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8th September, 2018, Saturday

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It’s official! Parks to remain open for 5 extra hours per day

Cops let off terrorists’ kin to free their own 11 members of six cop families were abducted after detention of six relatives of terrorists; Hizb leader’s father among those released

Agreeing to citizens’ demands from our Round Table, civic body prepares circular that will allow public to access gardens for longer LAXMAN SINGH AND CHETNA YERUNKAR mailbag@thevigil.com IT’s a win for the city!

The civic body has made good on its promise during The Vigil’s Round Table in July — it has agreed to keep gardens open for longer hours. Sources said Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has finalised the timings, which will give citizens nearly five hours more in gardens across the city. The Vigil has been consistently reporting about citizens’ demand to have the city’s open space accessible for longer.

During The Vigil’s Round Table, civic officials had agreed to citizens

and activists’ demand of extending garden timings, considering the change in lifestyle and corporate culture.

According to senior officials from the garden department, after much discussion on timing, keeping safety and maintenance aspects in mind, the administration has agreed to allow gardens to be open from 6 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 9 pm. At the moment, most gardens across the city are open for a total of seven hours throughout the day.

According to a source, Mehta, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (DMC), in-charge of garden department, Dr Kishor Kshirsagar and other de-

SC DEFERS HEARING ON ARTICLE 35 A: Protesters clash with police in Srinagar during a strike called by separatists against the legal challenge to Constitutional validity of Article 35A. However, the Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to January next year the hearing on a batch of petitions after taking note of submissions of the Centre and the state that there was a law and order problem.

At the moment, most gardens in the city are kept open for a total of seven hours. Rep Pic

partment officials have chalked out the plan.

The source said, "The civic chief is positive towards the proposal to keep gardens open for 12 hours; soon, the final order with a circular will be issued to all wards for implementation. >> Pg 2

“Yes, we are actively considering it and working on the modalities, which should be finalised in a few days. We are in the final stages of deciding on garden timings. Soon, there will be a circular out regarding this,” Ajoy Mehta, BMC Chief

ANIL RAINA anil.raina@thevigil.com THE Jammu and Kashmir Police were forced to give in to the demands of terrorists and free their arrested relatives after the terrorists retaliated by abducting some of the security men’s kin. Late on Thursday, 11 people from six police families were kidnapped from their homes after the police, in a late-night crackdown

on Wednesday, had detained six people including the father of Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander Riyaz Naikoo from Awantipora.

The terrorists then, in installments throughout the day, released all the abductees unharmed. Sources say this is the first such instance in almost 30 years of militancy in Kashmir when families of policemen have been targeted like this. >> Pg 3

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This busy stretch in Dahisar is pockmarked end to end, causing innumerable accidents; speeding of heavy vehicles during the night, as well as lack of proper signage, add to the general chaos on this road

The pothole-riddled stretch at Dahisar checknaka makes this an extremely dangerous stretch on the Western Express Highway. Pic/Nimesh Dave

SAMIULLAH KHAN

samiullah.khan@thevigil.com Rawalpada Junction, Dahisar East

THIS stretch of highway is among the busiest in the city. The Rawalpada junction in Dahisar, however, is one of the most accident-prone ones. There are several things wrong with this spot, such as endless potholes, absence of lane markings, signboards or rumble strips, speeding by large vehicles, and sand particles strewn about, making it dangerously slippery for vehicles.

On June 22, 2018, Pratik Mandelia, his friend Amit Upadhyay and a female friend were on their bike near Rawalpada Junction. A speeding vegetable truck crashed into them, killing all three riders.

►PROBLEMS ■ Huge potholes, no

lane separators present

■ No signboards, rumble strips, or speed bumps

►SOLUTIONS ■ Roads should be cleaned daily

■ Navigation boards

should be put up in radium

■ Regular inspections of the roads by the officials

Pushpa Mandelia, Pratik's mother said, "When I reached Shatabdi Hospital, I learnt that my son and Amit had both succumbed to their injuries. The female friend died after three days. Pratik was my only son, and worked in a garment showroom in Dahisar. According to the cops, the truck was speeding.

The entire incident was captured on CCTV."

