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Vol. 1 Issue No. 2, Thursday, 15 September, 2011 RNI No. HARENG00761 /07/1/2011-TC Monthly English News Paper Pages 8, Annual Rs. 50, Single Copy Rs. 5 

HIGHLIGHT 

Impact of 

LOKPAL BILL 

... A File Report 

IN 1982, In Si.ngapore, 

LOKPAL BILL was 

implemented and 142 

Corrupt Ministers & 

Officers were arrested in 

one single day. Today 

Singapore has only 1% 

poor people & no taxes are 

paid by the people to the 

government, 92% Literacy 

Rate, Better Medical 

Facilities, Cheaper 

Prices, 90% Money is white 

& Only 1% Unemployment 

exists. 

INSIDE PAGE 

Life Style 

Onam : 

Feasting the 

traditional 

Onam is the biggest and the 

most important festival of 

the state of Kerala. It is a 

harvest festival and is 

celebrated with joy and 

enthusiasm all over the state 

by people of all 

communities. According to a 

popular legend, the festival 

is celebrated to welcome 

King Mahabali, whose spirit 

is said to visit Kerala at the 

time of Onam. Pg 2 

Haryana 

Haryana’s First 

Solar PV Plant 

Chandigarh, August 27 - 

Nandha village in district 

Bhiwani of Haryana today 

became the first village in 

Haryana to have a Solar PV 

Plant as Haryana Chief 

Minister Mr. Bhupinder 

Singh Hooda inaugurated 

this plant setup to generate 

one MW power. Pg 3 

Punjab 

Bhakra’s 

spillway gates 

opened Pg 3 

Himachal 

Indian Himalayas 

Climate ...... 

Centre for Environment 

Education (CEE) under 

aegis of Ministry of 

Environment & Forests, 

Govt. of India with support 

from CCD (Climate Change 

& Development) Pg 4 

Health 

Smoking ups 

sex hormones 

A new study has found that 

postmenopausal women 

who smoke have higher 

levels of sex hormones and 

run a higher risks of falling 

prey to chronic diseases than 

their non-smoking 

counterparts. Pg 5 

Sports 

Hockey : India 

beats Pakistan 

Goalkeeper S. Sreejesh stole 

the limelight with two 

crucial saves as India 

defeated Pakistan 4-2 in the 

penalty shoot-out in a nervewrecking 

final to clinch the 

inaugural Asian Champions 

Trophy hockey tournament 

Pg 7 

Chandigarh 

243 CA students 

conferred degrees 

dian Chartered Accountants 

are capable enough not just 

to fight the economic 

downturn, but also guide the 

world on how to come out 

of it,” This was stated by 

His Excellency, The 

Governor of Haryana, Shri 

Jagannath Pahadia Pg 8 

Aggar Mahakumbh : All India 

Aggarwal Sammelan in Karnal 

Karnal, Mangla Media 

News: Haryana Chief 

Minister Mr Bhupinder Singh 

Hooda today said that ‘the 

Father of the Nation’ 

Mahatma Gandhi was the 

greatest personality born in 

the present and the previous 

century. 

Gandhi ji not only got the 

country its independence but 

also played a vital role in 

motivating other countries’ 

independence struggles and 

the credit of liberalising other 

countries also goes to him, he 

added while addressing a well 

attended ‘Aggar Mahakumbh‘ 

in Karnal today. The 

convention was organized by 

the Haryana state unit of All 

India Aggarwal Sammelan 

and attended by thousands of 

people belonging to the 

Aggarwal Community. 

Lauding the role and 

contribution of the 

Aggarwal community in the 

national freedom struggle, 

Mr. Hooda said that the 

community has a proud 

history and it contributed in 

the struggle waged by 

Maharana Partap, 1857 

revolution and the freedom 

struggle till 1947. He said 

that Bhama Shah had helped 

Maharana Partap in his days 

of struggle. He also recalled 

the sacrifices and 

contribution of Mr. 

Ghansham Dass Birla, Mr. 

Jamna Lal Bajaj and Lala 

Lajpat Rai. He also recalled 

his family relations with the 

Delhi blast probe widens, 

sleuths seek help of 

foreign intel agencies 

New Delhi, Agencies : 

Investigators probing the Delhi 

High Court blast have asked 

foreign intelligence agencies 

operating in Southeast Asia if 

they have picked up any 

signal or communication 

which may provide links to 

the Wednesday’s terror attack. 

Official sources said today 

that the investigators were in 

regular touch with foreign 

agencies, particularly of the 

United States, to get any 

information related to the blast, 

including whether it was 

carried out by any homegrown 

terror outfit having links 

across the border or by 

terrorists based in 

neighbouring countries. 

Lala Lajpat Rai’s family. 

While describing the 

Aggarwal community as the 

“Karamveer” (laborious) 

people, Mr. Hooda said that 

with its hard work and 

wisdom this community has 

attained distinction at the 

national and international 

level, but had not forgotten 

their roots and their place of 

birth. They have great sense 

of social service and setup 

schools, dharamshalas in 

their native villages, he 

added. 

While referring to the tradition 

of one brick and one gold 

coin, Mr. Hooda paid rich 

tributes to the Maharaja 

Aggersain and his vision of 

democracy, socialism and 

mutual brotherhood. He said 

that Maharaja Aggersain had 

started a new era of 

awakening and cultural 

heritage. While referring to the 

story of the selection of 

Agroha as the capital by 

Maharaja Aggersain where 

he found the kids of tiger and 

wolf playing together, Mr. 

2996 people died in the 9/11 attacks, including 19 hijackers, 246 airline passengers and 

crew on four airlines and 125 people at the Pantagon. 

SARKARI JAMAAT MEIN ANNA JI 

KA DAAKHAL ... 

Dear readers, please go 

through the details carefully & 

try to be part of this mission 

against corruption. Things to 

know about Anna Hazare and 

Lok pal Bill-: 

1.Who is Anna Hazare? An 

ex-army man(Unmarried). 

Fought 1965 Indo-Pak war. 

2.What’s so special about 

him? He built a village 

Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad 

Nagar district, Maharashtra. 

3.This village is a selfsustained 

model village. 

Energy is produced in the 

village itself from solar power, 

biofuel and wind mills. In 

1975, it used to be a poverty 

clad village. Now it is one of 

the richest village in India. It 

has become a model for selfsustained, 

eco-friendly & 

harmonic village. 

4. This guy, Anna Hazare was 

awarded Padma Bhushan and 

C M Y K 

Lets celebrate with India Hockey Team for 

Asian Champions Trophy ... 

The Indian Hockey team celebrates after beating Pakistan in the final of the Asian Champions Trophy 

Khanduri Sworn in as Uttarakhand CM 

Dehradun/Mangla Media 

News (Uttarakhand) : 

Bharatiya Janata Party leader 

Maj. Gen. (retired) Bhuwan 

Chandra Khanduri was sworn 

in Chief Minister of 

Uttarakhand by Governor 

Margaret Alva at a function 

held on the Rangers College 

Grounds here on Sunday. 

All the 11 Ministers of the 

outgoing Ramesh Pokhriyal 

Nishank Cabinet were retained 

and sworn in. 

Senior BJP leader Rajnath 

Singh and party observer Ravi 

Shankar Prasad were present. 

So were Mr. Ramesh 

Pokhriyal Nishank and the 

senior Congress leader and 

former Chief Minister, Narain 

Dutt Tiwari. 

Mr. Khanduri, 76, becomes 

the sixth Chief Minister (his 

U.S. will never wage war against 

Islam or any religion: Obama 

Ten years after the U.S. 

launched war against 

terrorism, in particular those of 

al-Qaeda and the Taliban, 

President Barack Obama has 

said America was not and 

never would be at war with 

Islam or any other religion. 

“These past 10 years 

underscore the bonds between 

all Americans. We have not 

succumbed to suspicion and 

mistrust. After 9/11, President 

(George) Bush made clear 

what we reaffirm today: the 

United States will never wage 

war against Islam or any 

religion. Immigrants come 

here from all parts of the 

Hooda said that Maharaja 

Aggarsain had chosen the 

place as he found it to be a 

place of mutual brotherhood 

and friendship. 

Mr. Hooda launched scathing 

attack on the opposition. 

Without naming the previous 

INLD Government, the Chief 

Photographer : Neetu Gupta 

Minister said that there was 

atmosphere of terror during 

their regime and big traders 

and businessmen too were not 

feeling secure. He said that his 

government has restored the 

atmosphere of trust among the 

trading community and 

investors which has resulted 

in to the state becoming 

number one in terms of per 

capita investment, which was 

at 14 th place earlier. He also 

criticized the INLD for 

forcible impounding of the 

private vehicles like 

trucks,jeep for transporting the 

people into rallies. 

Referring to the demands put 

up at the sammelan, Mr. 

Hooda said that the code of 

conduct was in force and he 

was not in a position to 

globe,” Mr. Obama said. 

“In the biggest cities and the 

smallest towns, in our schools 

and workplaces, you still see 

people of every conceivable 

race, religion and ethnicity -all 

of them pledging allegiance 

to one flag; all of them 

reaching for the same 

announce despite his 

willingness. Amidst the 

thunderous applause from the 

cheering crowd, he asked the 

organisors to organize another 

function after the Hisar bye 

election to which the organisor 

agreed. 

State Home Minister Mr. 

Gopal Kanda called upon the 

Aggarwal Community to 

defeat those political parties, 

who had advocated the 

abrogation of voting rights of 

Aggarwal, Brahamin and 

Punjabi communities. He 

called upon the Aggarwals to 

join the politics in a big way 

to serve the people as it was 

also way of social service. 

Local MP Dr. Arvind 

Sharma, noted industrialist 

and Hisar MLA Savitri 

Jindal, Congress MLAs 

namely Mrs. Sumita Singh, 

Mr. D.K. Bansal, Mr. 

O.P.Jain, Mr. Zile Ram 

Sharma, BJP MLAs Mr. 

Ghansham Dass Saraf and 

Mrs. Kavita Jain, Punjab 

MLA Mr. Mangat Rai 

Bansal, Political Advisor to 

the Chief Minister Prof. 

Virender, Haryana Confed 

Chairman Mr. Bajrang Dass 

Garg, Karnal Zila Parishad 

president Mr. Angrej Singh 

Dhumsi, former Minister Mr. 

Ram Bhajan Aggarwal, 

Former MLA Mr. Ramesh 

Gupta, Mr. Ajay Gupta and 

National President of All 

India Aggarwal Sammelan 

Mr. Surender Gupta also 

spoke on the occasion. 

American dream -- e pluribus 

unum, out of many, we are 

one,” Mr. Obama said. 

Mr. Obama said these 10 

years have shown that 

Americans hold fast to their 

freedoms. “Yes, we are more 

vigilant against those who 

threaten us, and there are 

inconveniences that come with 

our common defence,” he said. 

“The Pentagon is repaired, 

and filled with patriots 

working in common purpose. 

Shanksville is the scene of 

friendships forged between 

residents of that town, and 

families who lost loved ones 

there,” he said. 

Mr. Obama said when 

decades from now, Americans 

will visit the memorials to 

those who were lost on 9/11, 

they will run their fingers over 

the places where the names of 

those we loved are carved into 

marble and stone, and wonder 

at the lives they led. 

“Standing before the white 

headstones in Arlington, and in 

peaceful cemeteries and smalltown 

squares in every corner 

of our country, they will pay 

respects to those lost in 

Afghanistan and Iraq. They 

will see the names of the fallen 

on bridges and statues; at 

gardens and schools,” he said. 

is a known figure for his social 

activities. 

5. He is 

supporting a cause, 

the amendment of 

a law to curb 

corruption in India. 

6. How that can 

be possible? He is 

advocating for a 

Bill, The Lok Pal 

Bill (The Citizen 

Ombudsman 

Bill), that will 

form an 

autonomous authority who will 

make politicians (ministers), 

bureaucrats (IAS/IPS) 

accountable for their deeds. 

7. It’s an entirely new thing 

right..? In 1972, the bill was 

proposed by then Law minister 

Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then 

it has been neglected by the 

politicians and some are trying to 

change the bill to suit their theft 

second tenure in the current 

Assembly), barely six months 

ahead of the elections in this 

hill State. He was removed by 

the party after its humiliating 

defeat in all five seats in the 

2009 Lok Sabha elections. 

Addressing journalists after 

chairing a Cabinet meeting, Mr. 

10-yr-old gives birth to 

child at Faridkot 

Faridkot/Mangla Media 

News : A 10-year-old girl gave 

birth to a child in Guru Gobind 

Singh Medical College and 

Hospital in Faridkot. The baby 

was delivered by cesarean 

section and the identity of the 

father is not known yet. The 

health of the baby is not 

normal as it is a seven-month 

premature baby. 

The girl, who belongs to Sirsa 

in Haryana and had shifted to 

Ferozepur with her family six 

months ago, was brought to 

the medical college with a 

complaint of acute pain. 

The family members were 

(corruption). 

8. Oh.. He is 

going on a hunger 

strike for that 

whole thing of 

passing a Bill ! 

How can that be 

possible in such a 

short span of time? 

The first thing he 

is asking for is: 

the govt should 

come forward and 

announce that the 

bill is going to be 

passed. Next, they make a 

joint committee to DRAFT the 

LOK PAL BILL. 50% 

government participation and 

50% public participation. 

Bcoz u can’t trust the 

government entirely for 

making such a bill which does 

not suit them. 

9.What will happen when this 

bill is passed? A LokPal will 

Khanduri talked about 

development and the BJP's 

anti-corruption plank, and 

senior leader L.K. Advani's 

rath yatra in support of anticorruption 

campaigner Anna 

Hazare. He said he wanted 

Uttarakhand to become a 

vibrant State. So, he ordered all 

his Cabinet colleagues and IAS 

and IPS officers to declare 

their assets within a month. 

To a question, Mr. Khanduri 

admitted that he did not have 

any magic wand. “The time is 

short, let us at least make an 

attempt to achieve the 

impossible.” The nation 

wanted an end to corruption, 

and the BJP was only 

following its age-old tradition. 

However, he parried a 

question why the party kept 

replacing Chief Ministers. 

suspecting the pains due to 

some tumour in the abdomen 

of the girl and brought her 

for treatment. Faridkot 

police station incharge SHO 

JJ Singh said after getting 

the information from the 

hospital authorities, the 

police security was provided 

around the room where the 

girl was recuperating. 

Dr Lajja, the doctor attending 

the girl, said the condition of 

the girl was out of danger. 

The girl’s family suspect a 17year-old 

boy of Sirsa for his 

involvement in the crime as he 

used to visit them often. 

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be appointed at the centre. He 

will have an autonomous 

charge, say like the Election 

Commission of India. In each 

and every state, Lokayukta 

will be appointed. The job is 

to bring all alleged party to 

trial in case of corruptions 

within 1 year. Within 2 years, 

the guilty will be punished.


