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Investing in our thriving tourism industry

Rt Hon John Key
Prime Minister
ur tourism industry is thriving.

With more visitors coming, staying
longer and spending more, tourism
is becoming an increasingly significant part
of our economy.
Its now our second biggest export
earner and a major employer of New
Zealanders. Thats why the National-led
government is committed to supporting
this industry and ensuring all our regions
benefit from it.
Later this week, Finance Minister Bill
English will be delivering our eighth Budget.
In the lead-up to Budget 2016, I recently
announced a $45 million investment into
two initiatives to support tourism across
New Zealand.
The first is a $20 million fund to support
communities to build small infrastructure
projects to help them cope with the influx of
visitors, and to promote New Zealand in key
growth markets.
The second is a $25 million investment
into the New Zealand Cycle Trail to ensure
it continues to offer a world-class visitor
experience. Both these investments will
Budget 2016, which

was delivered on
Thursday, May 26,
focussed on investing
in a growing economy
while still ensuring we
continue to support
families and our most
vulnerable people.
The FIFA tournament alone boosted

our economy by $30 million and attracted
3,600 international visitors.
As well as investing in the sector directly,
we are helping the industry attract the
money needed to fund infrastructure.
A group involving government and
people from the tourism sector has been
established to help accelerate investment.
The group is working to identify
opportunities to develop high-quality
accommodation and to promote those to
overseas investors.
There have been some positive
developments
in
this
space
in
recent months.
Work is underway on a $200 million
five-star hotel at a landmark site
in downtown Auckland, one of the
largest-ever foreign investments in New
Zealands tourism infrastructure.
Budget 2016, which was delivered on
Thursday, May 26, focussed on investing in
a growing economy while still ensuring we
continue to support families and our most
vulnerable people.
New Zealands economy is performing
well; were on track for annual growth of
around three per cent for the next few years,
which is helping to deliver more jobs and
higher wages for New Zealanders.
I look forward to letting you know about
some more of the initiatives in Budget 2016
over coming weeks.
further support tourisms contribution to

economic and job growth in regions across
New Zealand.
This extra $45 million in Budget 2016
is in addition to the more than $130
million a year the government already
spends on tourism.
We also support tourism in other ways
such as funding major events, which help to
attract high-value visitors.
Since 2013, the government has
invested $46 million in 58 events,
including the FIFA under 20 World Cup,
the Cricket World Cup and the World of
Wearable Arts.
For more coverage on Budget 2016, go to page 10, 11
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CAB helps migrants to settle down

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Moving to a new country is often an overwhelming experience for many. To help you get accustomed to a
new surrounding, Citizens Advice Bureau helps newcomers find the right information they need.
Esha Chanda
ew migrants tackle a
number of hurdles as
they inch closer to their
dreams. Borders are crossed to
step into an unknown land and
settle among unknown people.
New Zealand has been seeing a
rise in the number of immigrants
in recent years. For them, the
laws, rules and regulations of
the country, and their rights and
obligations as a resident of their
adopted homeland are different
from the one they have left behind.
Thats where Citizens Advice
Bureau (CAB) steps in. The notfor-profit organisation provides
free and confidential advice
to individuals and helps solve
their queries.
CAB was first started in New
Zealand in 1970, and since then,
has opened numerous branches
across the country. Adding to the
growing number of bureaux is the
recently opened branch in Botany
Town Centre, Auckland.
With many new migrants
settling in Botany, Dannemora,
Ormiston and Flatbush, the
reopened bureau (it closed
in December 2014 due to a
lease
expiry)
has
recently
seen a surge in the number of
Indian clients.
The community link
ABs involvement in the

community can be seen
in their dual role of helping
individuals settle in a new place,
and working for a change within
the society. Through their social
policy work, the organisation
aims to bring about a positive
social change.
By working alongside their
clientele, CAB increases awareness
about the rights and obligations
of new migrants. Their seamless
service assists in overcoming the
challenges faced by new migrants.
If you have recently moved to
New Zealand you probably have
lots of questions about how things
work here, and were here to help,
says Louise Boswell, Manager of
CAB Pakuranga and Botany.
We can make settling into
your new home easier by helping
you find out what you need to
know, whether it is how the school
system works here, how to sign up
with a GP or who provides English
language courses. We can help you
to understand your employment
rights, assist you in resolving
tenancy issue or help you to sort
out a problem with goods or
services you have bought. If youre
looking for a social or sports club
to join, we can help you with that,
too, she adds.
Each branch of CAB is operated

by local community volunteers
who are trained to provide an
independent, confidential and
free service. The people who
volunteer as bureau interviewers
(and members of our board) are
the drivers of our organisation
and provide the listening ear
to our multi-cultural clients who
seek answers to their problems
and issues, says Boswell.
For migrants who find it difficult
to communicate in English, CAB
provides help through Language
Linka service available in more
than 20 languages that can be
accessed by anyone. Their team
of interviewers also include
volunteers
who can fluently
speak in Mandarin, Cantonese
and Hindi.
Tracing back its

origins
he first Citizens Advice

Bureau opened its door in
Ponsonby Terrace in October
1970 and today, there are more
than 80 CAB branches around
the country. With more than
four decades of experience, CAB
has become a trusted source for
information for new migrants. But
its history goes further. Its origin
lies in war-time England when the
bureau was established during the
Second World War to help people,

who were dislocated to cope with
the trauma.
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oswell says that their face-toface interview information

service provides the human
touch to their clients, and this is
what makes them different from
other organisations that provide
migrant services in the country.
CAB
regularly
organises
workshops and seminars on
topics such as employment,
education and health, which
helps newcomers familiarise
themselves with their rights and
responsibilities in the country;
they have one on June 18 on
employment, which will cover
CVs, job searching, New Zealand
employers,
interview
skills
and coaching.
Like the Pakuranga branch, the
one opened in Botany provides
immigration services and has a
weekly visiting Justice of Peace.
Legal Clinicsa 15-minute free
session with a lawyer that offers
legal guidance on issues such
as court proceedings, power
of attorney, wills, tenancy and
dispute matters, family law and
legal aidare held every Thursday
from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and
are voluntarily run by lawyers.
At the bureau, we have

resources that cover a wide range
of topics. You can also read the
information our website www.
cab.org.nz, which includes a
community directory of local and
nationwide service providers,
says Boswell.
Services offered
by CAB:
Healthcare
Education and schooling
Working in New Zealand that
covers CVs, job searching,
interview skills, etc.
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Counselling
Taxes
Tenancy Tribunals and
Disputes Tribunals
Consumer rights
Income support and benefits
Immigration
Housing and tenancy
General matters such as
contacts for local recreational
activities, and public
transport timetables
Barrister Sanjay Patel

appointed Acting District
Court Judge
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uckland barrister Sanjay Patel

is one of the two Acting District
Court Judges appointed recently.
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson
QC announced the appointment on May 17.
Both will hold jury warrants.
Mr Sanjay Patel, who has been
appointed an Acting District Court Judge
in Manukau, began his career in a general
practice in 1992.
After 12 months, he moved to Davenports
in Henderson carrying out general civil
litigation, criminal and employment work.
In 1996 he moved to Corban Revell
where he remained until 1999 when he
became a barrister sole specialising in
criminal defence litigation in the District
Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.
Judge Patel will be sworn in on June 22
in Manukau.
Hamilton barrister and solicitor Philip
Crayton has been also appointed an Acting
District Court Judge in Whanganui. He
was previously a barrister in the United
Kingdom and has practised in New Zealand
Auckland barrister Sanjay Patel, who will be appointed as

Acting District Court Judge on June 22
for more than 14 years. Prior to becoming a

partner at Almao Douch in 2004, he was a
senior staff solicitor with Almao Kellaway
Barristers & Solicitors. He has practised
in the criminal jurisdiction at all levels
up to the Court of Appeal with occasional
appearances in the Family Court and
Youth Court.
Judge Crayton will be sworn in on June
14 in Hamilton.
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business leadership from across New
Zealand and India to discuss the scope of
agribusiness in both the countries. The
summit is being held in partnership with
New Zealand National Fieldays.
INZBC has always endeavoured to
bring together a range of organisations,
think-tanks, academicians under one
roof through our flagship eventINZBC
Summit. This year, for our third annual
summit, the Agritech theme is very relevant
and timely given the importance of the
agriculture sector for both the countries,
said Wenceslaus Anthony, Head of Govt
Relations, INZBC.
The summit has an interesting line-up
of speakers from both countries including
representatives from National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development,
Kwality Dairy India Ltd, Agriculture Skill
Council of India, Binsar Farms, Qualitat
Products (India), Pipfruit, Waikato
Innovation Park, Fieldays, New Zealand
Trade and Enterprise, ATEED and

Callaghan Innovation. The summit will
touch upon areas such as major trends
and future market opportunities in the
sector, technology advancements, animal
husbandry for increased productivity and
scope of growth in dairy farming.
For the past few years, INZBC has been
successful in bringing together networks
of business and organisations including
key companies and policymakers who are
interested in developing trade between
India and New Zealand. Attending this
summit will not only equip attendees with
knowledge on opportunities in agritech
sector but also help to get connected with
excellent speakers and business community
in the sphere. As India looks to increase its
agricultural output, there is great need
and a growing marketfor sophisticated
mechanized tools and equipment. There is a
significant opportunity for Kiwi businesses
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from India.
The event is open to the public
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MP Parmar to host a
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Escalating crime rate worries

businesses in South Auckland
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MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar will host a Pink Ribbon

Breakfast on June 3
can
help
investigate
new
treatment options for women
with advanced breast cancer,
and help women have access
to leading-edge research. In
2015, more than 2,600 Kiwis
hosted a Pink Ribbon Breakfast
and collectively raised more
than a million dollars for breast
cancer research.
MP Parmar is inviting everyone
to join her in this noble cause to
make a difference. The details of
the breakfast are as follows:
Date: Friday, June 3
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Place: Sierra Caf, 563 Mt Albert
Road, Royal Oak (corner of
Hillsborough Road)
Cost: $20 per ticket proceeds
go to NZBCF (payment may be
made on the day)
RSVP: MP Parmars Mt Roskill
office phone (09) 620 6707 or
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turned up at the
The meeting also showed
Indian community meeting
some positive solutions
last weekend to discuss
and deliberate on the
suggested from the audience.
issue of rising in crime in
Why dont we invite the
South Auckland.
offenders and the young
Hosted on Saturday, May
individuals who wander
21, at the Indian Community From left to right: Labour MP Phil Goff (addressing the attendees),
through the streets to the
Centre in Papatoetoe, the National MP Kanwaljit Bakshi and NZ First MP Mahesh Bindra
Gurudwaras and serve them
afternoon
witnessed
a
langar? We serve free food
wistful narration of the horrors
The victims were from all three times a day, these teenagers
of growing crime in the area ages and walks of life especially do not have access to good food
including burglaries and assaults. self-employed people such as and clothing, and many dwell on
The crime rate in South Auckland taxi drivers, dairy and liquor benefits and turn towards crime
has recently increased with the shop owners along with pizza for their needs. This positive move
victims being robbed of their delivery boys and pedestrians on could reduce some opportunistic
money, dignity and security.
deserted streets.
crime at the least, added an
To answer the queries of the
I was punched and pushed attendee.
victims at the meeting were to the ground and stabbed
Ms Nand listed precautionary
National List MP Kanwaljit amid aggravated robbery at
moves that should be taken by
Bakshi, Labour MP Phil Goff, my liquor store last month,
business owners and associations.
NZ First List MP Mahesh Bindra
exclaimed traumatised Sarabjit The associations can pool funds to
and community leader Ms
Singh. The CCTV footage of the increase surveillance by installing
Pratima Nand.
robbery went viral on Facebook new cameras outside shops and
The growing concern on how
to alleviate crime in Auckland after the vicious attack and complexes, install loud sirens to
is being scrutinised for a really the police were able to nab alert distress, report suspecting
long time. Regions in East and the criminals. The same criminals individuals and groups through
South Auckland such as Otara, were reported to have robbed a constant monitoring, increase
Pakuranga, Botany, Papatoetoe, liquor store in Takanini the night lighting and presence of more
Manukau,
Manurewa,
and they stabbed Sarabjit. An enraged people during late evenings.
Reducing the number of liquor
Takanini have become a centre victim added, If the police are
for the offenders to commit the unable to act on time, we may take stores, closing stores early in
crime. MP Goff, who has been a the law into our own hands and deserted areas, rehabilitation of
victim of burglary, blamed the then the police should not blame the broken families, monitoring
school activities of teenagers were
law enforcement authorities for us for being defensive.
Speakers at the event calmed some of the other suggestions
not taking stern actions against
criminals on priority.
the claims of the victims and floated at the meeting.
very year, many women

battle breast cancer.
To increase awareness,
The New Zealand Breast Cancer
Foundation (NZBCF) encourages
women around the country to
host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast,
which can help raise money to
fund breast cancer research in
the country.
Early next month, National list
MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar will be
hosting a Pink Ribbon Breakfast
an opportunity to not only have
fun with friends and family but
also help in raising donations. A
Pink Ribbon Breakfast can be held
at home, work, school, your coffee
group or a local participating caf
or restaurant.
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towards the cause can make a
big difference. All the donations
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Indian Ink blends eastern

and western elements
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wenty years ago, a simple love

story performed by one man and
many masks propelled Indian Ink
Theatre Company into the forefront of New
Zealand theatre.
Performed by Jacob Rajan, Krishnans
Dairy told the story of an Indian shopkeeper
and his family after immigrating to New
Zealand for a better life.
Rajan, whose family originated from
Kerala, South India, moved here at the
age of four and became the first Indian
actor to graduate from Toi Whakaari
Drama School.
Since 1997, Rajan and his long-time
associate Justin Lewis have seen the theatre
company grow and continue its success
within New Zealand and internationally,
winning awards and touring the globe,
including visits to India, the US and
the UK.
Their repertoire has played to more
than 460,000 people and includes popular
shows The Guru of Chair, The Pickle King
and Kiss the Fish.
Rajan believes that the Indian culture
offers a richness and exoticism, alongside
wonderful humour that draws audiences
into the story and characters.
The team aims to create shows that
are funny but sad, beautiful and true, and
blend western theatre with eastern flavours
to create work that resonates with many
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The show stars up-andcoming Fijian Indian
actress Vanessa Kumar.
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serious to communicate deeper issues

through humour.
They are also well-known for their use of
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The company works with Kiwi actors
from a range of backgrounds, giving New
Zealand Indian actors a spotlight and
unique opportunity.
Their newest show The Elephant Thief
is set in futuristic India and follows female
Mahout as she struggles to protect her
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Tashi and Nungshi Malik hope to scale

