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India, UK sign
civil nuclear
deal during
Modis visit
BJPs Bihar poll debacle foreshadows
PMs Wembley stadium reception Friday.
After winning the inaugural match of the Cricket AllStars series in New York on Nov 7, Warnes
Warriors beat Sachin's Blasters again in Houston Nov 11. But cricket is winning going by the enthusi
asm of the crowds that thronged the Citi Field Stadium in New York as seen in this photo. The series,
brainchild of Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne, is designed to promote cricket
in America to globalize it. (Photo: Sandeep G./The South Asian Times)
More pix on page 1819.
Diwali lights up
India & the world
Millions of Indians the world over
celebrated Diwali, the festival of
lights and the victory of good over
evil, on November 11 with gaiety.
The traditional fervor was more
marked, naturally, in India,
as seen in this picture from
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
(Photo: IANS)
After poll win,

Nitish to take oath
as Bihar CM Nov 20
People greet JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar
Nov 10 in Patna after the victory of the
Grand Alliance, which includes Congress
party and Lalu Yadavs RJD, over BJPled
NDA, in the recently concluded Bihar
assembly polls. (Photo: IANS)
See detailed story on page 10.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his statement to the media

with the British Prime Minister David Cameroon in London on
November 12. (Photo: PIB)
London: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday told the British
Parliament that India was the new
bright spot of hope and opportuni
ty as New De lhi and London
signed a civil nuclear cooperation
agreement.
On the first day of his threeday
visit to Britain, Modi addressed the
Brit ish parliament the first
Indian prime minister to do so
and dwelled on history, shared
expressions of joy and the desire
on two sides to transform the
strategic partnership.
Mo di talked of "w inds of
change", "boldness and speed in
decisions," accountability in gover
nance and his government's com
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mitment to individual liberties in

his address to the Brit ish
Parliament, which was heard with
rapt attent ion and received a
standing ovation and.
Modi and his counterpart, David
Cameroon also held delegation
level talks. "The conclusion of the
civil nuclear agreement is a sym
bol of our mutual trust and our
resolve to combat climate change,
Modi said while issuing a joint
statement along with Cameron.
Modi said India attached great
value to defense and security
cooperation with Britain and said
UK w ill part icipate in the
International Fleet Review in India
Continued on page 4
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10 US lawmakers wish Happy

Diwali and Saal Mubarak!
Washington: Ten US lawmakers
including the lone Indian
American Congressman Ami Bera
and the only HinduAmerican law
maker Tulsi Gabbard joined
"Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and
Buddhists across the world" in cel
ebrating Diwali.
Bera, Democratic cochair of
Congressional Caucus on India and
Indian Americans, noted that last
week almost 1,000 people came
together in Washington to "cele
brate
the
largest
ever
Congressional Diwali to recognize
who we are as a community and
what we have accomplished
together."
"Diwali is celebrated by nearly a
billion people around the world
and more than two million people
in the US," he said and "I look for
ward to continuing to grow this
celebration and wish all who are
celebrating this week a Happy
Diwali."
Gabbard, who represents Hawaii
in the US House, said: "Diwali rep
resents the victory of light over
darkness, truth over untruth, right
eousness over wrong. "Let it
inspire us to set aside our differ
ences, and nd ways to work
together towards the greater and
common good."
"No matter who we are, no mat
ter what our race, religion, eco
Obama greets
Modi on Diwali,
to meet in Turkey
10 US Congress members including Ami Bera and

Tulsi Gabbard greeted Indians on Diwali
nomic status, gender, age, or any
other material consideration, each
of us can use our lives in the loving
service of God and of mankind,
according to our own abilities," she
said.
"So as we light our lamps for
Diwali, let us light the lamps of
love for God within our hearts. Let
us share the light of His uncondi
tional love for us, and celebrate
Diwali by doing what we can to
bring about positive change in the
world," Gabbard added.
Grace Meng, who represents
New York, reafrmed her call for
the creation of a Diwali postage
stamp, an initiative she has pushed
the US Postal Service (USPS) on
w ith Representat ive Carolyn
Maloney and others. She also
wanted a school holiday created
for Diwali in New York City.
Judy Chu, chair of the
Cong ressional Asian Pacic
American Caucus (CAPAC), said: "I

am proud to join millions in the
United States and around the
world in celebrating Diwali this
week."
"As we light up our diyas and
share in this joyous festival with
family and friends, we are remind
ed that this holiday is a time to cel
ebrate the triumph of good over
evil, lig ht over darkness, and
knowledge over ignorance."
"As Chair of the Congressional
Asian Pacic American Caucus, I
wish everyone celebrating Diwali
my best w ishes and Saal
Mubarak!" she stated.
Other CAPAC members who
issued statements on Diwali
included: Michael Honda, CAPAC
Chair Emeritus, Xavier Becerra,
House Demo crat ic Caucus
Chairman, Barbara Lee, Ted Lieu,
Loretta Sanchez and Chris Van
Hollen.
New Delhi: President Barack

Obama called up Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday night to greet him on
Diwali and they agreed to meet
in Turkey on the sidelines of
the G20 Summit to be he ld
early next week. Modi tweeted:
President Obama & I dis
cussed a wide range of other
issues as we ll. It was goo d
knowing how @WhiteHouse is
marking Diwali (@naren
dramodi) November 10, 2015
A short while ago @POTUS
called. We exchanged Diwali

greetings. This was our rst
conversat ion throug h the
new ly established hotline.
(@narendramodi) November
10, 2015 "President Obama & I
look forward to meeting in
Turkey during the G20
Summit," he said.
After his visit to the United
Kingdom
beg inning
on
November 12, Modi will travel
to Turkey to attend the G20
Summit to be he ld on
November 1516.
Indian American philanthropy may dwarf US aid to India: Report

Washington: The IndianAmerican diaspora among the top ten
percent earners in the US has the capacity to give to India at
levels that could dwarf ofcial US development aid there,
according to a new report.
IndianAmericans are expanding their philanthropy from
giving to family and community to giving to broaderbased
social causes aimed at addressing Indias most challenging
problems, noted the report re leased Monday by the
Bridgespan Group.
Approximately 3.5 million IndianAmericans and their chil
dren are living in the US States. The Indiaborn population is a
rapidly evolving and fastgrowing diaspora group, noted the
Group, an advisor for notforprot organizations and philan
thropists. The Indian diaspora in the United States is posi
tioned to help now more than ever before, said Rohit
Menezes, a Bridgespan partner who leads the organizations
India ofce. Indian immigrants have fared well and amassed
signicant wealth. It is our aim to encourage donors to give
more to India and to do so more effectively, he said.
The report notes that Indianheaded households have a
median annual income of $89,000 (compared to a US median
of $50,000), and 27 percent of Indian households earn more
Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo Ventures,

and Gururaj Desh Deshpande, president and chairman
of Sparta Group LLC, a family investment office, were
interviewed for this report.
than $140,000, putting them in the top 10 percent of earners
nationally.
The combined annual discretionary income of Americans of
Indian origin is approximately $67.4 billion.
If their philanthropic contributions were consistent with
those of other US households in similar income brackets, and
they directed 40 percent of their philanthropy to India, $1.2
billion per year would ow from Indian diaspora donors to
Indian causes, as compared to current US foreign aid to India

($116.4 million in FY 2014), the report noted.
And it represents over half the entire amount of annual of
cial development aid received by India from all countries$2.2
billion, on average, from 2005 through 2013.
The report also points to signicant nonnancial assets the
diaspora community has to offer.
IndianAmericans are highly educated and well represented
in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) profes
sions, in technology and entrepreneurship, and increasingly
occupy roles of political and social inuence in the US, said
Menezes. This achievement, combined with familiarity with
Indian culture and communities, positions IndianAmericans
well to increase involvement in building the capacity and pro
fessionalism of Indias civil society organizations and the phil
anthropic entities that support them.
T he Bridgespan Group along with Stanford Social
Innovation Review and Dasra have also launched Impact
India a joint publication on strategic philanthropy in India.
It represents trends in giving by IndianAmericans back to
India, and the impact of these funding ows. The giving could
also be in nonmonetary terms.
As Macys sounds alarm, retailers

likely to offer heavy discounts
New York: Macys, a chain most closely associ

ated with Christmas, has warned of trouble
brewing ahead of the holidays in retail sales,
worrying other retailers, reports The New
York Times.
The retailer of Miracle on 34th Street
warned Wednesday that its stores were awash
with merchandise after a sluggish fall season
and that slow business would force it to go all
out on discounts during the coming weeks.
Macys shares plunged about 14 percent,
dragging other retailers down, too. T he
Hudsons Bay Company, which owns Saks Fifth
Avenue and Lord & Taylor, fell 5 percent, as
did Kohls. Burlington Stores fell about 7 per
cent.
Were clearly disappointed, Terry J.
Lundgren, Macys chief executive, said in a call
with investors. We believe the retail industry
is going through a tough period. We seem to
experience something like this every five to
seven years or so.
Aggressive discounting from one of the
countrys biggest merchants is bad news for
retailers this holiday sales season, which is
shaping up to be highly discountdriven. It
also raises questions about the strength of the

economic recovery, and of consumer senti
ment.
But a shift in the way Americans shop
because of the proliferation of ecommerce,
and the power to compare prices at a click of
the mouse, has meant that a brightening econ
omy is no longer a tide that raises all retailers,
said Oliver Chen, a retail analyst at Cowen.
The only tide thats raising all ships is
online and mobile, Mr. Chen said.

Still, the outlook for some merchants is bet
ter, analysts say. Winners, and losers, are
emerging.
Retailers that go headtohead in the mall
with Macys are likely to take a hit from its
heavy promotions, including J. C. Penney, Gap
and Kohls, said Paul Lejuez, a retail analyst at
Citigroup.
But offprice stores like Ross Stores or TJX,
which runs T.J.Maxx and Marshalls, are
expected to do well again this year as trea
sure hunting for rockbottom deals on nation
al brands becomes the norm. These offprice
businesses also source their wares from retail
ers with excess inventory.
Over all, the National Retail Federation, a
trade group, predicts sales in November and
December will rise 3.7 percent to $630 billion,
slightly under last years 4.1 percent gain.
Another retailer looking to prove itself is
Walmart, which announced its holiday plans
on Wednesday. Its Black Friday deals will
begin in stores at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day
(November 26). Online deals are available at 3
a.m. Eastern time.
Corporate bigwigs to attend Resurgent Rajasthan Parternship Summit
Clarification about Diwali Food Drive founder
By Prakash Bhandari
Jaipur: India's corporate bigwigs will attend Resurgent Rajasthan
Partnership Summit 2015 to be held here Nov 1920. "Anil Ambani,
chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group; Anand
Mahindra; Rakesh Bharti Mittal, vice chairman of Bharti Enterprises;
Cyrus P. Mistry, chairman of Tata Sons; Gautam Adani, chairman,
Adani Group; Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group; Kumar Mangalam
Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group and Anil Agarwal, chairman,
Vedanta Group, among others, will attend the event," a statement
issued here said. Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit (RRPS), to
be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19,
will have strategic conferences, panel discussions, roundtable delib
erations, presentations and oneonone business meetings. The sum
mit is expected to bring together investors from all over the world
for interacting with policy makers, including the political leadership,
government officials and, local business leaders on the investment
environment and opportunities in Rajasthan.
In The South Asian Times issue of October 31, 2015, on page 6

with the story headlined, IALI 20th Diwali Food Drive in progress,
the picture mentioned Suda Sharma as Food Drive project founder
and convener for past 20 years. Mr Peter Bheddah clarified to the
newspaper that though he never claimed to be so, he in fact is the
founder of the Diwali Food Drive. He recounts that over 20 years
ago, he presented a proposal to IALI (India Association of Long
Island) executive committee to start doing charitable work for the
needy on Long Island. He recommended the INN (Interfaith
Nutrition Network) as partner and it was agreed to start the
Diwali Food Drive in 1996. He also cites that for the past 19 years,
he has been a major financial supporter of the INN, which honored
him as Humanitarian of the Year in 2014. Suda Sharma, he agrees,
has been chairperson of the food drive for the first 13 years, and
he respects her work. She, in turn, respects Mr Bheddah as the
biggest financial donor of this project and being a well known phi
lanthropist in our community.
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India, UK sign civil nuclear deal..

Continued from page 1
in February 2016. Stating that Britain
was already the third largest investor in
India, he said there was more invest
ment from India in Britain than in rest
of the European Union combined.
He thanked Cameron for the strong
British support for India's permanent
membership of the UN Security Council
and membership in the international
export control regimes.
Answering media queries, Modi said
that India would never tolerate intoler
ance. Asked about sectarian strife in
India, he told the media that the Indian
authorities will "take strict action
against those who indulge in such (vio
lent) acts".
"We are a democracy and committed
to freedom of speech," he said. "We are
not an intolerant society."
Without naming Pakistan, Modi said
countries promoting terrorism must be
isolated.
In his speech to parliament, Modi said
India's momentum does not come only
from its g rowth rate, which had
increased to 7.5 percent per year, but
transformation it seeks in quality of life
of every Indian.
"India is new bright spot of hope and
opportunity for the world," Modi said
referring to 800 million being under the
age of 35 years.
Prior to the of ficial talks, the Indian
prime minister was accorded a ceremo
nial guard of honour at the Treasury
Quadrangle on King Charles Street here.
Modi also met members of the Sikh
community in Britain before beginning
his official engagements.
T he first day of Mo di's visit saw
protests staged by groups opposed to
him.
It is yet to be seen what effect, if any,
BJPs poor showing in Bihar polls will
have on the mammoth event organized
at Wembley Stadium on Friday. An esti
mated 70,000 people, mostly of Indian
origin will be present, as also the entire
British cabinet. Cameron is expected to
introduce Modi.
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Tutoring can relieve Math

NASSAU COUNTY CELEBRATES DIWALI
anxiety in kids: Stanford research
New York: A oneonone math tutor
ing program can relieve anxiety
about doing math problems in your
kids, says a study by a group of
Indian American researchers.
"The most exciting aspect of our
findings is that cognitive tutoring
not only improves performance, but
is also anxietyreducing," said the
study's senior author, Vinod Menon,
professor of psychiatry and behav
ioral sciences at Stanford University
School of Medicine in Palo Alto,
Calif. "It was surprising that we
could, in fact, get remediation of
math anxiety," Menon noted.
Even if they are good at math,
many children feel anxious about
doing math problems.
For some, the anxiety persists
throughout life, discouraging them
from pursuing advanced math and
science classes as well as careers
that rely on mathematical expertise.
The study included 46 children in
third grade. Before receiving tutor
ing, each child took a test that
assessed his or her level of math
anxiety.
The brain scans of the children

with high levels of math anxiety
showed activation in the brain's
fear circuits and socalled "fear cen
ter," or amygdala, before tutoring.
Children then participated in an
intensive, eightweek tutoring pro
gram consisting of 22 lessons
involving addition and subtraction
problems. Tutors gave the lessons
to each child individually.
All of the children performed bet
ter on addition and subtraction
problems after tutoring.
T he children who started the
study with high levels of math anxi
ety had reduced anxiety after tutor
ing, while those in the lowmath
anxiety group had no change in
their anxiety levels.
After tutoring, the fear circuits
and amygdala were no longer acti
vated in children who had begun
the study with high math anxiety,
confirming that tutoring ameliorat
ed the anxiety itself, rather than
providing the kids with a coping
mechanism that relies on other
brain circuits.
Mineola: Diwali was

ce le brated at the
Legislative chambers
of Nassau County host
ed by County Executive
Edward P Mang ano
Nov 5. Also joining in
the evening was
Nasreen
Ahmed,
recently ree lected
Town Clerk for Town
of Hempstead, Shila
ShahGavnoudias,
Commissioner
of
Public Works, and
Honorees with Nassau County Executive
Sharanjit
Sing h,
Human
Rig hts
medicine, pulmonary, Critical Care
Commissioner.
and Geriatrics
T he prog ram was hosted by
4Alan Kleinman, a distinguished
Indian American Forum and the Wall Street investment banker
hall was filled with distinguished
4Dr Rajiv Jauhar, well known
members of Indian American com Cardiologist, currently Director of
munity. CE Mangano wished a the Cardiac Cauterization labs and
Happy Diwali to all and honored the chie f of adult Cardiolog y
the following members for their Department of North Shore
accomplishments and services:
University Hospital
4Dr Raghava R. Polvarapu, an
4Rathi Raja, an educator and
orthopedic surgeon with Brooklyn founder of the Young Indian
Hospital Medical Center
Culture Group in Herricks
4Dr Sunil Mehra, Board Certified
Following awards presentations,
in specialties including internal Students of Nartan Rang Dance
Entrepreneur Sunil Puri donates