Thursday, 15 September, 2011 

KNOW A PERSONALITY : SEEMA 

Chandigarh / Mangla Media 

News (Source Sanjay 

Pahwa) 

I joined Chandigarh 

Administration as Law Officer 

with Dept of Law & 

Prosecution in 1992 and was 

posted to Estate Office where 

I worked uptil 2004. In 2002, 

I made Estate Office 

HandBook “Suvidha “ which 

is a compilation of various 

notifications issued by the 

Chief Administrator from time 

to time with regard to the 

construction and usage of 

different buildings in Chd 

such as Residential, 

commercial, Industrial and 

Institutional etc and also the 

procedures for submission of 

Building plans and obtaining 

of DPC and completion 

certificate in a very simplified 

form . The said Book was 

released by the then 

Administrator, UT JFR Jacob. 

After 7 years I have updated 

this book by including all the 

latest notifications w.e.f 993 

till 2010 and made it ,more 

comprehensive book than 

before by adding more 

Chapters pertaining to 

Municipal Corporation Village 

Rules and Relaxations 

Onam : Feasting the traditional way 

Onam is the biggest and the 

most important festival of the 

state of Kerala. It is a 

harvest festival and is 

celebrated with joy and 

enthusiasm all over the state 

by people of all 

communities. According to a 

popular legend, the festival is 

celebrated to welcome King 

Mahabali, whose spirit is 

said to visit Kerala at the 

time of Onam. 

Carnival of Onam lasts from 

four to ten days. First day, 

Atham and tenth day, 

Thiruonam are most 

important of all. Popularity 

and presentation of rich 

culture of the state during the 

carnival made Onam the 

National Festival of Kerala in 

1961. Elaborate feasts, folk 

songs, elegant dances, 

energetic games, elephants, 

boats and flowers all are a 

part of the dynamic festival 

called Onam 

C M Y K 

TECHNO NEWS 

from Page No. 1 

Green rating gaining ground 

The CII Sohrabji Godrej 

Green Business Centre has 

worked out a pattern of green 

rating for better sense of 

ecology 

The more eco-friendly a 

structure, the better. Initiatives 

in building such structures are 

gaining wider acceptance 

across the world. 

The green building concept, 

which has appealed to 

conservationists and modern 

architects, is now being 

accepted as a viable model. 

The CII Sohrabji Godrej 

Green Business Centre, with 

its headquarters in Hyderabad 

and representative wings in 

several places, including 

Kochi, focuses on an 

internationally accepted pattern 

for construction of buildings 

in the ‘green’ category. Over 

the years, ‘green’-rated 

buildings have attracted quite a 

bit of attention. 

The concept has entered a 

new phase with the launch of 

‘green’ rating for companies. 

Called the Greenco rating, the 

system has been introduced on 

a pilot basis, S. Raghupathy, 

head of the Green Business 

HANDA–LAW OFFICER 

pertaining to Dwelling Units 

Of Chandigarh Housing 

Board . The said book has 

been named as Chandigarh 

Administration’s Book issued 

by Sh Ram Niwas, Chief 

Administratror cum Secretary 

Urban Planning & Housing 

and the same was released 

by the Advisor to the 

Photo By : Neetu Gupta 

Rich cultural heritage of Kerala 

comes out in its best form and 

spirit during the ten day long 

festival. It is indeed a treat to 

be a part of the grand carnival. 

People of Kerala make 

elaborate preparations to 

celebrate it in the best possible 

manner. 

The most impressive part of 

Onam celebration is the grand 

feast called Onasadya, prepared 

on Thiruonam. It is a nine 

course meal consisting of 11 to 

Centre, says. 

The system aims to provide 

guidance to businesses on 

how to implement ‘green’ 

strategies, based on an 

interactive and consultative 

process. 

It envisages building 

partnerships with stakeholders 

to address issues related to 

ecological sustainability. 

Companies can derive 

numerous benefits out of 

restructuring various business 

processes in compliance with 

the norms of the ‘green’ 

initiatives; in respect of energy 

efficiency, and water and 

waste reduction, he says. 

The proposed rating system 

will cover manufacturing and 

service sector units. The 

industries that can be covered 

are automobile and 

engineering, IT hardware and 

services sector, cement, 

pharmaceutical and chemicals, 

fertilizers, power plants, 

FMCG, pulp and paper, glass, 

refineries and petrochemicals, 

hotel, service sector, iron, steel 

and non-ferrous metals, textile 

and electronics. 

Code for sustainability 

administrator Sh K.K Sharma, 

IAS on 12 th May, 2011 and 

is being sold at Red Cross 

Centres in Chd. situated in 

Estate Office (Back side) and 

all SDM offices. The said 

book is useful for UT officers, 

Officials, Architects 

Advocates, Builders and 

General public. I prepared this 

13 essential dishes. Onasadya 

is served on banana leaves and 

people sit on a mat laid on the 

floor to have the meal. 

Another enchanting feature of 

Onam is Vallamkali, the 

Snake Boat Race, held on the 

river Pampa. It is a colourful 

sight to watch the decorated 

boat oared by hundreds of 

boatmen amidst chanting of 

songs and cheering by 

spectators. 

There is also a tradition to 

A code for ecologically 

sustainable business growth 

has been developed as part of 

the conceptualisation of the 

rating system. 

It aims at involving top 

managements in making 

voluntary commitments towards 

reducing the intensity of 

consumption of energy, water 

and other natural resources and 

to promote ecologically 

sustainable growth . The 

initiative, launched three years 

ago, had evoked response from 

more than 450 organisations in 

the country. Businesses 

consume energy for various 

reasons, such as operating 

machinery, running computers, 

and office maintenance. The ‘ 

green’ rating system calls for an 

energy monitoring and 

accounting system and 

technology that is less energy 

intensive. 

The green business rating 

promotes sustainable use of 

water through “reduce, recycle, 

reuse, and reclaim” strategies. It 

prescribes metering to monitor 

water consumption, rainwater 

harvesting, and water-use 

reduction strategies. The 

Book in addition to my own 

file work of Law & 

Prosecution Dept. by devoting 

extra time in office and by 

working late at night at home. 

The compilation of said book 

was a very tedious task but I 

undertook the same and used 

my legal knowledge and 

experience besides hardwork. 

SEEMA HANDA -LAW OFFICER, UT CHANDIGARH BEING AWARDED BY 

GOVERNOR PUNJAB & ADMINISTRATOR CHANDIGARH ON INDEPENDENCE 

DAY AT PARADE GROUND FOR COMPILING “SUVIDHA” HAND BOOK 

play games, collectively 

called Onakalikal, on Onam. 

Men go in for rigorous 

sports like Talappanthukali 

(played with ball), 

Ambeyyal (Archery), 

Kutukutu and combats 

called Kayyankali and 

Attakalam. Women indulge 

in cultural activities. They 

make intricately designed 

flower mats called, 

Pookalam in the front 

courtyard of house to 

welcome King Mahabali. 

Kaikotti kali and Thumbi 

Thullal are two graceful 

dances performed by 

women on Onam. Folk 

performances like Kummatti 

kali and Pulikali add to the 

zest of celebrations. 

Government of India 

promotes Onam 

internationally in a big way 

and celebrates 'Tourist 

Week' for Kerala during 

Onam celebrations 

system encourages businesses 

to employ clean and renewable 

energy. The ultimate goal is to 

offset 100 per cent of the 

electrical and thermal energy by 

renewable energy. 

Lucrative option 

Although the initial investment 

on installing equipment for 

generating renewable energy is 

relatively high, the long-term 

benefits of reduced 

maintenance costs, low 

operating costs, and cost 

savings on fossil fuels will 

make it a lucrative proposition. 

Waste management is another 

key area in the rating process. 

Material conservation and 

recycling are closely related to 

waste management. By reusing 

materials, there are definite 

savings in costs, in the form of 

reduced material costs. 

The rating system promotes 

reuse and recycling of raw 

materials and discourages use 

of virgin materials. It 

encourages businesses to make 

recyclable or biodegradable 

products. 

Carbon neutral 

Reduction of greenhouse 

gases is a prominent part of 

Existing System 

� No politician or senior officer ever goes to jail despite 

huge evidence because Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) and 

CBI directly come under the government. Before starting 

investigation or prosecution in any case, they have to take 

permission from the same bosses, against whom the case 

has to be investigated. 

�� No corrupt officer is dismissed from the job because 

Central Vigilance Commission, which is supposed to 

dismiss corrupt officers, is only an advisory body. 

Whenever it advises government to dismiss any senior 

corrupt officer, its advice is never implemented. 

�� No action is taken against corrupt judges because 

permission is required from the Chief Justice of India to 

even register an FIR against corrupt judges. 

�� Nowhere to go - People expose corruption but no 

action is taken on their complaints. 

�� There is so much corruption within CBI and vigilance 

departments. Their functioning is so secret that it 

encourages corruption within these agencies. 

�� Weak and corrupt people are appointed as heads of 

anti-corruption agencies. 

�� Citizens face harassment in government offices. 

Sometimes they are forced to pay bribes. One can only 

complaint to senior officers. No action is taken on 

complaints because senior officers also get their cut. 

�� Nothing in law to recover ill gotten wealth. A corrupt 

person can come out of jail and enjoy that money. 

�� Small punishment for corruption- Punishment for 

corruption is minimum 6 months and maximum 7 years. 

C M Y K 

Summary of All scams of India 

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Rs. 910603234300000 

Chandigarh/Mangla Media 

News : As part of initiative 

and ever willing desire to 

present things which are new, 

untried before, offer varieties, 

textures,and are unequal in 

terms of quality and taste, 

awadi food festival is 

thoughtfully planned at hotel 

chandigarh ashok as it is very 

popular amongst connoiserus 

and food lovers who do not 

compromise on quality of 

food. Originated from 

earstwhile awadh (now 

lucknow), the kingdom of 

nawabs reminisce fabulous 

presentation of cuisines from 

ancient days of nawabs. 

Awadhi food is very popular 

all over the country as it has 

abundance of choices and 

array of gourmet delights. 

Dishes are different from 

others, full of aroma, royal in 

nature and outstanding 

the rating scheme. The ultimate 

goal is to make businesses 

‘carbon neutral.’ 

The rating encourages 

businesses to design and 

develop a product that has ‘nil 

or least’ environmental impact 

during its lifecycle. It also 

envisages several initiatives to 

reduce the environmental 

impact of products at various 

stages of production, 

distribution, use, and disposal. 

The system is an easy way 

for companies to compare 

themselves against their peers 

or competitors. Businesses can 

use the recommendations of 

the rating system to develop a 

long-term plan to improve 

competitiveness and be 

ecologically sustainable. 

“Companies that accept the 

‘green’ rating system will have 

a head start in complying with 

these requirements and have 

an advantage over competitors. 

With consumer awareness 

related to the environment 

growing at a fast pace, greenrated 

companies will enjoy 

considerable consumer support 

and goodwill,” Mr. 

Raghupathy says. 

presentation by staff especially 

trained for the purpose. Aroma 

of each dishleaves soothing, 

and refreshing effects with 

temptation and instinct flavor 

with ardent desire to consume 

the food again and 

again.unprecedented ranges of 

aunthentic,rich,and royal 

CHD/Mangla Media News : 

The farmers of Haryana 

would get one more advanced 

variety of raaya mustard 

developed by CCS Haryana 

Agricultural University, Hisar 

and farmers of Punjab and 

Rajasthan would also be 

benefitted with this variety. 

While stating this today, Dr 

K.S. Khokhar, Vice 

Chancellor of the University, 

said that the scientists of oil 

seeds wing of the University 

had developed RH-406 

variety of raaya mustard which 

was the best in terms of oil 

contents and production. 

The variety had been 

approved for the areas of 

Haryana, Punjab and 

Rajasthan in 18th workshop 

of the oil seeds scientists of 

All India Integrated 

Agriculture Research Project 

which recently concluded at 

Guwahati, he added. 

He said that the University 

had also developed a number 

of advanced varieties of 

mustard, such as –HR-30, 

RB-50, RH-8812, which have 

System Proposed by civil society 

�� Lokpal at centre and Lokayukta at state level will be 

independent bodies. ACB and CBI will be merged into 

these bodies. They will have power to initiate investigations 

and prosecution against any officer or politician without 

needing anyone’s permission. Investigation should be 

completed within 1 year and trial to get over in next 1 

year. Within two years, the corrupt should go to jail. 

�� Lokpal and Lokayukta will have complete powers to 

order dismissal of a corrupt officer. CVC and all 

departmental vigilance will be merged into Lokpal and 

state vigilance will be merged into Lokayukta. 

�� Lokpal & Lokayukta shall have powers to investigate 

and prosecute any judge without needing anyone’s 

permission. 

�� Lokpal & Lokayukta will have to enquire into and 

hear every complaint. 

�� All investigations in Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be 

transparent. After completion of investigation, all case 

records shall be open to public. Complaint against any 

staff of Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be enquired and 

punishment announced within two months. 

�� Politicians will have absolutely no say in selections of 

Chairperson and members of Lokpal & Lokayukta. 

Selections will take place through a transparent and public 

participatory process. 

�� Lokpal & Lokayukta will get public grievances resolved 

in time bound manner, impose a penalty of Rs 250 per day 

of delay to be deducted from the salary of guilty officer 

and award that amount as compensation to the aggrieved 

citizen. 

�� Loss caused to the government due to corruption will 

be recovered from all accused. 

�� Enhanced punishment - The punishment would be 

minimum 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment. 

Hotel chandigarh ashok, 

A glimpse of awadhi food festival 

cuisines of ‘oudh’are praised 

from centuries for dishes and 

hospitality. 

The event is virtually a feast 

fascinated with enormous 

varieties of new dishes each 

day consisting of kababs, 

salans, vegetables, biryanis, 

awadhi oriental breads and 

HAU Hissar advance 

developed of Raaya Mustard 

made Haryana a leading state 

in the production of oil seeds. 

This year too Haryana got 

first position in the country 

by producing on an average 

1869 kgs oil seeds per hectare 

as against a target of 1750 

kgs per hectare. 

Giving details of the features 

of HR-406 variety of raaya 

mustard, Dr Khokhar said 

sweets to name a few. 

Extracts from festive menu from 

the land of awadh : Paya ka 

Shorba, Shultani Shorba, Murg 

Tikka Mirza Hasnu, Galawati 

Kebab, Korma dum Biryani, 

Yakhni Biryani, Subz Haleem, 

Kabooli Biryani, Mili Juli Subzi, 

Dal Asowat, Dal Sultani. 

that the variety matured in 

about 145 to 150 days and 

gave yields of 20 to 22 

quintals per hectare. 

“The variety does not tend 

to bend and it is 

moderately tolerant to high 

temperature and useful for 

saline land and it has 38 to 

40 per cent oil contents”, 

he added. 

Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes and CEO “Hara 

Punjab Khara Samaj” at Rotary Club Mohali.



