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July 26, 2003

OF INDIA

Elementary! Bank robberFrederick McDowell wasarrested in Texas after thepolice discovered that hisbomb threat had been wri-tten on the back of his CV.

McDowell had left thenote behind af-ter he robbed aWells FargoBank branchin Fort Worth.Says SergeantKevin Morton,‘‘McDowell pl-aced a bag on

the bank counter and gavethe cashier a note indicati-ng it contained a bomb. Aft-er the cashier placed mon-ey in another bag, he hurr-ied from the bank, carryingboth bags. The problem is

that he forgotto take the notewith him.’’

Now, of cou-rse, McDowellhas plenty oftime to regrethis mistake —in jail.

Bank robber held after leaving CV behind

Why is it thateven after repe-ated polio-erad-ication progra-mmes, we arestill fightingthe disease?The fact that Ind-ia, along with Ni-geria and Pakist-

an, accounts for 99 per cent of the wor-ld’s total polio cases provides the reas-on for these campaigns to be carried soaggressively in our country. While wethought we would rid the country ofpolio by 2001, today, with 87 cases in2003, India is still the dubious ‘leader’.What measures have you adopted

to curb the resurgence of polio?Among the primary measures is ourcall for political advocacy. Rotary dele-gations have met the CMs of highly po-lio-endemic states such as UP, Harya-na, Rajasthan, MP and the health min-isters of Rajasthan, West Bengal, UP

and Bihar, inviting them to make cons-cious efforts to help their states attainpolio-free status. There has been a con-certed effort to involve MPs as well. Infact, we set up an awareness counter atthe BJP headquarters in Delhi, whichdrew nearly a hundredMPs. We have also initiat-ed similar efforts with ot-her political parties.Is the Polio Killer Parl-iamentary Forum aninspiration of this call?The Polio Killer Parliamentary Forumhas been formed by Union health min-ister Sushma Swaraj, with MP KirtiAzad as the convener, to garner supp-ort of MPs for this national health en-

deavour. The ideal would be to transl-ate the concept into action at the state-level as well. For this, we need to gearup bureaucratic advocacy.So, the thrust is on involving decis-ion-makers and higher authorities?

Absolutely. With this vi-ew, Rotary organised twoimportant conclaves — inKolkata and Delhi — ofsenior health functionar-ies of the 10 most polio-

endemic states. The meetings offeredan ideal setting for state representativ-es to explicitly share their shortcomin-gs, bottlenecks and success stories.

PALLAVI BORAHmn

DEEPAK KAPURChairman, India National PolioPlusCommittee, RotaryInternationalOn involving decision-makersin polio-eradication

‘Political support can help eradicate polio’

‘India, Nigeria and Pakistan account for 99 per cent of the

world’s polio cases’

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What happened?On Tuesday, Krishna Mehta’s show at the La-kme India Fashion Week (LIFW) saw TupurChatterjee modelling an outfit which was notKrishna’s. The outfit is owned by model Car-ol Gracias, and has been designed by Shan-tanu and Nikhil Mehra.

How did it happen?NIKHIL MEHRA: Therewere only two dresses like th-at (model Joey Matthews hasthe other). When we foundout what had happened, wetook the matter to FashionDesign Council of India ex-ecutive director Vinod Kaul.

Krishna invited us to her stall to check whet-her we felt any of our designs had been copi-ed, and from the collection put up there, thereweren’t any. But a designer should know hisor her creations. Tomorrow, if a Rohit Bal gar-ment is shown as ours, wouldn’t he object?Why was our label missing?

KRISHNA MEHTA: The dr-ess was part of a last-minutecollection of nine outfits. Ju-st a day before my show, cho-reographer Lubna Adams to-ld me it was too short and I tr-ied to rectify this by addingoutfits. At such times, oversi-

ghts happen. I wasn’t backstage; my design te-am did the fittings. I don’t know why the flapsand the label were missing. I didn’t know tilla few minutes before the model was to go onthe ramp. I lost my presence of mind. Insteadof saying, ‘take that outfit off,’ I said, ‘Let hergo and return the outfit later.’ Why would Icopy another designer for one outfit out of400? This was a bizarre, unfortunate incident,

but nobody believes me.CAROL GRACIAS: A weekbefore LIFW, fittings for Kri-shna Mehta were on at theTaj simultaneously with fitt-ings for Monisha Jaising.But after my fittings, I could-n’t find my dress. I thought it

might have gone with Krishna’s clot-hes by mistake. I tried to call her, butwas not successful. That was the lastI knew of my dress till I saw Tupurwearing it. I went backstage but everyone already knew that it wasthe dress I had lost. Two pocket flapsand the Shantanu and Nikhil labelwere missing.VAHBIZ VACHHA(backstage in-char-ge): There were twofittings going on wh-en Carol lost her dre-ss. She called me toask for Krishna’snumber because shebelieved her dress might have gonewith her collection by mistake. Back-stage, we had no reason to believe itwas Carol’s dress.

