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Trump temperamentally unfit

to lead America: Hillary
Trump counter-punched, calling her San Diego speech
pathetic and having nothing to do with foreign policy.
San Diego, California: Hillary
Clinton delivered a fiery rebuke of
Donald Trump as someone who is
"temperamentally unfit" to serve
as commander in chief with "dan
gerously incoherent" foreign policy
ideas in an address here Thursday
that argued his candidacy poses a
threat to the nation's security and
could even lead to a global eco
nomic crisis.
Hillary listed a series of policies
that Trump has espoused as part
of an extensive broadside, includ
ing threats to withdraw from the
NATO, his proposal to temporarily
ban noncitizen Muslims entering
the US, suggesting countries like
Saudi Arabia should have nuclear
weapons and for praising "dicta
tors" like Vladimir Putin and sanc
tioning torture as an interrogation
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Red carpet
welcome
awaits Modi
in Washington
In her first major foreign policy speech, Hillary Clinton launched a

broadside against Trump. (Photo courtesy Reuters)
method. "Donald Trump's ideas
aren't just different. They are dan
gerously incoherent. They're not
even really ideas, just a series of
bizarre rants, personal feuds and

outright lies," Clinton said during
her speech. "He is not just
Continued on page 4
Mainak Sarkar identified Indian economy

to double GDP
as UCLA shooter
to $5 tn in a few
The scholars murder of his former
years: Jaitley
professor hints at the immense stress
Indian students face studying in America.
Los Angeles: The gunman who

killed a UCLA professor was iden
tified Thursday as his former
do ctoral student, Indian
American Mainak Sarkar, who
had accused him of stealing his
computer code and giving it to
someone else. Sarkar, 38, an
alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and
Stanford University, shot and
killed Prof William Klug in a
small of fice in University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA)
be fore killing himse lf on
Wednesday, T he Los Angeles
Follow us on
Mainak Sarkar apparently also

killed his estranged wife in
Minnesota before driving to
California where he shot Prof
William Klug, with whom he had
intellectual property dispute
and then himself.
Continued on page 4
Osaka, Japan: With India's GDP

poised to grow at a much faster
pace, its economy will double in
size to be worth $5 trillion in a few
years, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said on Thursday.
"Every few years, we are going to
add $1 trillion to our economy. We
are currently at $2 trillion. It is
only a matter of a few years that
we will jump from $2 to $ 5 tril
lion, which only indicates the kind
of expansion which the economy is
going to take place," Jaitley said
addressing the India Investment
Promot ion Seminar in Osaka
Continued on page 4
In an increasingly rancorous Congress, the invitation to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi by Speaker Paul Ryan to address a joint meeting of the
House and Senate was a rare bipartisan act. (Photos: BJP and WISCTV).
Washington: A rare red carpet
welcome awaits Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at the US Capitol
on June 8 when he will address a
joint meeting of the US Congress,
the first by a foreign leader this
year.
This includes a rarest of the rare
lunch hosted by Speaker Paul Ryan
for Mo di, meet ing w ith top
Cong ressional leaders and a
unique reception thrown in his
honor jointly by House and Senate
foreign relations committees in
association with the two India
caucuses.
Modi's address to the two houses
of Congress, wherein he is expect
ed to lay out his vision for relation
ship between the world's largest
and oldest democracies, is likely to
be attended by Vice President Joe
Biden and several Cabinet mem
bers of the Obama Administration
in a rare show of solidarity and
support for the Indian leader. In an

increasingly rancorous Congress,
the invitation to Prime Minister
Modi was a rare bipartisan act.
T here is a g reat enthusiasm
among Senators and Congressmen
to attend the historic address, a
Congressional aide told PTI.
Arriving in the capital on June 6
after a visit to Switzerland, Modi
will first meet President Obama on
June 7 to review the progress
made in key areas of defense, secu
rity and energy over a working
lunch at the White House. He will
also address a meeting of the US
India Business Council (USIBC) the
same evening.
Modi is the fifth Indian PM to
address the US Congress starting
with Rajiv Gandhi.
"Many people have articulated
Continued on page 4
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India, US sign accord to exchange India dismisses US Senator's

terrorist screening information comment on its federal system
New Delhi: In a move to further
boost counterterrorism coopera
tion between the two countries,
India and the United States on
Thursday signed an agreement
to facilitate exchange of terrorist
screening information.
"The arrangement was signed
by union Home Secretary Rajiv
Mehrishi and US Ambassador to
India Richard Verma," an ofcial
communique said. It said both
sides shall provide each other
with access to terrorism screen
ing information through desig
nated contact points, subject to
domestic laws and regulations.
India and the US face serious
threats from terror outts like
the Islamic State, Lashkare
Toiba, JaisheMohammad and
have been collaborating in the
ght against global terror. On
May 20, US Ambassador Verma
met union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh and discussed the
IndiaUS Home land Security
Dialogue. T he dialogue was
drawn up as a "major mecha
nism" to enhance security coop
eration and discuss building
Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and the U.S. envoy to India

Richard R. Verma exchange documents after
signing the agreement in New Delhi on Thursday.
capacity in cyber security
between the two countries, espe
cially after the 2008 Mumbai ter
rorist attacks, home ministry
sources said.
Both countries, through the US
Homeland Security Department
and India's Ministry of Home
Af fairs, have close cooperation
and share intelligence on terror
INDIAS YEA TO HAGUE CODE ON

BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION
Washington, DC: On June 1, India became the 138th Subscribing State to
the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC).
The US welcomed this step by India and called on all nations who have not
yet done so to subscribe to the HCOC. The HCOC is a voluntary mechanism
that has built a broad international predisposition against ballistic missile
proliferation and promotes transparency and condence building, includ
ing through the Subscribing States commitment to submit prelaunch noti
cations and annual declarations of their relevant policies. India's subscrip
tion reinforces its support for international missile nonproliferation and
will help increase transparency and strengthen security.
An MoU was
signed on June
2 in Washington
DC by
Arun K. Singh,
Ambassador of
India to the US,
and Catherine A.
Novelli, Under
Secretary of
State for
Economic
Growth, Energy
and the Environment, on behalf of their respective governments to
enhance cooperation on Wildlife Conservation and Combating
Wildlife Trafficking
ists and terror outts operating

in the Indian subcontinent.
Both sides also exchange infor
mation related to critical infra
structure protection and matters
on countering illicit nance,
global supply chain security,
megacity policing, and science
and technology, ofcial sources
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said.
New Delhi: India on

internat ional re la
Thursday dismissed US
tions" in Delhi, Cardin
Senator Ben Cardin's
said that federalism
statement that India's
can help a country to
federal system was
deve lop policies to
challenging good gov
deal with critical prob
ernance, and hoped he
lems. "However, the
would have developed
current federalism sys
a "better understand
tem in India is chal
ing and appreciation"
lenging the ef fective
of India after his rst US Senator Ben Cardin ness of national poli
visit to the country.
(DMaryland) speaks at cies to combat corrup
Said External Affairs
tion and other human
the University of
Ministry spokesperson
rights violations," he
Chicago Centre in
Vikas Swarup, "I Delhi, where he raised said. He, however,
understand that he
praised Modi's com
the issues of
had a number of meet religious intolerance ments in the Wall
ings in Delhi, including
Street Journal last
and rights issues.
w ith the Foreign
week. "He (Modi) said
Secretary (S. Jaishankar) and we 'My election in 2014 had a context.
hope that as a result, he has devel There was a sense of policy paraly
oped a better understanding and sis, of economic conditions and cor
appreciation of India." Ahead of ruption. My biggest challenge is to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's end this environment'," Cardin said.
visit to Washington next week,
During the course of his visit to
Cardin, a Democrat and a ranking India, apart from Foreign Secretary
member of the US Senate Foreign Jaishankar, Cardin also held meet
Re lat ions
Committee,
on ings with union Minister of State
Wednesday said that good gover for Environment, Forests and
nance was challenged by India's Climate Change Prakash Jadvekar
federal system. Delivering a lecture and National Security Adviser Ajit
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on "Role of good governance in Doval.
Ajay Jain Bhutoria hosts

fundraiser for Hillary
Fremont, CA: Last week, former
President Bill Clinton visited the
home of tech executive Ajay Jain
Bhutoria for a private fundraiser
event.
Ajay Jain is a key member of the
Hillary Clinton presidential cam
paign and is on AAPI National
Leadership Circle and a Hillblazer
on National Finance Committee.
He hosted the former president
before the California primary to
raise funds and awareness
amongst the local voters to vote
for Hillary on June 7th.
Bhutoria called Bill Clinton the
most popular President in US his
tory, someone who led "our coun
try to great economic prosperity
and peace all around."
He also touched upon his per
sonal story, hig hlig ht ing the
opportunities the country pres
ents, which enabled an immigrant
like him to become part of the
President Bill Clinton was hosted by Ajay Jain Bhutoria

at the lunch reception.
democratic process and turn his
dream of host ing a former
President into reality.
The over 120 Democrat sup
porters at the fundraiser said they

were energized by the experience
and look forward to casting their
ballot for Hillary Clinton.
June 4-10, 2016
Paul Ryan now says he'll

vote for Trump in November
Washington: US Republican
House Speaker Paul Ryan
announced on Thursday that
he would vote for the pre
sumptive Republican presi
dent ial nominee Donald
Trump in November.
The announcement, made
by Ryan in a column pub
lished in his hometown news
paper T he Gazette, came
almost a month after the
highestranking GOP of fice
holder said in an interview
with CNN that he was not
ready to support Trump.
After talking "at g reat
length" with Trump later,
Ryan said he was now con
vinced that the presumptive
GOP nominee would advance
the party's agenda, Xinhua
reported. "T hrough these

conversations, I feel confi
dent he would help us turn
the ideas in this agenda into
laws to help improve people's
lives. That's why I'll be voting
for him this fall," wrote Ryan.
"It's no secret that he and I
have our differences. I won't
pretend otherwise. And when
I feel the need to, I'll continue
to speak my mind," wrote
Ryan. "But the reality is, on
the issues that make up our
agenda, we have more com
mon ground than disagree
ment."
Ryan had criticised Trump
on several occasions during
the primary season, calling
him out on his divisive lan
guage.
Email inventor Shiva

Ayyadurai sues Gawker
Boston: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, who has the best claim as email
inventor, has filed suit in a court here against Gawker Media
for $35 million. Ayyadurai, who married
modelactress Fran Drescher in 2014,
sued the gossip and breaking news web
site for its three false and highly defam
atory stories. The stories were published
on both Gawker and its tech site Gizmodo
back in 2012. In the articles, Gawker
called him a renowned liar for his
Shiva Ayyadurai
claims to be the founder of the email
technology. Other terms used by Gawker in its three stories
included a fraud and big fake. These demonstrably false
statements have caused long term harm to Dr. Ayyadurai's per
sonal and professional reputation and career. Dr. Ayyadurai
seeks a prominent retraction, apology, and damages, his state
ment to the media read. Ayyadurai is a copyright holder for a
messaging technology called EMAIL. The 52yearold scientist
and inventor began working on that system when he was 14
yearsold back in 1978, as some media websites claimed in
2011. But then the matter was investigated by the Washington
Post as well as many other news sources, who claimed electron
ic messaging predated Ayyadurais work in 1978.
Red carpet welcome awaits

Modi in Washington
Continued from page 1
that the invitation and the visit are
really a part of consolidating and cel
ebrating the IndiaUS relationship,"
said Arun K. Singh, Indias ambassa
dor to the US. The visit will consoli
date "what has been achieved so far
and seeing what more can be done as
we move into the next year when
there will be transition of the admin
istration in the US and also elections
to the US Congress".
Trump temperamentally
unfit to lead America: Hillary
unprepared, he is temperamentally
unfit to hold an of fice that requires
knowledge, stability and immense
responsibility." The speech is her first
major foreign policy address since
Trump clinched the GOP nomination
and comes as she battles Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of the June
7 California Democratic primary in
her bid to lock down the Democratic
president ial nominat ion. Her
T hursday remarks are part of a
broader narrative the Clinton cam
paign is pursuing that goes after
Trumps character and temperament
in painting him as unfit to lead the
nation. Clinton said Trump is some
one who should never have access to
the nation's nuclear weapons codes
as part of a harsh critique of Trump's
policy positions that many of his GOP
challengers shied away from during
the nomination fight.
"It's not hard to imagine Donald
Trump leading us into a war just
because someone got under his very
thin skin," said Clinton.
T he speech contrasted Trumps
positions and rhetoric with her vision
for keeping the nation safe, drawing
heavily on her experience as
Secretary of State as Clinton seeks to
balance her attacks with a more posi
tive message about her own agenda.
"Don't let anyone te ll you that
America isn't great. Donald Trump's
got America all wrong," said Clinton.
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"We are a bighearted, fairminded
country."
"This election is a choice between
two very different visions of America:
one that's angry, afraid and based on
the idea that America is fundamental
ly weak and in decline. The other is
hopeful, generous and confident in
the knowledge that America is great,
just like we always have been."
In response, Trump took to Twitter,
saying: "Bad performance by Crooked
Hillary Clinton! Reading poorly from
the teleprompter! She doesn't even
look presidential!"
T he same day, Trump counter
punched at a campaign rally in San
Jose. He began by calling her speech
pathetic, dismissing it as a stunt and
saying, It had nothing to do with for
eign policy.
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Indian economy to
double GDP to $5 tn in
a few years: Jaitley
organized by CII and the Indian gov
ernment's Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
"But when the global environment
is unsupportive and at times obstruc
tive, where shrinkage of trade is tak
ing place, that is the real test because
they say when the going is good
everybody is at best. When the going
is challenging then to defy the odds,
and counter the trends is a real chal
lenge," he added. Delivering a lecture
at the Osaka University here earlier,
he said notwithstanding an unsup
portive global environment, India reg
istered a GDP growth of 7.9 per cent
in the fourth quarter of 201516
ended March and 7.6 per cent for the
full fiscal.
"India will maintain this paramount
position of fastest growing economy
in the world. And if we did that we
can present ourselves as a society
which evolves from an emerging
economy and moves towards a more
developed economy.
"And we have a pipeline of reforms
still left over the next few years to be
implemented.
High growth and the move towards
a more developed economy will help
India get rid of social inequalities that
still exist, Jaitley added.
Jaitley is visiting Japan to attract
investments to India.
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Mainak Sarkar identified as

UCLA shooter
Times reported. The shooting prompt
ed a lockdown of the campus and
deployment of hundreds of police offi
cers as well as federal agents.
Klug, 39, was an associate professor
of mechanical and aerospace engi
neering and had been the target of
Sarkar's anger on social media for
months, the paper said.
"William Klug, UCLA professor is not
the kind of person when you think of a
professor. He is a very sick person. I
urge every new student coming to
UCLA to stay away from this guy,"
Sarkar wrote on March 10.
Sarkar apparently also killed a
woman near his home in Minnesota
before driving to California planning
to gun down two professors, but found
only one of them, law enforcement
of ficials said Thursday. That woman
unof ficially has been identified as
Ashley Hasti, a medical student and
estranged wife of Sarkar.
Sarkars mayhem hints at frustration
and stress of studying in America for
many Indian students.
Ajay Jain Bhutoria, techpreneur,
reflected on the case in a Facebook
posting, The Importance of Mental
and Emotional Health is very impor
tant in today's world when stress to
achieve / overachieve is very high,
especially among students. T here
needs to be some law to ensure
Emotional /Mental Health of all espe
cially students. In the social media age,
nurturing kids, youth and families
well being by using Yoga, mindfulness
and awareness programs is important.
Maybe schools, colleges and corpora
tions should invest more on this
aspect.
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HSS Edison chapter celebrates

2 Indianorigin women in Forbes'
selfmade American women list Teachers Appreciation Day Indian style
New York: Two Indianorig in
women have featured on the
Forbes' annual list of America's 60
wealthiest and most successful self
made women entrepreneurs who
have "crashed ceilings through
invention and innovation".
Indiaborn Neerja Sethi, who co
founded IT consulting and out
sourcing firm Syntel with her hus
band Bharat Desai, is ranked 16th
on 'America's Richest Selfmade
Women' list while president and
CEO of Arista Networks Jayshree
Ullal (55) is ranked 30th.
According to Forbes, the richest
selfmade woman in America is
Diane Hendricks, the owner of ABC
Supply, the largest wholesale dis
tributor of roofing and siding in the
country. Hendricks is now worth $
4.9 billion, $ 1.2 billion more than
last year when she was ranked sec
ond. The second annual tally of
America's wealthiest, most success
ful selfmade women includes 60
trailblazers 10 more than last
year. T he 60 women, who are
worth a combined $ 53 billion,
have created some of the nation's
best known brands such as Gap and
Spanx, while a number of them
have also helped build some of the
CEO of Arista Networks Jayshree Ullal is ranked 30th & cofounder of IT con
sulting and outsourcing firm Syntel Neerja Sethi is ranked 16th in the list.
most successful companies in tech,
including Face book, eBay and
Google. Sethi (61) has a net worth
of $ 1.1 billion. Her company
employs more than 25,000 people
and boasts a recent market capof $
3.6 billion.
She is currently the vice presi
dent of corporate affairs, a role she
has had since the company's incep
tion. She also sits on the board of
directors alongside her husband,
who remains the chairman. Born in
London, raised in New Delhi, Ullal
has a net worth of USD 470 million.
She became president and CEO of
Arista Networks in 2008, when it
had no revenues and fewer than 50
employees. The company reported

$ 838 million in revenue in 2015,
after going public in June 2014.
"She took slightly more than an
engineering team doing some good
technology and turned it into the
thriving network switch company it
is today," says Arista cofounder
David Cheriton.
Other notable names on the list
include TV czar Oprah Winfrey,
who moved up three spots to num
ber two and has a new worth of $
3.1 billion. Facebook's chief operat
ing of ficer Sheryl Sandberg's for
tune is now $ 1.4 billion, up a third
from a year ago making her one of
the year's biggest gainers.
.New Jersey: The Edison chapter of

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
ce lebrated
the
Teachers
Appreciation Day (Guru Vandana)
on May 21st at Edison First Aid
Squad Building here to honor the
teacher community of central jer
sey in recognition of their service
in educating and shaping the lives
kids. Several enthusiastic HSS vol
unteers especially the kids of vari
ous age groups entertained and
honored their teachers in the tra
ditional Hindu way.
The program started with a cer
emonial lamp lighting and Ganesh
vandana.
ilpa Swam who was the emcee
for the program welcomed the
teachers and the audience and
explained the relevance of lamp
lighting and Ganesh Vandana. A
presentation on Guru Vandana
( Teachers appreciation) by
Pushpahas Hadap (General
Secretary, HSS Edison Chapter)
elaborated the historical and reli
gious significance of Guru
(teacher) in the life of a Hindu stu
dent. The presentation also cov
ered in detail how HSS has been
honoring teachers across the
United States for several years
now. HSS Volunteers performed

Surya Namaskar and the audience
were explained the benefits of it in
terms of physical, mental and spir
itual wellbeing. Kids chanted sev
eral Slokas (hymns) in praise of
the Guru from Hindu scriptures
and explained their meaning. This
was followed by a beautiful dance
demonstration of Lezim (an instru
ment from Maharashtra, India that
is used during performances), the
kids enthralled the audience pres
ent there with rhythmic foot work,
dance moves and well synchro
nized formations. This perform
ance of the kids was the highlight
of the program.
After all the performances, the
teachers present there were invit
ed and the kids performed Guru
Vandana to each one of them in
the traditional Hindu way. The
vandana involved applying the
ceremonial tilak, aarti and finally
the kids prostrated at the feet of
their teachers seeking their bless
ings. In all around 15 teachers
from various schools in Edison,
Piscataway and nearby Townships
along with teachers from music
and karate schools graced this
occasion.
GOPIO North Jersey Chapter Inaugurated
GOPIONorth Jersey Chapter is inaugurated in the presence of dignitaries and GOPIO offi
cials with lighting of the lamp. (L to R) Dinesh Mittal, Lal Motwani, Dr. Manoj Kumar
Mohapatra, H.R. Shah, Dr. Sudhir Parikh, Raj Mukherji, Dr. Rajeev Mehta, Dr. Thomas
Abraham and Shelly Nichani
East Hanover, New Jersey: To reach out to the
large Indian diaspora members settled in New
Jersey the Global Organization of People of
Indian Origin (GOPIO) International officially
launched a second chapter GOPIONorth
Jersey on May 22nd at the Fairbridge Hotel,
East Hanover. Chapter President Dhiraj
Solanki welcomed guests and said that the
chapter will reach out Indian Diaspora
(NRI/PIO) and involve youth and young pro
fessionals in the chapter activities.
The chapter was inaugurated in the pres
ence of many dignitaries and community lead
ers. The chief guest was Indias Deputy Consul
General in New York Dr. Manoj Kumar
Mohapara who welcomed the formation of
new chapter and promised to work closely
with the new chapter on issues of Indian com
munity in North Jersey.
"The consulate has improved the response
and turnaround time for visa, passport and
OCI cards services, because of feedback from

GOPIO Chapters and GOPIO International,
said Dr. Mohapatra.
brings any matter to us, we look at it and
work on it right away, said Dr. Mohapatra.
With a population 1.8 million NRIs/PIOs in
the Northeast Region, the consulate can pro
vide better service only with the help of orga
nizait6ons such as GOPIO, Dr. Mohapatra
added. New Jersey Assemblyman from district
33 Raj Mukherji praised GOPIO for the servic
es provided to 380k Indian Diaspora commu
nity residing in New Jersey. Mukherji called
upon the community to be proactive in the
political process.
GOPIOFounder President Dr. Thomas
Abraham said that unlike other India associa
tion, GOPIO chapters will be involved in civic
affairs and service to the local communities.
GOPIO motto is Think Globally and Act
Locally.
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Akshaya Patra USA awarded

