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SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ANGEL


WORK ON A fortnightly magazine is so fast-paced

cisely because its perfect subject matter for our

and breakneckyoure already planning the next

magazine! This miracle may never have come to

two issues before laying the final touches to the cur-

light had it not been for the advent and power of the

rent one, thanks to deadline pressures and postal

social media which, in this case, beat the mainline

mailing datesthat the editorial team does not give

pressas it has done in so many other casesin

stories any quality numerical ratings. Once they have

getting and viral-ing this story.

been approved by the edit conference, based on

The world discovered our subject, Prince Clint

timelines, focus, relevance, exclusivity, etcetera,

(Clint was his name, prince is a title we have given

they become part of the editorial baggage which has

him, and you will see why) thanks to a new cam-

to be loaded into the product that the printing ma-

paign, writes Deputy Managing Editor Shobha John,

chines are waiting to churn out.

started by Kerala Tourism, which was spawned by

But, rare though they are, there are many occa-

through FB, WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat. Adds

sions when a story touches the hearts of all the staff,

Shobha, who discovered Clint as our cover story for

forcing even the most battle-hardened hack to han-

this issue: His cherubic face and saucer-like eyes

dle it with tender loving care. We have one for you

hold your gaze as you watch a film on him on

this time. Its on the cover. In fact, the subject and

Facebook.

its hero are so compelling that the story

The mite with a rather heavy name, as Shobha

was judged instant cover story material

puts it, is Edmund Thomas Clint. He is no more but

even before the rest of the news menu

his name lives on. He died in Kochi on April 14,

including a topical, exclusive analysis of

1983, at age six. But in the few years that he tran-

Arun Jaitley as I&B ministerwas in.

sited through this world, Clint was a prodigious tal-

For people who believe in miracles,

ent who churned out more than 25,000 drawings

well, heres one for you on our cover de-

and paintings, writes Shobha. But that was years

signed lovingly by Art Director Anthony

ago when social media was non-existent.

Lawrence. I am a rationalist. I believe in

Clints God-given talent has hit an all-time high.

science and the laws of motion and evo-

Based on this phenomenal child, Kerala Tourism has

lutionary biology and all that. Maybe the

launched an unprecedented online global painting

little angel on the cover can be explained

competition for children and received about 10,000

by empirical analysis of precocious cog-

entries from 36 countries. Read the story starting

nitive capabilities and all that. But in this

on page 10 to learn more about how online media

case, I would rather talk miracles.

helped to rivet world attention on Gods Own Child,

So why is Views On News, with its

from Gods Own Country.

focus on commentary and analysis of


trends and developments in the media,
putting a miracle on the cover? Pre-

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LEDE

Little Big Man


Kerala Tourism turns to social media to draw the worlds
attention to a child prodigy who died at age 6.
SHOBHA JOHN writes about the life and legacy of artist
Edmund Thomas Clint.

GOVERNANCE

Modis chief editor

The PM has entrusted Arun Jaitley with the additional


charge of the I&B ministry not for nothing. His friendship
with journalists and control over the national kitty makes
him the perfect conduit between the government and the
media, writes VISHWAS KUMAR

SPOTLIGHT

Medias lazy goof-up


VISVAK SEN describes how a gullible media was duped by a
young engineering student claiming to have NASA and MIT offers

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OBITUARY

Ben there, done that


Some professions define good
men, some men redefine
professions. Ben Bradlees
endeavors shaped modern
independent journalism, writes
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TNK Singh, under whose leadership
Meghalaya has been selected the
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Retirement in Raisina hills?

FILMS

Cinema as conscience
keeper

INTERVIEW

Directors cut

32

RAMNEEK SINGH gets


Hansal Mehta to talk
about his style of
film-making and his
political views

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SOMI DAS reflects on films with the


underlying theme of peoples protest,
screened at the recently concluded
Dharamshala International Film Festival.

R E G U L A R S
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Media-go-round..................................06
As the world turns...............................07
Quotes................................................08
Web crawler........................................09
Breaking news....................................42

Have you ever wondered why all of a


sudden the ever-vocal and politically
charged LK Advani has stopped
interacting with the media or even
writing blogs? Its not as if after being
made the member of the Margdarshak Committee, often dubbed as
an old age home for the 75+ BJP
leadership, he has renounced an
active political career. A missive
about being awarded the post of
president has been sent to Advani by
senior government officials. But for
that he needs to stay away from all
intellectual discussions and
debates or making any political
comments. This is a small price to
pay considering the big reward.
Cover design: Anthony Lawrence

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EDIA-GO-ROUND

TOI-AMU face-off
THE TIMES OF INDIA published a story about
itself a couple of days. The reason behind this
sudden focus on itself was a story by its
Aligarh correspondent, Eram Agha, about
controversial comments made by the
vice-chancellor (VC) of Aligarh Muslim
University, Zameeruddin Shah, on why
women students were denied access to the
universitys central library. The VC said they
were not allowed as they would attract more
males. This sparked off a national debate and
showed the much-respected organisation as
being gender insensitive.
However, AMU students and authorities did

not take TOIs report kindly. They called for a ban


on the newspaper. TOI has been campaigning
against the ban and writing regular reports on
the issue on its front page. The paper claims that
Agha has been asked by anonymous well-wishers to stay away from Aligarh for a few days as
there was anger against her. TOI also reported:
The Editors Guild of India and Indian Newspaper Society have slammed the Aligarh Muslim
Universitys move to ban TOI on campus,
describing it as intolerant and undemocratic.
Both the bodies have also called for an immediate review of the ban. Later, the VC clarified that
he made the remark in jest.

Akhilesh Yadav

Media lathicharged,

praises media
UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
is known to be often cross with the media. He
has several times openly criticized it for hyping
issues. However, in a change of heart, he
praised the media recently for acting as a bridge
between the government and people. He said:
Sometimes, government and administration get
such information through media which is not
available with us and prompt action is required
to provide help to the affected people. He
stressed the importance of information transfer
which help state and country to march ahead.
Addressing delegates from India and abroad,
Yadav called the media the Fourth Pillar of
democracy and said that if democracy has to be
strengthened, freedom of media must
be maintained.

prevented from talking to


Saradha accused
JOURNALISTS WERE in for a tough time as they stood outside SSKIM hospital,
Kolkata, where Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP and accused in the Saradha chit fund
case, Kunal Ghosh, was brought after he attempted
suicide. Journalists were lathicharged as they tried to
speak to the MP, who had taken dozens of sleeping
pills in his jail cell. Coming back from an ECG, Ghosh
was stuck in an ambulance for 30 minutes and later
escorted with his face covered with a police cap.
Ghosh, who was the chief of the Saradha Groups
media operations, has named top Trinamool leaders
as beneficiaries of the chit fund group but has been
discredited by his party. He had even threatened the
court that he would take his life if the real beneficiaries of the scam were not arrested.

Rajdeeps book launch


turned into ground battle
THE VERBAL sparring between Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his predecessor P Chidambaram livened the launch of Rajdeep Sardesais book, The Election
that Changed India. They almost forgot the book as the discussions revolved
around economic reforms, retrospective taxes, Gujarat riots and the 2G scam.
Both of them and Sardesai had a discussion on his book that was moderated by
Karan Thapar but it was obvious the discussion was going out of hand. Sardesai
kept asking the two if Prime Minister Narendra Modi should thank Rahul Gandhi
for helping him win with a huge mandate.

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S THE WORLD TURNS

Super Reporter!
BRITISH TELEVISION REPORTER Ade
Adepitan brings fresh energy and spunk to
the informative yetdare we sayslightly
boring programs the BBC telecasts. What is
so special, you may well ask. The Nigerianborn reporter was struck by Polio at a
young age, due to which he cannot use his
left leg. But this has not deterred Ade. He is
seen on a wheelchair, interviewing people
and even trying his hand at playing an
instrument or two with African musicians.
A big pat on the back for good old BBC for
unleashing this young reporters potential.

How the world

saw it

WHILE PRIME MINISTER Narendra


Modi was trying to pull off another
Madison Square Garden at
Allophones Arena in Sydney, the
international media was busy covering
various developments at the G-20
Summit hosted by Australia.
The New York Times ran an
article on Obamas speech,
calling for global collaboration in curbing carbon emissions. The Wall Street
Journal, on the other hand
reported on the tensions
between western leaders and
Putin over Ukraine. And the
ultra-nationalist Russian
news website Pravada ran a

column by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey,


who lambasted David Cameron and
Tony Abott for their hypocritical,
dishonest and groundless campaign
against Russia and called US President
Barack Obama their master.

Scribes turn

newspaper boys
THESE ARE TOUGH times to work for the print media
and journalists are being made to put in more hours
for less remuneration. But the staff at Orange County
Register, a California based newspaper, has been
asked to do something unheard of. The management
has asked the staff to deliver the Sunday edition of the
newspaper, as the distributor has left some routes uncovered. As an incentive,
the management is offering $150 worth of gift cards for a full route which
means distributing 600 papers, and $100 for a smaller route.

shuttlers
ignored
Indian

INDIAN SHUTTLERS, Kidami Srikanth


and Saina Nehwal, did their country
proud when they won the Chinese Open
Super Series singles titles. The Chinese
media, however, downplayed the event,
with Chinas prominent English dailies
Global Times and China Daily hardly
giving any space to the prestigious
competition. The Chinese official news
agency Xinhua ran just a small brief
about Srikanths victory. While the event
was telecast live on CCTV sports
channels, media coverage went
lukewarm after the whitewash.

Humane journalism

awarded

The Guardian won two awards at the


Amnesty International Media awards
held in London. The newspaper won the
National Newspaper Award for Pete
Pattissons article Revealed: Qatars
World Cup Slaves, which highlighted
the pathetic and dire work conditions of
immigrant workers in Qatar. The Digital
Innovation Award went to one of their
teams for The Shirt on your Back, an
interactive documentary on how the
garments Western people donned were
more often than not made in congested
factories in Dhaka with no safety
checks. In one incident, it informed,
more than 1,130 people were killed.
Compiled by Prithvi Yadama

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U O T E S

Nero was adopted into


the family of Emperor
Claudius, Modi
parachuted in after the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh family was fed up
of the Bharatiya Janata
Partys doings. I am fond
of both men, of course.
Aakar Patel, columnist, on the
similarities between the lives of Roman
king Nero and Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, in Mint

Important question is that as a boy raised in a


small town in Nehrus new Indian republic, what
would have become of Modi if he had not sought
refuge in politics? Exactly what became of
almost anyone of his generation who was not
rich, connected, proficient in English or
highly educated.
Manu Joseph, journalist and author, on how Narendra Modi is
a product of Nehruvian policies, in Outlook

In India, cricket-writing is
a bastion of journalistic
mediocrity, which forces
the literate Indian fan to
survive on a diet of foreign
writing.
Tunku Varadarajan, columnist,
praising Mumbai-based journalist
Dilip DSouzas book Final Test
(about Sachin Tendulkars last Test
match in November 2013), in Open
magazine

Maharashtra has always prided itself as superior


in political culture to, say, Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh. But now that the myth of Maharashtras
moral high ground has been exploded, a new
Jungle Book is being written.
Kumar Ketkar, senior journalist, on post-alliance fiasco in
Maharashtra, on NDTV
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Swapan Dasgupta,
Senior journalist
If Karan Thapar wants 2 call me BJPsupporting Journo, he should have
described Mushirul Hasan & Gopal
Gandhi Congress-endorsed notables.

Madhavan Narayanan,
columnist
Raghuram Rajan keeps promise,
speaks in Hindi at RBI function. Just
exactly how many languages in which
can he say: Won't cut rates?

Rajdeep Sardesai,
consulting editor,
TV Today

Murky times for cricket! Who are the 5


big names still not named in the
Mudgal report by the Supreme Court?

Seema Goswami,
columnist, Hindustan
Times

It used to be said that journalism was


the first draft of history. Now it looks as
if gossip is the first draft of journalism!

Anubha Bhonsle,
executive editor,
CNN-IBN

So much smooching in our papers,


someone should try Kiss of Love in our
colonies as well and see how similar
reactions are to the RSS fellas.

Jawhar Sircar, CEO,


Prasar Bharati
As I&B Minister Arun Jaitley wants to
bring back the glorious days of
Doordarshan.

Sunetra Choudhury,
anchor, NDTV
So is it really true that @AmitShahOffice is taking Bengali lessons as the
diary item suggests?

EB CRAWLER WHAT WENT VIRAL

World Cup winners shame


GERMAN MIDFIELDER Christoph Kramer is a very unfortunate footballer. After being a surprise inclusion in the World Cup final, the 23year-old suffered a concussion midway through the match. Reduced
to tears, he was forced to go off in the biggest game of his life. Just a
few months later, Kramers bad luck was at it again. Playing a crucial
match against rivals Borussia Dortmund, Kramers astounding back
pass from 45 yards looped over his goalkeeper and bounced into the
net. That bizarre self-goal gave Dortmund a narrow 1-0 win and made
Kramer the target of online trolls. The video of the shocking self-goal
recorded more than a million views in just four days.

