

in order to suit ourselves to the situation, we 

sometimes end up changing ourselves from 

inside, and that is the time when we cross the 

line beyond which we cannot find the sweet 

old ourselves ever again. That is the line that 

we never should cross!! Sure change is inevitable 

and it is the rule for success, we 

must follow it, but we must not let it rule ourselves!! 

So, when we say we need to change 

ourselves with changes, we actually mean we 

change the way we see things, we just need to 

change the way we deal with things, not the 

way we live our life, not who we are!! A 

change only comes in order to make us a better 

person, not to change the person we are! 

Change is the rule of progress, it is not, in 

anyway, the ruler of our life! So why change 

ourselves? Why ruin the one who we love? So 

if we know that change may be the ruler, but 

it’s not our Ruler, why not just be who we are 

and adapt the change keeping the person in 

us intact. Be happy, be yourself and just 

“Keep the Change”!! :) 

grow up for maiming, some for complaining 

and very few for developing. 

In our country this domino effect has 

more leisure in negative side. Some hoping 

soles wish the day when justice 

would lead to justice and dirt would lead 

to dustbins. That kind of delicious 

domino effect has always been awaited; 

and let’s wish this is not this is not the 

type of article you read after 5 years.


Raipur-Durg metro rail link gets DC nod 

RAIPUR 

Chhattisgarh government's move to 

modernize mass transport system 

for its capital and adjoining cities got 

a shot in the arm with the Delhi Metro Rail 

Corporation (DC) giving a final nod for construction 

of the inter-state metro rail link 

connecting Raipur and Durg. DC completed 

the feasibility study and has recommended 

for a detailed project report (DPR) that 

would see the metro rail chugging out of the 

city by 2021. It is learnt that the study has advised 

an elevated rail corridor with a mix of 

underground corridor as well. 

The first phase of the intercity project 

from Telibandha in Raipur to Poolgaon in 

Durg, a 45-km stretch with 20 stations, would 

cost an estimated Rs 6,000 crore. Work on it 

would commence once the Chhattisgarh government 

approves the DPR. The cost of the 

entire project, to be completed in three phases, 

is estimated at Rs 20,000 crore. Rohit Ya- 

dav, commissioner, state urban development 

authority (SUDA) confirmed that DC has approved 

the construction of the first phase of 

this project. He said the DC would submit its 

DPR, which could take six to eight months. 

Giving details of the project, Himshikhar 

Gupta, additional CEO for this project said 

the total rail link would be of 90 kms and 

it's likely to benefit a large section of about 

36 lakh commuters who are likely to commute 

between Durg and Raipur every 

month by 2021. At present, about 28 lakh 

people commute between the two cities 

every month. Gupta said second phase 

of the metrol rail project would include 

the link between Durg and Rajnandgaon 

and the final phase would 

connect the old and Naya Raipur. 

He said the project includes construction 

of residential and commercial 

complexes around the 

route of the rail link. 

Chhattisgarh gets 

National Literacy Award 

Chhattisgarh received the prestigious 

National Literacy Awards for attaining 

remarkable achievements in the 

field of literacy. Chhattisgarh has been 

awarded in the state category for successful 

implementation of ‘Sakshar Bharat Mission’ 

in 23 out of 27 districts of the state. Beside, 

Korea district and Patna gram panchayat of 

Baikunthpur block of the state have also 

been awarded in district and gram panchayat 

categories. 

Chhattisgarh School Education Minister 

Brijmohan Agrawal received the award from 

President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion 

of International Literacy Day at Vigyan 

Bhawan here. Korea District Panchayat President 

Chamma Devi Singh Pawle and 

Sarpanch of Patna Gram Panchayat Gayatri 

Singh received the awards from the President 

in the respective categories. Union Human 

Resource and Development Minister M 

M Pallam Raju, Minister of State for HRD 

Shashi Tharoor and Jitin Prasada were present 

at the function. 

Region 


Chhattisgarh now a giver 

State: Raman Singh 

Vikas Yatra reached Balarampur, bor- 

dering district of Jharkhand and Uttar 

Pradesh, where Chief Minister 

Dr Raman Singh dedicated various development 

works and laid foundation stones for 

more than 26 works worth Rs 834 lakhs recently. 

On this occasion, CM Singh distributed 

2000 saris to Tendu leaves pluckers / collectors, 

40 solar lamps and sewing machines to 

20 beneficiaries. He has allocated 1000 

sprayers to farmers and 3 fishing nets to fish 

cultivators in a huge public meeting at 

Wadraf Nagar. He also handed 3 tractors and 

20 pattas under the Forest Rights Act on the 

occasion. 

Addressing a huge public gathering at 

Wadrafnagar, a small town of Balrampur 

district, CM Singh said that Chhattisgarh is 

a fast growing State. For peace and prosperity 

we are advancing in a planned manner, executing 

our various schemes in a way that 

ensures sustainable development, so that it 

may become a foundation for generations to 

come, he added. 

At one point of time Chhattisgarh was 

known as backward State but now has 

proved that it has acquired potential to advance 

with a strong infrastructures needed 

to grow with stride , he added. Singh stated 

that Chhattisgarh is now stand strong 

enough and become a giver State, more than 

seven states are consumers of rice produced 

in Chhattisgarh. He said we succeed reaching 

up to the last man of the poor society and 

could ensure the access of the benefits of the 

various schemes meant for them. 

Singh also said that State Government has 

bought 71 lakh metric ton of paddy from the 

farmers of the State, allocated 1900 Crore 

paddy crop bonus to the farmers. These 

measures have brought radical change into 

the life of our farmers. He even assured 

farmers fraternity that they need not bother 

about anything. State Government ensured 

the medical treatment up to Rs 30,000 for free 

to each of its citizen. 