Mount Cook this summer
The Everest Twins are hoping to raise money to fulfil their dream of hoisting
the tricolour atop Aotearoas highest peak
Gaurav Sharma
ndia
is
a
land
of
contradictions. We worship
our rivers, calling them
Mother Ganga and Mother
Narmada. Almost the entire
country bows down to a female
goddess nine days in a row, twice
every year, all of this seen in a
deep-rooted patriarchal society,
with strong male-child preferences
and an unfavourable femalemale sex ratio due to widespread
female foeticide.
Thats why instances such
as when an Indian Army officer
spends his entire life savings to
fund his twin daughters dream of
completing an Explorers Grand
Slamscaling the seven highest
peaks in all the seven continents
along with skiing to the North
and South Polesits a story worth
telling again and again. Especially
when those twins are Tashi
and Nungshi Malikmodern,
progressive and high-achieving
Indian women!
While their mountaineering
exploits are well-documented
Indian Weekender (IWK) too
covered those at length when the
girls were special guests at our last
years Hall of Fame eventtheir
experiences of living in a country
for more than a year now, with
different male-female societal
dynamics, is not. (read New
Zealands peculiar male drought
issue) Thats why IWK decided to
catch up with the girls again and
learn how the land of the long
white cloud has treated them over
the past year-and-a-half.
IWK: Please start by telling
us your reasons for coming
to New Zealand.
Tashi and Nungshi: Sir
Edmund Hillary!
To elaborate, the New Zealand
High Commission in Delhi had
organised an event in 2013 to
commemorate the 60 years of
Sir Edmund Hillarys historic
feat, which we were fortunate
enough to attend. That, we would
say, sparked our interest in New
Zealand. We thought it would
be great to experience a country
where the legend of our trade
learnt his lessons.
Moreover,
our
love
for
outdoors, and this being heaven
on Earth for people who love the
great outdoors, it was the obvious
choice. Thats why when we were
offered the NZISS, we jumped at
the opportunity.
IWK: So now that you have
experienced New Zealand a
bit, what have you learnt?
Tashi and Nungshi: A lot!
Nungshi (left) and Tashi (right) in a national park in US during their participation in the Global Sports
Mentoring Programme in 2015
Especially in the context of gender

inequality and societal attitude.
Over centuries, women have
faced, and continue to face, huge
societal obstacles when it comes
to succeeding in life. And for
that to change, societal attitude,
especially among men, needs to
change. Men need to understand
that women play an equal role in
every sphere of human life.
And sadly, the situation is
the same everywhere, though at
different degrees. In New Zealand,
which is a far more genderequal society, rugby, played by
men, gets all the funding and
support, while netball, played by
women, struggles.
IWK: So thats why your
Foundation emphasis so
much on changing attitudes?
Tashi and Nungshi: Precisely!
Thats
why
through
the
NungshiTashi Foundation, we
aim to empower the girl child
by promoting outdoors. We
want to break the stereotypes
and emphasise that outdoor
adventures and mountaineering
are for all. Girls love it, can excel
in it, and can be leaders in these
sports. We hope to have regular
hiking and outdoor leadership
programmes by the later half of
this year.
We believe if we can do our bit
in helping change attitudes, the
rest will follow.
Even the Government of Indias
Beti Bachao Beti Padao Yojana
(save the daughter, educate the
daughter) aimed at saving and
empowering the girl child, which
we wholeheartedly support, is also
about changing societal attitudes
among other things.
IWK: Now that both of you
are in New Zealand, do you
have plans to initiate the
Foundations work here?

Tashi and Nungshi: Certainly.
We are looking to start our work in
New Zealand as well, for which we
are looking to partner some likeminded organisations. We might
start with a few student exchange
programmes and later take on
women empowerment and gender
issues such as tackling domestic
violence, which is alarmingly high
in New Zealand.
IWK: Coming to the life in
New Zealand, what has been
your experience?
Tashi and Nungshi: Wonderful,
to say the least. Everyone has
welcomed us with open arms.
People here love their outdoors
and
keep
up-to-date
with
other peoples achievements as
well. Thats why we got more
recognition here as compared to
back home.
Whether it is the staff or
students at SIT, the wider
community of Invercargill, the
Alpine Club in Auckland, the
Rotary Club, the Canterbury
Mountaineering Club, or more
recently TEDx Queenstown, our
experience has been extraordinary.
Meeting Prime Minister John Key
was a highlight too!
IWK: There have been
some reports in the past
that Indians find it difficult
to settle in places such as
Invercargill, which are not
so diverse. What are your
thoughts on it?
Tashi and Nungshi: Our
experience wasnt like that at all.
Maybe because we are girls, we
are pampered a lot. And everyone
smiles at us. [laughs]
But, on a serious note, one does
keep hearing stories of Indians
finding it difficult in the job
market here.
Thats why we keep doing

whatever little we can do to
encourage people. Even in
our talks, we focus a lot about
developing
life
skills,
not
losing hope and keep fighting.
Metaphorically, climb higher and
climb better is the only way out.
Also, due to our networks and
contacts, if we find that some
people can help each other out, we
put them in touch.
Its not about diversity, or
Invercargill, or being a Kiwi, or an
Indian. From what we have seen,
we have realised that all major
problems of the world are caused
by a fight over identities. Even
gender inequality stems from
gender identities.
The challenge for all of us is to
embrace each other and tide over
our separate identities.
IWK: Thats a very mature

take on our world, especially
coming from two 23-yearolds. How long do you plan to
stay in New Zealand?
Tashi and Nungshi: At least
for the next three years, till
we complete our masters and
doctorate programmes.
IWK: Thats the long-term
plan. Any short-term goals?
Tashi and Nungshi: Yes,
we want to climb and hoist the
tricolour atop New Zealands
highest mountain, Aoraki/ Mount
Cook, in the coming summer. We
are actively seeking sponsors for
this endeavour as mountaineering
is an expensive sport.
Their claim to fame
n just under two years and one month, Tashi and Nungshi Malik
have climbed the seven summits (highest ones in all the seven
continents), skied to North and South Poles, and scaled an unnamed
virgin peak alpine-style in Bara Shigri Glacier at 21,000 ft. With
this, they became the worlds youngest persons, first twins, and
first siblings to complete the Explorers Grand Slam and three-pole
challenge.
But what is even more appreciative is the motivation behind their
#mission2for7 (climbing the seven peaks together). Armed with
the motto Gender equality nowfight against female foeticide,
the girls usemountaineering as a metaphor for lifes climbs and
breaking gender stereotypes. Recognising this, their home state
of Uttarakhand has made them the brand ambassador for the Beti
Bachao (save the girl child) campaign.
Notably, the worlds second most populous nation has an abysmal
record with regards to reining in female foeticide. So much so that
as per the last census held in 2011, the child sex ratio (914 girls per
1000 boys) is at an all-time low since independence.
To put it simply in Malik sisters words, India cannot realise its
full potential as long as its girls and women cannot realise theirs!
What they have been doing in NZ

Completed the Explorers Grand Slam by skiing to the North Pole
on April 21, 2015
Completed Graduate Diploma in Sport and Exercise at the
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), Invercargill on New
Zealand India Sports Scholarship (NZISS)
Pursuing their Masters at SIT now and aiming to complete their
doctorate eventually
Started the NungshiTashi Foundation in Dehradun, India in
February 2016 to promote girl empowerment through outdoors
Attended US Department of State and Global Sports Mentoring
Program (run in cooperation with University of Tennessee) in
September 2015
Talks at Canterbury Mountaineering Club in Christchurch, New
Zealand Alpine Club in Auckland, and Rotary Clubs in Invercargill
and Auckland, where the girls shared their journey of the Explorers
Grand Slam for the cause of the Indian Girl Child
Most recently, the Malik sisters spoke at TEDx Queenstown in April
2016 about the plight of millions of girls in much of the developed
world who have to climb their daily invisible mountains merely
to survive
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Turban Day this weekend
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ith an aim to educate people

of different cultures about
Sikhism and Punjabi culture,
a group of Sikh youth is organising
Auckland Turban Day on May 28.
Events such as this are quite popular
in many parts of the world, where nonIndians also participate to learn about the
Sikh culture.
One of the members of the Sikh Youth
New Zealand (SYNZ), Amrita Kaur
explained the reason behind carrying out
such exercises in public.
In an attempt to reduce the chances
of discrimination and bullying in schools,
workplaces and public places due to the
turban, we have conceptualised this idea
as a fun, colourful (with all the different
turban colours) and interesting way
to achieve our goal of education and
awareness. We believe that such an event
would contribute greatly to the rich culture
and varying faiths of Auckland and New
Zealand, said Amrita.
The event is supported by community
members where SYNZ is receiving
donations from public to buy turbans. Some
turban retailers have also come forward to
help. As a part of the event, a flyer will be
distributed in order to answer some basic
questions about Sikhism such as who Sikhs
are, what turbans are and why Sikhs wear
them and also the 10 Sikh Gurus teachings
regarding equality, love and unity of people.
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on Ha Real Estate hosted an

evening of networking last week
bringing together businessmen,
professionals, and individuals enthusiastic
to amplify their trades, services and
businesses.
The invite-only event provided a platform
to introduce oneself and ones business, to
reach out to a greater set of audience. The
attendees gathered at Lakewood Court (Old
Valentine building) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 18, sharing their business cards over
drinks and nibbles.
The Auckland Turban Day will be held

at Aotea Square in Auckland CBD on
Saturday, May 28 from noon to 3 p.m.
Anyone can join the event to have fun and
learn about Sikh faith and also to get a taste
of Punjab with masala chai (tea) that will be
served free of cost to the public.
Don Ha Real Estate licensed salesperson

Steve Starke emceed the event briefing
about the company and its exponential
growth over the last few years. Don Ha
took over the stage and shared some light
moments from his experience, and his story
of establishing one of the most successful
real estate companies in Auckland.
Don Ha invited attendees to come to

the dais and brief about their businesses
and services, which was the crux of the
networking event. Individuals present
at the venue grabbed the opportunity to
introduce and showcase their businesses to
other businessmen present.
The venue also exhibited a life-size
replica of the Manukau Lakewood Plaza
apartments, the exotic lounge, rooms, and
kitchen area with attached balcony. There
was also a tiny model of the Plaza that
received some attention from the people at
the venue.
Don Ha Real Estate (Top One Real Estate

Limited, Licensed Real Estate Agents REAA
2008) has its office located at 12 Osterley
Way in Manukau and provides services for
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BUDGET2016
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Social Investment
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652 million for a Social

Investment package to help
drive changes to help improve
the lives of the most vulnerable
New Zealanders. The package,
which provides $641.6 million
of operating funding over the
next four years and $10.5 million
of capital, includes additional
support for vulnerable children as
well as initiatives in corrections,
education and health.
Finance Minister Bill

English delivered
the National-led
governments eighth
Budget in Wellington
on Thursday, May 26.
he Budget talks about

investing in a growing
economy, while ensuring
continuing support to families and
the most vulnerable people who
need it the most.
New Zealands economy is
performing well and were on track
for annual growth of around three
per cent over the next few years.
Were also on track for growing
surpluses and falling debt, said
Mr English.
Thats thanks to the Nationalled governments clear economic
plan and responsible management
of the books. Budget 2016 is about
building on that good progress.
The main highlights of
budget 2016 are as follows:
Health
n additional $2.2 billion

for health to help pay for
more lifesaving drugs, more
elective surgeries, more disability

support services, and to start
the roll-out of a national bowel
screening programme
Infrastructure
$2.1
billion
public
infrastructure package to
invest in building new roads,
schools and classrooms, and to
support our thriving tourism
sector. School infrastructure is a
key part of the package. The $882.5
million investment will deliver
480 new classrooms, nine new
schools, two school expansions
as well as the relocation and
rebuilding of three schools and a
Kura. This includes $168.5 million
for the Christchurch schools

rebuild programme, which is now
in its third year and has completed
six schools, with a further eight
under construction. A core part
of the package focuses on growth
and provides $270.6 million of
new capital funding and $80.3
million of new operating funding
over the next four years.
Science and
innovation
761 million for an Innovative

New Zealand package, which
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regional economic development
initiatives to help grow and
diversify the economy.
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children
with special needs, and new schools
and classrooms takes annual education
spending above $11 billion for the first time.
This includes $640.5 million of operating
Police
299.2 million in additional funding

for police over four years, which
includes $49.2 million from a Budget
2015 contingency, will fund $279.9 million
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funding over the next four years, plus $75.1

million in 201516 and $727.3 million in
capital. Key spending includes an extra
$396.9 million over the next four years,
plus $39.2 million in 201516 for ECE. By
201920, this will provide funding for a
further 14,000 children. $43.2 million over
the next four years for schools educating
students most at risk of educational underachievement and $42.1 million over the
next four years for students with high and
special educational needs.
for police pay increases, $8.2 million for

the child protection offenders register
development and operating costs, $6.4
million to ensure police comply with the
provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering
and Countering Financing of Terrorism
Act 2009 and $4.7 million to cover the
first two years of the new operating costs
of Christchurchs Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct.
Civil defence
Justice
xtra $6.2m to increase Civil Defence

capability to ensure New Zealanders
are better prepared for natural disasters
by providing an extra $6.1 million of
operating funding over the next four years
and $63,000 of new capital funding for the
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency
Management (MCDEM).
udget 2016 invests heavily in core

justice services, with $208.4 million
in additional funding over the next four
yearsthe largest increase to Justice and
Courts in almost a decade.
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Peoples safety not about

bottom lines or dollars
Mahesh Bindra
ew Zealand First has long held

the view that we should all be
safe in our homes, businesses
and communities.
We share the concerns of those at
the public meeting in Auckland, which
discussed safety for business owners and
their staff, particularly smaller businesses
such as dairies and liquor stores.
We have been raising the issue of the
increased number of attacks and share the
concerns of those at the Indian community
meeting held last week.
This violence is unacceptable, and it is a
sad reflection on the deterioration of society
under this National government that so
many youths are the perpetrators; they are
jobless, without direction.
The reality is that a large number of
these frontline, high-risk businesses are
owned by Kiwis of Indian origin. We believe
in hard work and enterprise and have
achieved success in business all over the
world because of our work ethics and pride
in running a business.
The government constantly tells New
Zealand that crime is down but this is not
evident, as the community well knows.
Then there are the statistics. Of course
the government is fudging the figures
especially when it comes to Auckland.
There are not enough police to keep our
communities safe.
The senior police authorities have gone
on record, on questioning by us, that they
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Indian community meeting
have closed down 30 police stations but

opened 15 new ones resulting in a net loss
of 15 police stations to New Zealanders.
This is not good enough and our role as an
opposition party is to hold the government
to account on this and we continue to do so.
The other trend that was evident in this
meeting was that an increasing number
of business owners are so frustrated they
wont mind taking law into their own hands
if they have to. We are peace-loving, lawabiding people and this is not what we
should be forced into.
This government needs to realise that
it is not about bottom lines and dollars
when it comes to the safety of our people,
our homes and our businesses. We need
more policemen and women in our streets
so they can prevent crime and respond to
incidents in acceptable time frames.
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Creative Communities brings Calling all

the magic of the arts to all
SuperGold
isually-impaired children will be

able to experience the wonder of
the theatre, thanks to a grant from
the Creative Communities Scheme.
Tim Bray Productions will provide audio
described
performances
included in the companys
July and September shows
at The Pumphouse Theatre
that feature touch tours of
the set.
Creative Communities
has been stunning in supporting
these performances which allow
blind and visually impaired
children to enjoy our shows. They
sit alongside our New Zealand
Sign Language interpreted shows,
which we have been offering for
12 years now as we try and create
productions that are accessible to
all children, says Tim Bray, whose
company is celebrating its 25th
anniversary this year.
Each year, Creative New Zealand
provides Creative Communities Scheme
funding to city and district councils to
distribute in their area.
A showcase event was held on
Thursday, May 26, to celebrate the
success of Auckland community arts
projects funded under the contestable
grants scheme.
This allocation round, Auckland
Council has distributed $488,866 to 152
51
local projects that will reach an estimated

audience of more than 263,000 people.
Through
supporting
grassroots
organisations, the fund helps bring art into
the everyday lives of Aucklanders from
all our different communities telling our
stories in many languages, says Barbara