Consequences VINOD KAUL (ex-ecutive director, Fas-hion Design Councilof India):● How serious isthis situation?We are looking intoit. An outfit travelledfrom one place to another, by possiblemix-up. It sounds bizarre, but we ne-ed to know more before we act. Thiswill take a few days.● Does the FDCI have rules for de-signs being copied?We don’t know whether the designwas copied; we are still in the processof finding out. But yes, there is acti-on for serious issues which come un-der breach of conduct. The matter isbeing looked into by the board andthe executive director.● What will punishment be? Kr-ishna is also on the FDCI board.Punishment will be decided upon af-ter conferring with the board. If co-pying is involved, it will be viewedvery seriously indeed.

(As told to GAURI SINH)delhitimes@indiatimes.com

THE VITAL STATS OF A COSTUME DRAMALIFW was rocked by controversy after Krishna Mehta’s show featured a Shantanu-Nikhil creation. Delhi Times speaks to the principal players

THE CONTROVE RS IAL DRE SS

IN THE EYE OF A STORM: Tupur Chatterjee models the white dressdesigned by Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra which featured in KrishnaMehta’s show. The corset & belt are not part of the brothers’ creation

ARUN KUMAR DASTimes News Network

Buttonholedin a nonde-script narr-

ow lane in HeeraPark, Najafgarh,is a cramped hou-se. Standing at thedoor of this humb-le home, one hearsan eager squeak— the squeak ofAastha Arora, bo-rn on May 11, 2000,and officially desi-gnated as India’sbillionth baby.

Aastha’s neigh-bours are not qui-te sure about thislittle girl’s peculi-ar claim to fame,but they have reco-gnised that she issomeone specialever since the daythe media splash-ed her face acrossthe country, andUNFPA represent-ative Michael Vlas-soff, then Unionminister for wom-en and child devel-opment SumitraMahajan and localMP Sahib Singhcame to her mode-st home with gifts.

But that was thr-ee years ago. Muchhas changed sincethen — except thereality that the Ar-oras lead a hand-to-mouth existen-ce. The Rs 3,000 Aa-stha’s father Ash-ok brings homefrom his job with aexport house keeps the family going —but onlyjust. ‘‘Both Sumitra Mahajan and Sahib Singhpromised me a job when they came to see Aastha— but nothing has happened,’’ says Aastha’smother Anjana. The girl herself, shy in the pres-ence of strangers, looks on bewilderment — lit-tle minds can never comprehend why promisesare made to be broken. The celebrations overAastha’s special status have ended. But then,they never really began for a family which hasfour mouths to feed, besides meeting the grow-ing needs of three-year-old Aastha and her five-

year-old brotherMayank —all wit-hin a budget of Rs3,000.

Anjana’s mindwanders back tothat morning onMay 11, 2000,when she waswoken up at 5:05am at SafdarjungHospital to be toldthat her daughterwas to be the cho-sen one — themost billionth ofall babies in India.‘‘Six months afterAastha’s birth, adoctor fromSafdarjung Hospi-tal came to seeher. Since then,nobody has both-

ered to enquireabout her well-be-ing,’’ says an em-phatic voice.

No, Anjana isnot wallowing inself-pity. Rather,she is determinedto script a brightfuture for her dau-ghter against allodds. ‘‘Aastha is In-dia’s billionth ba-by — all my effortswill be directed atmaking her wort-hy of the honour.’’A United NationsPopulation Fund(UNPF) grant ear-marked for Aasth-a’s educationcould help Anjanamake her dreamscome true. Whilethe UNPF grant isa fixed-term depo-sit worth Rs 2 lakh,

the interest on the amount is available toAastha’s parents every six months. ‘‘I want herto become a doctor,’’ says Anjana. As Aasthanods in agreement, little does she realise the ha-rsh truth. ‘‘Unless I have employment to supple-ment the family income,’’ reiterates Anjana, ‘‘itwill be difficult for us to make this possible.’’

Still, hope springs eternal. Perhaps, just per-haps, life will be less ordinary for this little girl...some day. Aastha hasn’t lost her aastha in des-tiny’s miracles. No, not yet.

arunkumardas@indiatimes.com

Poverty & neglect hit India’s billionth baby

NIKITA DOVALTimes News Network

The ultimate cinematic tribute tothe ultimate monument of love.