Viral campaign
rescues dog

Singing in the shadows


THE SUDDEN outbreak of Ebola has
resulted in a tumultuous time for Africa.
Its clear that the continent could do
anything to lift peoples spirits, and that
is exactly what African artists tried to do
as they united to sing Africa Stop
Ebola.The reggae composition, which

of Ebola

talks about having faith in doctors, was


sung by musicians from Mali, Guinea,
Senegal and other nations.
It has been broadcast on West
African airwaves since its launch on
October 27, and has about 100,000
YouTube views.

ASK ADAM NOLAN of the UK how important social media is, and hell probably offer
you a gleaming smile. When his Border Collie, Jasper, vanished during a trek, Adam
started a social media campaign using
#FindJasper, as 6,000 people helped with
the search. Jasper was found three days
later, thanks to the efforts of a rescue team,
a helicopter and the communitys dog
lovers. Nolan took to Facebook to express
his thanks: Im over the moon to announce
the return of my best friend Jasper. He later
set up a page on JustGiving website, which
raised 51,000 from nearly 5,000 donations
for the rescue team.

New Star Wars title revealed


FANATICAL FOLLOWERS of the Star
Wars franchise were in for a surprise
when Disney revealed the name of the
latest installment completely out of the
blue on Twitter. Earlier titles had been
preceded by prior announcement and
much fanfare. Star Wars: The Force
Awakens is the seventh part of the movie

saga, which began way back in 1977.


The last film in the series was released in
2008. Reactions on Twitter ranged from
This is a weird Star Wars title to I just
thought after the first 6 films the force
would already be awake. It is one of the
first films to have its title announced
solely on Twitter.
Compiled by Shamir Reuben

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Lede Kerala Tourism drive


Edmund Clints paintings

Meet Gods
OWN CHILD
The 25,000 paintings left behind
by this child prodigy have been
used by Kerala Tourism to spawn a
massive, online global painting
competition. But who was Clint and
what was his legacy?
BY SHOBHA JOHN

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When beggars die, there are


no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth
the death of princes.

Julius Caesar

NE such prince was Clint. His cherubic


face and saucer-like eyes hold your gaze
as you watch a film on him on Facebook.
The mite with a rather heavy name, Edmund Thomas Clint, is no more, but his
name lives on. In fact, he passed away in
Kochi, way back on April 14, 1983, at the tender age of six. But in the few years that he transited through
this world, Clint was a prodigious talent who churned out
more than 25,000 drawings and paintings, winning many
awards in his state, Kerala, and elsewhere. However, that was
years ago when social media was non-existent.
Thanks to a new campaign started by Kerala Tourism,
which was spawned through FB, WhatsApp, Viber and
WeChat, the reach of Clints God-given talent has hit an alltime high globally. Kerala Tourism also received limited rights
to use 30 of Clints paintings from his parents, MT Joseph and
Chinnamma Joseph.
MASSIVE CAMPAIGN
In fact, after discovering Clint, Kerala Tourism launched this
massive, innovative, online global painting competition Clint
Memorial International Childrens Painting Competition for
those between 4-15 years, which began on January 15 this year
and closed on May 31. It was designed to encourage kids to use
their creativity with crayons, color pencils or paints to make
pictures of Kerala. The tourism department provided two ebooks one on the life of Clint and the other on Keralato
all participants.
Kerala Tourism received close to 10,000 entries from as
many as 36 countries, with Vietnam topping the list from
abroad with 95 entries, says Suman Billa, Keralas tourism secretary. The results, declared in October, saw Anujath Sindhu

LASTING IMPRINT
This signature of Clints drawn at the
age of four has been engraved on his
grave and his house in Kochi
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Edmund Clints paintings

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CREATIVE JOURNEY CUT SHORT


(Facing page, extreme left) Clint at the painting competition where
he won the gold medal (left) Receiving a prize for his brilliant work
(right) Clint with his parents when he was two years old

Vinaylal of Thrissur winning the first prize, followed


by Irtiza Anika Haqe Probonti of Bangladesh, while
the third prize was shared by Viara Pencheva of
Bulgaria, Meenakshi Nair J from Kottayam, Kerala,
and Meghna Unnikrishnan from Chennai. There
were 20 consolation prizes.
The competition was judged by the chairman of
Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, KA Francis, art criticwriter-curator ML Johny, painter-writer Mimi
Radhakrishnan, artist Anandamoy Banerjee and
sculptor George Martin. Incidentally, two air tickets
to Kerala and a tour package for six nights in the
state were offered to the first five winners and two
volunteers who persuaded the maximum number
of kids to join the contest. What an innovative way
to showcase tourism. But then, Kerala Tourism has
been way ahead of other state tourisms and is best
known for its Gods Own Country branding.
Kerala Tourism also made two short films on
Clints life, which received a whopping one million
views on YouTube and other online platforms
within four months of their launch. One of them
was called Gods Own Child in Gods Own Country. Seven books, including A Brief Hour of Beauty:
A Tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint, the Master Who
Died Young by Ammu Nair, were also written on
him. In addition, documentary film-maker Sivakumars film Clint won awards at various international
film festivals.

Soon, Clints rampaging imagination took


over and he would lay his hands on any
mediumchalk, crayons, oil paints or water
colorsto capture the myriad hues of the
vibrant world around him.
campaign, says that while he had heard about Clint,
he seriously looked at him after reading Ammu
Nairs book on him. I discovered the hand of God
in this little boys paintings, says Billa. I was
stunned by his use of colors which seemed like Vincent van Goghs and felt that the miracle of his creativity needed to be told. There is an element of
wonder and astonishment in the way Clint drew.
But who was Edmund Thomas Clint, the little Picasso India nurtured for such a short
while? He was the only son of his
parents. As his father was a
huge fan of cowboy
movies, he named

HAND OF GOD
But how did Kerala Tourism discover Clint 30 years
after his death? Billa, who started the Clint

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Edmund Clints paintings

him after his favorite movie star, Clint Eastwood.


VON spoke to his father, MT Joseph, a septuagenarian in Kochi, to get glimpses of Clints genius,
which he noticed when he was still a baby. Clints
talent was God-given, as no one in the family
had any creative background. While I was an auditor with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, I was also a wrestler and my wife was a
basketball player. At six months, he noticed Clint
with a pebble in his hand, trying to draw something
on the floor. I gave him a chalk and soon, saw him
lying on his little belly and using his body as a fulcrum to draw a big circle, said Joseph.
A GENIUS IS BORN
Soon, his rampaging imagination took over and he
would lay his hands on any
mediumchalk, crayons, oil
paints or water colorsto capture the
myriad hues of the vibrant world around him.
So be it coconut trees, boat races, elephant processions, the brilliant setting sun or Ravana, all were

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inspirations for Clint. Joseph claims that he even


drew the outline of Marutis Ritz, which came out in
2009, when he was four.
He was also a voracious reader and had read
Christian parables, Aesops Fables, Robinson Crusoe,
Mahabharata and Ramayana among other books.
His favorite was Moby Dick and The Hunchback of
Notre Dame. At one year and two months, he wrote
Malayalam alphabets and at two years, he could
read, write and speak Malayalam. At four years, he
could read, write and speak English, says Joseph.
He would also watch artist Mohanan drawing, mesmerized, when he dropped into Josephs house.
His talent further flowered as Chinnamma,
Clints mother, would take him on long walks, where
the observant boy would notice birds, flowers, fish
and even the local butcher, all of which were
immortalized on paper. He even got his father to
buy him binoculars to watch the objects of his
affection. Soon, he started winning prizes in painting competitions. The most prized was a gold medal
at a prestigious painting competition organized by

Universal Arts at Kozhikode in February 1983,


where some 10,000 children took part.
But even as his creativity soared, his tired body
was breaking down. He suffered from prolonged
bouts of illness and finally, two months after
receiving the gold medal and a month before his
seventh birthday, Clint died of kidney malfunction.
For Joseph, the memory of his son will live on forever. My family is now like a three-legged stool
which has lost one leg. I feel his presence constantly.
Even after 30 years, I cant sleep peacefully thinking
of him, says the father emotionally.
THE MEMORY LIVES ON
Joseph has already got 6,500 of his paintings
scanned, which will be exhibited in art galleries.
There are plans to start a Clint Art Gallery in Kochi
to exhibit his paintings. Joseph says that if he has to
display all of Clints works, he would need 400 walls.
Ammu Nair sums up Clints prodigious talent in
her book, A Brief Hour of Beauty: Once in a while,
nature changes its normal course while moulding a
few chosen lives. And a Mozart who wrote his first
symphony at age eight and a Pablo Picasso who

created one of his celebrated works,


The Picador, at age seven and a Clint
are born.
While the painting competition has
made Clints name famous, Kerala
Tourism has a larger game plan, says
Billa. To begin with, the competition
would go well with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, an international exhibition of contemporary art, which would be held in the port
city from December 12, 2014, till March 29,
2015. The first successful edition was held on
December 12, 2012, and hosted 80 artists globally.
The biennale has Indian and international artists
exhibiting work across a variety of mediumsfilm,
installation, painting, sculpture, new media and performance art. It also has workshops and seminars
to further the cause of art. We want to make Kochi
to be the art gallery of India. Kerala, with its natural
beauty, is an apt place for it. Clints exhibition would
further that cause, says Billa.
Secondly, Clints story will inspire other children
and allow them to paint Kerala in all its rawness.
We want tourists to see Kerala with the same
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Edmund Clints paintings

child-like perspective, says Billa.


ML Johny, one of the judges, says most of the
participants drew typical Kerala imagery such as
boat races, Kathakali, elephants, King Mahabali, village scenery, etc. It was obvious that many were
brought up in an image-saturated world where a
train would be a bullet train, not a simple passenger
one. This visual bombardment divested some of the
children of their creative faculties, says Johny.
However, paintings of children who competed
from Russia, East European countries and Africa
showed freshness. Their green was different from
Keralas green, their Ganeshas were surreal and their
elephants had huge ears like African ones, he says.
Even spatial representation was good, as some had
a birds eye-view of things, quite like Mughal miniatures. However, Clint was far ahead of his contemporaries, attests Johny. Even Joseph says: The
competition was good, but it didnt come up to
Clints standard. In Clints paintings, there was thematic and stylistic innovation which was untouched
by Western ideas of art, explains Johny.
Had he been alive, he would have been 38 years
and one of the foremost visual artists of the world.
But it was obvious that his little frame couldnt contain this explosion of creative energy and that he
was like a caged bird. He achieved artistic excellence
at a young age, quite like the Romantic poets, John
Keats and Lord Byron, but like them, Clints destiny
was short-lived, says Johny.
And the world has become poorer for it.
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Government
I&B ministry

MODIS
SUPER EDITOR
TAKES OVER
Smooth-talking, suave Arun Jaitley is expected to be
Modis voice when it comes to dealing with the media,
with which he enjoys an enviable rapport
BY VISHWAS KUMAR

RIME Minister Narendra


Modis recent cabinet reshuffle has no big surprises,
except finance minister
Arun Jaitley, who has been
given additional charge of
the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry.
The change has been a well-thought-out move, with

a view to making the governments communication


outreach more effective. It is also meant to formulate policies on sensitive issues like raising foreign
direct investment in print media, allowing news on
private radio channels, cross-media holdings,
guidelines for news channels, TV licensing, etc.
However, the most important task assigned to
Jaitley by the PM is to revive the moribund
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Governance
I&B ministry

BROADCASTING THE
RIGHT MESSAGE
I&B Minister Arun Jaitley
with outgoing minister
Prakash Javadekar and
Minister of State for I&B
Rajyavardhan Rathore,
on the occasion of taking
charge of the ministry
PIB

Jaitley controls the national budget and


has a rich experience of media. He has
always been the BJPs media face in the
capital. He had lived all his life in Delhi
and cultivated friendships with journalists.
national broadcaster, Doordarshan News (DD
News). According to sources, the Modi government
is keen to revamp DD News and extend its reach
abroad in a bid to reach the large Indian diaspora.
But good television needs huge funds and many
professionals. At present, DD has neither.
DOUBLE GAIN
So there was a need to first get a minister in the I&B
ministry who understood both finance and media.
With the experience Jaitley has had as I&B minister
in Atal Bihari Vajpayees government in 1999, he
seemed the perfect choice. He controls the national
budget and has a rich experience of media. He has
always been the BJPs media face in the capital.
He had lived all his life in Delhi and cultivated
friendships with journalists since his student union
days at Delhi University. He worked with several
journalists during the Emergency and many are
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now top editors. His legal acumen, an in-house


team of experts of freelance journalists, which
tracks every important news, and his good news
sense have earned him the reputation of super
editor and bureau chief .
Several reasons prompted Modi to make the
change. One was the feeling that the government
had started to lose speed in reaching media outlets
in an era of instant communication. This, it was
felt, was because of ministers being overloaded with
work due to multiple responsibilities. The delay in
release of information often led to speculations and
miscommunications, which badly damaged the
governments image. One was the black money
fiasco, when the government failed to immediately
communicate the complex issues surrounding it,,
leading to a hue and cry that it was going back on
its promises of bringing back this black money to
India. It forced the PM to do damage control by
taking up the issue during his Mann ki Baat talk
sessions on radio.
Ever since the government was formed in May,
Modi has shouldered the major burden of communication with the media. Earlier, it was in the form
of tweets on his social media handle. But that was
not enough to satisfy the thirst of 24x7 television
channels. There was a need for someone to