He said thousands of lives have been saved 

by the 108 Sanjeevni Express ambulances 

keep vigil of the health of the people, round 

the clock. Similarly 300 Mahatari express 

also pushed into the service to take care and 

cater to the needs of pregnant women which 

reached to your door steps after dialling 102. 

Present in the occasion were the Home 

Minister of the State and Minister in-charge 

of the district Nankiram K anvar, Water Resource 

Minister Ram Vichar Netam, Industries 

Minister Rajesh Munat, Member of 

Parliament Murarilal Singh and president 

Zila panchayat Pushpa Netam, besides others.

7 BHOPAL September 9 to September 15, 2013 Glamour WE THE STATE 

Film industry is an insecure 

place: Kangana Ranaut 

Actress Kangana Ranaut, who 

has no film background, says 

the film industry is not a secure 

place to be in. She says there 

are times when she has movie 

offers, but there are days when 

she has no projects in hand. 

"I won't say I don't want to be 

where I am today, but the industry 

is an insecure place to 

be in. This industry is like one 

fine day you get up and you get 

a call for work and at times you 

don't get work for six months. 

It's not just about me. I think 

everybody has their own insecurities," 

Kangana told IANS. 

She said that it is nice to have 

her elder sister Rangoli 

around. 

"I have been without my family 

in this city (Mumbai) for a 

long time so it's nice to have 

your family around. My sister 

works with me. She handles my 

work, manages everything and 

I only act," said the 26-year-old. 

"Its not about me being successful 

or unsuccessful ... no 

matter what happens, she is always 

there for me. It's a great 

feeling. This industry is a place 

which can tend to be an insecure 

place so it's good to have 

somebody around who doesn't 

judge you," she added. 

An actor should do films for audience: Shahid Kapoor 

Mumbai: Bollywood actor 

Shahid Kapoor, who is looking forward 

to his next release 'Phata 

Poster Nikla Hero', believes an actor 

should do films for the audience. 

The 32-year-old made his Bollywood 

debut with 2003 release 

'Ishq Vishk' and later gave hits like 

'Vivah', 'Kaminey' and 'Jab We 

Met'. However, he also faced tough 

time on box-office with films like 

'Teri Meri Kahaani' and 'Mausam'. 

"Every actor has hits and flops but 

the most important thing for the 

actor is 'whether the audiences 

want to watch you (on-screen), 

they like you? If the audiences like 

or reject your films, you can 

change, you can improve your 

choices but if the audiences don't 

want to see you, then that's a big 

problem," Shahid said here in an 

interview. 

"So you should always do the 

films for your audience and you 

should always have a relationship 

with your audience," he added. Directed 

by Rajkumar Santoshi, 

'Phata Poster Nikla Hero' is slated 

to release Sep 20. The movie also 

features actress Ileana D'Cruz, 

who made her Bollywood debut 

with 'Barfi!'. 

Kangana has made a place for 

herself in the Hindi film industry, 

but she has one regret. 

"I have learnt everything here, 

but my only regret is that I 

wish I had better guidance in 

the beginning of my career. I 

wish somebody was there to 

guide me. The place where I 

come from, they don't give 

much importance to art. I didn't 

know how to behave or what 

expectations people have from 

me," she said. 

Kangana, who impressed audiences 

with her acting skills 

in movies like "Gangster", 

"Fashion" and "Tanu Weds 

Manu", is also praised for her 

fashion sense. She says her inspiration 

comes from "old Hollywood". 

"I don't have any fashion 

guru as such, but I travel a 

lot and take inspiration from 

different places. Old Hollywood 

is my all-time inspiration," said 

the curly haired beauty who is 

looking forward to the last 

quarter of 2013. "(The year) 

2013 so far has been dull, but towards 

the end it's exciting. I 

have some good films coming 

up so I am really looking forward 

to it," she said. She will be 

soon seen in superhero movie 

"Krrish 3". 

Salman Khan to 

celebrate Ganesh 

Chaturthi at 

sister's house? 

S uperstar 

Salman Khan has 

been welcoming Lord 

Ganesh at his Bandra 

Galaxy apartment here. 

But after more than a decade, he 

will reportedly celebrate the 

Ganesh Chaturthi at his sister 

Arpita's apartment in Bandra, 

this year. 

The festival, dedicated to Lord 

Ganesh, starts on Monday and 

will continue till September 20. 

If sources are to be believed, the 

Dabangg star was planning to 

host Ganesh Utsav at his Panvel 

farm house, but due to renovation 

work he had to change the 

venue and celebrate the festival 

at sister Arpita's residence. 

Besides him, Bollywood stars 

like Govinda, Jitendra, Bappi 

Lahiri, Shilpa Shetty, Nana 

Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Sonu 

Sood and Shreyas Talpade are 

known to celebrate Ganesh festival 

at their residence.


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Arvind Kejriwal will be kingmaker in Delhi Assembly elections 

In the forthcoming assembly elections 

in Delhi, Activist-turned Politician 

Arvind Kejriwal will play kingmaker’s 

role as Opinion poll has predicted hung assembly 

in the state. 

According to an opinion poll conducted 

by a private news channel, without support 

from Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi 

Party (AAP) no political party will be able 

to form the new government in Delhi. 

The opinion poll has predicted that 

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) will emerge 

as single largest party with 32 seats out of 

70-member house. 

On the other hand, Chief Minister Sheila 

Dikshit’s dream to regain the power for 

consecutive fourth term is hanging in uncertainty 

as Congress is looking to bag 

just 27 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections 

2013, scheduled to be held in October- 

November. 