Kyunki Bollywood has in the pipeli-ne film after film based on the TajMahal and the Shah Jahan-Mumtazlove legend. Ofcourse, this isnot the first ti-me that movie-dom has recre-ated this roma-nce, havingmade films onthe subject in1941 and 1963,but the hiatusof 40 years isbeing made upfor —and how!

The early bi-rd, Akbar Kh-an’s Taj Mahal—The EternalLove Story rep-ortedly has abudget of Rs 65crore. ‘‘The st-oryline dema-nds lavish setsand costum-es,’’ explainsKhan. Mean-while, Robin Khosla is busy shootinghis bilingual Taj Mahal — A Monu-ment Of Love, and Bharat Bala isworking on his IMAX project TajMahal, which stars Aishwarya Rai.‘‘I felt it was time this love story waspresented to an international audi-ence,’’ says Khosla.

Talking of the international audi-ence, Film No 4 on the Taj Mahal isbelieved to involve Warner Bros andis based on the script of a Pakistaniwriter. However, as of now, there isno confirmation of either the projector the parties involved.

Back home, while Khan hopes torelease his filmby December,2003, Khosla iseyeing a Septe-mber release.Bharat Bala’sfilm, in turn, isexpected to hittheatres earlynext year. Withthree films onthe same topichitting the scr-een simultane-ously, a ‘Bha-gat Singh’ situ-ation is on thecards. ‘‘Not re-ally. Individualfilm-makerswill highlightdifferent aspe-cts,’’ says Pur-nima Patward-han, who feat-ures in Khosl-a’s venture.

The word is that, while Khosla isconcentrating on the relationship be-tween the emperor and his queen,Khan deals with political intrigue.Different folks, different strokes.Any which way, it will be yesterdayonce more for aaj ka Taj.

nikita.doval@indiatimes.com

A return to reel? Wah Taj!The film industry lines up a slew of releases on the Taj Mahal

MOVIESMONUMENTAL

A GLASS APART: Delhi Times highlights the double impact of Mink & DeepakTijori as the Oops! duo strikes a bright note at the Maurya Sheraton

(To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/)

REALITYHARSH

The dreams of Aastha Arora, designated as India’s billionth baby, might well be

humbled by her parents’ financial crisis

India’s current populationis 1,07, 0706, 806... and growing at the rate of:

■ 52 per minute ■ 3,120 per hour■ 74,480 per day ■ 2.7 crore per year

■ Atleast 35 out of every 1,000 babiesborn die at birth

■ 45 out of 1,000 babies born do notsurvive till the age of five

■ More than 100 women per 1,00,000die at child birth

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Taj Mahal — A Monument Of LoveTaj Mahal — A Monument Of Love

Taj Mahal —The Eternal Love StoryTaj Mahal —The Eternal Love Story

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A long journey whichstarted about twomonths ago has ended

with people coming to Mum-

bai. ‘‘What struck me the mostabout all the participants wastheir dedication, dreams, pas-sion and talent,’’ says PalashSen, while the other jury mem-bers of Indiatimes presentsCoke [V] Popstars 2, Mehnazand VJ Purab, let out a sigh ofrelief after having completedthe gruelling task of calling thesemi-finalists over to Mumbai.

After auditioning across sev-en cities and stirring the hopesand aspirations of over 15,000kudis and mundas across thecountry, the expert jury has fi-nally selected 25 contestantsfor an intensive round of audi-tions which will decide thenext mixed band comprising offour members.

The seventh episode of theauditions, which will be airedon Channel [V] on Sunday, 8pm, captures the grief of thejudges as they have to undergothe difficult task of tellingsome of the aspirants that theycouldn’t make it to the semi-fi-nals. But for the lucky 25 whofinally made it, the judgesbreak the news to them in theirnovel way, whether it is makinga Popstar aspirant dance on topof the table or asking them toflex a few muscles before the fi-nal verdict is declared.

For some, it’s a moment ofvictory, for others it’s aboutproving themselves and aboutfulfilling their dreams. But theactual action is when theselucky aspirants, brimmingwith hope and enthusiasm ar-rive to the Capital of entertain-ment, the city of dreams Mum-bai where their journey to in-stant fame begins.

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SATURDAY 26 JULY 2003 3DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA D E L H I I S T A L K I N G A B O U T

Modern dreamsStudents’ day out. Monday

evening saw the studentsof Modern School, Barakham-ba Road, enjoying a perform-ance of Andrew Lloyd Web-ber’s hit musical, BombayDreams, in the school’s hall.