SC Panel for Ban on Karnataka mining 

NEW DELHI/AGENCIES: 

The Supreme Court's 

environment panel, Central 

Empowered Committee 

(CEC), on Friday concurred 

with the Karnataka Lokayukta 

to report rampant illegal iron 

ore mining in Chitradurga and 

Tumkur districts and 

recommended a complete ban 

on private mining. 

Submitting the CEC's report to 

a bench of Chief Justice S H 

Kapadia and Justices Aftab 

Alam and Swatanter Kumar, 

amicus curiae A D N Rao 

said the adverse impact on 

environment in these two 

districts was identical to the 

one witnessed in Bellary and 

advocated controlled mining as 

had been ordered by the apex 

court in Bellary. 

The court issued notice to the 

Karnataka government and 

sought its response within a 

week to the CEC's 

recommendation that mining 

activity be completely banned 

in these two districts before 

putting in place an interim 

arrangement on the lines of the 

one in Bellary district, where 

mining is done by public 

sector undertakings meant to 

meet the requirement of the 

domestic steel industry. 

"The CEC is of the view that 

the level of illegality and 

environmental degradation 

caused by mining leases in 

district Tumkur are in no way 

less that that which has taken 

place in district Bellary (even 

though the level of production 

is much less than Bellary)," it 

said. 

"The level of illegality and 

environmental degradation is 

relatively lesser in District 

Chitradurga. However, here 

also the situation is far from 

satisfactory," the CEC said. 

The environment impact report 

was compiled by CEC 

member secretary M K 

Jiwrajika, who on the apex 

court's July 29 directive 

extensively toured the affected 

areas of Chitradurga and 

Tumkur along with other CEC 

members. 

The CEC reported heavy 

damage to the already depleted 

forest cover in Tumkur and 

said: "Streams flowing from 

the mines carry fine particles 

into surrounding water bodies 

and the agricultural fields, all 

of which get polluted. This 

along with air pollution has an 

adverse impact on agriculture 

and horticulture production 

particularly as the area is 

highly sensitive." 

Air and noise pollution caused 

by movement of a large 

number of trucks carrying 

High Nutritional Value and Healthy 

“PEGGS” Now a Reality 

Mangla Media News (Sourc 

Kuleep Kalsi) : A Rajpura 

based company, Raja Farms 

Pvt. Ltd, has come out with a 

path-breaking new product. 

Branded as “Punjab Eggs” 

the product is slated to 

revolutionize how modern day 

Indians consume eggs. 

“Peggs” is the name given to 

eggs that are not the regular 

ones laid in unhygienic and 

smelly poultry farms, but are 

produced in an environment 

that is just the opposite – 

totally clean, hygienic and 

mechanically packed. The 

innovative brand was launched 

today in Chandigarh by Raja 

Farms Pvt. Ltd. 

The production technology 

has been indigenized from 

Europe. Under the technology, 

standardized quality eggs are 

delivered through the most 

modern and hygienic process 

of manufacturing. The facility 

at Rajpura has a specialized 

plant catering to the needs of 

masses. 

The birds are given special 

care in a very clean 

environment and are provided 

nutritious feeds. Mr. Dhirendra 

Kumar, who is a BVSC 

graduate from Veterinary 

College, Bangalore and has 

over 20 years of experience in 

the Industry, is part of the 

core team at Raja Farms. 

“Peggs” delivers eggs that are 

of standardized quality and 

weight and which have a high 

nutritional value. These are 

mechanically tested on 

ultramodern machines thus 

delivering consistently high 

quality.” Adds Raja, “The 

brand provides customer 

satisfaction and helps 

consumers to continue getting 

the same quality on an 

ongoing basis.” 

Bhakra’s spillway 

Chandigarh, September 11 

The Bhakra Beas Management 

Board (BBMB) today opened 

the spillway gates of the 

Bhakra dam following a heavy 

inflow, which has taken the 

water level in the dam to 1680 

ft, the maximum level fixed by 

the authorities. 

This has been opposed by 

former Bhakra designer GS 

Dhillon as well as the All- 

India Power Engineers 

Association which claim the 

level should be allowed to go 

up till 1685 ft, which is the 

dam’s filling capacity. BBMB 

Chairman AB Agarwal told 

The Tribune that the safe 

operation of the dam was vital 

and that the level would be 

maintained at 1680 ft till the 

end of the filling season on 

September 20. This level was 

enough for efficient 

gates opened 

management of the dam. 

The dam authorities, 

accordingly, had opened the 

spillway gates and released a 

small quantity of 4,000 cusecs. 

The inflow today had been 

recorded at 42,000 cusecs, he 

said. The dam authorities had 

informed the Punjab 

Government that low floods 

could occur at a few points, 

he said. Meanwhile, Dhillon, 

who was part of the team that 

designed the Bhakra dam, said 

the latter was designed to 

store 1685 cusecs of water and 

that reducing the same by 5 ft 

would result in a “colossal” 

loss to Punjab. Dhillon said 

this would amount to 

sacrificing 4 per cent of the 

dam’s storage capacity and 

would affect Punjab the most 

as the state drew 51 per cent 

of the water reserves of the 

dam. All-India Power 

Engineers Federation head 

Padamjit Singh claimed the 

full reservoir level was 1690 ft 

and not 1680 ft. He said the 

dam had been filled up to 

1687.36 ft in 1975, 1685 ft in 

1978, 1686 ft in 1983, 1687 ft 

in 1988, 1682.5 ft in 1994 and 

1683.49 ft in 1995. Padamjit 

said with the monsoon 

retreating in five days, the 

opening of the spillway gates 

was simply not justified. The 

water level at the Pong dam 

today was 2 ft below the 

maximum level of 1390 ft, 

receiving an inflow of 26976 

cusecs. 

At Ranjit Sagar dam in 

Gurdaspur district, the water 

level was far from the danger 

mark at 524.40 metres against 

the top level of metres. 

12 Million People worldwide 

diagnosed with cancer each year 

LONDON/AGENCIES : 

The number of new cancer 

cases has soared by a fifth in 

less than a decade and now 

stands at 12 million a year, 

according to new figures. 

This is more than four times 

the annual number of new 

HIV infections. 

The World Cancer Research 

Fund (WCRF) said it believed 

that 2.8 million cases of cancer 

are linked to poor diet, lack of 

exercise and being overweight 

— a figure expected to rise 

dramatically in the next decade. 

The figures were released 

ahead of a United Nations 

meeting on diseases, including 

cancer, later this month. The 

WCRF said there was a “once 

in a generation” opportunity to 

reverse the trend. 

"The truth is the number of 

cases around the world is 

going up partly because we 

are an ageing population, but 

also because of changes in 

lifestyle,” Professor Martin 

Wiseman, medical and 

scientific adviser for WCRF, 

told the BBC. 

"As countries become more 

urbanised, they become more 

prone to the Western 

diseases that we are used to 

seeing. Not just cancers — 

coronary heart disease, 

diabetes, obesity and lung 

diseases,” he added. Prof 

Wiseman also warned that 

many people were still 

unaware that risk factors 

such as alcohol and obesity 

affect cancer risk. 

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REGIONAL NEWS 

iron ore has wreaked havoc on 

the adjoining agricultural fields 

and villages adversely 

impacting the quality of life of 

people in the adjoining areas. 

"The CEC is of the considered 

view that mining of iron ore in 

district Tumkur has been done 

in an environmentally 

unsustainable manner and 

without taking into 

consideration the imperatives 

of intergeneration equity, large 

scale illegalities and 

irregularities have taken place 

in the matter of mining of iron 

ore," the report said. 

"The mining is/was being done 

in a reckless and irresponsible 

manner with the prime 

objective of over-exploitation 

of iron ore for purely short 

term private gains," it said 

while reaching identical 

findings on iron ore mining in 

Chitradurga district. 

Haryana Govt. Provide 40 

percent subsidy on Biogas 


News : Haryana Government 

has decided to provide 40 per 

cent subsidy on the total cost 

for installing biogas plant at 

the farm or at home to 

generate electricity. 

While stating this here today, a 

spokesman of Renewable 

Energy Department said that 

any person could install bio 

gas plant of 25 to 85 diameter 

and set up small power 

generation plant for producing 

three KV to 250 KV of 

electricity. 

He said that bio gas plants 

would prove very beneficial 

for those having their own 

dairies as they would be 

having bio products like cow 

dung needed to run bio gas 

plants. Any entrepreneur could 

also install these plants for 

generating electricity for their 

ventures. Those desirous of 

installing bio gas plant could 

apply to the office of 

Additional Deputy 

Commissioner. This source of 

energy was not only 

inexpensive but also 

environment friendly, he 

added. 

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conventional sources of energy 

like wind should also be used 

to generate power. 

Mr. Hooda said when he 

assumed office in the State the 

total generation capacity of the 

state was 1587 MW. 

Therefore he set a target to 

make additional generation of 

5000 MW for which work 

was started to set up four new 

plants. He said that out of 

these plants those at Khedar 

and Yamuna Nagar have 

already started generation and 

by this year end the Indira 

Gandhi Super Thermal Power 

Plant at Jharli would also 

commence generation. As a 

result of commissioning of all 

these plants, the availability of 

power would increase 

considerably. 

The Chief Minister said that 

the slab system of power tariff 


Haryana’s First Solar PV Plant : 

launched by CM Hooda 

Chandigarh, August 27 - 

Nandha village in district 

Bhiwani of Haryana today 

became the first village in 

Haryana to have a Solar PV 

Plant as Haryana Chief 

Minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh 

Hooda inaugurated this plant 

setup to generate one MW 

power. 

While speaking on the 

occasion, Mr. Hooda said that 

while giving priority to the 

power sector, nine solar power 

plants would be set up in the 

State. He said that the Central 

Government has a plan to 

generate 20,000 MW of 

power through solar power 

plants by the year 2022 in the 

country and today Haryana 

has made a beginning in this 

direction. He described solar 

power as the future of the 

world and said that other non 

Metro Link between Kirti Nagar- 

Ashok Park : CM Dikshit 

Delhi/Sources : The 3.32 

kilometre long Kirti Nagar - 

Ashok Park Main link section 

inaugurated by Smt. Sheela 

Dikshit, the Chief Minister of 

Delhi. 

This line received the statutory 

safety clearance for public 

carriage of passengers from Sh. 

R. K Kardam, Commissioner 

For Metro Rail Safety. 

This new link is on Standard 

Gauge and alternate trains 

running from Mundka to 

Inderlok will be diverted 

towards Kirti Nagar at Ashok 

Park Main to act as a link 

service for Line 3 (Dwarka – 

NOIDA City Centre/Vaishali 

line) initially which will be 

increased/regulated depending 

upon the requirement and 

passenger load. A total of 15 

trains will be running on this 

line, i.e, Mundka to Inderlok/ 

Kirti Nagar with a peak hour 

frequency of about four 

minutes between Mundka and 

Ashok Park Main. 

This link will reduce the fares as 

well as cut down the traveling 

time between many destinations 

of Line 1 (Dilshad Garden - 

Rithala), Line 3 (Dwarka 

Sector 21 – NOIDA City 

Centre) and Line 5 (Inderlok - 

Mundka) of the Delhi Metro 

network as now the commuters 

of Line 3 will be easily able to 

travel to a destination on Line 

1 and 5 without going to Rajiv 

Chowk and Kashmere Gate 

and vice versa. 

The three stations on this 

stretch are : Kirti Nagar (at 

grade), Satguru Ram Singh 

Marg and Ashok Park Main 

(elevated). 

Shimla (H.P.) Mangla Media 

News : Inventory reduction 

and lean management practices 

are the most important 

approaches for achieving cost 

reduction and better financial 

management, emphasized Mr. 

S K Sharma, Former President 

– Indian Institute of Material 

Management and Chief 

Mentor, Pinnacle Innovative 

Solutions (PIS) at a workshop 

on Effective Stores and 

Inventory Management 

organized by CII Himachal 

Pradesh State in Chandigarh 

today. The main highlights of 

the workshop included 

importance of stores / inventory 

management, role of inventory 

in cash flow, 3C concept, 


News : The Haryana Chief 

Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh 

Hooda, today announced the 

decision of the state 

government to effect 20 per 

cent increase in the 

remuneration of guest teachers 

in the state with effect from 

July 1, 2011. 

Coming as it does on the eve 

of the Teachers Day, the 

revision will benefit about 

15,400 teachers. This is the 

fourth hike in the 

remunerations of guest 

teachers effected by the Hooda 

Government. It will cost the 

state exchequer Rs 50 crore a 

year. Giving out details, the 

Education Minister, Mrs 

would soon be implemented in 

a better way. He said that the 

delayed disbursement of Old 

Age Samman Bhatta would be 

made with interest by 

September 15 as instructions 

in this regard have been issued 

to the concerned officers. 

Haryana Cooperation 

Minister, Mr. Satpal 

Sangwan said that Mr. 

principles of inventory 

management, forecasting, 

performance measurement, etc 

to name a few. 

Mr Sharma stated that in the 

present day world of 

globalization and cut throat 

competition, one has to adopt 

the best available practices to 

emerge as a leader. Each and 

every area associated with the 

functioning of an organization 

is of vital importance and 

hence stores and inventories 

also constitute an essential 

ingredient which cannot be 

ignored at any cost. Rather, 

stores, warehouses, and 

inventories acts as life giving 

blood carrying arteries to the 

whole system and hence these 

Geeta Bhukkal, said that with 

this increase, a lecturer would 

now get Rs 19,400 per month 

against Rs 16,200 per month; 

masters and language teachers 

Rs 15,840 per month against 

Rs 13,200; and JBT/drawing 

teachers Rs 14,400 per month 

against Rs 12,000. “This will 

help boost the morale of guest 

teachers and motivate them to 

improve teaching in schools”, 

Mrs Bhukkal said. 

This is the fourth time that the 

Haryana Government has 

hiked the remuneration of guest 

teachers in the state. The first 

increase was made on 

1.1.2008, the second on 

1.4.2009 and the third increase 

was effected from 1.7.2010. 

Hooda has implemented a 

number of innovative 

programmes and he was 

confident that with the 

continued support of the 

people, Haryana would make 

tremendous progress under 

his leadership. Earlier, former 

MLA Mr. Ranbir Singh 

Mohindra welcomed the 

Chief Minister. 

CII Himachal Pradesh advocates for 

Effective Stores and Inventory Management 

sectors require special 

attention and consideration. 

The programme was designed 

to cater to the needs of 

industry in today’s economic 

situation supporting their 

initiatives of making 

organization more competitive 

by way of releasing capital 

blocked in Inventories, 

achieving cost reduction, 

reducing response time to 

customers and improving 

customer satisfaction. 

The workshop gradually 

transformed into a highly 

effective and educative 

interactive session. The 

workshop was well received 

by over 65 delegates from 

almost all industrial sectors. 