Anil Shakya

directly engage with them, either through press


conferences or off the record briefings on key
government policies, engagements and positions.
RAPPORT WITH MEDIA
In such a situation, the government felt it was important to put a person in-charge of communication who enjoyed the PMs full trust and also had
credibility and rapport with mainstream media.
Sources say that another important factor that was
kept in mind was the realignment of opposition
parties. Political forces in country had got aligned
between pro- and anti-Modi camps from the earlier era of pro- and anti-Congress ones. The same
divide is likely to reflect inside parliament, which
needs to function smoothly to carry out key legislations. In such circumstances, there was an urgent
need to have an effective mechanism to counter
opposition onslaught, both inside and outside parliament. With parliament debates expected to witness more rancor, much of it would also be played
out in TV studios. And someone of Jaitleys stature
would lead from the front.
Modi and Jaitley also share a similar public
antipathy for Congress-linked media or media
houses, whom they often refer to as secular
media. Mostly restrained and articulate in his
comments, Jaitley seized the opportunity of taking
out his frustration over mainstream media when
news broke out of former Tehelka editor Tarun
Tejpalconsidered close to the then Congress
regimebeing involved in a sexual assault case
with a junior colleague.
In a Facebook post of November 21, 2013,
Jaitley wrote: The Indian Media is on trial. A
young intern alleged that a retired Judge had made
an improper advance towards her. The media
reported it extensively. The Chief Justice of India
appointed a three Judge inquiry to examine the
issue and report its finding. A section of the media
is outraged that the police in Gujarat was protecting or allegedly keeping an eye on a young lady
even with her and her familys consent. The Goa

WATCH OUT!
Tweets and comments on
Jaitley as I&B minister
Parsa V Rao Jr
@ParsaJr Nov 10
I&B minister Arun Jaitley a test
for media. It has to resist the
affable, persuasive leader to
hold its independent line.
Ratnakar Sadasyula
@ScorpiusMaximus Nov 10
Congrats @arunjaitley sir on
being I&B minister, now will
you please cut down on your
meetings with @ndtv, won't
look too good.
Debashis Basu
@Moneylifers Nov 10
With Arun Jaitley as Minister
for Finance, Corp Affairs and
I&B, NDTV will have no
problems, maybe
incident involving Tarun Tejpal and a young journalist is in a different league altogether. The victims
complaint makes out a clear case of rape. The definition of rape was amended by the parliament
subsequent to the Justice Verma Committees
recommendations
After highlighting the legal aspects of the case,
he concluded: Manish Tewari (former I&B minister) was in Goa recently. He discovered Hitler
there. What a pity that he could not discover a serial rapist in Goa. Additionally we will all await if
the outrage in the media is proportionate to the
offence. Or will journalistic pressures be brought
on the young journalist to conceal the truth. May
be secular philandering is to be dealt with a different standard. We all wait to see if the young lady
testifies to the truth or not.
Its obvious that media perceived to be close to
the previous Congress regime will now have to be
careful.

MONEY BAG
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley arrives in
parliament to present
the budget on July 10

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PV Arun controversy

It was one of the biggest con jobs in India and the


media fell for it hook, line and sinker. How did an
MTech student manage to do this? BY VISVAK SEN

WHEN
THE
MEDIA
GOT
DUPED
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RUN P VIJAYKUMAR was, like


many engineering graduates in this
country, ambitious to a fault. He
graduated from IHRD College of
Engineering near his native town of
Manimala in Kerala with an excellent academic record and seemed to
have exciting prospects ahead of him. From there though,
comparisons with his peers abruptly end.
In September 2012, Arun, who was doing his MTech
from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in
Bhopal (MANIT), was offered an opportunity to become a
research scholar at the famed Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT), while simultaneously working


as a scientist on NASAs extraterrestrial research
program. So it was claimed.
HUNGRY FOR NEWS
As this seemed quite a coup for a student, reputed
media outlets, including The Hindu and The New
Indian Express, in their hunger and hurry to get a
good news story, picked it up. It was quickly
mashed into the standard format of a small-town
boy made good.
Arun sees this journey as an opportunity to
gain as much knowledge and experience as possible and plans to return home and work for the
ISRO, proclaimed The Hindu story, headlined, In
search of extraterrestrial life. The New Indian Express, in its piece titled, His dreams make a contact with ETs, reported that lucrative job offers
from three MNCs did not lure Arun as the advice
of his teachers was ringing in his mind to scale new
heights in research. It went on to say that Arun had
rejected research invitations from Stanford and
Cornell in favor of MIT and a chance to work with
NASA. Both stories were filed on the same day
September 19, 2012and stemmed from an event
organized by his former college, IHRD College of
Engineering, to felicitate him.
Over the next two years, Arun became a minor
celebrity. News channels followed him on a pilgrimage to Sabarimala, his old school and college
hosted functions celebrating his achievements and
a Facebook page created by an admirer gathered a
fan following.
In 2014, Arun resurfaced in a Telegraph piece
with a nationalistic tinge. Titled Patriot NASA boy
turns hero, the article detailed how NASA had
relaxed its citizenship requirements for Arun, who
had insisted on retaining his Indian passport.
It could not be confirmed whether NASA had
made a similar concession for anyone else before,
the article said, implying that confirmation had
been sought.
The Telegraph article also claimed: Arun

received an invite to the prime ministers home


after Narendra Modi learnt how the 26-year-old
from Kottayam had declined to give up his Indian
citizenship when NASA offered him a job. This
made Arun an instant hit with right-wing social
media outlets. The story quickly went viral.
FABRICATIONS GALORE
And this is where it started to unravel. A Google+
post by Patric Edward, an NRI accountant, about
the story became a topic for discussion. Proof
quickly piled up that Arun had fabricated everything. Contributors of a Google+ group attempted
to verify whether his name was on MITs rolls, or
any NASA registry, and looked up his research
publications. Sadly, this should have been done by
journalists, but all them had forgotten the basic
tenets of their profession, which is cross-checking.
The trail led to the Royal University of Bhutan,
where Arun was employed as an assistant professor.
A few days later, Deccan Chronicle broke the
story of the fraud and the expose showed the
alarming tendency of publications to jump on to
the nearest bandwagon. Deccan Chronicle and, subsequently, other publications, credited Jayanath
Jayanthan, SP, telecommunications, Kerala
Police, and his Netizen Police Facebook initia-

TEMPORARY GLORY
Arun celebrating with
his undergraduate
classmates when the
news of MIT offer
broke out

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contact details with the help of Jayanthan and


directly called him up. At first, he refused to accept
that he was not a NASA person. But when I asked
him whether he had got the job at Bhutan University based on the articles on him, he started to untie
the bundle of lies. He told me he had not visited
America for a NASA project. He accepted that he
was working at Royal University of Bhutan and had
never been to MIT. He hasnt met renowned computer scientist Dr Barbara Leskov as claimed. Arun
confessed everything but claimed that he was not
doing any fraud or making money from his claims.
He added that he was working on a new model
which would enable him to meet Dr Leskov and
work in NASA.
tive for busting Aruns claims. While Jayanthan did
the legwork of tracking down Arun and questioning him, the real credit for unraveling his deception
should go to Edward and his virtual friends.
Rohit Raj, the Deccan Chronicle correspondent
who broke the story, spoke to VON about his conversation with Arun (see box) and said he got his

TOO REMOTE TO CHECK?


Raj says the reason why Arun was able to dupe the
media was that he lived in the remote village 20 km
from Kottayam where
national media often
cannot reach. How-

I NAILED ARUNS LIES ON A TIP-OFF


Deccan Chronicles Rohit Raj, who first reported the story about Aruns fraud, speaks to Somi Das
How did you crack the story?
I got a tip-off from the police on October 23 this
year that Arun was actually a fraudster and hadn't
even visited the US. Over the next two days, I sent
emails to NASA and did research to find out if a
youngster could really fool everyone and claim he
had met the Indian prime minister. The next day,
Jayanath Jayanthan, an SP, forwarded me an email
of Tshten Dorji, head the department of information and technology, Royal University of Bhutan,
which said that he worked there between July
2013 and July 2014. On the evening of October 26 ,
I got reliable information that Arun had never
traveled to the US. With the strength of that tip-off,
I decided to go ahead and file the story.

a NASA guy. He promised to send a photograph, but


he didnt. I called him once more. He again refused
to accept that he was not a NASA person. But when
I asked him whether he had got a job at Bhutan
University based on the articles published by the
media, he confessed to all his lies.

Did you speak to Arun for a confirmation?


On October 27 , I called him and asked him to hand
over a photograph of his meeting with Modi. He
dodged my questions and maintained that he was

How was Arun able to pull off this trick on the


media?
Most of news published about him was written by
stringers of vernacular Malayalam dailies from

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What did he tell you?


He said he had not visited the US for a NASA project,
had never been to MIT and was working at the
Royal University of Bhutan. Before filing the story, I
asked Arun to hand over documents, if any, to prove
his point. After the story appeared in Deccan
Chronicle, Arun's former teachers, media and the
police visited his house.

Manimala
(Kottayam district
of Kerala), a rural
area. They didn't
cross-check or even ask for documentary proof from
him to buttress his claims. Other (national) media
blindly followed up the story. Mathrubhumi carried
the story on Page 1.
Why did the police go to his home asking for
his passport?
After the news broke out, Arun switched off his
phone and newspapers and several channels
started calling the local police station. DSP of
Kanjirappilly, Suresh Kumar, asked the police to
conduct a search as Arun was a prominent figure in
the area due to his NASA claims. The police seized
various documents that proved that his claims were
wrong. Two days later, Aruns parents also confessed
about their son's lies.

AIMING FOR THE SKY


There was nothing
wrong in Aruns ambition
to join MIT (facing page)
and NASA, but the
problem lay in choosing
the wrong trajectory
to fame

ever, he says, it was PTI which first reported


Aruns incredulous story. While he was studying
in MANIT in 2012, his professor, Dr SK Katiyar
of the civil engineering department, spoke to PTI
and the agency filed a story stating that Arun had
got an offer from US MIT-Lincoln Lab, says Raj.
This lack of investigation by the media
showed a mixture of naivet and laziness on the
part of journalists, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,
eminent journalist and media critic. Journalists
are supposed to be curious and exercise a certain
degree of due diligence. It is important for them
to have a healthy amount of skepticism and double-check all their facts. Clearly, that was not
done in this case, says Thakurta.
He says the desk (of a media company) must
share the responsibility for this lack of due diligence. Publications like The New Yorker and The
New York Times have fact-checkers whose job is
to verify everything. In our country though, as
media finances have been squeezed, this aspect
of journalism hasnt been given the importance
it deserves, he says.

Worse, most of the newspapers that carried the


initial reports, have not issued retractions or written follow-up stories. Their reporters have
neither responded to VONs email questions, nor
have been available for comment. This is not the
story of Arun. It is the story of a gullible and lackadaisical media that swallows anything that is
wrapped in newsworthy gloss and refuses to acknowledge its errors.
Of course, the media industry as a whole is operating under a dark cloud of late, as readers have
become more aware of the influence of corporate
houses on editorial decisions. The errors committed in this case are far less nefarious. It is hard to
decide which is worsea paid media or a lazy
media. But in times of limited public trust, these
mistakes are eminently avoidable.
As Aruns lies did not cause harm to anyone, the
police have preferred not to file charges. However,
the whole saga has caused serious damage to the
reputation of several major newspapers and left
readers wondering how many tall tales they have
read so far.
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Obituary
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee

THE LION-KING
EDITOR

He forced President Richard Nixon to quit in the wake of the


Watergate scandal. And as editor of The Washington Post, Ben
was a man much feared and feted
BY MR DUA FROM MASSACHUSETTS
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E was an icon for


journalists not only
in the United States
(US), but across the
globe. He was a newspaper titan and dabbled
with all aspects of journalismreporting, editing,
ideating, managing and supporting investigative
stories, soft writing. You name it, Ben Bradlee
had mastered it. Though his full name was Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee, he was affectionately called Ben or Benny, but rarely his full name.
Ben was born on August 26, 1921, in Boston
the second son of Frederick Joseph Bradlee Jr and
Josephine de Gersdorff Bradleein a house located in the same neighborhood as US President
John F Kennedy, who was also Bens childhood
buddy. Polio struck when he was ready to join
Harvard. He became temporarily paralyzed from
waist down, but with his fathers efforts he recovered fast and graduated from Harvard in 1942 as
a Greek-English major. After a quick wedding, he
joined the US Navy on the same day.
GLORIOUS YEARS
In 1948, Ben was on his way to attend a call from
The Baltimore Sun, but decided to miss the interview. Instead, he was hired at The Washington
Post. In 1954, Ben married second time, and in
1957, he joined Newsweek, but returned to the Post
in 1961. Thereafter, it was no looking back. Ben
spent the next 26 years at the Post in several positions and became the greatest journalist of his
time. He remained so until the last day of his life.
When Ben passed away this October at the
ripe age of 93, mediapersons across the world
mourned the loss. In the words of one of Posts
senior writers, the death of its legendary editor
marked the end of an era in Washington journalism. But almost anybody who was somebody celebrated the occasion, because Ben had lived a full
life. During his editorship of the Post, Ben
planned, executed and shaped the contents of the

newspaper and made it the best among American


dailies. For, by virtue of his job, charisma and elan,
Ben was perhaps the most powerful man in Washington. He was also branded as the last of the lionking newspaper editorswho could be classy or
profane, an energetic figure.
Lets recall what made Ben such a top-notch editor. Read what he writes in his 1995 memoir, A
Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures,
about his early days as editor when he started building his editorial team at the Post. A Washington
Post reporter would be the best in town on every
beatwe had a long way to go. Again, he
described a reporter as the best lie detector, and