$2.25M building to YMCA
New York: An Indian American
entrepreneur in Illinois Nov. 2
announced he has donated a
multimillion dollar building to
the YMCA.
Sunil Puri, president and
founder of internat ional real
estate company First Midwest
Group (formerly First Rockford
Group) in Rockford, Ill., donated
the building which is estimated to
be worth about $2.25 million.
Puri, 55, is orig inally from
Mumbai and fo cuses his real
estate business in the midwestern
United States, as well as India and
China.
Now living in Rockford, Puri
wanted to honor the city where he
earned his education and got his
first job. With the help of business
partner Dan Arnold, Puri is donat
ing the 15,500 squarefoot facility
which will become the southeast
Rockford YMCA branch.
As the father of three children,
I understand the importance of
Sunil Puri
family time, Puri said in a state
ment. People turn to the YMCA
for supporting their families in
mind, body and spirit. This build
ing will provide a safe, affordable
place for families to live healthy
lives in a growing area of the
community.
The facility, to be named the
Puri Family YMCA, will have mul

tiple fitness rooms and of fer fit
ness classes, personal trainers,
wellness coaches, senior social
clubs, youth and sports programs,
as well as childcare.
Mr. Puris donation allows us to
bring the YMCA closer to home
for many residents and that
strengthens our community, said
chief executive of ficer of the
YMCA of Rock River Valley Mike
Brown in a statement.
Puri, upon moving to the United
States in 1979, went on to gradu
ate from Rockford College (now
Rockford University), receiving a
bachelors in accounting in 1982.
He then did graduate work there
and also at the London Business
School, and graduated in 2013
from the 10year Program of
Management and Leadership at
the Harvard Business School.
T he new YMCA facility is
expected to open after renova
tions are complete in early 2016.
Ed Mangano and others

Academy of Bharat iya Vidya
Bhavan presented a cultural pro
g ram choreog raphed by Swat i
Vaishnav, along with members of
TLCA Youth Group. Program was
followed up w ith Garba and
Dandiya Raas enjoyed by all guests.
Vandana
Govil.
Prog ram
Coordinator in welcome remarks
spoke about Diwali and its impor
tance. Indu Jaiswal Chairperson
Indian American Forum also
thanked the Nassau County
Executive for all his support for the
Indian American community.
Indianorigin basketball
player making waves in US
New York: Veer Singh,
a new recruit and the
first Indianorigin play
er to play for Seton
Hall School basketball
team in New Jersey,
has been praised for
his skills in the game.
Standing tall at 6' 7,
the New Yorker plays
as a freshman wing
and was signed from
St. Peter's Preparatory
Veer Singh (Photo: The StarLedger)
School in New Jersey
"He is going to bring the shoot
earlier this year, app.com news
ing ability I think we lack, and he
website reported on Wednesday.
Singh brings a desperately need is going to stretch the floor for
ed deadeye to a roster short on us," a player said, adding, "I saw
shooters. He is a great defender him play a couple of times in high
school and I thought he could
and a shooter, the report added.
"It means a great deal for them shoot, he's really excelled here."
Team head coach Kevin Willard
to have confidence in me, because
if they don't, they are not going to commended Singh for his attitude.
"I love Veer's attitude. I love his
kick it out. The fact that they're
looking to kick it out, that's huge," toughness. I love how hard he has
played. Anyone who can make
Singh said.
The teammates and the coach shots like he can is really going to
help us," Willard said.
are all praise for the player.
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ART@TELANGANA BOOK
LAUNCHED IN NY
New York: The art@telangana
book was released at the Rubin
Museum of Art in New York by
the Consul General of India in
New York, Dnyaneshwar Mulay.
T he event was attended by a
large number of art gallery own
ers, art critics and art lovers.
T he book, art@te lang ana,
which had been published in
October 2014, was init ially
launched in Hyderabad, India,
during the World Metropolis
Congress, then at the India Art
Fair 2015 in New Delhi and the
India Festival 2015 in Tokyo.
The yearlong promotion of the
book had its nale at the Rubin
Museum of Art.
Consul General, Dnyaneswar
Mulay, said, Many people think
of India as monolithic. This work
illustrates the diversity within
India and highlights the tremen
dous contribution of Telangana
artists.
B.V.Papa Rao, one of the
Trustees of the art@telangana
Trust explained that the Trust is
the instrument to bring in pri
vate funding and private partici
Book release function at the Rubin Museum of Art.

pation for the promotion of art
from Te lang ana. He g ave an
example of how a private initia
tive of people led to the forma
tion of the Rubin Museum of Art,
where the event was held. He
said, It is my hope that such
examples will encourage more
private initiatives to promote
Indian Art. Deepanjana Klein,
the International Head of the
Department for South Asian

Modern and Contemporary Art at
Christies, said the book made a
tremendous
contribut ion.
Telangana artists have a rich
and long history. With this book,
we get a feel for the depth and
breadth of art from the region.
As scholars, we see this compila
tion as invaluable, she comment
ed.
IndianAmerican
owned cos ned for
misuse of H1B
Washington, DC: Two Silicon
Valley companies owned by an
IndianAmerican have been
ordered to pay $ 103,000 in nes
to the federal government and $
84,000 in back wages to its
employees carrying H1B visas.
The two companies Scopus
Consult ing Group and Orian
Engineers owned by Indian
American Kishore Kumar, bring
workers from India and other
countries on H1B visas to
employ them as software engi
neers for Silicon Valley rms
such as eBay, Apple and Cisco
Systems.
During invest ig at ions, US
Department of Labor Wage and
Hour investigators found that the
two companies violated the H1B
provisions of the Immigration
and Nationality Act by misrepre
senting the prevailing wage level
on the Labor Condit ion
Applications required by the act,
an ofcial release said yesterday.
Federal Administrative Law

Judge Stephen R Henley ordered
the two businesses owned by
Kishore Kumar to pay 21 workers
$ 84,000 in back wages and $
103,000 in nes to the federal
government.
"Some of the country's most
cuttingedge, successful organiza
tions benet from underpaid H
1B workers," director for the
Wage and Hour Division in San
Francisco, Susana Blanco said.
"H1B workers must be paid local
prevailing wages. We will not
allow companies to undercut
local wages and hurt US workers
and businesses who pay their
workers fairly," Blanco said.
The employers also recruited
experienced workers, most of
whom have master's degrees, and
paid them as entry level employ
ees. "Both rms have been
debarred from H1B program
participation for one year," the
statement said.
Mahindra plans to introduce 'Pickup Scooter' in the US

New York: Wellknown Indian man
ufacturing company Mahindra has
plans to launch an electric scooter
that dreams of being a tiny pickup
truck.
Called the GenZe because it gen
erates zero emissions and many of
its customers will be the young
people in Generation Z.
Terence Duncan, who designed
the scooter being assembled in Ann
Arbor, Mich., argues that the
GenZe, which costs $3,000, just
might make owning a car unneces
sary for many city residents, espe
cially college students. With a 30
mph top speed, it's just for city
GenZe costs $3000 and generates zero emissions

streets. It has a 30mile range. You
can lift the battery out and take it
into a coffee shop to recharge.

The cargo space in the back is
big enoug h to haul g ro ceries,

which is why Mahindra calls this a
"pickup scooter."
"We built the entire architecture
of this bike around this pickup
truck bed back here. You can put a
cooler back here. You can put your
laundry, you can put a couple gro
cery bags, you can go to the farm
ers market," Duncan told Michigan
Radio.
Mahindra Chief Operating Ofcer
Deven Kataria acknowledges U.S.
consumer demand for scooters
isn't even close to demand over
seas. "Our growth really comes
from expanding the market," he
says. "If we can change the way

people perceive these sorts of
products, [that] is when we really
start to win in this marketplace."
Kataria says scooters aren't the
only things Mahindra has going on
here. The company sells its small
tractors, mainly to hobby farmers.
Tech Mahindra, an IT company,
employs 7,000 people in the U.S.
Mahindra also has about 100 engi
neers in Troy, Mich., developing
vehicles for India and the U.S.
Mahindra hopes to eventually set
up stores in every state and export
GenZes from the U.S. to markets
like Europe.
Colorful Diwali celebration at Queens Borough Hall
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz sponsored a Diwali celebration on November 4 with delegates of
Indianorigin. Five outstanding achievers were awarded citation of honor at the event. Gopi Udeshi (fourth from
left) was one of them from Bruhud New York seniors for her community services for the last two decades.
Consul General of India in Houston, Mr. P Harish and Mrs. Nandita

Parvathaneni attended a WesternIndian Fusion Music Ensemble
concert directed by Vidushi Smt. Rajajrajeswary Bhat Shaking Hands
Across Continents organized by Global Organization for Divinity at
Pearland, TX on November 7. In photo, Consul General (right) honor
ing an artist (2nd left) as Vidushi Rajarajeswary Bhat (left) and Hon.
Mayor Delores Martin, City of Manvel, TX (center) looks on.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
South Asian body outraged

over mistrial in Indian
grandfather's case
Washington, DC: A leading South Asian com
munity organization has expressed "out
rage" over the declaration of a second mis
trial in the case of an Alabama police ofcer
charged with slamming an Indian grandfa
ther to the ground.
South Asian Americans Leading Together
(SAALT) also asked the community to be vig
ilant and engaged in the efforts of the move
ment for Black lives to draw attention to the
ways in which Black communities in particu
lar, as well as other communities of color
are facing state violence.
SAALT said Thursday it was "outraged"
that a second mistrial was declared by a fed
eral court in Huntsville after a deadlocked
jury once again failed to convict Madison,
Alabama police ofcer, Eric Parker. The US
Department of Justice retried the case after
the rst mistrial was declared in September.
"While the trial was supposed to focus on
the unreasonable use of force that Parker
used on Patel, it was Patel's immigration sta
tus and English prociency skills that were
really on trial," said Lakshmi Sridaran,
Director of National Policy and Advocacy at
SAALT. Indeed, in his opening remarks,
Parker's attorney said: "When you come to
the US we expect you to follow our laws and

speak our language. Mr. Patel bears as much
responsibility for this as anyone." "We con
tinue to believe in the strength of the evi
dence and that the defendant's actions vio
lated the constitutional rights of the plain
tif f," said Bhavani Kakani, President of
AshaKiran.
"As we see time again with police brutality
cases in this country, particularly with Black
victims, the message of this case is loud and
clear: that police brutality rarely warrants
punishment." Dante Barry, Executive
Director of Million Hoodies United, noted: "It
is absolutely devastating to hear the news
from Alabama as it reects a deep pattern of
unfairness for people of color.
"Although grounded in antiblackness,
police brutality by law enforcement and
immigration enforcement is no stranger to
South Asian communities and it is indicative
of this political moment to be on the path to
justice," he said. "The case of Mr. Patel pro
vides an opportunity for South Asians to
become active participants in the demands
of the movement for Black lives," said
Suman Raghunathan, Executive Director of
SAALT.
Americans," Grassley said. "The

abuse of the system is real, and
media reports are validating
what we have argued against
for years, including the fact that
Americans are training their
replacements." There is a sense
of urgency for Americans who
are losing their jobs to lesser
skilled workers who are coming
in at lower wages on a visa pro
g ram that has gotten away
from its original intent, he said.
"Reform of the H1B visa pro
g ram must be a priority,"
Grassley stressed.
The bill would prohibit com
panies from hiring H1B
employees if they employ more
than 50 people and more than
50% of their employees are H
1B and L1 visa holders.
The bill would also give the
Department of Labor enhanced
authority to review, investigate
and audit employer compliance
Neel Kashkari
appointed head of
Minneapolis Fed bank
Kashkari had earlier
New York: Prominent
served
in
the
US
IndianAmerican business
Department
of
the
executive Nee l Kashkari
Treasury from 2006 to
was on Tuesday appointed
2009, rst as senior advis
as the head of the US
er to Secretary Henry
Federal Reserve's regional
Paulson and then as assis
bank in Minneapolis.
tant secretary of the
Kashkari, who was once a
Treasury.
Republican gubernatorial
In the latter role, he
candidate in California,
established and led the
would replace another
Ofce of Financial Stability
IndianAmerican Narayana
and oversaw the Troubled
Kocherlakota whose tenure
Asset Re lie f Prog ram
as CEO and president ends
Neel Kashkari
(TARP) for both Presidents
on December 31. "Kashkari
is the rig ht person to build on the George W Bush and Barack Obama.
Kashkari holds an MBA from the
Minneapolis Fed's core strengths and suc
cessfully lead the Bank into the future," W harton School of the University of
said Randall Hogan, chairman of the Pennsylvania and bachelor's and master's
Minneapolis Fed's board of directors and degrees in mechanical engineering from
the University of Illinois at Urbana
cochair of the search committee.
As president of the Minneapolis Fed, Champaign.
T he Federal Reserve Bank of
Kashkari, 42, will participate on the
Federal Open Market Committee in the Minneapolis is one of 12 regional Reserve
Banks that make up the Federal Reserve
formulation of US monetary policy.
System, the nation's central bank.
He will oversee 1,100 employees.
Bill to limit H1B hiring

introduced in US senate
Washington, DC: Two US
Senators have introduced a
bipartisan legislation in the
Senate seeking reform of H1B
visa program and modify wage
requirements while also calling
for a sense of urgency against
the "abuse of the system" over a
scheme they claim has gotten
away from its original intent.
The bill has been introduced
by Senators Chuck Grassley,
chairman of senate judiciary
committee, and Dick Durbin,
the assistant democratic leader.
It is cosponsored by Senators
Bill
Ne lson,
Richard
Blumenthal, and Sherro d
Brown.
"The H1B visa program was
never meant to replace quali
ed American workers but it
was instead intended as a
means to ll gaps in highly spe
cialized areas of employment
that cannot be lled by
as well as to penalize fraudu

lent or abusive conduct.
The bill says that working
condit ions
of
similarly
employed American workers
may not be adversely af fected
by the hiring of the H1B work
er, including who have been
placed by another employer at
the American worker's work
site. In addit ion, the bill
includes establishment of a
wage oor for L1 workers;
authority for the Department of
Homeland Security to investi
gate, audit and enforce compli
ance with L1 program require
ments; assurance that intra
company transfers o ccur
between legitimate branches of
a company and don't involve
"shell" facilities; and a change
to the denition of "specialized
knowledge" to ensure that L1
visas are reserved only for truly
key personnel.
Ashok Mago appointed

to key university
position in Texas
Washington,
DC:
Texas, advisory board
Padma Shri awardee
member of BBVA
IndianAmerican
Compass Bank in
Ashok Mago has been
Dallas.
appointed as a mem
He is member of
ber of Board of
Dallas
Reg ional
Regents
of
the
Chamber
Board,
University of North
Salvat ion
Army
Texas.
Advisory Board of
Dallasbased Mago
Dallas County, and
was appointed by
the Dallas County
Texas Governor Greg
Community College
Abbott for a sixyear
District Foundation
Ashok Mago
term ending on May
Board, and is a for
22, 2021, said a state
mer board member of
ment issued by the Governor's 1st Independent National Bank.
ofce on Monday.
He was awarded the Padma Shri
Mago is the founding chairman of in 2014. Mago received a bache
the Greater Dallas Indo American lor's degree from Delhi University,
Chamber, now known as the US India, and a Master of Business
INDIA Chamber, and board member Administration from The University
of the Primary Care Clinic of North of Texas at Dallas.
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
American India Foundation raises Meet Indian Business

$200,000 for India initiative
Delegation during
Regional PBD in LA
New York: American India

Foundat ion (AIF) has raised
$200,000 for its Maternal and
New born Survival Init iat ive
(MANSI), designed to reduce
maternal and child mortality in
rural, impoverished areas of
India.
Founded in 2001 at the initia
tive of then US President Bill
Clinton, the community organiza
tion engaged in catalyzing social
and economic change in India,
raised the amount at its annual
Washington DC gala Friday.
T he g ala featured Mamta
Mahato, a 26year old health
worker from Jharkhand, India.
She shared that skills training
from AIF's MANSI program has
enabled her to safely deliver over
90 healthy newborns in her vil
lage.
Over 250 influential guests
from US and Indian governments,
corporate and entrepreneur lead
ership, media, and philanthropy
of the greater Washington DC
area attended the powerpacked
evening
at
the
historic
Noted filmwriter and poet Javed Akhtar was honored at the event.
Congressional Country Club in
Bethesda, Maryland.
Javed Akhtar, noted film writer,
lyricist, and poet, was honored at
the event addressed by Indian
Ambassador to the US Arun
Kumar Singh. The gala also rec
Aziz Ansari gives

Bobby Jindal new
slogan: Taste the fat
Comedian Aziz Ansari takes a dig at Bobby Jindal

Washington, DC: Indian
American comedian, actor and
bestselling author Aziz Ansari
mo cked long shot Indian
American Republican presiden
tial candidate Bobby Jindal on
The Tonight Show with Jimmy
Fallon. Assuming the Louisiana
Governor's hair and speech pat
terns, Ansari as Jindal played on
the politician's low poll num
bers. "I'm not polling at 1 per
cent. I was polling at 1 percent,
I'm now polling at 2 percent.
That's a 100 percent increase,"
he said, adding that 1 percent
milk tastes better than 2 per
cent milk. He even presented a
new campaign slogan for Jindal:
"Taste the fat."
When Jindal entered the 2016
race, Ansari thought it could be
his big "Saturday Night Live"
moment. "I finally look like a

guy!" he joked recalling his
excitement.
"I'm used to appearing on C
SPAN at 2 a.m. right before they
start airing those NutriBullet
infomercials, so this is crazy!"
Ansari, as Jindal, said.
He also poked fun at Jindal for
not believing in "any science,
period" and, as Jindal, "correct
ed" Fallon's suggestion that the
campaign was not in a good
state.
Later in the show, Ansari gave
his take on why Jindal wasn't
doing well in the primaries. "I
have a theory that he's not
Indian," Ansari said. "I don't
know any Indian person that
would allow himself to lose to
that many white people in a
contest."
ognized the leadership of Neera

Tanden, President of The Centre
for American Progress, Kumar
Barve, member of the Maryland
House of De legates and Aziz
Haniffa, managing editor at India
Abroad.
New York: T he OIFC (Overseas