20% Hike - A Great Gift Toward 

Teachers : Chief Minister Hooda 

“The decision to hike the 

remuneration has been taken to 

ensure adequate strength of 

teachers for the 27.33-lakh 

children studying in 

government schools, to mitigate 

the impact of rising inflation 

and to improve the quality of 

education”, Mrs Bhukkal said. 

With a view to achieving the 

objective of ensuring quality 

education in Haryana, the state 

government had decided in 

2007 to fill up all vacant posts 

by hiring guest faculty so that 

students may benefit and their 

studies do not suffer for want 

of teachers. At present, there 

are about 15,400 guest faculty 

teachers in different categories 

in the state. 

Some Cheering Movements with 

Haryana Chief Minister 

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda exchange greeting with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Chief Minister of 

Maharashtra, Prithiviraj Chavan during the meeting of National Integration Council in New Delhi. Photo by : Neetu Gupta (Mangla Media News)



Teachers Day – 

Honouring Teachers 

Teachers Day is celebrated as 

a tribute to the valuable 

contribution made by teachers 

to the society by imparting 

knowledge and enlightening 

and shaping the career of 

students. Celebration of 

Teachers Day is fairly popular 

in many countries across the 

world and is even 

acknowledged by UNESCO. 

For students, Teachers Day is 

an occasion to pay reverence 

and gratitude to teachers for 

their selfless effort in shaping 

their career and enriching the 

education system in the 

process. 

When is Teachers’ Day 

celebrated? The date for 

celebrating this special event 

varies from country to 

country across the world. 

In India, Teachers Day 

is celebrated on the 5th 

of September every year, 

whereas, China celebrates this 

event on 10th September 

every year. The celebration in 

each country is generally 

correlated to either significant 

personalities or achievements 

of milestone in the field of 

education. India celebrates 

Teachers Day on September 5 

since 1962 as it is the birth 

anniversary of Dr Sarvapalli 

Radhakrishnan, a prominent 

thinker, philosopher and an 

educator. 

Most of the schools and 

institutions make elaborate 

preparations for the 

An American-style culture war 

has broken out among British 

academics and opinion-makers 

over the underlying causes of 

the recent riots in London and 

other cities. While the political 

class, despite attempting to 

sound “different,” is broadly 

on the same sheet, the 

intellectuals are deeply divided 

with those on the Right 

suggesting that there was a 

racial dimension to Britain's 

worst street violence since the 

1980s because most of the 

rioters came from a particular 

ethnic group. 

Some have blamed elements 

of Afro-Caribbean culture such 

as rap music for contributing 

to a streak of violence and 

“nihilism” among black youth. 

A “collapse of family values” 

and a “lack of work ethic” are 

some of the other factors cited 

by right-wing commentators 

for “restlessness” among the 

young of Afro-Caribbean 

descent. 

Those on the Left reject this 

racial stereotyping of a whole 

community arguing that many 

of these problems are also 

prevalent among other groups, 

including white working class 

families. Instead of looking for 

glib explanations in race and 

ethnicity the debate should be 

about “difficult” social and 

economic issues — racial 

discrimination and a neglect of 

inner-city working class 

communities — facing 

Britain's black community. 

Both sides acknowledge that 

there is a dearth of enough role 

models for black youth to look 

up to and this has resulted in 

a lack of aspiration among 

them. But they differ on why 

there is such a scarcity of 

high-profile public figures of 

Afro-Caribbean origin. The 

Right puts it down to an 

“inherent aspiration-deficit” 

among blacks while the liberal 

view is that it is a lack of 

opportunities — a “racial glass 

ceiling” that prevents black 

people from getting a break in 

the first place; and, even if 

they do, hinders further 

progress up the professional 

ladder. They are grossly 

DR. RADHAKRISHNAN 

celebrations. The ceremony 

usually kicks off with a warm 

Teachers Day speech paying 

respect and thanking teachers 

EDITOR’S DESK 

for their contribution. This is 

often followed by a range of 

colourful cultural programs, 

feast and other activities which 

make the event special and 

memorable. 

A few traditional ways of 

celebrating the event include 

presenting colourful flowers, 

beautiful Teachers Day cards 

or gifts to the teacher as 

tokens of love and admiration. 

But students often try 

innovative ways and ideas to 

celebrate Teachers Day. 

Some rely on creative and 

attractive Teachers Day 

under-represented in nearly 

every area of public life from 

politics to media, academia, 

and arts and culture. 

The most controversial 

intervention on the Right came 

from historian and broadcaster, 

David Starkey, a colourful 

figure and a favourite of 

television producers. His 

attempt to import race into the 

debate has been likened to the 

behaviour of a “blustering old 

fogey” gatecrashing into a 

party where until he arrived 

everyone has been at their best 

etiquette. 

Before Dr. Starkey's 

provocative intervention, the 

causes of the August riots had 

been discussed in the context 

of social and economic 

deprivation in the Afro- 

Caribbean community, with 

even the Tories avoiding a 

direct reference to race. Prime 

Minister David Cameron, who 

has been attacked for some of 

his shrill post-riots rhetoric, 

was careful not to be seen to 

be singling out and 

“criminalising” an entire 

community for the actions of a 

few. Suddenly, Dr Starkey 

popped up on the BBC to 

launch an attack on “a violent, 

destructive and nihilistic” black 

culture. The contagion, he 

warned, was spreading with 

members of the white working 

class embracing this culture. 

“The whites have become 

black,” he declared with his 

trademark dramatic flourish. 

In what one critic dubbed his 

“career-ending moment,” the 

former Cambridge academic 

approvingly quoted the late 

Tory politician Enoch Powell's 

1968 speech warning that 

unchecked immigration would 

unleash “rivers of blood” in 

Britain. He said he had reread 

the speech in the light of the 

riots and found that Powell 

had been “absolutely right.” 

“His prophecy was absolutely 

right in one sense. The Tiber 

didn't foam with blood but 

flames lambent. They wrapped 

around Tottenham and around 

Clapham,” he said. Gesturing 

towards his co-panelist Owen 

Jones, author of Chavs: the 

greeting cards adorned with 

captivating and touchy quotes 

and messages to convey the 

indebtedness unfailingly and 

also to capture the wonderful 

moments of the event. Others 

select lovely and popular 

Teachers Day quotes to 

convey their inner feeling of 

love for their teacher. 

Sending animated or egreeting 

card is also a rage in 

the contemporary times. 

Available absolutely free of 

cost, these Teachers Day 

Greetings e-cards have 

become a preferred way to 

send warm wishes and 

shower emotions on teachers. 

Another modern and 

popular mode of wishing 

teachers today is the 

Teachers Day SMS. 

The advantage of 

sending SMS is that 

the message reaches 

its destination promptly and 

rarely goes unnoticed. For the 

celebration of Teachers Day, 

the text messages are available 

in varied languages allowing 

users to send SMS according 

to his/her preferred language. 

All of us have been students 

at some stage of our life and 

have benefited from our 

teachers. Celebration of 

Teachers Day 2011 is a 

wonderful opportunity 

especially for all of us to show 

our gratitude and appreciation 

to our teachers. 

Ajay Gupta 

Demonisation of the Working 

Classes, he said: “What has 

happened is that a substantial 

section of the chavs that you 

wrote about have become 

black.” “The whites have 

become black. A particular 

sort of violent, destructive, 

nihilistic, gangster culture has 

become the fashion. And 

black and white, boy and girl, 

operate in this language 

together, this language which 

is wholly false, which is this 

Jamaican patois that's been 

intruded in England, and this 

is why so many of us have 

this sense of literally a foreign 

country,” he said. Undeterred 

by Mr. Jones's protest that he 

was “equating black culture 

with criminality and anti-social 

behaviour,” Dr. Starkey went 

on to argue that “an archetypal 

Even as you reserve your seat 

for “Aarakshan”, Amitabh 

Bachchan rewinds to his 

rewarding association with 

the camera. 

“Aarakshan” is attracting all 

sorts of controversies but the 

man who is the centre of 

attraction in this Prakash Jha 

film doesn’t want to get 

embroiled in any one of them. 

As always, Amitabh Bachchan 

diplomatically sidesteps queries 

that require him to take a 

stand. Perhaps he has burnt 

his fingers too many times 

with a section of the media that 

thrives on ‘cut-and-paste’ job 

or he simply wants to reserve 

his voice for his blog. 

Sitting at the Eau de Monsoon 

restaurant of Le Meridien hotel 

in New Delhi, he calls 

“Aarakshan” his first issuebased 

film. One reminds him 

of his little known film “Main 

Azaad Hoon”, where the 

protagonist Azaad jumped off 

a high-rise building to protest 

against corrupt ways of the 

establishment. “It was more 

incident- or one can say eventbased.” 

He has been shying 

away from sharing his 

personal take on the 

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EDITORIAL & REVIEWS 

“Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation 

Programme” 

MANGLA MEDIA NEWS 

..... Source : K.K. Gangwar 

(Member : CART) 

Centre for Environment 

Education (CEE) under aegis 

of Ministry of Environment & 

Forests, Govt. of India with 

support from CCD (Climate 

Change & Development) 

Division of the Embassy of 

Switzerland in India is 

developing a programme called 

“Indian Himalayas Climate 

Adaptation Programme” 

(IHCAP). The overall goal of 

this programme was to 

strengthen the resilience of 

vulnerable communities and 

the knowledge and capacities 

of research institutions and 

decisions makers. In this 

connection a one day 

consultation workshop for 

NGOs of HP was held on 

27th August 2011 at YMCA, 

The Ridge, Shimla. The 

proposed consultation was to 

have an idea on how the 

community perceives the 

climate change impact in 

Himachal Pradesh and what 

are the prominent needs for 

climate change adaptation in 

the region. The participants 

included experts from CEE- 

Himalaya & CART-India, 

academicians, environmental & 

social experts, community 

based NGOs and other 

environmental activists from 

the region. The inauguration 

of the workshop was done by 

successful black man” was 

more likely to sound like a 

white person. Referring to the 

Afro-Caribbean Labour MP 

for Tottenham, David Lammy, 

he said: “Listen to David 

Lammy, an archetypal 

successful black man. If you 

turn the screen off so that you 

are listening to him on radio 

you would think he was 

white.” 

Well-known black writer and 

education adviser Dreda Sally 

Mitchell, a guest on the 

programme, told him to “stop 

talking about them and us.” 

“You keep talking David about 

black culture. Black 

communities are not 

homogenous. So there are 

black cultures. Lots of different 

black cultures. What we need 

to be doing is ... thinking about 

GAZE OF GREATNESS 

reservation issue. “No, I have 

clearly said that I believe in 

equal opportunity.” There is 

talk about social reservation 

giving way to economic 

reservation? “The debate is 

going on not only in the 

society but also at the 

ministerial level and in the 

Parliamentary committees. 

Let’s see what comes out it. 

As of now after the Supreme 

Court judgement reservation is 

a constitutional reality and we 

have to live with it.” 

Then what does the film have 

to add? “It brings out various 

things which have arisen out 

of reservation like the 

commercialisation of education. 

Anjum (Rajabali) and Prakash 

have come up with a balanced 

screenplay which gives voice 

to different concerns expressed 

by different sections.” Was 

reservation a talking point 

when he came to Delhi to 

study? “I came to the University 

in 1958. It was not there and 

we never talked about it.” 

Bachchan plays Prabhakar 

Anand, the strong-willed 

principal of a private college 

who believes in giving 

everybody a fair chance 

Sh. R.K. Sood, Member 

Deptt. of Secretary, Science, 

Technology Environment. 

Other dignitaries included Sh. 

D.C. Rana, former SDM, 

Shimla, Sh. S. Dixit and Sh. 

Ghuman Singh, local 

Environmentalists. 

This workshop is an effort in 

the direction to address the 

issues relating to climate 

change impact and adaptation 

measures being taken or 

needed in the present scenario. 

As is well known that the 

climate change in the 

Himalayan region is now 

quite visible and its early 

impacts are realized by the 

local communities too. The 

increase in frequency and 

intensity of extreme weather 

events and natural hazards in 

mountain regions is noticeable. 

These changes might result in 

multiple impacts on 

livelihoods water availability 

and the food security of the 

mountain community as well 

as downstream. Nearly 80% 

of the people living in the 

mountain region rely on 

natural resources for their 

livelihood, making them 

vulnerable to variability in 

climate, cropping pattern shifts, 

uncertain crop productivity, 

reduced water availability and 

shifts in tree line. 

During the workshop Dr 

Abdesh Gangwar, Regional 

Director, CEE-Himalaya gave 

ourselves not as individual 

communities ... as one 

community. We need to stop 

talking about them and us.” 

The big backlash, however, 

came from his own 

professional community. More 

than 100 academics and 

graduate students signed an 

open letter in The Times 

Higher Education Magazine 

denouncing his comments as 

“evidentially insupportable and 

factually wrong.” Dr. Starkey 

was guilty of “crass 

generalisations about black 

culture and white culture as 

oppositional, monolithic 

entities” and his remarks 

demonstrated a failure “to 

grasp the subtleties of race 

and class that would disgrace 

a first-year history 

undergraduate.” 

irrespective of caste and 

economic status. Considering 

his father, Harivansh Rai 

Bachchan, was also an eminent 

teacher, a man of steely resolve, 

while playing Prabhakar Anand 

did he go back in time? 

“Something that you have lived 

with or experienced remains in 

your mind. We don’t 

deliberately go out looking for 

that particular phase or moment. 

Yes, if somewhere during the 

course of performance it comes 

out it is but natural, like the 

importance he used to give to 

discipline and student-teacher 

interaction,” says the actor who 

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detailed objectives of this 

programme. He told that 

Swiss Development 

Corporation (SDC) was reorganised 

and renamed as 

Climate Change Development 

(CCD). All people are facing 

impacts of climate changes. 

Govt. Of Switzerland is 

developing a programme on 

Indian Himalaya Climate 

Adaptation Programme 

(IHCAP). This will involve 

three aspects: 

Research and development 

(will be implement by 

Department of Science & 

Technology) 

Culture wars over London riots 

At the street level and in the 

media, some of the reaction to 

Dr. Starkey's outburst shows 

that old racial prejudices still 

lurk under the veneer of 

multiculturalism and Britain 

remains a deeply divided 

society in its attitude to race. 

There is no dearth of those 

who believe that he spoke for 

them and said what they 

couldn't for fear of being 

labelled as racist. 

Writing in the Sunday 

Telegraph, writer and 

broadcaster James Delingpole 

claimed that Dr. Starkey's 

argument was “indisputable.” 