On March 30, 2018, cousins Ritesh Gupta, 21, and Dhanu Gupta, 22, were returning home to Mira Road when their bike slipped on the sand-covered road, throwing the two into the path of an oncoming truck. Both died on the spot. Ritesh was a first year BMS student of St Rock College, Gorai,

while Dhanu was studying engineering. Ritesh's father, Suresh Gupta, said, "The condition of the road on this stretch is terrible.

Water and sand falling off tankers and trucks make it slippery. Authorities need to maintain these roads regularly and repair them periodically."

"We have been observing a lot of road accidents occurring at Rawalpada Bridge. Poor road conditions coupled with the narrowed width of the stretch due to the autorickshaw stand and Metro work are largely to blame for the mishaps."

Dr Dewan Rahul Nanda, Group Chairman & Founder, TOPSLINE

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2017-2018 (till Aug 31) TYPES OF ACCIDENTS:

Speeding, heavy vehicles trying to overtake, cars, and bikes crashing, as there are huge potholes and no signage TOTAL CASUALTIES

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Deaths Major Injuries Minor Injuries

"Apart from this, zonal DMCs and ward officers will be given power to change the timings according to demands or suggestions from citizens' groups. "We need to shut gardens in the afternoon for three hours for maintenance work. It is not possible to do this at night; hence, this afternoon break has been kept." he added.

When asked why gardens won't be kept open till 10 or 11 pm, a senior civic official said, "As of now, we feel that it will be risky... considering safety issues.

In many areas, there is a strong possibility of druggies, drunks or anti-social elements coming to these spaces, posing a threat to visitors."

Earlier, BMC had decided to take No-Objection Certificate from the respective local police stations for this, but on realising it is likely to face a dead end, the plan was dropped.

"It's good the civic body is considering extension of garden timings. Citizens will definitely cheer for this.

But instead of shutting gardens from 12 pm to 3 pm, BMC should try to do the maintenance in parts. There are higher chances of citizens using gardens in that time slot, as many like to take walks after lunch. It will be highly appreciated if the civic body considers this," suggested Rishi Agarwal, an environmental activist.

High Court Questions Maharashtra Police's Media Briefing THE Bombay High Court raised questions yesterday over Maharashtra police's media briefing on its case against some prominent activists arrested for their alleged links with Maoists.

State Additional Director General Parambir Singh along with the Pune police had addressed the media on the case on Friday. During the press conference, Singh had read out letters purportedly exchanged between the activists. He claimed that the police had "conclusive proof" to link Left-wing activists arrested in June and last week to Maoists.

A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Mridula Bhatkar questioned how the police could read out such documents which may be used as evidence in the case.

"How can the police do this? The matter is sub judice. The Supreme Court is seized of the matter. In such cases, revealing information pertaining to the case is wrong," Jus-

tice Bhatkar said.

Public prosecutor Deepak Thakare said he would speak to the police officials concerned and seek their response. The bench was hearing a petition filed on Friday by one Satish Gaikwad, who claims to be a victim of the Koregaon Bhima violence. He sought a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case.

Police had arrested activists Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen and Mahesh Raut in June while probing the alleged Maoist connection with the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31 last year.

Last Tuesday, police arrested five more activists.

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State Additional Director General, Parambir Singh

THE VIGIL NEWS BYTES Man held onboard train with 800 cartridges

MUZAFFARPUR: One person was arrested onboard a train yesterday possessing more than 800 live cartridges, the police said. The Superindent of Railway (Muzaffarpur) Sanjay Kumar Singh said Mahfuz Alam alias Bablu was caught by a police team conducting security check inside the Avadh Assam Express when it reached the Muzaffarpur Junction.

Young protestor shot dead in Kashmir valley

SRINAGAR: A young man was shot dead during clashes between security forces and stone-pelters on Monday in jammu and Kashmir's Pulwana district after a massive search operation was launched in around two dozen villages, police said.

IAF's MiG-27 fighter jet crashes in Jodhpur

JAIPUR: A MiG-27 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in an agricultural field in Jodhpur's Banad area during a routine early on Tuesday morning but no loss of life was reported in the incident. the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital, defence spokesperson colonel Sombit Ghosh said.