Indian Facilitation Centre a not
forprofit initiative of the Ministry
of Overseas Indian Af fairs &
Confederation of Indian Industry)
Indian Diaspora Business Meet on
14 November in Los Angeles dur
ing Regional Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas of fers an opportunity for
Indian Diaspora in the US to
explore investment opportunities in
India, identify potential business
partners and meet senior
Government of India of ficials and
top Indian companies.
T he Business Meet is being
organised during the Regional
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (RPBD),
org anised by the Ministry of
Overseas
Indian
Af fairs,
Government of India on 14 & 15
November in LA.
The OIFC Business Meet with
include exclusive panel discussions
on: Investment opportunities in
clean and renewable energy sector
in India; Technology partnerships,
investments and innovat ion

through the digital India initiative;
Impact investments into social
enterprises in India.
The speakers for the panel dis
cussions include industry leaders
and innovators from India as well
as Indian American subject matter
experts.
A special session on Connect
with States in India will showcase
opportunities to invest and do busi
ness in Indian states. The session
will be led by senior officials from
state governments of And hra
Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand and
Kerala. OIFC is also bringing a busi
ness delegation comprising senior
Government of ficials & industry
leaders from India. Members of the
Indian Business Delegation repre
sent top Indian companies. The
Business Meet will offer a platform
to Overseas Indians to interact with
the members of the Indian Business
Delegation through B2B & B2G
meetings at the venue.
GAMAYA INC. LAUNCHES INDIAN

MYTHOLOGY VIDEO GAME
New York, NY: Gamaya Inc. launch
es Gamaya Legends, a video game
that blends the physical world with
the virtual world categorized as
Toys to life similar to Skylanders
or Disney Infinit i. Gamaya
Legends is based on one of the
most popular folktales T he
Ramayana. As a pioneer in this cat
egory, Gamayas main goal in the
launch of this project is connecting
kids with culture.
With kids gravitating towards
digital stimulation, Gamaya offers
a unique blend of the real and vir
tual worlds, bringing folktales and
stories of the past to life.
The Gamaya Legends game is a
3D action adventure game based
on the Ramayana world available

for free from the iTunes & Google
Play store. T he game revolves
around a sinister evil that is
destroying the legend and the char
acters from the Ramayana have
been brought to our world to avoid
harm. In our world these charac
ters appear as toys but players
have the power to bring them back
to life and rescue their world from
destruction. As the user plays the
game and saves the legend, they

will discover scrolls that reveal the
original Ramayana story. In addi
tion to the game & the toys, there
is an animated cartoon series that
focuses on the back stories of all
the characters, created with state
of 3D g raphics that further
immerses kids and families into the
fascinating world of the Ramayana.
The Gamaya Legends will launch
November 2015 and is aimed at
children between 7 and 12 years of
age. From November 2015 through
June 2016, new levels of the video
game will be available for free
along with a new character toy,
each with their unique skills, avail
able for purchase.
Indian doctors in US seek Bill Clinton's help on India's health issues

Washington, DC: IndianAmerican
doctors have sought assistance
from former US President Bill
Clinton and his foundation to find
lasting solutions to pressing health
problems affecting millions of peo
ple in India. "President Clinton
expressed keen interest on AAPI's
Obesity Campaign and was appre
ciative of the healthcare initiatives
of AAPI and its members for their
ongoing support and collaboration,"
said Seema Jain, president
American Association of Physicians
of Indian Origin (AAPI). "We are
looking forward to working with
the Clinton Foundation that builds
partnerships of great purpose
between businesses, governments,

NGOs, and individuals to work
faster, better, and leaner, will work
with AAPI in realizing some of the
noble goals we have set before us,"
Jain said after she led a delegation
of AAPI officials to meet Clinton.
Jain highlighted the importance
of AAPI's initiatives launched for
working towards health issues that
are of importance to India, particu
larly on diabetes, cardiovascular
diseases, trauma & head injury and
mental health issues, including
depression.
"Together we hope to work
towards finding solutions that last,
and will transform lives and com
munities from what they are today

to what they can be, tomorrow," she
added, while affirming the common
goals of AAPI and the Clinton
Foundation.
Noting that while important
progress has been made by con
necting patients to essential treat
ment, Jain said millions of people
continue to die unnecessarily from
AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and
other treatable diseases.
Access to critical medicines and
diagnostics is often limited in
resourcepoor settings, resulting in
dire consequences for some of the
world's most vulnerable popula
tions, she added.
US AFFAIRS
4th GOP debate exposes sharp division

in party over immigration
Milwaukee, WI: The confrontation between
Donald Trump and John Kasich in Tuesday
nights Republican debate over immigration
was tellingnot because they shared practi
cal solutions, but for what it revealed about
how each views the country and its ideals.
The debate laid bare clear divisions among
the partys presidential candidates on the
hotbutton issue. Trump fielded a question
on immigration, and offered a response that
he has regurgitated several times on the
campaign trailand which accounts for his
surge in the polls.
We are a country of laws. We need bor
ders, Trump said. We will have a wall. The
wall will be built. The wall will be success
ful. Its a regular talking point for the real
estate mogul, who also vows that Mexico
will pay for the wall. But, on Tuesday, it was
his deportation strategy that drew the
strongest response from his rivals. Trump
has said that he would deport 11 million
undocumented immigrants in one fe ll
swoop. Ohio Governor John Kasich dis
missed that idea as a silly argument.
Instead, Kasich invoked the emotional bur
den such a move would impose on the fami
lies of undocumented immigrants. Think
about the families, think about the children,
he said, adding, if theyve been law abiding
[and] they pay a penalty, they get to stay.
This wasnt simply a policy dispute, but a
Donald Trumps stand on deporting millions of illegals was stoutly opposed by Kasich
and Bush at the Milwaukee debate
fight over premises. In his remarks, Trump
implied that being an American is a privi
lege, not a right. His argument against
undocumented immigrants implicitly rejects
the notion that the U.S. benefits from such
immigration, or is morally committed to
offering opportunity. But Trumps argument
connects to the Republican base by success
fully tapping into a very different ideology.
Jindal attacks Republican

presidential rivals in
undercard debate
Milwaukee: IndianAmerican
Republican presidential hopeful
Bobby Jindal seized the offensive
to attack two of his rivals relegat
ed to the undercard debate as "big
government conservatives" and
suggest that he alone had cut gov
ernment spending.
Citing a long list economic sta
tistics to compare his record with
those of New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie and former
Arkansas
governor
Mike
Huckabee, Louisiana Governor
Jindal assailed the two during
Tuesday's undercard debate in
Milwaukee. Christie though
repeatedly refused to respond to
the attacks, pivoting to criticism of
Democratic frontrunner Hillary
Clinton even as Jindal compared
budget decreases in Louisiana to
budget increases in New Jersey.
Records matter, Jindal argued
attacking Christie for expanding
food stamps and accepting
Medicaid expansion with funding
from President Barack Obama's
signature healthcare law, the
Af fordable Care Act that
Republicans oppose. "My point is
IndianAmerican Republican
presidential hopeful Bobby
Jindal at the undercard
debtate in Milwaukee.
this," he said. "If politicians say
they're going to be conservative,
say they're going to cut spending,
but they don't do it, why should
we send them to D.C.?"
"If we send another big govern
ment Republican to the White
House, we will not do enough to
fix what is wrong in this country,"
Jindal said.
"Let's not just beat Hillary, let's
elect a conservative to the White
House, not just any Republican,"
Jindal said, arguing that the
Republican shouldn't be "a second
liberal party."
Republican voters have taken to the far right

on the issue, fueling Trumps campaign. Ted
Cruz has taken note, and is using a similar
approach to solidify his position with core
voters, who have been backing outsider can
didates like Trump and Ben Carson. Trump
has drawn the support of such voters per
haps because he believes that illegal immi
gration poses a threat to the United States,
and vows to protect the country and uphold

the law.
Meanwhile, Kasichs approach to immigra
tion rests on a different set of principles. In
his remarks, he stressed the pain deporta
tion would inflict on families, which could be
torn apart. His opposition to Trumps
scheme was framed as humane and prag
matic. Jeb Bush, by contrast, appealed to
principle. The former Florida governor has
supported a pathway to citizenship and, on
many o ccasions, worked to appeal to
Hispanic voters, either by speaking Spanish
or citing his ties to the community through
his family. So it comes as no surprise that
when pressed on immigration he would
of fer a principled response: Sending mil
lions of people back to Mexico is not
embracing American values.
It would tear communities apart. And it
would send the signal that were not the
kind of country that I know America is,
Bush said. Ted, Cruz placed his own empha
sis on the interests of two other groups:
American workers, and aspiring immigrants.
If Republicans join Democrats as the party
of amnesty, we will lose, Cruz said. Every
sovereign nation secures its borders, and it
is not compassionate to say were not going
to enforce the laws and were going to drive
down the wages for millions of hardwork
ing men and women.
OBAMA APPEALS IMMIGRATION

RULING TO SUPREME COURT
Washington:
US
Just ice
Department said on Tuesday it
would ask the Supreme Court to
review Monday's ruling by a feder
al appeals court against President
Barack Obama's immigration exec
utive action. A ruling from the
Supreme Court could represent a
lastgasp effort to salvage Obama's
signature achievement, Xinhua
reported. In a statement, Justice
Department spokesman Patrick
Rodenbush said the department
plans to appeal the ruling by the
5th US Circuit Court of Appeals
which uphe ld a Texas federal
judge's injunct ion to blo ck
Obama's immigration executive

action of protecting an estimated 5
million illegal immigrants from
deportation.
"The Department disagrees with
the Fifth Circuit's adverse ruling
and intends to seek further review
from the Supreme Court of the
United States," the statement said.
"T he Department of Just ice
remains committed to taking steps
that will resolve the immigration
litigation as quickly as possible in
order to allow DHS (Department of
Home land Security) to bring
greater accountability to our immi
gration system by prioritizing the
removal of the worst of fenders,

not people who have long ties to
the United States and who are rais
ing American children," it said.
In a controversial move last year,
Obama resorted to his executive
authority to circumvent Congress
and push forward immigration
reforms by seeking to provide as
many as five million illegal immi
grants with work permit while
shielding the majority of them
from deportation. Republicans
immediately outcried the action as
an illegal executive overreach
when Obama announced it last
November.
University of Missouri chancellor, president resign amid race backlash

Columbia, MO: The chancellor of
the University of Missouri's flag
ship campus in Columbia became
the latest school of ficial Monday
to announce that he will be step
ping down at the end of the year.
Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin's
announcement came hours after
the university system's president,
Tim Wolfe, said he was resigning,
effective immediately, in the face
of growing protests including
the threat of a faculty and student
walkout over his handling of a
spate of racially charged inci

dents.
Wolfe's fate appeared to have
been sealed when the Universitys
football team drew national atten
tion to the campus protests by
announcing during the weekend
that they would not participate in
team activities until Wolfe was
removed. Head coach Gary Pinkel
and athlet ic director Mack
Rhoades expressed solidarity with
the players and showed support
for Jonathan Butler, a Missouri
student staging a hunger strike.

In the end, Wolfe said he hoped
his resignation could lead to heal
ing. It is my be lie f that we
stopped listening to each other,
Wolfe said during his statement.
We didnt respond or react.
We got frustrated with each
other and we forced individuals
like Jonathan Butler to take imme
diate action, unusual steps to
af fect change. T his is not I
repeat, not the way change
should come about.
10
INDIA
Modi in London for

Nitish oath
taking to display threeday visit to Britain
antiModi muscle
The Grand Alliance led by Nitish Kumar won 178 of the 243
assembly seats.
Patna: Congress president Sonia
Gandhi and chief ministers of
Delhi, West Bengal, Odisha and
Uttar Pradesh will attend the
November 20 oath taking of
Bihar Chie f Minister Nit ish
Kumar in an event which is being
touted as the beginning of oppo
sition unity against the BJP.
Congress vice president Rahul
Gandhi and former prime minis
ter H.D. Deve Gowda will also
attend the event along w ith
Assam's Congress Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi. So will former chief
ministers Babulal Marandi and
Hemant Soren of Jharkhand and
INLD leader Abhay Chautala
from Haryana.
T he Grand Alliance led by
Nitish Kumar who will take
oath as chief minister for a third
straight time also includes the
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of
Lalu Prasad and the Congress. It
crushed the BJP and its allies,
winning 178 of the 243 assem
bly seats.
T he JDU, the RJD and the
Congress grabbed over 41 per
cent of all the votes in the five
phased elections that began on
October 12 and concluded on
November 5. The BJP alliance
got 38 percent.
The Shiv Sena, the BJPs junior
ally in Maharashtra, joined Chief
Ministers Arvind Kejriwal of
Delhi and Mamata Banerjee of
West Bengal as well as former
Jammu and Kashmir chief minis
ter Omar Abdullah in hailing the
Grand Alliance win and taking a
dig at Modi.
T he Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), which was confident of
ousting Nitish Kumar, admitted
its calculations had gone wrong
in one of the toughest state elec
tions in recent times.

T his is not an outcome we
expected, BJP general secretary
Ram Madhav said. The Grand
Alliance has done much better
than what we thoug ht. T his
defeat calls for serious thinking.
We need time to analyse.
Compared to the number of
assembly segments it led in the
2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP
lost every second seat.
The chief ministers expected to
attend are Akhilesh Yadav
(Samajwadi
Party,
Uttar
Pradesh), Naveen Patnaik (BJD,
Odisha), Arvind Kejriwal (AAP,
De lhi) and Mamata Banerjee
( Trinamool Cong ress, West
Bengal).
Lalu Prasad, whose RJD is the
single largest party in the new
Bihar house, and JDU president
Sharad Yadav will be the main
guests at the event.
In the Grand Alliance, the RJD
won 80 seats followed by the JD
U with 71 and the Congress with
27 seats. There will be 16 minis
ters from the RJD, 15 from the
JDU and five from the Congress.
London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in

London on November 12 for a threeday visit that
will see India and Britain sign a number of pacts on
mutual investments and defense cooperation.
Modi was received at Heathrow International
Airport, among others, by British Minister of State
for the Foreign Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire,
British High Commissioner to India James David
Evan, Indian High Commissioner to Britain Ranjan
Mathai, and British Minister of State for Employment
Priti Patel, who is of Indian origin.
"My visit is aimed at strengthening cooperation
with a traditional friend that is not only a major eco
nomic partner of India but also one of the leading
economic players of the world," Modi said in a series
of predeparture Facebook posts.
"India and UK are two vibrant democracies, which
are proud of their diversity and multicultural soci
eties," he said.
Modi's visit to Britain is the first bilateral visit by
an Indian prime minister in nine years after
Manmohan Singh's visit in 2006. Singh also visited
Britain in 2009 to attend the G20 summit.
"UK is one of the fastest growing G7 economies
and is home to a strong financial services sector,"
Modi said. "I see immense scope for our economic
and trade relations to improve and this will benefit
both our economies," he added.
On Thursday, Modi will be presented a guard of
honour and an official welcome by his British coun
terpart David Cameron following which the two lead
ers will hold bilateral talks and delegationlevel dis
cussions.
Modi will then address a joint session of the British
parliament and thus become the first Indian prime
Narendra Modi was received at Heathrow

International Airport.
minister to do so.
Following this, he will address the City of London
at the Old Library in Guildhall.
He will then continue talks with Cameron at the
Chequers, the countryside retreat of the British
prime minister, and spend the night there.
On Friday, Modi's schedule is filled with business
engagements, including an address to a CEOs round
table. He will also be hosted for lunch by Britain's
Queen Elizabeth II, a signal honor.
He will then address the Indian diaspora at the
iconic Wembley Stadium in London. On November
14, Modi will leave for Turkey to attend the annual
G20 summit.
DON'T RUN AWAY FROM FIXING

RESPONSIBILITY: SHATRUGHAN
Patna: Actor and BJP's Lok Sabha
member Shatrughan Sinha said
that the party should not run
away from fixing responsibility in
the Bihar debacle and warned
party leaders not to treat him like
a Rajya Sabha member with no
support base.
"...now that the (Bihar assembly
elections) verdict is out and we're
saddened by this humiliating
defeat, we should not run away
from fixing responsibility," Sinha
tweeted.
treat him like a

The Bollywood vet
Sabha
Rajya
eran's comment came
and
member,
after the BJP old
reminded them
guard, including L.K.
that he has a
Advani and Murli
support base. "I
Joshi,
Manohar
am not a Rajya
demanded a thorough
Sabha MP. I've
review of the debacle
BJP MP from Patna Sahib come through the
and said it cannott be
Shatrughan Sinha arrives to
support of the
done by those who
greet JD(U) leader Nitish
and
masses
were responsible (for
Kumar for his victory.
(have) won two
the electoral defeat).
Sinha, a former union minister, Lok Sabha elections with record
also warned party leaders not to margins. I have a support base,"
he said.
Sinha said despite his sincerity,
ef forts and intentions, he was
kept away from campaigning in
the Bihar assembly elections.
On the occasion of
"My friends, voters and support
Bhagwan Mahavir
Nirvan Diwas, emi
ers were let down," he said.
nent Jainacharya and
Sinha said he never wanted to
Founder of Ahimsa
be the chief minister of Bihar, but
Vishwa Bharti
insisted the election results would
Acharya Dr. Lokesh
have been dif ferent if he was
Muni presenting the
allowed to campaign in the state.
photo of Bhagwan
He reiterated he had not worked
Mahavir to Honorable
the BJP in any way. There
against
President of India Shri
rumours that the party
been
have
Pranab Mukherjee.
might take disciplinary action
against him for alleged "anti
party" activities.
INDIA
11
Modi marks Diwali with army men along Pak border