House headmistress Parve-en Paul looked on with pride asthe students of her house pre-

sented the story of a youngman who comes to Mumbaiwith the dream of becoming a

star! Some loud applause camefrom the school principal, LataVaidyanathan, as she cheeredtheir efforts. And the starguests of the evening? The fourmembers of the band Parikra-ma who congratulated the stu-dents and the evening contin-ued with formal greetings be-ing exchanged between theprincipal, the students andtheir parents....

S Ram & Lata Vaidyanathan

Saurabh Chaudhury andSonam Shera with Dilip Ram

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ENGLISH FILMS SWIMFAN (A): PVR Gurgaon (2.50 & 9 p.m.);TERMINATOR-3: (Arnold Schwarzenegger,Claire Dones, Kristi Annaloken) 3 C’s (12.15.7.45 & 10.15 p.m.), M2K (10.30 a.m., 1.30 &8.15 p.m.), M4U (S’bad) (12.45, 3.45, 6.45 &9.45 p.m.), PVR Gurgaon (11.05 a.m., 1.25,3.45, 6.05, 8.25 & 10.45 p.m.), PVR Naraina(11.10 a.m., 1.30, 3.55, 6.15, 8.35 & 10.55p.m.), PVR Saket (11.40 a.m., 4.30, 6.55 &11.45 p.m.), PVR Vikaspuri (11.10 a.m., 1.40,6.20, 8.40 & 11 p.m.), Priya (1, 3.25, 5.50,8.15 & 10.40 p.m.), Satyam C’plexes (12.15,4.40, 7.30 & 10.10 p.m.); BRUCE ALMIGHTY:PVR Gurgaon (2.15 & 11.15 p.m.), PVR Saket(12.35 & 9.35 p.m.), PVR Naraina (2.05 &9.15 p.m.), PVR Vikaspuri (11.25 a.m. Only);CHARLIE’S ANGELS 2 (A): PVR Gurgaon(12.10 & 6.30 p.m.), PVR Naraina (12 noon &7.10 p.m.), PVR Saket (11.15 a.m. & 2.35p.m.); CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUSMIND (A): PVR Gurgaon (4.15 & 8.45 p.m.),PVR Naraina (10.25 a.m. Only), PVR Saket(7.15 & 11.35 p.m.); HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN10 DAYS (A): DT Cinemas (8.35 p.m. Only),PVR Gurgaon (11.25 a.m., 5.05 & 11 p.m.),PVR Naraina (3.30 & 8.50 p.m.), PVR Saket(2.05 & 9.20 p.m.), Satyam C’plexes (10.50a.m. & 2.35 p.m.); KANGAROO JACK: (Estel-la Warren, Jerry O’Connell & Anthony Ander-son) PVR Gurgaon (1.40 p.m. Only), PVR Saket(1.20 p.m. Only); MATRIX RELOADED (A):PVR Saket (4.40 p.m. Only); PHONE BOOTH(A): (Colin Farell, Kiefer Sutherland, ForestWhitaker) DT Cinemas (10.40 a.m. Only), PVRGurgaon (3.25 & 7.20 p.m.), PVR Saket (10.55a.m., 6.10 & 9.45 p.m.); SOLARIS (A): PVRSaket (7.50 p.m. Only)

HINDI FILMS DARNA MANA HAI (A): (Nana Patekar, VivekOberoi, Aftab, Saif Ali, Shilpa Shetty, EshaDeol) Delite (11 a.m., 1.15 & 3.30 p.m.),Chanakya (11 a.m., 1.30, 4, 7 & 9.45 p.m.), 3C’s (2.45 & 5.15 p.m.), DT Cinemas (12.10,2.45, 5.20, 7.55 & 10.30 p.m.), Paras,Sangam (12.15, 3.15, 6.30 & 9.45 p.m.),Filmistan, M2K (11.15 a.m., 3.45, 6 & 10.30p.m.), M4U (S’bad) (12.30, 3.30, 6.30 & 9.30

p.m.), PVR Saket (12 noon, 2.45, 8.05 & 10.45p.m.), PVR Naraina (10.10 a.m., 12.40, 3.10,5.40, 8.10 & 10.40 p.m.), PVR Vikaspuri(10.10 a.m., 12.40, 3.10, 5.40, 8.10 & 10.45p.m.), Satyam C’plexes (12.30, 3.15, 7 &10.15 p.m.), Vishal C’plex (12 noon, 2.30, 5,7.30 & 10 p.m.), Movie Palace, Regal, Alpna;TERMINATOR-3 (Insaniyat Khatre Mein):(Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Dones, KristiAnnaloken) Shiela, Samrat, Aakash; CHALTECHALTE: (Shahrukh, Rani Mukherjee) DT Cin-emas (3.55 p.m. Only), Milan, ShakuntalamTheatre (12.30, 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.); JAAL -The Trap: (Sunny Deol, Tabu, Reema Sen) DT