$100, 000 Cummings Foundation
grant for Mangalore kitchen
kshaya Patra USA is one of 100

local nonprofits to receive
grants of $100,000 each
through Cummings Foundation's
"$100K for 100" program. Akshaya
Patra USA was chosen from 479 appli
cants, during a competitive review
process.
"This grant will provide a tremen
dous boost to a key kitchen building
project in Mangalore, India," noted
Emily Rosenbaum, APUSA CEO. "The
50,000 children annually who will re
ceive hot, nutritious meals at school
daily in Mangalore for decades to
come will be the living legacy for the
importance of this award. More than
30% of the malnourished children in
the world live in India, and these meals

in school that allow children from even
the poorest families to attend school
(rather than work) simultaneously re
duce childhood malnutrition and pave
the way for better economic opportu
nities for these students and their fam
ilies. "
The Cummings Grant will support
the building of a new centralized
kitchen in the city of Mangalore which
is in the State of Karnataka.
"We admire and very much appreci
ate the important work that nonprofit
organizations like Akshaya Patra USA
are doing," said Joel Swets, Cummings
Foundation's executive director. "We
are delighted to support their efforts."
Indian Americans raise funds

for Congressman Jim Himes
Indian American supporters with Congressman Jim Himes at a fundraiser in Stamford.

ndian Americans for Congressman
Jim Himes headed by community
veteran activist Dr. Thomas Abra
ham raised funds for sitting 4th term
Congressman Jim Himes (Democrat) at
a fundraiser in Stamford on May 20th.
Rep Himes represents Connecticuts
4th District covering the rich Fairfield
County which includes Greenwich,
Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, New
Canaan, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Trum
bull, Stratford and part of New Haven

County.
A member of Indian Caucus, Con
gressman Himes is a member of the
House Committee on Financial Servic
es and serves as the ranking member
of the NSA and Cybersecurity Subcom
mittee of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, as well as is
ViceChair of the New Democrat
Coalition.
NY commemorates Guyanas
50th Independence Day
Several state and city officials attended the event
fficials of New York State and New

York City joined in the commemora
tion of the 50th anniversary of
Guyanas independence in a highly visibile
way, giving prominence to this milestone oc
casion and recognizing the sizeable popula
tion of Americans of Guyanese origin, in par
ticular those residing in New York with their
invaluable contribution to the social, cultur
al and ecconomic fabric of the State of New
York and New York City itself.
On May 11, Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz hosted the first Guyana Inde
pendence Day celebration at Queens Bor
ough with particular significance to the 50th
Anniversary commemoration.
The event was very well attended with an
overflwing capacity of Guyanese Americans

as well as officials from State and City of
fices: Assembly Members David Weprin and
Alicia Hyndman (who is of Guyanese origin);
Senator Leroy Comrie; NYC Councilman Bar
ry Grodenchick and several others.
Queens Borough President Katz extolled
the rich diversity of the Borough of Queens
with over immigrants from over 162 coun
tries, including the vital and integral role of
Guyanese immigrants in shaping the social,
cultural and economic fabric of Qaueens.
Honorees were: NYC Detective Randolph
Holder Jr (posthumous), Imam Shahabudeen
Abdulla, Judge Pam JackmanBrown, Kelly
Hyles, Pandit Ram Lall and Mohammed
Hack.
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Sikh gas station owner shot dead

47yearold Sikh gas station own
er was shot dead in the US city of
Newark and the victim's family is
suspecting a hate crime. Davinder Singh
was shot at the gas station yesterday, a
report in NBC New York said. Singh, of
Iselin, was found unresponsive at the
gas station and taken to a local hospital
where he was pronounced dead, police
said.
Singh's son, Jatinder Singh, said that
he thought his father, who had moved to
the US from India 25 years ago may
have been targeted because he was Sikh
and wore a turban.
There was no struggle, no confronta
tion, Jatinder said. "I don't know what
else it could be other than a hate crime,"
he said. Jatinder said that his father was

"the best man I ever knew" and that the
family had worried about him working
in Newark.
He said the his father had been robbed
before but had always fought back.
But on Monday afternoon, he didn't
even have a chance.
"My dad came out to get some fresh
air and the male came up to my dad,
pointed a gun and shot him point
blank," he said in the report.
Detectives from the Essex County
Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force
are investigating the shooting.
They didn't comment as to whether
the case is being investigated as a hate
crime, according to the report.
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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
ENDORSES KAMALA
HARRIS FOR US SENATE
Washington, DC: Governor of California Jerry
Brown endorsed one of the two leading
Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate,
Kamala Harris, giving a boost to the Attorney
Generals campaign just days before the June
7 primary.
Harris is pitted against U.S. Rep. Loretta
Sanchez, DCalifornia, in the upcoming open
primaries that will send the top 2 vote geters
to the November 8 general e lect ions.
According to the most recent poll by
SurveyUSA, Harris is leading with 31 percent
to Sanchez 22 percent, in a crowded eld of
candidates, the Orange County Register
reported. Shes strong. Shes intelligent. She
knows what shes doing, Brown said about
Harris. Were proud to announce the newest
member of Team Kamala Governor Jerry
Brown, declared Harris campaign in a
fundraising mailer. Governor Brown has
worked with Harris on environmental law
suits and regulations concerning big banks.
In his May 24 endorsement made at the
Demo crat ic Party headquarters in
Sacramento, with Harris by his side, Brown
California Attorney General Kamala Harris

watches as CA Governor Jerry Brown endorses
her bid for US Senate seat. (Photo : sacbee.com)
had high praise for the Attorney General. If
Harris wins November 8, she will become the
rst IndianAmerican Senator in the history
of the country.
Kamala has done a great job. And as her
client, I know what a hell of a lawyer she is,
the San Jose Mercury News quotes Brown
say ing during a joint appearance at
Demo crat ic Party headquarters in
Sacramento.
Scientist Suvrath
Mahadevan to head
NASA mission
Washington, DC: Suvrath
Mahadevan, Assistant Professor
at
Pennsylvania
State
University, says that there are
many planets outside our solar
system which may be able to
support life as we know it.
Mahadevans research group
was selected by NASA in March
this year to build an advanced
instrument named, NEID short
for NNEXPLORE Exoplanet
Investigations with Doppler
spectroscopy for exoplanet
search.
Born
in
Ahmedabad,
Mahadevan nished from IIT
Bombay before coming to the
US for his doctoral studies.
Mahadevan has said NEID will
be completed in 2019 and
installed on the 3.5meter WIYN
telescope in Arizona. The proj
ect received US $9.7 million in
June 4-10, 2016
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Suvrath Mahadevan
(Photo: psu.edu)
funding. T he ofcial release
from NASA mentions that the
project will help conrm and
characterize planets discovered
from ongoing initiatives such as
Kepler/K2 and Transit ing
Exoplanet Survey Sate llite
(TESS).
Trump's xenophobia worsening

climate of fear: Bhalla lashes out
New York: A SikhAmerican councilman,
who was called a "terrorist" on Twitter
by a Donald Trump supporter, has said
the Republican presidential candidate's
"xenophobic political rhetoric" has wors
ened the "climate of fear" against minori
ty communities across the US.
Ravinder Bhalla, councilmanatlarge
of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey, in an
opinion piece on NJ.com said that fear
mongering and divisiveness had never
worked to solve people's differences and
"no public ofcial, locally or nationally,
should ever be telling you otherwise."
"As Donald Trump and others continue
to inject charged xenophobic political
rhetoric into our public discourse, the
climate of fear directed towards minority
communities across our nation has wors
ened dramatically," Bhalla said.
He underscored that diversity and
unity is what makes the United States
great.
"We are a nation of immigrants, where
each new wave has strengthened and
reinvigorated our nation," he said.
Bhalla was called a terrorist last week
by Robert Dubenezic, an open supporter
of Trump after the SikhAmerican had
tweeted about new bike lanes in his city.

Dubenezic replied to his tweet, saying
"How the hell did Hoboken allow the
guys to be councilman? Shouldn't even
be allowed in the US #terrorist."
Bhalla was quick to answer, exclaim
ing, "Sir, I am born and raised in
America. You clearly don't know what it
means to be an American #ignorant."
Bhalla, who is also a partner at a law
rm, said inno cent people across
America get called "terrorist" or some
other epithet just because of the way
they look and now "it was my turn to be
false ly labe lled based on my Sikh
appearance."
Such offensive remarks raise the ques
tion that what should be the proper
response of Americans to the rising tide
of hate speech and violence in the US in
2016, not only against SikhAmericans
but other minorities like Muslims and
Latinos, he said.
"It is important at a time when loud,
bigoted and divisive voices are crowding
the public square that we remind the
public of this basic fact and celebrate a
nation founded on the unifying idea that
we are all created equal," Bhalla said.
Suja Chandrasekaran named

KimberlyClark CIO
New York: Suja Chandrasekaran,

who most recently was the senior
vice president, global chief tech
nology ofcer and chief data of
cer at Walmart Stores Inc., has
transitioned to Irving, Texas
based paper company Kimberly
Clark Corporation.
T he Indian American w ill
assume the role of chief informa
tion ofcer, reporting to senior
vice president and chief nancial
ofcer Maria Henry, the company
announced in a May 16 state
ment.
Chandrase karan has spent
more than 25 years in technology
and leadership roles for both con
sumer packaged goods and retail
industries.
Prior to Walmart, she served as
senior vice president and global
chief information ofcer at The
Timberland Company, vice presi
dent and chief technology ofcer
at PepsiCo, chief information of
cer at Nestle, and manager, ana
Suja Chandrasekaran
(Photo: Twitter)
lyst and software engineer at
James McEwan Ltd. Suja has a
strong track record of leading
technology and digital organiza
tions to deliver signicant value
to customers and across an enter
prise, said Henry in a statement.
I look forward to leveraging her
expertise in developing innova
tive technology solutions to deliv
er strong value to KC.

Additionally, Chandrasekaran
serves as a board member of
8KMiles
and
Symphony
Technolog y Group Portfolio
Companies and is a charter mem
ber of The Indus Entrepreneurs.
Chandrasekaran has earned a
number of awards for her work.
Among them include Top 10
Women in Tech by Chain Store
Age, Top 10 Leader of Digital
and Technology by the Financial
Times, ICONIC Leader for Women
in Technology by Interop, and
Top 50 Diverse Executives by
Diversity MBA Magazine. She was
also awarded a Fulbright Scholar.
She is a g raduate of the
University of Madras, earning a
bachelors in electrical and elec
tronics eng ineering; Monash
University, earning a masters in
business systems, and London
Business School, where she was
schooled in executive develop
ment.
June 4-10 2016
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Hot Yoga guru Bikram

ILLINOIS MOM PRITI SHAH WINS
Choudhury shifts business
$4 M LOTTERY FROM
from US to Lonavala: Report
MOTHERS DAY GIFT TICKET
Washington, DC: An Indian
American woman in Des Plaines,
Illinois, won $4 million after
scratching a t icket that her
daughter had given her as a gift
for Mothers Day.
Priti Shah received the top prize
with her winning ticket. Each
$100 Million Money Mania ticket
costs $20 each and offers a shot
at three prizes of $4 million and
20 prizes of $100,000.
I didnt win on the first two
tickets, but the third ticket more
than made up for it, Shah told
Illinois Lottery. After a few days,
I went to a store to check my tick
et and even when they confirmed
it, I still couldnt believe it was
true.
Shah is slated to receive
$200,000 annually over 20 years,
reported CBS Chicago, while the
Priti Shah with her winning lottery

Chicago Tribune revealed she
plans to share the money with
family and invest. Lottery winners
are often g iven the choice
between an annuity or lump sum
payment up front, both of which
are generally heavily impacted by
JAINA hosts successful

regional biannual
meeting in Dallas
New York: Federat ion of Jain
Association s in North America
(JAINA) Southwest region hosted a
very successful three days (May
1315) executive committee/board
of directors meeting in Dallas, in
collaboration with Jain Society of
North Texas. Meeting was attend
ed by JAINA EC members including
JAINA President Ashok Domadia,
First VP Gunvant Shah, Secretary
Shobha Vora, Treasurer Rita Seth,
Regional VPs Dr. Mamta Shaha,
Prakash Mehta and Pradeep Shah,
past President Prem jain, mem
bership Chair Haresh Shah and
past Presidents Dr Dheeraj Shah,
Kiritbhi Daftary, past Of ficials
Arvind Vora, Dilip Punatar, JSNT
President Neerav Dalal, VP Virang
Shah.
Also, there were three members
of the newly joined JAINA member
Jain Society of Austin Texas and
Prof Pankaj Jain of University of
North Texas. The meeting included
EC board meetings covering status,
updates, action plans and items
and full Saturday session of over
12 committee presentation with
interactive participation of 50+

members including 25+ at remote
locations with facility of web ex
and audio bridge conferencing.
Meeting discussed top priority ini
tiatives, new and long range initia
tives such as womens forum, Jain
Digest, upcoming JAINA conven
tion plan status and establishment
of new Jain Study Chair at
University of North Texas.
On Sunday, JAINA group had
attended JSNT monthly General
Body Town Hall Meeting attended
by over three hundred members
including over two hundred
Pathshala students.
Ashokbhai had addressed the
group with JAINA presentation fol
lowed by JSNT President Neerav
Dalal presenting summary of year
ly JSNT activities. Pathshala stu
dents from classes from age five to
high school age received atten
dance certificates from past
President Prem Jain.
Meeting concluded with group
part icipat ing
in
monthly
Swamivatsalya lunch and warm
send off.
taxes. Regardless, Shah is grateful

for the leeway her daughters gift
has granted her.
The next 20 years of my life
will certainly be easier, Shah
said, according to Illinois
Lotterys press release.
New York: As a string of harass

ment and rape lawsuits began to
sink
yog a
guru
Bikram
Choudhurys yoga empire in the
US, the 69yearold packed his
bags and moved to India this
month, making Lonavlas Aamby
Valley his base, according to a
report published in the mid
day.com
Quot ing Meenakshi Jaf fa
Bodden, the woman who won the
lawsuit ag ainst Choud hury in
January, who wrote to midday, the
tabloid reported, Bikram closed
his international headquarters and
flagship studio in Los Angeles fol
lowing the verdict in the case, and
has moved his teacher training to a
resort in India at Aamby Valley. In
the US, we understand his teacher
training numbers are significantly
down, with less than 50 paid atten
dees.
Choudhury has already set the

ball rolling w ith two yearly
teachers training courses at the
Lonavla resort township. Each of
the courses will last 63 days, and
the first one is already underway,
the midday report says.
T he report quoted Amresh
Sahay, from the sales department
at Aamby Valley City, saying, We
have created a 15,000 sqft closed
space, which can accommodate
500 people, where he conducts his
sessions at a temperature of 42
degrees Celsius. The first one start
ed on May 1 and will end on July
3.
Sahay added that Choudhury is
also planning to set up a wellness
centre at the luxury township. It
will offer packages with 34 nights
and 67 nights for people who
want to rejuvenate, lose weight
and improve their health.
Indian regional cuisines becoming

popular in America: Chef Vikas Khanna
New Delhi: Be it delicacies from
Kashmir or the northeast,
Miche linstarred che f Vikas
Khanna says regional Indian cui
sine is being increasingly lapped
up in the US. The Indian chef,
based in New York, believes that
the main reason is that most
lovers of Indian cuisine are look
ing for something beyond the
globallyrenowned Punjabi dishes
Khanna, who was raised in
Amritsar, says regional cuisine is
taking centerstage in the US.
"Today in New York, I can dis
t inguish between foo d from
Andhra Pradesh and the north
eastern states. I think we can do a
lot of more research to bring in
fresh cultural and new flavor
combinat ions to our diners.
Regional cuisine is becoming
more popular in America.
"I think that the primary reason
is that most of the Indian food
lovers are looking for much more
than Punjabi fare. This gives us
the awesome opportunity to
bring the world of regional cui
sine forward... from Kashmir to
the northeast," Khanna, who con
siders Indian cuisine to be "beau
Chef Vikas Khanna

(Photo courtesy: nj.com)
tiful in its simplicity", told IANS in
an email interview from New
York.
In fact, he opines that India has
come a long way. "From great leg
ends to the human spirit, Indians
are becoming world heroes. But,
yes, food and diversification are
our soft powers," he explained.
And this holds true in his case.
After presenting his book titled
"Utsav A culinary epic of Indian
fest ivals" at the Cannes Film
Festival in 2015, the star chef
unveiled his do cumentary
"Kitchens of Gratitude" at the
gala's 69th edition this year.

The documentary takes forward
the chef's ideology that food has
always been the thread which
brings people together and that it
transcends all barriers of caste,
creed and faith thus, encourag
ing people to share.
The documentary features per
sonalities like the Dalai Lama,
motivational speaker Deepak
Chopra, spiritual leader Mata
Amritanandamayi and Pastor
Craig Mayes of the New York City
Rescue Mission, among others.
"This time it was more over
whelming. I was entering a new
space in the food world. 'Utsav' is
one of my 25 published books,
but 'Kitchens of Gratitude' was a
new space we were entering. But
with such phenomenal love and
support we could do almost any
thing," he said.
"It is a very short film, but the
story was a very universal one.
Food is a major thread of cul
tures, and food is much more
than physical sustenance. Food is
the true power of sharing and
breaking boundaries and walls,"
he added. (IANS)
US AFFAIRS
Former executives call Trump varsity

a scam that preyed on elderly
Washington: T he now
defunct Trump University
has been called a fraudulent
scheme that preyed on the
elderly and a lie by former
executives in court testi
monies
unsealed
on
Tuesday.
They narrated a pattern of
agg ressive
market ing
focused on selling university
products, often less useful
than advertised, even to cus
tomers who had trouble pay
ing for them.
I be lieve that Trump
University was a fraudulent
scheme which preyed upon
the elderly and uneducated,
Ronald Schnackenberg, a
sales manager, wrote in his
testimony.
Corrine Sommer, an event
manager, recalled how col
leagues pushed customers to
use up as many credit cards
as needed to pay for the
courses.
Trump, the presumptive
Republican nominee for the
White House, continues to
Trump accused the overseeing judge in the university case,

who is of Hispanic descent, of bias. (Photo: IANS)
defend the university, which
is embroiled in three differ
ent lawsuits in California
and New York.
He has argued that he
could have settled the cases,
but did not want to, and
attacked the overseeing
judge, who is of Hispanic
descent, accusing him of
bias.
A federal court in
California unsealed the testi
monies, which was opposed
by Trumps lawyers, filed in

connection with a federal
lawsuit filed by dissatisfied
students.
The university, which is a
defendant in two other law
suits one in California and
the other in New York, was
started by Trump in 2005,
offering courses in entrepre
neurship.
He was also the universi
tys
central
pitch.
Promotional literature prom
Clinton might not be

nominee, 'this is not just a
theory anymore': WSJ
Washington: As the US
In recent weeks, the per
presidential election draws
ception that Clinton would
closer, political commenta
be the strongest candidate
tors have begun to specu
against Donald Trump has
late upon likely scenarios
evaporated. The Real Clear
with the passage of each
Politics polling average has
day and the newest theo
Clinton in a statistical tie
ry is very interesting.
with Trump, and recent sur
A recent comment by
veys
from
ABC
political analyst Douglas E
News/Washington Post and
Schoen, writing in The Wall
Fox News show her two and
Street Journal, says there
three points behind him,
was now more than a theo
respectively.
retical chance that Hillary
Clinton also faces grow
Clinton may not be the
ing legal problems. T he
A Sanders win in California
would underscore Clinton's
Democratic nominee for the
State Department Inspector
US presidential elections. weakness as a candidate in the General's recent report on
T he inevitability behind general election. (Photo: IANS) Clinton's use of a private
Clinton's nomination will be
email server while she was
in large measure eviscerated if she loses the Secretary of State made it abundantly clear
June 7 California primary to Bernie Sanders. that she broke rules and has been far from
That could well happen, he writes. A recent forthright in her public statements.
PPIC poll shows Clinton with a 2% lead over
The damning findings buttressed concerns
Sanders, and a Fox News survey found the within the party that Clinton and her aides
same result.
may not get through the government's inves
Even a narrow win would give Sanders tigation without a finding of culpability
250 pledged delegates or more a signifi somewhere.
cant boost. A Sanders win in California
There are increasing rumblings within the
would powerfully underscore Clinton's party about how a new candidate could
weakness as a candidate in the general elec emerge at the convention. John Kerry, the
tion. Democratic superdelegates chosen 2004 nominee, is one possibility. But the
by the party establishment and overwhelm most likely scenario is that vicepresident
ingly backing Clinton 54344 would seri Joe Biden who has said that he regrets
ously question whether they should contin "every day" his decision not to run enters
ue to stand behind her candidacy, he asked.
the race, the comment reads.
ised customers the benefit of