Amritsar/New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi visited forward areas in
Punjab, close to the IndiaPakistan inter
national border, to spend time with army
personnel on the occasion of Diwali.
The visit of the prime minister was
kept under wraps by defense authorities.
"People celebrate Diwali with their
family members and loved ones. I too
have come to celebrate it with you," he
said while addressing army personnel
after paying homage to martyrs at the
Dograi War Memorial at Khasa near
Amritsar.
It was at this site that Indian troops
foug ht one of the toug hest battles
against Pakistani troops and triumphed
50 years ago. "I am honored to be

among you today on the occasion of
Diwali," said Modi, sporting an army cap.
"I spent time with our soldiers and we
had a wonderful conversation," Modi
tweeted. "T he Battle of Dog rai on
September 22, 1965, was one of the
toughest battles fought and won by our
forces," he said.
Mo di also visited the Barki War
Memorial at Ferozepur town, close to the
IndiaPakistan border, and laid a wreath
there to pay homage to martyrs.
He also paid homage to Param Vir
Chakra awardee Company Quarter
Master Havildar Abdul Hamid at the war
memorial at Asal Uttar near Amritsar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the soldiers at the Dograi War Memorial, in Khasa, Amritsar.
B-Town thanks Amitabh for grand Diwali party
The sky lightsup with fireworks in

Lucknow on Diwali. (right) A view of
beautifully lit Golden Temple on
Diwali or Bandi Chhor Divas
in Amritsar.
Mumbai: Tinsel town celebrities

like Shilpa Shetty, Hrithik Roshan
and Manish Malhotra attended the
g rand Diwali party hosted by
megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
Shabana Azmi, Shilpa and Mika
Singh and other attendees took to
Twitter to thank Amitabh and his
family for the hospitality.
Shabana Azmi: Just returned
from Bachchan's Diwali party. The
night was just beginning. Feeling of
kinship in abundance.
Mika Singh: Had a wonderful
party at SrBachchan's house.
Thanks brother juniorbachchan for
such a great party. Happydiwali.
Parineeti Chopra: Happy Diwali

everyone! Off to SrBachchan 's din
ner. Honoured!
Shilpa Shetty: Diwali party at
Amitji's home. Photo time!
Sonakshi Sinha: Photobomb level
MAX. Diwalice le brat ions w ith
these shiny happy people.
Raj Kundra: Dearest SrBachchanji
juniorbachchan thank you so much
for your kind hospitality and a
wonderful evening.
Divya Dutta: Thanks SrBachchan,
jayaji, juniorbachchan and
Aishwarya for being the most gra
cious hosts! Thanks so much for a
beautiful Diwali! Shukriya.
12
OP-ED
NITISH: CAN HE BE A RALLYING FIGURE

FOR THE OPPOSITION?
By Amitava Mukherjee
s the Bihar assembly election

results came out, veteran
Congress leader Mani
Shankar Aiyar made a serious mis
take while going through his other
wise admirable election analysis on
CNNIBN. Faced with a question
whether Nitish Kumar can become
a rallying point for the opposition
at the national level, Aiyar dis
counted the possibility on the
ground that he did not have a pres
ence outside Bihar.
Obviously, Mani Shankar Aiyar
did not have in mind the past
example of Vishwanath Pratap
Singh when the latter became a ral
lying point for antiCongress forces
in the late 1980s and cobbled up a
coalition which was supported by
the Left and the BJP at the same
time. V.P. Singh too had very little
political presence outside Uttar
Pradesh. It may be a strange coinci
dence that Nitish Kumar whose
political star started rising at that
time now holds out the same possi
bility. Certainly it is not prudent at
this stage to jump to a specific con
clusion but that possibility would
always remain. Before the Bihar
As the chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar has an enviable record.

e lections, West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee, also the
Trinamool Congress chief,
expressed her support for Nitish
Kumar and wished for a victory of
the Janata DalUnitedRashtriya
Janata DalCongress combine.
De lhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal, of the Aam Aadmi Party,
had already expressed his support
to the Nitish Kumarled conglomer
ation.
It can be taken for granted that
the Left would like to see the Bihar
chief minister as a rallying factor
for antiBJP politics at the national
level as after the demise of Jyoti
Basu, the Left is not in a position to

throw any leader at the panIndia
level who commands acceptance
from other political parties.
Interesting will be the case of the
Congress. It is a known fact now
that Rahul Gandhi played a vital
role in persuading Lalu Prasad to
accept Nitish Kumar as the leader
of the Grand Alliance and the
future chief minister if the alliance
won the elections. But Congress is
certain to have reservations in
accepting Nitish Kumar as even an
informal leader of any future anti
BJP political platform. This has
already been indirectly indicated
by former finance minister P.

Chidambaram without taking
Nitish's name in an interview to the
electronic media while results were
still coming in. The message of
Chidambaram's interview was that
the Congress would act as a junior
partner where the party is weak
but would certainly take the lead
ing role where it enjoys a strong
position. Moreover, long years of
Nitish Kumar's alliance with the
BJP in Bihar and his track record of
antiCongress politics as a disciple
of Jayaprakash Narayan might
come in the way of the Congress
accepting his leading role.
The Samajwadi Party will certain
ly remain an enigma. Mulayam
Singh Yadav must now be ruing his
decision to walk out of the JDUled
alliance in Bihar. His socalled third
front has not been able to cut any
ice in the Bihar polls. Besides, he is
senior to Nitish Kumar in age. But
Mulayam Singh is a pragmatic
man. Moreover the Communist
Party of IndiaMarxist has very
good influence over him and it is
not inconceivable that the Left
might step in while prevailing upon
the Samajwadi Party to have at
least some sort of understanding at
the national level.

The factor that can go in favour
of Nitish Kumar is his suave per
sonality. He enjoys good equations
with
Navin
Patnaik
and
Jayalalithaa, the chief ministers of
Odisha and Tamil Nadu. As a rail
way minister, Nitish Kumar had a
tif f with the mercurial Mamata
Banerjee when he truncated the
Eastern Railway to create a new
division. But at a later stage, he was
able to iron out his difference with
her and the two now enjoy a very
good relation.
As the chief minister of Bihar,
Nitish Kumar has an enviable
record. So far as vital parameters
of development are concerned, like
net per capita state domestic prod
uct as percentage of all India per
capita net national income, annual
growth rate in agriculture and
allied activities, decrease in per
centage of population below pover
ty line and life expectancy of peo
ple of Bihar, he has been able to
show impressive results. It is true
that he has yet to come out of the
tag of a regional leader. But the
electoral triumph and his several
stints as a central minister give his
case a certain legitimacy.
Shah Rukh, you are my hero but we dont deserve you

By Barkha Dutt
y dear Shah Rukh, I wont hold it
against you if you decide never to
give me an interview again. This
is the second or third time that the hon
esty of your thoughts and the clarity of
your conviction in response to ques
tions from me, questions that have never
had anything to do with Kajol or Karan
Johar or even the lungi dance have
landed you in the middle of a nonsensical
and shameful controversy.
This week some Rightwing ideologues
asked me why I asked you what I did.
They implied that by discussing issues of
creative freedom, the wider debate around
tolerance and, above all, the scrutiny you
have had to face as an Indian Muslim from
chestthumping, hypernationalists, I was
revealing signs of my own twisted and
communal mind.
I ignored the toxicity of the statement
and reminded them that there was history
to your words when you told me that hav
ing to prove your patriotism was the
most degrading and hurtful experience of
your life.
It goes back to 2010 when we sat for an
interview, just like we did this week. Over
the years our conversations have become
slow ambles that wander casually through
a deeply emotional terrain. You have spo
You, Shah Rukh the real life man not Raj or Rahul, your screen avatars are my
hero. But shamefully, I must admit We dont deserve you.
ken to me with a candor that has dis
armed me. You Indias most beloved
star have told me you have no friends.
You have opened up about how solitary
and reclusive you are and why your
daughter is the only one who really under
stands you.
You have wondered out loud on national
television about whether its your failure
that you cant sustain friendships. You
have been willing, on more than one occa
sion, to thirdeye yourself and make a joke
or two without any of the pomposity and

selfimportance that is so typical of others
in your fraternity. You have laughed at
yourself and made me laugh. You have
always taken questions from the media
headon, handling them with selfdepre
cating wit even when one or two of
them are intrusive, tasteless and irritate
the hell out of you. Like the time you
laughingly told the reporter who asked if
you were gay: Kabhi mere saath ek raat
to guzaro (Spend a night with me some
time).
You are a first among equals in your
community. Almost no one else (save a
handful of notable exceptions) among the
biggest and most glamorous stars is will
ing to speak if you put it politely, you
can call it reticence; if you are blunter, the
word you would use is cowardice. But you
bucked the trend, yet again.
Whats most sickening is how youre
now being told that the fact that a Khan
can be so popular is proof of Indias secu
larism. You anticipated this rubbish when
you told me acerbically, Khan shining is
not India shining. Broken down, the gross
subtext is that you should be grateful for a
country where so many Hindus are fans of
a Muslim star. Its been left to you to point
out that the tokenism of the three Khans
of Bollywood is the very antithesis of sec
ularism.
I wish I could ignore the hate brigade.
But when a party general secretary and a
longterm MP are among those asking you
to leave for Pakistan and when the
minority af fairs minister calls you her
brother but makes apologies for their poi
son, all I can say is every word you spoke
becomes even more invaluable.
You, Shah Rukh the real life man
not Raj or Rahul, your screen avatars
are my hero. But shamefully, I must admit
We dont deserve you.
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
OP-ED
13
Bihar outcome: Modi has let himself down

By Amulya Ganguli
ven more than the crushing

defeat which the Bhartiya
Janata Party (BJP) suffered
in Delhi, its setback in Bihar will
hurt it a great deal more not only
because of Bihar's greater impor
tance as an electoral arena but
also because of the huge empha
sis which the party had placed on
the contest.
Perhaps to avert the demoraliz
ing effect of a second successive
defeat in an assembly poll, the
BJP used all its supposed assets
to register a victory with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi address
ing nearly 40 rallies, which is
likely to remain a record of its
kind in the foreseeable future,
and deputing as many as 14 cabi
net ministers to campaign in the
state even if, so far as political
importance is concerned, they
are mostly nonentities.
Party president Amit Shah may
be an exception in this context
but he apparently shot the party
in the foot by saying that a victo
ry for the mahagathbandhan or
the Grand Alliance of the Janata
Narendra Modi with party president Amit Shah.

DalUnited, the Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) and the Congress will
be celebrated in Pakistan.
This puerile attempt to depict
the antiBJP alliance's supporters
Muslims as antinationalist
evidently backfired. Just as
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's sug
gestion about a review of the
quota policy was effectively used
by the alliance to portray the BJP
as intrinsically proupper caste
who have never liked the policy
of reservations.
Not to be left behind, Modi
himself added fuel to the fire by

snide ly suggest ing that the
alliance, if it won, would take
away some of the quotas meant
for the backward castes to give
them away to the Muslims.
But it may not be these petty
games alone which let down the
BJP. There are two other factors
which undoubtedly cut the
ground from under the party's
feet.
One is the murderous activity
of the Hindu Right ranging from
the killing of rationalists to the
lynching of suspected bee f
eaters, which have persuaded the

artistes of various professions to
return their awards in protest
against the prevailing climate of
intolerance.
The other is the overweening
arrogance of the BJP leaders,
which was demonstrated by
Subramanian Swamy's advice to
the government to sack the
Reserve
Bank
governor
Raghuram Rajan for echoing the
grievances of the writers who
have done "nothing for the coun
try". Even a maverick like Swamy
could not directly crit icize
President Pranab Mukherjee for
voicing sentiments similar to
those of the disaf fected intelli
gentsia. But this was done in the
cyber world by the socalled
Internet Hindus a section of the
Hindu Rig ht who recalled
Mukherjee's association with the
Congress.
The party's increasing arro
gance was displayed in a milder
form by proBJP film star
Anupam Kher, who called himself
a patriot in the context of the
protests by the writers, hinting
that the latter did not answer to
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
that description.
For Modi's critics, the journey
downhill for him and his party
has begun. The BJP's hope that
Bihar will pave the way for fur
ther successes in the east, includ
ing in Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal, has been comprehensive
ly nullified.
The Bihar outcome may not
mark the end of development, for
Nitish Kumar, if not Lalu Prasad
Yadav, knows the importance of
bijli, sadak and pani for the aver
age citizen.
The Bihar chief minister also
knows that the Grand Alliance
has won not only because Lalu
Prasad roped in the backward
caste votes but also because of
Nitish Kumar's enthusiasm for
development and good gover
nance, which is why it was said
about him during the election
that he did a lot for Bihar (bahut
kaam kiya).
In the end, Modi let himself
down after a great beginning
because he doesn't seem to know
how to suppress the extremists
and advance his own agenda of
moderation.
SERVICE
15
Rotary conference focuses on

serving the local community
The conference last weekend with Kamlesh C. Mehta as Governor
was the rst for the newly formed Rotary District 7255
comprising Suolk, Nassau, Queens and Kings Counties.
Garden City, NY: T he sprawling Rotary
International District 7255 that extends from
Suffolk and Nassau in Long Island to Queens
and Kings Counties in New York City success
fully held its first annual conference last week
end in a local destination (Long Island
Marriott, Uniondale) since the new district was
formed.
RI District 7255 Governor (201516)
Kamlesh C. Mehta chose the theme of the
Conference to be "Serving the Local
Community First." He shifted the focus to local
community because he strongly believes that
charity and cooperation begins with family,
friends and neighbors before we look beyond.
Accordingly, the conference decided to give
more help to youth projects, veterans program,
disaster relief, Gift of Life and local Rotary
clubs for their community projects.
Encouragement was also given to new lead
ership and youth program. Strategic three
year plans were presented for membership
growth and funding for local projects.
The well attended conference also had high
fun quotient. Dhwani Musical Group from India
and DJ Lucky entertained the Saturdays
Governor Gala with HindiEnglish fusion songs.
They rocked the evening with their nonstop
75minute singing and dancing. Conference
Chairs were PDG Sammy Hsaio and PDG Fred
Notter. Conference Treasurer is Gautam
Sanghvi, CPA. Rotary Club of Hicksville South
was the Host Club. Over a dozen members
made new contribution to join Paul Harris
Donors group.
Service Awards on Friday Nov 6 were pre
sented to Rotary Clubs of Historic Jackson
Heights, Huntington, T he Morichies,
Ronkonkoma, and Williston Park. On Saturday
Nov 7, Distinguished Service Awards, signed by
DG Kamlesh Mehta & Dist Secretary Jacqueline

Milton, with a crystal plaque, were presented
to the PDG Ravi Bhooplapur (District Trainer
Mentorship), ADGs Warren Steinberg and Vicki
Greenberg; ADG Barbara Ackerman and PDG
Thomas Gelsdorf (Peace Scholarships); PDGs
Fred Notter and Sammy Hsiao (both
Conference Chairs); DGND Shawn Wies
(Conference Registrar); Lonnie Sherman
(Veteran Services); PDG George Rehn (Rotary
Leadership Institute), PDG Robbie Donno (Gift
of Life 40 years Founder) and Rakesh
Bhargava (Keynote Speaker).
From the Host Club, Rotary Club of Hicksville
South, Nilima Madan, Arjen Bathija, Dave
Sharma, Rizwan Qureshi, Lione l Chitty,
Ginsmon Zacharia, Ashok Varshney, Mukesh
Modi, Daniel Wall, Dan Flynn, Salil Zaveri, Nishi
Bahl, Preeti Dawane, Ashok Sapra, Bansi Shah
and many other members of who were there
round the clock to manage the conference
along with volunteers from the district.
Rotary International District 7255 (Suffolk, Nassau, Queens and Kings Counties)
Governor (201516) Kamlesh Mehta opening the District Conference 2015
at Long Island Marriott, Uniondale on Nov 67. (Photos: Anil Mathew)
District Trainer 201516, PDG Ravi Bhooplapur presiding

the afternoon sessions of District Conference on Nov 7.
Rotary Leadership Youth Award Students posing with

District Governor Mehta after their presentation.
Keynote
Speaker
Rakesh
Bhargava
receiving
Honor from
District
Trainer,
PDG Ravi
Bhooplapur.
Rotary Man & Rotary Woman Mascot of Rotary being used to pro
mote Rotary in public events in the District.
International students in the DistrictYouth Exchange Program seen with

PDG Ravi, DG Kamlesh and YE CoChair Rose Quaranta.
District Governor
Kamlesh Mehta
with Vice
Governor &
District
Foundation Chair
PDG Arnie
Quaranta during
the Foundation
Dinner on Nov 6.
Dr Rajesh Patel speaking on