Ganga-Kaveri express passengers robbed

LUCKNOW: Many passengers on board a Chennai-Patna express train were robbed off their jewellery and cash by armed dacoits in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district early on Monday, police said.

Four Maoists arrested in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Four Maoists including one who carried a reward of ₹2 lakh for his capture, were arrested from Jharkhand's Palamau district, police said. Acting on a tipoff, the cops arrested them, including Guddu Yadav.

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Rains In Uttar Pradesh Claim 16 Lives In 24 Hours And Leave Many Lives Disrupted

The meteorological department has predicted rainfall for eastern and western parts of the state for next two days Lucknow:

SIXTEEN people died and 12 were injured in rain related incidents across Uttar Pradesh since Saturday, officials said on Sunday, with the meteorological department predicting rainfall throughout the state for next two days. Shahjahanpur bore the maximum brunt of the weather's onslaught, as six people died in incidents of lightning strike, while seven were injured leaving the lives of many disrupted.

A statement by the office of the Uttar Pradesh relief commissioner said, "Six people lost their lives in Shahjahanpur, while three died in Sitapur district."

"Two people died each in Auraiyya and Amethi. One person died each in Lakhimpur Khiri, Rae Bareli and Unnao. All the deaths took place on Saturday," it said.

Eighteen animals died and as many as 461 houses were damaged, the statement by the commissioner said.

Water flooded on the roads Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, on July 26, 2018. File Pic/AFP

According to data provided by the office, the highest number of deaths were reported in Gonda and Kushinagar, followed by two each in Mirzapur and Bijnor. A total of 20 families in Naupurwa village and 15 in Kudariya village of Harri-

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According to security officials, armed terrorists barged into homes of policemen in Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Kulgam districts and conducted the kidnappings

Following the incidents, the distraught families made an emotional appeal to the abductors pleading them for release in a video that was widely circulated on social media.

“Ours is one of the most dangerous jobs. We are at war with our own people who hate us,” said a top officer. Ex-Chief Minis-

ter Omar Abdullah termed the kidnapping as ‘worrisome’. Ex-Chief Minister Omar Abdullah termed the kidnapping as ‘worrisome’.

“11abductions! This is a very worrying reflection of the situation in the valley.

What’s worse is the selective outrage - people/leaders who are so vocal about alleged security force excesses are silent about these abductions,” Omar tweeted.

“Militants and forces victimising each other’s families is highly condemnable and marks a new low in our situation.” Mehbooba tweeted.

₹30,000 Crore Required To Rebuild Kerala

Men carry food and water to be distributed among those stranded in Pandanad. File Pic/AFP

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Alappuzha: Kerala needs Rs 30,000 crore to rebuild, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said on Monday. "We require Rs 20,000 crore for capital expenditure and Rs 10,000 crore for revenue expenditure," Isaac said, adding it would be raised through various means.

The capital expenditure would go into rebuilding roads, bridges, buildings, while the revenue expenditure would meet the compensation towards crops besides damage caused to homes and Rs 10,000 to every family who were devastated.

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ya tehsil of Basti were taken to a safe place.

More than 32,000 people of 17 different villages were affected by the rising water levels of the Ganga in Unnao and were taken to a safer place. For now, more than 12,000 peo-

ple are taking shelter in 32 camps in the district.

Eleven teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in nine districts to deal with any emergency caused by the heavy rain and floods in ten rivers that

are now above the danger level. PAC flood battalions of 17 different companies have also been deployed in 26 districts for relief work.

The floods in UP come weeks after the devastating floods that brought Kerala to its knees.

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Athletes need steadfast support from us India's best ever medal haul of 69, four more than the 65 they won in Guangzhou in 2010, gives us reason to cheer IT is time for us to be bullish about Indian sport as the Jakarta Palembang Asian Games, are done and dusted win. India's best ever medal haul of 69, four more than the 65 they won in Guangzhou, China, in 2010, gives us reason to cheer. Yet, for us to get on track for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, it has to be back to work post Jakarta celebration.