Procter, Sector Investment Leader at
Auckland Councils arts and culture unit.
Other projects awarded grants in the
latest round include creative wnanga
by Te Waka Huia to develop a play based
on the Brynderwyn Bus Disaster, the
countrys worst road accident, and the
Battlecry breakdance competition staged
by thebreaksnz.
The applications for the next round of
grants close on August, 26.
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respective mana whenua, iwi,
individual contributors and community
group representatives for the Mauri o te
Moana Award.
The award will be presented at the 2016
Manukau Harbour Forum Symposium,
and recognises the work of those who have
helped to protect and restore the mauri
of the Manukau Harbour over the last
three years.
Mauri is the life energy force, or unique
life essence, that gives being and form to all
things in the universe.
We know there are many organisations,
large and small, that have contributed to
the harbours wellbeing, says Manukau
Harbour Forum Chair Jill Naysmith. This
is an opportunity to celebrate and highlight
their efforts so we can learn from them in
the future.
Each of the recipients will receive a copy
of an original artwork by mana whenua
artist Charlotte Graham, to be presented at
the Manukau Harbour Forum Symposium,
which will be held 10 June at Ng Tohu o
Uenuku (Mngere Arts Centre) and is free
to attend.
Instigated by the Manukau Harbour
Forum, the Manukau Harbour Forum
Symposium is focused on the harbours
future, and on real actions that can
contribute to the restoration of its mauri. It
will consider proposed and current projects,
innovative approaches and smart ways of
acting to create a new reality.
Nomination forms close onJune1 and are
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manukauharbourforum, or can be requested
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More families to receive

intensive home support
Kanwaljit Bakshi
National List MP
his National-led government is

reprioritising $7.3 million a year
for Family Start, an intensive
home visitation support programme for
vulnerable children. The funding is being
redirected from October 1 from another
programme that hasnt shown itself to be
effective at reducing child maltreatment.
Our aim is about investing in those
children and families who are the most
vulnerable and ensuring services are
evidence-based and effective.
$7.3 million a year will be reprioritised
to support more vulnerable children and
their families through Family Start, an
intensive, home visitation service.
Family Start has shown positive results
in reducing post-neonatal mortality,
increasing the reporting of child abuse
and neglect and has been shown to
increase mothers use of communitybased mental health services, child

immunisation rates and participation in
early childhood education. The funding is
being reprioritised from the low-intensity
home visitation programme called Parents
As First Teachers (PAFT), which has
shown no evidence of effectively reducing
child maltreatment.
Family Start currently works with 5,000
at-risk families at any one time, and this
funding will support an additional 1,250
families nationwide. Eligible families
currently receiving PAFT will be referred
to Family Start and others will be able to
access resources such as Strategies for
Kids, Information for Parents (SKIP) and
targeted parenting programmes such as
Incredible Years. Officials will work with
existing Family Start sites to expand their
boundaries and new sites will be established
in Tauranga, Palmerston North, New
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PM in warm and cordial talks with

Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi
o-operation
between
India and Fiji on a
broad range of issues
has been discussed during talks
in New Delhi between Prime
Minister Voreqe Bainimarama
and his Indian counterpart,
Narendra Modi. The two leaders
met during the PMs stopover
in the Indian capital on his way
to the United Nations World
Humanitarian Summit in Turkey
next week. Prime Minister
Bainimarama, who described
the talks as warm and cordial,
stressed the importance of Fiji
being able to access funds to
strengthen its ability to withstand
future events such as Tropical

Cyclone Winston.
We ask for Indias support
to gain access to the finance we
need to build our resilience to
the extreme weather events and
rising sea levels caused by climate
change. We urgently need funding
to rebuild or reinforce our homes
and infrastructure to prepare for
the more frequent and intense
cyclones that the scientists say
are coming. The Prime Minister
warmly thanked Mr Modi for
Indias immediate support to Fiji
in the wake of Cyclone Winston.
We are deeply grateful for
Indias generous responsethe
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama (right)

with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left)
45 tonnes of relief supplies that

were flown to Fiji so quickly and
the one million US dollars in cash
for the relief effort. We especially
appreciate India entrusting us to
direct the cash where we saw fit to
Unforgettable moment with

the Queen
nforgettable!
That
was how Joji Marau
described
his
visit
to Windsor Castle on the
invitation of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II.
Mr Marau is the head of School
of Mechanical Engineering at
the Fiji National University. He
is also the designer and one of
the builders of the authentic
traditional iTaukei drua, Adi Eta,
which featured during the Queens
90th birthday celebrations.
I will never forget this day
for the whole of my life when I
and five other members of the
Fiji delegation was part of the tea
party with the Royal Family in the
Castlewhat an opportunity.
Mr Marau posted the comment
and photos from Windsor Castle
on his Facebook account.
He was also thrilled about the
Queens acknowledgement after
Joji Marau meets Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle
their performance. I am glad the

Fijian delegation performance
in the final and main event last
night at the main arena and
in Windsor Castle was well
acknowledged by Her Majesty
the Queen.
As the members of the Republic
of Fiji Military Forces Brass Band
make their way home, Adi Eta
will be on her way to Norwich.
The drua will be shown in the
exhibition Fiji: Art & Life in the
Pacific at the Sainsbury Centre for

Visual Arts from October 15, 2016
to February 12, 2017.
Adi Eta will then move to
her new home at the National
Maritime Museum in Greenwich,
in its new Voyagers exhibition
gallery, which will open in 2018.
The double hull canoe stands
at eight metres in length and 2.15
meters in width and is made from
damanu tree from the interior of
Viti Levu in Nakorosule, Naitasiri.
Govt keen to work with Asia-Pacific body
he Fijian Government
has
extended
an
invitation to the AsiaPacific
Broadcasting
Union
(ABU) to collaborate on climate
change issues.
Attorney-General, and Minister
for Finance, Civil Service, Public
Enterprise and Communications
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made those
remarks during the opening of
the ABU Administrative Council
Meeting at the Sheraton Fiji
Resort, Denarau Island yesterday.
The
Fijian
Government
is very keen to work with
Organisations such as ABU,
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said.
The A-G said the Government
would be very keen to have
some specific gathering or
Source: Fiji Sun
Attorney-General, and Minister for Finance, Civil Service, Public Enterprise, Communications Aiyaz
Sayed-Khaiyum with participants during the opening of the ABU Administrative Council Meeting at the
Sheraton Fiji Resort, Denarau Island
conference in the country through

the
broadcasters
regarding
climate change.
We are also quite keen and
would like to inform you next
year, we are hosting one of the
largest conferences on the Oceans
that are also key feature for us,

he said. These are the hardcore
realities that are faced by the
Pacific island countries. I suppose
to highlight these issues to you so
we have an understanding and of
course can collaborate with.
meet our own priorities. Because

of your generosity and the speed
of your response, the goodwill
towards India among ordinary
Fijians has never been greater,
the PM said.
The Indian leader expressed
his condolences for the loss of
life in Fiji and said India stood
ready to provide all possible
assistance in the rehabilitation
and reconstruction efforts. He
also reaffirmed his commitment
to strengthen cooperation in
disaster management with all
Pacific Island countries, including
through the establishment of a
Space Technology Applications
Centre for the region. Prime

Minister Bainimarama also asked
India for assistance to boost
Fijis solar energy programme to
enable it to meet its international
commitment to reduce its carbon
emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
India is an acknowledged leader in
solar technology.
The PM is holding a series
of high level meetings in India
before he moves on to Turkey
to lead Fijis delegation to the
World Humanitarian Summit.
The
subjects
include
new
avenues of cooperation between
India and Fiji in the energy and
medical sectors.
Fiji appointed advisory

member to PIANZEA
iji has been appointed

as an Advisory Group
Member representing the
Melanesia region to the Pacific
Islands, Australia, and New
Zealand Electoral Administrators
(PIANZEA) Network following
a nomination by the Melanesian
grouping at the PIANZEA meeting
in Nadi. The Supervisor of
Elections, Mohammed Saneem,
accepted the nomination.
Since the re-admittance into
the network, the Fijian Elections
Office has benefitted from several
training and capacity building
initiatives organized by PIANZEA,
including this weeks meeting, Mr
Saneem said. Fijis appointment
as a PIANZEA Advisory Group
Member will give us even greater

access to networking opportunities
and electoral assistance.
The PIANZEA member countries
manage and direct PIANZEA
activities through a PIANZEA
Advisory Group and the Advisory
Group members are rotated
through nomination by member
countries. PIANZEA, a semi-formal
association of Pacific Election
Management Bodies (EMBs), is a
platform for networking, sharing
capacity-building
opportunities
and provides mutual electoral
assistances to member from the
region funded by Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Australia and currently hosts the
PIANZEA Secretariat.
PM leads Fijian delegation to

world humanitarian summit
rime Minister Voreqe

Bainimarama is leading
a
Fijian
delegation
to the United Nations World
Humanitarian Summit, which
opens in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Summit is being attended
by
representatives
of
175
countries, including 53 heads of
state and government, who will
discuss a range of humanitarian
challenges such as the mass
displacement of refugees due to
conflict and natural disasters.
In a series of statements at the
Summit, the Prime Minister will
call on the global community to
assist countries such as Fiji with
the funds they need to build their
resilience to climate change and
brief other nations on the relief
and rehabilitation effort in the
wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston.
He will also be speaking
about the need for international
assistance to enable Fiji to give

permanent refuge to the people of
Kiribati and Tuvalu in the event
that both nations are submerged
by the rising seas caused by
global warming.
In other sessions, the Prime
Minister will speak about the
governments programme to
improve the position of women
and girls in Fiji and the steps being
taken to integrate the private
sector into decision making and
improve the ability of the business
community to deal with disaster.
Among the Fijian delegation are
the Minister for Agriculture, Rural
and Maritime Development and
National Disaster Management,
Inia Seruiratu, Fijis Permanent
Representative to the United
Nations in Geneva, Nazhat
Shameem and the Permanent
Secretary in the Prime Ministers
Office, Yogesh Karan.
15
FIJI
NZ PM John Key plans an official visit to Fiji next month
Red
Black
Orange
r Key will be in the country for a

two-day visit from June 9 to 10,
an informed government source
said. A planning committee is understood
to be working on the visit. Mr Key is due to
meet Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
This will be a significant step forward in
the relations between the countries. No NZ
Prime Minister has made an official visit to
Fiji since 2006.
Mr Keys visit will be a follow-up to his
Foreign Minister Murray McCully who
visited Fiji in February in the wake of
Tropical Cyclone Winston. In NZ, Mr Key
Extra million tourists

predicted for Pacific:
World Bank
he Pacific region could attract an

extra million tourists per year by
2040, according to a new report by
the World Bank.
That would translate to an additional
yearly revenue of around $1.8 billion,
significantly helping the economies of
island nations. The World Bank says for
that to happen, the region needs to focus
on improved international transport links
and aggressively target higher-spending
tourists from markets such as China.
Author of the Pacific Possible tourism
report John Perrottet says tourism is one
of the Pacific regions most economically
viable sectors, with significant opportunities
for sustainable growth in the Chinese
tourist, cruise ship, luxury travel and
retiree markets.
Perrottet believes the United States,
China and Japan could be the next boom
markets. In 2014, the region hosted 1.37
million overnight visitors with most coming
from Australia and New Zealand.
had signalled more aid may be in the pipeline

for Fiji after pledging NZ$3.2million
(F$4.58m) including defence force assets
and personnel.
Diplomatic relations between New
Zealand and Fiji soured after the 2006
takeover. Australia and NZ deserted Fiji and
were instrumental in Fiji being suspended
from Pacific Islands Forum.
But the relations were restored after Mr
Bainimaramas FijiFirst party won the 2014
general election. However, the situation was
complicated when Mr Bainimarama did not
attend the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in
Source: Fiji Sun
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama with New Zealand Prime

Minister John Key at a meeting in the UN last year
Their talks focused on Fijis role in the

Pacific and a likelihood of a top-level visit
by Mr Key. Next months visit would be the
icing on the cake for the restored relations.
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iji will provide a permanent refuge
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Key and Mr Bainimarama posed together
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Thought of the week
One persons craziness is another

persons reality
Tim Burton
Editorial
From the desk of the

Managing Editor
The most self-defeating thing you can do is to take action with divided intention.
If you are doing something while resisting, resenting, or complaining about it,
you are ripping yourself off, along with everyone else involved. Nothing is more
annoying than someone doing something and kvetching and whining as they do it.
Either do something with a whole heart or dont do it. If you agree to do something,
then really do it. If you dont agree to do it, then really dont do it. Be total.
~Alan Cohen from Enough Already
I really like these words. These also remind me of the words of Walter Russell,
who gives his brilliant insight saying: There should be no distasteful tasks in ones
life. If you just hate to do a thing that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins
and you become fatigued very soon. You must love anything you must do. Do it not
only cheerfully but also lovingly and the very best way you know how. That love of the
work which you must do anyhow will vitalize your body and keep you from fatigue.
There are many others who have spoken about the importance of pursuing what
you really enjoy or love to do. Often times, this takes a lot of effort to break through
your comfort zones and chase after a dream. Sometimes it may even involve taking a
leap of faith in the direction of your dreams, sometimes the risk may actually be quite
significant, but eventually the pros far outweigh the cons.
Just as we are putting this issue together, the Hon. Bill English is announcing the
Budget 2016. We bring you some instant snapshots of whats coming. The analysis
and further details of the budget and how it will affect the community, in general, will
be covered in the next issue.
At a glance, health, education and social services seem to be the big winners in a
Budget, which contains some surprises but also a few contentious moves.
Auckland housing along with Justice and Defence also feature prominently in the
National-led governments eighth Budget. There, however, seems to be no respite
for first-home buyers but at a glance, it seems that funding will help free up land for
housing developments in Auckland and open up more social housing places for the
most desperate families.
The Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame is drawing closer, and we are bracing ourselves for
the biggest celebration for the Kiwi-Indian community. The nominations have now
been handed over to the jury to deliberate and make their decision regarding who the
winners will be this year. As developments keep happening, we will keep bringing
you the updates.
Winter is slowly setting in, and I hope that all our readers are looking after their
health. Until next time.
Pick of the week
In the Dead of Night : The skies are in constant movement over the stillness of Dead Vlei (dead marsh) in Namibia. The star
trails are a fitting backdrop to a landscape that looks otherworldly even in the light of day. (Photograph by Michael Kovler)
Until next time.