Prevention & Cure of Diseases.
18
CRICKET
Joined by star players, Sachin

promotes cricket in US
Fierce rivals when they played competitive cricket, Sachin and Shane
Warne are now on the same side of promoting cricket in the US.
Citi Field Stadium in New York was not fully packed for the inaugural
match, but the atmosphere of live games back home in India was
right for the fans to enjoy.
Photos: Sandeep G.
for The South Asian Times
New York: Sachin Tendulkar, one
the greatest cricketers of all time
and one of the most famous
Indians alive, and Shane Warne, the
Australian spin legend, have been
joined by 28 of the worlds top
cricketers from the last two
decades in America on a single mis
sion: to promote cricket in base
ball country where it is not under
stood or misunderstood.
Traditionally played over five
days, crickets oneday format is
now more popular. But what has
been brought to America in Cricket
AllStars series is T20 format,
match of 20 overs for each team,
which yields a result in about 3
hours, about the duration of a foot
ball match.
The three matches of the Cricket
AllStars series are being played
between Sachins Blasters team and
Warnes Warriors in Major League
Baseball stadiums of the New York
Mets, Houston Astros and Los
Angeles Dodgers.
To be here in America, I never
thought this day would come, said
Tendulkar, 42, at a press confer
ence at the New York Marriott
Marquis before the Citi Fie ld
match. Weve come here to win
hearts. We want to win the hearts
of as many people as possible here
and give our best. The reason for
picking up a cricket bat again after
retirement is to g lobalize the
sport. With a sizable population of
expats from the major cricket play
ing nations, the sport already has a
foothold in the US. At the first
match of the AllStar series Nov 7
at Citi Field, the passion inspired in
a crowd of 36,000, comprised
Cricket AllStars matches are being played

in fun atmosphere.
"Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!" screamed the
stadium in unison, hundreds wearing blue
Indian shirts, turning their heads on
spotting Tendulkar.
mainly of immigrants from South
Asia, the Caribbean, England and
Australia, at seeing their heroes
was obvious. Sachin, of course, was
the star attraction for many in
attendance. Hes the god of crick
et, New Jersey resident Sid
Kummar, decked out in a blue India
cricket shirt, said of Tendulkar
ahead of the match.
Sachin has been promising com
petitive games. Indeed, the fate of
the first match in New York was
decided only in the last over:
Warnes Warriors won by six wick
ets, with Ricky Ponting's unbeaten
48 being the crucial knock as his
team chased down the 141run tar
get. In the Houston match, Kumar
Sangakkara led an entertaining
batting display scoring 70, guiding
Warne's Warriors to a comfortable
victory. Sachin scored 33 for his
team. The final game of Cricket All
Stars will be played at Dodgers
Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday.
For more information regarding
the Cricket AllStars series, please
visit www.cricketallstars2015.com.
A dance sequence from the opening ceremony.
Pakistani pacer Shoaib

Akhtar signing a cricket
ball for New York jeweler
Sushil Goyal.
CRICKET
19
Virendra Sehwag fields a

question at the press
conference in Citi Field.
Warnes Warriors
won the Citi
Field game.
Shane Warne was

declared Man of
the Match at Citi
Field.
A cricket bat signed by all the players of the two rival teams.
Sling TV sponsors the cricket series

ling International is sponsoring the
Cricket AllStars inaugural series,
he lping to bring live cricket to
America. Our goal is to bring the excite
ment of cricket to fans living in the U.S.,
and we wanted to show our support for
this rare opportunity to see some of the
games greatest players live and inper
son, said Chris Kuelling, senior vice presi
dent of international programming for
Sling TV. Not only is the Cricket AllStars
series a mustsee event for lifelong cricket
fans, its an opportunity to engage a whole
new audience who may never before have
experienced the game.
Sling Internationals sponsorship of the
Cricket AllStars stems from the brands
support of the game and commitment to

entertainment that connects viewers with
their culture. A leading provider of global
content to viewers in the US, Sling
International delivers over 200 interna
tional channels, including many toprated
South Asian channels such as Willow
Cricket, Sony, Aapka Colors, Zee TV, Star
Plus, Aaj Tak, TV Asia, ARY Digital, Geo
TV, Maa TV, Sun TV and ETV.
Customers of Sling TV who have the
Best of Live TV package can watch the
Cricket AllStars matches on ESPN3 for no
extra cost by entering their Sling TV user
name and password on WatchESPN.com
or within the WatchESPN app. Sling cus
tomers who wish to subscribe to Best of
Live TV and receive access to ESPN3 can

do so by logging into their account at
www.sling.com and adding the Best of

Live TV package.
20
DIASPORA
Diwali fireworks allowed

in Canadian city
Toronto: The IndianCanadian community
in the city of Mississauga on the outskirts of
Toronto will be able to celebrate Diwali
with fireworks this year.
Mississauga, the sixth largest city in
Canada and the second largest in Ontario
province, has a huge Indianorigin popula
tion.
Till now, city bylaws allowed fireworks
only on Canada Day, New Year's Day and
Victoria Day.
But with the ef forts of Ontario's first
Indianorigin Minister Dipika Damerla, the
IndianCanadians will have a colorful Diwali
this year.
Damerla had written to Mississauga
Mayor Bonnie Crombie, request ing a
change in the current fireworks bylaw and
allowing use of fireworks on Diwali similar
to the permission granted on Victoria Day

and Canada Day holidays.
Though Diwali fireworks have been grant
ed on a temporary basis for this year only,
Damerla is hopeful that Diwali will be per
manently included with Canada Day and
Victoria Day for fireworks.
"Since Diwali is such an important festival
for the IndoCanadian community which
now is an integral part of the city's diversi
ty, the mayor and her city council have
done the right thing by giving permission
for fireworks," said Damerla, who is
Ontario's associate minister for longterm
care.
T he IndianCanadian communities in
other big cities such as Brampton in Ontario
and Surrey are already allowed Diwali fire
works with permission.
Trinidad celebrates Diwali

in fine style
Port of Spain: The oilrich republic of
Trinidad and Tobago celebrated Diwali
a Festival of Lights, in grandeur and fine
style as the entire nation joined with the
celebrations of the Hindu community on
Tuesday.
Trinidad and Tobago could be
described as a national shrine with the
network of celebrations across the coun
try. The celebrations started some two
weeks ago with special programs in pri
vate and public places.
President of the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago, Justice Anthony Carmona, in
his special message noted that Diwali is
an open window into the rich, ornate cul
ture and heritage of the Hindu communi
ty that has proudly transcended genera
tions since indentureship. The President
said that he hoped Diwali would drive
away the violence, crime, abuse and

racial and political discrimination.
Prime Minister Keith Rowley, while
delivering his Diwali message since
becoming prime minister last September,
pointed out that Diwali is not merely
about material possessions, but also of
spiritual enlightenment. He called on the
populace to engage themselves in, "mind
ful introspection and that we must look
deep within ourselves."
Winston Dookeran, former Minister of
Foreign Affairs, hailed the annual Diwali
Nagar as, "a serious manifestation of the
presence of the Indian diaspora in
Trinidad and Tobago, and by extension
the Caribbean. "The Indian diaspora
remains wellcommitted to the socioeco
nomic and cultural deve lopment ot
Trinidad and Tobago."
Swraj Paul's son falls to death in Britain

London: Angad Paul, son of Swraj
Paul an Indiaborn Britainbased
business magnate and philanthro
pist died after falling from his
eighthstoreyed penthouse home
here, a media report said on
Monday.
Ang ad fe ll eig ht storeys on
Sunday night, landing on the roof
of another building be low.
Paramedics pronounced the 45
yearold dead at the scene in cen
tral London, Mirror Online report
ed. Police on Sunday night said
there were no suspicious circum

stances and they were investigat
ing the incident.
Angad was the CEO of Caparo
Industries steel firm situated on
Baker Street in London.
Caparo Industries is reported to
be on the brink of going into
administration as a fallout of the
UK steel crisis.
Caparo reported an annual oper
ating loss of 700,000 pounds for
2014 as compared with the previ
ous year's profit of 3.1 million
pounds.
Its UK operations posted much
hig her losses at 2.5 million
pounds, compared with the 1.7
million pounds profit made the
year before.
Angad married media lawyer
Michelle Bonn 10 years ago. He
was also the executive producer of
a hit movie titled "Lock, Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels."
Lord Swraj Paul seen in the photo

with son Angad
Glimpses of Diwali celebrations held in the Embassy of India in Paris
SUBCONTINENT
21
Bangladesh hands over ULFA's Chetia to India

New Delhi/Dhaka: Outlawed
ULFA's fug it ive leader Golap
Baruah alias Anup Chetia was
handed over to India by
Bangladesh, 18 years after his
arrest a move that is expected to
g ive a push to peace talks in
Assam.
According to a top ofcial,
Bangladesh Ries handed over
Chetia to the Border Security
Force (BSF) at Dawki a border
trade centre between India and
Bangladesh in Meghalaya. He
was later own to New Delhi by
the
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation (CBI).
India described this as a major
breakthrough and said it would
help the authorities crack several
other major cases related to the
outt and its afliates.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
spoke to Bang ladesh Premier
Sheikh Hasina "and thanked her
for the help in ghting terrorism".
Union Minister of State for
Home Af fairs Kiren Rijiju told
Outlawed ULFA's fugitive leader Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia.

IANS: "It's India's team effort led
by the prime minister... and as far
as the handing over of Chetia is
concerned, it will be decided by
relevant agencies."
India has been of late successful
in getting custody of underworld
dons Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje
alias Chhota Rajan and Abu Salem,
and ULFA chairman Arabinda
Rajkhowa. Chhota Rajan, once a
Aung San Suu Kyi

won, says Myanmar
poll panel
close aide of underworld don

Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested in
Indonesia in October and brought
to India on November 6. Abu
Salem, wanted for his involvement
in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts,
was broug ht to India from
Portugal in November 2005.
Rajkhowa was brought to India
from Bangladesh in December
2009, after he surrendered before
Indian authorities at Dawki in

Meghalaya. A PMO ofcial told
IANS, requesting anonymity: "He
(Chetia) has been handed over to
India following the request of
Prime Minister Modi and National
Security Adviser Ajit Doval."
"T he Central Bureau of
Investigation will take custody of
Chetia. (Chetia) will have to face
trial in India for various crimes
committed by him in Assam,
which include murder, kidnapping
and extortion," he said.
Chetia is wanted by India to
stand trial in various criminal
cases of extortion, kidnapping,
murder and attempt to murder.
Bang ladesh Home Minister
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal con
rmed in Dhaka that Chetia has
been handed over to India.
"Chetia has been handed over to
India legally after completing his
prison term," the Bang ladesh
home minister told IANS.
Chetia being handed over to
India is seen as an effort to speed
up the paralysed peace talks

between the Indian government
and the protalks faction of ULFA
led by the outt's former chair
man, Rajkhowa, who along with a
group of other senior ULFA lead
ers had surrendered to the Indian
authorities in 2009.
Both the Assam government and
the members of the protalks fac
tion of ULFA have been demand
ing the extradition of Chetia since
the peace process got underway
in 2010. The deportation of the
48yearold founder member of
ULFA comes after a extradition
treaty was inked between India
and Bangladesh in 2013. T he
treaty's absence was the major
reason behind the delay in the
deportat ion of the insurgent
leader. Chetia founded the ULFA
in 1979 with ve other leaders,
including the outt's commander
inchief Paresh Baruah who is now
believed to be hiding somewhere
in China or Myanmar, having
escaped Bangladesh earlier.
Maldives lifts state of Emergency

Male: The Maldives lifted the state
of Emergency it imposed less than a
week following an explosion on a
speedboat carrying President
Abdullah Yameen.
T he state of Emergency was
announced on November 4. It was
for a 30day period.
The government had earlier said
the Emergency would be lifted as
soon as the situation normalises.
At a press conference here,
Attorney General Mohamed Anil
said the Emergency had been lifted
with ef fect from 5.00 p.m. on
Tuesday.
The president said in a statement

that security forces had assured
him that the situation in the
Maldives was no longer deemed as
a threat to the people.
He noted the requests by
Maldives' friends to lift the
Emergency and restore the rights
and freedoms enshrined in the con
stitution.
"In light of the possible adverse
impact on the Maldives' tourism
and the economy, President Yameen
has decided to lift the state of emer
gency," the attorney general said.
The decision came after several
countries, including neighbouring

Sri Lanka, the US and Britain and
international organisations like the
European Union condemned the
Emergency and urged Male to
restore constitutional rights in the
archipelago.
The tourism industry had report
ed an alarming drop in occupancy
as tourists cancelled bookings over
security concerns.
The declaration of Emergency
came a day after security forces dis
covered an explosive device near
the presidential palace and discov
ery of an arms haul.
BIHAR VOTER REJECTS COMMUNAL

POLITICS: PAKISTANI DAILY
Aung San Suu Kyi
Yangon: Myanmar's Union
Election Commission (UEC)
announced that opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi has
won the general election and
has been ree lected to the
House of Representat ives
(Lower House).
Representing her National
League for Democracy (NLD),
Aung San Suu Kyi, who is the
party chairperson, contested in
Yangon's Kawhmu constituen
cy mainly against rival U Kyaw
Zin Hein, candidate of the rul
ing Union Solidarity and
Development Party (USDP),
reported Xinhua.
So far, the NLD has secured a
total of 291 seats in three lev
els of parliament, including 78

in
the
House
of
Representat ives, 29 in the
House of Nationalities and 182
in the Reg ion or State
Parliament, according to the
result released by the UEC as
of Tuesday night.
The USDP held 27 seats, six
in
the
House
of
Representatives, two in the
House of Nationalities and 19
in the Reg ion or State
Parliament.
A total of 333 representa
tives have been elected to par
liament at three levels, accord
ing to the results announced
by the UEC as of Tuesday
night.
Islamabad: The BJP's rout in Bihar

marks a "decisive rejection of com
munal polit ics" in India, a
Pakistani newspaper said.
"The Indian voter has demon
strated an early and decisive rejec
tion of communal politics," the
Dawn said in an editorial.
"(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi
would do we ll to listen to the
voter. An India lurching to the
right is a threat to domestic cohe

sion and regional stability," it
added.
"Instead of try ing to vilify
Pakistan, perhaps Modi may want
to reect on what the Indian voter
makes of the BJP's ugly politics."
The Dawn said the rejection by
voters of the Bharatiya Janata
Party's "communalbaiting and
incendiary campaign ... is a victory
for rightthinking people every

where".
But it "is too early to know if
Modi and his BJP strategists will
reconsider their approach to poli
tics".
The daily said while the BJP had
been routed in De lhi too in
February, the loss is Bihar was sig
nicant and "a reliable indicator
of national electoral trends".
22
INTERNATIONAL
Obama to discuss war on IS with G20 leaders

Washington: US President Barack
Obama is expected to discuss the
ght against the Islamic State (IS)
militant group with US allies dur
ing an upcoming summit of Group
of 20 economies, the White House
said.
"It'd be impossible to travel all
the way over there and not spend
some time thinking about and
talking about our ongoing ef fort
to degrade and ultimately destroy
IS," Xinhua quoted the W hite
House spokesman Josh Earnest as
saying.
"So I would ant icipate that
would be part of the President's
visit," he said.
Leaders of the world's 20
biggest economies, including the
United States, China, Japan,
Russia, Canada, Australia and
Brasil, are to meet next Sunday
and Monday in the Turkish sea
UN chief to attend G20

summit in Turkey
Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will meet in the Turkish

sea resort of Antalya to discuss global economic issues.
resort of Antalya to discuss global
economic issues.
Many countries participating in
the summit are also part of the US
led coalition against IS, Earnest
added. The USled coalition has
Key results accomplished

on Arafat's death probe:
Palestinians
Ramallah:
T he
Palest inians said
that "important
results"
were
accomplished in
invest ig at ing the
circumstance of
their late leader
Yasser Arafat, and
these results will
lead to resolving the
mystery of his death
Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
11 years ago.
Earlier, Palestinian President matter and an important step to
Mahmoud Abbas said in a record unveil the complete truth on
ed TV message aired on Palestine Arafat's assassination."
Tawq Tiraw i, head of the
TV that the investigation has come
a long way, and will continue until Palestinian Committee to investi
the truth is uncovered, Xinhua gate Arafat's death, informed al
Qedwa that the team is about to
news agency reported.
On Wednesday, the Palestinians declare important results. Al
marked the 11 anniversary of the Qedwa said "I hope the results will
death of Arafat, who passed away be declared as soon as possible."
in 2004 because of a mysterious Tirawi announced in a TV state
disease in a French hospital. The ment that his committee found
Palestinians accused Israel of poi facts leading to a person who
stands behind assassinating Arafat.
soning him.
"The committee will carry on However, Tirawi declined to give
with its investigation until the any more details on the identity of
truth is unveiled," said Abbas, this person. But Tirawi accused
adding "We tell Yasser Arafat that Israel of being behind murdering
we are following his steps and we Arafat.
He added that the Palestinian
are sticking to our national merits
investigations are focusing on the
and rights."
Nasser alQedwa, Arafat's possibility of a collaborator who
nephew, also member of Fatah managed to penetrate into the
Party's Central Committee, told security circle around Arafat. "If
Xinhua that the investigating com this is unveiled and resolved, then
mittee "are about to announce spe it will be easy to unveil who holds
the political responsibility for
cic results."
AlQedwa, who is also the chair assassinating Arafat and getting
man of Arafat Foundation, said rid of him, and certainly the one
that declaring the results of the who holds this responsibility is in
investigations "will be a very good Israel," said alQedwa.
been bombing IS targets for more

than a year.
Despite Obama's promise in the
past that no US ground forces will
be engaged in combat, the White
House announced in October that
United Nations: UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon will leave New