Trumps experience, knowl
edge and wisdom delivered
by handpicked instructors.
Trump was less engaged
with the institution than
advertised for one, he has
said he did not handpick
instructors.
According to sales guides
issued to Trump University
executives, called playbooks,
customers were pitched a
variety of programs priced
dif ferently during free ses
sions.
A $1,495 t icket for a
threeday workshop was
promoted as an all you
need start to get rich. But
executives were instructed
to push customers who
bought in towards costlier
courses.
Not all testimonies were
negative though. Trump
University definitely made
me more prepared to tackle
the real world of real estate
investing, wrote one stu
dent.
June 4-10, 2016
Trump says he
gave $5.6 million to
veterans groups
Washington: Presumptive Republican presiden
tial nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that
he donated $5.6 million to veterans associations
and criticized the members of the press, whom he
said "should be ashamed of themselves" for having
doubted that he would keep the promise he made
in January to make the donations.
"I have never received such bad publicity for
doing such a good job," Trump said at a press con
ference at his offices in New York's Trump Tower,
EFE news agency reported.
"As of this moment, it's $5.6 million," the real
estate magnate said, adding that "all of the money
has been spent".
For months, Trump's campaign refused to list
which organizations had received the donations
arguing that they were reviewing the validity and
suitability of the veterans groups.
Trump lambasted the press all during the press
conference, calling political reporters "among the
most dishonest people I've ever met". In response,
on Wednesday, National Press Club President
Thomas Burr ripped into Trump. "Donald Trump
misunderstands or, more likely, simply opposes
the role a free press plays in a democratic socie
ty," Burr said. "Reporters are supposed to hold
public figures accountable. Any American political
candidate who attacks the press for doing its job
is campaigning in the wrong country. In the US,
under our Constitution, a free press is a check on
politicians of all parties," Burr said.
10
June 4-10, 2016
ANALYSIS
American democracy's
existential angst is showing
By Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri
he ongoing electoral process in the

United States has the atmospherics of a
reality show and soap opera but camou
flages deep fault lines that could potentially
redefine the American way of life after
January 2017.
When Donald Trump entered the fray, he
was not viewed as a serious candidate.
Derisively dismissed by the mainstream
media, he is now the presumptive GOP nomi
nee. His political fortunes are on the ascen
dant. He is running almost neckandneck
with the likely Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton in overall national poll projections. A
sizeable number of voters believe he could be
the next President of the United States. Both

he and Ms Clinton, however, have very high
unfavorable ratings both within their respec
tive parties and nationally.
Mr Trump is challenging not only the con
servative values in which the GOP is anchored
but, at its very core, Washington and the tra
ditional manner of doing business. Both he
and Bernie Sanders, the Democratic chal
lenger who continues in the race, are the 'out
siders' who have tapped into the latent anger
against Washington. Ms Clinton, the quintes
sential 'insider', has to carry the establish
ment's odium while pretending she too is an
'outsider'.
The surprising and remarkable success of
Mr Trump and Mr Sanders in the Republican
and Democratic party primaries requires
explanation. America's democracy is going
through existential angst. This finds expres
sion in the strong sentiment against Wall
Street, best articulated by Sanders and his
young supporters, and against Washington's
manipulative lobbying and crony capitalism,
articulated by both Trump and Sanders. In
national poll projections, Sanders is favored
to beat Trump by a comfortable margin of 10
per cent points, while Hillary Clinton and
Large sections of the US population are dissatisfied. There is no patience for

'business as usual'. That anger translates into negative sentiment
against imports, immigrants and Muslims. Both Trump and Sanders
are the 'outsiders' who have tapped into the latent anger against Washington
Trump are almost tied. There are several
dimensions to the existential angst that
American democracy is now experiencing. A
sizeable number of voters believe that the
American dream has bypassed them.
Unemployment and inequality are important
issues. The Republican candidate, an 'America
Firster', wants to make the country great
again. His net worth, he claims, is $10 billion.
Not all his business ventures have been suc
cessful. He has no experience of public office.
The leading Democratic candidate's family
foundations made upward of over $350 mil
lion in recent years, mostly during the period
she was Secretary of State, apart from $115
million she and her husband charged in
speaking fees between 2005 and 2015. She
has still not been cleared by an ongoing FBI
investigation into her use of private email
server as Secretary of State. An indictment
could still come.
The outcome of the November elections
could also profoundly affect other countries.
The United States is the world's lead econo
my, with a GDP of over $17 trillion. The out
come will determine who the CEO of this
economy will be for the next four years.
Neither Trump nor Clinton would appear to
have the economic credentials to steer the
world's largest economy. Clinton has said
that, if elected, she would entrust major
responsibility for this to her husband. Two
Clintons for the price of one with all the
happy attendant baggage!
How will this play out for the rest of the
world?
To what extent do positions adopted and
articulated in an electoral process get finally
translated into policy later? Not always. The
'deep state' often takes over. The much prom
ised closure of the Guantanamo Bay camp,
emphatically promised by Barack Obama, is
still around. Conversely, the trade liberaliza
tion advocated by then Secretary of State
Clinton is now something she has turned her
back on. Trade liberalization and enhanced
imports of manufactured products from
China and loss of jobs does not resonate well
with an electorate when unemployment is an
issue. Irrespective of who wins the November
election, there is widespread agreement that

large sections of the population in the United
States are deeply dissatisfied and angry.
There is little patience for 'business as usual'.
That anger translates into negative sentiment
against imports, immigrants and Muslims. It
is being exploited by the Republican nominee
who has talked of imposing 45 per cent tar
iffs against imports from Mexico and China,
and bringing outsourced jobs back by relocat
ing production units in the United States.
Whether this is at all feasible or would even
by pursued is an entirely different matter.
The nightmare scenario is not confined to
trade policy. Trump has also talked of giving
nuclear weapons to South Korea and Japan to
fortify their position against China. The impli
cations for the existing nonproliferation
regime are serious enough, with the Gulf
Cooperation Council countries, particularly
Saudi Arabia, talking of acquiring nuclear
weapons if the Iran nuclear deal does not suc
ceed in providing suf ficient guarantees
against Iran's weaponization.
Trump of course is both agile and flexible
and changes his position(s) depending on his
audience. The Pope can be both good and bad
on the same day. British Prime Minister David
Cameron would have to start addressing
transAtlantic turbulence should Trump win.
Another manifestation of the abundant
anger with foreign policy implications: On
May 17, the Senate unanimously passed the
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
(JASTA). This would clear the way for families
of victims of terrorism to file lawsuits against
Saudi Arabia. President Obama will most cer
tainly veto this bill, even though Democrats in
the Senate joined in. Saudi Arabia has threat
ened to withdraw $750 billion in US assets if
the bill becomes law.
Trump meanwhile has embarked on a con
certed effort to win over women voters and
put behind him the outlandish statements he
has been making against them. Five months is
a long time in an election process and enough
to alter fortunes.
The writer served as Permanent

Representative of India at the UN.
June 4-10, 2016
INDIA
11
Sonia backs Vadra on

'owning' property in London
Rae Bareli/New Delhi: Congress
President Sonia Gandhi strongly
backed her soninlaw Robert
Vadra against allegations that he
owns a house in London, funded
by an arms dealer, and dared the
government to probe the matter
"unbiasedly".
Accusing Prime Minister
Narendra Modi of behaving like a
"Shehenshah", the Congress chief
also hit out at the Nat ional
Democratic Alliance (NDA) gov
ernment for its bash held to cele
brate its two years in power.
T he Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) hit back at Sonia Gandhi,

saying that Vadra "has the bless
ings of 10 Janpath" which was the
reason behind his wealth.
Sonia Gandhi, who was visiting
her Lok Sabha constituency Rae
Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, lashed out
at the allegations against her son
inlaw: "This is also a political
conspiracy. What do you mean by
'Cong ressmukt
Bharat'?
Everyday they give excuses and
level wrong allegations."
"If this (allegation) is true, then
they should conduct an unbiased
probe. Everything will become
clear," said an ang ry Sonia

Gandhi.
Senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya
sought a detailed inquiry by the
Enforcement Directorate (ED) into
the alleged involvement of Vadra
in the 2009 purchase of a 'bena
mi' or proxyowned mansion in
London. T he Cong ress chie f,
training her guns on Prime
Minister Modi, said he was prime
minister and not an emperor.
"Woh pradhanmantri hain, koi
shehenshaah nahin ki janta unki
saari baatein maane," she said.
"I have never seen anything like
AoL asked to pay Rs 4.75 cr

environment compensation
The NGT had levied Rs 5 crore environment compensation on the foundation for the event at the Yamuna
floodplains in Delhi. (Photo: IANS)
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT)
directed the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation to pay
the remaining Rs 4.75 crore as environment com
pensation for damage caused to the Yamuna flood
plains due to the World Culture Festival (WCF) it
held in March.
The NGT had levied Rs 5 crore environment com
pensation on the foundation, which had deposited Rs
25 lakh before the threeday event kicked of f on
March 11 in the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi.
The principal bench of Justice Swatanter Kumar
dismissed the AoL's plea whereby the foundation
of fered to pay the remaining amount through a
bank guarantee.
Meanwhile, the Art of Living said it is exploring the
option of challenging the tribunal's order in the
Supreme Court.
"We find the verdict unjust and, if need be, after

reviewing the order we will go to the Supreme Court.
We have not violated any law or done any wrong,"
said an AoL statement.
"We don't agree with the tribunal's observations.
The Art of Living has neither polluted air, water or
earth. We have left the WCF site in a better condition
than what we got. We have an extensive repertoire
for environmental work and find these allegations
unacceptable," said the statement.
"What a section of the media is enthusiastically
calling a fine is not a fine but a compensation
deposit."
The AoL claimed that the NGT passed the order on
a report prepared on the basis of a mere visual
inspection and that no scientific assessment of the
site was done.
Sonia said that the charge against her soninlaw

is a political conspiracy.
this, Modi ji is the PM, and not a
Shehenshah (King). Our nation is
facing drought, poverty, farmers
are in pain. At these times, such a
'show' is not appropriate," she

said of the gala event held in New
Delhi on Saturday night by the
government.
Incidents relating
to Africans
painful: Sushma
New Delhi: Describing a series of
incidents involving members of
the African community as unfor
tunate and painful, External
Af fairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
assured a delegation of African
students of full security and sup
port in India.
I assure our African friends
that institutional mechanisms
would be put in place to ensure
that such incidents do not recur in
future. India will continue to
remain a country where they will
always feel welcome, Swaraj said
after meeting a delegation of
African students.
The recent incidents relating to
members of the African communi
ty are not only very unfortunate,
but also very painful, said
Sushma, who has been personally
monitoring the outreach to the
African community.
As a mother, I can understand
the pain of a mother who loses a
son on foreign soil. It would be a
traumatic experience, she said.
Sushma Swaraj, who met the
African delegation at the external
af fairs ministry at Jawahar
Bhawan here, also condemned the
killing of Congolese national M.K.

Olivier on May 20 in New Delhi,
but said it was not a racial attack.
All criminal acts should not be
construed as racial attacks, she
stated.As the CCTV footage of the
incident in question showed, this
was an act committed by goons
who also thrashed the Indian
bystanders who had attempted to
intervene to save Olivier.
She said Delhi Police immedi
ately swung into action after the
incident and two of the perpetra
tors of the crime have already
been apprehended, while a search
was on for the third person.
She said that her ministry, on
hearing about the incidents
involving members of the African
community, proactively reached
out to the African diplomatic com
munity and the African student
community.
The killing of the Congolese
national and a string of other
attacks on Africans staying in
New Delhi, and a case of assault
in Hyderabad has caused wide
spread anger among the commu
nity. A group of African students
held a protest at Jantar Mantar.
12
June 4-10, 2016
INDIA
FOCUS ON ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD

EASTERN INDIA: MODI
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday said
his government was emphasizing
on the development of the eco
nomically backward eastern Indian
states to uproot poverty in the
region.
"We don't want any state or any
region in the country to be devoid
of development and change. In the
western part of India, there is eco
nomic development. But, why is
there no development in states like
Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha," asked
Modi addressing a massive gather
ing at Balasore.
Modi said Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Mad hya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh and Haryana are
more developed states than east
ern India states of Bihar, West
Bengal, Assam and Odisha.
Informing that the eastern India
states including Odisha are blessed
Prime Minister Naredra Modi addressing a BJP rally in Balasore,

Odisha on June 2. (Photo: IANS)
with natural resources, he said
people from the region go to west
ern states in search of jobs.
"The states have abundant natu

ral resources. But despite that why
is poverty still chasing us. Eastern
India needs more development.

And that is why all our develop
mental plans have emphasised on
eastern states including Odisha,"
said the Prime Minister.
In his address, Modi also took a
jibe at the previous governments
for failing to eradicate poverty in
the country.
"The previous government were
shout ing slog ans of
'Garibi Hatao'. Their intentions
may have been right. I am not
doubting that. But their path was
wrong. As a result, poverty
increased," said Modi.
Stating that earlier governments
thoug ht they are running the
country, he said that his govern
ment is trying to provide gover
nance with people's participation.
Highlighting various schemes
initiated by the central govern
ment, Modi said he has come here
to present the balance sheet after

two years completion in of fice.
"Has any government come here to
present the balance sheet of gover
nance in past years? I have come
here," he said, adding that the gov
ernment is accountable for every
paisa to the citizens of the country.
Maintaining that the death of
mother and child during delivery is
a cause of concern, he said the
government has launched several
schemes to address problems. He
said Indra Dhanush Yojana has
been implemented for infant
immunization across the country.
Speaking on the Beti Bachao
Abhiyan, he said people's mindset
about gender equality must
change. "We are still dif ferentiat
ing between son and daughter. We
are living in the 21st century, but
at times, our mentality is that of
18th century," said Modi.
24 CONVICTED, 36 LET OFF IndiaUS ink MoU to

boost energy security
IN GULBERG SOCIETY
MASSACRE CASE
The Gulberg
massacre case
is one of the
nine major
cases of the
2002 Gujarat
violence which
were probed
by a Supreme
Court
appointed
Special
Investigation
Team (SIT).
(File photo)
Ahmedabad: After 14 long years, a special
Gujarat sessions court on Thursday convict
ed 24 people, including Vishwa Hindu
Parishad leader Atul Vaidya, in the sensa
tional Gulberg massacre case in which 69
people, including former Congress MP Ehsan
Jafri, were burnt alive on February 28, 2002.
Special sessions court judge P.B. Desai
declared 36 of the 60 accused as 'not guilty'.
The court also rejected the prosecution's
conspiracy charge in the case.
An armed mob had set on fire the entire
Gulberg Housing Society in Ahmedabad's
Meghaninagar area, inhabited by members
of the minority community, in broad day
light killing 69 people.
While the charred bodies of 39 people
were found from the spot after the arson, 30
other people were declared dead by the
Special Investigation Team as there was no
trace of them 12 years after the incident.
The sessions court judge will pronounce
the sentences on the convicts on June 6.
Of the 24 people convicted, the court
found 11 persons guilty of murder under

Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and 13
others guilty of lesser crimes.
All the 60 accused remained present in
court while their family members thronged
the court compound in large numbers.
The court had heard the case on a dayto
day basis on the instructions of the Supreme
Court, which on February 22 this year,
directed the sessions court to pronounce its
verdict in three months time.
The Gulberg massacre case is one of the
nine major cases of the 2002 Gujarat vio
lence which were probed by a Supreme
Courtappointed Special Investigation Team
(SIT).
Earlier, the apex court while instructing
the special court to expedite the hearing of
the case had also said that the judgment
should not be pronounced without its per
mission.
The SIT had named 66 accused in the case.
Nine of them have been in jail for the last 14
years, while the remaining were out on bail.
The MoU was signed by India's Power Secretary P.K. Pujari

and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma. (Photo: IANS)
New Delhi: India and the United States on
Thursday signed an MoU here to enhance
cooperation on energy security, clean energy
and climate change, ahead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's Washington visit.
The Memorandum of Understanding was
signed by India's Power Secretary P.K. Pujari
and US Ambassador Richard Verma, a state
ment here said.
The priority initiatives under the MoU
would be, among others, "USIndia Energy
smart Cities Partnership; Greening the Grid;
Promoting Energy Access through Clean
Energy (PEACE) expansion; energy efficiency
including space cooling; renewable energy,
energy security, and accelerating innovation
on clean energy", the statement added.
At the IndiaUS Ministerial Energy
Dialogue held in Washington last September,
cochaired by India's Power Minister Piyush
Goyal and US Energy Secretary Ernest

Moniz, the ministers reviewed the progress
made by the six working groups of the ener
gy dialogue and identified new areas for
cooperation.
The six working groups include groups on
coal, new technology and renewable energy,
petroleum and natural gas, power and ener
gy efficiency, sustainable development and
the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy
Research (PACER).
During the Dialogue, it was also agreed to
explore addition of smart grids and energy
storage for grid application as the fourth
stream under PACER.
Discussions were also held in the working
groups on financing of clean energy technol
ogy as well as on innovative financing for
renewable energy microfinance and micro
enterprises.
June 4-10, 2016
OP-ED
13
Modi is Indias most Nehruvian PM since Nehru
By Shekhar Gupta
ets begin with what new

media would call clickbait:
that Narendra Modi is our
most Nehruvian prime minister
since Jawaharlal Nehru. Even now,
when the Modi establishment seems
to be destroying Nehrus legacy,
wiping his name from textbooks,
and encouraging the old RSS
thought that he is responsible for
all of Indias ills, from the
Mahatmas assassination to Kashmir
to Tibet to poverty. And just when a
BJP state government has trans
ferred an IAS officer for the serious
misdemeanor of a Facebook post
praising Nehru.
Lets check out the substance
behind this sound. Nehruvianism
can broadly be defined in terms of
its four key pillars: hard secularism,
social liberalism, socialism (more
fairly, mixed economy), nonalign
ment and internationalism. Which
ones of these does Mr Modi look at
odds with?
Two of these were greatly weak
ened by the Congress own prime
ministers. P.V. Narasimha Rao rede
fined Nehrus hard, agnostic secu
larism in a much softer version.
Nehru/Indira socialism was disman
tled by Rao and with him as
finance minister, and later as prime
minister, by Manmohan Singh, even
under the watch of Sonia and Rahul
Gandhi. Even on foreign policy, the
essential turn was made in Raos
time with establishment of full
diplomatic relations with Israel. It
left the Congress partys inhouse
Nehruites, including Mani Shankar
Four key pillars of Nehruvianism are: hard secularism,

social liberalism, socialism (more fairly, mixed economy),
non alignment/internationalism. Which ones of these
does Mr Modi look at odds with, asks a senior editor?
Aiyar, furious. Atal Bihari Vajpayee,

who had sparred with Nehru often
as a young parliamentarian, would
never say a rude thing about him.
But you wonder if the most
reformist thing he did in his six
years, the privatization of so many
prominent public sector companies
and hotels, would have been possi
ble if the RaoSingh duo had not
already distanced India from
Nehruvian economics. Nehru made
socialism our national economic
ideology and Mrs Gandhi used it to
demolish much of the private sector
particularly foreignowned
that remained.
The Janata Party (which included
the BJPs parent, the Jana Sangh)
government that replaced here after
the Emergency finally took away
the Right to Property, agreed to
retain the two illegitimate amend
ments adding secularism and
socialism to our Constitutions

Preamble (illegitimate because
these were made by a sixthyear
Lok Sabha with most of the
Opposition in jail) and threw out
Coke and IBM. It even launched a
sarkari, public sector cola, called
77 to honor its ascent to power in
1977. Morarji Desai was seen as
more promarket, but he wanted
desperately to convince the world
he was more Gandhian than Nehru.
In fact, in his talks with US
President Jimmy Carter, he is
recorded as having said that the dif
ference between him and Nehru
was that my idol is Mahatma
Gandhi, Nehrus was Machiavelli.
Now run your eye over Modis
interview to T he Wall Street
Journal. Its been almost four
decades since we heard an Indian
PM make such a strong case for a
mixed economy and the public sec
tor. And Modi has a track record.