DIGGING UP
THE TRUTH
The then US president
Richard Nixon leaving
White House. He had
to resign after he was
exposed in the
Watergate scandal,
courtesy stories
published in The
Washington Post. As
editor, Ben Bradlee
(facing page) ensured
that Nixons
involvement came
to light

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Profile
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee

DOGGED PROBE
(Above left) Journalists
Bob Woodward (left)
and Carl Bernsteins
brave reporting on the
Watergate scandal
won a Pulitzer
Prize for The
Washington Post
(Above right) In 1978,
Ben marries for the
third time, with his
junior colleague, at
The Washington Post,
Sally Quinn

nothing mattered more to him than exposing the


truth even if it took a long time.
Like a true journalist, Ben felt bad when professionally beaten by a rival, The New York Times,
which got a scoop in publishing the Pentagon Papers. That upset Ben profusely. But after a local court
restrained NYTs further publication, the Posts reporter also secured a copy of the Pentagon Papers
and started publishing it. Meanwhile, the Supreme
Court allowed the publication to both. With that
story, the Post was able to uphold its reputation
somewhat. That incident however, alerted Ben and
his reporters to be constantly on the prowl in the
capital for bigger exclusives and scoops.
MEGA STORY
As luck would have it, Post reporters soon succeeded
in bagging a mega story: The Watergate Hotel
break-in scandal. As soon as Ben realized this had
the potential to be a big political scandal, he commissioned two young reporters, Carl Bernstein and
Bob Woodward, to aggressively chase the story,
which disgraced President Richard Nixon by linking
him with a burglary for re-election. For the first time

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ever, an American president had to resign while in


office. Ben was outraged at Nixons behavior for
Nixon had lied over and over again with intent to
deceive the American public and save his ass from
the consequences of his crimes, Ben wrote in his
memoirs. The Post wrote on his death: The lesson
for journalists was in Bens fusion of doggedness,
fearlessness and professionalism.
The Watergate scandals comprehensive reportage had consolidated the Posts reputation as
a crusading newspaper that uncovered a political
scandal involving secret funds, espionage, dirty
tricks, and illegal wiretapping. All at the behest of
Ben. This built the Posts professional status and
led to its market stock touching new heights: its
circulation almost doubled and its ad revenue
swelled. This unexceptionable political event also
lead to the appearance of several books and boxoffice movies.
While the Watergate events set new landmarks
in public life and critiqued the American presidents conduct, the exploits of the two young reporters inspired many students to rush to
American schools of journalism. The business of

journalism changed for years to come.


Feeling amply satisfied and content about his
journalistic forays, Ben started taking life easy. In
1978, he married a third time, this time with his
junior colleague at the Post, Sally Quinn, 20 years
younger. Sally survives him along with their son,
Quinn Bradlee. Ben also has three children from
his previous marriages, ten grandchildren and a
great grandchild.
AWESOME REPUTATION
During his editorship, the Post won 18 Pulitzer
awards. Unfortunately, its unblemished record got
tainted when a fabricated story about an eight-yearold drug addict was awarded a Pulitzer. It was written by a Post reporter, Janet Cooke, who was a Black.
Though the award was returned, Ben felt embarrassed and wanted to resign as it was he who had
recruited Janet in order to encourage Blacks to join
the editorial staff. However, Posts president Katharine Graham did not let him go.
During his funeral, Sally, described her husband:
After Watergate, Ben went out in the woods with
his son, Quinn, he was the killer Watergate editor,
the giant slayer, one who did not suffer fools, the
one who would kick anybody over the edge of the
cliff for a story, the most powerful, and the most
feared. A close admirer of Ben said there were stories of women throwing themselves on him in
dimly lit arcades of Paris at his description of Watergate and the Pentagon Papers.
Time magazine described Ben thus: He seized
people up in an instant.What made Ben a great
newspaperman was that he had exactly the right
blend of intelligence and patience, plus an infectious
hunger to be in the know. His reporters vied relentlessly to find stories sexy and important enough to
catch and hold his restless interest.
US President Barack Obama, who awarded him
Americas Medal of Freedom in November last year,
said: For Ben Bradlee, journalism was more than
a profession, it was a public good, vital to our
democracya true newspaperman, he transformed

The Washington Post into one of the countrys finest


newspapers, the standard he set...for honest, objective, meticulous reporting.
Donald Graham, who succeeded Katharine as
Posts president, said: The values Ben instilled in
our newsroomindependence and fairness, aggressive reporting, compelling writing and individual initiativewill long outlive him.
He further added: Thank God, the person
making the decisions in the last 26 years as to how
to do it, with verve and guts and zest for the big
story, and for the little storythe day he walked in
here, of getting the best staff of reporters and editors and photographers in the US to join him in
putting out a great newspaper. It is Bradlees paper,
thats what anybody would say about us today, and
hopefully, Benjy, theyre going to say it for a long
time to come.
One of Bradlees great friends, former ambassador to India, and senator, the late Daniel Patrick
Moniyhan, said on Bens retirement from the Post:
O, rare Ben Bradlee
His reign has ceased
But his nation stands
Its strength increased.

HAPPY FAMILY
Ben and Sally with
their son Quinn
Bradlee

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Featuring Manu Joseph

DO YOU WANT TO BE A
GOOD PERSON OR BE
YOURSELF?

This high-profile
journalist and acclaimed
writer lives life on his
own terms. He predicts
that in the next 20-30
years, men wont be able
to sustain the current
domestication as it is
unnatural and they would
break free. MANU JOSEPH in
a candid interview

MANU JOSEPH, former editor of Open magazine and now columnist for
The New York Times, has won much acclaim for his two booksSerious
Men and The Illicit Happiness of Others. He was awarded The Hindu
literature prize in 2010, and the PEN Open Book award in 2011. The Pen
jury described him as being that rare bird who can wildly entertain the
reader as forcefully as he moves them. VON caught up with Manu Joseph
at Writers etc, a monthly literary platform organized by the French
Embassy and Alliance Franaise in New Delhi, where he was in
conversation with writer Akash Kapur. Speaking to PRITHVI YADAMA
he said that some faculties of the state are growing mature and Modi
himself appears to have matured.

We see writers, intellectuals and


retired bureaucrats tweeting
gyaan and promoting themselves.
Why have you kept away from it?
I just cannot handle another window to the
world. There are enough. Also, I find Twitter restrictive compared to Facebook, which
is a larger room. More important, I have
very little to say.
Another new development in
this Twitter age is microfiction,
quick tales for an impatient
generation. Where do you see
this going?
Nowhere. But tweets as a form of storytelling are enduring and in the hands of a
good writer, can be very entertaining.
Recently, New Yorker magazine had published a beautiful short fiction by Jennifer
Egan, told entirely in tweets. That short
story inadvertently exposed many secrets of

writing a good short storyhow great


nuggets and moments and observations
merge with practical information.
You spoke of Kashmir and the
maturity of the Indian state in
allowing the release of Haider. But
the same government doesnt
openly condemn love jehad
proponents or right-wing
outfits promoting moral policing.
Is there a dichotomy here?
The state has many tentaclesnote that
both evil and good can have tentacles. I feel
that some faculties of the state are growing
a bit mature now. Modi himself appears to
have matured, at least in choosing what he
wants to say.
In a recent articleWhy Do They
Say That Modi Hates Nehru?
you said that hate needs deep
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Featuring Manu Joseph

Photos: Anil Shakya

Manu is one of the finest humor writers; I have ever read. I very much enjoy reading his column on The New York Times
Akash Kapur, author of India Becoming
We are very glad to have Manu and very glad to have these interactions between
the French and Indian cultures
Francois Vandeville, director, counselor for culture and cooperation, InstitutFrancais

personal reasons. Even when it is


couched in ideological outrage, hate
is fundamentally personal. Isnt
ideological difference the biggest
reason to hate someone?
This is interesting. Yes, ideology produces a lot of
venom but when you look at the defamation of writ-

Petty professional jealousies drive most of


this hate that is couched in ideological
outrage. If only people knew the reasons that
make Delhis eggheads seethe on social
media, they will never take them seriously.
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ers on, say Twitter, by people who have the trappings of respectability, something else is going
onnot just ideological rage. Petty professional
jealousies, imagined and real slights, and even
rivalries in love matters drive most of this hate that
is couched in ideological outrage.
If only people knew the reasons that make
Delhis eggheads seethe on social media, they will
never take them seriously.
You once wrote that we maintain
etiquette while travelling in Delhis
Metro. Why cant this happen in other
things we do?
What I had said was that India is filthy while Delhi
Metro is clean, and the reason is that Delhi Metro
impresses, provides and threatens with consequences if it is dirtied and carries out the threat.
You said in a video at Passa Porta in
Brussels that a lot has to happen
before the mechanical part of writing

talks place. Could you elaborate? In


journalism with harsh deadlines, how
can one smoothen the process?
Most people may not realize what a terrifying space
the time before a novel begins is. The story does not
exist, there is just a whiff of its spirit. You have to
figure out many things before you set out to write
why are you writing this, what are the characters
and how do you wish to tell the story. It is then that
you can come close to starting. But then, something
else happens, and you end up writing a very different novel from the one that urged you to create it.
In The Illicit Happiness of Others,
Oesup Chacko, a journalist, gets
horribly drunk every night and smokes
two cigarettes at a time, yet manages to
get his work going. Is this how you
perceive Indian journalists?
The world has changed, there is no place for people
like them anymore. They were great journalists because thats the only thing they did. They were very
bad fathers and bad husbands. In those days, men
could get away with it. I would define that as the
golden age of men. Men could do what they
wanted. I believe in the next 20- 30 years, men will
go back to that. They wont be able to sustain the
current domestication; it is very unnatural. They
are already expressing it by not getting married. I
feel that sooner or later, a lot of things are going to
happen with men in the way they want to live.
Has it got something to do with the
decline of masculinity in general?
It is not as much about masculinity as it is about
different things they want from women. The pressure is that to be a good person, one has to align
with what women want. So, now the choice has to
be made by men. Do you want to be a good person
or do you want to be yourself? And I think men
will make that choice. It is about whether you have
the power to be solitary. The pressure that men are
going through is about being decent, and the

PEN FRIENDS
(Left) Manu
Josephs
acclaimed works
(Below) Joseph
(right) with William
Dalrymple (center),
author of The Last
Mughal and White
Mughals
(Facing page)
Joseph talking to
writer Akash Kapur
at the Writers etc
event

question which is going to be answered is whether


decency is the fundamental quality of men. I like to
wait and watch. There is a lot of farce that is going
around (laughs).
Your books Serious Men and The Illicit
Happiness of Other People have got you a
lot of acclaim. Are you planning to get
into political non-fiction?
Non-fiction, yes. And I believe any serious work is
by nature political. Now that I have extricated
myself from a salaried job, I can find the time to research for a new book.
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Interview Hansal Mehta

NO POINT LIVING

WITHOUT
A GOOD
FIGHT
This bold statement can only
come from a man who has fought
and won. Director HANSAL
MEHTA is one of them.

HANSAL MEHTA, the director of the critically acclaimed Shahid (2013) and the commercially successful
CityLights (2014), is one of the few voices in Bollywood who has the courage to openly criticize extremist politics in India. His films too are charged with his political point of view. But it is not for nothing that Mehta
has become such a formidable voice against communal and majoritarian politics. He has been the victim of
moral policing by the Shiv Sena early in his career. He was subjected to humiliation by Raj
Thackeray after the release of his second film, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar in 2000 because one dialogue in it
allegedly hurt the sentiments of Koli fishermen in the state. His office was vandalized, his faced blackened
and he was made to touch the feet of a Koli woman in front of a crowd of 20,000 people. The shadows of the
horror made him braver and more vocal. When Thackeray made Karan Johar apologize for referring to
Mumbai as Bombay in his film Wake up Sid, Mehta called the MNS chief a master rapist. With the
back-to-back success of Shahid and CityLights, Hansal has proved his mettle as a film-maker who can
make issue-based films commercially viable. On his blog, he describes himself as a foodie, traveller,
whisky and wine lover, humanist, stupid romantic, politically incorrect, socially inept, largely cynical.
RAMNEEK SINGH talks to this fearless director about what drives him and his films.