York on Friday to participate in the summit of the world's 20
largest economies in Antalya, Turkey, UN spokesman Stephane
Dujarric told reporters.
"While in Turkey, the secretarygeneral will attend working ses
sions with the world leaders gathered for the Summit, including
on development and climate change, growth strategies and
employment, as well as terrorism and the refugee crisis," Xinhua
quoted Dujarric as saying.
"He will also hold bilateral meetings with other leaders attend
ing the G20 Summit, including (Turkish) President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan," he said. The secretarygeneral will be back in New York
on the evening of November 16, the spokesman added.
it would deploy US ground troops
to Syria, in a bid to assist rebels
ghting the Islamic militants.
This will be the rst time that US
troops are deployed on the ground

in Syria, where large swaths of ter
ritory have been controlled by the
IS.
British PM sets out key

demands for EU reform
London: British Prime Minister
David Cameron has formally
launched his bid to renegotiate
Britain's membership in the
European Union, setting out his
four key demands for EU reform.
Cameron has written to Donald
Tusk, president of the European
Council, to tell him his demands.
Cameron is also scheduled to
de liver a major speech on
Tuesday to urge the EU to meet
his demands ahead of an "in or
out" referendum on Britain's
membership of the EU.
In the speech, Cameron is
expected to stress his four
demands: Protecting the single
market for Britain and others
outside the eurozone; exempting
Britain from "evercloser union"
and bolstering national parlia
ments; limiting EU migrants' ben
ets in Britain;, and enhancing
competitiveness in the EU. On
British Prime Minister David Cameron

Monday, Cameron said he had
"no emotional attachment" to the
EU institutions and wanted to
"debunk" the idea Britain could
not survive outside the EU.
Addressing a national business
conference, he said he was not
satised with the status quo and
Britain had to renegotiate its deal
with Europe.
If I get the changes, I would
campaign "vigorously" to stay in
the EU, Cameron said, adding if
not, I would "rule nothing out."
Cameron has pledged to hold a
referendum on whether Britain
should withdraw from the EU
by 2017.
US to integrate climate considerations

into foreign policy: Kerry
Washington: US Secretary of State
John Kerry said that he will con
vene a task force of senior govern
ment ofcials to determine how
best to integrate climate and secu
rity analysis into overall foreign
policy planning and priorities.
In a speech on climate policy at
the Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia, Kerry called cli
mate change a threat to the United
States and to security and stability
of countries everywhere. "We have

to integrate climate considera
tions into every aspect of our for
eign policy, from development and
humanitarian aid to peace build
ing and diplomacy," he said.
Kerry said that the strategic
plans US embassies use w ill
account for expected climate
impacts and that his department
will work closely with the US
Agency
for
Internat ional
Development to improve its con

ict earlywarning and prevention
capability.
"If we can better identify the
'red ags' of risk around the
world, we can better target diplo
macy and development assistance
in order to enable those nations to
become more resilient and more
secure and less likely to devolve
into fulledged wars and humani
tarian crises," he added.
BUSINESS
23
Samvat 2072 begins on positive note; Sensex gains

Mumbai: Samvat 2072, marking
the start of the Hindu New Year,
beg an on a posit ive note for
Indian equities at a special trad
ing session held this week.
Held every year on Diwali day,
the special trading session saw
both the bellwether indices of the
Indian equities markets make
healthy gains.
The annual onehour special
"muhurat" session was he ld
between 5.45 p.m and 6.45 p.m.
T he 50scrip Nifty of the
National Stock Exchange (NSE)
made modest gains during the
intrasession trade. It ended high
er by 41.65 points or 0.54 per
cent at 7,825 points.
Furthermore, the 30scrip sen
sitive index (Sensex) of the S&P
The special trading session is held every Diwali day.

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
augmented during the special
trading session. The S&P BSE

Sensex, which opened 25,934.90
points, closed at 25,866.95

points up 123.69 points or
0.48 percent from the previous
day's close at 25,743.26 points.
The Sensex touched a high of
25,944.93 points and a low of
25,853.42 points during the
intrasession trade.
The S&P BSE Sensex had closed
the previous day's trade down
392 points or 1.50 percent.
The previous three Hindu scal
Samvats ended on a positive note,
with the index gaining 26.42 per
cent in 2014, 14.07 percent in
2013 and 7.69 percent in 2012.
It was during a year before that
in 2012 that the Sensex took
a major hit, down 17.69 percent.
The previous close in the nega
tive was the 52.36 percent fall in
2008.
Analysts said that high expecta
tions, the government's inability
to push key reforms and global
market turmoil such as the
Greece crisis, slowing Chinese
economy and an impending US
rate hike dented investors' con
dence.
"The market expectations were
very high after the last year's
exponential rise, formation of a
single party government at the
centre and its reforms agenda,"
James added.
"The upward trend since last
Diwali was not sustained beyond
March 2015, as political develop
ments, slower pace of reforms
and disappointing results eroded
investors condence."
MODI TO VISIT JAGUAR LAND

Nestle announces Maggi's
ROVER PLANT IN BRITAIN
relaunch, pact with Snapdeal
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will visit the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant,
a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors, during
the course of his threeday visit to Britain
starting on Thursday.
"There will also be a visit to the Jaguar
Land Rover factory at Solihull," Modi stated
in a Facebook post ahead of his visit.
Addressing the media on Tuesday, Foreign
secretary S. Jaishankar said the JLR plant
was the agship Indian investment in
Britain.
"It is the largest investment by an Indian
company in the UK. In my understanding, it
is the largest private sector manufacturing
employer in the UK," he said. JLR now annu

ally produces around 425,000 vehicles,
which are sold across the world. Jaishankar
said that when the Tatas acquired JLR in
2008, it was running at a loss.
"It was turned around in ve years and its
revenues have increased enormously," he
said. Stating that it was a symbol of a much
more contemporary economic relationship
between the two countries, Jaishankar said
that it drove home the message that "we are
job makers, and not job takers".
The facility in Solihull, he said, has some
unique features, including a very modern
aluminum body building plant.
Infosys a brand for digital

services in US: report
Bengaluru: Software major Infosys has
been named as one of the most relevant
service providers for digital strategy in a
report by global management consulting
rm Everest group for its brand recall in
the US.
"Everest in a report 'North America
digital adoption survey how pervasive is
your digital strategy?' mentioned that
Infosys had high brand recall in a survey
of IT leaders across 120 US enterprises,"
the company said in a statement here.
Everest Group vice president Chirajeet
Sengupta said organisations focus their
digital investments on Digital Enablement,
Digital for Efciency, and Digital for

Growth in a statement.
"Infosys of fers digital technologies to
streamline and simplify pro cesses,
improve productivity and quality, and
deliver a superior experience to business
process stakeholders," said Sengupta.
"This has enabled it to be ranked in the
top quartile in the Digital Strategy of
North American enterprises," added
Sengupta. Infosys offers digital technolo
gies, consulting and creative services for
companies to enhance their customer
engagement, drive operational efciencies
and enable new business models.
New Delhi: Nestle India said it has begun

the rollout of Maggi noodles in 100 cities,
terming the vemonth ban as "one of the
biggest crises" it has faced in the 32year
history of the brand in the country. It also
announced a pact with Snapdeal for
online sales.
"The return of Maggi Noodles on the
auspicious eve of Deepawali and on the
day of Dhanteras is a moment of celebra
tion for all of us," Nestle India chairman
and managing director Suresh Narayanan
said, announcing the relaunch, after it
was taken off the shelves on June 5.
"The crisis we went through is a big one
for Nestle India. But we were always con
dent about the quality and safety of Maggi
noodles. It is an important brand for the
company," Narayanan told a roundtable
with journalists to announce the re
launch. The rst to hit the shelves will be
the masala variant, which will be available
in single, twin, four and six packs. Other

variants will follow later, he said.
"Maggi noodles has special relationships
and strong emotional bonds with con
sumers across the country and I am con
dent our bonds will grow stronger," he
said. "Separately, Nestle India is pleased to
partner with Snapdeal to rollout online
offers to mark this special occasion."
On June 5, the Foo d Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had
ordered a panIndia ban on the company's
noodles on the ground that these were
"unsafe and hazardous" for humans due to
the presence of lead, allegedly beyond
permissible limits. After a vemonth legal
battle, Nestle said last Wednesday that the
masala version of Maggi noodles will hit
the retail shelves as early as this month
having cleared all tests ordered by the
Bombay High Court at three accredited
laboratories.
24 November 14-20, 2015
SPORTS
BCCI chief Manohar to replace

Srinivasan as ICC chairman
Mumbai: The Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI) has
appointed
its
president
Shashank Manohar as the new
chairman of the International
Cricket Council (ICC) removing
incumbent N. Srinivasan for the
rest of the term.
Srinivasan, who was elected
for a twoyear term, was sched
uled to head the ICC till June
2016. The decision to replace
him with Manohar was taken at
the board's Annual General
Meeting (AGM) here on Monday.
Srinivasan's position as the pres
ident of the Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association (TNCA) is also under
the scanner.
"BCCI's representative to ICC
will be Manohar. He will take
over as the ICC chairman. All
members of the BCCI are unani
mous to the decision taken and
will work transparently in the
upcoming days. Everybody in
the meeting spoke about clean
and clear work in the board,"
BCCI president Shashank Manohar.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur
said.
Manohar said that to look into
the complaints regarding con
ict of interest, former Chief
Justice of India A.P. Shah has
been appointed.
India cricket team director
Ravi Shastri has been removed
from the Indian Premier League
(IPL) Governing Council.
However, he will continue to be
Asian players'
rising: Indianorigin
English footballer
London: An Indianorigin English footballer
has said level of Asian players is rising and
soon Britain will have many of them playing
here.
Danny Batth, an Indianorigin player and
captain of English professional football club
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, has said soon
Asian players will rise to the level of players
from countries where football is a primary
sport.
"I would say it is a matter of time really. As
time goes on it will be as standard as seeing
an African, an American or a Spanish player
playing," The Sun quoted Batth as saying on
Monday.
"It is like the England cricket team. There
are a lot of Asian players but it is just integra
tion which takes time," he added.
Batth has an Indian father and an English
mother and he is one of the most highprole
English Asians playing in Britain today.
The 25yearold player of Punjabi descent
said his father came to Britain when he was
12 and he never had a problem with his par
ents pushing him into the game.
"He would drive there in the morning, drive
back and then take me to training. My parents
have always been the same and have support
ed me and my siblings in all the ways," he said.
T he football club has many Asian and
Punjabi supporters and Batth is inuential
with Asians in Wolverhampton.
He is even more inuential with the Punjabi
Wolves supporters group, for which he is
ambassador, the report said.
team India director until the

World Twenty20 in March 2016
in India.
The earlier Governing Council
had 13 members but BCCI has
trimmed it down. The new mem
bers in the Governing Council
include Ajay Shirke, Jyotiraditya
Scindia, Sourav Ganguly and
Rajeev Shukla (who remains
chairman).
"IPL governing council is
headed by Rajeev Shukla and

other members are Jyotiraditya
Scindia, Ajay Shirke, M.P.
Pandove and Sourav Ganguly.
With regard to conict of inter
est, an imbursement has been
appointment by the board and
former Chief Justice of India A.P.
Shah will look into the com
plaints if any," Manohar said.
The BCCI AGM also decided to
remove Anil Kumble from the
technical committee of the
board and have appointed
Ganguly as the chairman.
Kumble is now a TV commenta
tor while Ganguly, president of
Cricket Association of Bengal.
Srinivasan, whose company
India Cements owned Indian
Premier League (IPL) franchise
Chennai Super Kings (CSK), ran
into trouble due to a series of
controversies over bribery and
spot xing in the IPL as he was
charged with conict of interest
by the Supreme Court.
The former BCCI president's
soninlaw Gurunath Meiyappan

the team principal of CSK
was indicted for being involved
in betting and spot xing. He
was banned for life from all
cricket related activities.
The Supreme Courtappointed
Justice Lodha Committee also
suspended CSK and Rajasthan
Royals from the IPL for two
years.
The BCCI president mentioned
there will be 12 Tests conducted
at home in 2016, adding that
Pune, Vizag, Ranchi, Rajkot,
Indore and Dharmasala were the
six venues which were given
Test status.
"There will be 12 Tests played
at home in the next year and
Pune, Vizag, Ranchi, Indore,
Rajkot and Dharmasala are the
six venues which have been
given Test status. As these stadi
ums have all the facilities to con
duct a Test match, so we have
given the Test status to them,"
Manohar said.
Saina wins, Sindhu exits China Open

Fuzhou (China): It was a con
trasting day for India's two top
badminton players as top seed
Saina Nehwal advanced to the
women's singles quarternals,
while P.V. Sindhu suffered a sec
ond round loss at the presti
gious $700,000 China Open
Superseries Premier here.
Defending champion Saina
was g iven a toug h g ht by
Malaysian Tee Jing Yi but the
World No.2 came out on top 21
10, 1921, 2119 in 55 minutes
at the Haixia Olympic Sports
Center. This was Saina's third
career win over Tee in as many matches
and she will next take on Japanese
Nozomi Okuhara against whom the
Indian also has a 30 winloss record.
After comprehensively clinching the rst
game without conceding the lead even
Saina Nehwal.
once, Saina was given a tough ght by
her unseeded opponent. Though the 25
yearold Indian led for most of the match,
she was upset towards the end of the
game. Tee won three of the four points
played from 18all to bag the game and
push the match into the

decider. The third game was
another tight contest with the
No.34 Malaysian taking a 62
lead at the start. Saina closed
the gap and kept it neckand
neck till 17all, when she found
that extra bit of steam she need
ed to kitty the next three points
and reach matchpoint.
Tee saved two matchpoints
but Saina sealed the deal on her
third attempt.
Just a few minutes later,
Sindhu had to bite the dust on
the adjacent court, losing a
marathon one hour and 28 minute battle
to Chinese fth seed Shixian Wang 21
18, 1821, 1621. After sharing the rst
two games with the same scoreline, it all
boiled down to the deciding game, which
was an extremely close contest.
Ashwin climbs to fifth spot in Test bowlers rankings

Dubai: Following his eight wickets
against South Africa in the rst Test,
India of fspinner Ravichandran Ashwin
returned to the fth spot after rising
three places in the International Cricket
Council (ICC) Test bowlers rankings.
Besides Ashwin, his teammates left
arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and leg
spinner Amit Mishra also gained for
helping India to 108run victory at
Mohali, an ICC release said.
Jadeja has rocketed 10 places to a

careerhigh 21st position following
match gures of eight for 76 that also
earned him the Player of the Match in
the Mohali Test. On the other hand,
Mishra went up three places to 34th
position.
Meanwhile, opener Murali Vijays
score of 75 and 47 has vaulted him eight
places to 11th position, making him
Indias highestranked batsman.
Cheteshwar Pujara has gained ve

places following his contribution of 31
and 77 but he is two places behind Vijay
in 13th spot. Batsmen sliding in the lat
est rankings following the Brisbane Test
between Australia and New Zealand and
Mohali Test include Virat Kohli at 16th
(down ve places), Ross Taylor at 17th
(down four places), Ajinkya Rahane at
24th (down three places), and Shikhar
Dhawan at 38th (down eight places).
SCIENCE
25
Hundred years, Relativity speaking

By Vijay Badhwar
lbert Einsteins General
Theory of Relativity cele
brates its 100th anniver
sary this month. Along with his
Special Theory of Relativity pub
lished ten years earlier when he
was only a clerk at the patent
office in Bern, Einstein turned sci
ence on its head, introducing
amazing concepts beyond com
mon circle of imagination, and it
frustrated scientists that they
could not prove him wrong.
Can anyone imagine that the
Nobel Prize awarded to him in
1921 was not for his theories of
re lat ivity, which made him
famous but for his services to
Theoretical Physics, and especial
ly for his discovery of the law of
the photoelectric effect.
Einstein had to be a genius of a
special kind to reach a conclusion
that everything in this universe
could vary except for the speed of
light in vacuum that has to be a
constant at 300,000 km/second
(approximately) and that it is an
ultimate speed that cannot be
surpassed. Even time was not a
constant, according to him, slow
ing down for events approaching
speed of light, even going into a
neg at ive value (in the past)
beyond the light speed!
But that genius was not appar
ent in Einsteins early years as his
university grades were unusually
low an average of 4.91 from a
possible of 6. He was also not a
favourite student of his profes
sors as, according to them, he
used to skip classes and cause
disturbance. One of his teachers
who taug ht Gree k g rammar,
Joseph Degenhart, remarked
about Albert Einstein: nothing
would ever become of you.
Einstein married MilevaMaric
in 1903 who also attended Zurich
Polytechnic School. Mileva gave

birth to a baby girl before their
marriage and they decided to
give the child away for adoption.
T hey had two more children
while Einstein published his theo
ries of re lativity. T he couple
divorced in 1919. Not much was
known about Mileva until 1987
when the romant ic letters
between the couple before their
marriage were discovered.
Einsteins second marriage was to
his cousin, Elsa, in 1919.
In 1905, when Einstein was 26,
he published four other papers
on theoretical physics besides his
special theory of relativity. That
was his mag ic year when he
changed physics forever. He
introduced the idea that space
and time were aspects of a four
dimensional spacetime, a con
cept hard to visualise.
Contrary to common belief,
Einstein was not the greatest of
mathemat icians himse lf. He
could think ideas and it was
through his thought experiments
he realised in 1907 that gravity
was the curvature of space. He
spent several years to represent
the curvature in mathematical
form but realised that the mathe
matics of fourdimensional space
t ime was too complex and
beyond him. He sought the help
of his former classmate at the
Zurich Poly technic, Marce l
Grossmann, to mathematically
interpret curvature of space.
When he published his general
theory of relativity in 1915, it
described that the curvature of
spacetime depended on the dis
tribution of mass and energy in
space. The final equation was
approximated for simplicity but
actually represented ten complex,
nonlinear equations. In the equa
tion he introduced, which he
described later in his life as his
Albert Einstein
greatest blunder, a cosmological
constant that would make the
universe stable rather than it col
lapsing on itself. The constant
was a repulsive force which acted
to counteract the contraction of
the universe.
Edwin Hubble, in 1920, discov
ered through redshifts of galaxies
that the universe was actually
expanding. Einstein then realised
that he need not have introduced
the cosmological constant as the
expansion of universe already
provided that outward force. He
could have predicted the expan
sion of universe from his original
formula which Hubble discovered
several years later.
Recent observations have, how
ever, revealed that the universe is
actually accelerating. To balance
the acceleration, a constant is
required which may prove the
genius right after all.
T he exact solut ions for
Einsteins equations, even at pres
ent (with super computers), are
found only for simplified models.
An interesting story is that the
person who determined the first
exact solution for Einsteins equa