Giri Gupta
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Word: Chur
Meaning: Cheers
Usage:
Jack: Saw you were running low bro got you another beer
John: Chur bro!
Tip from the trenches
Tips to go greener at home

Switch all your lightbulbs to CFLs

Plant a herb garden
Use cloth napkins instead of paper
Unplug unused chargers and
appliances
Replace glass jars as leftovers
containers
17
OPINION/EDITORIAL
White House contenders: bend it like them!
Red
Black
Orange
Arun Kumar
andhi did not quite say it. But that

has not come in the way of any of
the three remaining White House
warriors from Republican Donald Trump
to Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary
Clinton to purpose it in their cause.
Capitalist Donald has done it to plug
Make America Great Again, Socialist
Bernie to show A Future to Believe in and
sophist Hillary for America Fighting for
Us to simply suggest Love trumps hate.
But Trump trumps them all. The pearl
of wisdom misattributed to the Mahatma
by many, according to fact checking site
Snopes.comFirst they ignore you, then
they laugh at you, then they fight you, then
you winfits the Manhattan mogul to a T.
For the apostle of peace and non-violence
there was no god higher than truth. But
they have no such qualms. No one can bend
it like them.
After demolishing Low Energy Jeb
Bush, Little Marco Rubio and Lyin Ted
Cruz, the master of monikers Trump has
now turned full blast on Crooked Hillary.
First, he called Bill Clinton the worst
abuser of women in the history of politics
and Hillary an enabler of her husbands
peccadilloes. Now Trump aided and
abetted by a Fox News host has branded
an allegation of sexual assault against the
former president as rape.
Clinton, in turn, has called Trump
divisive and dangerous, unmoored, and
a loose cannon.
And from her opponents hurry to call
EgyptAir plane crash a likely terrorist
attack she has concluded hes not
qualified to be president. She called his
suggestion to temporarily bar all Muslims
Republican Donald Trump
Democrat Hillary Clinton
Democrat Bernie Sanders
from entering the US until we figure out

whats going on a total ban on Muslims.
It would keep even Nobel Prize winners
out and send a message of disrespect to
Muslim nations and a message to terrorists.
Trumps willingness to meet North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un became praise
for a repressive regime and his criticism of
British Prime Minister David Cameron as
an attack on US allies.
Trump hit back Friday, calling her
absolutely dumb and suggesting the
former secretary of state is ill-equipped
for the presidency.
He has also egged Crazy Bernie to
take on Hillary as an independent, saying
the Democratic system of picking their
nominee is as rigged as the Republicans.
Trump and Bernie may have a lot
to disagree, but they agree on at least
one thing: Hillary is unqualified to be
president. She has shown poor judgement
in voting for the disastrous Iraq war (ditto

Trump), refused to release transcripts of
her speeches to big banks for $225,000
dollars a pop and raised millions from
Wall Street.
Clinton, who thinks her being the
Democratic nominee is a done deal in effect
with her insurmountable lead in pledged
delegates, has returned the compliment
questioning Sanders qualifications for not
doing his homework on his big promises.
She has also accused him of backing gun
manufacturers despite his D minus grade
from the powerful gun lobby and criticised
him for not releasing his tax returns.
Sanders take on that is: My wife does the
taxes and she is busy campaigning.
But maths-defying Sanders dogged
persistence to fight till the very end, even as
new polls show an overwhelming majority
of Republican voters pushing their party
leaders to get behind Trump, has the
Democrats worried. Unlike India, there are

literally no writings on the walls, but with
more and more Trump lawn signs popping
up in suburbs that had been trending blue
Democratic, as the Washington Post put it
in a report from Philadelphia, is adding to
their headache.
With choice limited to widely disliked
Trump and Clinton, as a new NYT/CBS poll
revealed, a Virginia woman took the matter
in her own hands, or at least one of her sons
did after she died of lung cancer at 68.
Faced with the prospect of voting for
either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton,
Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose
instead to pass into the eternal love of God,
the dutiful son wrote in her obit to carry on
her sense of humour.
Unfortunately that choice is not
widely available!
With Assam in bag, time to move forward with reforms

Amulya Ganguli
ssam has given Narendra Modi a

breather. It is now up to him to
make full use of the time he has
got to recover from last years drubbings
in Delhi and Bihar, and brace for the
battles in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat
and Goa next year.
Assam was a low-hanging fruit for
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by
an octogenarian who couldnt keep his
house in order as the politically damaging
departure of an able lieutenant, Himanta
Biswa Sarma, from the Congress showed.
Uttar Pradesh will be different as
the BJP will come up against the feisty
Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP), who expects to cash in on the antiincumbency sentiments against the ruling
Samajwadi Party (SP).
In Punjab and possibly in Goa, the Aam
Admi Party (AAP) will make its debut
outside of Delhi with its usual hyperbole.
Again, the task will not be easy for
the BJP, which tends to be thrown off
balance by Arvind Kejriwals rhetoric
skirting the thin line between insultthe
prime minister is a psychopath, he once
saidand defamation.
Only in Gujarat can the BJP expect to
hold its own because, for one, its opponent
will be a Congress licking its wounds from a
series of defeats.
For another, Modis home state can
be expected to stand by him even if his
successor as chief minister, Anandiben
Amguri Voters wait in queues to cast their vote during the first
phase of Assam Assembly election in Amguri in Sivasagar
district of Assam
Patel, hasnt been a roaring success. What

the battles against the BSP, SP and AAP
underline is the Congresss absence as the
BJPs main adversary.
It is not a Congress-mukt Bharat yet, as
the BJPs provocative slogan about ridding
India of the Congress proclaims.
But the political scene appears to
be evolving in that direction as the
mother-and-son duo of Sonia and Rahul
Gandhi appears clueless about ways to
revive the party.
But theres many a slip between the
cup and the lip. The BJP will need at
least the victories in Gujarat and Goa to
justify its slogan since U.P. and Punjab
are tough nuts to crack, the latter being
hobbled by the misrule of the father-andson combine of Prakash Singh Badal and
Sukhbir Singh Badal.
To advance towards the objective of
decimating the Congress, therefore, the BJP
has to be far more politically savvy than it
has been till now.
Since Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
has said that the BJPs victory in Assam
underlines a popular rejection of the

politics of obstructionism practised by the
Congress, Modi will have to reach out to
possible allies in order to push through the
partially stalled economic reforms.
The two victorious ladies will have to be
on the top of the BJPs list in this regard.
Modi is fortunate that both Mamata
Banerjee and Jayalalithaa are expected to
be more confident at the beginning of their
second terms and are unlikely to hesitate in
the matter of striking deals with the centre.
Of the two, Mamata Banerjees
extraordinary success can enable her
to enlist the support of the BJP MLAs
in West Bengal as she helps Modi to
implement reforms.
The death blows she has inflicted on
the Congress and the Left are expected to
neutralise their carping exercise in naysaying on the pro-market initiatives.
Jayalalithaa, too, will be an able ally
since she has no ideological hang-ups about
a neo-liberal economy.
It is possible that the reverses suffered
by the Congress from the time of its defeats
in four assembly elections in 2013 followed
by the general election drubbing in 2014
and the latest losses in Assam, Kerala and
West Bengal will take the wind out of the
sails of the socialists in the party led by
Sonia Gandhi.
However, it is not only the Congress,
which advocates this outdated thesis
but also parties such as the Janata Dal
(United), the SP and others in the so-called
Janata parivar.
Modi has to take the present opportunity,

therefore, to push ahead energetically
with reforms in parliament and outside
so that the roadblocks on the path of
economic growth are quickly removed as
well as discredited.
At the same time, a palpable sign of
employment-generating development will
silence the socialists and weaken them in
electoral terms since the modern generation
looks for jobs and not dead dogmas.
Apart from the focus on the economy,
the prime minister will have to cut the
loudmouths in the saffron brotherhood to
size lest their comments on the removal
of the Reserve Bank governor and the
building of the Ram temple are interpreted
as those of Modi.
He will also have to pay greater heed to
the views of industrialist Adi Godrej about
the baneful effects of measures such as the
beef ban and prohibition on the economy.
The almost constant round of elections
has its value in telling the politicians what
needs to be done to keep the system on
the move.
For instance, the results show, as in
West Bengal, that opportunistic alliances
like the one between the Left and the
Congress have no future.
And Jayalalithaas success has shown
that in choosing between two sets of
tainted parties, the voter rejects the one
by a nonagenarian.
In traditionally Left-leaning Kerala, the
comrades will feel that it is not the end of
the road for them as their critics believe.
18
INDIA
Red
Cook, Modi discuss plans to

manufacture in India
n a fresh insight into Apples future

plans for India, CEO Tim Cook
discussed with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi the possibilities of
manufacturing and retailing in the country
as the two met on Saturday, May 21.
On his part, Modi explained his Digital
India initiative and identified its three
key objectives as e-education, health and
increasing farmers incomes.
Modi sought support from Apple in
these objectives, a statement from the
Prime Ministers Office said.
During the meeting, Cook, 55,
appreciated the breadth of young talent in
India, saying the youth have significant
skills, which Apple would like to tap.
He mentioned the immense potential
for app-development that exists in
the country and elaborated on the Map
Development Centre that Apple is setting
up in Hyderabad.
Hailing Modis initiatives in ease of
doing business, Cook also launched an
updated version of the Narendra Modi
Mobile App. In an exchange of tweets later,
the two praised each other.
Thank you @tim_cook! Friends,
welcome and happy volunteering. Your
views and efforts are always enriching,
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on May 21
Modi tweeted. Cook replied: Thanks @

narendramodi for a great meeting. Already
looking forward to next visit to India. Best
wishes on the app!
I am delighted to share that Tim
Cook launched an updated version of the
Narendra Modi Mobile App. Thank you,
Cook, said Modi in his tweet.
I urge you to have a look at the new
feature My Network that empowers you
to contribute on lively and enriching
forums where you can share your ideas
and deliberate with others. You will also
enjoy the daily tasks on the app, the prime
minister added.
They also deliberated on issues regarding
cyber security and data encryption.
Modi encouraged Cook to help the global

community to cope with the challenges of
cyber crime. In an interview with an Indian
TV channel on Friday, Cook asserted that
he was looking at India holistically and
Apple was here for the next thousand
yearsa comment that was hailed by
Communications Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad at an event later.
I complement Apple chief executive for
a public commitment of one thousand years
in India. We are ready to work together,
Prasad said. Cook also met Sunil Mittal,
chairman of Bharti Airtel, one of Indias
leading telecommunication companies
which was the first to launch 4G in India
and set to offer the service countrywide.
Black
Orange
Modi calls for country

to move towards
cashless society
enewing calls for India to move

towards a cashless society,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday, May 22, said this was essential to
curb black money in the country.
Exhorting citizens to begin using the
electronic
technological
payments
systems put in place, Modi in his Mann
ki Baat address over All India Radio said,
I urge fellow citizens to begin using the
electronic modes of cashless transaction
and illegal businesses will close down, black
money will disappear. Through electronictechnological means we can now both pay
and receive money. The world is moving
towards a cashless society.
The prime minister also said the move
towards such a society was being enabled by
the governments JAM initiativeJan Dhan
Yojana, Aadhar and Mobileto implement
direct transfer of benefits.
Through the JAM trinity, we can move
towards a cashless society, Modi said.
RuPAY cards have been given with Jan
Dhan accounts and in the coming days these
will have credit and debit card facilities, to
disincentivise cash transactions, he added.
RuPAY cards were launched by the
National Payments Corporation of India
to address the needs of Indian consumers,
merchants and banks. The benefits of RuPay
debit card are flexibility of the product
platform and high levels of acceptance.
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India appreciates
Canadian PMs gesture relationship based on civilisational ties
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ndia on Saturday, May 21,

appreciated Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeaus
gesture of apologising in the
House of Commons in Ottawa
for the infamous Komagata Maru
incident of 1914.
We welcome and deeply
appreciate the gesture of Prime
Minister of Canada to deliver a
formal apology in the House of
Commons for the Komagata Maru
incident, external affairs ministry
spokesperson Vikas Swarup said
in a statement.
The Indian diaspora in Canada
has contributed immensely to
Canadas growth and development
and acts as a bond between our
two nations. Prime Minister
Trudeaus gesture constitutes an
acknowledgment of the positive
role of the Indian diaspora, he
said. The Komagata Maru was
a Japanese ship that was hired
by a rich Malaysia-based Sikh,
Baba Gurdit Singh, to bring 376
Indians, mostly Sikhs, to Canada
to challenge the racist laws of the
time in 1914. Since both India and
Canada were British dominions at
that time, the Indians should have
had the right to enter Canada. But
the Canadian government of that
time put in place various clauses in
laws to bar Indians from entering
Canada. The Komagata Maru,
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks

at the Secretariat Lobby at the UN headquarters
which entered Vancouver harbour

on May 23, 1914, was forcibly sent
back to India after two months. On
reaching Budge Budge in Calcutta
in September 1914, the passengers
were subjected to firing by British
Indian police in which 19 of them
were killed.
In his apology in the House
of Commons on Wednesday,
May 19, Trudeau said, Canadas
government
was,
without
question, responsible for the laws
that prevented these passengers
from immigrating peacefully and
securely. For that, and for every
regrettable consequence that
followed, we are sorry. In his
statement on Saturday, Swarup
said that Trudeaus gesture
reflected Canadas commitment
to the values of pluralism and
multiculturalism, which India
fully shares.
n Monday, May 23,