You first film Jayate didnt get a release,


you second film Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar left
you with a bitter experience. And then
coming back with a bang with Shahid
after a span of 13 years. What exactly
happened in between?
I made a lot of indifferent films. I made Chhal, Yeh
Kya Ho Raha Hai, Woodstock Villa and Dus Kahaniyaan. I was doing television also. I got disillusioned after making Woodstock Villa. I thought I
was not making films for the right reasons. The reason I was in films was because I wanted to tell stories that were close to my heart. But that was not
happening. I was wasting opportunities and my
craft, telling very inconsequential stories.
Why did that happen?
I was trying to find commercial success and
thought it would ensure that I could make the kind
of films that I wanted to make. But that never happened. You can only make your kind of films. But
I am happy that I chose this path and I failed. And
failure is very important.
When did Shahid Kazmis story start
disturbing you?

He died in 2010. I read about his death in the newspapers. In his story, I saw the opportunity of
expressing the concerns I had. My own political
and social concerns. I had stopped reflecting them
in my films. The story, the world around him,
intrigued me. The world of power thrives on
segregating people. Its based on caste, color,

THE LONE VOICE


OF DISSENT
Mehtas Shahid dared
to take a stand on
majorityism

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Interview Hansal Mehta

you to come up with Shahid. Did you


apprehend a backlash from the rightwing parties?
I thought about it. But then, whats the point of
living if you dont give a good fight.
Shahid released at a time when the
Modi wave was at its crescendo and the
Congress was losing ground. Interestingly, just a week before the release of
the film, then home minister Sushilkumar Shinde had warned state governments against harassing Muslim youth
and arresting them for suspected terrorist activities without evidence.
(Interrupts) It was a pre-electoral speech. The
Congress was trying to woo the Muslim vote.
THE DARK SIDE
CityLights brought into
focus the travails of
the poor migrating
from villages

religion. People come to power because they are separatists. The Congress practiced minorityism when
it suited them and they stopped practicing it when
it did not suit them. And the BJP gives a damn about
the minority anyway.
You always had strong political opinions.
I always did. My film Jayate, Dil pe, had very leftwing touches. But then slowly, I started distancing
my work from my political leanings.
Was it because of the experience you had
with Dil pe?
Yes, of course.
But despite all this, it was very brave of

People come to power because they


are separatists. Congress practiced
minoritism when it suited them and they
stopped practicing it when it didnt suit
them. And the BJP gives a damn about
the minority anyway.
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Shahid, which deals with the same


subject, came out within days of that
statement. Many would have thought
that there was a political agenda to it.
There cannot be any. I am by nature anti-government. I think authority abuses us, the working
class. We are used for their ulterior means. When
they need you, they come to you. Governments
and political parties are for the haves. Not for the
have nots.
What was the process of securing funds
for a film like Shahid?
I was coming into Bollywood after a gap and my
films had not done well, so I had to raise money
from family and friends. The producer of Shahid,
Sunil Bohra, was a friend. So I got him to believe
in my story. But I had to promise an impossible
budget. Because there is no other way to make it. I
made it in `85 lakh. And that was the only way.
Your films have always been issuebased, be it medical malpractices in
Jayate or the issue of rural migrants in
CityLights.

Yes, these are recurring themes. They reflect the


stories of the marginalized class that we do not care
about. These are people who do not matter in our
world of greed and ambition.
Do your films have biographical influences?
I live in a city which has a population of nearly 30
million. Each one of those 30 million people has a
story to tell. You go in a train, you see stories. Every
face tells you a story.
CityLights followed very soon after
Shahid. Both were successful. How did
the opportunity come to you?
It was an opportunity that came early because Mahesh Bhatt saw Shahid. He liked my work. He felt it
reflected the concerns that he raised in Zakhm. He
was looking at doing some soul-searching and
wanted to make such a film. This film is an adaptation of Metro Manila, a British film. Mahesh and
his company had already acquired the rights and
made the script. I just interpreted it the way I saw
it. It was an opportunity to work on rural-urban
migration. And thats how I decided to take it on.
You have worked in television as well
and also with Ekta Kapoor.
I worked with her for 15 days and she sacked me. I
deserved to be sacked. I didnt follow her orders.
How did television help you in beginning a career in Bollywood?
Khana Khazaana and Sanjeev Kapoor are my
biggest blockbuster till date. TV has given me the
skills I have, especially the ability to work with low
budget. Television has given me the actors I work
with. Manoj Bajpai, Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Irfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
worked with me in TV. The medium has been our
survival and learning ground.
Do you watch television shows?

Absolutely not. I know its bad. Why should I subject


myself to it? And its just not about fiction; even the
quality of news is bad. There are too many things
happening on the screen. I get news from newspapers, internet and Twitter. You follow the right people and you get the news you need in 140 characters.

Recently you wrote an open letter to


Vishal Bhardwaj on Haider? What do you
have to say about the controversy around
the film?
Its a very brave film. Remember one thing, he has
adapted Hamlet and he has created a world for
Haider, his character. Why are you looking for
things that are beyond a story? Its a brilliant adaptation. And its an individual interpretation. I saw it
as a cinematic experience. As for the political aspect,
each of us has different beliefs, different ideologies.
We can debate about it. But you cannot debate its
cinematic qualitythe cinematic genius of Vishal
Bhardwaj.

IN QUEST OF
STORY-TELLING
Mehta at the recent
film festival in
Dharamshala

What are the other films you have


watched recently apart from Haider?
I saw Killa (a Marathi film) recently, absolutely
brilliant. Stunning debut for Avinash Arun. Marathi
films are spectacular. Vihir is another good film.
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Interview
Justice TNK Singh

WORK HONESTLY,
FEARLESSLY
& EFFECTIVELY
It is a proud moment for Meghalaya as the state has been selected as the best legal service authority under the leadership
of JUSTICE TNK SINGH, executive chairman of the Meghalaya
State Legal Services Authority. The state was selected by the
National Legal Service Authority instituted by the Supreme
Court of India. A paralegal volunteer of Meghalaya, Ksanboklang Kharshing, was also given the best paralegal volunteer
award. Soon after this achievement, Justice TNK Singh speaks to
RAJSHRI RAI. Excerpts:
Congratulations on the award. What were the challenges
you face in your work?
Thank you. Meghalaya High Court is a very young high court. It was established in March 2013. Meghalaya is covered by the Sixth Schedule.
We may think that administration under this schedule is simple, but it
is complicated.
There are so many restrictions under which we work in administering
justice. Paralegal volunteers are the bridge between MLAs and villagers,
and in 2013-14, our effort will be on legal carriage support centers. The
paralegal volunteer will act as a missionary and be dedicated. This is hard
work as we have to give legal assistance to the needy.
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As you are from Meghalaya, do you feel


the North-east is getting as much attention as it deserves?
The North-east region is very volatile and I feel the
judiciary needs to pay more attention. The government at the center too should not neglect this region and ensure it gets its quota in everything. The
government should look into these lacunae.
The government has decided to abolish
certain archaic laws.What are your views
on it?
Law is never static, it is dynamic. As society evolves,
law too has to be amended.
There are many controversies around the
judiciary today. How can we make it less
controversial?
The system functions quite well. In any case, one

The judiciary should have the right


inclination to hasten cases. Justice should
be delivered fast, not after 20 years as has
happened in certain cases in the Allahabad
High Court.
has to decide a case either in favor or against it. If a
judgment is against someone, he will naturally say
it is controversial. This is part of life. What we have
to do is work honestly, fearlessly and effectively.
What do you think about media trials?
We cannot restrict the media. They have to restrict
themselves. However, we are very thankful to the
media for many things. In a modern society, we
cannot survive without it. Though there are positive and negative things in the media, putting it to
trial is not good.
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Interview
Justice TNK Singh

This is something technical experts should consider. We also need comments from the public. We
are moving towards paperless offices and some
high courts have already implemented it.
The rate of cyber crime is very high in India. Is
the judiciary ready to face these challenges?
No. But the system is already taking up the challenge of cyber crime and Chief Justice of India HL
Dattu and Justice Thakur have already set up a
consultative committee to see how to prevent it.
What are the challenges the judiciary is
facing now?
The main issue is the right inclination to hasten
cases. Justice should be delivered fast, not after 20
years as has happened in certain cases in the Allahabad High Court.
How do you spend your free time?
The lives of judges are restricted. We cannot meet
everybody informally. I read books whenever I am
free. I listen to music when I am tired or feel
stressed out.

We cannot restrict the media. They have


to restrict themselves. However, we are
very thankful to the media for many
things... We cannot survive without it.
Putting it to trial is not good.
What are your views about the collegium
system in judiciary?
It is good, but I am not competent to comment on
it. While the system itself is good, the question is
how it will be implemented.
Do you think the judicial system should
be more tech savvy?
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You were an advocate before you became


judge. How is life different now?
There is a huge difference. Though both judges and
advocates are two faces of the same coin and work
in tandem, advocates can meet people freely.
Do you watch films?
Yes, I watch English films occasionally. I like English channels, such as AXN and WB.
I do not watch Hindi films, though I like to listen to old Hindi numbers, especially those rendered by Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi. I have a collection of more than 1,000
Hindi songs.
Where do you go for your holidays?
I love to go to greener areas or rural places which
are calm and serene. I dont like concrete jungles.

Films
Dharamshala Fest

HIS scenic hill station is


home to the government-inexile of Tibetans, who have
often used protests to raise
their voice against China. It is,
therefore, in the fitness of things
that the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts here
was the modest venue for the third edition of the
Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF)
in November. And the main theme running
through it was protests, a phenomenon that can
bring down the mightiest of dictators.
With many Buddhist monks, pro-freedom

The third edition of this


festival shows how films
can be a lethal weapon
to propagate a culture
of protests and
rebellion globally
BY SOMI DAS from Dharamshala

THE POWER OF
PROTESTS
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Films
Dharamshala Fest
SHOWCASING TALENT
(Right) Directors of DIFF
Ritu Sarin (extreme left) and
Tenzing Sonam (extreme
right) with filmmaker
Khyentse Norbu, also known
as the third incarnation of
the founder of the Khyentse
lineage of Buddhism

Indo-Tibetan forums and Tibetan activists present at the


event, one was transported to a
land of silent protests. Rebel
poet Tenzin Tsundue, who has
pulled off many daredevil protests against China singlehandedly, was one of the high-profile
Tibetan activists present.

hile many regular


films, such as
Court, Killa and
Ankhon Dekhi, were shown
here, a majority had the recurring theme of protests
and the ability of the downtrodden to fight back.
Along with several big ticket feature films, documentaries too were screened, and this took everyone by surprise.
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, the organizers
of the festival said they were instinctively drawn to
films that reflected the state of the world today,
showed political conflicts and marginalized communities, and had questions of identity.
There was an unconventional film on fiery Bengali author, Nabarun Bhattacharya, called Nabarun
made by the equally eccentric Q.
Qs anti-bhadralok rants just before the screen-

Bengal was known for the spirit of protest.


But in the last 30 years, the Rabindra
Sangeet-loving Bengali bhadralok has
forgotten the art of protest. They are doing
nothing. Not even having sex.
Q, director of Nabarun, a film shown at DIFF
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ing of the film were direct, scathing and hard-hitting. Bengal was known for the spirit of protest.
But in the last 30 years, the Rabindra Sangeet-loving Bengali bhadralok has forgotten the art of
protest. They are doing nothing. Not even having
sex. This theme resonates with anyone who has
followed Bengal politics closely. The recent Jadavpur University protests sparked after a girl student was molested in the campus were, perhaps,
just an aberration, but even that failed to move a
stubborn TMC government.
Q expresses anger against the vapid Bengali
middle class through the life of Nabarun, whose literary work also deals with the filth of low life led
by the working class and is often expressed through
the use of cuss words. Q graphically recreates
Nabaruns mind and thought process, leading to a
different cinematic experience, where the line between fiction and non-fiction is blurred.
Another protest-driven film was Cambodian
Son, a documentary by Masahiro Sugano, which is
based on the life of rebel poet, Kosal Kiev, born as

REBELLIOUS STREAK
Masahiro Suganos Cambodian Son
(right) and Qs Nabarun (below right)
are stories of individual uprisings against
the tyranny of society

a Cambodian refugee in California, USA. The film


is a poignant tale of identity crisis that refugees
often face. Kiev surpasses self-questioning and embarks on a path of rebellion and fights the system
through his poetry.
The film captures Kievs journey from the time
he is deported back to Cambodia after a long stint
in a prison in United States till he represents Cambodiaa country he is reluctant to call his own
at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

he same identity crisis and nostalgia for


ones homeland can be seen in The Beekeeper. It is a tragic story of an ageing Kurdish apiarist, Ibrahim Gezen, who has been
uprooted from his homeland, Turkey, because of
the decade-long conflict there between an antiKurdish regime and the Kurdistan Workers Party.
Gezen and his young son become part of the
movement. He is arrested and tortured and separated from his family for a long time. But the spirit
of protest and the wish to return to his homeland
never dies.
However, the film that truly celebrates mass
protest is The Square. Directed by Jehane Noujaim,
this 95-minute gripping tale follows a group of
Egyptian activists as they keep coming back to
Tahrir Square in Cairo after the fall of every regime. They overthrow President Hosni Mubarak,
remove Mohammed Morsi, Egypts first democratically elected president and force the downfall of
the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist religious, political and social movement. They fearlessly face
the Egyptian armys bullet. Unfortunately, they are
misunderstood as being pathological protesters
who love being out on the streets. What they really

want is to build a nation of


conscience, where religious
and ideological differences
wouldnt divide the citizen.
In several interviews to
the media, director Noujaim
has said that the idea behind
The Square was to make
everyone a part of the revolution. We hope that our audiences will feel that they have
been in Tahrir Square, that
they have experienced the
revolution.
And those who took part
in various protests in India,
be it at Delhis Ramlila Maidan or Jantar Mantar or
Mumbais Azad Maidan during the 2011 anti-corruption movement, must be admiring the resilience of these Egyptian protesters. The ultimate
message from the film is that it is only by cultivating a culture of protests that one can build a nation of conscience.
And therein lies the importance of these
film festivals.
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discuss impending confidence vote.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain


gets threat calls from Dubai for
speaking in favor of PM Modi.
Sonia Gandhi meets son-in-law Robert
Vadra after his scuffle with a reporter. He
had thrown away the mic of a reporter; his
bodyguards threatened to delete footage.