tions was Karl Schwarzschild. He
derived the solution while he was
serving in the trenches in the
First World War. He was killed on
the Russian front just months
after publishing the result.
Einstein changed the way we
think about the most basic things,
which are space and time. And
that opened our eyes to the uni
verse, and how the most interest
ing things in it work, like black
holes, says MIT professor, David
Kaiser.
Einstein predicted that time
would move more slowly in prox
imity to a powerful gravitational
field, such as that of a star or a
planet. The relationship has been
verified by comparing two atomic
clocks, one on Earth and the
other at a hig halt itude. T he
clocks show a relative delay in
confirmation of the theory.
Global posit ioning systems
(GPS) are an application of this
phenomenon. Sate llites have
clocks that are precisely adjusted
to account for this time dif fer
ence.
A depiction of spacetime continuum (right) Simulated view of a Black Hole
Einstein desperately needed a

proof to prove his theories right
but at small scale earthly dis
tances the ef fect of bending a
light beam by gravity was minis
cule. The proof came after a lot of
heartache and drama. The experi
ment had to be performed during
a solar eclipse. Arthur Eddington
measured a small displacement of
light coming from stars affected
by suns gravity.
He also came up w ith his
famous equation, E=mc2, three
letters that have allowed inter
change of matter and energy and
thus change the whole world. A
small amount of matter can pro
duce huge amounts of energy, a
multiple of square of speed of
light, a really huge number. This
is the concept behind nuclear
energy and the atom bomb.
T he concept how this mega
energy from inside the nucleus
could be tapped emerged in
1938. Einstein called Lise
Meitner, who came up with the
idea, our Madame Curie. She
suggested that variants of radium
whose nucleus is overpacked
with neutrons might be bombard
ed to result in loss of matter. That
would be source of gigantic ener
gy.
A space as large as a full stop
carries as many protons as stars
in our galaxy (our galaxy Milky
Way has approximately 200 bil
lion stars!) The disappearance of
one proton can produce 1000
MeV of energy.
E=mc2 had arrived.
As science unfolds one mystery,
several more appear as nature
playfully teases us. The humanity
needs more Einsteins to continue
playing the game.
Vijay Badhwar is an engineer

and publisher of The Indian
Down Under, Sydney, Australia
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ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
Shahid Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor's
Diwali to be a
family aair
his will be the first Diwali after marriage for
Shahid Kapoor, and the actor plans to cele
brate the festival of lights with his wife Mira
and other family members.
According to a source, the Shaandaar actor
was out of Mumbai for some work, but he made
sure he comes back for the festival.
Shahid is celebrating Diwali with his family and
wife Mira here, said the source.
Shahid and Mira, who got married in July, have
made news whenever they have stepped out
together.
Whether it is outside a gym or a fashion gala,
the couple has managed to make heads turn
wherever they have gone.
Meanwhile, on the professional front, after fac
ing a failure with Shaandaar, Shahid has turned
all his attention on his next project Rangoon.
Big B hosted his annual party on Diwali night.
Celebrations, work, family

time: BTown's Diwali plans
or some it's a working Diwali, for
some the festival of lights is syn
onymous to 'family time' and for
others it's all about revisiting tradition
and relishing the moment. Tinsel town
stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan
Akhtar, Huma Qureshi, Ranbir Kapoor
and Deepika Padukone will be celebrat
ing Diwali in their own 'Bollywood' style.
Big B, as 73yearold Amitabh is lov
ingly called, will host his annual Diwali
party. His close friends from the indus
try and family members will be in atten
dance, said a source close to the megas
tar. For Salman Khan, it will perhaps be
promotions all the way, with his "Prem
Ratan Dhan Payo", slated to release just
a day after the festival. Meanwhile,

"Tamasha" actors Ranbir and Deepika
have planned a mini celebration a day
before Diwali here. The actors will be
enjoying a preDiwali bash with media
persons before hitting the road back
home. It's 'Rock On' time for Farhan and
Shraddha Kapoor. T he duo will be
spending the day shooting for the
upcoming "Rock On 2" in Shillong.
Huma will also be working on her
forthcoming film "White" in London on
Diwali, which is on Wednesday.
The same goes for Kriti Sanon and
Radhika Apte. The actresses will be
working on Diwali because of "prior
commitments". Actress Yami Gautam is
headed home for the festival. The "Vicky

Donor" star will be visiting Chandigarh
to be w ith family. T he "Main Aur
Charles" actress Richa Chadha is exited
to celebrate the festival with traditional
fervour. "On Diwali, I try my best to
spend time with my family. I try to be in
my hometown Delhi and partake in all
the festivities. We spring clean the
house and decorate it. There's a small
pooja we perform in the evening and
then we have a traditional family din
ner," Richa said. And Taapsee Pannu will
celebrate it with her sister and friends
in Mumbai. "I will decorate my house
with lots of diyas and lights. I like to
make rangolis," Taapsee said.
BTown wishes safe, animalfriendly Diwali

rom
meg astar
Amitabh
Bachchan to melody queen Lata
Mangeshkar, tinsel town celebri
ties took to micro blogging website
Twitter to wish their fans, wellwish
ers and loved ones a happy and safe
Diwali.
Here's what the celebrities had to
say:
First look of
'Ghayal Once Again' out
Amitabh Bachchan: Diwali greet

ings in as many languages as possible
by me. Diwali greetings
Lata Mangeshkar: Happy Diwali.
Sonu Nigam: Shubh Deepavali
everyone. True prosperity, materialis
tic, spiritual, We live and die satiated.
Shekhar Kapur: May the lights in
your heart shine bright to show the
way for the good, compassionate and
righteous to come home. Have a joy
ous #HappyDeepavali
Ajay Devgn: This is how we cele
brate a working Diwali, this is our
bruised arm with a firm fist and four chil

dren clinging on to it that's the impres
sion the poster of Ghayal Once Again
paints. Bollywood's Ghayal star Sunny Deol
has revealed the first look of the sequel to the
1990 action film. The actor took to Twitter to
share the poster and give a hint of the plot of
the upcoming film. Sunny tweeted: Four inno
cent kids against the most powerful man in
the country. Only one man stands between
them. #ghayalonceagain.
Directed by Sunny, "Ghayal Once Again" will
continue from where the first version left off.
The film is reportedly based on a reallife
event in the life of a Mumbai police officer.
With two men toting guns and skyscrapers in
the background, the first look through the
poster promises more action and thrill as
Sunny takes on a role as a hero to save four
children from some corrupt people. The film
also features actors Om Puri and Soha Ali
Khan. The film will hit the screens on January
15 next year.
Rani Mukherji celebrating Diwali.

home away from home. Happy Diwali
from Team Shivaay.
Madhuri Dixit: May this festival of
lights be a festival of joy, peace and
prosperity. #HappyDiwali and a pros
perous New Year.

Aditi Rao Hydari: Have a happy
Diwali and please be kind to people,
animals and the environment, every
one don't have toys to distract them.
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'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' not about numbers: Salman

uperstar Salman Khan says his
muchanticipated Diwali release
"Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" is not
about boxoffice numbers or frantic pro
motions but a film which every person
should watch with the entire family.
"This film is not about numbers or pro
motion. This film is about 'go and see it
with the family'. Get everyone together,
make it like the time when we would go
for picnics with family, make this one
outing with the whole parivar. Trust me,
you'll love it. Fullon entertaining film,"
Salman said at a press meet.
All three of Salman's films with director
Sooraj Barjatya "Maine Pyar Kiya",
"Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!" and "Hum
Saath Saath Hain" saw Salman playing
a character in love, with family values
forming an important element to the love
life. Barjatya says he wants to take
Salman back to that space.
Barjatya's films are known to be very
clean family films and even with negative
characters around, the film is on the
whole very positive.
But Salman wanted "Prem Ratan Dhan
Aamir wishes
Salman, Sonam
great success
uperstar Aamir Khan has wished
actors Salman Khan and Sonam
Kapoor, and filmmaker Sooraj
Barjatya, success for their forthcom
ing film "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo".
Aamir took to Twitter and wrote:
"Happy Diwali Salman! Wishing
Sooraj, Sonam and you your biggest
success ever! Love. a."
On the silver screen, Aamir will next
be seen in "Dangal", where he is essay
ing the role of a wrestler.
"Dangal", directed by Nitesh Tiwari,
is scheduled to release on December
23 next year, while Salman starrer
"Prem Ratan Dhan Payo", which also
stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher
and Swara Bhaskar, is set to release
on Thursday.
Salman with Sonam Kapoor in 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo'

Payo" to be even purer than what was
written by Barjatya. In fact, the film's vil
lain Armaan Kohli dies in the end but
Salman wanted him not to die. The writ
ers eventually didn't change it. About it,
Barjatya said: "That's what he believes,
make it (film) as pure and pure." Salman
added: "In a Sooraj Barjatya film, if we
cannot turn the negative into positive,

then what. T hat (change in script)
would've been so lovely... in the midst of
such positivity, one negative person, that
should not be." "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo",
which also stars Sonam Kapoor, Neil
Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, and Swara
Bhaskar, releases on November 12.
Playback singers are here

to stay, says Ayushmann
Actor-singer Ayushmann Khurrana.
New Delhi : Actorsinger

Ayushmann Khurrana says play
back singers are an "indispens
able" part of Bollywood, and have
no danger from the ongoing trend
of actors turning into singers.
Actors like Salman Khan,
Sonakshi Sinha and Alia Bhatt
have gone behind the mic and
crooned for their films. "To be
honest, a purist singer will always
remain that. We cannot replace a
singer. Of course it is great that
actors are lending their voice to
their characters, but playback

singers like Arijit Singh and Sonu
Nig am are indispensable,"
Ayushmann told IANS over phone.
After exploring realms of reality
shows and even hosting shows on
small screen, Ayushmann turned
to Bollywood in 2012 with "Vicky
Donor". He not only made a mark
as an actor, but emerged as a
singer with popular songs like
"Pani da rang", "O heeriye" and
"Mitti di khusboo" to his credit.
T he "Nautanki Saala!" star
asserted that he is passionate

about singing and considers him
self as a "professional singer".
He said: "I think it is great that
everybody is singing. I also love to
compose and write my own songs.
I'm not a part time singer, but a
professional one".
On the film front, Ayushmann,
who is busy with upcoming single
"Yahin hun main", will team up
with his "Dum Laga Ke Haisha" co
star
Bhumi
Pedne kar
in
"Manmarziyan".
'Shaandaar': Avantgarde gone awry

reated like a fantasy film with a
backdrop of an ostentatious Indian
wedding, Vikas Bahl's "Shaandaar"
is actually the story of a fatherdaughter
bonding. With a love story being an
essential ingredient for a commercial
Hindi film, that too, is thrown in for good
measure.
Bankrupt and on the verge of penury,
the wedding, is a business deal, pouts the
matriarch of the Arora family, Kamala
(Sushma Seth) during a family confer
ence that consists of her three sons:
Vipin (Pankaj Kapur), Viren and Vinay
(Sagar Arya), daughterinlaw Geetu (Niki
Walia), granddaughter Isha (Sanah
Kapoor) and an orphan girl Alia (Alia
Bhatt) who has been adopted by Vipin.
Jagjinder Joginder (Shahid Kapoor) is
the wedding planner who arrives to
ensure the smooth execution of this big
fatSindhi wedding. Predictably so, he
falls in love with the orphan Alia.
Review
A scene from the film 'Shaandaar'

Isha, Vipin's daughter, is the sacrificial
goat in the family and is being betrothed
to Robin (Diljit Dosanjh), brother of a rich
Sindhi businessman Harry Fandwani

(Sanjay Kapoor).
If the plot and premise of the film seem
promising, it is the execution of the tale

that is flawed and is the film's undoing.
Humor comes in the form of absurd
dialogues and situational moments with
gags, which make the film appear more
like a theatrical show with disjointed
acts.
In an otherwise convoluted and slow
paced film, where the plot meanders aim
lessly, what keeps you hooked are the
good performances by the ensemble cast.
Shahid plays the exuberant Punjabi wed
dingplanner to perfection and is equally
the Prince Charming to the insomniac
Alia, whether it is keeping her company
at night or taking her horseriding.
Alia, is her usual confident and ener
getic self, of fering nothing new to her
character. She dances with gusto and
performs competently, but her role has
shades of her oftseen characters.
The full length film offers nothing new
and in fact disappoints.
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HUMOR
Funny Side by Nury Vittachi
10 DADDY AND CHILD CONVERSATIONS

K
ids ask tough questions
Like: Do fish get thirsty?

I replied that they do, and the most com
mon cause of preventable fish death are the
greedy ones drinking up all the water in
their tanks.
***
And why isnt there a country called Old
Zealand? the child continues (questions
rarely have logical connections).
It sank, I said. Which is why they had to
build a new one.
***
Its tough being a dad because we natural
ly fall into the role of Font of All Knowledge,
despite having a fraction of the memory
storage capacity of the average woman,
smartphone or pedometer.
***
Still, if the kids are asking you questions,
at least they are not telling other people
stuff about you.
Childrens natural truthfulness (reinforced
by thoughtless educators and Sunday school
teachers) really makes parenting difficult.
All parents have memories of lines they

still cringe at:
***
My Dads so fat that if you hit his tummy
once, it just keeps on wobbling for ages.
***
Mom and Dad let me watch TV as much
as I like on Saturday evenings because thats
when they do wrestling practice in their
room.
***
Mom cant come to the phone because
shes doing a poo and told me to tell you
that she is having a shower.
***
Yet I console myself with the fact that at
least I dont try to combine the roles of dad
and criminal, as one man did.
A jewe lry shop security guard who
approached a pair of shoppers heard the six
yearold daughter scolding her father,
according to a news story sent to me by a
reader.
Dad! Stop breaking into jewelry cases,
she said.
An arrest followed.
***
That report reminded me of a case a few
years ago when police went to arrest a
woman at her home but couldnt find her.
Shes upstairs, hiding under the bed, her
giggling child explained. Ill show you.
***
But the good news is that you can, SOME
TIMES, outsmart children.
When one of mine demanded a nightlight
because she was scared of monsters, I told
her that she could not have one as night
lights made it much easier for monsters to
find children.
They have special machines that detect
night lights from far away, I said. And they
tell all their monster friends.
***
In my household, I try to maintain a policy

in which Dad is okay to accept general and
technical questions.
Such as: Daddy, why do teachers only give
you grades A, B, C, D or F? What happened
to all the Es?
They ran out, I said. They gave them all
to me when I was at school.
***
But I do think Dads are entitled to deflect
questions that relate to sex, gender, relation
ships, etc, because guys are not good at talk
ing about that stuff.
***
Such as: Since Donald Duck never wears
trousers, how come he wears a towel when
he comes out of the shower?
Thats a body parts question. Go ask your
mom.
***
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will not only bring joy but also help in clearing mis
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ize helping in bringing fabulous gains. Romantic
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happy, funfilled holiday is looking forward. Its
high time to think of purchasing a new office. At
personal front you find many things changing for
the better.
TAURUS : Your artistic and creative ability
would attract a lot of appreciation.
Charming nature and pleasant personality
would make you the attraction of family function
this week. You are likely to earn monetary gains
through various sources. The company of love part
ner makes you forget about the work. A continuous
positive thinking gets rewarded as you succeed in
whatever you do this week. An enriching vacation
full of fun is what you need. It might be the right
time to sale your empty plot as property rates are
at peak. You try to motivate a friend by showing
the truth of facts and logical arguments.
GEMINI: A long pending decision gets final
ized at professional front. Family members
appreciate the changes made in & around
the house. Increase in income from past investment
is foreseen. Sudden romantic encounter will lift
your spirits. Creative hobbies are likely to keep you
relaxed. Time to make your vacation a dream come
true. Your plan for a new house will be in process
very soon.
You learn to be happy and remain satisfied with
what you already have.
CANCER: Plans for new ventures get

streamlined with the help of seniors.
Friends and family members would
encourage to work harder. Monetary gains from
unplanned sources will brighten your week.
Attending a social event/family function brings a
romantic encounter. With a positive outlook & con
fidence, you succeed in impressing people around
you. Affordable luxury vacation will explore your
desires. Your loan procedures for pursuing a plot
will be in process. You require putting extra efforts
to get desired emotional satisfaction in personal
relations.
LEO: Female colleagues lend a helping
hand in completing important assignments.
You are likely to hear a good news from
close relatives. Do not make rash decisions, espe
cially when negotiating major financial deals. Your
physical charm would catch the attraction of oppo
site sex.
Mental alertness would enable to solve a tricky
problem. Perfect getaway time for you and your
partner. Investment in hotel industry can be the
right choice to be made. Rescheduling plans and
routines would help in personal achievements.
VIRGO: At work you will be a part of some
thing big, bringing appreciation & rewards.
An old friend makes a pleasant visit later in
the week. New moneymaking opportunities will be
lucrative. Love life blossoms paving the way for
lovely times ahead. A cheerful state of mind brings
mental peace.
A group of friends or your partner is looking for
ward for a vacation with you. Investment on con
struction business might give fruitful results.
Giving an ear to friends views and taking independ
ent decisions would highly benefit.
LIBRA: Journey undertaken for business