India and Iran pledged
to build a strong and
cooperative bilateral relationship
based on the strength of their
historical and civilisational ties.
The two sides also saw potential
for cooperation in the sphere
of mines and mining besides
other sectors and also noted
their shared desire to develop an
Information and Communication
Technology Zone in Chabahar.
The
leaders
(Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi) were united in their
determination to build a strong,
contemporary and cooperative
relationship that draws upon
the strength of the historical and
civilisational ties between the
two countries, a joint statement
issued said.
Both countries were also of the
view that their governments must
enable and encourage utilisation
of the emerging opportunities
to the maximum possible extent
in all areas of bilateral economic
and commercial cooperation,
in particular connectivity and
infrastructure, energy, and trade
and investment.
The statement further said,
The Iranian side welcomed the
investment of Indian side in
setting up plants in sectors such
as fertilisers, petrochemicals and
metallurgy in Chabahar FTZ on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani, during the Joint Press Statement, in Tehran, Iran on May 23
terms mutually beneficial to the

concerned parties.
Rouhani and Modi also
welcomed
prospects
for
participation of Indias railways
in various ongoing and future
projects. In this regard, they noted
the steps for cooperation taken
by IRCON and CDTIC of Islamic
Republic of Iran, the statement
said. The Indian side thanked
the Iranian government for
Indias ongoing participation and
investment in the development
of the oil and gas sector in Iran.
In this regard, they expressed
the hope that a Heads of
Agreement will be concluded
by the third quarter of 2016,
it said. The leaders noted with
satisfaction the decision to
convene a bilateral Energy
Dialogue
with
participation
of
important
stakeholders
alternately in India and Iran, to
focus on all aspects of mutual
concern in the energy sector.
President
Rouhani
and
Prime Minister Modi agreed
to strengthen the longstanding
trade ties between the two
countries by, inter alia, stepping
up the momentum of economic
engagement
through
early
conclusion of a Preferential
Trade Agreement, preferably
within a year. The two leaders
also
directed
that
Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreement
and
Bilateral
Investment
Treaty should be concluded
before the end of the year,
it said.
According
to
the
joint
statement, India fully supports
the accession of the Islamic
Republic of Iran to the World
Trade Organisation and the
ongoing
consensus
building
efforts among WTO members to
reactivate the accession process,
consistent with the objective of
making the organisation universal
and inclusive.
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India successfully tests winged reusable

launch vehicle
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n Monday, May 23,

India
successfully
tested its home-grown
winged reusable launch vehicle
(RLV), demonstrating its space
technology prowess and joining an
elite club of space-faring nations
such as the US, Russia and France.
We have successfully tested the
first delta-winged-body aerospace
vehicle operating in hypersonic
flight
regime,
the
Indian
Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) said in a statement after
accomplishing the mission as
a
technology
demonstrator
(RLV-TD).
We
have
successfully
accomplished
the
RLV-TD
mission. The lift-off was at 7 a.m.
from the first launch pad, ISRO
director Devi Prasad Karnik said
after the shuttle returned to Earth.
President Pranab Mukherjee
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
congratulated
the
Indian scientists.
Mukherjee, in a message, said,
Heartiest congratulations to
ISRO Team on successful launch
of Indias first indigenous space
shuttle RLV-T.
Modi said in a tweet: The
dynamism
and
dedication
with which our scientists and
ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organisation) have worked over
the years is exceptional and
very inspiring.
The sleek 1.7-tonne RLV was
latched on top of a 15-tonne rocket
with a booster for lift-off from the
spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh,
about 80km north of Chennai,
off the Bay of Bengal coast. We
started the countdown for liftoff at 11 p.m. on Sunday and the
rocket blasted off at 7 a.m., as the

wind and weather conditions were
good for launching the vehicle,
ISROs Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre (VSS) director K. Sivan
said later.
After 91.1 seconds into the
flight, the burn out occurred
while the rocket along its vehicle
coasted to an altitude of 56
km and separated to ascend
to 65 km above the Earth in
sub-orbital space.
From 65 km height, the vehicle
began its descent followed by
atmospheric re-entry at Mach
5 (five times speed of sound).
Navigation, guidance and control
system steered the vehicle for safe
descent to the defined landing
spot over the Bay of Bengal, about
450 km from Sriharikota on the
east coast, the statement said.
The entire flight duration from
launch to landing in the sea was
13.3 minutes. Critical technologies
such as autonomous navigation,
guidance and control, reusable
thermal protection system and
re-entry mission management
have been validated. The vehicle
was tracked during its flight from
ground stations at Sriharikota and
a ship-borne terminal.
We have located the place
where the vehicle is floating. The
landing was soft as the vehicle was
intact and did not break up on
impact, Sivan claimed.
The Indian Coast Guard and
National Institute of Ocean
Technology extended support for
the mid-sea wind measurement
and ship-borne telemetry in
the mission.
The space agencys telemetry,
tracking and command network
(Istrac) centre in Bengaluru
ISROs Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying Indian Regional Navigation Satellite SystemIRNSS-1F blasts off from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on March 10
recorded the data of the vehicles

hypersonic speed, autonomous
landing and powered cruise flight
using air-breathing propulsion.
The maiden mission has
qualified India to enter the elite
club of space-faring nations
such as the US (NASA), Russia
(Roscosmos), France (European
Space Agency) and Japan (Jaxa),
which developed and used RLVs
for their space missions over
the years.
The
seven-metre
RLV
prototype was used as a flying test
bed to evaluate technologies the
state-run space agency developed
to reduce the cost of launching
satellites into the Earths polar and
geo-stationary orbits in the next

decade. The long-term objective
of this mission is to reduce the
launch cost by 80 per cent of the
present cost by using a reusable
vehicle, Sivan said, ahead of
the test.
Rockets and support systems
for launching satellites and
space
exploration
missions
are made at the space agencys
VSSC at Thiruvananthapuram in
southern Kerala.
Space agencies around the
world spend, on an average,
$20,000 per kg to build and use
medium-to-heavy weight rockets
to launch satellites into the
Earths polar and geo-stationary
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orbits, about 36,000 km above

planet Earth. In subsequent
test flights, we will attempt to
land the reusable vehicle at a
specific location on land like an
aircraft does on a runway so that
we can again use it for launching
satellites, Sivan pointed out.
The space agency is developing
the RLV and its support systems
from the budget earmarked
annually
for
technology
development and research and
development activities.
The cost of developing the
RLV technology is estimated to be
about Rs.100 crore ($14 million).
Developing
the
complex
technology and using a reusable
vehicle will take over a decade as
we have to build them with our
own resources, Sivan added.
The space agency will make
two more RLV prototypes with
additional features for other tests
before the final version, which
will be six times bigger than
its demonstrators.
US-based billionaire Elon
Musks SpaceX and Amazon
owner Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin
have recently conducted similar
test launches.
SpaceX tested its Falcon 9
rocket in December while Blue
Origins New Shepard completed
a third launch and vertical landing
in April.
NASA, however, grounded its
space shuttle programme in 2011
after using its reusable vehicles
such as Discovery, Endeavor,
Columbia and Challenger as a
space transportation system for
over three decades since 1981 to
launch various missions, including
International Space Station (ISS)
and Hubble telescope.
Special visa for foreign

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n a major move to make India a global

film shooting hub, the information and
broadcasting ministry has urged the
home and external affairs ministries that a
special category visa be created for foreign
film-makers who want to visit India and
scout for shooting locales in the country.
While the suggestions were made to
the ministries of external affairs and home
separately to facilitate travel within India of
foreign film-makers, official sources said the
matter may be initially referred to a panel
of officials from the concerned ministries
and departments.
There are various issues involved.
Foreign nationals visiting north-eastern
India require another permit called
Restricted Area Permit (RAP) besides the
necessary passport-visa. All these need to
be examined, an official said. Meanwhile,
official sources said that a proposal has
been prepared under which the central
government may provide assistance to an
Indian film competing for the Oscars.
An assistance of Rs.1 crore may be given
to films in contention for an award at Cannes
or Rs.50 lakh for films at Venice.
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Indian students win six awards

at Intel competition in US
ndian students have won six awards

at the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the
US where New Delhis Shreyas Kapur was
declared the grand winner of the Google
Thinking Big Award.
Organised by Intel Corporation and the
Society for Science and the Public in Arizona
this month, the Indian team comprising
16 students won a total of $9,500 in three
grand awards and three special awards
in the fields of biotechnology, medicine,
biomedical engineering and mathematics,
Intel declared in a statement on
Tuesday, May 24.
Kapur from Modern School at
Barakhamba Road won the award for
the project that addresses a large and
seemingly-impossible problem, by finding
an elegant solution with broad impact.
His project titled Cellphone-based
Optometry using Hybrid Images also won
him third position in both the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) and Biomedical Engineering award.
Arvind
Krishna
Ranganathan
from Ecole Mondiale World School in
Mumbai won the second place for his
Indian-American
student wins
National
Geographic Bee
finals
O
Organised by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public in Arizona this month, the Indian team comprising 16
students won a total of $9,500 in three grand awards
project titled Deterministic Approach

to the Position, Trajectory, and Collision
Prediction of Particles within Bounded
Two-Dimensional Environments.
Suhani Sachin Jain and Divya Kranthi
of Centre Point School in Nagpur won the
third award in plant sciences for developing
an Innovative Strategy using Endophytes
for Effective Biocontrol of Insect
Pests in Cotton.
Vasudev Malyan of Maharaja Agarsain
Public School in Delhi won fourth spot
in translational medical science for the

development of a Novel Paper Sensor as a
Diagnostic Test for Multiple Sclerosis.
The 16 Indian students were selected to
attend ISEF as finalists of the Initiative for
Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS)
2016 that featured more than 1,700 young
scientists selected from 419 affiliate fairs in
77 countries.
The Intel Foundation also awarded
$1,000 grant to each winners school and to
the affiliated fair they represented.
ut of the 10 finalists for this

years National Geographic Bee,
three Indian-American students
secured the first three positions.
Rishi Nair, 12, from Florida was declared
the winner of the 28th annual National
Geographic Bee title. He received a $50,000
college scholarship and will travel on an allexpenses paid trip to Lindbald expedition to
southeast Alaska, including a stop at Glacier
Bay National Park. Fourteen-year-old
Saketh Jonnalagadda from Massachusetts
secured the second place and received
a $25,000 college scholarship while the
third place was secured by Kapil Nathan, a
12-year-old from Alabama, who received a
$10,000 college scholarship.
Indian Americans students
hold
the record of winning the last four
championships with Rahul Nagvekar
winning in 2012, Sathwik Karnik in 2013,
Akhil Rekulapelli in 2014 and Karan Menon
in 2015.
The remaining seven finalists won
$500 each.
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International Champions Cup
nglish football club Liverpool will take on Spanish

champions FC Barcelona in the International
Champions Cup clash at the Wembley Stadium in
London on August 6.
Liverpool ambassador Gary McAllister and Ronald de
Boer, representing Barcelona, were at Wembley on May 24
to launch the news of the clash.
What an incredible game to round off such a high-profile
tournament, and all set under the iconic Wembley arch.
Im sure this game will be a great spectacle for Reds fans
and football fans in general.
I cant wait, McAllister was quoted as saying by
Liverpools official website on Tuesday, May 24.
The Jurgen Klopp-coached side are one of 10 teams
competing in the International Champions Cup and will play
two matches in California in July before heading back to the
United Kingdom to face Barcelona.
Liverpool will take on Chelsea at the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, California on July 27, followed by AC Milan three
days later at the Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Barcelona last played Liverpool in the last-16 stage of the Champions League nine years ago
IPL: AB patiently hunts victory for RCB

from Gujarat Lions
oyal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

batsmen AB De Villiers and Iqbal
Abdullah guided the team to a fourwicket win against Gujarat Lions in the first
qualifier of IPL match on Tuesday, May 24
at the Chinnaswami stadium in Bengaluru.
RCB scored 159/6 to snatch the victory
from the Lions with 10 balls to spare.
With an asking rate of 7.5 runs in 20
overs, Royal Challengers started off shakily,
losing wickets early. Gujarat Lions bowler
Dhawal Kulkarni ripped apart RCB top
order, castling both the openers Virat Kohli
for duck and Chris Gayle for nine.
Three Royal Challengers batsmen
suffered duck-out fate, Kohli, Rahul and
Baby. RCB was 65/5 midway through the
sixth over and lost another wicket before
the end of 10 overs.
It was at this difficult juncture that star
South African batsman De Villiers took the
onus of steering the team to victory aided
by Stuart Binny (21) and Abdulla (33) later.
De Villiers remained unbeaten at 79
in 47 balls with five fours and five sixes,
playing slowly and responsibly initially but
breaking free later after the 15th over to
ensure the match was safe in the hands of
Royal Challengers. Abdullah and De Villiers
managed to grab 16 and 15 runs respectively
in the 15th and 16th overs to lower the asking
rate to 32 runs in 23 balls by the 17th over.
The batsmen constructed an unbroken
partnership of 91 runs in 52 balls. Kulkarni
came out with the best bowling figures for
Gujarat Lions with 4/14 with a splendid
AB de Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore in action during

qualifier 1 of IPL 2016 between Gujarat Lions and Royal
Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium
economy of just 3.50 while Jadeja was the

only other bowler to claim wickets for the
Lions with bowling figures of 2/21. Earlier,
Gujarat Lions set RCB a target of 159 runs
after Dwayne Smith (73) saved the day for

the visitors, enabling them to cross 150
runs. After openers Brendon McCullum
(1) and Aaron Finch (4) departed in the
second over off left-arm spinner Abdullah,
Smith rose to the rescue of his team with
73 runs in 41 balls, smashing five fours and
six sixes. With just nine runs on the score
board and two wickets down, Gujarat lost
another crucial wicket, Suresh Raina (1)
was caught by Sreenath Aravind off Shane
Watsons bowling in the fourth over.
With the top order crumbling, no
boundaries were hit even after four overs,
until Smith hit two in the fifth over.
Only Dinesh Karthik (26) and Eklavya
Dwivedi (19) made some contribution with
the bat to put a respectable total, while
other batsmen fizzledRavindra Jadeja
(3), Dwayne Bravo (8), Praveen Kumar (5)
and Dhawal Kulkarni (6). After 15 overs,
the Lions managed to score 104/4 but
Smith and Dwivedi powered it ahead until
Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli held
two excellent catches in the long on area to
send back Smith and Dwivedi, who had hit
two sixes in the 19th. Electing to field first
after winning the toss helped Kohli in not
allowing a big total to the Lions. Watson
4/29 produced the best bowling figures,
followed by Chris Jordan with 2/26 and
Abdulla with 2/38, while bowling mainstay
Yuzvendra Chahal managed only a wicket.
De Villiers was adjudged the man of the
match for his winning knock.
ricocheted off the woodwork as United

seemed to be closing in on the opening goal.
Instead it was Palace that struck first in the
78th minute, with Jason Puncheon receiving
the ball unmarked after United failed to
clear a ball out of its area and powering
a left-footed blast past David De Gea at
close range. United struck back just two
minutes later when Wayne Rooney made an
outstanding run down the right side before

executing a cross that Fellaini chested to
Spanish midfielder Juan Mata, who finished
off the play with a left-footed volley that hit
off defender Joel Wards ankle and into the
net past net minder Wayne Hennessey.
The match came down to the extra
period when defender Chris Smalling was
sent off for a second yellow card in the
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IPL: De Kocks
60 pulls Delhi to
138/8
outh African opener Quinton de