“Listen to how many white 

kids (and Asian kids) choose 

to speak in black street patois; 

note the extent to which hip 

hop and grime garage and 

their offshoots have penetrated 

has played a teacher twice 

before, in “Chupke Chupke” 

and “Mohabbatein”. The 

presence of Anand Kumar of 

Super 30 fame was noted on 

the sets. Bachchan clarifies that 

he came to know about Anand 

Kumar much later but Jha knew 

him. “As I play a Maths teacher 

in the film his help was sought 

to get the exact way a maths 

teacher writes formulae and 

equations on the blackboard. So 

Prakash used to interact with 

him and then he used to pass 

on the information to us. I did 

Maths in college but I don’t 

remember anything!” Finally a 

Policies analysis 

Community voices 

The main objective of this 

programme is to collect the 

voices of communities, to 

identify the susceptible regions 

and to document the facts. 

Detailed proposal will be 

prepared after collecting views 

of communities. These will 

focus on success stories and 

case studies in Himalayan 

region. 

Dr Khalid Hasan khan, Zonal 

Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra 

Sangthan told that climate 

change is a global problem. 

The main reasons of change 

the white mainstream; check 

out how many white kids like 

to roll …with their Calvins 

pulled up to their midriffs and 

their jean waistbands sagging 

…,” he wrote. 

Not done yet, Mr. Delingpole 

concluded: “To pillory a man 

for pointing out such a 

glaringly obvious cultural fact 

just because he's white and 

Right-wing would have been 

quite wrong even before the 

riots. Post riots it is positively 

obscene.” 

Outside the more doctrinaire 

Left-Right divide, there's the 

view that too many 

sensitivities around issues 

such as race, religions and 

immigration often hinder a 

rational debate on genuine 

problems of ethnic groups. Dr. 

Starkey's views may have 

smile surfaces on his face as he 

sips warm water to keep the 

momentum going on a day 

marked by back-to-back 

interviews. 

Many in the industry feel he 

didn’t experiment enough 

during his prime. “I agree but 

I didn’t get the opportunity.” 

He says the commercial aspect 

of cinema of those days was 

such that it didn’t allow him 

to break free from a certain set 

of filmmakers. Now it seems 

there are no full stops. Each 

week he is offered something 

special. The latest being him 

playing Tagore. “I would love 

to but there is no concrete 

proposal as of now.” Was he 

once not offered the role of 

Mirza Ghalib! “Yes, I did get 

the offer very early in my 

career but it didn’t work out.” 

Having spent more than four 

decades in the industry, one is 

keen to know his evolving 

relationship with the camera. 

“Every day is a terrible task,” 

he says and takes a pause. 

“You cannot take everything 

for granted. Every day I am 

apprehensive before facing the 

camera, how it is going to turn 

out. Sometimes I rehearse 


in weather are use of 

fertilizers, exploitation of 

natural resources etc. 

Sh D.C. Rana, Former SDM, 

Shimla said that in Himachal 

Pradesh due to climate change, 

availability of drinking water is 

decreasing. 

He requested to participants to 

document their suggestions, 

observations about these 

climate change issues. He 

thanked Dr Gangwar for 

experience sharing workshop. 

He also requested to 

participants to participate in 

State Disaster Management 

Authority. 

Dr R.K. Sood told that it is 

necessary to know that how 

community is affected by 

climate change and how 

community can be adapted. 

He also told that rainfall is 

continuously increasing in 

Kinnaur and some other areas. 

Main livelihood in HP is 

farming which is being 

affected by change in climate. 

Himalayan region is most 

affected by climate change 

the main reason behind this 

is its geography. The second 

most affected areas are 

coastal areas. Dr Abdesh 

Gangwar provides a detailed 

view of the programme and 

also told about the objectives 

of the consultation 

workshop. He informed that 

IHCAP is a five year 

programme (2012-2017). 

been distasteful but in a free 

and open society there should 

be no “no-go” areas or 

“forbidden” territories. The 

Economist pointed out that the 

“density” of rioters from one 

ethnic group suggested that 

“the race played some part 

even if few politicians are 

keen to contemplate it.” 

“Just what that role was is a 

matter of great concern to 

thoughtful black Britons.” 

Libby Purves, a respected 

cultural commentator, wrote 

that Dr. Starkey's comments 

were, no doubt, “clumsy,” but 

“it would be a pity if his 

detractors, in their stumbling 

panic to announce their own 

non-racism, closed down all 

discussion of the animating 

lawless rhetoric of top 

rappers.” 

lines for hours. We all try to 

reach a situation where we 

become so natural that the 

camera doesn’t exist for us. I 

don’t know if I have been able 

to achieve it.” 

But he has been able to 

transcend generations, not only 

of filmmakers but also 

audiences. We are often told 

that a certain kind of acting 

works for a certain period. “I 

just consider myself fortunate to 

have been able to work with 

several generations and each 

generation has had its own 

methodology. Today, 

invariably, I am the oldest 

person on the sets. The age 

difference is at least 20 years.” 

He says the idea is that through 

the character he is able to reach 

out to each and every person in 

the audience. “The audience 

should feel the character is 

speaking to him, that’s the 

whole game,” he concurs as 

we go into a short discussion 

on acting. “I hope I have been 

able to convey it all these years. 

We work towards that and 

with me it has come out rather 

successfully over a period of 

time,” he says, never leaving 

touch with modesty.



Diet rich in protein, dairy 

products could help lose belly fat 

A higher-protein, lowercarbohydrate 

energy-restricted 

diet has a major positive 

impact on body composition, 

trimming belly fat and 

increasing lean muscle, 

particularly when the proteins 

come from dairy products, 

according to a new research. 

The study compared three 

groups of overweight and 

obese, but otherwise healthy, 

premenopausal women. Each 

consumed either low, medium 

or high amounts of dairy 

foods coupled with higher or 

lower amounts of protein and 

carbohydrates. 

The women exercised seven 

days per week for four 

months, a routine that included 

five days of aerobic exercise 

and two days of circuit 

weightlifting. 

The researchers said that there 

were identical total weight 

losses among the groups, but 

the higher-protein, high-dairy 

group experienced greater 

whole-body fat and abdomen 

fat losses, greater lean mass 

gains and greater increases in 

strength. 

According to the researchers, 

the tissue composition, 

exclusively fat, of the weight 

the women lost has profound 

implications for longer-term 

health. 

“One hundred per cent of the 

weight lost in the higherprotein, 

high-dairy group was 

fat. And the participants gained 

muscle mass, which is a 

major change in body 

composition,” said Andrea 

Josse, lead author of the study 

and a graduate student in the 

Department of Kinesiology at 

McMaster University. 

“The preservation or even gain 

of muscle is very important 

for maintaining metabolic rate 

and preventing weight regain, 

which can be major problem 

for many seeking to lose 

weight,” added Ms. Josse. 

Researchers found the lowerprotein, 

low-dairy group lost 

about a pound and half of 

Don’t just plod ‘if you 

want a long, healthy life’ 

Want a long and healthy life? 

Don’t just plod, but go for 

short stints of intense exercise 

daily, says a new study. 

Researchers in Denmark have 

found that intense workouts 

for shorter periods daily are 

better for the heart and could 

add up to an extra five years 

to someone’s life, the latest 

edition of the ‘Hypertension’ 

journal reported. 

The Danish study by 

Bispebjerg University Hospital 

adds to evidence that moderate 

exertion, while clearly 

beneficial, might not be all that 

is needed to give the best level 

of protection against cardio 

vascular disease. 

The researchers who 

monitored the health of 5,000 

muscle whereas the lowerprotein, 

medium dairy group 

lost almost no muscle. In 

marked contrast, the higherprotein, 

high-dairy group 

actually gained a pound and 

half of muscle, representing a 

three-pound difference 

between the low- and highdairy 

groups. 

On top of the muscle mass 

differences, the higher-protein, 

high-dairy group lost twice as 

much belly fat than the lower- 

Danish people in Copenhagen, 

who cycled regularly for 20 

years, found that most benefit 

was gained from pedalling 

intensively for short periods. 

Men who said they rode fast 

could expect to live 5.3 years 

longer than those who said 

they rode slowly, while for 

such women the figure was 

3.9 years, the findings 

revealed. 

Men who believed they rode 

at an average speed could 

expect another 2.9 years of life, 

and such women 2.2 years. 

“It is the intensity, not the 

duration, of cycling that is of 

the greatest importance in 

relation to all forms of 

mortality, or longevity, and it 

is even more pronounced for 

Probiotic bugs may help 

treat depression : scientists 

Scientists have identified a 

type of gut bacteria that can 

directly influences the brain, a 

finding they say could lead to 

new ways to control 

depression and other 

psychiatric disorders. 

Researchers have long 

suspected that the gut was 

somehow linked with the brain, 

since bowel disorders are linked 

with stress-related psychiatric 

disorders such as anxiety and 

depression in people. 

To learn more, a team at the 

University College Cork in 

Ireland fed laboratory mice 

with Lactobacillus rhamnosus 

JB-1, a bug that naturally lives 

in human gut. 

The researchers found that the 

mice, which were given the 

bug-laced broth, displayed 

significantly less behaviour 

linked with stress, anxiety and 

depression than mice fed plain 

broth. 

Bacteria-fed mice also had 

significantly lower levels of the 

stress hormone corticosterone 

in response to stressful 

situations such as mazes, 

LiveScience reported. As mice 

serve as good models for 

understanding aspects of the 

human brain, the findings can 

be replicated in humans too, 

the researchers said. 

“By affecting gut bacteria, you 

can have very robust and quite 

broad—spectrum effects on 

brain chemistry and 

Oats, nuts can help 

reduce cholesterol 

Worried about your 

cholesterol? Make sure you eat 

plenty of oats and nuts rather 

than just avoiding fatty foods, 

scientists say. 

Researchers at the University 

of Toronto in Canada found 

that a diet rich in foods, such 

as oats and nuts, was more 

effective in lowering 

cholesterol levels than by 

cutting out saturated fats alone. 

The diet that worked best in 

the study also included soy 

products such as milk, tofu 

and meat substitutes, while 

eating more peas, beans and 

lentils was encouraged, the 

Daily Mail reported. 

The researchers discovered 

that a six-month change to the 

diet could result in a 

“meaningful” 13 per cent 

reduction in blood levels of 

LDL cholesterol, also called 

bad cholesterol. 

Following the diet for longer 

would give a predicted 

reduction of almost 11 per 

cent in heart disease risk over 

a ten-year period, the 

researchers claimed. 

For the study, published in the 

Journal of the American 

Medical Association, the 

researchers looked at 345 

patients suffering from high 

cholesterol. They were split 

into three groups, one of 

which was merely 

recommended to adopt a lowfat 

diet that included fruit and 

vegetables, while the other two 

were advised on a dietary 

“portfolio” consisting of 

specific foods known to lower 

LDL cholesterol such as nuts, 

oats, soy products and lentils. 

One group was counselled 

during two clinic visits while 

the other underwent an 

“intensive” course of seven 

visits. After six months the 

low-fat group had experienced 

a drop in LDL cholesterol 

levels of three per cent. 

behaviour,” study researcher 

John Cryan said. 

Mr. Cryan said: “Without 

overstating things, this does 

open up the concept that we 

could develop therapies that 

can treat psychiatric disorders 

by targeting the gut. You 

could take a yogurt with a 

probiotic in it instead of an 

antidepressant,” he added. 

“Now, that would not be an 

everyday yogurt - I’m not 

saying you should go out to 

the supermarket and try doing 

this,” he cautioned. 

“The effect depends on the 

strain of probiotic you use. 

The hope would be, though, 

that this could have fewer side 

effects than drugs.” 

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HEALTH & DIET 

protein, low-dairy group. 

“Fat in the abdomen is thought 

to be especially bad for 

cardiovascular and metabolic 

health, and it seems-according 

to what we found in this 

study-increasing calcium and 

protein in the diet may help to 

further promote loss of fat 

from the worst storage area in 

the body,” said Ms. Josse. 

The study has been published 

in the Journal of Nutrition. 

coronary heart disease,” ‘The 

Daily Telegraph’ quoted Peter 

Schnohr, who led the study, 

as saying. 

The analysis, based on data 

from the Copenhagen City 

Heart Study, suggested those 

who cycled fast for between 

half an hour and an hour a day 

were likely to live longest. 

Relative to slow cyclists, they 

had a 56 per cent lower risk 

of dying overall during the 

study period, which included a 

74 per cent lower risk of 

dying from coronary heart 

disease. 

The study was based on 

people without health 

problems such as 

hypertension or diabetes, aged 

20 to 90. 

A Veggie’s Delight 

A new restaurant in town 

offers nutritious food 

without compromising on 

the taste 

Traditional sweet items 

such as karuppatti-beetroot 

pongal and elaneer 

payasam find place in the 

menu card, along with 

modern day Enchilladas 

and Au Gratin. Spices 

used in masalas and 

biryanis are ground the 

traditional way. Greens & 

Grains (G&G), a new 

multi-cuisine restaurant in 

the city, strives to strike a 

balance between the oldfashioned 

and the modern. 

Hardly a month old, this 

eatery, located on Avanashi 

Road, promises to 

“surprise your taste buds”. 

Proprietors Prasath and 

Sridevi Prasath grin when 

I ask them why they 

opened G&G. “We are 

major foodies,” they 

confess. “I have lived a lot 

in hostels. I didn’t get 

Good to feel muscles burn after exercise 

Louis Harris and Associates 

conducted a survey of 4,350 

men and women, and 

discovered that one in three 

men and women have not 

visited a doctor for more than 

6 months. 

The result of the survey comes 

with no surprise, as we 

generally have this tendency to 

stick to these four golden 

words “as long as possible” 

before actually making an 

attempt to visit a doctor. 

Doctors usually advise patients 

that as soon as you hit your 

30s or 40s, you should get 

certain age-specific medical 

checkups done. Here’s a list 

of must-do medical checkups 

for 40 year olds: 

Medical checkups for 40 year 

old men and women: 

- Exercise stress testing - If 

you often suffer from shortlived, 

but acute, chest pain, or 

you have a family history of 

tasty or nutritious food 

there,” says Prasath, an 

MBA graduate. “Since then, 

I have nurtured the ambition 

of starting an exclusive 

vegetarian restaurant.” It’s 

pure coincidence that 

Prasath married Sridevi, a 

nutritionist. “I try to ensure 

that the food we serve here 

is as nutritious as possible. 

I even intend on providing 

calorie content along with 

food items, on request,” she 

says. Prasath, Sridevi and 

Vimalnathan (Prasath’s 

brother, also a proprietor of 

G&G) initially wanted to 

open a restaurant that served 

only natural food. “But we 

wanted to get a pulse of the 

place before introducing 

natural food here,” says 

Sridevi. “We want to get rid 

of the notion that natural 

food equals medicinal food.” 

Even though G&G presently 

offers a predictable platter, 

the chefs and proprietors are 

slowly introducing the 

coronary heart disease, then 

this test is a must for you in 

order to check the working of 

your heart. 

- Physical cancer exam - This 

element of nutrition in their 

menu. “In one of our 

desserts, (Banana fritters 

with sticky rice) we sprinkle 

rice over a layer of jaggery 

syrup, which in turn coats 

batter-fried poovan bananas. 