Even when Vajpayee was feverishly
selling off public sector companies,
Gujarat did not privatize any of its
own PSUs. We know that Modi
spent a great deal of energy and
used the states clout to support
these companies notably Gujarat
Gas Ltd and GSPC. Vajpayee even
tried to get rid of Air India, besides
the big oil companies. Modi is let
ting even Hindustan Photo Films be.
A
real
repudiation
of
Nehruvianism would have been a
quick dismantling of giant, wasteful
PSUs that Nehru saw as the tem
ples of new India. Instead, this is
the first government in three
decades to be investing in them sig
nificantly again. Please note that
under Modi's predecessors ICICI
quietly became a private company
from a stateowned financial institu
tion and Unit Trust of India gave
birth to two mostly private of f
spring, a bank and an asset manage
ment company. No such initiative is
yet on the cards from this govern
ment, not even a reduction of gov
ernment equity in banks.
In the same WSJ interview, Modi
reinforces Indias commitment to
nonalignment. Political correct
ness? But where is the need for
that? Why not say that the essential
postulate on which Nehru founded
our foreign and strategic policies
was flawed? While as a commenta
tor I welcome larger continuity in
foreign policy, the Modi govern
ments voting record on the
PalestineIsrael issue harks back to
nonaligned times even more than
did Dr Singhs. And while he has vis
ited every major Islamic capital,

Israel is not on the radar just yet.
The Israelis are getting frustrated
with their inability to get dates from
South Block for their own titular
presidents visit to India.
Much has been made by the so
called Right and LeftWing intelli
gentsia of the Modi establishments
namechange campaign. But noth
ing named after the Nehru dynasty,
or even its ideas, is being changed.
Lutyens Delhi avenues had been
named after the Mughals by the
British, on the principle that they
ruled Delhi. Thats why Jahangir
(who reigned from Lahore) isnt
there, and Prithviraj Chauhan, who
ruled Delhi before Muslim dynasties
stepped in for 700 years, is there.
Replacing Aurangzeb with Kalam is
no insult to Nehru. Especially as
roads named after his nonaligned
allies most of them despots like
Nasser and Tito remain. In fact,
Nehruvianism is reflected not in the
landmarks of Lutyens Delhi, but in
the diplomatic enclave built by him
subsequently. There is no argument
with that.
You can find other similarities:
frequent public speeches, personal
ized leadership, total control over
foreign and strategic policies, even
stylized dressing. The Modi Jacket
now sets fashion trends as Nehrus
did all these years. Modis loyalists
say he has no personal issue with
Nehru. It is just that his worldview
is exactly to the contrary of Nehrus.
If so, we are still looking for evi
dence of it in his economic and for
eign policies.
Courtesy: Business Standard
With elections in mind, Akali Dal becomes religious
By Jaideep Sarin
aving been in power for nearly 10

years at a stretch may have given a
lot of political and administrative
experience to Punjab's ruling Shiromani
Akali Dal, but the outfit seems to be
becoming 'religious minded' as the state's
assembly polls draw closer.
The party's government in the state is
already in the middle of a major exercise
to of fer re lig ious junkets to nearly
125,000 people.
The 'Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra Scheme'
for providing free pilgrimage to various
sacred places across India will cost the
Punjab exchequer nearly Rs.190 crore.
The scheme, being implemented with
polit ical and re lig ious fanfare, was
approved by the Punjab cabinet in
November 2015.
People are being taken on special trains
and buses for pilgrimage to locations like
Nanded Sahib (Maharashtra), Varanasi,
Katra (Mata Vaishno Devi) and Ajmer
Sharif.
"Under the scheme, 1,050 people from
Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

His party's government in the state is in
the middle of a major exercise to
offer religious junkets to nearly
125,000 people. (Photo: IANS)
each of Punjab's 117 assembly constituen
cies are being offered this facility of free
travel to these pilgrimage centers. Food
and lodging needs are also being taken
care of," a senior officer in Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal's office told IANS.
Last month, Punjab deputy CM and Akali
Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, in a
clear move to appease radical and reli
gious leaders, of fered prayers at the
'Bluestar' memorial inside the Golden
Temple complex. The Akali Dal, its leader
ship and the Punjab government had, so
far, kept itself away from the controversial
memorial built by radicals to commemo
rate "martyrs" in the Army's 'Operation
Bluestar' in 1984.
Separat ist leaders Jarnail Sing h
Bhindranwale who was killed in the army
operation and others are listed as "mar
tyrs" at the memorial.
While AllIndia Sikh Students Federation
(AISSF) president Karnail Sing h
Peermohammed welcomed the move, radi
cal Sikh organization Dal Khalsa saw a
political motive behind it.
"This appears to be an attempt to woo
Sikh hardliners ahead of the 2017 assem
bly polls. Sukhbir Badal wants to prove his
Panthic credentials," Dal Khalsa leader
Kanwarpal Singh said.
The opposition Congress and the Aam

Aadmi Party (AAP) which is posing a seri
ous challenge to the AkaliBJP alliance and
the Congress, ahead of the assembly polls
are accusing the Akali Dal of using reli
gion, especially the Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), for its
political interests.
"The Akali Dal has been exposed in the
way it has used religion to hide its wrong
deeds like corruption, vested interests in
Sikh bodies like SGPC, goonda gardi," AAP
leader Sanjay Singh told IANS.
The Akali Dal has full control over the
SGPC, the miniparliament of Sikh religion
which manages Sikh shrines, including the
Golden Temple complex. The SGPC has an
annual budget of Rs.1,200 crore.
The Badal government faced testing
times last year in AugustSeptember when
a series of incidents of desecration of the
Guru Granth Sahib led to protests and vio
lence in different parts of Punjab.
The Akali Dal leadership blamed it on
antiPanthic (antiSikh community) forces
and religious prayers were started across
the state to defuse the situation.
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
14
June4-10, 2016
OP-ED
View from Washington
White House race: Who is most presidential?
By Arun Kumar
irror, mirror on the wall, who is the

most presidential of them all? That's
the question American voters are
asking as they size up the three survivors in
the White House race.
Supporters of "Dodging Donald" Trump, as
critics call the Republican presumptive pres
idential candidate, have eyes only for the
Manhattan mogul.
Diehard backers of mathematicallychal
lenged "Crazy Bernie" Sanders, as Trump has
dubbed him, have ears only for the self
styled Democratic socialist.
And "Clearance Merchandise," as a colum
nist described the Democratic frontrunner
or "Crooked Hillary" Clinton, as Trump has
branded her, too has her own legion of
defenders of the faith. Poor Hillary, she
thought her coronation as the Democratic
nominee was a done deal despite an annoy
ing Bernie snapping at her heels to the cha
grin of the party establishment.
Then, a State Department independent
watchdog's scathing report on Clinton's use
of a private server at home for official work
as secretary of state sent her "drowning in
The three survivors in the White House race.

emails" as the New York Times put it.
The report was "not good" for "Crooked
Hillary." It was "devastating", gloated Trump,
master of the "fifth grade" speech.
Bernie supporters too saw in a parallel FBI
probe into Clinton emails an "answer to their
prayers" as her lead in the prized June 7
California primary quickly evaporated. And
when Senator Elizabeth Warren, a key sup
porter, took up cudgels on her behalf to sug
gest Trump was "drooling over the housing
crisis", he dismissed her as a Clinton
"Pocahontas" and again changed the conver

sation.
When the media questioned him about an
"offensive" reference to a Native American
notable for her association with the colonial
settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, in the
17th century, an unapologetic Trump
quipped: "Oh, I am sorry! But Warren has a
big mouth." Going on late night comic Jimmy
Kimmel's show, Trump also promptly accept
ed a suggestion to debate Sanders before the
California primary provided $1015 million
was raised for a charity.

Sanders, who's peeved that Hillary Clinton
was backing out of a planned Democratic
debate, jumped on the offer. "Game on," he
tweeted. As the idea of what one strategist
called a "complete circus," of a novel inter
party debate, gathered steam, Trump said
now that he had become the Republican top
dog it would be "inappropriate" for him to
debate the straggling Democrat.
Meanwhile, as Trump completed the "hos
tile takeover" of the Republican party, a van
quished "Little Marco" Rubio came out of
hiding with an offer to release his pledged
delegates "to be helpful" to Trump's cam
paign. And as the three White House con
tenders called each other liars and worse
and unqualified to be the president, the
Washington Times of fered a novel insight
into the making of a president sans pundits
and pollsters.
Saying that "size matters", it noted the
taller candidate has won the popular vote in
more than twothirds of the elections since
1950. And by that measure, come November
8, Trump, who stands 6 feet 2 inches, would
win hands down. Let "rattled" foreign lead
ers be forewarned!
View from Delhi
Trump an outcome of the Bush world disorder
By Saeed Naqvi
t would be almost spiteful to walk up to

the US ambassador in Delhi and say:
"Congratulations, you have Donald
Trump as president." Which way would he
look? Secretary of State John Kerry has
already said it. He is profoundly embar
rassed when foreign statesmen confront him
with: "What is happening in your country?"
Should he become president in November,
Trump will have George W. Bush to thank.
He is a product of the chaotic world order
left behind by Bush and which Barack
Obama failed to contain.
Detente in the 1970s was going badly for
the West Vietnam, Angola, Mozambique,
Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Italian communist
leader Enrico Berlingure on the cover of
Time Magazine, Afghan communist parties
in Kabul and so on. It was advantage Soviet
Union all the way.
Came the Ronald ReaganMargaret
Thatcher counter punch which rattled the
Soviet Union. George Bush senior and
Thatcher stamped the post Soviet order by
launching Operation Desert Storm in Iraq,
but sensibly, stopped short of dislodging
Saddam Hussain. It fell to the lot of George
W. Bush to build a new global architecture.
He surrounded himself with bad company
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfe ld, Paul
Wolfowitz. Deluded by notions of full spec
trum global dominance, they botched up the
sole superpower moment.
Unbridled chaos was let loose in the guise
of the global war on terror. Geraldo Rivera of
Fox News actually whipped out a gun on live
TV. He would "shoot Osama bin Laden" if he
Given the high unfavorability ratings of

Trump and Hillary, Americans seem to be
trying to break out of established party
structures just as in the subcontinent
Kejriwal's AAP in Delhi and Imran Khan's
TehreekeInsaf across the border.
saw him. Deputy Secretary of State Richard
Armitage threatened Pakistan with dire con
sequences should General Pervez Musharraf
not join the war against the Afghan jihadis
that Pakistan, Saudis and the US had helped
train to expel the Soviets. To this day,
Pakistan and possibly the world, is paying
the price for that turnaround.
There was no limit to American power. In
awe and in admiration, the world fell in line.
Two party systems were reinforced, clasping
corporate hands. Corporates, linked to inter
national finance, made for a tidy model. The
global media and a Murdochized press was
to underpin this arrangement.
The economic downturn of 2008 and the
declining credibility of the global media
began to erode this world order. The latter
needs some explanation.
In wartime, the first casualty generally is
the truth. Since media is part of all war
efforts, it becomes a credible source of prop
aganda. But during the Bush and Obama
years, the US and the West in general have
been involved in so many wars, big and
small, that the media was kept mobilized for
continuous propaganda. The media's credi

bility has therefore plummeted. During the
Libyan operation, the Saudis had to make
peace with the Qataris for the benefit of Al
Jazeera's residual credibility. No one was
believing Christiane Amanpour, Lyse Doucet
and Thomas Friedman and their support
staff. With crony capitalism gnawing at the
vitals, two party systems were in gradual dis
repair. The suf focated voter was breaking
out in new directions. In an Elia Kazan
movie, a small car on a highway is dwarfed
by giant trailers on either side. In a manner
of speaking the tyres of these trailers are
being punctured one by one.
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Canada,
Iceland, Indonesia have all discarded tradi
tional parties and veered to the left.
Likewise, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, indeed
the European Parliament, have shifted right.
French President Francois Hollande and for
mer president Nicolas Sarkozy, sworn ene
mies, had to desperately come together to
ward off the challenge from the Far Right.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair
flailed his arms in vain against Jeremy
Corbyn, a Labour leader more with the heart
of a Michael Foot, a former Labour party
leader. And now Prime Minister David
Cameron is on sixes and sevens over the
Brexit referendum. Britain's exit from the
European Union will almost certainly bring
Europe closer to Russia, much to American
discomfort.
Most recently, a promoter of vigilante
groups, who promises to toss criminals into
the sea, Rodrigo Duterte nicknamed
"Digong", is the presidente lect of the
Philippines. He must get along well with
Trump: they speak the same language sink

them in the sea or build a wall to keep
Mexicans out, or don't allow Muslims to
enter the US or no harm being seen with the
Ku Klux Klan and so on.
The tamasha in the US gets even more
intriguing if you consider the establishment
darling, Hillary Clinton's electability. A New
York Times report says: "Nearly twothirds of
voters say that Mr. Trump is not honest and
trustworthy. Just as many say the same of
Mrs. Clinton."
There is no evidence of Senator Bernie
Sanders attracting such invective. And yet
the Democratic Party establishment finds
itself bound by rules not to nominate him
the popular surge is for Sanders, though.
Because he is a "socialist" which outside the
US means Left of Centre.
So, people are trying to break out of estab
lished party structures. They are neither for
Tweeledum nor Tweedledee, just as in India
and Pakistan where they have experimented
with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) in Delhi and Imran Khan's Tehreeke
Insaf across the border.
When people were switching loyalties in
the 1970s, the Soviet Union was the benefi
ciary. Today, new faces that emerge repre
sent disgust with that which is. There is a
splintering of the world order. And in its
place what will be, will be.
"Rau mein hai rakhsh e umr, kahan
dekhiye thamey; nay haath bag par hai, na
paa hei rakaab mein."
(The horse is on full gallop, no one knows
where it will stop. The rider's hands are not
on the reins, nor his feet in the stirrups.
Ghalib)
IANS
The views expressed in Op Eds are not necessarily those of The South Asian Times.
MODI IN AMERICA
June 4-10, 2016
15
Modi's US visit: Consolidating

& celebrating a relationship
Washington: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's fourth visit to
the US next week is seen here as
consolidating and celebrating the
IndiaUS relationship that has
undergone a transformation since
2000 under three presidents.
A key dimension of Modi's June
78 visit at the invitat ion of
President Obama w ill be his
address to a joint meeting of the
US Congress on June 8. Modi is
the fifth Indian Prime Minister to
address the US Congress starting
with Rajiv Gandhi.
Many people have articulated
that the invitation and the visit
are really a part of consolidating
and celebrating the IndiaUS rela
tionship," said Arun K. Singh,
Indian ambassador to the US.
The visit will consolidate "what
has been achieved so far and see
ing what more can be done as we

move into the next year when
there will be transition of the
administration in the US and also
elections to the US Congress".
It w ill also ce le brate the
achievements in the relationship
"because in a sense the new phase
in IndiaUS relationship was start
ed from 2000 when President
(Bill) Clinton went to India," he
noted.
Then President George W. Bush
transformed it with the landmark
Civil Nuclear Deal and Barack
Obama with his two visits to India
including the one as chief guest
at India's Republic Day saying
the IndiaUS relationship will be a
"defining partnership of the 21st
century".
Singh also noted Obama's artic
ulation of support for India's
US-India defense pact

in the works
Washington: The US is hopeful of concluding a
key military logistics agreement with India and
making progress on other foundational pacts in
the defense sector ahead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's visit here next month, a top
American official has said.
"We are hopeful that progress would be made
on some of the foundational agreements includ
ing the logistics agreement that might be con
cluded prior to the (US) visit (of Prime Minister)
and we are looking to see if there are other
things that we can take on board," assistant sec
retary of state for south and central Asia Nisha
Desai Biswal told members of the Senate Armed
Services Committee during a Congressional
hearing on India. Biswal made the remarks while
responding to questions on possibility of signing
any security agreements between India and the
US during Modis visit.
Biswal said after Defense Secretary Ashton
Carter's recent visit to India, the two countries
are moving toward concluding a logistics
exchange MoU, which would allow the armed
forces of the two countries to use each other's
bases for resupply and repair.
"We are hopeful that the successful conclusion
of this agreement will lead to progress on the
remaining foundational agreements and allow
greater interoperability in our militaries, so that
we can go from joint exercises to coordinated
PTI
operations in the Indian Ocean," she said.
membership of the UN Security

Council, US support for India's
membership of multilateral export
control regimes and advances
made in IndiaUS defense partner
ship. Celebrating a lot of progress
made in the two Obama terms, the
visit will in a sense launch into the
next administration, he said. "That
has been the thrust and ef fort
related to this visit."
Modi will also have an interac
tion with top corporate leaders
and address the annual meeting
of the US India Business Council
(USIBC) comprising over 300 top
American and Indian companies
seeking stronger trade and com
mercial ties with India.
PM Modi and President Obama have

developed a warm relationship rare
among heads of state.
APEC membership likely to figure in

Modi's talks with Obama: Panagariya
By Arul Louis
New York: Indias membership in the Asia

Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
will likely be an important topic in Prime
Minister Narendra Modis talks with
President Obama next week, according to
Arvind Panagariya, vice chairman of the
Niti Aayog. One concrete thing I would
hope would be on the agenda is Indias
entry into APEC, during the ModiObama
summit, he told a roundtable at the Asia
Society Policy Institute here Wednesday.
Panagariya, who advocated an outward
orientation as a development strategy for
India, emphasized the need to join trade
agreements. He said APEC is a stepping
stone on the way to other trade agree
ments. APEC by itself is not going to get the
country very far and it had to get into other
arrangements, he added.
If India is going to sustain a growth rate
of 810 percent over a period of 2025
years, it cannot be done without actually
capturing some of the world markets
through trade arrangements, he said. The
strategy of free trade agreements becomes
quite important part of the whole strategy
(of development) that if you have free mar
Economist Arvind Panagariya,

vice chairman of the Niti Aayog
ket within a large region, India would have
the right to sell duty free into that market.
Founded in 1989 at Australias initiative,
the 21member APEC stretches from
Australia to Peru and includes the US,
Russia, China and Japan representing 2.8
billion people, 57 per cent of the worlds
GDP and 47 per cent of global trade. It had
a moratorium on new members for a
decade which has now been lifted and India
is actively lobbying to join it.
Modi was committed to joining the APEC
and had sought Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abes help when he visited India,

Panagariya said.
Asked about India joining the Trans
Pacific Partnership, the more restrictive but
ambitious trade pact pushed by the Obama
administration, Panagariya said candidly:
India is below the standards that are
required in the TPP.
It is too early to think of the TPP, he said.
A lot the things that India would need to do
to be a member of the TPP remain to be
done on issues of intellectual property,
labor, standards, government procurement
these are integral parts of the TPP.
The TPP agreement was signed by 12
Pacificrim countries in February and does
not include China.
While seeking to join trade agreements,
India also needs to act internally on issues
like trade facilitation so goods can move in
and out of the country fast without bureau
cratic delays, he said.
One of the problem areas for India in
international trade is the lack of large com
panies and that 73 percent of the workforce
is employed by firms with 20 or fewer per
sons, he said. The smaller units are less pro
ductive and limited in competing on the
IANS
global markets, he said.
16
June 4-10, 2016
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
Arijit posts apology to

Salman, later deletes it
inger Arijit Singh issued an

apology to superstar Salman
Khan on Face book for
allegedly insulting him, only to
delete it after a few hours.
The shocking letter, which was
posted by Arijit, 29, on his offi
cial Facebook page, also had the
singer pleading to Salman to
retain his song in the actor's
upcoming film "Sultan".
The "Tum Hi Ho" hitmaker said
he had to resort to a public plat
form because even after apolo
gizing to Salman personally, the
50yearold actor didn't budge.
The reason behind Salman's
alleged resentment is not known.
After deleting his long post,
Arijit wrote, "Hope he gets my
letter through someway. PS. This
whole thing will backfire at me I
know. Prayers.."
Calling himself Salman's fan,
Arijit had earlier written, "Dear
Mr Salman Khan this is the last
way I thought I would speak to
you. I have been trying to text
you call you and do everything
possible to tell you that you are
mistaken about the fact that I
insulted you. I never did. That
night in the show it was the
wrong time and wrong aura.
Nevertheless you felt insulted
(sic).
"And I understood and I felt
extremely sorry about it as me
and my family have been your
fan since long. I tried to explain
Sunny entered Bollywood with the 2012 erotic thriller Jism 2.
Sunny Leone to
romance Arbaaz Khan
in 'Tera Intezaar'
ctors Sunny Leone and
Arbaaz Khan will be seen
together for the first time
onscreen in upcoming musical
romance film Tera Intezaar.
Sunny, who will next be seen in
the ninth season of reality show
Splitsvilla, will shoot for the
film alongside Arbaaz in the
Rann of Kutch in August.
Confirming the news, Sunny
said: I'm very excited about
working with Arbaaz Khan.
T he film, which marks the
directorial de but of Raajeev
Walia, will also have an interna
tional shoot apart from the 25

day Kutch schedule.
According to a source, Sunny
and Arbaaz will meet for their
first recording together.
Arbaaz had already been
locked for the film. When Sunny
heard the first narration, she
signed on the dotted line immedi
ately. This is the first time that
she will be seen in a film of this
genre, the source added.
Sunny is best known for her
roles in films like Jism 2,
Ragini MMS 2 and One Night
Stand.
omic group AIB

(All
India
Bakchod)
m e m b e r
Tanmay Bhat
earned
the
wrath
of
Bollywood and
Twitterati for
poking fun at
two of the biggest
legends of India,
Sachin Tendulkar and
Lata Mangeshkar. Bhat posted
a video on Facebook, titled Sachin
vs Lata Civil War, to take a jibe at
the Bharat Ratna awardees. The
clip begins with Tanmay imitating
Sachin Tendulkar and asking fans
an
apology to Salm
h post a public
ng
Si
ijit
Ar
e
ad
hich m
to 2014.
The incident w
Khan dates back
so many times but you never got
it. I apologized but you never got
it. How many times I sent you
apology texts, you also know
Tanmay faces
backlash over
Lata, Sachin's
spoof video
i f
they think Virat
was a better batsman than him.
Playing the role of Lata, Tanmay
immediately responds by saying
that Virat is indeed a better bats
man than Sachin. Tanmay posted
the video with the caption: Sachin
(sic)," he further wrote. Arijit

said he wants to retire having
sung at least one song for the
"Bajrangi Bhaijaan" star.
Tanmay Bhat is in
trouble for a new
video in which he
mimics Lata
Mangeshkar and
Sachin Tendulkar.
vs Lata Civil War (I
make such nonsense
on my Snapchat
follow me there ID:
Thetanmay) (Also I obviously love
Lata and Sachin, just having some
fun). While Tanmay's jokes always
managed to create humor, this
time however, the punchlines on
Sachin and Lata failed to go down
well with several AIB fans and
Bollywood celebrities.
June 4-10, 2016
ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
17
I am a greedy actor, says Vidya Balan

ctress Vidya Balan says she is a
greedy actor and doesn't believe
in restri cting herse lf to Hindi
film indus try. "I wante d to do a
Marathi film as I am from Mumbai...I
was born and broug ht up here so, I
know their cultur e. There could n't
have been a first Marathi film for me
bette r than this. I am looki ng at
Marat hi script s. A few films didn't
work," she said.
"I am also doing a Malayalam film
which is a biopic. I am a greedy actor.
Wherever I will get a role, I will go,"
Vidya told reporters during the song
launch of "Shola jo bhadke" from "Ekk
Albela", her debut Marathi film.
The actres s, who was last seen in
"Hamari Adhuri Kahani", will be essay
ing the role of yesteryear Bollywood
Actress Vidya Balan during

a promotional event.
actres s Geeta Bali in the film "Ekk

Albela". She said: "I was very nervous
when I was of fered this film. I don't
look like Geeta Bali but I tried to look
like her. I hope I have done it decent
ly."
"Ekk Albela " traces the journe y of
Bhagw an Dada s film caree r as an
actor and director, and Vidyas role will
be credited as a special appearance.
Bhagwan Dada faced a lot of obsta
cles while making the musical "Albela"
which had Geeta Bali in the lead.
Vidya also share d that she was
of fered close to 10 biopic s post the
success of "The Dirty Picture".
She said: "After 'The Dirty Picture', I
was of fered eight to 10 biopic s but
since I had done 'The Dirty Picture', I
wanted to do it later. Then I got this
opportunity. But this is not a biopic on
Geeta Bali. You don't see all shades of
her. I think I get dragged to real life
stories."
Seen great highs, lows and

still soldiered on: Hrithik
er journey in filmdom has been a "roller
coaster ride", and Kangana Ranaut likes
it this way! Between the highs and lows
of stardom, and amidst controversies, the
National Award winning actress says being
under a scanner constantly gets too much to
handle at times because at the end of the day,
she's just a "Homo sapien".
Talking about her decadelong journey in
Hindi films, Kangana said: "It's been quite an
open book...we've all witnessed it
together. So, it has been quite
a rollercoaster ride and hon
estly I don't want it to be
any other way."
Of late, Kangana has been
in the news for her legal
spat with Hrithik Roshan.
Does being under a constant
watch by people bother her?
"Well, I think sometimes, a bit.
I think sometimes a
distant approach to
a human being
despite or in
spite of them
b e i n g
celebri
ties,
is
needed,"
said the
Himachal Pradeshborn actress, who has no

role model.
"I think there are no standards and parallels
that I draw. There is no certain somebody that I
want to live like or I would want to have a life
similar to. So, my own standards is (are from)
my own life.
"It (the attention and controversies) does get
a little too much at times, but, like I said, the
most beautiful thing about life is that it keeps
I'm just a Homo sapien

after all: Kangana
moving on. "I think, when very humanly
things are being discussed about us (celebri
ties)... About how can her hair twist in that
way, or how can her nose run... These things
get slightly little too much because I am just a
Homo sapien like you call it," added the
29yearold actress. If she has had
successes in the form of
"Fashion", "Tanu Weds Manu"
and "Queen", there have also
been movies like "Game",
"Rascals" and "Katti Batti", which
did not fare well at the box office.
Kangana has been in the news for

her legal spat with Hrithik.
is struggle to overcome stammer

ing during grown up years, bro
ken marriage with childhood
sweetheart Sussanne Khan and his ongo
ing legal battle with actress Kangana
Ranaut has not changed Hrithik
Roshan's positive outlook towards life.
As he looks back, actor Hrithik Roshan
sees himself as an evolved person, who
inspite of experiencing highs and lows
in his life, has still "soldiered on".
I constantly believe in evolving as a
human being, an actor and a performer.
As I look back, I see myself as an evolved
person who has seen great highs and
lows and still soldiered on, Hrithik told
IANS.
The actor is currently in news for his
legal spat with Kangana. The two, who
were apparently dating in the past,
slapped a legal notice against each other
for tarnishing their respective images in
the public.
Issues began when Kangana hinted at
Hrithik being her ex when she said in
an interview that she fails to understand
"why exes do silly things to get your
attention". The topic in discussion was
Hrithik's hand in gett ing Kang ana
replaced in the project by Sonam Kapoor
in Aashiqui 3. On being asked how his
Hrithik Roshan at the unveiling of Rado