Kocks matured 60-run knock
helped Delhi Dardevils post 138/8
against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a
must-win encounter for both sides in the
Indian Premier League (IPL) match on
Sunday, May 22.
Fellow South African Chris Morris (27
not out) was the next most successful
batsman for Delhi. Leg spinner Yuzvendra
Chahal claimed 3/32 off his four overs.
West Indian Chris Gayle chipped in with
2/11 in two overs.
RCB captain Virat Kohli won the toss and
opted to chase at the Shaheed Veer Narayan
Singh International Stadium.
Sent in, Delhi lost Rishabh Pant (1) in the
second over with the score at 11.
Pant tried to punch on the up a delivery
from pacer Sreenath Aravind, but the ball
held its line and flicked the outside edge of
Pants bat to be caught behind.
De Kock together with No.3 batsman
Karun Nair then put up a brief partnership.
But Nair (11) was dismissed after getting
a promising start, superbly caught by
Kohli off leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
Nair played a booming drive to a flighted
delivery. But Kohli completed a catch after
sprinting a fair distance to reduce Delhi to
42/2 in the sixth over.
Sanju Samson (17) was the next man in
and he too promised a lot. Hitting a six and
a four to get settled only to lose his wicket in
the 10th over with his team at 71/3.
They were in more trouble when Sam
Billings (4) went cheaply. Chris Gayle
took a sharp catch of the bowling of pacer
Chris Jordan.
Losing wickets after building small
partnerships was hurting Delhis cause
though de Kock held firm. But at 81/4 in
11.2 overs, Delhi needed someone beside de
Kock who brought up his 50 in the 14th over
with a single. That didnt happen. Instead,
Delhi slipped further losing Pawan Negi (6)
and Carlos Brathwaite (1) in the 15th over by
Chris Gayle.
To make matters worse, de Kock went
back in the next over, bowled by Jordan
after hitting five fours and a six during his
52-ball knock. That deprived Delhi of a
strong finish to their innings, though Morris
provided some lusty blows. RCB replaced
left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdullah with pacer
Varun Aaron.
Delhi made two changes, bringing in
batsman Sam Billings and all-rounder Chris
Morris in place of Jean-Paul Duminy and
Nathan Coulter-Nile, respectively.
Man United salvages season with 12th FA Cup title
remarkable goal by Jesse Lingard

in the second half of extra time
gave Manchester United a 2-1
victory over Crystal Palace in the Football
Assoiation (FA) Cup final. It was Uniteds
record-tying 12th title in footballs oldest
tournament, reports Efe.
Marouane Fellaini and Anthony Martial
both fired shots early in the second that
Black
105th minute. But five minutes later,

Lingard finished off the game in style with a
powerful volley off an attempted clear that
gave Hennessey no chance to react.
Manchester United saved the best for
last in a disappointing season in which it
was bounced from both the Champions
League and Europa League and finished
fifth in the Premier League.
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Help the bumble bee find his way to the

flowers in this lovely hand-drawn maze
ahatma Gandhi was on an expedition to collect funds from various cities and
villages for Charkha Sangh. He went to several palaces and reached Orissa. He
had organised a meeting in Orissa. He requested to offer
funds for the Sangh and gave a speech. After the speech, a very old
woman with bent back, faltered clothing, white hair, dry and shrunk skin
got up. She was trying to reach the stage and requested the volunteers
to allow her to reach Gandhi Ji. However, the volunteers stopped her,
yet she fought with them and reached Gandhi Ji. She touched the feet of
Gandhi Ji. Then she took out a copper coin kept in her folds of saree and
placed the copper coin at his feet. The old lady left the stage.
Gandhi Ji very carefully took the coin and placed it safely. The in-charge
of the Sangh asked Gandhi Ji for the copper coins, but he refused to give it. I
keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh, the in-charge
said laughingly yet you won't trust me with a copper coin. Gandhi Ji said, This
copper coin is worth much more than those thousands Gandhi Ji said. If a man
has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much.
Yes, the coin was just the only thing that the poor old woman possessed. She
did not even have proper clothes and seemed that she could not afford for
good food, still gave everything she had. It was the greatest offer ever made. That is why Mahatma
held the coin very preciously. We may have tons of wealth, but that doesn't make us generous.
Offering helping hand when we have nothing or very little wealth makes it more
valuable.
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I run a thousand miles

But still cant see you
You used to stand right next to me
But now I cant even see your foot steps
Is this the only way for you to punish me
I know I havent kept my promise
Been busy but I guess the time
I should have spend with you
Has taken us apart
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Understanding exposurePart 2/3

Jeffery Chan
The image to the

left was shot with
a wide aperture at
f/1.4 making the
background blurry
so that attention is
on the ring.
For a landscape
image, where the
aperture is f/11 in
the image below,
almost everything is
in focus and visible.
This week, we shall explore in more

detail in the second part of understanding
exposure and the concept of depth of field.
Aperture
The Aperture is the opening in the lens

that allows light to pass through. Think
of it as a pupil of your eye. The amount of
light is controlled by f/stops. As you can
see in the diagram below, a shallow f/stop,
usually f1.4, will allow plenty of light to
pass through your lens. This has an effect
of shallow depth of field, which simply
means that if the focus is in the front, the
background will become blurry. This is
ideal for portrait photography.
On the opposite end, f22 restricts light
and makes the foreground and background
sharp. This is great for landscape shots
where you want a sharp foreground
and background.
see both objects when you photograph.

Set your camera to Aperture mode and
the camera will adjust the other elements
(Shutter and ISO) automatically. Focus on
the front object and photograph using the
widest Aperture of your lens. Change to the
next f/stop and take another photo. Keep
doing this till you reach f/11. You should
see that the background object starts out
blurry and keeps getting more in focus as
you change your aperture.
Try
Tip
The best way to learn this is to try

photographing using all the f/stop. Place
two objects front and back on a table,
separated by 10 inches. Make sure you can
ISO
Use the Aperture setting if you want

to blur out either the background or
foreground. This helps to draw the viewers
attention to the point of focus. This is great
for portrait, macro or food photography.
ISO is a level
of sensitivity of your camera to available
light. The lower the ISO, usually 100 or
200, the less sensitive it is to light while a
higher ISO is more sensitive. The sensor
on your camera is responsible for your
ISO sensitivity and cost a big part of the
camera. Think of it as the brains of your
camera. Most modern digital cameras have
advanced sensors that can capture low-light
images without a flash. The result of high
ISO is grainy images, or in the photographic
term, noise. Generally, noise is not flattering
in an image, but you can use it to produce
an image that looks vintage..
How Aperture, Shutter and ISO affect
each other can be seen from this Exposure
Trinity diagram. I shall continue with
Shutter in my next article.
Photo critique
Feel free to send in your photos for a

constructive critique and I will publish
them in the following articles. There are
no right or wrong answers; just suggestive
ways to improve an image. You can send
them to jeff@studio81.co.nz
Jeffery is the owner and photographer

at STUDIO81 photography which has 2
locations i.e. Newmarket and East Tamaki.
STUDIO81 is one of Aucklands leading
portrait photography studio and specialises
in modern glamour transformation. Jeffery is
an award winning photographer and NZIPP
Master of Photography.
Kiwis encouraged to shave for a cause

It was a tough
decision, as I
I
have never cut
Esha Chanda
n a bold yet simple move, thousands of

Kiwis across the country participated
in a hair-razing event held from April
4 to 10 to raise money to help 10,000 New
Zealanders battling with blood cancer.
For the past 12 years, Kiwis have been
showing solidarity with blood cancer
patients by chopping off their locks.
The funds raised at the event go towards
Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand
(LBC)a national charity dedicated to
supporting patients and their families
living with blood cancers.
LBC not only provides patient support
but also uses the funds for research,
information and awareness programmes.
Shave for a Cure is such an exciting
fundraiser for LBC and every year we are
so blown away by the amount of selfless
people who decide to shave, says Pru
Etcheverry, LCBs CEO.
Although Kiwis are encouraged to
shave during the Shave Week, individuals
interested in participating in the movement
can shave anytime during the year. They can
sign up for the cause or support someone
by sponsoring a fundraising page on LCBs
website (www.shaveforacure.co.nz).
One such individual who chopped her
locks is Stephanie Sequeira. She shaved
her head on May 1 and has raised $2,141 so
far through her fundraising page. Sequeira
says, In the past, my godfather (fathers
brother), a strong businessman became
weak when he lost his battle to cancer. It
was difficult to go through that experience.
To show solidarity, all the men, including
my hair short, let

alone shaving
my head, says
Sequeira.
my
dad,
s h a v e d
their
head.
I
thought
that
it
was
a
commendable
gesture.
In
recent
times,
two
family
friends,
both
women in their 50s, had to go
through chemotherapy.
At a recent event, seeing someone
bald, one of them said, Now I will have
some company, too! This is what made
me look for things to do to create the same
positive vibe.
Like Sequeira, many Kiwis of all

ages have pulled out their clippers to
shave. The websites leaderboard displays
names of individuals, schools, businesses,
community groups and farmers. As of
May 25, LCB had crossed the one million
mark. It was a tough decision, as I have
never cut my hair short, let alone shaved
my head, says Sequeira. I decided to do
it anyway because I act rather than just
be sympathetic.
When young Sequeria informed her

employer ICNZ about her idea, they
supported her by offering to host the event.
It was a small event with some close family
and friends.
The family friend who inspired me to do
it was also there. I have raised $2,141 so far
and hope to raise much more. Any support
small or large will be greatly appreciated.
Her goal is to reach $2,500.
Sequeiras fundraising page can be found
on my.leukaemia.net.nz/stephanieforsave
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EDUCATION
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otary
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currently
accepting
applications
from
New
Zealand
students who want to experience
a true exchange with a family
on the other side of the Tasman,
including a week-long safari.
Celebrating 50 years of
exchanges in 2017, the Rotary
Australia & New Zealand Student
Exchange (RANZSE) programme
is regarded as one of the most
respected and safest student
exchanges in the world.
Often referred to as a matched
twin exchange, RANZE is
primarily aimed at students
between the ages of 13 and
16, who will be in Year 10 or
Year 11 in the year of travel. The

exchange covers two school terms.
Direction of travel alternates each
year, but in 2017 New Zealand
students will travel to Australia
for one term, before they host
their Australian match in the
second term.
Chair of RANZE in New
Zealand, Max Patmoy, from the
Rotary Club of Ahuriri in Napier,
said by becoming part of another
family and attending school in
another country, the Kiwi students
experienced personal growth and
development, enjoyed improved
confidence and maturity, and
learnt responsibility. RANZSE
differs from most youth exchanges
in that the student stays with

the matched family in the other
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RANZSE committee and the local
Rotary club in each country. It
is for a shorter time away from
home, the student participants
are younger, and they reciprocate
the hosting experience with their
match family, Mr Patmoy said.
There was an approximate
cost of $4,500 to parents, Patmoy
said, but that included airfares,
spending money, a supervised
bonding weekend and a supervised
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things. A contribution from the
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World-class creative learning

centre launched in Wellington
ellingtons creative
community is set
to
benefit
from
the build of a new $22.5 million
campus, which will produce more
than 1,000 graduates each year to
support New Zealands flourishing
film, creative technology and
applied arts industries.
Te Auaha New Zealand
Institute of Applied Creativity
has been established to provide
a world-class learning facility
in Wellington, New Zealands
creative capital. The name Te
Auaha means to shape, create,
form, fashion, create and innovate
and reflects the exciting mix of
programmes to be delivered in
the campus.
Te Khui Auaha, which means
the cluster of creativity, is the
name provided by Te tiawa for
the campus building. Established
by Whitireia New Zealand and
the Wellington Institute of
Technology (WelTec), Te Auaha
brings together programmes from
Whitireias and WelTecs visual
and performing arts, design,
media and creative technologies.
The new campus will provide a
dynamic learning environment
for students with world-class
facilities, including a performance
theatre, in-house cinema, music
studios,
photograph
studies,
workshops, hair and makeup studios, digital labs, and
programmes that reflect industry
requirements.
The campus build is part of
a wider development of the old
DEKA building by Willis Bond
& Co. Te Auaha New Zealand
Institute of Applied Creativity
will be unique in New Zealand
bringing together an incredible
range of tertiary education
options for aspiring film directors,
producers, musicians, artists and
artisans, jewellers, photographers,
graphic designers, animators,
broadcasters and stage and
screen performers, says Roger
Sowry, Council Chair of Whitireia
RANZSE gear, including polo and

rugby shirts, jacket, backpack
and duffle bag, passport holder
and nametag. Any excess money
would be used to offset the cost of
the exchange, he said.
On her RANZSE trip to New
Zealand this year, Australian
student
Lily
Collins
from
Muswellbrook in New South
Wales, was matched with Ana
Rathbone, from Havelock North
in Hawkes Bay.
Together they attended Anzac
Day
commemorations
and
travelled to the South Island,
where they rode on the luge in
Queenstown, visited Te Anau
Glowworm Caves and cruised
Milford Sound.
I [had] the pleasure of
attending the ANZAC Day
services; I was the only one who
knew the Australian anthem. I
got a couple of weird glances. I
am so grateful to everyone who
made the student exchange
happen I will never forget how
amazing that trip was! Collins
said. Expressions of Interest
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which
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Students may also apply online
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undreds
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The University of Auckland

opened applications for four
brand-new scholarship types that
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The University of Auckland
will have many more scholarships
available
for
students
to
apply for than any other New
Zealand university.
Our focus in designing the
new schemes and increasing the
number of scholarships available
has been on empowering students
from schools across New Zealand
to successfully transition into
their first year at the university,
says University of Auckland
Vice-Chancellor
Professor
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year students, three meals per day.
Auckland-based students wishing
to live away from the family home,
as well as students from elsewhere
in New Zealand, will now be able
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the new University of Auckland
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Applications
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Whitiereia performing arts student Orama Fisher with Te Auaha ambassador Gino Acevedo
Kidman, creative performance