First, we must see the rewards announced for medal winners being given as soon as possible. Politicians who have promised prize money and jobs to certain athletes need to honour their word. This should be done as quickly as possible to build faith and credibility.

When youngsters see our athletes rewarded for their effort, politicians

delivering on promises, then they, too, realise that sport does give you paybacks. This is how to keep a lifeline of talent. We need to cultivate a continual line of sportsmen and women.

Take a hard look at our facilities at grassroots level and start improving them. This means something as basic as changing rooms at sporting venues.

This is from where your future champions are going to come. Start paying attention and give special care at the base. Listen to the returning athletes. If they have valid grievances, work on plugging those lacunae. Do not simply brush off concerns.

Euphoria about Jakarta is fine, but the Olympics will be much tougher.

India is now looking for po-

dium finishes on the biggest stage of all, and that means addressing every shortcoming, if any, that was displayed at Indonesia. We have to be the staunch and steadfast support system our athletes want and need.

Politicians, officials, sports ministers and ordinary public, show that we are with Team India right from the start line to the finish.

The art of waiting and its rewards Rosalyn D'mello

I have much to learn about the art of waiting. When I was a child and I wanted the day I was anticipating to be upon me sooner, I would sleep early because it meant the next day would dawn more swiftly than if I stretched the hours with my wakefulness.

But I am older now and sleep doesn't perform the same way as an antidote. I have to learn to be wiser; to be patient.

I try to distract myself with work, with household chores, but each time I hear my phone buzzing I think it might be a text from VFS informing me my application has been processed and my passport is ready for pickup. Two weeks have passed since I returned from Goa. I should have been back by now, should have been back in front of the river, reading, writing, playing with Cleo and Barfi, listening to music, instead, I am compelled to be here in Delhi, which I wouldn't have minded at all, except that I'd paid to sublet the house for another month, and the middle-class person in me feels let down by circumstances outside my control. This is what it must mean to surrender; an act I have always resisted because I'd perceived it as a way of accepting the existing status quo and being submissive about one's inability to change situations that lay beyond my authorial control.

I have to write off my Goa sublet as a loss and move on. So, instead of moping excessively, I have ordered vegetable seeds and several types of jasmine plants. Since Delhi has been blessed with expe-

After a long wait, the LGBT community in India is now celebrating the end of an archaic, colonial-era law: Section 377

get repealed or would it remain in its archaic, out-dated form as a colonial vestige that has successfully disempowered so many of our fellow citizens who, by virtue of being human and being Indian nationals, ought to be entitled to the same rights and privileges without being discriminated against because of their gender and sexual orientation.

With bated breath I listened to the news, unable to do much else until the verdict had been declared. Then, Indu Malhotra, a female judge and member of the four-jury bench in charge of delivering the verdict said this: "History owes an apology to LGBT persons for ostracisation, discrimination."

She had previously also said homosexuality is not an aberration, but a variation.

Since the news broke out I've been crying tears of joy. It's rare these days to feel proud about being Indian when the nation state to which we belong continues to perpetuate so many atrocities in the

name of social welfare. This feels different, though, this is not just a step in the right direction, it's a big achievement for the larger cause of our collective humanity. Section 377 could have just been repealed, but the judges, through their individual statements, made a gesture of magnanimity. This is a beginning, sure, but it's also the fruitful end to a cer-

The views expressed in this column are of the individual's and don't represent those of the paper

MAILBOX Virar is worth it

This refers to Gitanjali Chandrasekharan's article, 'Waving at Virar'. many thoughts rushed through my mind during my first surfing lesson, but our instructor, Krishna, was brilliant and was able to teach everybody basic surfing skills. Surfer Suyash was friendly and provided great tips and feedback to each of us. After the 30-minute lesson, we got into the water and spent over six hours there. I'm proud to say that my surfing journey won't end here and it's absolutely worth trying.

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More athletes should follow Rhea's example

This refers to the 'Meet the 17-year-old football hero'.

Kudos to Rhea Raheja for bringing sunshine into the lives of BMC schoolgirls.

She has set a good example for other players by running a football club free of cost for the girls. Other district-level and state-level players should take inspiration and contribute their expertise. Our country needs more dedicated and committed sportspersons like her. hats off to her for the great work.