We are going to use black 

rice henceforth because of 

its high nutritive value,” 

promises Sridevi. 

Rice and health 

“Our variety rice items will 

have low-carb rice. Even in 

our thaali, you can find that 

all food groups are present.” 

The thaali, again, witnesses 

the marriage of the 

traditional and the modern. 

While kozhakkattais, 

veththal kozhambu, 

karuppatti halwa and 

gongura are served in the 

South Indian thaali, its 

North Indian counterpart has 

Chinese items in it too! 

Spring rolls and wontons 

are served along with 

saundhe aloo and phirni (a 

pudding that has cucumber 

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sudden weight loss. 

- Blood pressure - Blood 

pressure must be checked 

once in every 6 months to 

make sure that you don’t 

Exercising so hard that you 

feel your muscles burn is 

not only good for the body 

but also for the mind 

test must be performed on a 

yearly basis. 

- Dental checkups - Visit the 

dentist once every 6 months. 

- Height/weight measurements 

- This will determine whether 

your weight is within the ideal 

weight zone, especially since 

most lifestyle diseases are 

associated with weight gain or 

suffer from hypertension. 

- Stool sample - Stool sample 

test helps in detecting any kind 

of impurities in the blood and 

must be done once in every 2 

years once you cross 40. 

- Cholesterol - Cholesterol 

levels must be tested once in 

every 3 years from the age of 

40. - Blood sugar - Blood 

seeds, cashew nuts and 

condensed milk). 

The most popular dish in 

the restaurant so far is the 

G&G Special Biryani, says 

Sridevi. And, it certainly is 

special. Served in a plump, 

clay pot (covered with a 

roti!), the biryani is 

delicious! Vegetables and 

nuts abound in the middle 

layer, which is sandwiched 

between two layers of rice. 

The hand-ground spices 

render a special zing to the 

dish. Even curd rice is 

served chill in a clay pot. 

One is assured of biting into 

tender pieces of cucumber 

and spring onion or grated 

carrot or peas, with every 

spoon of curd rice. Triple 

Schezwan is a favourite too, 

adds Sridevi. This dish is 

made up of three layers – 

Schezwan fried rice at the 

bottom, Schezwan noodles 

in the middle layer and 

crispy noodles forming the 

top-most layer. 

sugar test helps in ruling out 

diseases like diabetes. 

- Colonoscopy - This test 

should ideally be performed 

when you have reached 50 

years of age. But, people who 

have a family history of colon 

cancer should get this test 

done at 40 itself. 

- Vaccinations - Ensure that 

all your vaccinations are under 

check once you have crossed 

40. Medical checkups for 40 

year old women 

- Pap smears - This is a mustdo 

test in order to keep 

cervical changes under check. 

- Mammogram - If you have 

witnessed any changes in your 

breast tissue, then this is a 

must-do test for you. If not, 

even then getting a 

mammogram done once in 3 

years will help in giving the 

doctor a better baseline reading 

for future comparisons. 

- FSH test - This test helps in 


The Perfect Diet & Workout 

for Your Body Type 

Did you know that your body 

type plays an important role in 

deciding your fitness routine? 

Err…not the bananas, apples 

and pears. A fitness trainer 

would classify your figure 

under three basic body types: 

endomorphic, mesomorphic 

and ectomorphic. Here’s what 

it really means along with tips 

to keep you fit. 

Weighty Issues 

Do you put on weight very 

easily? Does even a glass of 

water seem like adding to your 

calorie count? Then you are 

Endomorphic. 

Staying Fit: Watch those 

calories. Chop your three main 

meals of the day into bite sizes 

and have them at regular short 

intervals. Snack on fruits, dry 

fruits, nuts, peanuts or raw 

veggies with low fat dressing 

when you get the urge to 

munch on something. Activities 

like aerobics, brisk walking and 

biking suit you best. 

On a Balance : Your weight 

hardly fluctuates and staying 

trim is a piece of cake. That 

makes you mesomorphic. 

Staying Fit: Maintain a normal 

diet and fitne’ss routine. Train 

with moderate to heavy 

weights so you can gain 

muscle quickly. You can also 

include sports or light aerobics 

to add variation to your routine. 

You are the exact opposite of 

an endomorph. No matter how 

much you eat, the weight scales 

don’t seem to tip at all. Petite 

and skinny are tags that you 

Smoking ups sex 

hormones, disease risk 

A new study has found that 

postmenopausal women who 

smoke have higher levels of 

sex hormones and run a higher 

risks of falling prey to chronic 

diseases than their nonsmoking 

counterparts. 

“The observed increase in sex 

hormone levels with cigarette 

use suggests that tobacco 

smoke, apart from its direct 

toxic and carcinogenic effects, 

may also influence chronic 

disease risk through hormonal 

mechanisms,” said Judith 

Brand, MSc, of University 

Medical Center Utrecht in The 

Netherlands and lead author of 

the study. 

“The good news is that the 

effect of cigarette smoking 

appears reversible, as an 

almost immediate reduction in 

sex hormone levels was seen 

in women who quit using 

cigarettes,” she added. 

In this study, researchers 

examined blood samples from 

2,030 postmenopausal women 

have learnt to live with. This 

makes you an Ectomorph. 

Staying Fit: For gaining 

weight, supplement your diet 

with food high in calorific content. 

And that does not include junk 

food. Go for power smoothiesput 

a banana in a blender with a 

cup of milk, throw in some 

almonds and some peanut butternow 

that sounds like a great way 

to gain weight right? And it’s 

healthy too! 

Weight training is ideal for 

your body type, but avoid 

long and frequent sessions. 

Now that you know your body 

type, select your fitness routine 

accordingly. If you’re 

somewhere in between two 

types opt for a middle approach 

with both diet and exercise. 

Remember that most people 

tend to be mixtures of these 

types. So, consult your general 

physician and a fitness trainer 

before you start with a 

exercise regime and diet plan. 

GRAPEFRUIT IS GOOD FOR YOU 

Grapefruit is called so because it grows in clusters like grapes. 

In Latin, grapefruits are called citrus paradisi meaning the 

citrus from paradise. One of the most popular weight loss diets 

is the Grapefruit diet. This diet involves drinking of at least 

three glasses of grape fruit juice everyday, as it helps burn 

calories. Well known actress Sophia Loren was one of the 

first celebrities to endorse this diet. The grapefruit looks 

similar to an orange but is larger in size and belongs to the 

citrus family of fruits. 

However, the flesh of the grapefruit is usually red or pink in 

colour. Grapefruits taste sour and bitter but have a lot of health 

benefits. Here are some health benefits of grapefruits that you 

didn't know: 

Though grapefruits are sour and acidic in taste, they are 

known to produce an alkaline reaction after digestion. This 

helps treat acidity which can affect the digestive system. 

Grapefruit is rich in vitamin C which helps maintain the 

elasticity of the arteries. It also strengthens them. Pectin, a 

compound, is known to help reduce the accumulation of 

arterial deposits. Consuming grapefruit on a regular basis will 

help you boost your immune system. 

Grapefruits are highly beneficial for diabetics as they help in 

bringing down blood sugar levels in the body. Eating 

grapefruit before bedtime gives good sleep thus, reducing 

symptoms of insomnia.Pregnant women can reduce water 

retention in their bodies and swelling in their legs by 

consuming grapefruit. 

Grapefruits contain fat-burning enzymes that can promote 

weightloss. That's because they prevents sugars and starch 

getting stored in the body. 

determining your menopause 

stage. 

- Breast exam - Annual breast 

exams are a must test for any 

women who has crossed 40. 

- Ultrasound - Ultrasound 

helps in keeping any changes 

in the ovaries in check. 

- Pelvic exam - This is an 

annual test which helps in 

trapping any changes in the 

vagina, fallopian tubes, 

bladder, rectum, uterus or 

vagina. 

Medical checkups for 40 year 

old men 

- Prostate exam - This helps in 

making sure that there are no 

abnormalities. This test must 

be performed once in every 2 

years to keep prostate cancer 

at bay. 

- Testosterone levels - 

Testosterone levels must be 

checked once every year, to 

ensure normal levels. 

aged 55-81 years, who were 

categorized as ‘current’, 

‘former’ or ‘never’ smokers. 

They found that the study 

participants who were 

‘current’ smokers had higher 

levels of androgens and 

estrogens, while ‘former’ 

smokers who had quit within 

1-2 years had sex hormone 

levels the same as ‘never’ 

smokers. 

The study will be published in 

The Endocrine Society’s 

Journal of Clinical 

Endocrinology and 

Metabolism (JCEM).



C M Y K 

CAREER & TECHNO LIFE STYLE 

New lands, new opportunities Chitradeepa 

Embarking on a trip to study 

abroad? Pre-departure 

meetings can help you shed 

your inhibitions and prepare 

you for the experience the 

unknown holds. 

After having steadfastly tried 

for admissions in universities 

abroad for over a year and 

having succeeded, now it is 

time for students to get ready 

for departure. Advice and 

suggestions on which airline 

to fly, what to pack and where 

to stay will come in from all 

quarters. Invariably, students 

do get confused at the last 

moment and get desperate too. 

Pre-departure briefings are 

valuable source of information 

for students going abroad. 

Such briefings provide them 

with required information and 

also clarify certain countryspecific 

doubts they may have. 

Travel, accommodation, food, 

weather, clothing, packing, 

banking, medical facility, 

insurance, local transport and 

academic culture are the areas 

where students have plenty of 

questions during such 

sessions. 

“At the pre-departure meetings 

students generally get their 

doubts pertaining to practical, 

cultural and academic 

information cleared. Students 

going abroad for higher 

education should attend such 

orientation meetings and 

educate themselves and be 

fully prepared for a whole 

new experience. ”, says 

Sudha Sudeep, of Study in 

Holland, Chennai. 

“These days students going to 

universities overseas are very 

well-informed. Thanks to 

social networking sites and 

blogs, students network well. 

Even before they left India, a 

group of students I met 

recently, made their Christmas 

vacation travel plan via 

Facebook with five other 

students from India, going to 

Germany,” says Padmavathi 

Chandramouli of German 

Academic Exchange Service 

(DAAD), Chennai. 

While much of the general 

information is available online, 

students flock to these predeparture 

meeting with the 

goal of networking. 

“Networking is a must when 

you study in a foreign 

country. Apart from providing 

you an opportunity to travel to 

another city or another country 

to meet up with friends, you 

can find an opportunity to do 

internships in another 

university. A good networking 

has immense benefits,” says 

Naveen Chopra, of The 

Chopras, an education 

consultancy. Meeting alumni 

and interacting with other 

students who have secured 

admissions in various other 

universities is exciting for 

students going abroad. 

“We rope in Indian students 

currently studying in Holland 

and on a vacation in India, to 

address the students. Alumni 

are also invited to share their 

experience,” says Ms. Sudeep. 

Helping students understand 

the cultural differences seems 

to be the major task at predeparture 

briefings. “For any 

successful collaboration — be 

it in an educational context or 

business, inter-cultural 

knowledge is absolutely 

imperative. Culture being the 

software of the mind, if people 

are running on different 

cultural coding, let alone 

successful collaboration, the 

venture could even fail,” says 

Sreemathi Ramnath, founder 

and principal consultant, 

Immer Besser, a cross-cultural 

management consultancy. 

For students travelling to 

France for higher education, a 

strong cultural orientation will 

SAP to acquire 3D 

visualization software co 

SAN FRANSISCO / 

Agencies : SAP AG (SAP), 

the largest maker of business 

applications software, plans to 

acquire Right Hemisphere, 

which makes threedimensional 

diagrams of 

products and processes, for an 

undisclosed amount. 

Right Hemisphere, based in 

San Ramon, California, and 

Auckland makes software that 

lets customers create 3D 

models of product designs, 

Cycles of change 

Eight engineering students 

from the city build an ecofriendly 

dream vehicle. They 

hope to repeat the success of 

their project last year that 

placed them third in the 

national level contest 

conducted by SAENIS 

Eight engineering college 

students from the PSG 

College of Technology worked 

late nights last year to get their 

dream vehicle rolling. Their 

aim was to create a tri-cycle 

that would be faster, more 

efficient than a normal cycle 

yet remain eco friendly. At the 

end of two months, they came 

up with ProDrive. This vehicle 

was placed third in the 

national level Effi cycle contest 

conducted by SAENIS 

(Society of Automotive 

Engineers North India 

Section) at the Punjab 

University in Chandigarh in 

October 2010. This year too, a 

team has been chosen from the 

college for the same 

competition.The Effi Cycle 

contest was started by SAE in 

an attempt to promote eco 

friendly vehicles and at the 

same time provide graduate 

and postgraduate students 

with an opportunity to 

fabricate their own vehicles 

keeping in mind the 

environmental implications for 

the automobile industry. 

In order to apply, a project 

report has to be prepared and 

sent complete with cost report 

and marketing strategies. 

Once, that is approved by a 

team of experts from 

companies such as Maruti, 

TATA and L.G, the next step 

is a phone interview. “We are 

manufacturing processes and 

assembly instructions, 

Walldorf, Germany-based 

SAP said in a statement. 

SAP supplies applications that 

let companies manage their 

accounting and reporting 

procedures, track inventory 

levels and plan deliveries. 

Right Hemisphere's software 

would let SAP's customers 

see animated views of 

products to improve design, 

assembly and support, SAP 

grilled during the phone 

interview”, says K.Gautam 

Kumar. 

Sathyaseelan, the team Captain, 

K.Gautam Kumar, V. Praveen 

Kumaar and M.B. Sriram, 

final year Automobile 

Engineering students were part 

of the team last year and this 

year too. They were chosen 

by their seniors after a round 

of tests and interviews. 

Similarly, they have chosen 

four of their juniors to create 

the Pro Drive 2011.The 

vehicle was dismantled before 

it was transported by train to 

Chandigarh. “It was an 

amazing learning experience. 

Once we were there, students 

from competing teams helped 

us putting it together again,” 

says Praveen Kumaar. 

An ordinary cycle can travel at 

a speed of around 10-15kms/ 

hr. The Prodrive 2010 could 

travel at a speed of 35-45 

said. On Sept 2, a US judge 

in Oakland, California, threw 

out a $1.3 billion copyrightinfringement 

verdict against 

the company in a case 

brought by its rival, Oracle 

Corp. A jury had awarded the 

damages to Oracle in 

November. US District Judge 

Phyllis Hamilton ruled that 

SAP should get a new trial 

for damages if Oracle rejects 

her decision to reduce the 

amount to $272 million. 

be of great help to enjoy their 

stay there. “We brief them 

about classroom experience, 

student-teacher interaction, 

homework and assignments 

and also on examination and 

evaluation. For one batch of 

students, we organised a 

dinner wherein they learnt 

table manners and food habits 

of the French,” Joan Thangaraj 

of Campus France. 