Launched to around
director and entrepreneur Dame
200 industry leaders,
Suzie Moncrieff, musician and
business people, central composer Barnaby Weir, digital
Scott Houston,
and local government technologist
make-up artist Gino Acevedo,
representatives and
and internationally acclaimed
media, Te Auaha New choreographer Malia Johnston.
We are very excited to have
Zealand Institute of
these ambassadors on board
Applied Creativity,
supporting
this
important
located in Wellingtons development in Wellington,
says Whitireia and WelTec Chief
creative precinct on
Executive Chris Gosling.
Cuba Street will open
The ambassadors are all
incredibly well known in their
for learning in early
field of expertise and it is an
2018.
immense privilege to have
and WelTec. The launch included
an array of live performances
showcasing the best from the
new institutes programmes,
alongside speeches from Minister
for Tertiary Education Skills and
Employment Hon Steven Joyce
and Minister for Arts, Culture and
Heritage Hon Maggie Barry.
High profile creative sector
ambassadors were announced at
the event to represent Te Auaha.
The inaugural ambassadors drawn
from a number of the areas in
which Whitireia and WelTec teach
are: renowned writer Dame Fiona
them supporting Te Auaha and

helping us tell the Te Auaha
story to the rest of the country and
the world.
Construction of Te Khui Auaha
is well underway and will include
an impressive array of learning
spaces including 9,000m2 of
dance studios, rehearsal and
performance spaces, recording
studios, mixing rooms and an
in-house radio station, studios
and salons for hair, beauty and
make-up artistry, workshops
for woodwork, jewellery making
and sculpture, film photography
studio and dark rooms, a 250 seat
theatre and a 60 seat cinema.
FEATURES
A metal musicians quest to revive

physical formats in India
Red
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Ankit Sinha
ne of the fondest
memories of my early
teenage
days
was
scrounging for music CDs at stores.
At that time, I was completely
oblivious about the Internet and
didnt even own a computer. The
notion of high-speed online music
streaming and searching for music
on smartphone apps was like a
dystopian dream.
I may have been 16 when I
unknowingly stumbled upon
a bootlegged CD compilation
featuring hard rock and thrash
metal acts such as Guns N Roses
and Metallica. When I slipped
the disc in my old stereo system,
I had no inkling that the music I
was about to hear would change
my life forever. Almost a decade
later, I am still a proud metal head
and, yes, I am still attached to the
physical format of CDs and even
vinyl more than ever.
Although in todays Internet
era, where everything is just a
click away, devout fanatics of hard
rock and heavy metal like me have
a hard time sourcing physical
copies of albums. A look at the
once-popular music store Planet
Ms websitewhere 32 pages
worth of listed music items are
labelled out of stockis enough
to understand the abysmal state of
the physical format in the country.
However, defying all odds, and
even somewhat succeeding in
his effort to keep the scene alive,
Bengaluru-based musician and
entrepreneur Vikram Bhat is still
ensuring that in these dark times,
the countrys select few metal
fans and rock lovers continue
Orange
to get their regular supply of

music titles through his store
Mahatobar Distribution.
Bhat, who is also the frontman
of long-running death metal band
Dying Embrace, says the idea
to create a physical store came
through his quest to get good
music out to fellow fans. A couple
of years ago, he took a leap of faith
and established a small shop at
M.G. Road, Bengaluru, to relive
the old memories he grew up
with and also for younger fans
to experience how it is to be in a
store with physical copies of music
on display.
People thought he was crazy,
but the store recently completed
its second anniversary, thus
dispelling
the
notion
that
people dont want to buy CDs or
vinyl anymore.
While most youngsters today
spend their time streaming music
online, checking a song or two
before moving on to the next
artiste, Bhat proudly imports
titles from music giants such
as Sony Music, EMI, Warner,
Universal along with a plethora
of underground heavy metal
record labels.
Sourcing stocks is not much
of a problem, the companies are
surprised that there is a market
still and there is a physical store
still standing. I am pretty much
the only one they are importing
rock and metal titles for in the
country exclusively. Most bigger
stores have given up, Bhat said.
There was a booming bootleg
and tape trading scene back then...
Friends would get an album from
a friend who had a friend, who got
the album from a friends friend,
he reminisced.
Back in the 1980s and

1990s, Vikram Bhat
was a part of the citys
tape trading scenethe
primary way for rock and
metal lovers to source
the music in the country
during those days.
To ones surprise, even in the

late 80s and 90s, Bengaluru (then
Bangalore) had plenty of little
music shops that peddled hard
rock and heavy metal albums.
Major labels [such as] HMV,
Magnasound [and] Universal all
put out metal albums on cassette
tapes adding to the madness.
Actually, we were spoilt for
choice without the Internet; only
difference, we had to pay for the
music, which kept the industry
rolling, the shops running and our
passions fuelled, he said.
The 80s and 90s had so many
fans, shows would have nothing
less than 200 to 400 fans turning
up and everything was spread via
word of mouth. The underground
music network worked better that
way, Bhat added.
It was during the 1990s when

Bhat took his undying passion
for heavy metal to newer heights
by stepping in as the vocalist of
Misanthropetouted as the firstever death metal band to emerge
in the countryin 1996. The band
was later re-christened Dying
Embrace, and it celebrated its
25th anniversary at a gig called
High Voltage in Bengaluru just
earlier this month.
However,
unlike
today,
sourcing good equipment to play
and record music was a herculean
task in the 90s, reveals Bhat.
Dud amplifiers, sub-standard
guitars, tin can drums, we went
through it all, he said, while
lamenting that the younger
generation is not appreciating
music as much.
A
bunch
of
self-taught
musicians, Dying Embrace went on
to release a string of EPs between
1998 to 2002, before going on a
decade-long hiatus, only to rise
like the triumphant phoenix in
2011. The reformed band went on
to release a compilation album, a
new EP, a single and a split with
Pakistani metal band Dusk.
I think it was a case of us being
there at the right place at the right
time! Extreme metal from India
was put on the global underground
music map unknowingly by us,
says Bhat. And rightly so.
He believes that extreme music
is an experience and its for a
chosen few.
Its these fans who have kept
the faith alive and helped small
stores and distros [such as] mine
around the world survive and keep
the flag flying high!
He
emphatically
declared that had he had 100 lives,
he would have willingly sacrificed
each of them for the sake of his
beloved leader.
An Indian Samurai makes a
number of startling revelations.
Even with the stakes

heavily loaded against
the
Japanese-INA
forces in terms of
numbers,
firepower,
logistics and supplies,
they mounted attack
after attack on the
British, which unnerved
them. These formations
displayed
extraordinary
levels
of
battlefield
resilience and morale.
Though virtually decimated,
these units suffered no mass
surrenders... no crumbling of
morale, the author observes.
What is more, they
retained
their
combat
cohesion and managed to
retreat to the Chindwin, only
to undergo a twin assault from
disease and starvation, which took
a heavy toll.
In
the
viciously
fought
campaigns with the British, the
INA lost 26,000 men out of its

strength of 60,000. These martyrs
became the role models for more
than two million conscripts, who
practically hailed from the same
villages and formed the backbone
of the British Army. Their loyalty
could now no longer be taken for
granted and became a decisive
factor in the British quitting India.
Even though the Japanese
reported that Bose had died in
an air crash on August 18, 1945,
the latest lot of declassified files
released in March 2016 indicate
that he had indeed made three
radio broadcasts long after the
date of his alleged crash, namely,
on December 26, 1945, January 1,
1946 and in February 1946.
The air crash theory is full of
gaping holes, yet the Nehruvian
government went to inordinate
lengths to prove that Bose had
indeed died in that air crash,
writes Gen Bakshi.
Indian Samurai reveals why

British feared Bose
Shudip Talukdar
s an iconic figure, Netaji

Bose has a few parallels
or
peers
anywhere.
He continues to exercise such a
mesmeric hold on the collective
psyche of the nation that the air
crash which allegedly killed him
might have never happened.
But the latest take on the
popular leader, Bose: An Indian
Samurai, authored by Maj Gen
G.D. Bakshi, debunks the theory
and assesses his role as a military
leader, based on 10 years of
exhaustive research.
Enough has been said and
written about Bose as a political
stalwart and as a radical. But it is
only in the fitness of things that an
experienced military commander
such as Gen Bakshi undertakes the
task of highlighting the strategic
role played by the Indian National
Army (INA) in our independence.
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In bitterly fought campaigns

across Burma, Imphal and Kohima,
the INA performed creditably and
under tremendous odds with their
Japanese counterparts. These two
theatres have been described as
the most significant of the historic
World War II battles fought by the
British, matching Stalingrad in
sheer scale and ferocity.
Gen Bakshi attributes Boses
exemplary
leadership
with
inspiring a fierce loyalty and
patriotic fervour among his
military cadres; so much so that
they rose above their religious
and linguistic identities to act
as a single entity, motivated
by national pride and a spirit
of sacrifice.
A contention seconded by none
other than one of Boses closest
military aides and later envoy to
Canada, the late Colonel Mahoob
Ahmed, in an interview with
The Illustrated Weekly of India.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Film industry is male dominated: Kajol

Red
Natalia Ningthoujam
t 41, award-winning actress Kajol still stands

strong and bold in the film industry. But the
Padma Shri awardee, who has a film career
spanning over two decades, believes that showbiz is
simply just another business and is a mans world.
Wage inequality recently became a hot topic in
Hollywood and Bollywood. Asked about gender inequality
in the film industry, Kajol said in an interview, It is
male dominated. There is no getting away from that fact.
Whether it is Hollywood or Bollywood, that will be there
because currently our world is like that.
Hollywood or Bollywood, it is simply another
business where it is male dominated. But again it has to
be monetarily feasible and economically viable. Thats
something that has everything to do with the pay scale as
far as this particular business is concerned.
But neither age nor her marital status has ever come in
the way of her career.
Married to actor-producer Ajay Devgn, the mother
of two, was last seen on the big screen in the 2015 film
Dilwale. And no, she isnt taking a break from movies as
of now. She will soon start shooting for a film under their
home banner production.
I cant talk about it right now. It is still in the scripting
stage. I hope it goes on floors in the next three months or
so. The director is yet to be finalised, said the Gupt star.
Apart from doing movies, she is also Lifebuoys Help
a Child Reach 5 handwashing ambassador. Help a Child
Reach 5 has been advocating hand washing with soap as
one of the most cost-effective means of preventing child
deaths on platforms.
Its (the campaign) very close to my heart. As a star and
as a person, you have a responsibility... you need to stand
up and be a part of society and help out in whichever way
you can. For somebody like me...I am famous and people
recognise me.
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Hopefully, they will believe in the things that I

have to say, so I can use that to the advantage of my
society and work for it, she said about the cause
for which she visited New Delhi and also met
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She shared that they talked about how
hand wash should be mandatory in
schools. It is necessary to put in not only
toilet but wash basins as well. So that
facility should be available and then
only the habit will be available.
Has he shown any support to
the cause?
Officially, no. I cant say that we
have tied up. But I think the way
we are going, what we are talking
about, it coincides well with his
own campaign (Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan). We are definitely
on the same page, said the
Dilwale star.
Kajol also wants to make a
difference as a part-time member
of the Prasar Bharati Board that runs public
broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio.
My opinion is one of many. Since I am on
board, hopefully my suggestions will be taken. I
am there to give suggestions and make a difference
if I can, she said.
With so many projects in hand, dont her
childrendaughter Nysa and son Yugcomplain?
They always complain. If they had their way,
I would be sitting at home 24/7. My son tells me
Mama I like it when I enter the house and see
you waiting for me. I think every child wants their
mother to be their bai (maid), she signed off.
Nana Patekar should have

won National Award for
Natsamrat: Irrfan
ctor Irrfan Khan says that veteran

actor Nana Patekar should have
won the National Award for his
performance in the much-appreciated
Marathi film Natsamrat.
At a screening of the recent Marathi
blockbuster Sairat he organised, Irrfan,
asked about Natsamrat, said, Outstanding
film. I think it shouldve won the National
Award for Nanaji. Anyway, I wasnt in the
jury. The Mahesh Manjrekar-directed
Natsamrat, starring Nana as a veteran
stage actor, was a highly critically acclaimed
film, which also did brilliant business at the
box-office. Incidentally, it was megastar
Amitabh Bachchan, who won the Best Actor
National Award for Piku in which Irrfan
also played a crucial role.
Considering the fact that most of the
National Awards winners this year have
been films which released in 2015 such as
Piku, Bajirao Mastani, Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
it is not clear if Natsamrat, which released
on January 1, 2016, still has a chance
next year.
Films such as Tharai Thappattai and
Sairat, which released in 2016, have
however been considered this year.
Apparently there is a particular rule, which
state that the film has to be certified by the
CBFC between January 1 and December 31
to be considered for National Awards.
About Marathi cinema in general, Irrfan
added, Marathi film industry is hitting a
sixer every year. And this is great for Indian
film industry... In Marathi cinema, when
Umesh Kulkarni had started making his
Black
films, Vihir, Deool, thats when I came to

know that some interesting work happens
there. And since then I have been in
touch with Marathi cinema and have been
watching it.
About the importance of regional
cinema, he added, Regional cinema is
what is creating a new kind of cinema. The
way Hollywood and Hindi cinema has got
popular, similarly regional cinema has
also got popular, and Marathi cinema is
the prime example of it. Every year some
good film is coming from there. I feel that
in some other place as well regional cinema
will evolve with fresh
cinema.
Is Irrfan open
to acting in
Marathi films?
Yes,
why
not? If I get
a good role
and a good
director,
t h e n
definitely
Ill run to
do it. Irrfan
has acted in a
Bengali and a
Telugu film
before.
Sonu Nigam sang more

than 25 songs over three
hours on the streets
inger Sonu Nigam, whose

recent six-minute video The
Roadside Ustaad has gone
viral, says that he sang almost 25
songs over the three hours at various
locations in Mumbai for it.
In the video, Sonu, dressed as an
old man and in shoddy clothes, sings
with a harmonium, on the streets of
Mumbai. About peoples reactions,
Sonu said in a media interaction,
They didnt recognise my voice.
They liked my voice; that was the
good part that I could actually, out
of nowhere, attract them through my voice.
I was dreading the fact that these people
shouldnt recognise me; that would be
an embarrassment for me. There was no
one around me, no bodyguards, no team,
no managers.
What you guys saw, was a very short clip.
At every spot, I sang for one hour each. One
hour behind Chandan (theatre in Mumbai),
then one hour in front of Chandan, one
hour at Four Bungalows (area in Mumbai).
So it wasnt easy, sitting in the sun, in the
dust, and I sang a varied range of songs; you
just heard two. I might have sung at least
25 songs. I worked that hard; thats why so
many people joined in.
The video has gone viral on social media,
collecting more than 3.5 million views
already on Youtube within a weeks time.
Along with sending a message across of
finding happiness with the present, the