Cinemas (11.35 a.m.,2.35, 5.35 & 10.45p.m.), M4U (12 noon, 3,6 & 9 p.m.), Odeon,Golcha, Amba, Batra,Rachna, PVR Naraina(4.05 & 11.15 p.m.), PVRVikaspuri (4.15 & 7.20p.m.), Samrat, SatyamC’plexes (12.50, 3.50 &

6.50 p.m.), Sapna, Eros, Movie Palace;JHANKAAR BEATS: (Juhi Chawla, Riya Sen &Rinkie Khanna) DT Cinemas (10 a.m. Only),Regal, PVR Gurgaon (12 noon, 4.40, 7.35 &10.30 p.m.), PVR Saket (3.10 & 11.25 p.m.),PVR Naraina (12.30, 6 & 11.05 p.m.), PVRVikaspuri (1.20 & 1025 p.m.), Priya (10.15a.m. Only), Satyam C’plexes (10.20 p.m.Only); KAANTE: Excelsior; MEIN PREM KI DI-WANI HOON: (Hrithik, Abhishek, KareenaKapoor) M2K (12.15, 3.30, 7 & 10.20 p.m.),Liberty (12 noon, 3.15, 6.30 & 9.45 p.m.),Movie Palace, PVR Gurgaon (11.45 a.m.,3.15, 6.45, 10.15 p.m.), Rivoli (12 noon, 3.15,6.30 & 9.45 p.m.), Satyam C’plexes (12 noon,3.20, 6.40 & 10 p.m.); PATHAR KE PHOOL:West End; PRACHIN KAMA SUTRA (A): Raj(T’nagar); QAHAR: (Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty)Khanna; QAYAMAT (A): (Ajay Devgan, SunilShetty, Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena, Neha) Delite(6.30 & 9.30 p.m.), DT Cinemas (12.45, 7.10& 10.20 p.m.); Show Timings for HindiFilms- 12.30, 3.30, 6.30 & 9.30 p.m. Exceptwherever mentioned

MORNING FILMS AAWARA PAAGAL DEEWANA & ANHONEE:Movie Palace; AKS (Hindi) & THE SCORPIONKING (English): M4U (S’bad); MISCONDUCT(A): Milan; SCREAM FOR HELP (A): Regal;TERI SAUN (Garhwali): Sangam; VEGASVICE (A): Rivoli; YO MAYA KO SAGAR(Nepali): Rachna

CINEMA

THEATREHabitat World: Indu Art Theatre & Film Soci-ety presents ‘Shikarpur Ka Hajaam,’ IHC, Lod-hi Road, 7 p.m.

MUSIC AND DANCEMattel Toys India: ‘‘Dance ‘n’ Flex Barbie Fies-ta,’’ Shoppers’ Stop (3rd Floor), Ansal’s Plaza,11 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.; International Centre forKathakali: ‘Kailyanasaugandhikam (Pt. 1), C-20, Qutab Institutional Area (behind Qutab Ho-tel), 6.30 p.m.; Chinmaya Centre of WorldUnderstanding: ‘Bharatnatyam’ by KomilaVardhan, 89, Lodhi Road, 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.;India International Rural Cultural Centre:‘Kathak recital’ by Moumala Nayak, SarvodayaKanya Vidyalaya, Alipur (9 a.m.) and Sarvo-daya Kanya Vidyalaya, Badli (11 a.m.)

FILMDelhi Telugu Academy: Telugu films- PalnatiBrahmanaidu, 2.30 p.m. & Dil, 6 p.m., A.P.Bhawan, No. 1, Ashoka Road

EXHIBITIONSLalit Kala Akademi: ‘Paintings - Mother anddaughter’ by Prasanna Aryan & NeelimaAryan, ‘Paintings, drawings & vitreous enam-els’ by Pulak Ghosh and ‘Paintings’ byKashyap, Simki, Diptendu, Dhanjoy, Anupamand Swaraj, Rabindra Bhavan, CopernicusMarg, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; PBC Art Gallery:Group show of ‘Paintings’ by Ravi Prakash,Tamal Basu, Radha Singh and others, Pa-harpur Business Centre, 21-Nehru Place, 9.30a.m. to 12.30 p.m. & 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Krish-na’s Collection Art Gallery: ‘Oleographs, po-litical prints, prints of Delhi Corporation Durbar

1911’ by Raja Ravi Verma, D-47, DefenceColony, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

SEMINARInstitute of Company Secretaries of India:‘Insurance and risk management - Life & non-life,’ Hotel Park, Parliament Street, 9.30 a.m.to 5.30 p.m.