Pre-departure briefings also 

bring up various problems 

faced by Indian students. 

Usually, Indian students are 

concerned about their 

academic competence in a 

foreign university set-up. It is 

understood that Indian students 

are strong in theory but need 

to improve a lot in areas of 

application. “We communicate 

drawbacks if any and also 

what is expected of them by 

the universities and prepare 

the students adequately, so that 

they enjoy their campus life 

without any stress, says Ms. 

Chandramouli. “Academic 

culture must be understood by 

Indians and they must learn to 

adhere to the rules and 

regulations of the university,” 

says Ms. Thangaraj. 

Students are advised not to 

confine their interaction only 

Coimbatore 'Efficycle' developed by the Automobile Engineering students of PSG College of Technology 

kms/hr. It can withstand a 

weight of 75 kgs over and 

above the weight of the two 

drivers. At the competition, a 

pile of bricks was placed on 

the vehicle to check if it could 

withstand the weight. “It was 

nerve-wracking. In the case of 

a lot of the other teams, parts 

of their vehicles would just 

come apart when the bricks 

were placed on them. 

Thankfully, nothing of that 

sort happened with us,” smiles 

Praveen. We had the vehicle 

ready at least two weeks 

before the event, so that our 

drivers could ride it and check 

for any setbacks. This time 

around too we hope to have 

the Prodrive 2011 ready by 

the first week of October. 

Prodrive 2011 

The team has secured the 

materials for the Prodrive 2011. 

This time, the vehicle is to be 

powered with a 400 W PMDC 

motor that is being brought 

from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a 48 

V battery and 4 dynamos. “So, 

the speed of this vehicle would 

undoubtedly be more than 50 

km/hr, says, Sathyaseelan. 

Recyclable seats and a better 

grade of steel that reduces the 

weight of the vehicle are the 

improvements these young 

minds have brought in this time. 

“Our professors, particularly 

Mr. V.M. Murugesan, have 

been our constant guides,” 

points out Praveen. 

As there were no sponsors, last 

year’s prize money of Rs 

30,000 was used to cover the 

cost of the project. “If brought 

into the market, these cycles can 

be used as taxis. We cannot 

deplete our resources of fossil 

fuels” says Sathya. These 

students do not get any extra 

credits from their college for this 

endeavour. They do it purely 

out of their interest. 

with Indian students, but to 

interact with local students and 

those from other countries. 

These experiences go a long 

way in building international 

network and a strong career as 

well. “ “Be aware, tolerate and 

adapt to the new culture. Only 

then can students gel with the 

mutli-cultural population and 

that is necessary for a global 

career,” says Ms. Sudeep. 

Cultural understating is a skill. 

Familiarity with the local 

customs and cultural context, 

and speaking the language can 

make the stay in a foreign 

country a pleasant experience. 

These apart, Indian students 

can effectively plan the role of 

a cultural ambassador and 

inspire other international 

students to visit India as a 

tourist or do their internships 

in one of the Indian 

universities. Today intercultural 

competence has been 

singled out as the chief 

ingredient of international 

success. 

As Ms. Ramnath says, 

“Investing in this learning 

makes eminent sense as it 

would minimise the losses 

through failed projects and 

maximises the collaboration 

potential.” 

Tech TRIO 

PREMA MANMADHAN 

Three young techies, who 

chose to start an off beat 

pioneering IT venture in Kerala 

find that they have competition 

only from the U.S. and 

Europe! 

What’s the latest in a techie’s 

life? All those new gadgets 

that have ‘i’ as a prefix 

perhaps, and a ticket to Silicon 

Valley, where life spells 

greenbacks. But the news is 

that three guys, who have been 

there, done that, are right back 

here in ‘nammade’ Kochi, 

making cutting-edge products 

for smart phones and tablets, 

the likes of which have just 

got into the vocabulary of 

gadget gurus worldwide, for 

smartphones and tablets are 

yet young in this field. 

RapidValue Solutions: That’s 

what they call their company 

and it’s the only one in that 

genre in India. 

Competition from the West 

“We are the only digital media 

platform provider focused on 

tablets and mobiles in India, 

as of now. We are competing 

with companies in the US and 

Europe,” says Rajesh 

Padinjaremadam, its CEO and 

co-founder, who was earlier 

with Deloitte. The next in the 

trio is Sirish Kosaraju, COO 

and co-founder (an Infosys 

man earlier) who was with 

Rajesh at IIM, Kolkata, for 

MBA. They are both IITians, 

from Chennai and Kharagpur, 

respectively. Rinish K.N. is 

C M Y K 

For the new woman 

Mangla Media News 

Radhika Tandon is confident 

that Isharya, her jewellery 

collection, is on its way to 

becoming a global brand 

Radhika Tandon, a former 

attorney, quit her day job to 

pursue her passion for 

jewellery-designing full time. 

She was backed in this 

endeavour by her sister-in-law 

Gauri Tandon. 

The duo began “Isharya” in 

2004 and within three years, it’s 

considered among the most 

sought after jewellery brands in 

America. The turning point for 

the duo occurred in 2007 when 

their collection got a full-page 

feature in a leading fashion 

magazine. 

Their accessories have been 

adorned by celebrities such as 

Paris Hilton, Cameron Diaz, 

Jennifer Lopez, Selena 

Gomez, Drew Barrymoore, 

Duffy, Eva Longoria Parker, 

Gossip Girl, Hayden 

Panettiere, Hilary Duff, Jessica 

Simpson, Jessica Szohr, 

Linda Evangelista, Lisa Rinna, 

Lucy Liu, Melanie Brown and 

Vanessa Williams. 

Their jewellery is 

predominantly Indian in its 

style and aestheticism. “Our 

jewellery is mostly fusion. 

There are some pieces that are 

the CTO and tech-guru in the 

company; he was a chief 

architect at Wipro 

technologies. The three 

professionals had put in about 

ten years of work before they 

decided to strike out on their 

own. 

Their manners and the way 

they speak do not show the 

exposure that they have got. 

Totally ‘naadan’ in attitude, 

with a hint of the right degree 

of sophistication, the common 

denominator of all three is the 

enthusiasm and hope they 

exude and their never-say-die 

approach. They complement 

one another in a way which is 

not intrusive, even while they 

are enlightening you on their 

cutting edge technology, each 

one putting in his view and 

experiences. 

Untrodden path 

So it’s not a surprise that they 

opted for the untrodden path, 

instead of getting into the 

usual computer software 

solutions that most IT 

professionals prefer. 

They wanted to work on the 

latest technological revolution 

then, as smart phones had just 

been launched worldwide. 

Very few firms had ventured 

into creating a digital media 

publishing platform, even in 

the West. 

All three in their early 30’s, 

are gung-ho about their 

company formed in 2008, 

‘when the smart phone had 

distinctly Indian but we design 

them in a way that’ll make it 

more wearable for Westerners. 

It shouldn’t be too busy. Our 

jewellery is for the modern 

woman who can wear 

jewellery from day to night.” 

The duo began Isharya 

because they “saw a void in the 

market for quality Indian 

jewellery”. The creative 

process, for Radhika, is a funfilled 

one. “Coming up with 

different concepts for us is not 

a tedious job, but a nice 

challenge. Every year, Gauri 

and I decide on four big 

concepts. Each of our pieces is 

unique and we get ideas from 

whatever that catches our eye 

while we travel or research. We 

love working with resin and 

rare stones,” Radhika explains. 

Radhika considers Isharya a 

trend-setter “We are inspired 

hardly entered Kochi.’ They 

dared to create a digital 

publishing platform for 

mobiles and tablets with 

touchscreen technologies, right 

here in their motherland. Of 

course, one big arm is in the 

U.S, where they frequent and 

they have customers all over 

the globe. 

Smartphones and tablets 

In simpler terms, this is what 

they do: All those who have 

these smartphones, iPads, 

android phones, Blackberries, 

Window phones, can be 

reached by publishers in a big 

way. 

It isn’t one dimensional, that is, 

not the print material alone that 

can be seen on these devices. 

It’s interactive, the audio visuals 

show more than words and 

high quality pictures do speak 

louder than words. For 

instance, when a publisher or 

an advertiser is trying to reach 

out to people about a new car 

that’s been launched, or when 

a guy on the go wants to read 

a magazine, a mobile or tablet 

magazine or news application, 

using this platform provides a 

rich interactive experience, they 

say. RapidValue helps 

publishers develop branded 

magazine and news applications 

on multiple mobile devices. 

Under this system of tablet and 

smartphone publishing, 

publishers stand to gain a 

good deal as they can get 

revenue from both 


by our creativity. Whatever we 

create for our clients is 

something we must also 

wear.” Though Isharya has 

made its presence felt in 

America, it’s essentially 

inspired by traditional Indian 

jewellery. “We’ve grown up in 

India and hence have a fair 

idea of Indian jewellery. We 

re-interpret our jewellery in a 

modern way.” 

From a small organisation, 

Isharya is now available at 

four to five hundred stores 

across America, West Asia, 

Europe, Japan and Russia. 

“We can now confidently 

claim that Isharya is a global 

brand. We decided to launch 

in India only a year ago 

because earlier the markets 

here weren’t open to new 

ideas. Today, Indians are 

beginning to accept branded 

fashion wear.” 

“Isharya is for the confident 

and well-travelled woman, 

who is also aware of trends. 

The only fact that ought to be 

borne in mind is that jewellery 

is an accessory, it completes a 

look, but it’s not to 

overpower.” 

Isharya’s spring-summer 

collection is available at 

Collage, No 21/1, Wood 

Street, Ashoknagar. For more 

details call, 25566818 

Techies quit jobs to support anti-corruption movement 

BANGALORE / AGENCIES 

: Quitting routine job and 

setting up own firm to devote 

time to social activism of the 

Anna Hazare kind? That's 

precisely what two techies 

who have quit jobs from two 

cutting-edge companies are 

doing - turning entrepreneurs 

to also be social activists, a 

new dimension that is 

emerging among some 

employees in the tech world 

who have social concerns. 

Yogesh Devaraj has quit his 

job at Cisco while Nitin Jagtap 

has quit from IBM. Both are 

now full-time volunteers of 

India Against Corruption 

(IAC) and have been actively 

involved in the Hazare 

campaign. Their stories are 

interesting and inspiring - of 

quitting plush jobs to set up 

their own firms so as to be 

part of social activism while 

being able to work on their 

own terms. 

Yogesh was a program 

manager at Cisco and has 

worked for the company for 

20 years, 12 of that in the 

US. Why did he quit a wellpaying 

job? "I quit my job 

about nine months ago and I 

have been working with IAC 

for five months. 

I wanted a break from work 

having worked almost 20 

years at a stretch. I felt I 

needed to do something on 

my own and work at my own 

pace. I also felt I needed to 

give back something to 

society. A few months after I 

quit, the Hazare campaign 

started and I felt I had a role 

there given its objectives," 

says Yogesh. "I've taken a 

break for a year after which I 

plan to have my own set-up. 

So this year I will be fully 

into activism and the Anna 

Hazare campaign fits into my 

view of life. Once I have my 

set-up , I will divide my time 

between work and activism. 

This would be possible 

because the workplace would 

be my own,'' says Yogesh 

whose wife and kids are fully 

in support of his idea. 

He says the savings he 

managed to put together 

during his 12-13 year US stint 

is seeing him through during 

the break. "You can't take a 

permanent break from work 

unless you have vast amount 

of wealth. That's why I plan to 

get back to work next year - 

but in my own set-up. That 

Radhika Tandon 

way I can manage day-to-day 

expenses and also be able to 

devote time to the campaign." 

Nitin Jagtap who was at IBM 

for 13 years also quit his job 

around eight to nine months 

back. "I wanted a break and I 

wanted to be on my own. 

Working for 12 to 14 hours 

daily at a stretch for 12 to 14 

years stresses you out. You've 

left with little time to do 

anything else other than work. 

You spend less time with 

family, relatives and friends. 

Work-life balance changes and 

you need to restore that,'' says 

Jagtap. Jagtap says as work 

took most of his time, he 

couldn't do social work. 

"There are so many things 

happening around you. You 

see it and yet you can't do 

anything about it. A few 

months after I quit, the Anna 

Hazare campaign started. My 

inclination to do social work 

and the rise of the campaign 

coincided. I decided to jump 

into it as I believed the 

campaign addressed an issue 

affecting each and every 

section of society. I decide I 

would be full time into this at 

least for a year." 

But Jagtap too, like Yogesh, 

will get back to work on his 

own terms. "I want to set up a 

firm in the area of financial 

services. I've begun some initial 

work. I plan to devote 40% to 

60% of my time to activism and 

having your own firm is the 

best way to do it as you are 

your own boss. The firm will 

also give me earnings to sustain 

myself and I will have the 

flexibility to do what I want." 

advertisement and subscription 

from the user. 

“Business magazines in the 

U.S. and West Asia are using 

our digital publishing platform 

now,” says Sirish, who looks 

after the business development 

of the company. “In fact, we 

have helped develop the first 

iPad-based magazine 

publishing system in West 

Asia,” adds Rajesh. In India 

too, people have evinced 

interest in the system, they 

say. 

Staff 

They have 80 employees at 

their office in Infopark and 

about ten in the U.S. “We 

have a very stringent 

recruitment procedure, which 

is a four-deck one. It’s not 

mere experience that counts 

but fresh ideas. Anyone with 

new ideas among our team 

has the freedom to put it up at 

meetings and go forward with 

it too. Flexi timings are 

allowed as we believe in a 

performance and result 

oriented culture,” says Rinish. 

Therefore, he says, attrition 

levels are low. There are 15 

women among the staff. 

According to Sirish, “Mobile 

revolution today is where the 

Internet was in 1990s – We 

are excited to be leading this 

transformation” 

Who says what’s new is in 

Silicon Valley? Or Bangalore, 

for that matter? Kochi is fast 

catching up!



C M Y K 

SPORTS & CULTURE 

India beats Pakistan, 

Goalkeeper S. Sreejesh stole 

the limelight with two crucial 

saves as India defeated 

Pakistan 4-2 in the penalty 

shoot-out in a nerve-wrecking 

final to clinch the inaugural 

Asian Champions Trophy 

hockey tournament here on 

Sunday. The high-voltage 

summit clash was marred by 

Pakistan coach's unwarranted 

action of constantly abusing 

Indian players from the roof 

of the stadium. Whenever there 

was an infringement from the 

Indian side, he abused 

liberally. And whenever the 

umpires blew against India, he 

New Delhi, August 23, 2011: 

Yuvraj Singh, India's batting 

sensation and renowned ICC 

World Cup 2011 ‘Player of 

the tournament’ today 

announced its association with 

Pathways World School to set 

up state-of- the- art centers of 

cricketing excellence in the 

Delhi-NCR region. 