12.35 PM

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Actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar dies of


lung infection.
8:22AM

3/11/14

11.07 AM

8:29AM

8:47AM

9:00AM

Suicide attack kills 65, injures 200 near


Wagah border in Pakistan.
9:59AM

10:00AM

12:32PM

12:36PM

3:01PM

3:01PM

10:08AM

10:08AM

Baba Ramdev reaches prime ministers


residence to meet Narendra Modi.

BCCI postpones selection of team for


the Australia tour. Was to announce the
team for the four-Test tour.

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3:06PM

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Here are some of the major news items aired on television


channels, recorded by our unique 24x7 dedicated media
monitoring unit that scrutinizes more than 130 TV channels in
different Indian languages and looks at who breaks the news first.

DATE
5/11/14

5/11/14

6/11/14

6/11/14

7/11/14

7/11/14

8/11/14

8/11/14

NEWS
AAP criticizes Modi government;
targets BJPs tenure at municipal
corporations in Delhi.
Lovely, Haroon Yusuf, Tytler included in
Rahul Gandhis eight-member team for
Delhi assembly elections; Delhi
Congress sidelines Sheila Dikshit.

NEWS

CHANNEL TIME

9:50AM

10:30AM

11:33 AM

11:50 AM

10.15AM

10:20AM

11:59 AM

12:30PM

Bihar Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhis


son-in-law resigns as PA to the CM.
10:20AM

Modi meets President Pranab Mukherjee


to discuss cabinet reshuffle.

New Goa CM to be announced tomorrow;


Manohar Parrikar to become defense
minister in Modi cabinet.
Varanasi has made me one of its own, I will
serve Varanasi with my heart and soul, says
PM Modi on his two-day visit to the city.

10:38AM

10:39AM

8.00AM

10.44AM

11.00AM

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11:21AM

10.45AM

11:58AM

10.45AM

11.00 AM 11.01AM 11.01AM 11.01AM

Modi nominates nine members to take


forward his Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on his
Varanasi tour; they include Akhilesh Yadav,
Manoj Tiwari, Suresh Raina, among others.

8:46 AM

8:47 AM

Manohar Parrikar resigns as Goa chief


minister; Laxmikant Parsekar takes oath
as the new incumbent.

4:12 PM

4:12 PM

8:47 AM

4:13 PM

8:47 AM 8:47 AM

4:13 PM

4:13 PM

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DATE
9/11/14

9/11/14

10/11/14

10/11/14

11/11/14

11/11/14

11/11/14

12/11/14

NEWS
Modi to expand his cabinet today for the
first time after becoming PM; all
ministers reach 7 Race Course Road.
21 ministers sworn in. Among them are
three with independent charge, four
cabinet rank and 14 ministers of state.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes


additional charge of information and
broadcasting ministry.

Newly-elected legislators to take oath in


the Maharashtra assembly. Shiv Sena
MLAs to sit in opposition benches.
AMU VC courts controversy; says there
will be four times more boys if girls
were allowed in Maulana Azad library

NEWS

CHANNEL TIME

9:45AM

9:46AM

9:46AM

9:46AM

9:46AM

1.35PM

1.35PM

1.35PM

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10:00 AM

10:20 AM

10:21 AM

11:35 AM

11:11AM

11:23AM

12:46PM

Shiv Senas Vijay Avati, Congress Varsha


Gaikwad and BJPs Haribhau Bagade file
nominations for post of speaker in the
Maharashtra assembly.

11:11AM

Eight women die at a sterilisation camp at


Bilaspur, 54 hospitalized from the camp;
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh orders
judicial probe.

12:46PM

12:46PM

9:47AM

1.35PM

10:20AM 10:20AM 10:20AM 10:21AM

11:05AM

11:08AM

12.48 PM

12:49PM

1:07 PM

Myanmar-India relations crucial, says PM


Modi at the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar.
12:50 PM

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12:50 PM

12:52 PM

12:53 PM

12:53 PM

DATE
12/11/14

13/11/14

13/11/14

14/11/14

14/11/14

15/11/14

15/11/14

15/11/14

NEWS

NEWS

CHANNEL TIME

Congress, Shiv Sena legislators stop


Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Raos
car from entering Vidhan Bhavan; protest
against trust vote in the assembly.

4:03 PM

4:04 PM

4:05 PM

4:05 PM

4:06 PM

The doctor responsible for conducting


sterilizations at Bilaspur Camp arrested;
negligence led to deaths; toll rises to 13.

10.02AM

10:10AM

10:18AM

10:27AM

11:19AM

One colonel and seven jawans sentenced to


life imprisonment in the 2010 fake
encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir.

10:53AM

Suspended TMC MP and prime accused in


the Sharada case, Kunal Ghosh, attempts
suicide in jail in Kolkata by consuming
sleeping pills.

10:00AM

Bombay High Court stays 16 percent


reservations for Marathas in jobs and
education; disallows five percent quota in
public jobs to 50 subcastes in Muslims.

11:48AM

PM Modi arrives in Brisbane for the G-20


summit; Australian Premier Tony Abbott
welcomes visiting leaders from
participating countries.

10:44AM

Rahul Gandhi arrives in Bilaspur to meet


victims of sterilization drive. Fake
medicines have destroyed families, says
Congress vice-president.
Clash between mediapersons and police in
Kolkata; journalists wanted to talk to Kunal
Ghosh accused in the Saradha Chit fund case.

10:54AM

10:54AM

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fm WXbAf WX`? ffIYfSX ffff fm AfSX Af fidfdf Affe fWXe
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f IYSXff WX`? SXAff, fWX EIY SXff WXbAf fffef fiffe
WX`, dffm Affm IYff ASX Affe ffff ASX WXbfSX IZY Affff
WXSX fef fm dVfIYfff WX` fWX ff dIYfe fSXWX AJffSX ff
f`ff ff ffBMX fffff SXWXmff IYfe-IYffSX f`fmffmMX IZY IYWXfm
fSX IbYLX ffgf IYSX mff WXfmVff IYf ff IZY WXfm ASX MX` fmM XOm X
f`ffffSX IYe IYfe IYf SXff SXEff IYfe IYWXmff dIY ffdfIY
IYSXfm fWXe mff, ffdIY ffdfIY fmffSXf BfffSX IYSX SXWXf WX` dIY
fffIY IYB ALXf AfBdOXff fm IYSX f AfE
dWXe IYf fffIY IYfe fe fE fiff fWXe IYSXmff fE
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Affe ffff ASX WXb fSX IZY Affff WXSX fef fm dVfIYfff WX` fWX ff
dIYfe fSXWX AJffSX ff f`ff ff ffBMX fffff SXWXm ff IYfe-IYffSX
f`fmffmM X IZY IYWXfm fSX IbYLX fff IYSX mff WXfmVff IYf ff IZY WXfm ASX
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SXmfmfc MXef Jffm IYe fff fe fWXe IYSXmff IYWXmff dIY fWX f
f`fmfSX IYf IYff WX` ffdIY CfIZY fcff IYe Affe ffWX
fWX WX` dIY fWX OXSXff WX` IbYLX fff WX fff f? fIYSXe ffe
fB f? fWX WXfmVff Affe ASX Affm fiOXMX IYe IYdff IZY
dfE fefm IZY dIYfe IY ff IYB ff IY fe NXWXSXf IYSX Affe
ffeVff ffffm IZY dfE ffSX ffSX AfEff fWX f`SX-ffIYfSXef
fSXeIZY fm ffdfIY IZY dfE Cfffe ff IYSX ff ffffcfe IYSXIYZ
fIYSXe ffffm IYe IYdVfVf IYSXmff
fWX WXfmVff Afff dfSXWX ffffm IYe IYdVfVf IYSXm ff fffIYe
IZY fWXfm LXWX fWXefm ffdfIY IY fWX IYWXmff dIY fbSXffm ff fm
IYff fm IYSX mJfm WX` dRYSX IYWXmff, Bffm IYff fWXe ffmff
LXWX fWXefm-EIY fff fm fbSXff IZY ffm fE ff ffEff
Affe ffdf, dSXVfmfSXe, BffIZY fm ff ffEff dRYSX CWXm IYff
IYSXfm IYf fIYf mfm IZY fff fSX fff- fff dfIYffmff ASX
dRYSX fe fff fWXe ffe f ASX fiff IYSXIZY dMXIYfm IYe IYdVfVf
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IYSXmff ff dfIYfff ffEff fWX ff fe I`YdMXfSXe IYf WX`,


BfdfE fe I`YMXmfSXe IZY ff IY ffEff fdIY fWX Jb E
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ffIYfSX WXe WX fm, dffIZY fef fWX Jb IY ALXf RYef IYSXm ff
fWX SXmfmfc fPXffm IYe fWXe, Jff fMXffm IYe ffmff MXfgfffBf
NXeIY dIYE ff`SX, ffgMXfffBf fbffSXfm IZY dfE IYfe dSXfMXf
IYf Jf fMXfEff, f IYfe f`ffffSX IYMX IYSXmff, f IYfe
fbdfffA fm IYMXfe IYSXm ff, f IYfe ff IYe f`fSXe fMXfEff
ff ffdfIY fcASXdVff ASX SXeOXSXdVff IZY dfE fff
fPXfEff, f fiOXMX fm ffe R`Yff mff fmfffBMX WX` f ff
ASX fmfe-ff fSXf mff fMXfMXm IZY fff fSX IcYOXf dfJmSX
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ASX dfffff IYf SXm fmfc fiffdff WXff, f Afff WXff ffOXIYSX
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cfSXm fedOXff fm WXff Afffffm IYe fdJf fWXe fmff ffff
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ffdWXE AfSX fm ffWXfm WX` dIY fffIY fiff IYSXm, fff
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ASX f WXe fedOXff BOXMXe IZY dfE Emff OXSXf WXbAf fffIY
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WX fIYff, f Affe fIYSXe ffffm IZY dfE cfSX IYe fff
fmfm IY WXfmVff f`ffSX f`NXf WX` Emff fffIY ffNXIY ASX
VfIY IZY dfE fe fmIYfSX WX`
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ffIYf ASX dffmff
RZYffbIY IZY fdSXE EIY fff VfIY ff ffffm
fffm Aff fffe IYe dRYf kdVff AfgRY
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bdfff IY fiffdff IYSX fIYfm WX,` ffffm WX`
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MXef IYe fSXRY fm ff SXWXe WXch Aff fffe Afffm dffff
ffWXfm WX` CWXfm dRYf fSX AffIYf dfJf ffgf fPXf WX`
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dfJfmffff dffIYfSX Emfm Afbff IZY dfE SXf f`ffSX fWXe
SXWXff fmdIYf EIY dRYf fSX dfJm dffff fdYff dfff
IZY AfgfffBf fffm IZY WXe df IZY fefSX fWX ffgfSX dff
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ffmfm dRYfIYfSX Affm VfIY fm feff fff fff SXWXm WX`
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SXfff ffffm IZY dfE fifffSXf WX` ASX BfIYf fffm fmWXfSX
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dff fE ffff, fffe fVff fedOXff fWX CfWXSXf fe