Arvind Kejriwal’s newly formed political 

outfit AAP has been emerging as major 

gainer in Delhi Assembly polls. AAP is expected 

to claim eight seats while other will 

win three seats. 

It is loss of 16 seats to Chief Minister 

Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government 

in Delhi while gain of nine seats for BJP. 

As par the Opinion poll, no political outfit 

either BJP or Congress is getting absolute 

majority (the magic number in Delhi 

Assembly is 36) in the Delhi Assembly 

elections 2013. 

In such circumstances, Arvind Kejriwal’s 

support becomes crucial to form the 

next government for both BJP and Congress. 

As AAP has already announced political 

war against BJP and Congress over the 

corruption issues, it becomes interesting 

to see to whom Kejriwal will pick his first 

political ally post elections. 

Though in politics, it is well known fact 

that there is no permanent foe or friends 

but Kejriwal will have a tough time to 

choose one from BJP and Congress. Because, 

he is being targetting both BJP and 

Congress in his poll manifesto and campaigns. 

Communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, Politics at play 

MUZAFFARNAGAR (UTTAR PRADESH) 

The bloody communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's 

Muzaffarnagar district have left 26 people dead. Uttar 

Pradesh Governor BL Joshi has pulled up the 

Akhilesh Yadav government and has singled out the 

local administration for failing to maintain peace in 

a report sent to the Home Ministry on Sunday 

night. The UP Governor has also called for more police 

presence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas. 

Curfew remained in force in Civil Lines, Kotwali 

and Nai Mandi areas of the district with Army carrying 

out a flag march in the troubled areas. Schools 

and colleges are shut for the next three days. 

Five companies of the PAC and as many of RAF 

and police have also been deployed. 

Politics is at play over the Muzzafarnagar riots. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party is sending a fact-finding 

team to visit Muzaffarnagar despite prohibitory 

orders by the Uttar Pradesh administration. The 

3-member fact finding team of the BJP, headed by 

Ravi Shankar Prasad is headed to Muzzafarnagar. 

The Akhilesh Yadav government in the state too is 

under fire for the deteriorating law and order situation. 

The RLD and the BSP have demanded 

Akhilesh's resignation and have sought president's 

rule in the state. 

WHAT LED TO THE 

COMMUNAL UNREST ? 

1. The clash occurred over the alleged incident of eve 

teasing. The situation started deteriorating since August 

27, when two youths of the Jat community were beaten 

to death in Kawaal village, under Jaansath tehsil of 

Muzaffarnagar. One youth from the minority community 

was also killed in the clash. 

2. In order to protest the incident, the Jat community 

organized a 'panchayat' at Jaansath town on August 31. 

The panchayat demanded action against the culprits 

responsible for the murder of the two Jat youths. The 

panchayat also demanded the removal of the 

Superintendent of Police of Shamli district for his 

allegedly partisan conduct. 

3. The Khap panchayat then announced to organize a ' 

Bahu Beti Samaan Bachaoi Mahapanchyat' on September 

7, at Nagla Mandaur, if their demands were not met. 

The panchayat was organized by the Jat community at 

Nagla Mandaur, 20 km from Muzaffarnagar city, where 

over 1.5 lakh people from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and 

Delhi participated. 

4. The participants in the panchayat raised "highly 

provocative slogans". 

5. Those going to participate in the 'mahapanchyat' were 

allegedly attacked and fired upon at Basee village on 

Saturday. 

6. The district administration allegedly failed to take 

measures to prevent the people from Haryana and Delhi 

from reaching the venue of the 'mahapanchayat'. 

7. On September 5, the BJP had also given a call for 

Muzaffarnagar bandh. 

8. The situation worsened on Saturday following incidents 

of firing, stone pelting and violence in which IBN7 

journalist Rajesh Verma and a part-time photographer of 

the state police, Israr, were killed. 

9. One of the inception points for the violence is a video 

posted online that wrongly claims to show two men 

being lynched by a mob in the state. 

At a press conference on Sunday, Home Secretary Kamal 

Saxena said that the "fake video", posted on YouTube 

and other social networks, was at least two years old and 

appears not to have been filmed in Uttar Pradesh. 

10. The video claims to capture the killing in a village named 

Kawal on August 27.


Investment Scheme Frauds 

Small investors, who are wary of stock market volatility but still aspire for 

returns higher than bank fixed deposits, are easy targets to fraudulent investment 

schemes which promise them a fortune. The greed to make 'easy' 

and ‘quick’ money is so intense it often overpowers their elementary financial 

wisdom. Take it as victory of 'greed' over good sense! A simple 

arithmetic would demonstrate that the returns promised by these 

schemes are not only impossible to gain but also unrealistic, with no or 

very little clarity on the business model explained to target investors. 

Modus operandi 

These schemes generally operate on similar models, assured high returns, 

offer to pay in installments and pay the first few returns as promised 

so that more investors are attracted through word-ofmouth 

publicity. Most of these schemes operate under the 

disguise of multi-level marketing (MLM). They market 

their schemes aggressively, mostly in rural and semi-rural 

areas, where awareness levels are low. They also use a network 

of agents, who are offered high commissions. 

Ponzi scheme or pyramid scheme 

FINANCIAL 

FRAUDS 

A scheme in which investors are paid from money collected from new 

investors instead of the scheme's earnings. It works as long as new investors 

keep coming flowing in and. These are named after Charles 

Ponzi, an Italian who conned investors in the US and Canada. 

What is MLM? 

Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a direct sales strategy under which the 

agent is compensated for not only selling products of the company but also 

recruiting new salespersons under him. This creates a hierarchy of salespersons, 

who sell directly to end-users. These ventures are also known as 

pyramid schemes. In a fraudulent MLM scheme, the focus is not on products 

that you sell but the number of members you recruit. 

What to look for? 

Abnormally high 'guaranteed' returns: Let's face the truth. Returns are 

directly proportional to risk, that is, the higher the return, the higher is the 

risk. So, there are no 'guaranteed' high return products. If any scheme 

promises you abnormally (say 40-50 per cent every year) high returns consistently, 

it's the first sign of an investment fraud in the making. 

High initial investment 

As there is no independent source of income, such schemes demand a high 

initial investment and uses this money for day-to-day operations, to pay for 

promoters' profits and give the initial returns promised to investors. 

Complicated and Vague schemes 

If the representative of a company approaches you with a lucrative 

scheme, ask him the investment strategy they plan to follow. If he gives 

a vague and complicated investment strategy, and you are not convinced 

with his explanations, it is quite likely you are dealing with a con. As a 

golden rule, do not invest in schemes you do not understand. 

Unsustainable business model 

The company promising you 'incredibly' high returns must have a 

sound business model. Are you convinced with it? Does it have sustainable 

cash flow from core operations, whatever they are? If the answer to 

these two questions is no, or if you are not convinced, walk away. 

Ask for proper regulatory approvals 

Being a registered company or an ISO-certified company does not give an 

entity permission to mobilise public money. It needs approval from either 

Sebi or RBI. Do not issue cheques in the name of a third party: Issue payment 

advice only in the name of a bank or an institution and not any individual 

or third party. Do not issue blank cheques or sign on blank papers. 

Ask for regular account statements 

A genuine investment scheme must provide account statements at regular 

intervals ' monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually. If it isn't doing 

so, something may be wrong. 

Match performance with stated investment strategy 

The performance of the scheme should be in line with the return 

promised. If not, ask questions, seek explanations, and if need be, take 

necessary recourse In the end, let's face it-there's no easy and quick money; 

wealth creation is a long-term process that needs time and patience 

and requires the investor to be vigilant all the time, knowledge of the financial 

markets. 

-NISHKAM OJHA 

Email: nishkamojha@gmail.com 

(The writer of the column is Mumbai based Chartered Accountant and 

Certified Fraud Examiner working for a reputed audit and investigation 

firm of India) 

Commerce 


Shape up, or we’ll ship out: India Inc warns UPA 

After the rapid slide in the rupee this year, 

the message from the country’s corporate 

titans to the government is clear: shape 

up and fix the problems or more companies will 

expand their business abroad and deprive the 

economy of investment. Many, such as entrepreneur 

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, are already doing 

just that. Ranked by Forbes as one of the world’s 

most powerful women, she is investing about $200 

million in a manufacturing plant in Malaysia for 

her biotechnology firm Biocon to offset unreliable 

power and water supplies back home. It already 

makes more than half its sales overseas. 

“If India had better infrastructure and more 

availability of power I may not have gone 

abroad,” said Shaw, who followed in her father’s 

footsteps with a master’s degree in brewing in 

Australia before setting up Biocon in her garage 

in Bangalore 35 years ago. “We don’t have enough 

power, we don’t have enough water. So some of 

these projects where we need water and power, I 

will do it in Malaysia because that’s where it is 

abundant,” Shaw, who is ranked 92 in India’s rich 

list with a net worth of $625 million, told Reuters 

in an interview 

She is one of many top entrepreneurs voicing 

frustration that policymakers failed to keep economic 

reforms rolling over the past decade, 

which they contend would have prevented India 

from stumbling into its deepest economic crisis 

since 1991, when it was forced to pledge the country’s 

gold reserves in exchange for international 

loans. Economic growth has almost halved in 

pace to less than 5 percent in the past six years, a 

flood of cash leaving the country has led to a 

record current account deficit and combined 

with a rout of emerging markets, has sent the rupee 

into a tail spin. At its record low of 68.85 per 

dollar in late August, it was down around 20 percent 

from the end of 2012, the worst performer 

among Asia’s currencies. It has since risen slightly 

to 65.24. The lack of reform and infrastructure, 

painfully slow decision making and red tape are 

common complaints of corporate India, but this 

time they could come at a cost as the rupee crisis 

shows businesses how vulnerable they are. The 

political cost could hit the Congress-led ruling 

coalition at national elections that must be called 

by May. An opinion poll on Friday showed nearly 

three-quarters of Indian business leaders want 

opposition figure Narendra Modi to run the coun- 

try after the election. Modi is in the political ascendancy 

after turning the western state of Gujarat 

into the country’s economic star with double-digit 

growth and investor friendly policies. 

The economic cost is underlined by Indian Inc’s 

overseas direct investment. Including bank guarantees 

issued to overseas units, it stood at more 

than $21 billion in the first seven months of this 

year, up 38 percent from the same period of 2012. 

That is set to increase as Indian companies see 

the advantages of diversifying globally. In a bid to 

reduce its dependence on a slowing Indian auto 

market and get a foothold in China and the United 

States, Apollo Tyres agreed in June to pay $2.5 

billion for U.S.-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co , 

which was nearly three times its own market value 

at that time. Yusuf Hamied, the billionaire 

chief of drugmaker Cipla , which in July completed 

the acquisition of South Africa’s Cipla 

Medpro for about $460 million, is expanding his 

company’s base in Algeria and Morocco as part 

of a North Africa thrust. Aditya Birla Group, the 

$40 billion diversified conglomerate that gets 

more than half its sales from overseas operations, 

plans to invest $1 billion setting up a chemical 

plant in the United States, local media reported 

last month. A spokeswoman for the group, 

whose business interests range from mining and 

metals to financial services and telecoms, was unavailable 

to comment. 