RELIGIOUS DISCOURSESTimes Foundation: Surya Foundation’s ‘SuryaYoga’ by Mritunjoy (6 a.m. to 7.30 a.m.) and byArun Thakur (6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.), Osho WorldFoundation’s ‘Exploring inner self’ by SwamiVairagya Amrit (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Vivekanan-da Pratishthan Parishad’s ‘Healing throughMantra’ by Acharya Vikramaditya (6 p.m. to 7p.m.), I Vedas’ ‘Earth healing’ by ManishaBansal (7 p.m. to 8 p.m.) and Golden AgeFoundation’s ‘Sankirtana Sandhya’ by M. RamJogesh (6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.) (Contact —23782396 & 23782319), 4-Tilak Marg;Vedanta Institute: Discourse on ‘BhagavadGita’ by Shivender Nagar, Durga Mandir,Prasad Nagar, 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.; SwamiSivananda Cultural Association: ‘Groupmeditation,’ Sivananda Marg, Amar Colony,Lajpat Nagar-IV, 8 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.

LECTUREVedic Wisdom Centre: Talk and training on‘Yogastah Kuru Karmani - Established in thepure self and perform action: Gita - key to suc-cess’ by Swami Prakash, B-25, 3rd Floor,Dayanand Colony, Lajpat Nagar-IV, 8.15 a.m.to 9.15 a.m.

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EVENTS

SATURDAY 26 JULY 2003

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) You may not havegiven much thought to certain fears or anxieties.In fact you may have done your best to ignorethem. If you’re willing to face these, issues you’d

hoped you’d never have to think about, you could not onlyresolve them, you could put them to rest for good.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) For ages you’vebeen trying to figure out how to fit in certainactivities that are important to you personally orprofessionally with obligations on the domestic

front. You’ve avoided discussing this for fear of upsettingothers. On the contrary, they’ll not only support you, they’llmake some amazingly clever suggestions.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) For some reasonyou’ve been under the impression that you’vehave to deal with certain issues on your own.Youfelt that others either just weren’t interested or

couldn’t handle them. They thought you wanted to handlethem solo. The sooner you discuss this, the faster you’llresolve this confusion.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Generosity is onething. Allowing others to take advantage of yourgood nature is quite another. True, you hate theidea of those you care about suffering. But

they’re convinced you that they’re in distress. Investigateand you’ll realise that, in reality, they’re doing nothing morethan indulging in some championship league complaining.

LEO (July 23 - August 22) Others may be in ahurry, but you must now allow them to forceyou into making plans or commitments aboutwhich you’re unsure. Ordinarily you’d leap in,

confident that experience would guide you. But now youmust be more thorough, if not approach things with acertain amount of caution.

VIRGO (August 23 - September 22) Most Virgosare health conscious, which means you rarely letthings go. Yet you’ve put off dealing with a par-ticular matter for a very long time. This won’t

make it go away. The sooner you address the issue inquestion, the faster you’ll be able to put those anxietiesyou’re suffering from to rest.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 22) After weeksof having carefully managed both tricky situa-tions and difficult individuals, things are finallyfalling into place. This is a relief and you should

be celebrating. But you can’t when interlopers are claim-ing your efforts as their achievements. Forget about beingpolite. Pack them off as the cheats that they are.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) Howev-er worthwhile what you’re planning, it’s of littleconsequence if those closest to you aren’t hap-py. Difficult as recent exchanges have been,

don’t give up. It may not seem so, but they were only try-ing to understand what your intentions were. Now that theyknow, they’ll be more secure and far less temperamental.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 21)Important as it is that you make plans now, it’s vi-tal that you keep things flexible enough that youcan make changes without too much difficulty.

That ensures that when the remarkable opportunities ush-ered in by the planetary activity of the next month takeplace, there’s nothing that will keep you from responding.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 19) Youdidn’t realise that it was going on at the time.But you’ve allowed the manoeuvres of certainunscrupulous individuals to undermine your

confidence. While getting back at them would help restoreyour dignity, you’ll boost your self-esteem considerablymore if you focus on achieving what they’ve been sayingthat you couldn’t.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18) If everthere was a time when it’s vital that you refuseto take no for an answer, it’s now. True, you’vebeen rebuffed or refused bluntly. But situations

have changed and so has the attitude of others. Forgetabout the past. Focus on the here and now and begin allover again.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20) Be carefulwhat you promise. The current optimistic moodcould fool you into feeling that you’ve all the timein the world. But when they ask you fulfil

your commitment, things are likely to have changed somuch that you won’t be in the position to do what you’dsaid you would.