Brown hightech ceramic collection.
good or bad times have influenced him
as an actor or as a human being, he
chose to let it go unanswered, but said
that while everybody wants to change
something about their lives, they com
promise with situation and time.
I believe if you are not rediscovering
yourself and pushing boundaries, then
you are not alive. Everybody wants to
change something about their life, but
they are either too afraid, too lazy, or too
comfortable with the way things are,
he said.
18
June 4-10, 2016
YOGA
Upon the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last year United
Nations declared 21st June as the International Day of Yoga after 175
nations co-sponsored the resolution. IDY 2015 was celebrated across the
world. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the time, Yoga can
bring communities together in an inclusive manner that generates
respect. The diverse benefits it brings includes helping people deal with
stress in emergency situations. Hundreds of events have been planned
in the US, India and in other countries for IDY 2016.
Yoga News
HSS to host yoga event in NJ on June 19
indu
Swayam
Sevak Sangh (HSS)
is leading the
e f forts
for
the
International Yoga Day
2016 along with Indian
Consulate General and
few other organizations
like AOL, Isha Yog a,
Vihang Yoga, Sahaj Yoga
as well as yoga studios
and yoga teachers. They
have planned the event
at Piscataway Hig h
School in central New
Jersey, on 19th June at
9:30 am. The event is open to all all age groups as there will be Chair
Yoga for senior citizens, Children Yoga and Adult Yoga in three parallel
sessions. It starts with Laughter Yoga and end with OM chanting and
meditation. Last year HSS had 500 people gathered to do yoga.
Road trip documenting yoga in America

oga Journal, in partnership with Gaia, is hosting the Live Be Yoga
Toura sixmonth crosscountry tour documenting yoga in
America. It stops at yoga studios, festivals, farms, prisons, health
care facilities, and events in over 20 major cities and small towns in
search of standout yoga teachers and fellow passionate yogis and to
share how yoga positively transforms lives.
Stops include Austin, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis,
Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Boulder, Estes Park, etc.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said that it was inspiring to learn how
yoga was positively transforming many American lives as about 37 mil
lion people here now practice yoga. He added that although introduced
and nourished by Hinduism, yoga is a world heritage and liberation
powerhouse to be utilized by all. According to US National Institutes of
Health, yoga may help one to feel more relaxed, be more flexible,
improve posture, breathe deeply, and get rid of stress.
ost women, irrespective of

their age, are passionate
about their looks. Beauty
salons, these days are doing great
business as everyone wants to
flaunt radiant skin. And, to get this
wish fulfilled, people are ready to
spend their hardearned money on
expensive cosmetic facials. In
order to achieve that flawless
look, they are willing to take the
risk of using cosmetic products
that are associated with adverse
sideeffects. But, what if you were
told that you no longer need to
smother your face with harsh
chemicals to look beautiful?
Surprising as it may be, a healthy
approach that provides the perma
nent glow to your skin devoid of
any sideeffects is, indeed, possi
Yoga Features
Yoga is better than gymming
o begin with, comparing yoga with working out in
the gym is a fallacious comparison as yoga is way
more than physical exercise. It is an allembracing
art that soothes the mind and the soul, along with making
the body fit. One of the basic premises of yoga is its ability
to bring the mind, body and the soul in harmony, thus,
making the individual healthy in a holistic sense. While
the gym focuses solely on improving the condition of the
body, yoga also infuses the spirit with positive energy.
Below are 7 reasons why yoga is always
a better choice than gym.
Hundreds practiced yoga at Times Square
1.
Yoga instills acceptance: Yoga is more about self
last year to mark IDY.
acceptance than selfimprovement. Meditation, a
part of yoga, teaches one to be aware of both our strengths and limitations. The gym, with its preoccupa
tion with getting you into the right size and shape, however, can make you feel like a failure.
2. Yoga teaches you how to focus on yourself: The gym is fixated on the outer body typically gym classes
have mirrors all around. Most yoga studios, by contrast, do not have any mirrors, compelling you to think
about your body, and not simply look at it.
3. You can do yoga anywhere: Given the demanding schedules of people today, taking out time for a gym
class can be difficult. For yoga, however, you do not need to take time out. You can practice it at home
while waiting for the water to boil for tea, or in office between two stressful meetings. Unlike a gym, yoga
requires no equipment or expansive spaces.
4. Gym can be harsh on the body: Not to say that yoga is not intense. It builds heat and works your muscles,
however, it entails no such thing that can cause injury to your body, like lifting weights. While yoga eases
your aches and pains, gym increases them. Yoga stretches muscles and opens the energy channels of the
body, automatically increasing the flexibility of the body.
5. Yoga makes breathing easier: How many times have you come back gasping for breath from a gym class?
Often, one would guess. With yoga, however, you can never have that experience. Yoga emphasizes on
real breathing, and not the shallow breathing that we all end up doing. By focusing on the right kind of
breathing, yoga can help you think clearly and keep fatigue at bay.
6. Yoga reduces stress: A yoga session helps you to clear the mind off the stresses of the day. Practicing
yoga regularly can make you equipped to effectively handle stressful situations, and emerge calm from
each of them. The competitive nature of gym, on the other hand, is likely to only augment the stress.
7.
Everyone can practice yoga: Gym workouts are typically not senior or child friendly. The elderly, especial
ly, are highly advised to not go to the gym. However, when it comes to yoga, your age does not matter. As
they say, you do not have to adapt your body to yoga, yoga adopts itself to you.
If you want to reinvigorate your mind, body and soul, yoga is the way to go.
of an everrefreshing,
radiant skin?
We ll,
your
dream is sure
to come true
with yoga.
Certain
asanas such
as the Cobra
pose,
Fish
pose, shoulder
stand, Plow pose,
Triangle pose and Child
pose help in increasing blood cir
culation to the head and face, and
thus, oxygenating the system in
the process.
Acne usually worsens in the
summer, especially among those
who have oily skin. Certain
breathing techniques like the
Look
beautiful
with
Yoga
Many Indian and international celebs like Shilpa Shetty practice Yoga.
ble. The answer lies in Yoga.
So what is it that makes us look
drab and dull in the first place?
Firstly, stress and an unhealthy
lifestyle that includes smoking,
drinking, addiction to drugs, and

wrong food habits contribute
large ly to the way one looks.
Secondly, acne, which is caused by
improper digestion. Do you dream
Sheetali and the Sheetkari offer a

cooling effect adorning you with a
rejuvenated and fresh look.
Certain facial yoga exercises like
massaging the jaws to reduce
stress can make you feel instantly
radiant. Additionally, the kiss and
smile technique (pushing out lips
as if to kiss the baby and smiling
broadly) tones the fat accumulat
ed in your cheeks, thereby, help
ing you tighten your face muscles.
Also, a few fast rounds of the
Surya Namaskar (sun salutation)
can make you feel energetic and
as beautiful as a newly blossomed
flower. With a regular yoga facial,
say hello to an everlasting beauty
that will make you beam with
freshness for time immemorial.
Source: http://idayofyoga.org
Indianorigin steel tycoon

unveils UK superplant plans
London: British Indian magnate
Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House
Group unveiled plans for a new
stee l superplant powered by
renewable energy in the UK.
Under the plans, Gupta Family
Group Alliance companies, which
includes Liberty House and family
firm SIMEC, will turn their adja
cent Newport sites in Wales into a
2 million tonne ayear 'Greensteel'
facility in the UK.
"Historically Newport has been
one of the country's most impor
tant steelmaking locations so it's
very appropriate that this is the
springboard for our green steel
plans. If we can make steel com
petitively in the UK, we can gener
ate potentially hundreds of thou
sands of jobs in the manufacturing
sector nationwide," said Gupta,
Liberty House executive chairman,
who is also in the running to
acquire Tata Steel's UK units based
on a similar GreenSteel strategy.
He led a factfinding visit to
Liberty's 1.2 million tonneayear
Sanjeev Gupta
(photo courtesy: www.itv.com)
rolling mill and SIMEC's adjacent
396 MW Uskmouth Power Station
in Newport this week.
Newport MPs Jessica Morden
and Paul Flynn and Assembly
Members John Griffiths and Jayne
Bryant were briefed on how the
plants would he lp realise the
vision for a sustainable steel sec
tor, powered by renewable energy.
Ms Morden is MP for Newport
East which includes both Llanwern
Steelworks and the SIMEC and
Liberty plants. The firm intends to
install 2 million tonnes of liquid
steelmaking capacity at Newport

and almost double the existing
rolling capacity at the site.
At the same time, as part of its
GreenSteel strategy, SIMEC aims to
power the steel plant by convert
ing its existing coalfired power
station to ecofriendly biomass
generation. Longer term it will
develop a center of excellence for
renewable energy that includes
various forms of green power,
including wastetoenergy and
tidal lagoon power in the adjacent
estuary.
Indians in China form body to

promote classical music
Beijing: Indian expat music lovers, corporate
houses and diplomatic missions in China came
together to form for the first time a cultural
group called 'Chaiti' to promote Indian classical
music among Chinese by holding annual music
shows with top Indian musicians.
T he group formed four years ago in
Shanghai, this year successfully held well
attended shows of famous Sarod players Amaan
Ali and Ayaan Ali , the sons of Sarod maestro
Amjad Ali Khan in Shanghai and Beijing its first
major show in both the cities.
The audience was treated with tunes from
traditional ragas and folk music from India. The
music ranged from soulful rendition to fast
paced jugalbandi among the artists, the organ
izers said.
'Chaiti' relates to the Hindu calendar month
Chait which is also associated with light classi
cal form of Hindustani classical music one of its
founders Ravi Shankar Bose said. The visitors
to the festival are primarily Chinese audience
and they get to experience unique instruments
like "sarangi", "sitar", "sarod", "tabla" and a
range of vocals from the Hindustani genre of
music, Bose a Shanghai based Indian profes
sional who founded Chaiti along with his
June 4-10, 2016
DIASPORA
Sarod masters Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan

Ali Khan enthrall Chinese audience
with their music at Central Conservatory
of Music in Beijing.
Soudamini and fellow professional, Siddharth
Sinha and his spouse Madhumita Bhuyan said.
'Chaiti' relates to Hindustani music, Chaiti Art
Foundation promotes all Indian classical music,
Madhumita Bhuyan said.
The festival works as an initiation of Indian
classical music to the Chinese audience, Bose
said in a press release. 'Chaiti' initiative is
backed by Indian Embassy here and Consulate
in Shanghai besides Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) with generous sponsorship from
Indian companies based in China like TCS,
Essar and Air India, Bose said.
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Indians largest skilled

migrant workers
group in UK
London:
Indian nat ionals
accounted for the largest num
ber of migrants being granted
skilled visas to work in the UK in
the last year, latest statistics
said.
Indian nationals accounted for
57 per cent of total skilled work
visas granted, which adds up to
52,109 of the total 91,833, with
Americans the next largest
nationality group at 9,981 or 11
per cent of the total, the UK's
Office of National Statistics data
said.
"Trends in visa numbers reflect
both changes to the immigration
rules and the prevalent econom
ic environment.
Asian nationals accounted for
298,231 (56 per cent) of the
531,375 longerterm visas
granted in YE March 2016, with
China and India accounting for
17 per cent and 16 per cent of
the total respectively.

"T he third largest number
granted went to US nationals,
who comprised less than 7 per
cent of the total," an ONS state
ment said.
Indian skilled professionals
also topped the number of
National Insurance registrations
34,000 issued during the year.
National Insurance numbers
indicate all workers in employ
ment or se lfemployment in
Britain and is a compulsory
requirement in the UK.
Indians are also in the top
three countries to be granted
study visas by the UK in the
'Migration Statistics Quarterly
Report' reflecting data until
December 2015.
Indians were granted 10,705
study visas, placing it third after
China with 70,515 and the US
with 13,970.
Indian couple launches

1.5 billion dollar lawsuit
against Australian Bank
Melbourne: A highprofile Indianorigin
couple here launched 1.5 billion dollar
lawsuit, one of the biggest in Australia's
legal history, against ANZ bank for
allegedly undervaluing shares of their
fertilizer company to recoup millions in
debts. The case launched by Pankaj and
Radhika Oswal in the Supreme court of
Victoria is the biggest in the legal history
of Victoria and revolves around the
forced sale of the Oswals' Western
Australianbased company Burrup
Fertilizers after it was seized by receivers
in 2010.
The Oswal couple has alleged that
Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group (ANZ) and the receiver PPB under
valued their share of the chemical busi
ness by 1.5 billion dollars. The ANZ
brought in receivers to the Burrup group
of companies in 2010 and the Oswals
argue their 65 per cent stake in Burrup
Holdings was undersold in 2012. They
argue that their stake in Burrup was sold
on the cheap to cover a 900 million dol
Pankaj and Radhika Oswal

(Photo courtesy: heraldsun.com.au)
lar loan from ANZ instead of for the 2.5
billion dollars they say it was worth.
Tony Bannon from the Oswal's defence
team said the couple was entitled to a
judgement ag ainst the bank and
receivers in excess of 1.5 billion dollars.
The Oswals had borrowed over 800
million dollars from ANZ. They claimed
that the receivers sold the plant for 800
million dollars below its value but just
enough to repay ANZ's debt. Oswal is
also suing ANZ for alleged bullying.
20
June 4-10, 2016
SUBCONTINENT
India urges pilgrims to avoid

Nepal route for Kailash Yatra
Kathmandu: The Indian Embassy in
Nepal issued an advisory to Indian
nationals planning to undertake the
KailashMansarovar pilgrimage to
avoid the route via Nepal owing to
forecast of inclement weather.
Since the weather conditions are
expected to deteriorate in the weeks
to come, the Indian citizens are
advised to avoid the Nepalgunj
SimikotHilsa route to visit Mount
Kailash and the sacred Mansarovar
Lake, an embassy statement here
said.
T he NepalgunjSimikotHilsa
route is considered difficult due to a
treacherous terrain but a lot of
Indians prefer the route that is
close to the China border.
A large number of Indians have
also been making their own
arrangements for the Kailash
Mansarover Yatra via Nepalgunj
SimikotHilsa route, the embassy
said, adding that many were facing
logistical problems in Hilsa and
Simikot primarily on account of bad
weather. The inclement weather
prevents regular evacuation from
Hilsa to Simikot by helicopter and
from Simikot to Nepalgunj by fixed
wing aircraft, it pointed out. Only
this week, over 500 Indians, mostly
A large number of Indians have also been making their

own arrangements for the KailashMansarover Yatra
via NepalgunjSimikotHilsa route. (File photo)
pilgrims en route to Kailash
Mansarovar via Nepal, were strand
ed at Hilsa and Simikot due to
rough weather and of ficials faced
difficulties in evacuating them.
All these pilgrims were brought
by private Indian tour operators
which had arranged for their travel
and other logistics.
Most of these stranded Indians
were evacuated by air from the
HilsaSimikot section with the help
of Nepali security officials.
The Indian Embassy said that, in
cooperation with the Nepal govern
ment and tour operators, it was
making all possible arrangements
Pak PM recovering after

heart surgery, says family
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: IANS)

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif is fast
recovering after an open heart
surgery in a London hospital on
Tuesday, his family said.
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,
said surgery of the prime minis
ter was successful.
The PM Of fice in Islamabad
said Nawaz Sharif was shifted to
the IntensiveCare Unit after
nearly fourhour surgery,
Xinhuareported.
The of fice has also issued a
postoperation photograph of the
prime minister.
"Doctors are satisfied that the
surgery has been successful
more than their expectations,"
Maryam told Geo television.
She said the surgery was con

ducted around 5 p.m. Pakistan
t ime and cont inued for four
hours, adding the prime minister
will return home after three
weeks.
She disclosed that her father
wanted to undergo surgery after
two years but doctors suggested
him to do it now.
The ruling Pakistan Muslim
League (PMLN) arranged special
prayers across the country for
the early recovery of Sharif.
On Monday, the prime minis
ter, presided over cabinet meet
ing via video from London and
gave approval to the budget for
the year 201617. The budget
will be presented in parliament
on June 3.
for the timely evacuation of pil

grims/visitors from Hilsa to Simikot
and from Simikot to Nepalgunj.
However, inclement weather was
impeding regular air services, there
by causing dif ficulties for those
stranded at Hilsa and Simikot, the
embassy said.
The KailashMansarovar Yatra
takes place from June to September
every year.
The Indian Ministry of External
Af fairs of fers pilgrimage through
two routes the Lipulekh Pass in
Uttarakhand in which the trip is of
25 days and the Nathu La in Sikkim
(23 days).
TALIBAN CHIEF'S BODY

HANDED OVER TO HEIRS
IN AFGHANISTAN
Islamabad: T he
relative who came
mortal remains of
to receive his
Taliban
chief
body
from
Mullah
Akhtar
Afghanistan."
Mansoor, who was
T he interior
killed in a US
minister
said:
drone strike, were
The government
handed over to his
has arrested the
kin in Afghanistan
suspects
who
after a DNA test
facilitated Mullah
confirmed
his
Mansoor
in
identity, it was
acquiring
a
Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar
announced here.
Pakistani NIC.
Mansoor. (File photo)
Pakistan's
These include an
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar assistant commissioner, a Risaldar
Ali Khan said the body of Akhtar Major and several FIA and Nadra
Mansoor was "handed over to his officials.
heirs in Afghanistan after fulfilling
Nisar further said that a Federal
all legal requirements".
Investigation Authority of ficial
Earlier on Sunday, a spokesman assisted Mullah Mansoors wife in
of the Interior Ministry had said acquiring the NIC.
that it had been confirmed through
Advisor to the Prime Minister on
DNA test that the second person Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz also con
killed in the US drone attack in firmed the death of Afghan Taliban
Balochistan was Afghan Taliban chief in Balochistan.
chief Mullah Mansoor.
The drone strike was also the first
"It is confirmed that Mullah in the restive province of
Mansoor was killed in the US drone Balochistan, considered a redline
strike in Noshki area of by the Pakistani government.
Balochistan," the interior ministry's Authorisation for the strike came
spokesperson said. "DNA of directly from US President Barack
Mansoor matched with one of his Obama.
EU to revise development
strategy for Sri Lanka
Colombo: T he European
Union (EU), in close consul
tation with the Sri Lankan
government, is currently in
the process of revising its
development strategy for Sri
Lanka, a Sri Lanka EU joint
statement said.
T he Working Group on
Cooperat ion under the
framework of the European
UnionSri Lanka Joint
Commission concluded its
meeting in Colombo on Monday,
Xinhua news agency reported.
"We hope that the new priorities
will assist the government in the
implementation of the UNHRC
Resolution on Sri Lanka, encom

passing the areas of accountability
and transitional justice, resettle
ment and durable solutions, gover
nance and reconciliation," Jorge de
la Caballeria, head of Unit

for South and South East
Asia
of
European
Commission Directorate
General for International
Cooperat ion
and
Development said.
The Sri Lankan govern
ment meanwhile said it
appreciates the assis
tance received from the
EU for the development
of the country and its citi
zens and hopes that EU will contin
ue to assist the government in
achieving its medium term target
of becoming an upper middle
income country.
US drone strikes must

stop: Pak army chief
Islamabad: Pakistan reiterated its stand that US drone strikes within its territory were a threat to the sov
ereignty and security of the country and must stop.
Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif made the comment while speaking informally to the media
after attending President Mamnoon Hussain's address to a joint session of Parliament, along with the
chiefs of navy and the air force.
The army chief's comment came days after Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was killed in a US
drone strike in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
The Pakistan government has earlier described the US drone strike as a violation of its sovereignty.
US accused of undermining
justice at WTO
Geneva: US objections to the re
appointment of a sitting judge for a
second term at the World Trade
Organization (WTO) would under
mine its independence and ef fec
tiveness, the media reported.
The US last week notified other
WTO member states that it will not
support the reappointment of
Judge Seung Wha Chang, a South
Korean, for his second fouryear
term at the WTO appellate body, a
standing body that hears appeals
from reports issued by panels in
disputes brought by WTO mem
bers.
Granting a second term for a sit
ting member has been common
practice since the WTO was formed
20 years ago. Last year, two sitting
members from the US and India
were granted second terms.
Washington opposed Chang
because he participated in deci
sions against the US, rather than a
lack of judicial competence or inde
pendence, the media reported. The
venerable Korean member is
accused of deviating from the cov
21
Taliban kidnap 200 bus

passengers, kill 17
The US last week notified other WTO member states that it will not
support the reappointment of Judge Seung Wha Chang.
ered General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade/WTO agreements in
three cases.
"Linking the reappointment of a
member to specific cases could
af fect the trust," the six sitting
members of the appellate body
have said. "He has worked hard
together with us to maintain the
quality of our reports and to foster
constructive improvement of our
operations." They lauded Chang for
integrity, independence and impar
tiality. Gregory Shaf fer, a law
expert at the University of
CaliforniaIrvine, said the US

actively uses the WTO dispute set
tlement system to enforce rules on
others, but that w ill become
implausible if the country destroys
the system's credibility.
He warned that it is a highrisk
strategy for an administration that
professes to be internationalist.
He said: "The core reason for
building a global trade regime is to
create a thirdparty institution that
helps manage conflicts that could
ultimately endanger international
welfare, peace and security."
20,000 children trapped in Iraq's Fallujah: UN