Walmart contemplating ending 

India partnership with Bharti 

NEW DELHI 

The American multinational retail corporation 

Walmart is speculated to have decided to part its 

ways from India’s Bharti Enterprises over its cashand-carry 

joint venture (JV) according to media reports. 

The two giants announced their JV ‘Best 

Price Modern Wholesale’ in November 2006. It is believed 

that Walmart is in talks with Bharti to sell 

off its equity in the JV. 

Back in 2006, foreign corporations were not allowed 

to directly invest in India; thus, Walmart 

used to operate through franchises. The project is 

divided into two segments. Bharti handles the retail 

and sales division and Walmart takes care of the 

back end, such as cold chains and logistics. It was 

only in 2012 that the FDI cap in retail was lifted to 

51%. 

It is believed that the ongoing probe into the Walmart’s 

March 2010 buy of compulsory convertible 

debentures (CCDs) in Bharati owned Cedar Support 

Services in 2010 for $100 million is a major reason 

for the separation. The act of violation of Foreign 

Exchange Management Act (FEMA) is causing hurdles. 

The multi-brand retail space cannot proceed 

in Indian market without getting a green signal on 

the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe. 

The JV, which has in-all 20 outlets across India, 

has not opened any new outlet in 2013. Bharti Walmart’s 

first store open-end in Amritsar in May 2012. 

Other than the partnership, Bharti’s Easy Day, 

which has 225 stores across India and receives back 

end support by Walmart, has also faced losses in 

2013. 

Walmart’s Mitch Slape, former Bharti Retail 

COO, is now moving back to Walmart US, which is 

another distress for the partnership. On lookers are 

eying closely at the developments. It is closely being 

watched upon that who will buy Walmart’s 50% equity 

in the retail brand once the foreign retailer disperses.

10 BHOPAL September 9 to September 15, 2013 World 


Syria: Obama is in a room full of smoke with no exit door 

The clock was ticking, yet 30 minutes 

after US President Obama 

was due to address his country on 

the decision to strike Syria from the 

Rose Garden more than ten days ago, 

there was no sign of him. The delay only 

underlined the hesitation that marked 

the US President’s actions even as he decided 

to pull back from certain strikes 

on Syria to going to the US Congress for 

a vote when it reconvenes today. 

Obama doesn’t need the vote, and the 

small possibility of losing as David 

Cameron did in the British Parliament, 

makes this one of the biggest gambles a 

US President has taken on policy-making. 

“Here’s my question for every member 

of Congress and every member of the 

global community,” the US President 

challenged,”What message will we send 

if a dictator can gas hundreds of children 

to death in plain sight and pay no 

price?” The open-ended question is not 

as much a throwing of the gauntlet, as it 

is a sign Obama hoped that his colleagues 

in Congress could make the call 

on what to do instead. But unfortunately, 

President Obama has already painted 

himself into a corner — in a room full of 

smoke with no signs of a safe exit door. 

Let’s take a look at the US’s case for action 

on Syria after the reported chemical 

attack of 21 August, and analyse why 

President Obama may actually want to 

be second-guessed. To begin with, the 

“high confidence” touted by US Secretary 

of State John Kerry, that Syrian 

President Assad had carried out the attacks, 

is based on its Intelligence report, 

highlights of which the State department 

made available. According to the 

report, satellite movements, artillery reports, 

and the images on video all lead to 

the conclusion that the Syrian regime 

had targeted the Damascus suburb of 

Ghouta with chemical weapons. 

Yet the report itself says that the chemical-laden 

rockets had been fired from 

“regime controlled territory”, not identifying 

the Assad Army brigade that 

may have been responsible for “the 

deaths of 1,429 people, among them 426 

children.” The French intelligence reports, 

based casualty figures on “me- 

thodical, technical analysis of 47 original 

video tapes,” putting the figure at 

281, saying non-governmental assessments 

were higher. The British intelligence 

report, that failed to help PM 

Cameron win his parliament vote, put 

fatalities at 350, conceding only “some 

intelligence to suggest regime culpability 

in this attack”. The differing casualty 

figures are puzzling, and it is extremely 

clear that the strongest case they all 

make to blame Assad is that “no one else 

had the capability to do it”. Hardly the 

stuff of a water-tight case. The US administration 

can also not use public 

pressure as reason to act in contravention 

of the UN Security Council’s mandate. 

In fact public opinion is clearly to 

the contrary. In a poll of three European 

countries — UK, France and Germany, 

conducted by a media channel , only 23% 

of participants backed strikes on Syria, 

even less than the 26% that voted to “do 

nothing” at all as an option. In the US, an 

ABC/Washington Post poll found 59% 

opposed the US’s strikes plan, while only 

36% supported it. Even the Arab league 

countries, that the US often cites, voted 

this week that action against Syria must 

be UN-mandated. Even so, doesn’t the 

US have the “moral imperative” to act? 