purpose might fail to bring expected
results. Evening enjoyed with family and
close relatives brings immense pleasure. You get
some financial rewards as dedication & hard work
gets noticed. A romantic encounter is likely to add
spice to life. Good time to divert attention to spiritu
ality to enhance mental toughness. A leisure trip will
prove to be a premium time for you. Investing on a
ship or a cruise is an exciting venture to be made.
SCORPIO : Promotion is likely to make you
vulnerable, as everyone is watching you
closely and failure could be embarrassing
and expensive. You are likely to plan a short trip
with family. Monetary gains are likely to be from
more than one source. Romantic partner would try
innovative methods to catch your attention. A
pleasure trip gives the muchneeded tonic to
health. You might get a chance for business trip,
which will help you in new connections. The best
ideas for investment are to on invest on real estate
business. Keeping your limitations in mind would
help in passing difficult phase at personal front.
SAGITTARIUS: You are likely to establish
yourself a good manager on managing
people and situation without any problem.
Unexpected visit by old friend could give you a
pleasant surprise. A new financial deal gets final
ized paving the way for fresh money. Initiatives in
love bring positive results as you catch the desired
attention. Cutting down the number of parties and
pleasure jaunts would help in keeping in good
mood. Traveling overseas would be an experience
full of spark that enlightens your imagination. Are
you longing to buy a farmhouse, try for it? You are
likely to make a commitment to the people looking
up for help.
CAPRICORN : You will be successful in

realising your targets at professional front.
Good advice from family members will
help in reducing mental tension/pressure. Financial
position will improve later in the week. Your gener
ous attitude would contribute much in your love
life this week. A beneficial week to work on things
that will improve your health. Travel plans for bet
ter communication will be helpful for new hori
zons. If you want to invest on property, then go for
residential one. Expressing true feelings would help
in saving you from a big problem.
AQUARIUS: With your high confidence
you will be able to cross all hurdles at
professional front. Sudden good news in
the evening will bring cheers for the entire family.
Real estate investment would be lucrative.
Extremely supportive & loving partner would help
in withering away your troubles. Your confidence
and energy will be high this week. Business or
vacation traveling is what you needed right now.
Selling your home privately can be an excellent
way of saving on costs.
PISCES: Timely help of associates will not
only pass difficult times at work but also
help in regaining professional edge. Your
efforts bring success & happiness at family front.
Investment in stocks & mutual funds would help in
earning profits. Romantic vibrations from someone
unknown would lift your spirits taking imagina
tions to scaling heights. A week when smile will
perpetually be on your face and strangers will
seem familiar. Implementation of new ideas to trav
el will be beneficiary for you on work front. Off
plan property investment is one of the easiest and
most profitable methods to maximize gains in the
real estate market.
ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: FOR THOSE BORN IN THIS WEEK

14th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Mercury Ruled by no: 5
Traits in you: Your guiding star, Mercury makes
you practical, intelligent, distinguished, responsive,
unique and dashing individual. You possess friend
ly and cooperative. However, you should control
your being impatient and shorttemperedness.
Health this year: You may remain tensed for the
health of your spouse.
Finance this year: You will be in financial gain
this year as your business will grow. This will
enhance your confidence. You will be able to set
tle down your legal matters this year and find
peace from the results.
Career this year: You will find new proposals and
work assignments this year. Some of you may get
good increments and promotions as well in your
professional life. If you are a sportsman or an
artist, you can expect fame towards the end of
the year.
Romance this year: Your relationship with your
partner might get ruined due to minor issues. If
you have never been in a relationship, this year
may be lucky for you as you will have an emo
tional and romantic attachment.
Lucky month: February, June,October, November
15th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Venus Ruled by no: 6
Traits in you: Venus being your ruling planet
of fers you with a charismatic personality and
intelligence. You will always find peace of mind.
Health this year: You may find blessings of a
sacred person to remain physically and mentally
healthy.
Finance this year: You may find your friends
helpful enough to support you financially. You
may get influence from one of your female
friends, which will bring new dimensions to your
life. You have to ignore them who approach you
for loans and financial assistance.
Career this year: As a vivid learner, you will get
the chance to move ahead of others when it
comes to new technology. However, you have to
work on your nature of being lazy, moody. You
should control yourself from interfering in the
affairs of others.
Romance this year: Your partner will be with you
in every situation you are in. You will be relieved
with the helping hand of your partner.
Lucky month: February, July and September

16th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Neptune Ruled by no: 7
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Neptune makes
you full of energy, ambition, and honesty. You
like to enjoy independence in your life to the
maximum. You have a sharp memory to memo
rize whatever you study. Being innovative and
born talented, you have all the capabilities to
impress others. However, you need work on your
nature of behaving impatient and unpredictable.
Health this year: You may need to take extra care
of your health as the movement of your planet
may make you fall sick throughout this year. It is
advised to practice yoga and meditation in a reg
ular basis. It will not only improve your mental
health but also make you physically fit.
Finance this year: If you are into business, this
year will prove to be very lucky for you as you
will expand your business by launching new and
profitable ideas. You will gain enough money if
you invest in stocks.
Career this year: You have the best time to take
important decisions for your professional life this
year. It is advisable for you to gather knowledge
and information on various topics. You need to
make new and long lasting contacts to get help in
future. You will try your level best to achieve your
desired goals.
Romance this year: Your romantic affiliation with
your partner may make your bond more
stronger. You may plan to get married this year.
Lucky month: Dec., May, September, November
17th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Saturn Ruled by no: 8
Traits in you: You are bestowed with the charac
teristics such as energetic, realistic, dependable,
hardworking, and highly disciplined. Your duties
and responsibilities bear the most value than any
thing else in your life. However, you have to look
after your nature of behaving stubborn and show
ing jealousy at wrong situations.
Health this year: You will enjoy a sound health.
However, you may suffere from minor backaches
due to sitting more time in work.
Finance this year: T hough there will be an
improvement in your financial status this year,
you will end up increasing your expenses as well.
If your decision of investing comes correct, you

may be benefited or else you may lose your
money. Many of your friend and relatives may
visit you this year. They may bring you gifts in
form of money.
Career this year: You need to concentrate on proj
ects that would bring long term gains rather than
bothering about small projects. Some of you may
get opportunities to get new employments.
Romance this year: You may find this year roman
tic enough to make your year pleasing and
happy.
Lucky month: February, May, July and November
18th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Mars Ruled by no: 9
Traits in you: Being under the influence of Mars,
you are blessed with dignity, sensitiveness,
courage, confidence and diplomacy. You are born
simple and helpful. You need to work on your
nature of becoming impatient.
Health this year: You will take help of spirituality
later this year for the betterment of your mental
health. However, you will remain healthy physi
cally.
Finance this year: You should not spend too
much money to buy luxury. This may land you in
financial crisis later in the year. The peace at
your home may get ruined to financial crisis and
health issues. Though you may face a dif ficult
time regarding to money earlier this year, you
will find a solution or a new source of income
later, which would solve your financial problems.
Career this year: You may bring huge changes in
your professional life this year. You may expect a
transfer or promotion in the middle of this year.
Those who are on a foreign trip in the second
half of the year will find the trip enjoyable and
exciting.
Romance this year: You will be enjoying a dis
turbed relationship with your partner as you
would not be able to show required care and con
cern. If you are unmarried, you may decide to
remain so for at least two years.
Lucky month: March, August and October
19th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Sun Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Your star Sun makes you active,
dynamic, confident, responsible and a talented.
You have the scope to learn new things and create

new ideas. However, you have to take care of your
nature of behaving improvident and dominating.
Health this year: You will remain healthy provid
ed you get your checkup done regularly.
Finance this year: You will find new money mak
ing opportunities pretty result oriented if you
concentrate on you work and give your best. Your
assumptions on pretty things may not help you
gain anything rather it would make you feel mis
erable later. You may invest on land or house for
better returns.
Career this year: You will not take enough time to
complete your pending tasks this year. You will
find your job interesting enough. You may excel
in your domain and get appreciated from your
higher management with a better salary hike.
Romance this year: You will enjoy a very good
relationship with your spouse this year. Your
romantic relationships will be strengthened this
year.
Lucky month: February, May and September
20th November, 2015
Ruled planet: Moon Ruled by no: 2
Traits in you: As you are ruled by Moon, you are
blessed with characteristics such as imaginative,
smart, trustworthy, generous and authoritative
person.
Health this year: You may go for a pilgrimage to
attain peace and mental comfort. This year you
will suffer from various minor health issues and
this will keep you disturbed.
Finance this year: This year will bring you job
security and financial stability. You need to deal
with your money carefully to avoid loss. Your
assumptions in taking hasty decisions may cause
financial loss to you. If you are a businessman,
you may get into new contracts to enhance your
business. If you get into any overseas venture,
you may be befitted financially from it.
Career this year: Being an excellent professional,
you will be recognized as a very ef ficient
resource and people may seek your advice and
support. However, you have to avoid being selfish
and moody.
Romance this year: This year is the perfect time
for you to be in an emotional relationship or you
may get married.
Lucky month: January, May, July and September
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SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
Setting Spiritual Goals in Our Lives
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
pirituality is not only devel
oped in one place like a
monastery, or on the banks
of a river, or in the wilderness. If
we want spirituality, it can be
developed in any place. We can
recognize our spirituality in
whatever culture, region, or reli
gion we are born and in whatev
er activities we are involved.
Although in some forms of
mysticism people try to negate
life and everything else just to
concentrate on their spiritual
journey, we need to become com
plete human beings.
We need to develop physically,
mentally, emotionally, and spiri
tually. Actually, on the health of

the spirit depends the health of
the body, mind, and intellect.
In the East it is said that when
the peacock dances in the jungle
or forest and nobody sees it,
what goo d is it? Just like a
flower that blooms and gives fra
grance to others, so should we.
Hence, we should remain in our
outer societies and not negate
that part of our life.
Once we recognize that we are
soul, we need to spend time in
enhancing our spiritual capabili
ties. To do so, we need to set spir
itual goals. If, on the other hand,
we spend our time haphazardly,
without knowing where we are
going, then we will have a hard
time reaching our aspirations. In
the spiritual arena, our goals
consist of spending time in medi
tation and in improving our ethi
cal life.
On the spiritual path we need
to realize what is important, set
our goals, and do whatever
makes sense to take us in a direc
tion to reach those goals. It is
essential to realize that there are
certain factors that will help us
in our spiritual progress.

The key is to still the mind. If
we do not still the mind, we will
not be able to recognize our
se lves spiritually. T herefore,
leading an ethical life in which
we cultivate the virtues of truth
fulness, nonviolence, humility,
purity, and selflessness will aid
us on the spiritual path. When
stilled.
Keeping the mind focused on
God helps us in this process.
That is where the principle of
simran comes into play. Simran
keeps the mind occupied by the
repetition of the names of God. If
the mind is empty, thoughts will
come in, and as soon as a
thought enterswhether it is a
we lead virtuous lives, our mind

is calmer, and once our body and
mind are stilled, we can connect
with the divinity within. This is
why the mind, which is the
source of all desires, must be
good or bad thoughtit distracts

us in our meditation. Once we
learn how to still our mind, we
automatically get closer to a
state of having no desires.
If we want spirituality, it can be
developed in any place. It does

help when we live in a peaceful
environment where there is little
or no commotion around us. It
definitely helps when there is
peace, calm, and quiet. That is
why we find a quiet place to
meditate, but when we reach a
certain leve l in our spiritual
g rowth, none of these outer
things bother us.
T here is a story of Isaac
Newton who was sitting by a
roadside, lost in thought.
He was so absorbed that he did
not notice a band passing by.
Similarly, when someones atten
tion is focused on the divine
within, nothing in the outside
surroundings bothers him or her.
It takes a long time to get to that
state, but we can improve spiritu
ally wherever we are and in
whatever environment we live.
In order to reach our spiritual
goals, we need to evaluate our
priorities so that our desires do
not make us attached to the
objects or activities of the world.
Instead, when we are detached,
our attention will automatically
focus on the Divine.
MORAL DIMENSIONS OF LEADERSHIP

By Sant Rajinder Singh
Ji Maharaj
o be a leader requires know

ing what to do, and why to do
it. Enthusiasm,motivation,
skill, and know ing how to do
things right is not enough. We
have to know whether it is the

right thing to do. For that, moral
leadership is required.
Moral leadership has two central
aspects: understanding our true
self and serving others. True lead
ers need knowledge of the self that
gives access to an inner moral
compass that guides our activities
and gives direction for those who

follow us. A clear and simple direc
tive has come to us through the
ages:Know Thyself.
Leadership is about who we are
, and what we do.Along with
learning to act as a leader, we must
possess the characteristics, behav
ior and habits of mind and heart of
true leaders. True leaders have the
courage to confront the meaning
of existence. T hey have the
courage to live in a manner that
of fer meaning to others, By their
example, they inspire hope in oth
ers that they too can become one
of Gods noble works. Such leader
ship transcends organizational
leadership and also moral leader
ship. It is life leadership. Such lead
ers enter within their own hearts
and souls, engage in selfanalysis,
and connect with the spiritual
force within themselves. T hey
become connected to the limitless
spiritual power within and radiate
unmatched strength of character
and will. Yet they are the most
humble and compassionate of
leaders. True leadership is not act
ing a certain way; it is a reflection
of who we are within.
Many focus on the routines of
life, such as waking up, getting
dressed, eating, driving, working to
earn a living, coming home, and
repeating the cycle the following
day. We go through life growing
up, having a job, raising a family,
retiring, and then passing away.
We wonder if that is all

there is to human exis
tence. Those who raise this
question cannot rest until
they find answers. They
conclude that there is a
higher power within that
guides us. That inner spiri
tual power is the source of
morals, virtues, power, and
life. It does not matter
what name we call it
whether God, conscious
ness, soul that power is
within, enlivening each of
us.
Once we contact the eternal spir
itual power, we connect with the
source of the qualities of true lead
ers. We automatically and ef fort
lessly inculcate the virtues and
characteristics associated with
great leaders.
The second aspect of leadership
is service. Great moral leaders of
history have said that service
before self was the key to a full
and rewarding life. A leader must
be a servant first. It is by serving
others that we earn the right to
lead them. We may act as leaders ,
but we must be servants to lead
meaningfully. How is it possible?
Those who are spiritually aware
see the same power enlivening all
creation. A life of service is based
on deep spiritual and moral princi
ples that are understood and inter
nalized when we contact the Truth
within. Intellectually understand
ing service does not provide the

conviction we need when we are
tested, as we most certainly be, by
people and circumstances.
Becoming a true leader is about
becoming a true human being.
Leadership is a product of deep,
ongoing selfanalysis. It is about
choosing a life committed to spiri
tual growth and service. If we tap
into spiritual sources within, we
will become leaders whose lives
will inspire others to follow and
who will be a blessing to those we
meet. We need dedication and per
severance to achieve anything. For
those who turn towards spiritual
path, moral leadership will come
without fail. We do not need to act
or pose. Our moral leadership and
spiritual strength will flow from
our words and actions and will
reach the hearts of others as natu
rally and inevitably as a stream
flows towards its source.
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New York Edition

Shane Warne 2, Sachin 0

After poll win,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his statement to the media

mitment to individual liberties in

November 14-20, 2015

10 US lawmakers wish Happy

November 14-20, 2015

10 US Congress members including Ami Bera and

American Caucus (CAPAC), said: "I

New Delhi: President Barack

called. We exchanged Diwali

Indian American philanthropy may dwarf US aid to India: Report

Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo Ventures,

Indian causes, as compared to current US foreign aid to India

November 14-20, 2015

As Macys sounds alarm, retailers

New York: Macys, a chain most closely associ

also raises questions about the strength of the

online and mobile, Mr. Chen said.

Corporate bigwigs to attend Resurgent Rajasthan Parternship Summit

Clarification about Diwali Food Drive founder

In The South Asian Times issue of October 31, 2015, on page 6

New Delhi Bureau

Managing Editor: Parveen Chopra

President: Arjit Mehta

Contributing Editors: Meenakshi Iyer,

Strategy and Marketing

India, UK sign civil nuclear deal..

Cartoonist: Mahendra Shah

November 14-20, 2015

Tutoring can relieve Math

The brain scans of the children

Mineola: Diwali was

Entrepreneur Sunil Puri donates

Puri Family YMCA, will have mul

Ed Mangano and others

November 14-20, 2015

Book release function at the Rubin Museum of Art.

Department for South Asian

Federal Administrative Law

Mahindra plans to introduce 'Pickup Scooter' in the US

GenZe costs $3000 and generates zero emissions

into a coffee shop to recharge.

big enoug h to haul g ro ceries,

says. "If we can change the way

Colorful Diwali celebration at Queens Borough Hall

Consul General of India in Houston, Mr. P Harish and Mrs. Nandita

South Asian body outraged

the US we expect you to follow our laws and

Americans," Grassley said. "The

Bill to limit H1B hiring

November 14-20, 2015

as well as to penalize fraudu

Ashok Mago appointed

November 14-20, 2015

American India Foundation raises Meet Indian Business

New York: American India

Aziz Ansari gives

Comedian Aziz Ansari takes a dig at Bobby Jindal

moment. "I finally look like a

ognized the leadership of Neera