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The new office-boy came into his boss’s office and said, ‘‘Ithink you’re wanted on the phone, sir.’’ ‘‘What do you mean, you think?’’ demanded the boss.‘‘Well, sir, the phone rang, I answered it and a voice said ‘Isthat you, you old fool?’ ‘’ explained the boy.

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It was quite a hush hush thing.Sometime in the middle of lastmonth, a team of doctors from

the World Health Organisation vis-ited Delhi to perform investiga-tions and officially strike it off theSARS’ travel warning list. Theytook blood samples, sputum sam-ples, urine samples and water sam-ples. What is well known is thatDelhi was declared SARS-free. What is not so wellknown is that they discov-ered the prevalence of cer-tain other diseases whichthey submitted to the HealthMinistry. These were someof them.

CARS: Thiswas defined asthe ConditionalAccess RefusalSyndrome. Theteam found Del-hi citizensgripped by con-fusion, fear andpanic over theConditional Ac-cess System. Noone knew whatthe hell was go-ing on. The con-sensus seemedto be that aviewer gets fiveoptions:

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RARS: This was the Red light Ac-ceptance Refusal Syndrome. ‘‘It’s a cu-rious thing,’’ commented Dr AhwanWoo, ‘‘but the optic nerves of the aver-age Delhi citizenseem to refusethe stimulus ofthe red trafficlight. The chaosthat results isobvious to see.’’

TAWS: The Tongue And Wallet Syn-drome. Extensive studies showed thatthere was a huge distance between aDelhi businessman’s tongue and wal-let. Thus a businessman may smileand tell someone. ‘‘Haan, Haan I’llsurely send you the money tomorrow.’’But this message could take weeks,even months to reach his wallet.

SAFS: Storm Approaching FearSyndrome. It seems that the av-erage Delhi person has an irra-tional fear of storms. ‘‘I don’tknow why,’’ said housewifeWarsha Jain, ‘‘but the momentI see thunderclouds in the sky Ifeel scared. Probably becausethe moment a storm starts the

electricity tendsto go off, oftenalong with thephones. It’sweird.’’

SARS: ScratchAnd Roll Syn-drome. We tookup secret obser-vation pointsand noticed thatwhenever a Del-hi male feelsthat he is not be-ing observed, hereaches downand puts hishand in for agood scratch. Af-ter that if hefeels that he stillhasn’t beenspotted he willroll the ...er fam-ily jewelsaround sticking

his buttocks far out one by one to helpthe process. Soon after he will try andshake your hand.It is not known whether any of thesediseases are curable. But extensivetests are still in progress.

(kullar@indiatimes.com)

DILLI TO PAGAL HAINShivjeet Kullar

The drilling began sevenyears ago, and last week ittouched bottom: nearly two

miles beneath the surface, thedeepest hole ever drilled throughice in the Northern Hemisphere.No wonder the internationalteam of scientists celebrated withChampagne.

The goal of the drilling formal-ly named the North Greenland IceCore Project, or North GRIP wasto extract a continuous sample ofice, all the way from Greenland’svast surface ice sheet down tobedrock.

The team of two dozen Euro-pean scientists and assistants, ledby Danes, are exploring the histo-ry of the earth’s changing climateand seekingto gain toolsto predict fu-ture changesin the cli-mate. In the1960s, theD a n i s hc h e m i s tWilli Dans-gaard dis-covered thathe could es-timate theearth’s sur-face temper-ature bycomparingthe ratio oftwo isotopesof oxygen inwater thatfalls as rain or snow; the ratiochanges with temperature but isunaffected by time. In someGreenland cores, individual lay-ers of ice can be dated like treerings. So preserved in glacier iceis the record of temperaturespast.

Trapped within the ice are alsobubbles of ancient air that oncefilled the spaces between thesnowflakes that formed the gla-cier. The air is released when thesamples are melted, permittingresearchers to study, for example,the relationship between theearth’s temperature and “green-

house” gases like methane andcarbon dioxide.

The scientists can also studyprecipitation, by measuring thethickness of annual layers, andthe impact of volcanoes, by exam-ining layers of ash.

The most recent core is expect-ed to contain ice about 120,000years’ old, 10,000 years or so be-fore the dawn of the first ice age.