After all, the founding slogan of the 

United Nations “Never Again”, should 

have been the guiding principle to act 

against a nerve-gas attack on civilians in 

Syria. Yet it is hardly a principle the US 

can use convincingly, as many point to 

US actions in the Iraqi town of Fallujah 

in 2004, where US airplanes with British 

help allegedly bombed insurgents and 

civilians with White Phosphorus, or the 

CIA report declassified last month that 

shows US Intelligence knew about and 

even assisted Saddam Hussein to use 

Sarin and nerve gases on Iranian targets 

on the “Al Basrah” front in 1984. Further 

back in history is the troubling legacy of 

the use of millions of gallons of Agent 

Orange in Vietnam, along with the use 

of Napalm that left half a million dead 

between 1962-1971. Equally troubling is 

the idea that Al-Qaeda linked groups 

that dominate Syria’s rebels, who have a 

record of atrocities, have also allegedly 

acquired chemical weapons, and the 

US’s strikes will strengthen them. President 

Obama then must hope that the 

strikes that he plans to carry out on Syria 

will in some way improve the situation 

for the civilians of a country with 

100,000 dead and two million refugees. 

Even if Assad’s forces were to take a 

blow from such strikes, those US’s aims 

could be achieved. Yet the lead time Syria 

has already been given may mean that 

Assad has moved his vital stocks and 

prepared for the strikes when they do 

come, while surgical strikes won’t 

change the situation for ordinary Syrians. 

“Let’s remember the purpose of the 

strikes won’t be to start a war,” emphasized 

France’s Ambassador to India, 

Francois Richier to agencies this week, 

“It is to punish Syria for chemical warfare. 

There is no regime-change agenda.” If 

Assad and his forces are indeed guilty of 

what they are accused of, a limited set of 

punitive strikes would hardly deter 

them. As a result, the best Obama can 

hope to do is degrade Assad’s capabilities 

— but the worst is to embolden him 

further. The option of not acting, regardless 

of what Congress says, seems 

remote. In an interview to agencies last 

week US House Intel Chairman Mike 

Rogers put it starkly. “When the President 

called for a red-line (over the use of 

chemical weapons), the full credibility 

of the United States was put on the line. 

” The corner that President Obama has 

painted himself into with that ‘red-line’, 

that he now distances himself from, is a 

lonely one. As he prepares for that no 

doubt compelling speech he will make at 

the US Congress next week on striking 

Syria despite the world’s disapproval, 

the US President must remember words 

from his own acceptance speech of the 

Nobel peace prize in 2009. “America cannot 

insist that others follow the rules of 

the road if we refuse to follow them ourselves. 

For when we don’t, our action 

can appear arbitrary, and undercut the 

legitimacy of future intervention — no 

matter how justified. This becomes particularly 

important when the purpose of 

military action extends beyond self defense 

or the defense of one nation 

against an aggressor.” 

Why write nasty things on us?: Taliban asked writer before killing her 

The militants who barged into 

the Afghan home of Indian author 

Sushmita Banerjee and 

later shot her asked her why she 

wrote nasty things about them, the 

victim's in-laws told her Kolkatabased 

relatives Saturday. 

The slain author's younger brother 

Gopal Banerjee said her body was 

buried Thursday morning as per Islamic 

traditions in Sharan city of 

Afghanistan's Paktika province. "I 

managed to talk to my sisters in-law 

in Afghanistan over phone today (Saturday) 

around 2.30 pm. 

I spoke to her husband Jaanbaz 

Khan and one of his cousins over 

Jaanbaz's mobile," Gopal Banerjee 

said. "Since Thursday, I had been repeatedly 

trying Jaanbaz's number. 

But it was unreachable. Today, I finally 

managed to establish contact with 

him," said Banerjee, saying his brother-in-law 

sounded shaken by the experience, 

and "very upset". "He seemed 

very upset at what has befallen him. I 

could hardly talk to him. But I had detailed 

conversation with his cousin, 

who said the killers were Taliban militants," 

Banerjee said. "The cousin 

told me that when the killers barged 

into the house, they started beating 

her. 

They were saying, "Why have you 

written all these nasty things about 

us?" Sushmita Banerjee defied her 

family to marry Afghan businessman 

Jaanbaz Khan, with whom she fell in 

love in Kolkata. She stayed for years 

with him in Afghanistan, before com- 

ing back to India. In 1998, she wrote 

the bestselling memoir "Kabuliwalar 

Bangali Bou" (A Kabuliwala's Bengali 

Wife), offering a vivid description of 

the suffering of women under the Taliban. 

She also described her daring escape 

from the clutches of militants in 

the book, which made her a household 

name in Bengal. Gopal Banerjee said, 

"The cousin told me that the militants 

tied up Sushmita's in-laws when they 

started protesting. They later abducted 

her". Banerjee's bullet-riddled 

body, with some of the hair ripped off 

her head, was found Thursday morning. 

"The body was buried the same 

day according to their customs," said 

Gopal Banerjee, adding that Jaanbaz 

had no plans at present of coming to 

India.


Please do 

not put 

pressure on 

my son 

Arjun:Sachin 

to media 

Playing the role of a protective father, 

senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar 

on asked the media to leave 

his "cricket mad" son Arjun alone and 

allow him to play the game without any 

pressure. 

Tendulkar, who was felicitated by the 

Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai 

fo scoring 100 international centuries, said 

that he wanted his 14-year-old son to have 

his own identity and not be compared with 

him."My son has played a match today. 

First club match, an official match. He is 

passionate, he is madly in love with cricket. 

But the other things that go around the 

cricketer and not just the on-field activity 

but whatever he gets to hear or gets to read 

or the way it gets projected, I would appre- 

Unmukt Chand not 

bothered by failures 

VISAKHAPATNAM: 

The ongoing series 

against New 

Zealand 'A' was 

crucial for Unmukt 

Chand. The 

former India U-19 

skipper, after the 

World Cup triumph, 

hasn't exactly 

found a solid 

footing in the big 

league and the selectors 

were keen 

to see how he 

shapes up in this 

series, where 

there are a few international 

bowlers in the rival 

line-up. 