Baghdad: At least 20,000 children
are trapped in the Iraqi city of
Fallujah where the army has
launched an of fensive against the
Islamic State (IS) terrorist group,
which has been controlling the area
since early 2014, Unicef reported
on Wednesday.
In a statement, Unicef warned
that "food and medicine are running
out and clean water is in short sup
ply", EFE news reported
Since the start of the military
operation in Fallujah, which lies
June 4-10, 2016
INTERNATIONAL
some 60 km west of Baghdad, "very

few families have been able to leave.
Most have moved to two camps
while others have sought refuge
with relatives and extended fami
lies," the statement said.
On May 23, the Iraqi army,
backed by warplanes from the US
led international coalition, began a
military offensive against the city.
Since then, both the Army
Command and Prime Minister
Haidar alAbadi have made several
appeals for people to leave the city
through humanitarian corridors

opened by the security forces.
However, according to Unicef, the
plan to evacuate civilians has not
been successful so far.
"Children face the risk of forced
recruitment into the fighting, strict
procedures for security screening
and separation from their families,"
the statement explained.
"Children who are recruited see
their lives and futures jeopardized
as they are forced to carry and use
arms, fighting in an adult war."
IS using 'human shields' as

Iraqi forces advance in Fallujah
Baghdad: Islamic State is using several hun
dred families as human shields in Fallujah,
Iraq, witnesses told the UN agency for
refugees UNHCR. It comes just one day after
Iraqi troops forced their way into the city, a
stronghold of the militant group.
"UNHCR has received reports of causali
ties among civilians in the city center of
Fallujah due to heavy shelling, including 7
members of one family on the 28th of May,"
UN Hig h Commissioner for Re fugees
spokesman William Spindler said during
news briefing.
"There are also reports of several hundred
families being used as human shields by IS
in the centre of Fallujah, he added.
Iraqi troops forced their way into the city
from three directions on Monday, capturing
a police station.
IS militants fought back overnight, man
aging to ward off an onslaught by the army
in a southern district of Fallujah, according
to officers. Fallujah, which survived some of

the heaviest fighting of the 20032011 US
led military intervention, was the first city
in Iraq to fall to IS control in January 2014.
In late June, 2014, the extremists declared a
caliphate in territories seized in Iraq and
Syria.
But despite the apparent gains in Fallujah,
Iraqi troops still have a long road ahead of
them. IS still controls territory in the coun
try's north and west, including the country's
second largest city, Mosul.
Afghan security personnel stand at the site of kidnapping in

Kunduz province, Afghanistan. (Photo: IANS)
Kabul: Taliban militants killed at
least 17 people after abducting
nearly 200 bus passengers in the
early hours of Tuesday in north
ern Kunduz province of
Afghanistan.
Local government ofcials,
quoted by Khaama Press, con
rmed that the Taliban killed at
least 12 of the abducted passen
gers.
However, a security ofcial,
Shir Aziz Kamawal, said the mili
tants have killed at least 17 of
the passengers after kidnapping
them from the KunduzTakhar
highway.
The Taliban insurgents kid
napped at least 185 passengers
after setting up a check post on
the highway around 2 a.m.
The insurgents kidnapped the
passengers from four buses,
three vans and three cars and
took them away, the security of
cials said. However, the majority
of the passengers were released
after they were interrogated but

at least 17 of them were killed.
The ofcials also added that at
least 18 of the passengers were
still in the custody of the Taliban
insurgents and e f forts were
underway for their safe release.
The Taliban insurgents have
not commented over the report
so far and it was yet not clear
why some of the kidnapped pas
sengers were killed.
Kunduz has been witnessing
deteriorating security situation
during the past few months as
the Taliban were trying to desta
bilise the northern provinces.
The Taliban insurgents briey
captured the provincial capital of
Kunduz last year but it was retak
en by the Afghan security forces.
Under the new leadership of
Maw law i
Haibatullah
Akhundzada, the Taliban have
vowed that there will be no peace
talks with the Afghan govern
ment.
China to press US on
maritime issues
Beijing: Beijing will pressure Washington

over maritime issues during the upcoming
annual strategic and economic dialogue,
as the US's increasing military presence in
the South China Sea is among the coun
try's major concerns, officials here said.
China will bring up topics including the
Taiwan question, Tibet and maritime
security, and it will respond to the Korean
peninsula nuclear issue which the US is
expected to raise, China Daily on Tuesday
quoted officials as saying.
The two countries have dif fering pur
suits on major issues at the strategic level.
However, the two still have many com
mon interests, the officials said.
Whether it is on the South China Sea
issue or on Korean peninsula, China and
the US have a shared security goal to
maintain regional stability, they said.
The annual dialogue will take place in
Beijing on June 6 and 7, authorities said
on Monday. China hopes to "properly

tackle dif ferences" with the US, foreign
ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
The dialogue, which started in 2009,
has become the highestlevel, regular
bilateral communication channel for the
world's two largest economies to compare
notes on key issues concerning diploma
cy, security and economy.
Observers noted that the eighth dia
logue will be the last to be cochaired by
US President Barack Obama's administra
tion.
Nathan Sheets, US undersecretary of the
Treasury for international af fairs, reaf
firmed on May 24 the Obama administra
tion's commitment to reaching a bilateral
investment treaty before the president's
term ends in November.
Sources also said China will urge the US
to provide a level playing field for Chinese
investment.
22 June 4-10, 2016
SPORTS
IPL: When sun rose for Hyderabad

Bengaluru: For Sunrisers Hyderabad (SH),
winning the Indian Premier League (IPL)
title for the first time was like sun rising
at midnight, as they beat threetime final
ists Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by
eight runs in an exciting contest at the
Chinnaswamy stadium here.
Winning the toss and putting up a chal
leng ing target of 209 for Royals,
Hyderabad bowlers showed their mettle
by halting RCB's starstudded batting line
up at 200 for 7 wickets in 20 overs,
though they were plundered by RCB open
ers Chris Gayle and skipper Virat Kohli,
who posted 114 in first 10 overs.
Powering into the IPL final for the third
time after knocking twotime champions
Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator by
22 runs on May 25 and taming debutant
Gujarat Lions in the second qualifier by
four wickets on May 27 in New Delhi,
Sunrisers had won the title on sheer self
belief, grit and determination.
"When Gayle was going great guns, we
knew it was dif ficult to stop him. The
hardest thing for us was to maintain com
posure and have belief in ourselves. We
Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrate after winning IPL 2016 at

M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. (Photo: IANS)
know once he was gone, it would be diffi
cult for the second and the third batsmen
to pick up the momentum," a beaming
Sunrisers captain David Warner told
reporters on early Monday with the gold
en Trophy glittering next to him.
Crediting his whole team for the dramat
Video showing
Mallya watching
IPL final goes viral
New Delhi: Industrialist Vijay
Mallya, wanted by investigating
agencies for alleged financial
fraud, enjoyed watching from
London the Indian Premier
League (IPL) final between his
team,
Royal
Challengers
Bang alore, and Sunrisers
Hyderabad.
A video posted on Facebook by
his son Siddharth Mallya (Sid)
show ing the fatherson duo
enjoying the cricket match has
gone viral. Sunrisers Hyderabad
won the final.
In the video, making a brief
appearance with his son, Mallya,
Industrialist Vijay Mallya is wanted by investigating
on whose name the Enforcement
agencies for alleged financial fraud. (File photo)
Directorate and Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) have sought Red obliges and says, "Go RCB".
The CBI had on May 12 forwarded an
Corner notice from Interpol, is also heard
exhorting his team Royal Challengers Enforcement Directorate letter to Interpol
seeking issuance of a Red Corner Notice
Bangalore.
"Go RCB," says Mallya, sporting his trade (RCN) against the liquor baron after Britain
mark goatee and appearing in a joyful declined India's request to deport the busi
mood, in the video. He is seen along with nessman.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said
his son and other acquaintances in the
recently that the government will use all
video.
His son appearing in the footage says, options available to bring the beleaguered
"Here we go, time for the final. Very very liquor baron back to the country.
The industrialist's passport was revoked
excited, just had the most amazing result in
Formula one. It doesn't get better than that. in April after he failed to turn up for a
Here we are...together watching from probe into a Rs 9,000 crore default of loans
London. Hopefully we can add to what has from Indian banks.
The revocation of passport came after
been an epic day of sports so far."
Responding to his son's request: "Say Mallya ignored at least three summons
something papa; wish the team" Mallya from the ED.
ic win after a marathon run to the final,

Warner said they would like to first enjoy
the victory tonight (Sunday night) and
thank everybo dy for support ing SH
throughout.
Owned by Kalanithi Maran of the
Chennaibased Sun television network,
Sunrisers replaced Deccan Chargers,

whose franchise was terminated by IPL in
2012.
Hailing Warner for leading a talented
team to lift the trophy, Sunrisers' head
coach Tom Moody said the Aussie south
paw had an enormous influence on the
players, as he was a world class cricketer,
hard working and very disciplined.
"I enjoy working with him. He has been
phenomenal with his batting and an
incredible captain, providing leadership
and being one step ahead of others. David
has been very supportive of his team and
backed them fully to give their best,"
Moody said on the occasion.
Interest ing ly, Warner is the third
Australian cricket player to lift the IPL tro
phy after Shane Warne did in the opening
edition of the IPL in 2008 as captain of
the now suspended Rajasthan Royals and
Adam Gilchrist as skipper of Deccan
Chargers, who beat RCB in the second edi
tion of the IPL at Johannesburg in South
Africa in 2009. RCB again lost to now sus
pended Chennai Super Kings in Chennai in
2011 final.
India to begin
Champions Trophy
defence against Pakistan
Dubai: Defending champions India will
open their 2017 ICC Champions Trophy
campaign by taking on archrivals
Pakistan at Edgbaston on June 4, the
Internat ional Cricket Council (ICC)
announced.
Placed in group B alongside eight seed
Pakistan, fifth seed Sri Lanka and third
seed South Africa, the meninblue, seed
ed second, will then face the islanders on
June 8 before taking on the Proteas in
the final league game on June 11 at The
Oval in London.
Top seeds Australia head Group A,
which also includes fourth seed New
Zealand, sixth seed England and seventh
seed Bangladesh, who will be returning to
this competition for the first time since
2006. Hosts Eng land w ill take on
Bangladesh in the tournament opener on
June 1 at The Oval.
The 18day tournament, running from
June 1 to 18, will witness the top eight
sides battling it out for the trophy.
The cutof f date for qualifying was
September 30, 2015, which means the
West Indies are out of the race.
The top two sides from each group will
progress to the semifinals, which will be
played at Cardiff and Edgbaston on June
14 and 15 respectively, with The Oval
hosting the final. There will be a reserve
day for the final.
Announcing the schedule, ICC Chief
Executive David Richardson said, "The
ICC Champions Trophy is a short and
sharp event, which is followed and
enjoyed by the spectators and players

alike."
He added: "The ICC Champions Trophy
2017 is not just an ODI competition, it
carries a great deal of value since it is
being played just three months before the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 qualification
cutoff date. As such, every point earned
here could be crucial.
"T he announcement of the ICC
Champions Trophy schedule 12 months
before the start of the event will provide
sufficient time to all eight sides to plan
for the tournament and arrive in England
and Wales fully prepared and geared up
so that they can collect enough points to
directly qualify for the 2019 extravagan
za." England and Wales Cricket Board
(ECB) events director, Steve Elworthy,
said, "The ICC Champions Trophy was a
huge success in 2013, w ith packed
grounds and thrilling cricket, so we look
forward to welcoming it back to England
and Wales this time next year."
"It will start three years of global events
in Eng land and Wales, with the ICC
Womens World Cup following shortly
after and then the ICC Cricket World Cup
in 2019. It is without doubt an exciting
time for cricket in this country," he
added.
In the 2013 event, India defeated
Pakistan by eight wickets in a rain
reduced match at Edgbaston and then
went on to beat England by five runs at
the same venue to win its second ICC
Champions Trophy title.
SPORTS
Virat Kohli steals the show at IPL

Kolkata: Even though it was Sunrisers
Hyderabad (SRH) who pipped Royal
Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to win season
nine of the glitzy Indian Premier League
(IPL), it was all about standing up and
applauding a certain Virat Kohli.
The Indian top order batsman and Royal
Challengers captain had a scintillating tour
nament where he plundered 973 runs from
16 games at an average of 81.08. He scored
four centuries and seven fifties en route to his
record setting tally of runs.
The right hander deservedly was awarded
the orange cap for being the top rungetter
this time.
Kohli hit the maximum (38) number of sixes
in the competition. He was closely chased by
De Villiers who clubbed 37 and Warner 31.
The burly Jamaican Chris Gayle could not
quite fire in the league but still had 21 strikes
into the stands.
One of the key reasons why Sunrisers were
able to lay their hands on the glittering tro
phy was because of an Australian going by
the name of David Warner, who led from the
front with the willow. Though he did not
score as many runs as Kohli, the Sunrisers
captain was phenomenal too.
In the final on Sunday, he smashed his way
to a 38ball 69 which laid the foundation for
his side, who were able to post a massive
Virat Kohli had a scintillating tournament

where he plundered 973 runs from 16
games at an average of 81.08. (Photo: IANS)
208/7. The men in orange then restricted
RCB to 200/7.
The Australian opener scored 848 runs at
an average of 60.57 which included nine
fifties from 17 outings.
South African AB De Villiers of the
Challengers came third in the list of top run
getters with 687 runs from 16 innings.
French Open: Sania

advances
Paris: Indian stars Leander Paes and

Rohan Bopanna were knocked out
with their partners in the quarter
finals of the men's doubles while
Sania Mirza cruised in the mixed
doubles quarters of the French Open
tennis tournament here.
The thirdseeded pair of Croatia's
Ivan Dodig and Brazil's Marcelo
Melo defeated sixth seeds Bopanna
and his Romanian partner Florin
Mergea 64, 64 in an hour and 15
minutes to progress to the semi
finals of the tournament.
The fifth seeded American pair of
Bob Bryan and his brother Mike out
classed the 16th seeded Paes and his
Polish partner Marcin Matkowski 7
6 (12), 63 in one hour and 39 min
utes in the quarters to enter the last
four stage.
The second seeded Sania and her
mixed doubles partner Ivan Dodig of
Croatia defeated the French pair of
Alize Cornet and Jonathan Eysseric
67 (6), 64, 108 in one hour and 40
minutes in the second round to enter
the quarterfinals in style.
The match between DodigMelo
and BopannaMergea began on a
positive note for both sides as they
won their service games to make it
33. But DodigMelo broke their
opponents' serve at a crucial junc
ture of the set to grab the advantage.
The third seeds made the best use
of the advantage to win all their
serves thereafter to claim the first
set 64.
In the second set, the Croatian
Brazilian combine dominated the
Tennis player Sania Mirza.

(Photo: IANS)
proceedings and broke Bopanna
Mergea yet again to seize the initia
tive and went on to win the set 64
and claim the match.
On the other hand, Paes and
Matkowski got off to a positive start
against the formidable Bryan broth
ers. Both sides displayed their best
winning individual games and broke
their opponent once each to take the
set to 66. The set then went into the
tiebreaker.
The tiebreaker saw a intense bat
tle and the set was eventually decid
ed when the Bryan brothers edged
past their opponents, beating them
1412 to take 10 lead.
In the second set, it was a one
sided affair as fifth seeds Bob and
Mike broke Paes and Matkowski's
serve twice to grab the set 63 and
comfortably cruise into the last four
stage.
Later on in the day, Sania and her
partner Dodig fought well in a see
saw battle which went on to be
decided in the tiebreak where the
French pair won 86.
In this season the bowlers have had a word

or two to say as well. We saw a variety of new
deliveries which were bowled, with the wide
Yorker being the most popular.
In a game dominated by batsmen it had to
be a team with top class bowlers who would
do the trick and that is why the Sunrisers
emerged as the champions.
T he outfit was ably led by pacer
Bhuvneshwar Kumar who grabbed 23 wickets
in 17 games. RCBs Yuzvendra Chahal and
Shane Watson finished with 21 and 20 wick
ets, respectively.
Bangladeshi speedster Mustafizur Rahman
picked up 16 scalps for the Sunrisers and was
Bhuvneshwars perfect partner in crime. The
pair was brilliant in the death overs and deliv
ered whenever they were pressed into action.
While Bhuvneshwar was awarded the pur
ple cap for being the highest wicket taker,
Mustafizur was adjudged the emerging play
er.The best bowling figures of this years IPL
belonged to Australian leg spinner Adam
Zampa.
The tweaker returned figures of 6/19
against SRH in a group game for the Rising
Pune Supergiants. Interestingly he also has
the best bowling average of 9.58 in the
league.
The only hattrick of the season was pocket
ed by Axar Patel of Kings XI Punjab.
June 4-10, 2016
23
'Rio 2016 Olympics

not a terrorist target'
Rio De Janeiro: The Brazilian government
has not detected any threat of terrorist
activity in Rio de Janeiro the venue for
the 2016 Olympic games in August, a
defence officer said.
Brazil's armed forces and federal intelli
gence body Abin have been monitoring
international terrorist groups following
recent attacks in Paris and Brussels, the
official said on Wednesday, Xinhua news
agency reported. In April, Abin said it had
identified an Islamic State (IS) terrorist
who posted messages on social media
alluding to the Olympic Games.
Defence Minister Raul Jungmann said
Brazil's intelligence agencies were work
ing alongside counterparts in the US,
Britain, France, Israel and Russia.
"Our intelligence organs have a contract
with several countries. There has not been
any threat on our radar," Jungmann told
reporters in Rio.
"It's an area where you have to expect
the unexpected, but until now we have
had no alert or sign that a terrorist entity
is focusing on Brazil," Jungmann said.
He added that the absence of "ethnic,
religious and border conflicts" meant
Brazil was less likely to be targeted by
terrorists.
24
June 4-10 2016
BUSINESS
India's 7.6% growth in 201516

fastest in five years
New Delhi: The Indian economy
expanded by 7.6 per cent in 2015
16 to log the fastest growth among
larger countries, while also outpac
ing China, official data showed this
week. W hile this was also the
fastest growth for India in five
years, India Inc said it was an indi
cation of recovery gaining momen
tum.
In the last quarter of the fiscal
year under review, in fact, the
expansion in India's gross domestic
product (GDP) at constant prices
which factors for inflation was 7.9
per cent, and distinctly higher than
most predictions.
The real per capita income also
rose 6.2 percent to Rs 77,435.
As per data on national income
released by the Central Statistics
Office, the country's GDP in actual
numbers and in real terms was Rs
113.50 lakh crore in 201516,
against Rs 105.52 lakh crore in the
year before, showing a growth of
7.6 per cent. Based on the Reserve
Bank of India's reference exchange
rate of Rs 67.20 to a US dollar, the
Based on the Reserve Bank of India's reference exchange

rate of Rs 67.20 to a US dollar, the country's gross domestic
output was valued at $1.69 trillion.
country's gross domestic output
was valued at $1.69 trillion. As per
the latest data, the growth for the
first four quarters of fiscal 2015
16, starting with the AprilJune
period was 7.5 per cent, 7.6 per
cent, 7.2 per cent and 7.9 per cent,
respectively.
On an annual basis, India had
grown by 7.2 per cent in 201415,
6.6 per cent in the year before and

5.6 per cent in 201213.
Sectorwise, those which regis
tered growth of over 7 per cent are
'financial, real estate and profes
sional services' (10.3 per cent),
manufacturing (9.3 per cent), trade,
hotels, transport, communication
and services related to broadcast
ing (9 per cent), and mining and
quarrying (7.4 per cent).