Two other deep ice cores weredrilled in the early 1990s, one byEuropeans and another by Amer-icans, but the climate record pe-tered out about 100,000 years inthe past. Researchers want tostudy the climate during thewarm period, or interglacial, be-fore the last ice age.

If the past is any indication, theearth is at the end of anothersuch warm period, poised to de-scend into a new ice age. Earlierice cores showed that the transi-tion from glacial to interglacialwas rocky, marked by a “flicker-ing” climate that swung drastical-

ly back and forth several times, insome instances 15 degreesFahrenheit in a decade or less.

Nobody knows whether similarfluctuations could occur duringthe next transition from inter-glacial to glacial. Dr Sigfus J.Johnsen, a geophysicist at theNiels Bohr Institute of the Uni-versity of Copenhagen (and thescientist who popped the Cham-pagne corks), says it is a matter ofmore than passing interest.

“If our own warm period endsthis way,” he said, “we’re in bigtrouble.” It will take some timebefore ice from the deepest part ofthe core can be analysed. But theproject has already given the re-searchers at least one big sur-

prise.The very

last samplefrom the bot-tom of theice sheet in-cluded a tanicicle, aboutthe size of aroll of papertowels, hang-ing from thedrill. The re-s e a r c h e r sthink thedrill pene-trated apocket ofwater at thevery bottomof the icesheet.

They knew the bottom waswarm, heated by geothermal en-ergy in the underlying rock, butthey did not expect to be able tosample it. But it appears that theliquid spurted up and froze solidto the drill bit, which had passedthrough much cooler ice on theway down. The pocket of watercould have been covered eversince the ice sheet was firstformed, millions of years ago.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,”said Dr Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, theproject’s chief scientist. “It couldcontain evidence of ancient life.”

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Bold and beautifulMallika Sherawat is on a

high. And how does it feelto be a sex symbol? ‘‘I love it andfeel sad for heroines who are not

sexy,’’ says Mallika who hassigned five films. ‘‘What’s wro-ng in being sexy?’’

Mallika, whose idea of ro-mance is ‘‘Close dancing, obvi-ously with whoever I like and

am dating’’ is having a blast inMumbai.. And her folks inHaryana? Well, she says theycan’t stop talking about the factthat their girl has broughtHaryana in the limelight.

Celina Jaitley’smusical journeyWith the kind of sex appeal

that former Miss IndiaCelina Jaitley is oozing thesedays, everyone hopes that shemakes a powerful impact as an

actress of substance inFeroze Khan’s Janasheen.The music of the film was re-cently launched amidst lots ofglitter and glam. The list in-cluded Amitabh Bachchan,

Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Khan,Suman Ranganathan, Zay-ed Khan, Esha Deol, VashuBhagnani, Bhushan Kum-ar, Ken Ghosh and MoonMoon Sen.

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SATURDAY 26 JULY 2003B A C K B E A T8 DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA

Sameera: On a roll!It’s advantage Sameera Re-

ddy. The Reddy girl is here,there and everywhere. Thelatest news is that she hasbeen roped in by director J PDutta, for LoC opposite San-jay Dutt. Sameera’s otherfilms include Ram Gopal Var-ma’s Darna Mana Hai, San-jay Gupta’s Plan and Musafir.Like we said, the Reddy girl ison a roll!

Tanisha’ssister actKajol’s sister Tanisha

is very excited abouther debut Shh...but the ac-cident the actress metwith still sends shiversdown her spine. Her vehi-cle fell into a ravine andTanisha confides, ‘‘Ithought I was going to die.It was a traumatic experi-ence for me.”

The young lady tooktwo months to heal but isnow raring to go. ‘‘Thefilm will shape up verywell, mark my words.’’ IfTanisha is even half asgood as elder sis Kajol,then she will be extraordi-nary to say the least!

This is one debut thefilm industry will waitwith bated breath for!

Lucky Salman!Salman Khan was all

geared up to play LordRama but then came re-ports that he had beenthreatened and the moviewas being shelved. But theactor clarifies that theproject is very much on.‘‘It

is a very big project. Wewill make it on a largescale, but sometime in2005.” In the meantimeSalman will concentrateon Marigold and anotherhome production: Lucky.Hope the film brings hiscareer a much neededboost of luck!

KAREENA denies riftThere have been repo-

rts that Amitabh Ba-chchan refused to workwith Kareena Kapoor inSanjay Leela Bhansali’sfilm. Kareena’s secretaryZahid specifies that shewas never scheduled tostar in Black. ‘‘AmitabhBachchan is a profession-al, he will never mix per-sonal and professional re-lations,’’ says Zahid. RaniMukherjee will be essay-ing the female lead inBlack. Kareena’s loss isher gain!