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The Supreme Court decriminalised gay sex in a landmark ruling yesterday. Pic/PTI

dient monsoonal showers, I figure, it's a lovely time to sow; which is another form of waiting. I went to Mohan Singh Place for the first time and found a tailor named Shammi who is probably making my clothes as I write this — a raw silk coat, a denim skirt, a pair of jeans and an Ankara-style skirt.

I am meant to leave for Italy in 10 days. I am still visa-less. All I can do is have faith in the process and the system. This was the lesson I've decided to learn; that you can only surrender if you have faith‌ in yourself, in all the forces that are bigger than you, like the universe, and in people.

More often than we imagine, we are rewarded for waiting well. The dividends can be triple-fold. This morning, for instance, I woke up eager not just for a notification about my visa, but with equal measure of both hope and dread for the future of our individual freedoms as a country. Would Section 377

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tain form of waiting. We've reached the other side of the rainbow.

Deliberating on the life and times of Everywoman, Rosalyn D'Mello is a reputable art critic and the author of 'A Handbook For My Lover'.

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ME MUMBAIKAR BY MANJUL

Metro work to be blamed for bad roads

This refers to The Vigil's special series, 'Killer Roads', dated September 5.

It's a nighmare to travel on city roads nowadays, due to their bad conditions. People travelling on these roads are actually putting their lives in danger. People have to deal with damages to their vehicles while travelling on poor roads. Ongoing Metro work and negligence of authorities must be blamed for all this mess.

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Fastest internet first This a startup is readying satellites to send highspeed Internet from space anywhere all over India BARKHA KUMARI barkha.kumari@thevigil.com EVEN Google doesn’t open here!” That’s entrepreneur Prasad HL Bhat’s constant complaint when he visits his family in Shimoga, which is five to six hours away from Bengaluru. Surely he isn’t alone when it comes to whining about poor Internet connectivity in smaller cities, towns and villages across India. Yet, his startup Astrome is among a few in the world that is trying to fix this basic need of the 21st century.

The 18-member team, led by Neha Satak and Bhat at a lab in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), plans to launch 200 micro-satellites into space, which will send you Internet that is ‘fast, reliable, available everywhere, and life-changing’, as the website declares. This will be achieved in three ways: One, their satellites can power existing cellular towers. Two, individuals can buy a set-top box

and install an antenna for fixed-point uses at homes or offices. Three, one person can buy this set-up and redistribute the Internet to an entire locality.

Running behind their deadline, they will send their first satellite into space next year, and the rest by 2021. “If you are developing an app, you can predict the timelines tightly, but when you are working on hardware like we are, it’s a different deal, So delays are not a big red flag in the hardware (industry),” says Satak, the CEO, coolly.

The race to beam broadband Internet from the sky is already hot.

ViaSat has been at it, offering 100Mbps download speeds in some areas of America. There’s Google’s Project Loon, Boeing, and Space X. Facebook tried to shoot Internet-delivering drones into the air, but abandoned the project. So what is the USP of this tiny startup? It lies in their patented MM-wave technolo-

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Bleaching could have left the Great Barrier Reef deeply damaged

Researchers claim that the impact of the event, that wiped out 30 per cent of the corals in 2016, could have been deeper than expected

Prasad HL Bhat and Neha Satak with the entire Astrome team. Pic/Anantha Sumbramanyam K

gy that allows them to send 100Gbps of data per satellite, five to 10 times higher than what these giants have proposed. “So individuals can access 50Mbps of Internet while businesses up to 400Mbps,” says Bhat, the CTO and chairman.

“We know the market is in these developing countries,” Bhat cuts in. Rightly so, as he says “63 per cent of Indians live in rural areas and the rest in cities”, and “5-6 per cent of land is all where our traditional, optic fibre grids are concentrated”. So ‘Digital India’ is a distant dream, as also stated in the Internet in India 2017 report. It notes that the In-

ternet penetration in rural areas is critically low at 20.26 per cent as opposed to 64.84 per cent in urban areas.