Agriculture and allied activities,
which had declined one percent in
the third quarter, have shown a
growth rate of 1.2 per cent, as
against the growth rate of 1.1 per
cent in the advance estimates, CSO
said.
"T he upward revision is on
account of use of third advance esti
mates of crop production released
by the Ministry of Agriculture," the
statement said.
In the case of China, the growth
rate was lower at 6.8 per cent in the
last quarter of calendar year 2015
and 6.7 per cent during the first
quarter of this year the slowest
for the Asian giant since 2009.
In an assessment earlier this year,
both the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and the World Bank had
said India's growth in 201516 will
outpace that of China, and expand
even faster during the current fis
cal. Reviewing major developments
during the fiscal, the Economic
Survey for 201516 had said in
February that the country's GDP
growth at constant prices was pro

jected to rise to 7.6 per cent in
201516 from 7.2 per cent in 2014
15.
Among the other assessments,
IMF had said in May that India
remained the fastestgrowing large
economy with GDP expected to
increase by 7.5 per cent in 2015
2016, while the World Bank had
projected the growth at 7.3 per
cent.
T he Reserve Bank of India's
assessment was 7.4 per cent.
Commenting on the GDP data,
president of industry chamber Ficci,
Harshavardhan Neotia, said the
numbers for the last fiscal are in
line with the advance estimates put
out earlier by the CSO.
What is even more encouraging
is the growth seen in quarter 4 of
201516 and which stands at 7.9
per cent. This is a key indicator of
recovery gaining momentum," he
said in a statement here.
Industry
body
Assocham
described the GDP numbers for
201516 as "encouraging."
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

'doesn't want extension'
India's growth
mirrors confidence of
foreign investors: Jaitley
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of

India Governor Raghuram
Rajan has indicated that he
doesn't want to remain in the
position after his tenure ends
in September, a media report
said.
Leading Beng ali daily
Anandabazar Patrika said
Rajan had told the central
government that once his
term ends, he would return to
the United States. Quoting
sources close to Rajan, the
daily said he had plans to join
an American university and
pursue research on the
Indian economy.
Rajan recently came under a
strong attack from the BJP
leader Subramanian Swamy who
demanded he be sacked.
However, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had indicated
Tokyo: Dedicating
investment inflows
India's 7.6 per cent
into India touched a
growth in 201516
record level of $51
to the highest level
billion
between
of foreign invest
April 2015 and
ment,
Finance
February 2016, as
Minister
Arun
per official data.
Jaitley said it is also
The finance minis
noteworthy that
ter also emphasized
Finance minister
Arun Jaitley.
such fast expansion
that the growth of
has been achieved
7.6 per cent in
despite the gloom in the global India's gross domestic product
economic environment.
(GDP) had been achieved
"We have a good growth rate. despite the Indian economy
It is a tribute to public spend "operating in an unsupportive
ing in India and the confidence global environment and on the
of foreign investors their back of two continuous weak
investments have been highest monsoons."
ever even in the slowdown
Looking forward, he said
years," said Jaitley at the favorable monsoon this year
Inst itute for Internat ional may spur further growth, said
Economic Studies, a research Jaitley, who is on a sixday visit
think tank here. Foreign direct to Japan.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.

(File photo: IANS)
that he would want Rajan to con
tinue, the daily said.
Several leaders in the BJP have
questioned the logic of Swamy's
demand. It has been speculated
he was being supported by party
President Amit Shah.

T he daily also quoted
"informed sources" as saying
the Prime Minister had sup
ported a twoyear extension
for the governor.
Rajan also found support
in Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley who has told
the Prime Minister, accord
ing to the daily, that if the
Governor is sacked it would
send a wrong message
around the world.
Rajan has also been sup
ported by several industrial
ists and think tanks around
the world who believe that
he is one of the finest econo
mists. They have pointed out that
Rajan had stuck to the path of
re forms ensuring that India
moved ahead on a growth trajec
tory.
June 4-10, 2016
BOOKS
25
'Monsoon Journey': Homage to the

season India awaits every year
by Vikas Datta
t is that time of the year when people

across the subcontinent start to look
beseechingly at the skies for the season
to end the tyranny of a scorching sun in
leaden skies. But the monsoon, bringing
rains plentiful ones, that is doesn't only
mean better or changed weather or the dif
ference between prosperity and failure but
more starkly, between life and death itself.
And in it is a great story too but not told
much.
The monsoons were geographically once
just deemed seasonally reversing winds that
caused rainfall, but are now seen as part of a
much larger system. They are not confined
to South Asia though it is from here they
derive their name and play their most signif
icant role for it is the rains they bring that
revitalizes the parched subcont inent,
ensures a bountiful harvest and revives peo
ple wilting under the heat. The season has
therefore been well featured in Indian cul
ture mostly.
In the words of a celebrated Indian poet, it
"comes towards you like an orchestra, and
not surprisingly, has inspired some of our
loveliest music, ragas which evoke distant
thunder and falling rain. For centuries our
artists have painted monsoon pictures and
our poets serenaded the monsoon..."
However, it has scarcely received its due in
prose works, save references in recollections
of Europeans in India especially the British,
well accustomed to rain but still astounded
by the monsoon.
Title page
of British
author
and
monsoon
chaser
Alexander
Frater's
book
Monsoon clouds on the horizon:

Forecast is of above average
rainfall this year in India.
And since it is the British who pioneered
plumbing its mysteries (right from Edmund
Halley of the comet fame in the 17th cen
tury), it is perhaps ordained or fitting at
least that the pioneering, the definitive, and,
possibly the sole, work chronicling the antic
ipation, arrival, spread and effect of the sea
son should come from one of them.
And Alexander Frater's "Chasing T he
Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through
India" (1990) never disappoints.
No stranger to tropical weather or torren
tial rain, Frater, born in Vanuatu in 1937,
admits the first sounds he ever heard were
of falling rain. Another key formative influ
ence was a "luridly tinted Edwardian print of
a deluge inundating a range of steep grassy
hills" purporting to represent Cherrapunji or
"The Wettest Place of Earth", presented to
his father, a missionary and weather buf f,
whose longstanding dream destination it
was.
But, as happened, it was instead in the
mid1980s that a "bizarre chain of events

began leading me via a desert oasis in
Chinese Turkestan and a famous London
hospital, towards Cherrapunji in place of my
father". Frater, who was balefully contem
plating a sedentary life after a mysterious
injury on a jeep ride across the Karakoram
Highway, met an Indian couple at the hospi
tal who enticed him into visiting India to
experience the monsoon.
Thus came his most singular journey in
1987 in which he welcomed the monsoon at
Trivandrum, raced it to Cochin, Goa and
Bombay, awaited it in New Delhi where he
fought desperately with the bureaucracy for
permission to visit the northeast. After
delays which even entailed a return home to
wait, he finally secured permission for
Shillong only and then managed to swing a
Cherrapunji permit too but while on the
way, had to stop overnight in Calcutta and

view its monsoon experience too.
Frater paints a most engaging, witty and
enduring picture of his experiences which
spans weather extremes, vistas beautiful
and ugly and a colorful cast. These include
writers (the quote on monsoon's cultural
ef fects above is by Kamala Das), weather
men, journalists (Pritish Nandy), astrologers,
hamstrung civic functionaries, bureaucrats
both obstructive and understanding, lethar
gic taxi drivers, sullen shopkeepers, helpful
hotel staf f and travel agents, ayurvedic
experts, fearless pilots, eccentric inventors,
overbearing but not unfriendly intelligence
men and more. The treatment is sometimes
most Wodehousian especially the restau
rant scene where a party of Indians enter
taining an Australian ignore their guest and
his queries to carry on a spirited discussion
on varieties of mangoes.
It is Rajiv Gandhi's India Frater visits, but
save the unpredictable telephone system
and some other deficiencies then, many
issues the wide fears of poor monsoons,
the belated government efforts to assuage
such eventualities, civic bodies' incapacity to
deal with rain's aftermath, antioutsider stirs
in the northeast, debates on the future of
the Congress are still around today and
save the book from feeling dated.
Frater's account is a perceptive look at
the vagaries of weather and their effect on
society and economy and a vivid but sympa
thetic description of India at both its best
and worst. Freely available, it deserves to be
betterknown and read!
HEARTBREAK A SERIOUS ISSUE NEEDING ATTENTION: PSYCHIATRIST

By Somrita Ghosh
ith every unsuccessful
love story, there comes a
phase when dealing with
normal life becomes a task. What
follows is a heartbreak that leads
to several other health concerns
physically and psychologically.
Psychiatrist Shyam Bhat's latest
book "How to Heal Your Broken
Heart" (available on the
Juggernaut Books app for
Android and iOS) brings in the
vital issue of consequences of
heartbreak which, he thinks, is
not much highlighted and is often
ignored, even by doctors.
"Heartbreak is a very common
and serious issue which leads to
problems, even suicides, and yet
no doctors talk about it as such
because they think that heart
break is a trivial thing. I felt this is
a very serious thing which needs
very indepth understanding. I
would like to help people not only
recover from heartbreaks but also
become stronger as a result," Bhat
told IANS in an interview.
"The book is not just about get
ting over heartbreak but also on
Psychiatrist Shyam Bhat and his book on healing heartbreak.

how to better become a stronger
and loving human being," he
added. The book, according the
author, will make readers under
stand that they are not alone and
that heartbreak is an experience
that many have had.
"Readers will get concrete steps
on how to get over a breakup and
how to become who they truly
are. After going through the book,
a reader will turn into a stronger
and mature human being and be
happier," Bhat said.

He felt that readers will largely
connect to the book as heart
breaks are a major issue now.
"Today, a young person cannot
openly share his/her emotions
with parents or friends. My book
is an attempt to help those who
are dealing with heart breaks and
want to overcome," added Bhat,
who claims to have he lped
Bollywoo d actress Deepika
Padukone come out of a bout of
depression.
He has also fo cused on the
problems that heartbreaks can
cause to the brain, mind, body
and spirit.
"Heartbreak leads to many
changes mostly af fecting sleep,
energy levels and concentration.
Anger, depression, regret, guilt,
shame and hopelessness are some
psychological problems that one
might have to go through. As far
as the body is concerned, the
immune system, heart problems
and high blood pressure are some
other problems that one might
have to face," Bhat pointed out.
The psychiatrist has also talked
about how breakups can lead to
the hormonal changes that start
with the release of cortisol, a
stress hormone.
Though heartbreaks are mostly
common among youngsters and
teenagers, Bhat added that there
is no agelimit for heartbreaks.
"People can have a heartbreak
at any age. Older people are more
mature to handle breakups. They
remain involved in other work.
The first time there is a heart
break is perhaps the most power
ful experience. I want to ensure

through my book that if people
experience heartbreaks it does
not take them down, rather it
gives positive hope," stated.
Asked about the reason for fre
quent breakups and less stability
in relationships, the author point
ed to technology playing the role
of the devil.
"Commitment has come down
and technology has made it really
easy to find a new partner quick
ly. People tend to compare their
partners on social media. Both
men and women are now not
committed as they used to be. In
today's modern world, commit
ment becomes a harder issue.
Because people are not commit
ting, relationships are fragile and
heartbreaks are common," Bhat
replied.
"Anything that is pleasurable
like eating chocolates or drinking
wine does work, but temporarily.
It is very important that one talks
to someone to express his/her
feelings. If not vocal then write
down your emotions. And, avoid
stalking your ex on social media,"
Bhat suggested.
IANS
26
June 4-10, 2016
SELF HELP
How to get more bang Easy grilling ideas for summer

S
for your buck when
buying a used car
veryone knows used
cars are cheaper. But
how do you make sure
you are not gett ing a
lemon? Dont rule out a
Certified PreOwned (CPO)
vehicle, say experts.
A CPO is not just hype
from the automotive indus
try, says Rob Christman,
director of Sales, Fixed
Operat ions
at
Cox
Automotive. The certifica
tion process of fers a guar
antee that you are leaving the lot with a
vehicle in good condition, and an accom
panying warranty offers your wallet some
protection, too. His arguments:
Safety: CPOs have been inspected,
repaired and certified as safe to drive. A
warranty adds additional peace of mind
that the purchase is safe and reliable.
Security: For many people, a vehicle is
the second biggest purchase made in a life
time. A CPO warranty can help you set a
realistic automotive budget by eliminating
unexpected expenses on costly repairs.
More Car for the Money:

Automobile depreciation
is the sing le largest
expense in owning a new
car. Indeed, a new vehicle
will lose up to 19 percent
of its value in the first
year.
You can purchase more
car with your money by
buying a vehicle which
has already seen that
depreciation. For example,
the amount of money you
might spend on a new base model might
buy you a similar, certified preowned car
loaded with options.
Warranty: A warranty of fered with a
CPO gives you coverage for major issues
and will usually cover roadside service,
towing and emergency situations which
could arise during your ownership.
While nearly every manufacturer and
dealership offers a CPO program, remem
ber that terms and benefits can vary great
ly, so whatever you opt for, do your
research for the best deal possible.
ummer was made for

entertaining from
casual dinner parties
to impromptu gettogeth
ers. And whats better
than centering the enter
tainment on the g rill?
Beyond the standard
burgers and hot dogs,
there are an array of
appetizers, main courses
and even desserts that are
all grillfriendly and easy to make. Summer
cooking is all about great, fresh flavors and
keeping things simple and unfussy, says
Erin Madsen, execut ive editor of
BettyCrocker.com, an entertaining resource
that offers recipes, howtos, and testkitchen
tips. You can cut down on mess, they say,
with foil pack recipes that use an indirect
heating method to cook the food.
Green Chile Cheddar Burgers
Ingredients
4 1 lb extralean (at least 90 percent)
ground beef
42 cans (4.5 oz each) Old El Paso chopped
green chilies
42 teaspoons chili powder
4Ground cumin+ Salt
411/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
411/2 cups frozen whole kernel sweet
corn, thawed
42 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
44 lime wedges
Directions
4Heat gas or charcoal
grill. Cut 4 (18x12inch)
sheets of heavy duty foil.
Spray w ith cooking
spray.
4In medium bowl, mix
beef, 1 can green chilies,
chili powder, 1 teaspoon
of the cumin, 3/4 tea
spoon of the salt and 1
cup of the cheese until
blended. Form into four patties about 1/2
inch thick. In small bowl, mix corn, remain
ing can of green chilies, remaining 1/2 tea
spoon cumin and remaining 1/4 teaspoon
salt.
4Place beef patty on center of each sheet
of foil. Scoop about 1/3 cup of corn mixture
on top of each patty.
4Bring up two sides of foil so edges meet.
Seal edges, making tight 1/2inch fold; fold
again, allowing space for heat circulation
and expansion. Fold other sides to seal.
4Place packs on grill over medium heat.
Cover grill; cook eight minutes. Rotate packs
1/2 turn; cook seven to nine minutes longer
or until patties are no longer pink in center
and meat thermometer inserted in center of
patties reads 160 degrees. Remove packs
from grill. Cut large X across top of each
pack. Carefully fold back foil. Top each patty
with 2 tablespoons cheese; garnish with
StatePoint
cilantro and a lime wedge.
June 4-10, 2016
LIFESTYLE
27
Women more addicted to

Indian professionals
smartphones than men: Study 'most confident'
Seoul: Women are using smart

phones for four hours a day or
longer and are more prone to suc
cumb to smartphone addiction
than men, the firstever academic
study on this topic has revealed.
The study, conducted in South
Korea, noted that 52 percent of
the women in the survey used
their smartphones for four hours
a day or longer far higher than
the comparable ratio of 29.4 per
cent among men, Korea Times
reported on Monday. The ratios of
respondents who use smart
phones for six hours a day were
also 22.9 percent for women and
10.8 percent for men. According
to Professor Chang Jaeyeon of
Ajou University in South Korea,
his study was based on a survey of
1,236 students at six colleges in
Suwon, Gyeonggi province.
"We expect adolescents are like
ly to show similar results. Female
users are advised to consciously
put their phones out of their reach
from time to time," Chang said in a
paper published in the journal
Public Health Reports. Women
pick up smarphones mainly for
social networking website includ
globally: Survey
(Photo courtesy: jagran.com)

ing Face book and Instag ram,
using these services far more than
just making calls, g ames and
searches combined. While men
use smartphones mainly during
breaks, women look at their phone
screens while talking with others
and also on the move, the report
added.
One in five women (20.1 per
cent) said they have insecure feel
ings beyond normal when they
cannot use their smartphones
Healthy lifestyle
key to cut breast
cancer gene risk
New York: Adopting healthy
lifestyle can significantly help
women w ith a hig h risk of
developing breast cancer in
mitigating the perils involved
with genes and family history,
new research led by an Indian
origin scientist suggests.
According to researchers,
breast cancer remains the most
common form of malignancy
diagnosed in women in devel
oped countries.
The findings showed that a
30yearold white woman in
the US has an 11.3 percent risk,
on average, of developing inva
sive breast cancer by the age of
80. However, modifying the
known risk factors like drink
ing less alcohol, losing weight
and avoiding hormone replace
ment therapy showed that
roughly 30 percent of breast
cancer cases are preventable.
"While you can't change your
genes, the study tells us that
even people who are at high
genetic risk can change their
health outlook by making bet
ter lifestyle choices such as eat

ing right, exercising and quit
ting tobacco," said Nilanjan
Chatterjee, professor at the
Johns Hopkins University in the
US.
"Our results illustrate the
potential value of risk stratifi
cation to improve breast cancer
prevention," Chatterjee added.
For the study, published in
the journal JAMA Oncology, the
team developed a model pre
dicting risk of breast cancer by
analyzing records on more than
17,000 women with breast can
cer and nearly 20,000 women
without the disease from the
Breast and Prostate Cancer
Cohort Consortium and about
6,000 women participating in
the 2010 Nat ional Health
Interview Study.
Once women understand that
their genes do not completely
predict their cancer destiny,
they will work even harder to
make lifestyle changes that can
potentially reduce the risk they
will develop the deadly disease.
while only 8.9 percent of the men

fe lt so. For many women, the
addiction to their smartphones
has gone beyond simple hobbies
to have reached a stage adversely
affecting their mental health.
"Women's desires for network
ing and communication are far
stronger than men's, which drive
them to become more dependent
on social network service (SNS)
via their smartphones," the study
noted.
New Delhi: Indians have the high

est confidence level in the world
when it comes to talking about
their achievements both online
and in person, compared to pro
fessionals g lobally, reveals a
survey.
The survey, Your Story @work,
w a s c o n d u c t ed b y a p o p u l a r
c a r ee r o r i e n t ed
platform
L i n k ed I n , w i t h a c e n s u s of
11,228 adults in employment
between May 6 to May 19 this
year in Canada, US, Brazil, Italy,
Spain, Netherlands, Britain,
Ireland, India, Australia, Hong
Ko n g, I n d o n e s i a , M a l a y s i a ,
S w ed e n ,
Mexico,
F r a n c e,
Singapore, China and Japan.
The results show that the confi
dence level among Indians is 55
percent as compared to profes
sionals globally which is 35 per
cent.
Conducted in 19 markets glob
ally, the survey highlights the
importance of sharing profes
sional achievements and having a
great online professional profile

in an era where social recruiting
is on the rise, read a statement.
In the area of recruitment,
more than nine out of 10 (92
percent) of recruitment decision
makers cited "clear communica
tion of achievements" as one of
the most important aspects they
look for in candidates.
The confidence level among
Indians turned out to be higher
than professionals in Singapore
(31 percent) and Australia (32
percent), and also the g lobal
average of 35 (percent). In fact,
76 percent of them consider
social professional networks as
the best platform to express their
professional successes.
D ee p a S a p a t n e k a r, h e a d of
communications, LinkedIn India
and Hong Kong, said that "the job
market in India continues to be
very competitive, so it's great to
see that Indian professionals are
confident about showcasing their
achievements."
E-cigarette use in Britain almost doubled in two years

London: The number of people in
Britain who have tried ecigarettes
has almost doubled in just two
years, says a new study.
The researchers examined eciga
rette use and attitudes to the
devices across Europe between
2012 and 2014.
The paper, published in the jour
nal Tobacco Control, found that the
proportion of people in Britain who
had tried an ecig arette had
increased from 8.9 per cent to 15.5
per cent.
The average number of people
across Europe who had tried an e
cigarette increased by 60 percent
between 2012 and 2014, from 7.2
to 11.6 per cent.
The research also showed the
(Photo courtesy: wired.co.uk)

proportion of people across Europe
who considered the devices danger
ous had also nearly doubled, from
27 per cent to 51 per cent.
Ecigarettes work by delivering
nicotine into the lungs in the form
of a vapor. The devices contain
nicotine in a solution of either
propylene glycol or glycerine and
water, and sometimes flavorings.
When a person sucks on the device,

a sensor detects the air flow and
heats the liquid inside the cartridge,
causing it to evaporate.
"This research shows ecigarettes
are becoming very popular across
Europe with more than one in ten
people in Europe now having tried
one of the devices," said lead
author of the research Filippos
Filippidis from Imperial College
London.
"However there is a debate about
the risks and benefits associated
with ecigarettes. For instance we
don't know whether we may start
to see diseases emerge in 1020
years' time associated with some of
the ingredients," Filippidis pointed
out.
Humiliation bothers obese air travelers the most

New York: Feelings of shame and
humiliation bother obese air pas
sengers more than tight seat belts
and tiny seats, says a study.
Participants interviewed for the
study recounted the typical chal
lenges they encounter while
boarding, inflight and deplaning.
"Most participants agreed that
the way people stare at them dur
ing boarding and deplaning is
humiliating, and at times even
shame ful," said one of the
researchers, Yaniv Poria, professor
at BenGurion University of the
Negev (BGU) in Israel.