Till now, it 

hasn't exactly 

gone to plan, but 

Chand is looking 

to turn things 

around in the oneday 

series that 

starts here on 

Sunday. 

ciate if everyone allows him to be himself 

and to have his own identity and enjoy his 

cricket above all," Tendulkar said. 

"Since I am here and the entire sports 

journalists' fraternity is sitting over here, I 

am going to be a protective father. When I 

started playing cricket, though my father 

was a professor and was in literary field, at 

no stage I had this pressure from anyone 

who said you are playing cricket but how 

about following your father's footsteps," he 

said. 

"At no stage of my life, there were comparisons. 

He (Arjun) started his career, so it 

is a humble request if he can live his life 

like a normal 14-year-old, without thinking 

about anything else except falling in love 

with this sport," he added. 

Zaheer Khan 

to train with Gary 

Kirsten in Cape Town 

S enior 

India pacer Zaheer Khan will be training 

with former India coach Gary Kirsten to 

win his place back in the national team. 

Zaheer, who returned from a rigorous six-week training 

session in France last month, will now be travelling 

to Cape Town where he will work with Kirsten for three 

weeks. 

"Zaheer will be travelling to Cape Town to work with 

Kirsten for three weeks. He was to leave on September 

6, but he still has to get his visa. Once that happens he 

will be off. There he will primarily work on his fielding 

and bowling," said Sudhir Naik to a national daily. The 

former opening batsman has been Zaheer's mentor. 

A side-strain had ruled Zaheer out of action earlier 

this year and the 34-year-old veteran has been trying to 

get back in shape. Zaheer's last appearance for the national 

side came in December when India played England 

in the Kolkata Test. Zaheer, however, has managed 

to work hard and in the first part of his comeback 

plans, was in France with Yuvraj Singh where he reportedly 

lost six kgs. 

With Kirsten assisting him, Zaheer can fast-track his 

plans as the entire Indian team previously benefited 

from the former South African batsman when he was 

the head coach. 

Sports 

Tendulkar, who became the first player to 

score 100 tons in international cricket, was 

conferred with a special award. 

The senior batsman remembered the first 

time he was felicitated by the association in 

1987, and said the rickshaw ride at that time 

was quite comfortable. 

"I can't forget the rickshaw ride. It was really 

comfortable in those days especially 

when you are carrying big kit bags and 

travelling by train and bus. That evening 

was a memorable one especially as Sunil 

Gavaskar had just retired from Test cricket 

and he was present there," he said. 

Tendulkar advised the other award winners 

to have a positive mindset to excel in 

their respective fields. "From my own experience 

and my own journey, I can tell you is 


enjoy every moment. There will be some 

challenges along the way but embrace 

those challenges. Don't find short cuts. Continue 

to make the nation proud. They 

(sports journalists) play a huge role in making 

players and not supporting players. You 

give them a reason to support you. Their actions 

are always followed by your performances," 

Tendulkar said. 

"To be able to perform consistently over 

the years, the mental frame of mind has to 

be positive at all times. You need positive 

energy flowing through your body, which 

will allow those free moments and bring 

out the best in you," he said. 

He added that he was shy by nature and 

learnt to speak longer sentences to the 

questions asked by the media.


Nation 


Modi's PM candidature likely by Sept 17 

The RSS has left it to BJP president Rajnath 

Singh to take a call on the date . 

PM candidature an advance birthday 

gift for Modi this year? 

New Delhi, Sept 9: Gujarat Chief Minister 

Narendra Modi could get an advance birthday 

gift this year with sources saying that he is likely 

to be named as the BJP's prime ministerial 

candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls a few 

days ahead of his 64th birthday on September 

17. Things were indicative of the development 

after senior leaders of the BJP and RSS met 

here for a two-day meeting starting on Sunday 

to evolve a coherent strategy ahead of the next 

year's Lok Sabha elections. Sources said an announcement 

on Modi is likely after the BJP parliamentary 

board meets within a week's time. 

The RSS top brass has been trying to make the 

BJP reach an agreement on Modi's candidature. 

The party is split over the timing of the announcement 

with senior leaders like LK Advani 

and Sushma Swaraj in favour of declaring 

Modi as the PM candidate after the assembly 

elections scheduled this year get over. 

Other leaders and also the RSS want the announcement 

to be made immediately. The RSS 

has left it to BJP president Rajnath Singh to 

take a call on the date of the announcement. Advani 

and Swaraj felt that Modi's elevation 

should not come into the way of state issues 

and could give an advantage to the Congress if 

it so happens before the state polls. Others like 

Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley think that the 

mood and enthusiasm in favour of Modi across 

the nation make it an ideal time to declare him 

as the prime ministerial candidate. They feel 

delaying more could hit the BJP's poll 

prospects. The BJP also doesn't want the deci- 

sion to come after the inauspicious pitripaksh 

sets in from September 20 and the state poll 

schedules are announced around the same pe- 

riod. On Sunday, Advani attended the crucial 

meet only in the second half, raising speculations 

in various quarters. 

Asaram’s trusted aide revealing dark secrets 

SANGEETA SHARMA 

JODHPUR 

The true face of controversial godman 

Saint Asaram is slowly getting exposed before 

the public. The spotless white dhoti 

and kurta, and eventually a snow-white beard to 

match, made him look like a true saint. And that 

combined with a growing list of quotable quotes, 

life tips — on everything from marital bliss to 

cures for cancer — and ashrams helped him sustain 

the air of godliness and win more and more 

followers every day. Today, the 74-year-old Asaram 

Bapu has more than 20 million followers, 425 

ashrams across 12 countries and more than 50 gurukuls 

across India. But Shiva, his confidante and 

trusted sevadar for years, is unveiling the face of 

a lustful person behind his false religious façade. 