video was also a marketing feature for
Sonus latest single, Crazy Dil, which was
launched on Tuesday, May 24.
We had no idea that people would like it
so much and make it so huge. From where
all Ive received calls, they gave me good
vibrations, they told me that they were
crying, they couldnt believe that I did this,
Sonu said.
About what people can learn from the
video, he said, What learning can we give
others; we, ourselves, learned a lot. For me,
it was my own learning. Its the same me,
its the same voice, the only difference is of
the clothes, where Im singing, and how Im
looking. A man sitting alone and without
inviting anyone, we wanted to know how
would that experience be.
ENTERTAINMENT
Pooja Batras
Black
Orange
Hollywood debut
films trailer shown
at Cannes
Red
ooja Batras Hollywood debut films

trailer was shown at Cannes
The world premiere and the
trailer launch of One Under the Sun,
starring Bollywood actress Pooja Batra,
took place at the Cannes Film Festival.
The former beauty queen, who set her
Bollywood aspirations aside to marry Los
Angeles-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr
Sonu Ahluwalia, was spotted having her
moment under the sun.
The Virasat actress, dressed in a white
sari at the gala, looked excited about her
Hollywood debut in which she essays the
role of an astronaut.
It is a proud moment for me to play the
lead in my first Hollywood film. It is a great
role. In order to prepare for it, I needed to
really dig deep into myself and my feelings
to find honest inspiration. For my physical
appearance, I took hints from Indian-born

astronaut Kalpana Chawla and American
astronaut Sunita Williams, Pooja Batra
said in a statement.
Executive producer Sunny Vachher, who
always believed in Pooja, said she has
what it takes, a true go-getter.
One Under the Sun is the story
of astronaut Kathryn Voss (Pooja),
a sole survivor of a disastrous space
shuttle mission. As a distraught mother
desperate to reunite with her terminally
ill daughter, she becomes a wanted
fugitive after discovering she possesses an
extraordinary gift.
Co-director Vincent Tran has praised
Pooja for her hard work and dedication
towards the project.
He said, Poojas acting in One
Under the Sun brings audiences on an
emotional journey and challenges their
notions of war.
The trailer launch took place recently at
the Indian Pavilion of Cannes Film Festival
where Sunny Vachher, Isha Vachher,
Thomas Pierce, co-director Riyanna
Hartley, managing director of World News
Network Satish Reddy, co-director Vincent
Tran, Pooja, actor Rich Paul, executive

producer Mike LeBlanc were present
along with many delegates from India
and the international film fraternity.
John Abraham holds

fitness masterclass
He gives an impression of the late

English comic actor, film-maker, Charles
Spencer Charlie Chaplin, who was known
for his small moustache.
ctor John Abraham gave a

fitness masterclass, organised by
sportswear brand Reebok India
and online portal Jabong. Giving fans a

holistic fitness experience, John made
a grand entry amid resounding cheers
and enthralled the audience on Friday.
Consumers were thrilled as they received
fitness tips from the actor.
I had a great time working out with
the enthusiastic audience and sharing my
fitness mantra for a healthier body and
mind, John said in a statement.
Silvia Tallon, senior marketing director,
Reebok India, thanked the star for
supporting this initiative and inspiring our
consumers to be fashionably fit.
Apart from the star, Reebok trainers
gave CrossFit sessions, thereby engaging
consumers with high intensity and
fun workouts.
Our aim has always been to make
shopping an experience for our customers
and I am happy that this will be a memorable
one for some of them, Sanjeev Mohanty,
CEO and managing director, Jabong said.
The 31-year-old appears to have posted

the photograph on the micro-blogging
website in the midst of the shaving process.
Ayushmann will be seen essaying the
character of an author named Abhimanyu
Roy. Set in Kolkata, the film is directed by
debutant Akshay Roy and is a Maneesh
Sharma production.
Parineeti will be seen essaying the
character of an aspiring singer in the Yash
Raj Films (YRF) movie and will also croon
a number for it. According to reports,
Ayushmann will also be singing in the film.
Tisca Chopra happy

to break serious
image with full-on
comedy 3 Dev
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There is a film of mine coming named 3

Dev, which will come in June.
That you should definitely watch;
its a full-on comedy, but with a little
bit of meaning in it, said Tisca at the
Pink Power initiative for upcoming
women entrepreneurs.
Known for her serious roles in films
such as Taare Zameen Par, Firaaq and
Rahasya, she says, I want to do many
different things. Im essentially not a very
serious person.
Looking at my face, it might seem that
Im very serious, but Im not very serious.
3 Dev also stars Tiscas Rahasya co-star
Kay Kay Menon, as well as Karan Singh
Grover, Kunal Roy Kapur, Raima Sen,
Prosenjit Chatterjee, and marks the debut
of TV actor Ravi Dubey. The film is directed
by Ankoosh Bhatt.
About her character, she said, Its too
early to talk about the character; you know
how it is nowadays, leave the producers to
do their job; Ill do my job.
The other roles that fascinate her? Id
like to play Indira Gandhi, Id like to play
Amrita Sher-Gil; Id like to play a killer, a
cop, a spy, so many different roles.
Since she was present at a women
entrepreneurship event, she was asked
about her entrepreneur plans, and said, I
want to produce some films.
After that I want to start a restaurant,
not right now.
Will we see less of Tisca on screen after
she turns a producer? You feel that Ill
produce films for others? she said.
Tisca was last seen in Loveshhuda and
Sardar Gabbar Singh.
SRK invites
Hollywood filmmaker Paul Feig
fter hosting a star-studded dinner

party for Apple CEO Tim Cook,
superstar Shah Rukh Khan has
extended an open invitation to Hollywood
director Paul Feig, his wife Laurie and all
their friends.
On Wednesday, May 25, Laurie tweeted
that she hoped that someday Paul is
welcomed to Shah Rukhs house Mannat
in Mumbai.
Ayushmann tries
Chaplin-inspired
look for Meri
Pyaari Bindu
etting rid of his thick beard, actor

Ayushmann Khurrana tried out a
moustache which was inspired by
Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler and Indian
comedian Mehmood for his upcoming
project Meri Pyaari Bindu.
The actor was seen sporting a scruffy
look for the film, which also stars Parineeti
Chopra, and took to Twitter to share the
new look.
While posting a black and white image
of himself with the moustache, he shared:
Going for the clean shaven look. I
tried this.
Hitler/Chaplin meets Mehmood. Got rid
of my beard. Meri Pyaari Bindu.
In the image, with a dressing table in the
background, the Dum Laga Ke Haisha star
has kept a dead pan face.
ctress Tisca Chopra, who is often

tagged as a serious actor, is happy
to break that image with a full-on
comedy titled 3 Dev.
Ive been wanting to do a comedy for a
long time, as you do one film where people
really like a type of role of yours and then
everybody thinks that you can do only that.
If you compare it to telling a singer to sing
in only one sur, it will get very boring.
Someday I hope Paul Feig can be

welcome at Mannat! dream, Shah Rukh
Khan, Laurie had tweeted.
Responding to that post, Shah Rukh
shared that he will keep French fries ready
for the Spy director.
Laurie Feig, Paul Feig and all your
friends are most welcome whenever you are
in India.
Tell Paul, will keep French fries ready
for him, the Don star tweeted.
The Bridesmaids director said that it
would be an honour to meet the 50-yearold Bollywood actor. Youre on, Shah Rukh
Khan! Ill bring the ketchup.
It would be an honour to meet you.
Many thanks, my friend, Paul tweeted.
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Red
Pink Ribbon Breakfast
Date: Friday, 3 June 2016

Time: 7:30 a.m.
Place: Sierra Caf, 563 Mt Albert Road, Royal Oak (corner of Hillsborough Road)
Cost: $20 per ticket proceeds to The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation (payment may be
made on the day)
National party MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar is inviting everyone to join her in this noble
cause to make a difference with this worthwhile event. A Pink Ribbon Breakfast is
an opportunity to not only have fun with friends and family but also help in raising
donations. Even a small contribution towards the noble cause can make a big
difference. All the donations raised at the breakfast go to NZBCF to fund the potentially
life-saving research that allows families to keep their precious wives, mothers and
sisters for longer. RSVP: MP Parmars Mt Roskill office phone (09) 620 6707 or parmjeet.
parmar@parliament.govt.nz
Black
Orange
Auckland Turban Day

Date: Saturday, 28 May 2016
Time: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
With an aim to educate people of different cultures about Sikhism and Punjabi culture,
Sikh Youth of New Zealand (SYNZ) is organising Auckland Turban Day on May 28.
Come and try amazing and colourful turbans on yourself with the help of our experts.
Its a free event. Anyone can join the event to have fun and learn about Sikh faith and
also to get a taste of Punjab with masala chai (tea) that will be served free of cost to the
public.
Auckland Art Fair

Date: Saturday and Sunday 25-29 May 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: The Cloud, Queens Wharf, Auckland CBD
Auckland Art Fair returns to The Cloud with a new focus on art of our region - the
wider Pacific rim. See artworks by more than 150 artists represented by the leading
galleries of New Zealand, Australia and further afield. For those just starting to collect
contemporary art, Ngatahi Editions is a collaboration of nine Auckland non-profit
organisations, showing artworks made specially for them by artists to help raise funds
for their organisations. The cafes, bars and restaurants at the fair are by internationally
renowned chef and art collector, Peter Gordon. Make a day of it and come experience
the Auckland Art Fair. Bu tickets at artfair.co.nz/buy-tickets or contact Stephanie or
Hayley hello@artfair.co.nz or 09 376 4603. General admission $30 ($25 early bird until
30 April) Students and senior $20, Child $15, under 5s free, opening night $95 and
artists party $45.
Open Orchestra Central

Date: Saturday 28 May 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Auckland Town Hall, Queen Street, Auckland CBD
Enjoy a free performance by the full Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and explore
individual instruments up close in the Music Zoo. Come along and watch, talk to APO
musicians and listen to some orchestral favourites.
By Manisha Koushik
Weekly forecast: May 27 to JUN 2
Manisha Koushik is the talented daughter and associate of world renowned celebrity astrologer Dr Prem Kumar
Sharma. A practicing astrologer, tarot card reader, numerologist, vastu and fengshui consultant is based in India
but maintains a global presence through the online channels. She is available for consultations online as well.
Let her tarot cards do the magic and numbers make you understand which choices in life will be best for you!
E-mail: support@askmanisha.com | Website: www.askmanisha.com
Contact: +91-11-26449898 Mobile/Whatsapp: +919015607139
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
A promising week for professionals is foretold.

Changes in the workplace are inevitable, but will not
affect you in any way. Judicious spending will find
your bank balance in a healthy state. If there are any
differences with spouse over some issue, this is the
time to resolve them. Your initiative on the romantic
front can get you a lukewarm response. Adopt a
wait and watch policy regarding buying or selling of
property.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Dark Red
Your fondest wishes are likely to come true this

week as you steal the show in a family function.
You will manage to impress one and all by your gift
of the gab on the work front. A vacation will give
you ample opportunity to enjoy the new locale and
let your hair down. Good financial returns from
previous investments will keep you in an upbeat
mood. Health remains satisfactory.
Finger in every pie will keep you abreast at work

and make you fully prepared for any eventuality. You
can count on the total support of family members in
domestic matters. You manage to ward off a financial
crunch by thinking ahead. Good eating habits will
keep you safe from lifestyle diseases. Romance at
this juncture may not rock. An out of town trip is in
the offing for some.
Workplace colleagues will lend you a helping hand

without any reservations. You will succeed in getting
your work recognised by the ones who matter. You
manage to save enough to organise a grand function
or an event. Shopping will be fun, but dont loosen the
purse strings too much. You will find your relationship
going from strength to strength. Starting an exercise
regime is on the cards for some.
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Grey
Lucky No.: 5 / Lucky Colour: Turquoise
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Red
LEO
VIRGO
LIBRA
SCORPIO
You are likely to be happily involved in your

profession and take the best decisions. It may be
difficult to find extra energy for lending a helping
hand on the domestic front. A marriage proposal
can become a source of joy for the eligible. Some
of you can suffer the after effects of love gone sour.
A real estate transaction is likely to prove profitable.
Conserve money by keeping a check on spending.
A change of portfolio is in the offing for some

at work. Your leadership qualities will be much
appreciated in a particular situation that you may
find yourself in this period. Homemakers will find
this phase fruitful when they manage to make
the changes on the home front. Those spiritually
inclined will be able to set out on a pilgrimage.
Financial worries can make some restless, but the
situation will not be beyond redemption.
Lucky No.: 6 / Lucky Colour: Dark brown
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Grey
Hard work and sleepless nights are in store for

some organising a family function, but it will be
worth the effort. Your expertise is likely to get you
some good breaks on the professional front. It
is best to consult knowledgeable people before
going in for investments. Treating partner to a
movie or dinner will go a long way in an enriching
relationship. A family member can hold an
imaginary grudge against you.
Lucky No.: 4 / Lucky Colour: Orange
Your skills and expertise will help you in establishing

yourself at the workplace. A windfall can be expected
for those disposing of property, but they will have to
be careful while investing this money. It may seem
difficult to get rid of an ailment permanently. You will
succeed in raising the spirits of a depressed family
member. A compatible match is likely for the eligible.
Dont overstrain yourself by becoming too figure
conscious.
Lucky No.: 8 / Lucky Colour: Electric green
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
Those with a creative bent of mind can feel a bit

frustrated due to lack of recognition. Financial betterment is just round the corner for some. A family
function is on the anvil and will give you an opportunity to showcase your talents. Your efforts on
the romantic front will be richly rewarded. Those
wanting to reduce weight can taste success. New
drivers need to be careful on the road.
Lucky No.: 2 / Lucky Colour: Indigo
Feeling positive about a situation will set things

right for you, even if they are going wrong. An
excellent investment opportunity comes your
way that will lead you to financial security. Higher
studies can beckon some. Domestic harmony is
assured for those wanting to spend time by themselves at home. Newlyweds are likely to enjoy an
extended togetherness on a short vacation. There
will be nothing to complain about the health front.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Peach
You can feel a bit mentally disturbed this week

due to something that happened in the past. A
deliberate attempt at saving is the only way you
can repay your loans. Shooting your mouth off at
an inappropriate time can harm your image, so
keep a low profile at work. You can get a feeling of
being neglected by those close to you. A regular
routine will keep you in the prime of health.
Those opting for higher studies will be able to gather

their focus and energy. Spending without a set plan
can affect your future financially. Appreciation at
work is in store for some. All your attempts at a fresh
beginning or turning over a new leaf are likely to face
unanticipated hurdles. Profits are likely to dip for
retailers as footfalls refuse to increase despite best
efforts. Those ill will make good progress.
Lucky No.: 17 / Lucky Colour: Coffee
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