"We assumed that the greatest
difficulties obese people faced on
planes were caused by tight, con
fined spaces," Poria said.
"We were surprised to find that
the way other people reacted to
them was so 'unpleasant' and 'em
barrassing,' causing them to feel
universally 'uncomfortable' and
'uneasy'," Poria pointed out.
The findings were published in
the Journal of Travel Research.
Allowing obese people to board
first and deplane last, and making
design changes to rest rooms and

seat trays would make everyone
more comfortable, the researchers
suggested.
Additionally, they argue for the
need to offer differentsized seats.
Squeezing down aisles and into
seats is particularly troublesome,
the participants said, because they
are unable to avoid touching other
passengers.
Many attempted to be first in
line to board so they could easily
find their seats "and disappear."
(All articles source: IANS)
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June 4-10, 2016
HUMOR
Funny Side by Nury Vittachi
THE GIFT OF PERSUASION
NTERVIEWER: And exactly

how much leadership experi
ence do you have?
ME: Does being admin of a
Whatsapp list count? Because I
had 20 names on one before I
accidentally deleted it.
He wasnt impressed by that or
anything else I said. I guess some
folk have the gift of the gab and
some dont.
***
Amazing true story about some
one who really, really did:
A handcuf fed villain recently
escaped from a police station and
raced across town to another
police station.
He persuaded them that he had
escaped from kidnappers, so
police from station two released
him, received his grateful thanks
and let him gojust before police
from station one arrived to re
arrest him.
***
T his happened recently in
Taiwan, I heard from reader Steve
Hyde, who was impressed at the
mans coolheaded powers of per
suasion.
My colleagues agreed. People
like that should not be locked up,
but retrained to do something
else, like work in public rela
tions, said one, revealing herself
to be an ingnue who doesnt
realize that PR spokespeople are
fashioned from animated slime

like orcs in The Lord of the Rings.
***
The gift of persuasion was also
displayed in a recent UK news
item about a man whose shop
was entered by a youth with used
electronic appliances to sell.
The shopkeeper realized the

stuf f looked familiar but stayed
cool and persuaded the seller to
leave the goods with him for an
hour for examination.
He raced home to find his house
burgled.
The unsuspecting thief returned
to the shop later to walk into the
tender loving arms of the law.
***
Cool talkers can achieve great
things. People say the best sales
man ever was a US guy called Joe
Girard who sold 13,001 cars in a
15year period. What was his
secret?
He actually bought them all
himself, cleverly hiding them in
his garden.
***
No, he didnt, but thats what I
would have had to do.
I knew I lacked persuasiveness
when I was beaten in debates
three t imes in a row by my
daughter, who was three at the
time.
***
Which is why I felt very sympa
thetic when I read recently about

a UK man who cannot be even
slightly sneaky with words
because he has a bionic heart
valve which produces an audible
tickticktick sound, like a lie
detector.
WIFE: Did you remember its
our wedding anniversary today?
HUSBAND: Tick. Tick. Tick. Of
course
I
did,
honey!
Tickticktickticktickticktick.
***
I know one way of making an
impression on people around you
without saying a word.
When the barista at the coffee
shop asks for your name, slide
over a piece of paper w ith
Voldemort on it.
Your cof fee will be announced
as belonging to He who cannot
be named, catching the attention
of everyone around.
Note: This works best if you are
have a striking appearance, for
example if you are a tall, bald
Immortal with no nose, or a piece
of animated slime.
They are a lot of them around.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
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humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the
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he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
ASTROLOGY
June 4-10, 2016
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By Dr Prem Kumar Sharma
JUNE 410, 2016

ARIES: You will be successful in regain
ing your professional touch. Enjoying
the company of close relatives will
brighten your evening. Speculation coupled
with some unexpected gains improves finan
cial health. You are likely find comfort in the
arms of romantic partner. Your confidence and
energy will be high this week. Time to relax
and enjoy your visit to a relatives place. Are
you longing to buy a farmhouse, try for it? At
personal front you find many things changing
for the better.
TAURUS: Selfconfidence helps in mak
ing an impact at professional front this
week. Shopping with family members
will be highly pleasurable and exciting. A new
source of income will generate through influ
ential contacts. Love and romantic encounter
will this week keep you in a cheerful state. A
week when smile will perpetually be on your
face and strangers will seem familiar. Journey
to some famous historical place sounds excit
ing to your kids. If you want to invest on prop
erty, then go for residential one. You try to
motivate a friend by showing the truth of facts
and logical arguments.
GEMINI: Valuable support from a col
league would help in professional mat
ters. You will be at the limelight in a
so cial g athering provided you attend.
Investment made this week would enhance
prosperity and financial security. Sudden
romantic encounter is foreseen this week.
Your energy level will be high. Better to chan
nelise it in a positive direction. Romance is in
full bloom, a journey full of pleasure is your
crave. Selling your home privately can be an
excellent way of saving on costs. You learn to
be happy and remain satisfied with what you
already have.
CANCER: Good week for computer

professionals as they realise their
dreams. You will be the star of attrac
tion of familys gettogether this week. An
improvement in financial position would
enable to make important purchases. A prom
ising week for romance when your innovation
infuses a new spirit in it. Positive outlook
impresses those around you besides keeping
you fit & fine. Its time to travel with innovative
imagination. Of fplan property investment is
one of the easiest and most profitable methods
to maximize gains in the real estate market.
Rescheduling plans and routines would help in
personal achievements.
LEO: An excellent time for developing
professional contacts. Help from family
members would take care of your
needs. You are likely to earn monetary profits
through most unexpected sources. Partner
brings immense romantic pleasure even if
work pressure occupies your mind Charity
work undertaken will bring mental peace &
comfort. Are you longing to go on a vacation
then be ready for it? Your property prices will
boost in the coming period. Giving an ear to
friends views and taking independent deci
sions would highly benefit.
VIRGO: Senior colleagues cooperation
brings success at professional front.
You will enjoy the time spent with fam
ily members and friends. A sudden inflow of
funds will take care of your bills and immedi
ate expenses. Romance rules heart & mind this
week. Meditation and selfrealization prove
beneficial. Be ready to hang out with your
friends. Buying property can lead to gains as
property prices continue to increase. Showing
courage at the face of unusual and challenging
situations highly benefits.
LIBRA: Business partners would be

enthusiastic about new plans & ven
tures. Your generous behaviour would
enable to enjoy some lovely moments with
family. Monetary position is likely to improve
on recovering of delayed payments. Romantic
imagination occupies mind forcing to go out of
the way to please partner. You will have ample
time to do things to improve your health. By
traveling you will learn about new places, ulti
mately its a great deal for yourself. You could
buy the property that you are looking for.
Keeping your limitations in mind would help
in passing difficult phase at personal front.
SCORPIO: Female colleagues would
he lp in completing pending work.
Friends and family members would
lend a helping hand. Investment in antiques &
jewelry brings monetary gains and improve
ment in financial position. Cupids arrows
would make your heart flutter high. Sound
physical health will enable to participate in
outdoor activities. Pack your bags and some
eatables and go out for a picnic. Investing on
properties which are under developed will be
profitable. You are likely to make a commit
ment to the people looking up for help.
SAGITTARIUS: A promising week for
ambitious professionals to demon
strate technical skills & abilities. An
unexpected message from a distant relative
brings happy news for the entire family. Long
pending arrears and dues will finally be recov
ered. You are likely to enjoy a pleasure trip
that will rejuvenate your passions. You will be
successful in getting rid from tensions. Many
people want to fly international and you are
one of them. Whether young or old, now is the
time to start investing. Expressing true feelings
would help in saving you from a big problem.
CAPRICORN : Politicians find a very

smooth sailing as results go in your
favour, thus immensely boosting confi
dence. Relatives are likely to give some valuable
advice regarding personal life. this week invest
ment concerning residence will be profitable.
Romantic entanglement would add spice to your
happiness. A sparkling laughter filled week when
most things proceed, as you desire. By traveling
youll learn about new places and cultures, which
is ultimately a great deal about yourself. Looking
for good long term investments, then go for a
property which is under construction.
Temptation of any kind fails to allure you.
AQUARIUS: People engaged in tourism
will have the energy to keep pace with
fast taking events thus giving them
selves an edge over others. You receive care and
affection from family members. Financial hassles
seem to get over as someone lends a timely help
ing hand. Chances of your love life turning into
lifelong bond are high on the card. Your enor
mous confidence would help in enjoying a
healthy life. You and your loved ones been busy
for quite sometimes and have finally decided to
go on a vacation. Value the property at right
price to attract buyers for it.
PISCES: Betterment awaits people
engaged in the field of graphic designing.
Matrimonial alliance for eligible bachelor
in family brings joy to all. Promising week to
invest surplus money in real estate. Exciting week
as your long pending wait for af firmation is
going to materialize. A very healthy week filled
with happiness & vitality. Your next journey is to
a place which is full of natural beauty and ravish
ing. It always is exciting to begin looking at
homes for sale in your area. Following the path of
fairness and justice brings success in the long
run.
ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: FOR THOSE BORN IN THIS WEEK

4th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Uranus
Ruled by no: 4
Traits in you: Your dominating planet Uranus bless
es you with emotions, imaginative power and cre
ativity. As you love social life, you will be very much
interested in making new friends and getting associ
ated with different kinds of people. Though you are
very supportive and honest, you are not able to win
hearts in your surroundings because of your stub
bornness.
Health this year: You should concentrate on taking a
good care of your health to avoid future health
issues. You should spend some more time in sports
and outdoor activities to remain fit and fine.
Finance this year: You might get financial benefits
from your paternal properties.
Career this year: You may not get satisfaction from
your job though you will be getting ample opportu
nities for new jobs throughout this year. You will be
influenced by a person from an opposite gender and
this may bring a huge change in your career.
Romance this year: You may get engaged if you are
in love.
Lucky month: August, January, April and May
5th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Mercury
Ruled by no: 5
Traits in you: Being ruled by Mercury, you are a
very daring, honest, dynamic, humorous and deter
mined person. As you are efficient in management,
you can easily get every work easily done that has
been assigned to you. You should work on the nega
tive aspects of your characteristics to be in the good
books of others.
Health this year: To lead a social life, you may need
to work hard and it may become hectic for you and
cause some minor health issues. You may start play
ing outdoor games or visiting clubs on a regular
basis to stay fit. You should get your medical check
up done regularly.
Finance this year: You will be in gain throughout the
year though you will be having minor spat with your
colleagues and partners. You have to handle your
property and investments with utmost care as they
tend to be in very critical condition this year.
Career this year: You are capable of taking high
pressure jobs in which huge responsibilities are
involved. You are very good in decision making and
you make strong and quick decisions. Your confi
dence will reach new heights this year thanks to the

projects and your partners. You should take expert
advice from experience people to reach new heights
in your career.
Romance this year: You will be deeply involved with
your romantic interest this year and may think to
convert your relationship to marriage.
Lucky month: July , August , November and March
6th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Venus
Ruled by no: 6
Traits in you: Your ruling planet blesses you with
generosity, practicability, energy, creativity and
determination. You believe in living life each and
every second by enjoying all the pleasure life has to
offer. Among your positive characters, you will have
something negatives, which will make you criticized
by others. You should not show your stubbornness
to people around you.
Health this year: Your health will be absolutely fine
this year. You may feel very tired if you do some
physical work. So you need to go for regular jogging
to enhance your stamina.
Finance this year: You should treat your business,
property matters, and financial issues on a priority
basis. You need to be serious for your goals. That
would result in your growth and prosperity. You
may get very good chances for an overseas trip for
business purpose or holiday during the last half of
the year.
Career this year: You need to take important deci
sions for your career as this year will prove to be
crucial for your career.
Romance this year: You will share a very good rela
tionship with your spouse this year.
Lucky month: July , August , September and
November
7th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Neptune
Ruled by no: 7
Traits in you: As you are guided by Neptune, you
will be responsible, loving, caring, creative, charming
and a jolly person. You will become popular among
your friends and colleagues due to the special tal
ents you possess. You can groom your personality if
you do not act jealous, stubborn and hypocrite.
Health this year: You will be enjoying a sound health
this year provided you go for proper medication. You
need to get your medical checkup done on time.
Finance this year: Despite of increase in financial

status, you will be running short of funds because of
your high standard of living.
Career this year: Your current employment would
make you feel the stability in your life this year as
you will be satisfied with it.
Romance this year: You will find your spouse to be
helpful throughout the year in critical times.
However, you need to take extra care of your part
ner to maintain a healthy romantic relationship.
Some of you may tie knots this year. You may find
you new romantic interests to carry on your rela
tionship.
Lucky month: December, March , April and May
8th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Saturn
Ruled by no: 8
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Saturn blesses you
with energy, ambition, intelligence, determination.
You are gentle and confident. You have a positive
approach toward life and it makes you a winner in
every respect. People will respect you and appreci
ate you for your daring character. You should work
on your nature of being jealous and stubborn.
Health this year: You may suffer from health related
issues this year though it may not create severe
grievances.
Finance this year: You may travel foreign countries
for business purpose later this year and this will
earn you a lot of money. You may get ample oppor
tunity to enhance your business.
Career this year: You will enjoy luck this year as far
as your career is concerned due to the movement of
all planets is positive for you. You will be in a very
good relationship with your employer. This year you
will be able to increase your salary and lead a com
fortable and luxurious life.
Romance this year: Your romantic relationships will
go strong and chances of marriage will increase.
Lucky month: November, February, April
9th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Mars
Ruled by no: 9
Traits in you: Your ruling planet Mars makes you
smart, intelligent, stylish, enthusiastic and reliable.
Being an emotional individual, you want to carry on
each and every relationship you create once. You are
very affectionate towards the people you love and
you do not hesitate showing your care and concern
to those you love. However, you are very short tem

pered and you need to control it for betterment of
your personality.
Health this year: Your health may deteriorate badly
this year. You need to take precautions to restore
your health.
Finance this year: You should keep your budget in
mind as you may end up spending more than your
budget.
Career this year: You may go ahead making many
important decisions regarding to your career. Your
decisions will be proved successful as you will be
benefited later. You will gain popularity because of
your charismatic nature and friendly behavior. This
will also help you win many favors.
Romance this year: You will enjoy mental peace at
home as you will get enough love and care from
your partner. You will enjoy a very good relationship
with your spouse with lots of love, care, and support.
Lucky month: August , September, April and May
10th June, 2016
Ruled planet: Sun
Ruled by no: 1
Traits in you: Being dominated by planet Sun, you
have the qualities such as intelligence, creativity,
and reliability. You are highly focused and coura
geous. Your courage helps you gain a lot and at
times it also makes you lose a lot of money. Your
decisive nature helps you take quick decisions,
which fall correct often. However, your negative
traits such as impoliteness and rudeness may create
problems for you. So you need to work on those to
be better as a human being.
Health this year: If you take an overall estimation,
you will find this year to be very fruitful for you.
However, you may get stressed with minor stress
and tensions.
Finance this year: Though you will earn a lot this
year, it would not be enough to meet your monetary
expectations. You may gain through blind invest
ments.
Career this year: You will be in profit due to your
creativity this year. You will be able to obtain suc
cess with the help of your new and innovative ideas.
You should try and enhance your knowledge on vari
ous domains as it would help you in future.
Romance this year: Your romantic life may touch
new heights this year as you may get married during
the last few months of the year.
Lucky month: August, October, February and May
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June 4-10, 2016
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
Concluding part of the discourse 'Sharing the divine honey'
MEDITATION MAKES US CALMER,

MORE BALANCED
By Sant Rajinder Singh

Ji Maharaj
ome people drink alcohol and
take drugs. In many places of
work, Friday is a time in which
people meet for Happy Hour.
There, they engage in drinking to
feel good. There are numerous tel
evision commercials for beer and
wine, depicting the happiness peo
ple experience by drinking. In pri
vate circles, people speak of how
good they feel when they get high
on drugs. There is a tremendous
drug culture in modern societies.
People seem to feel they cannot be
happy without alcohol or drugs.
But we all know that that happi
ness is temporary and comes at a
high price. They may feel good for
a few minutes, but later they feel
sick to their stomach. They may get
addicted and require more and
more to make them maintain their
high. Drugs and alcohol lead to
impaired judgment and poor motor
skills, which in turn can lead to
deadly car accidents. People turn
to crime to get money to buy drugs
and alcohol. This leads to people

getting hurt and those perpetrating
the crimes going to prison. In some
cases drugs and alcohol lead to dis
ease and death.
When people see that we are
happy and blissful without drugs
and alcohol, they ask us how we
can feel so good. We can then
explain that meditation gives us a
natural state of intoxication. We
tion makes us calmer and more

balanced. They see that we are able
to deal with the challenges of life in
a much more even manner. They
see that even though everyone
goes through the challenges of
financial problems, health prob
lems, relationship difficulties, and
other challenges, we sail through
them much more easily than most
people. This makes people wonder
When people see that we are

happy and blissful without
drugs and alcohol, they ask us
how we can feel so good. We
can then explain that medita
tion gives us a natural state of
intoxication. We can explain
how the sweet nectar of the
divine Wine within provides
more intoxication than any
intoxication which outer
drugs and alcohol can give us.
can explain how the sweet nectar
of the divine Wine within provides
more intoxication than any intoxi
cation which outer drugs and alco
hol can give us. We can talk about
how we get this divine bliss within
that lasts twentyfour hours. There
Jumping to
Conclusions
e often fall into the habit of mis
judging others. We can be quick
to criticize or pass judgment
without knowing the background of a per
sons life or situation. It is remarkable how
wrong we can be.
When we do not know why people act as
they do, we jump to conclusions. Someone
might even be trying to help us or make
things better, yet instead of taking the
time to ask why something is being done,
we berate them.
As we go about our work, we need to
think twice before we criticize or pass
judgment on someone. When we dont
know the whole storythe motives or rea
sons a person has for doing somethingit
is better to take a few minutes to stop and
ask about it. Many times, we will find that
the person is trying to do something help
ful. We can be so wrapped up in our own
lives that we do not take the time to find
out more.
is no hangover. There are no side

effects. We do not pass out or get
sick. We do not have to steal from
anyone to get this bliss. We do not
have to cause car accidents or com
mit crimes. Rather than lowering
our consciousness through drugs
and alcohol, we are raising our con
sciousness to spiritual heights and
even attaining Godconsciousness.
The joy people see we have in our
lives will inspire them to also want

to partake of that sweet honey
within.
When people who see us meditat
ing notice a change in us, they are
also inspired to experience the
same change. They see that medita
When a person criticizes someone, oth

ers tend to jump on the bandwagon to join
in. Yet they do not know the situation
either, and soon many are spreading false
information.
It is better to resolve a problem right
away, learn the situation, and fix it before
it escalates into something bigger and
worse than what it started out to be.
We need to refrain from judging others.
If we get caught up in doing this, then we
have filled our minds with thoughts that
are not true and that take us away from
our own inner peace. Whatever we do
comes back to us, so we risk reaping the
fruits of our thoughts, words, and deeds,
whether positive or negative. When we
criticize others, we are bound to get the
fruit of our actions, for we have hurt them
by our words.
To keep peace of mind in our daily life
and to meditate with a calm mind, it is
beneficial to develop the habit of not
jumping to conclusions lest we misjudge
others. Instead, let us be loving and caring
and find out what the persons real story
is. This will contribute to our own inner
peace and spread out to our environment
and the world.
what secret we hold that helps us

face lifes struggles with more forti
tude.
Finally, when they see how bliss
ful and intoxicated we are without
the use of unnatural means such as
drugs and alcohol, they too want
such happiness. Just like the

princess who saw the joy that peo
ple had when they tasted the
sweetness of honey and how they
wanted to share that delicious taste
with others, people will see the joy
we experience from meditation and
they will want to enjoy that as well.
I am reminded of a verse by Sant
Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj which
says:
Who has said that you must
drink in secret?
This is divine Wine that you must
share with others.
While drinking this Nectar, forget
the sorrows of life and the pains of
the world.
And hum songs of beauty and
love.
We can appreciate what a bless
ing it is to have a Master and to
receive the spiritual teachings from
him. This is a valuable gift that
actually is sent to us by God
through the Masters. God wants
each of us to have the gift. If we are
lucky enough to receive such a gift
from a Master, we should treasure
it and put it to use. We should
make the best use of the gift by
spending time in meditation. Let us
enjoy the divine honey of the Light
and Sound within. Let us then trav
el on the divine nectar back to the
Lord.
The Art of Meditation
he art of meditation is based on the

fact that we are not the body, but
the soul that inhabits the body.
Medical research on neardeath
experiences shows that people who have
been declared clinically dead, but were
revived, shared common experiences. After
the moment of their clinical death they
found themselves traveling through an
inner tunnel to a region of light and love.
They were met at the end of the tunnel by
a benevolent, radiant being. T hey
described the bliss they felt in the pres
ence of that light, and they all talked about
their reluctance to leave that joy, that bliss,
to return to their physical body. This expe
rience has been common to those who
passed throug h the g ates of death,
whether they were adults or children,
whether they belonged to one religion or
another.
Some of the adults identified the light
with the religious figure prominent in
their faith. The latest book on this subject
describes the neardeath experiences of
children. The young people interviewed in
the book did not associate the light with
any particular person. Because the chil

dren had not yet associated spiritual expe
riences with any particular religious
beliefs, they did not associate the loving
light with a particular personality. This
mounting evidence, uncovered by doctors
and scientists, that there is another dimen
sion of existence, has become more and
more accepted by our society.
We do not have to wait for a physical
calamity to have a neardeath experience.
Through the process of meditation we can
learn an easy, simple, and safe method of
separating our soul from the body and
traveling to other dimensions. By using a
method to concentrate our attention at a
particular point, our soul can transcend
our body and enter regions of bliss.
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