dffmff IYe bdfff IZY Cf fffm fmWXSXm IYe ASX BVffSXf IYSXfm
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WX` fdIY feIZYOX IYfmVff IYe fcf fffm Bf fff fm Bf
dRYf fm IYfffffe IYf CfMXf SXfff fbff dfff dIYfe MXfSX
ASX 'dRYfe ffffm' IZY Affm dfffSX fSX JOXf fWX dRYf
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fWXfm WXfm LXWX VfWXSX fm dSXfef WXfm IZY ff cfSXm WXfm fm
ffSX Af fff fefSXm WXfm fm ffSXWX Af VfWXSX IZY
dffmfffSX fIY fWXbhf
dRYf IZY dfmVfIY Aff fffe Jff ffffef fm ffffm
WX` dIY I`Yfm CfIYe MXef IZY dfE fWX dRYf EIY fffcdWXIY
Cff ff SXfffVfefff IYf ASX fWXe fffcdWXIYff IYf fff
CWXm fVff fedOXff IY mJfm IYf dff ffdSXff mff WX` :
'fifVff' f`ff IYB Vf WXe WXffSXm ffffm fWXe ff 'dVff
AfgRY fedfff' WXffSXm dfE fff IYe fidIiYff fe, dfffm
WXf f dfRY Jb fm fdIY Affm VfIY fm fe fff IYSX
SXWXm fm ASX fVff fedOXff Bf SXff fWXbf IYff Afff
BfIYe ffWX fm ffdfIY cdSXffh WXffSXe ffff fWXe SXWXe
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fef fffIYSX mJfmfffm IY m mff ff, Emfm dIY Cffm IYB
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dfffSX fm, dfffm fm dRYf IY CfIZY Aff VfIY fIY
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ffgffff fSX IYfff WXbB fmWXfSX ffJ IZY fffm Affe
ffff fm IYWXe fff f`ff IYffff IYf IiYef fm IbYLX WXfIZY
fiffSX IZY fff dSXfef WXbB dRYf, dfffm fY feffm IZY fff
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fVff fedOXff IYe fcdfIYf
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fWXe IYSX SXWXm WX` fdIY Aff Affm Cf f IYe fff fSX
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WXe fff IZY Bf fE ffff IZY fdSXE ffIZY fffBf fSX,
fmf fm WXff WX`
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ff fVff fedOXff fm fbfB dRYff fm fffm fffm IYf
ffMX, fff dffmff IZY dfE f`ff fm CfSXfm IZY fE SXfffm
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VfbY IYSXfm fm Afife fcdfIYf dffffm fffm dVfffdf
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ff' CfIYf fe fffff WX` dIY fVff fedOXff IZY R`Yfff IYe
ffWX fm 'fOX AfgRY ffCf'Aff fmfe fm R`Yfff WX` ASX
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IY fOXf f`ff fWXe WXff, fm fE ffff VfIY IYe ffSX fm
Affm IYf EIYfff fdSXff ffm WX` Aff fffe IYe IYWXe fff
fWXfh ff IZY dfE fOXe ff fIYfe WX`, WXffSXf dffmff VfIY
IY fWX Bff Aff fe fWXe mff dffIYf fWX WXIYfSX WX`
BfedfE fVff fedOXff IY fe fedff Af fm ffff ASX
Bfmfff dIYff ffff WX` fmdIYf WXffSXm dfE Bffm ffffffA
IZY fE fSX Jfm WX`
fmdIYf fWXfh fe IbYLX fmf WX` dfWXm ffff ffff ffdWXE
f`fm ffmf dfff IYf IYWXff WX` dIY 'dVff AfgRY fedfff'
ASX 'd ffffgf' f IZY feLXm fcMXefe f`ff fOXf MXcdOXf
ff fcMXefe 'fmfB Effimf' f`fe ffSX dRYf IYf dfffff
WX`, BfdfE fWX dffmfffSX ffdfIY fm Affe Af dRYf
IZY dfE fe fmWXfSX IiYef ASX ALXe Vf MXfBdff f`fe
ffhf fffffm fm fff WX` BfIZY Affff fff dffff IZY
ffffc fiVff IZY fff 'dVff AfgRY fedfff' fm dIYSXf
SXff IYf ASX 'd ffffgf' fm IYSXf fWXSX IYf dfffff IZY
fSX fSX fff fbOXf WXff Bf dRYf IZY RYffm fm fff fmVfIY
Bf dRYf IY fVff fedOXff fSX fmWXfSXef dSXfff dfff
fmdIYf dffmfffSX fm fmWXfSX Vf MXfBdff IZY fff ffm
fff fIY dMXIZY SXWXfm IZY feLXm fOXe ffWX fcMXefe IYe ffIYf
fe, fm ffffm WX`
cfSXf ffff WXff dIY ff fffSX IZY Bf fE ffff fm

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dffmffB fiffSX IZY dfff f`ff IY fOXf ffff IYSXfm IYf


IYff dIYff WX`? WXfffhdIY fOXm ffMX ASX fOXm MXcdOXf fffe
dRYf IYf AffIY Af fe fSXIYSXfSX WX`, fmdIYf fff IZY
Bf fE ffff IZY fffm Af LXMXe dRYf IY fe Affe
Cfdfdf f IYSXffm IYf EIY fIYf fYSX dffff WX`
dVfffdf BfIZY CfWXSXf fm IYfOX dRYf 'fcdfff' IYf
CfWXSXf mfm WX` f dffmfffSX fm fiVff IZY ff fm Af
fIY PXfB IYSXOX YfE IYff fbIYe WX` Bf dRYf IYe IYWXffe
EIY fbf`f ffgf fMX fm VfbY WXbB fe dffm dfJfm fffm
fm dRYf IZY dfmVfIY fff IbYffSX Affe dRYf IZY dfE
ffMX fbMXf fffm fm AfRYf WXIYSX CWXfm 'fmdIaYf Efefef'
VfefIY fm f ffgf dfJf, CfIZY ffff fm ff fm Affm
fPX IYSX f`ff mff VfbY dIYff ASX fWXe fm dfifSX dRYf
'fcdfff' IYe Aff VfbYAff WXbB dffm BMXSXfmMX fSX
'IiYfCO XRaYdOXf' fm fbMXfE 52 ffJ YfE fm fffff fff
Aff Bfm IYfOX dffmff IYe fffm fOXe fff fRYfffA
fm dfff ff SXWXf WX` ASX fWXfh EIY ASX Cff MXefe BfIZY
f`MXmffBMX AdfIYfSX 90 ffJ fm JSXe fbIYf WX` fWXe BfIZY
SXefmIY SXfBMXf fe 70 ffJ Yffm fm dfIZY WX` dVfffdf
ffffm WX`, kfcdfffl f`fe dRYf, dffIZY fiffSX IZY dfE
WXffm fVff fedOXff IY WXe Afff fbf fdSXff fffff,
IZY fffff WXffSX fm fff dMXIYMX fmfm ff fbIZY WX` IbYf
52 ffJ fm ffe dRYf IZY dfE Bffm fOXe fRYfff ff
WXfe kfcdfffl IYe Bf fRYfff fm fVff fedOXff IZY fWXe
Bfmfff IYe fe EIY dLXfe fcdfIYf WX` dffm fPXf ffff
ffdWXE
fmdIYf fE fiffSX ffff IY fe Af fOXfB IZY f`fm
WXe Yf fm fef dIYff ff SXWXf WX` fWXfh ffffff Bf fff
IYe fffe dJ SXWXe WX` dIY Aff: fOXe fLXdfffh LXMXe

fLXdff IY dfff ffEhfe fedOXff AfffIY dffef IbYffSX


ffffm WX` dIY I`Yfm dffmff dfffff AffIYf MXefe f`ff IZY
fff fWXfm WXe fNXfOX IYSX fmfm WX` ASX Emfm fm Bf f`ff
IYe fcdfIYf dRYf IZY fiffSX IZY SXff 'fedOXff ffMXfSX' IYe
WX fffe WX` EIY dffmff IZY fff IYf fm IYf Afff ff
fedOXff ffMXfSX WXfm IYf RYffcff ff fffm IZY fef dRYf
dSXfef WXfm IZY fWXbf fWXfm WXe IYffmVf fWX ff WX ffff WX`
dIY Bf fSX dIYf Edff fm fff IYe ffEfe, ASX Bf f`ff,
AJffSX, fmfffBMX ASX MXefe f`ff fm fbOXm dRYf
ffefIY Bf fSX ff dfJmfm fmdIYf WXfh, fWX fYSX WX` dIY
dRYf fifVff IZY dfE EIY-cfSXm fm Aff dIYf fSXWX IZY
fbffm CLXffm ffEh dIY dffmff IZY ff fm fff ffE, BfIYf
fff SXJf ffff WX` Bfm Aff fmfMXef fedOXff IZY dfE
dRYf ffeff IZY ffff 'fmSXfffff fcfe' IYWXm f fff
fmWXfSX WXff fmdIYf dffef fe ffffm WX` dIY fVff fedOXff
fSX fff Yf fm dfJfm fff fm, dfWXm fm 'fVff fedOXff
fi`dMXVffSX' fff mfm WX`, ffNXIY IZY fef fmfe fm dfVfffefff
fffB WX` ASX BfIYf dffmff fSX dfJf fe IYB ffSX ALXm
dffmff IY Affm fPXffm ASX JSXff dffmff IY dfWXfff fm
CffSXfm IYf IYff IYSXfm fff WX`
WXffm mJf WX` dIY dIYf fSXWX fiffdff fiffSX fm fVff
fedOXff ffBMX fSX IYff IYSX dfff WX` RZYffbIY / dMXfMXSX
fSX fe Affe fbdffffbffSX f`fmf IYSXfm fffe IaYfdfffh ffffSX
fm WX` ASX BWXm IYB fe f`ff mIYSX JSXe fIYff WX` dRYf
Affm fm fWXfm WXe CfIZY fif IZY fcMXfcf fSX dWXMX dIYffm
WX`,fWXe fm fWX ffiff VfbY WX ffff WX` Bf ffSX IY fPXffm
IZY dfE Emfe ffSXfffSXe WX` dIY WXffm mJf dRYf IZY fif
fcMXfcf fSX AffOX IYSXfm WXbE dfffff Emfe ffff f`NXffm
ffm dfffm cfSXe dIYfe fmfffBMX IY fif IYf 'EfmOXmOX
dfIY' f dffm ASX ffSXm dWXMX EIY WXe MXIYSXe fm BIYf WX
ASX dRYSX BWXe dWXMX IY fiffdSXf IYSX dRYf IYe WXff fffB
fffe WX` Aff ffffSX fm Emfe dOXdfMXf IYfdfffh ffc WX`
dffIYf fbf fmVff WXe fdff fm Affmfffe dRYf IZY dfE
fVff fedOXff f`fmf IYSXff WX` fmdIYf Bf ff IZY fef fe
AfSX Cfe IYe IYB dIYSXf WX`, f CfIYe SXfWX fVff
fedOXff fm WX IYSX WXe dfIYffe WX`, fdIY fWXfh fff fe
R`Yffe WX` BfdfE ALXe WX ff fbSXe, VfIY IY fmfe fm
EIY-cfSXm IYe SXff fff ff fffe WX` Aff: fiffdff
fedOXff fSX Aff ffff WXffe WX fffe WX` ASX Adfff
ffff fm ffe fff ff dfIYffe WX` f`ff dIY ffmf
dfff ffffm WX`, Aff ff IY CfIYe SXff cfSXm IY ffffm
fm fWXe SXIY fIYfm ASX WXffSXm fWXfh fbSXe dRYf IYe fbSXfB
ff fWXfm IYSXfm WX` 'fmVfSXf', 'dWXffffff' BfIZY CfWXSXf

fVff fedOXff IZY R`Yfff IYe ffWX fm 'fOX AfgRY ffCf'Aff fmfe fm
R`Yfff WX` ASX fff dffmff, dffIZY fff dRYf IZY fiffSX fSX Jf
IYSXfm IY fOXf f`ff fWXe WXff, fm fE ffff VfIY IYe ffSX fm Affm IYf
EIYfff fdSXff ffm WX`

WX` fWXfh ffOXm MXfSX ASX dRYf IYf fOXf fiffSX WXfm IZY
ffffc EIY ffSX f fVff fedOXff fSX ff fm fff IYSXff
VfbY dIYff, CfIZY ff dRYf IY fhfffff fbdVIYf ff
fbfm ffff WX` dIY fVff fedOXff IYe Affe ffIYf ALXe
dRYf IY dWXMX IYSXffm fm fWXe, fbSXe dRYf IY ffgf IYSXffm
fm WX`
fVff fedOXff IZY Affm fm fefm VfIY fm dfffSX IYe
bdfff IYf fWXbf fmfe fm dfffSX WXbAf WX` BfIYe ffWX fm
dfffSX IZY fIYff fm ff IYe fffefSXe fe fPXe WX` ASX
Cffm Biffbfe dfdffff AfB WX` Aff fffe IYf IYWXff
WX`, fWX EIY feff ASX dfSXfSX Afffe fff fm ffSXmf
bdfff WX` ASX fWXe bdfff WXffSXe dRYf IYf VfIY fe WXf
'dVff AfgRY fedfff'IY CfIZY fWXe VfIY fIY fWXbhffff
ffWXfm fm, dffm CfIYe ffe fff WX ASX Bffm fVff
fedOXff EIY fmWXfSX ffff IZY Yf fm WXffSXm ffffm Afff
dfRY fff IZY fE ffff fm dffmff IYe bdfff IYf
AfVff fWXe ffmff fmdIYf BfIZY WXfm fm f dfffSX
IYe SXVffe fm ffffffe Bf f WXfmfe fm Cfe IYf EIY
SXffff f Jbff WXe WX`