He enjoyed all the carnal pleasures in his kutiya 

while preaching austerity to his followers. Not 

only this, his trusted Shilpi used to send girls to 

him, while his cook Prakash used to keep a watch. 

The evidence so far is strong and convincing 

enough to nail the controversial saint. Shiva is revealing 

one secret after the other which will increase 

Asaram’s trouble in the days to come. 

Meanwhile, Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has 

been accused by a woman for fraudulently getting 

her married to his disciple in 2004 who was already 

married. The accusation against Asaram's 

son comes even as the controversial godman is facing 

charges of raping a 16-year-old girl Astha 

(name changed). 

More trouble brewing for controversial godman 

Asaram’s most trusted aide and key witness in 

the case Shiva has narrated the whole story to the 

police. The police have taken in their possession 

all the evidence from his call details to the bringing 

of Astha to Jodhpur and have now launched a 

hunt for the absconding Chhindwara ashram warden 

Shilpi. According to the police, Shilpi is with 

Asaram for years and knows all his secrets. She 

used to send gurukul girls to Asaram. According 

to sources, Asaram had provided flats to Shipli in 

Delhi and Ahmedabad. She was made Chhindwara 

ashram warden so that she could supply girls to 

Asaram. Police hope many more secrets will be 

out after her arrest. 

Followers say it is conspiracy 

to malign Bapu’s image 

The controversial saint himself and his followers 

have termed all this as a controversy to malign 

their guru Asaram Bapu’s image. But the question 

is whether the conspirators had called the girl to 

Jodhpur and sent her to his room. Why Astha was 

called to Jodhpur on the pretext of warding her 

off evil spirits. The incident has proved that minor 

girls used to be supplied to Asaram. However, 

no one could raise voice against the rich and influrntial 

saint. This emboldened Asaram and 

Astha was called to Jodhpur from Chhindwara under 

a plan. 

Asaram is not repentant and is shamelessly 

claiming that he is innocent. Asaram had asked 

police during interrogation if he couldn’t live 

alone with his disciple who was like her granddaughter. 

However, he forgot that molesting or sexually 

exploiting a girl of the age of his granddaughter 

was a crime. Asaram, whopreaches sin 

and virtue to his followers, forgot that defiling a 

girl was the biggest sin. It is ironic that people had 

such blind faith in Asaram and were so carried 

away by his sermons that that they believed he 

was god and could not see his true face. All the 

clarifications given by Asaram and the ruckus 

raised by his followers will not free the godman 

from the guilt of raping a helpless minor. His followers, 

who have been opposing his arrest, should 

tell if they would have remained silent had the 

same thing happened to their daughter or granddaughter. 

Religious and spiritual leaders are the 

guiding force in a society that is arguably losing 

its moral sheen. They mustn't betray the trust that 

millions of people repose in them, often blindly, 

and must follow the footsteps of our sages whose 

wisdom has nourished our culture since many 

centuries. 

Case against Asaram is 

strong, says Jodhpur DCP 

Jodhpur deputy commissioner of police Ajaypal 

Singh Lamba has claimed there is sufficient evidence 

against Asaram and the case against him is 

watertight. However, he conceded that it is difficult 

to say at this stage how far the sections 

Asaram has been charged under will be tenable in 

a court of law. A battery of lawyers is ready to defend 

Asaram in the court, as the godman is not 

short of funds and has an annual income to the 

tune of Rs 4,000 crore and no doubt he will do 

everything possible to come clean. He may even 

try to buy the victim’s family. For now, however, 

the court has rejected his bail plea and sent him on 

15-day judicial remand. The Jodhpur police 

showed the courage to tighten the noose around 

Asaram just the way they did in the case of actor 

Salman Khan. Now it is the time for his followers 

to accept the reality and stand with the victim girl 

so that in future no fake saint may dare to outrage 

the modesty of any girl. 

No change in Asaram’s 

attitude 

Asaram kept blaming the Rajasthan Govt and 

the media even after his arrest but his lie couldn’t 

stand in the court. The Sessions Court didn’t grant 

him bail and he is currently lodged in the Jodhpur 

jail.Asaram, who has been teaching the lesson of 

restraint to others, appears to have lost his own 

cool after his arrest. He is trying his level best to 

cover up his crime. Initially he tried to convince 

that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul had framed him in 

the false case. Later after he was served the summons 

by the police, Asaram vent his ire on the media 

and on his behest media persons were even 

manhandled by his supporters. Before his arrest, 

he even indirectly threatened the Rajasthan Govt 

saying elections are imminent in Rajasthan and 

the govt will have to bear the price of arresting 

him. While his supporters even tried to bribe a 

woman police officer to hush up the case, Jodhpur 

DCP received murder threat soon after Asaram 

landed in prison there. 

Did media and the govt send 

the girl to Asaram’s room? 

Asaram and his supporters are up in arms 

against the media and the government. But neither 

the media nor the government had sent the 

girl to his room with a bad intention. Those who 

are alleging media trial in this case must tell 

whether the media should remain silent even if a 

saint, who has lakhs of followers and disciples all 

over the country, does such shameful thing with a 

minor girl. What is wrong if the media is exposing 

his true face and the reality of his Rs 400 crore 

property? What is wrong if the police acted on the 

basis of the statement of the victim? Attempts are 

being made to bribe and threaten the police. 

Asaram had run to Indore because he was hoping 

that the BJP government there will save him from 

the arrest. But the charges against him were so serious 

that the MP Govt chose not to interfere. 

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