Commenting on the 

partnership, Yuvraj Singh 

said, “I would like to thank 

Pathways for this great 

opportunity. I very strongly 

believe that education and 

sports go hand in hand which 

help in building strong 

characters and leaders. Formal 

education with the joy of 

learning combined with 

Pathways ethos as a company 

will establish a long lasting 

and perfect partnership. 

Today’s youth needs strong 

guidance & an opportunity to 

hone their budding talent. The 

centers for excellence will 

nurture today’s young talent 

Actor Kamaal Rashid Khan of 

Bigg Boss fame recently 

commented on Poonam 

Pandey's striptease on twitter. 

Here's what he said... 

"You Twitter bloody crap idiot. 

How dare you to ask me to 

Follow most dirty lady on planet 

Poonam Pandey? May be 

Poonam is doing all this to go to 

Bigg Boss 5, but they will never 

take her and if they will take her 

then I shall not go to Bigg 

Boss5. Poonam Pandey was 

having 10k followers and now 

having 25k. So I can Imagine 

the choice of people here. Chullu 

bhar pani main doob maro. 

I have seen Poonam's ass on 

twitter and let me tell you truth I 

have never ever seen so dirty 

ass. I shall kill myself before to 

touch it. Please people don't 

compare Rakhi Sawant with 

takes trophy 

hollered ‘Thank You'. 

Rajpal Singh, Danish Mujtaba, 

Yuvraj Walmiki and Sarvanjit 

Singh scored for India in the 

penalty shootout while 

Muhammad Rizwan and 

Waseem Ahmed sounded the 

board for Pakistan after both 

the sides were locked goalless 

in the regular and extra time. 

India started the shootout on a 

wrong note when Pakistan 

goalkeeper Imran Shah saved 

the shot from Gurwinder 

Singh Chandi. Sreejesh then 

came to the fore with a save 

off Haseem Abdul Khan. It 

was then Mujtaba's turn and 

Yuvraj Singh launches Centers for Cricketing 

with the help of the masters 

themselves. I am thankful to 

Pathways for this fruitful 

association which will give the 

opportunity to young & 

upcoming cricketing stars of 

India to display their talent & 

be recognized.” 

Speaking of their initiative 

with the YSCE, Praveen Jain, 

Director of Pathways Schools 

said, “We are delighted to join 

hands with World Cup 

Superstar and we hope these 

Poonam Pandey's 

ass is dirty: KRK Vidya 

Poonam Pandey. Rakhi gives 

controversial statements but she 

doesn't show her ass and b**bs. 

I shall be happy for those who 

would like to see ass of Kim, 

Mallika, Katrina and Sonakshi. 

he neatly sent the ball past 

Shah to give India 1-0 lead. 

Pakistan equalised when 

Rizwan scored but Indian 

captain Rajpal slotted the ball 

home to give his side 2-1 up. 

Then came the crucial save by 

Sreejesh as he stopped Shafqat 

Rasool from scoring, 

advancing and taking the shot 

on the pads. 

Yuvraj made it 3-1 and the 

Pakistan veteran Waseem cut 

the scores to 3-2 but 

Sarvanjit's conversion past 

Shah ensured India ran out 

champion. 

Malaysia bags bronze 

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda innaugrates SPAT 2012 at Haryana Bhawan, 

Chandigarh. Photo By : Neetu Gupta (Mangla Media News) 

Centers will produce many 

more Indian cricket sensations 

like Yuvraj. We have always 

believed in giving something 

different and extra to the 

young generation and having 

someone like Yuvraj Singh on 

the premises will be great 

source of encouragement and 

motivation to the young kids. 

We extend full support and 

cooperation to the YSCE.” 

Pathways and Yuvraj will 

now work together for the 

At least they have best ass so 

keep the class. Once more good 

morning and kick on the ass of 

Poonam Pandey. I hate small and 

dirty asses and she is having 

really small and dirty one." 

A last-minute goal by Firhan 

Ashari helped Malaysia beat 

Japan and clinch the bronze 

medal. Just when it seemed 

that the match would go into 

extra-time, Malaysia moved in 

from the right flank and the 

cross found Ashari on top of 

the circle. He tapped the ball 

to his left and, with a 

powerful reverse shot, beat the 

Japanese goalkeeper. 

South Korea avoided the 

wooden spoon beating host 

China 2-1 in the play-offs for 

the 5th-6th spot. 

Korea scored its opening goal 

in the 10th minute when Jong 

Balan is sure to raise 

many eyebrows with her bold 

and beautiful Silk Smitha-act 

in Milan Luthria's The Dirty 

Picture. In high spirits, the 

actor talks about her different 

avatar and her comfort level 

with her three co-stars — 

Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan 

Hashmi and Tusshar. 

Your revealing outfits and 

bold scenes in The Dirty 

Picture are quite a departure 

for you. Would you call the 

scenes obscene? 

No, not at all. I have never 

enjoyed being a woman more 

than in The Dirty Picture. It 

celebrates the woman like the 

rainbow — in all its colours. I 

just hope this role adds another 

shade to me as an actor. 

At any point, was it 

uncomfortable for you? 

I was not uncomfortable at all. 

I was very sure I was in very 

Hyun Jang converted a penalty 

corner. The lead was enhanced 

in the 28th minute when Ju 

Hun Kim slammed in a goal. 

China managed to score a 

consolation goal in the 62nd 

minute through Yixian Liu. The 

jubilant Malaysians celebrated 

their bronze medal while the 

Japanese crumbled on the turf, 

completely shocked. 

Meanwhile in New Delhi, Hockey 

India will felicitate the Indian team 

on Tuesday for winning the 

inaugural Asian Champions 

Trophy. “It's big moment for Indian 

hockey.,” Hockey India Secretary- 

General Narinder Batra said. 

England wraps up series 

as rain forces a tie 

LONDON/AGENCIES : The 

fourth ODI between India and 

England ended in a tie at 

Lord’s here today. India after 

its 280 for five stretched 

England in the fourth game of 

the NatWest Series before a 

largely sunny day turned damp 

and three rain-interruptions 

tweaked in a stalemate. 

England scored 270 for eight 

in 48.5 overs and that was 

exactly the par score the 

Duckworth-Lewis method 

stipulated. 

If England had managed 

another run or Ravi Bopara 

had blocked one ball, the 

match would have been in 

Alastair Cook's pocket. 

Scoreboad 

India: Parthiv c Bopara b 

Broad 27 (32b, 3x4, 1x6), A. 

Rahane lbw b Broad 38 (53b, 

5x4, 1x6), R. Dravid c&b 

Swann 19 (33b, 3x4), V. 

Kohli c Kieswetter b Swann 

16 (36b, 1x4), S. Raina c 

Stokes b Finn 84 (75b, 7x4, 

2x6), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 78 

(71b, 6x4, 3x6), R. Jadeja (not 

out) 0 (0b), Extras (lb-5, w- 

13) 18; Total (for five wkts. 

in 50 overs) 280. 

England bowling: Anderson 

10-2-57-0, Finn 9.4-0-54-1, 

Bresnan 10-1-51-0, Broad 9.2- 

0-52-2, Bopara 2-0-12-0, 

Swann 9-1-49-2. 

able hands, and that at no 

point was it going to look 

sleazy. And if you do 

anything with conviction, it 

turns out beautifully. 

You worked with Naseeruddin 

Shah in Ishqiya. So, were you 

more comfortable with him in 

this film? 

It's an honour working with 

him. As I've worked with him 

before, I show my 

nervousness a little less in 

front of him now. I don't need 

to cloak it as much. He is so 

encouraging without being 

blatant about it, and I will 

always be grateful to him for 

that. 

How was the experience of 

working for the first time with 

Emraan Hashmi? 

I was wondering how it 

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'Aishwarya Rai's upset with 

Kareena Kapoor' 

Kareena Kapoor and the 

Bachchans have a history. 

Since the Karisma Kapoor- 

Abhishek Bachchan engagement 

went kaput, the relationship 

between this set of Kapoors 

and the Bachchans has been 

strained. 

Now news has it that the 

Bachchan bahu Aishwarya 

Rai is not very happy with 

the fact that Kareena has 

readily accepted Heroine, a 

project that was started with 

her; a film she had to let go 

off when she realized that she 

pregnant. Ash has gracefully 

returned the signing amount 

of Heroine; but she has 

reportedly issued an ultimatum 

to the producers, saying they 

cannot use any of her stills 

from her week-long shoot of 

the film. In other words, Ash 

wants closure. So, it comes as 

a shock to learn from an 

insider that Ash is not happy 

with Kareena's decision to 

accept Heroine. 

Says the source, "Ash is 

rumoured to be upset with 

Bebo. Just the fact that Bebo 

decided to walk into a project 

that Ash was meant to resume 

post her maternity leave is 

reportedly the reason for the 

stress.'' Kareena denies 


FIH pulls CT out of Delhi 

The FIH has pulled out the 

hockey Champions Trophy 

from New Delhi scheduled 

from December 3. 

In an announcement on 

Tuesday, the FIH said that the 

decision stemmed from the 

“ongoing problems related to 

the governance of hockey in 

the country.” 

The FIH is looking for an 

alternative venue. However, 

India has been invited to 

participate in the Champions 

Challenge to be held in South 

Africa in November. 

“We regret that we have to 

move the Champions Trophy 

from India,” said FIH 

President Leandro Negre. “It is 

difficult for the teams, the 

organisers and the fans. But 

would be with Emraan, I still 

am (laughs). It's been a great 

deal of fun. Initially, I thought 

that he didn't talk or and laugh 

too much. But, now it is the 

reverse. After seeing Silk (my 

character), his mouth doesn't 

remain shut (laughs). 

And Tusshar? 

What can I say? We had a 

lovely time shooting in 

Hyderabad. I made sure he 

stayed back even when he 

was not shooting because he 

is such a positive, wonderful 

person to be around, besides 

being a fun co-star. He has 

such straight-faced humour — 

you don't even know he has 

cracked a joke… and he has. 

With your sari-clad image, 

how did Milan Luthria think 

of you for the role? 

we feel that this is the only 

way to maintain the integrity 

of our sport.” 

At issue is the governance 

structure of the sport in India. 

It is a fundamental and nonnegotiable 

requirement of the 

Olympic Charter and the FIH 

Statutes that there be only one 

governing body for any one 

sport in any country with 

exclusive authority and 

responsibility to govern, 

organise national competitions 

and to enter national teams in 

international competitions. 

Dr. Michael Green, two-time 

Olympian and Chairman of the 

FIH Athlete's Committee, 

added: “The first priority has to 

be the athletes, and while this 

was a tough decision for the 

FIH to make, I feel that they 

have ultimately made the 

choice that is best for the 

athletes involved.” 

The FIH is in the final stages 

of reviewing bids from other 

nations that are willing and 

able within the scheduled 

timeframe to host an event of 

the magnitude of the 

Champions Trophy. 

The FIH will continue to 

monitor the governance 

structure in India and hopes 

that a resolution can be found 

before it begins to affect 

future events set to be held in 

India. 

The next event scheduled to be 

hosted in India is the Olympic 

qualification tournament in 

February. 

Yuvraj Singh Centres of 

Excellence to provide world 

class cricket coaching facilities 

to budding cricketers around 

the 1484 sq-km NCR region 

which include the catchment 

areas of Delhi, Noida, 

Gurgaon, Faridabad and 

Ghaziabad. 

The YSCE will bring to their 

centres some of the most 

respected and established 

names from Indian and 

International cricket. The 

trainees will benefit from ultramodern 

training methods and 

will constantly develop their 

cricket skills in sync with the 

demands of the modern game. 

The marketing and 

administration of the YSCE 

will be looked after by Final 

Score Management, a sports 

venture set up by NCR 

businessman Ritesh Malik. 

Work has begun at the YSCE 

centres and the academies will 

be fully operational by 

October 2011. 

Vidya Balan’s Dirty Picture 

England: A. Cook c Kohli b 

R.P. Singh 12 (18b, 2x4), C. 

Kieswetter c Jadeja b R.P. 

Singh 12 (9b, 1x4), J. Trott b 

Praveen 23 (27b, 4x4), I. Bell 

c sub b Jadeja 54 (73b, 3x4), 

R. Bopara c Jadeja b Munaf 

96 (111b, 6x4), B. Stokes 

c&b Ashwin 7 (11b, 1x4), T. 

Bresnan b R.P. Singh 27 

(22b, 2x4), G. Swann run out 

31 (23b, 3x4), S. Finn (not 

out) 0 (0b), J. Anderson (not 

out) 0 (0b), Extras (lb-5, w-2, 

nb-1) 8; Total (for eight wkts. 

in 48.5 overs) 270. 

India bowling: Praveen 9-0- 

35-1, R.P. Singh 9-0-59-3, 

Munaf 9.5-0-54-1, Ashwin 

10-0-44-1, Jadeja 9-0-60-1, 

Raina 2-0-13-0. 

Players of the Match: Ravi 

Bopara & Suresh Raina 

Vidya Balan sharing her experiences 

shooting on her films The Dirty Pictur ... 

Air Cmdr SC Chafekar, AOC , 12 Wing , AF addressing a press conference with the film 

casts of the Movie ‘Mausam’ Shahid and Sonam Kapoor during their promotion visit of 

forthcoming movie ‘MAUSAM’ at 12 Wing Air Force at Air Force Receptoriam on 11 Sep 

knowledge of this. Says she, 

"Madhur and the film 

corporation were very keen that 

I should be in Heroine. The 

film was written for me 

originally.'' 

Bebo On Top 

Kareena will the first Indian 

heroine ever to allegedly get 8 

crore for a film, say sources 

I don't know how he and Ekta 

(Kapoor, the producer) could have 

thought of me for this film, and 

how Rajat (Aroraa, the 

writer) could have written so 

beautifully. If I have done 

a good job, it is thanks to 

them. Before I started 

this film, I had said I 

was going to hold 

Milan's hand throughout 

the film or he was going 

to take me through it. I 

didn't know which way it 

worked, but I just knew 

I had to trust Milan 

completely. 

You and Ekta started 

together with ‘Hum 

Paanch' on TV years 

ago. 

Yes, and we have come a 

long way since. Every 

film of Ekta's is so 

different. God's been 

kind to us.



243 CA students conferred 

degrees by ICAI 

Chandigarh, August 22, 2011: “Indian Chartered Accountants are capable enough not just 

to fight the economic downturn, but also guide the world on how to come out of it,” This was 

stated by His Excellency, The Governor of Haryana, Shri Jagannath Pahadia during the 

conferment of degrees to newly enrolled members of Northern Region of ICAI who has passed 

the Chartered Accountancy Course. 

While addressing the students and CA community, Governor stressed on the need for good 

work ethics and appealed to the students to increase their working standards. “Ethics must be 

the foundation of our profession as they enhance our value in society.” Stated Governor. 243 

students hailing from J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandgarh were conferred 

with the degree at an Annual Convocation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 

(ICAI) held in Hotel Shivalikview today 

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