'fffff'IYe ffdfIYf
dffSXf IYSX : dIYff WXe
ff fff

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fbf

SXfffedf

f ffhfe IYe dfSXfff


f fmWXY IYe

WXffSXm fedOXff IY ffWXe ffff CNXffm fm fff Afff WX` fWX


dIYfe fe ffeSX fiVf IYf ffWXeIYSXf IYSX fcf fbm IY WXe
ff IYSX fIYff WX` ff fifff ffe fSXm i fe fm AMXc fSX
IY fLXff Adffff VfbY dIYff, f fffff fff dIY fe
fWXfff fffe IYe dfSXfff IY WXOXfff ffWXfm WX` dRYSX ff
fffWXSXfff fmWXY IYe EIY f ffeffe fffe IYf Cff
ffffm IZY dfE fe IYe fSXIYfSX fm ff Affff dIYff, f
fmWXY fe IZY WX fE Bf ffSXe ffIYWXe fm fWX ffff WXe fbf
WX fff dIY fffe ASX fmWXY IYe fffdfIY dfSXfff ff WX?
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SXffdIYVfSX IYe dMXffe
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fSXfBf IZY fcf SXfMXfdf dVfff fmSXmf fm, dfWXm ffmf


Vffdf fbSXIYfSX dff fbIYf WX`, dne fm IYWXf dIY fSXmi
fe ffSXf fm fefSXe IiYfdf IYf fmff IYSX SXWXm WX` fWXfe
IiYfdf IYf fmff fWXfff ffhfe fm dIYff ff ASX cfSXe
IiYfdf IYf fffWXSXfff fmWXY fm Af fSXmi fe IYe
AfbAfB fm fefSXe IiYfdf IYe VfbYAff WX fB WX` fmWXfff IZY IYWXm IYf
fbSXf fWXe ffffm, f WXe CfIYe fff fSX MXeIYf-dMXffe IYSXfm WX` BfdfE
f` fmSXmf IZY Bf fYf fSX IbYLX IYWXff fWXe ffWXff fmdIYf fWX fff
BfdfE fff fWXffcf WX` dIY IbYLX ASX ff fe Bf fff IY bWXSXf
SXWXm WX` ffSXf IZY SXfffedfIY fmf fm fWX ffSXff ff SXWXe WX` dIY fe
ffhfe-fmWXY IYe dfSXfff IY WXOXf IYSX IYffimf IZY f`ffdSXIY AfffSX
IY WXe f IYSX mff ffWXfm WX` fWX fYf fff fWXe dIYf ffhfefmWXY IYe dfSXfff IYe fff IYSX SXWXf WX`
fmVfIY ffhfe IYe EIY dfSXfff WX` ASX fmWXY IYe fe EIY dfSXfff
WX` fmdIYf Bf f dfSXfff IYf EIY-cfSXm fm IYB fff fWXe WX`
fmWXY IYe dfSXfff f ffhfe IYe dfSXfff IYe fcSXIY WX` f CfIYf dfffSX
fWX ff WX` dIY fmWXY ffhfe IZY dVff fm ffhfe fe fmWXY IY fWXbf
ffffm fm fmWXY IY Afff CfSXfdfIYfSXe fdff IYSXfm WXbE ffhfe fm
fWX dfVfff fffff ff dIY ff f` fWXe SXWXchff, ff fmWXY fmSXe ffff
ffmff fmdIYf ffhfe IZY feff IYff fm WXe CfIYe fWX AfVff RbYSX
WX fB Affm Adff df fm fff ffSXf IYe YfSXmJf IZY ffSXm fm
ffhfe ASX fmWXY IZY fef f ff-ffWXfSX WXA
b f ff, Cffm fffWXSXfff
fm ffhfe IYf fWXff WX fff fmWXY fm IYWXf dIY kdWX fSXffl f`fm
fWXbf fWXfm fPXf ff ASX Af CfIYe fff ff fe fWXe WX` - ff
fWX ffSXff ffe WXbB WX` dIY fWX EIY dIYfffcfe fm fSXf ASX
AffbdfIYff IYf dfSXfe fffmf WX` cfSXe ASX, ffhfe AfdJSXe ffhf
fIY IYWXfm SXWXm dIY kdWX fSXffl fSX Afe fe fmSXe Afff WX` ASX
Af fe fmSXm dfffSX IYf fcf fffmf fWXe WX` fmSXm ff fm IYB
fdSXfff fWXe Afff WX`
fmWXY Bf fff IY ffffm fm, fmdIYf CWXfm ff IYSX dfff ff
dIY fm ffhfe IZY SXffm fSX fWXe ffmfm ffhfe IYf SXfff fffe IYf ff

fOXe-fOXe BffSXf ASX IYfSXJff IYe ffWX LXMXm-LXMXm Cf


fWX, ffffSXf feff ASX fiff fSXff IYf ff CfIYe SXff fe
dIY WXfm Affe fffdfIY fYSXf IY fYSX fcSXf IYSXff ffdWXE,
fmdIYf Afffb f Cfff ff IbYLX f IYSX mff Cfff Cfff
WXe IYSXff ffdWXE dfffm ffff IYe fIYdf f R`Yfm ASX
ffffSXf IYf dfffVf f WX ffmf fm, fffe dfffSX fm dfSXfMX
fm ASX feff ffWXfSX fm ffb IZY fffIY BfIZY dffSXef
fmWXY IYf SXfff fWXf WXe fWX IYf ff - fOXm IYfSXJffm, fOXm
VfWXSX, fOXm Jmf, fOXe fVfefm, fOXe fffEh ASX ffe-fOXe
fOXIZY, dff fSX AffbdfIYff ffdOXffh RYSXfMXm fm OX fIZY
fmWXY IZY SXff fm Jfe IY SXffIYef fiff fYSX dff fff,
fmdIYf Jfe dfRY f fWXe, dfffSX fe WX` Jfe dff
fIYdf IYe Cff WX` Cf fIYdf fm WXe fWX RYffe WX` fmdIYf
fmWXY IZY Vffff IYff fm dff fIYdf IYf dfIYff WXbAf, fWX
fcSXfef ffff IYf fWXbf Cfff fIYSXf ff dRYSX fe fmWXY,
Aff, AfVfffe fm   IYfff  ffSXf IYf Afff
EIY fIY ff ASX ff fm BffffSXe fe fmWXY IZY ff
IYffimf fm CfIYe dfSXfff IYf f dIYff, CfIYf ffeff ffffm
WX` BfdfE Aff f dJfB fOX SXWXf WX`, fWX fmWXY IYe
dfSXfff fWXe WX` fWX ffhfe IYf ffSXf fe fWXe WX` : Aff SXfffedf
ASX ff IYf f fYf ff SXWXf WX`, ff fWX fmWXY IZY SXWXfm
fff ff? fWX ffhfe IYf ffSXf fe fWXe WX` fffe fe ff

fLXff IZY ffJ-fff AffdSXIY fLXff IZY fe IYfff fm
fSXmi fe dff SXfffedfIY ffSXf fm AfE WX`, fWX EIY
fefSXe ffSXf WX`, dffIYf dfSXf ffhfe ASX fmWXY, f IYe
fSXfSXf fm WX` SXfMXef fffmfIY ff ASX dWXc fWXffff IZY
dfffSX fm fff RYIY fWXe WX` dff fffcSXff fm ffhfe fe IYe
WXff IYe fe, CfIYf fff dWXc fWXffff fm ff ASX SXfMXef
fffmfIY ff IZY fmffA IZY fWXfh CfIYf Afff-ffff fe ff
dff df ffhfe IYe WXff WXBb , fcSXf mVf Affm IY Afff fWXfcf
IYSX SXWXf ff ASX SX-dffJ SXWXf ff, Cf df, IYWXfm WX,` SXfMXef
fffmfIY ff IZY fmff ASX IYffIYff dfNXfB ffhMX SXWXm fm ffhfe
ASX CfIYe dfffSXffSXf IZY fidf fWX fffff ff fm Afe fe
ffc WX` Bfe fSXWX, ff fmWXY IY fe ff fWXe IYSXff, fdIY
fm dWXcffe f WX IYSX ffdfSXfmf fm ASX ffhfe IYe WXff IZY
ff CfIZY fff fSX WXe IZYief fWX ffe fnfffB fMXmf IY
ff fSX fidfff fffff fOXf ff
Bf fefSXe ffSXf IYf IYB fdY Affm Aff IY ffhfe ASX
fmWXY IYe dfSXfff IYf fidfdfdf I`Yfm fff fIYff WX`? fffff
IZY fmff Affm fffff fm f ffhfe IYf fff fmfm WX` ASX 
fmWXY IYf CfIZY ff fm Bf f fmffA IZY fidf AfSX ASX
ff IYe fffff fWXe WX` WXf,h fbffffi ffb IYf fm fYSX fbffff
IYSXfm WX`, dffIZY dfffSX ffhfe IYe IYffimf fm dfffm fWXe fm

fSXm i fe ffhfe, fmWXY, fMXm f IYe fSX fSXf fm Affm IY ffdff IYSXfm IZY
dfE fif}Vfef WX` fmSXf fffff WX` dIY Bffm IYB fbSXfB fWXe WX,` AfSX fm
fffbf SXfMXef fmff ff fffm WX` fmdIYf ff CWXm Affm dfffSX fff fm
fWXfff RbYfm ASX AffmOXIYSX IYe fSX fSXf IY fe fff mff WXff
BfedfE fWX mJ IYSX ffe WX`SXf fm WX` dIY fSXmi fe f ffSXffSX ffhfe ASX fmWXY IYf fff fmfm WX`, ffhfe IZY ff dff
AMXc fSX IY fLXff Adffff VfbY IYSXfm WX,` Jfe IYf Cfff
IYSXfm IYe fimSXff mfm WX` ASX fmWXY IZY 125fm ff dff fSX
ff fSXIYfSXe Affff IYSXfm WX`?
WXffSXm dfff ASX SXfffedfIY dMXffeIYfSX IYWXfm WX` dIY fe
IYffimf IYe dfSXfff IY fcMX SXWXm WX` AfSX fm fWX fe IYWXfm dIY
IYffimf fm ffhfe-fmWXY IZY fff fff fWXe dIYff ASX CWXm fff
fifeIY fff IYSX SXJf, ff CfIYe fff fcSXe WXfe fmdIYf ff
CWXm fWX fe IYWXff fOXff dIY fSXmi fe IY ffhfe ff fmWXY IZY
AfVf fm IYB ffff fWXe WX,` fm f dfRY Bf fff IY fbffff
ffWXfm WX` Bf ff fm f fWXffcf fff WX`, fWX fWX WX` dIY
fSXmi fe Af dfRY fffff IYf fmff ffm SXWXff fWXe ffWXfm,
fdIY SXfMXef fmff ffff ffWXfm WX` Afff fm ffhfe, fmWXY,
fMXmf IYe fSXfSXf fm Affm IY ffdff IYSXfm IZY dfE fif}Vfef
WX` fmSXf fffff WX` dIY Bffm IYB fbSXfB fWXe WX`, AfSX fm fffbf
SXfMXef fmff ff fffm WX` fmdIYf ff CWXm Affm dfffSX fff
fm fWXfff RbYfm ASX AffmOXIYSX IYe fSXfSXf IY fe fff mff
WXff fOXf IYf CfWXfSX mfm fffm dfVffff fifff dfWX IYf fe
fff fmff WXff dfSXff fbOXf IY fe ff IYSXff WXff fWXe f
WXf fWX ffffm IY dffVf WXfm dIY fm ffSXf IZY fff IYe EIY
SXfffedfIY ffSXf IY Affm fPXf IYSX Affe EIY fffIY LXdf
fffff ffWXfm WX`, dfffm ffSXfef ffff IZY ff fm dfffm
fffff fSX JOXm ffcWX IZY dfE IYB ffWX fWXe WX`

fWXfff ffhfe : CfIYe


dfSXfff IYf fff ffSXf fm
Affff dIYff

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fmfSXdVff

fbfIYfff fOXdIYf
IZY dfE fWXe WX`
AfefPX fbdff dfVfdffff IZY ffBf-ffffSX ffeYef VffWX fWXe ffWXfm dIY CfIZY Jfe
RYSXfff IYe fedOXff fm dSXfMX f WX fcSXm fbm fSX fiIYfVf OXff SXWXm WX` fim ffff Vfff

fffff Afff
ffBfiSm Xe fm ffeYef
VffWX (ffEh fm cfSX)m

fm f ffSXfef ffff IYf Vfff WXe IYB IYff


WX fWXfh fOXdIYf ASX fdWXffA IY fSXffSXe
IZY AdfIYfSX dffm WXEb WX, fmdIYf CWXm IYffSX
ffdff IYSXfm IYe IYdVfVf EIY dfVfdffff
IZY I`Y ff fm WX ASX fWX fe fffff Afff
f`fm dVfffdf IZY fff fSX fVfWXSc X ffBfiSm Xe fm, f fWX fcSXm mVf IZY
dfE Vff IYe fff WX` fSX f`f AWXf Jff fSXf ffdff dIYff
fff fWX dfVfdffff bdfff IZY fVfWXSc X dfVfdffff fm dfff
ffff WX` mVf IZY WXe fWXe, dfmVf ASX dfVfmfIYSX fbdff mVf IZY

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