Ask Satak why she chose satellite Internet over satellite telephony, and she says crisply: “Mobile phone network is already a solved problem, why should I launch satellites for that? I would rather spend money to deploy more 2G towers (to fight congestion). So it will be conservative of us to focus on telephony. It won’t be a useful incremental step for the world to see.” With satellite Internet, however, she says Astrome is taking a “jump” for mankind.

The researchers found bleached coral colonies down to depths of 131 feet beneath the ocean’s surface.

THE mass bleaching event - that wiped out 30 per cent of shallow-water corals on Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef in 2016 - may have also caused damage in deeper waters, scientists say.

Although deep reefs are often considered a refuge from thermal anomalies, the research, published inthejournalNature Communications, highlights limitations to this role and argues that both shallow and deep reefs are under threat of mass bleaching events.

“During the bleaching event, cold-water upwelling

initially provided cooler conditions on the deep reef,” said Pim Bongaerts, from the California Academy of Sciences in the US.

A team of divers then conducted surveys during the height of bleaching across a number of sites on the northern Great Barrier Reef. They noted that overall, major bleaching and mortality affected almost a quarter of corals at the deep sampling points, while confirming previous reports of impacts on close to half the shallower corals.

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film for the next three years.

Development is an invisible adversary. By spending time with the Kolis, you get to see how it is slowly coming to occupy the space around them," she says. With state funds for documentaries drying up, she has launched a crowdfunding campaign for the film.

"It's easier to look

at the community as exotic people who will dance for you when Obama visits, or be a part of a tableau in the Republic Day parade," says Kaur. While the fight for sons of the soil goes on, she points out a chilling irony, "The sad thing for the Kolis is they are not migrants.

They have no native place to return to."

Koli Chronicles

A National Award-winning filmmaker is documenting the insidious impact of mindless development on the fishing community, and how it is galvanising them into action SNIGDHA HASAN snigdha.hasan@thevigil.com AS the image of a fishing boat silhouetted against the golden Arabian Sea plays on the screen, a voice-over by Bhagwan Namdeo Bhanji begins to narrate the story of a community that has worshipped its waters for centuries. "History as we know it has been written by upper caste folks. It's their history, not ours. And so the history of the Kolis lie in utter darkness," says the local Versova village historian.

The film cuts to a more familiar side of Mumbai with high rises and cars vrooming down flyovers.

Then, we are back to the shores, with the sea link towering over tiny boats.

With this montage of con-

trasting frames, one gets the drift of the narrative of Fish Finger Seductions, a documentary on the indigenous fishing community of the city, in the works by Sarvnik Kaur.

The Mumbai-based filmmaker got drawn to the Kolis' struggle for survival when she was documenting the conflict in Kashmir for Soz – A Ballad of Maladies, which won her the 64th National Award for Best Debut

Sarvnik Kaur, Filmmaker

Direction. "When I would come back from Kashmir, I would read these headlines, which said that the Koli community would not survive by 2020. Or that the coastal road is going to be the end of the fisher folk.

Here, capitalism is responsible for the displacement and dispossession of people. It is happening under our noses, in the name of some global idea of development," says Kaur, who began engaging with the Kolis regularly across their settlements in the city.

What she came across was a growing sense of discontentment among them because the fish has practically vanished from the sea, thanks to waste and sewage disposal into the sea

A still from the film

and real estate sharks eating into the city's coastline.

Relaxed redevelopment and Coastal Regulation Zone norms are immediate concerns the community is grappling with, Kaur explains.

Neck-deep in the process of documentation, Kaur is facing a challenge of her own. "I plan to make the

06 BUZZ

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'Your dad is not a cheat' Victoria Beckham reassures kids that she doesn't plan to divorce husband and former England footballer David Beckham

The Beckham clan. Pic/Instagram

SINGER-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has told her children that her marriage is solid amid false rumours of her husband and former England footballer David cheating on her.

She revealed this to Vogue magazine as the cou-

ple holidayed in the South of France. The couple sat down with daughter Harper, and her three teenage brothers Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz to reassure them they were together after David was falsely linked to another woman three months ago, according to a

report in British tabloid, The Sun.

A source told the magazine that the Beckhams are always transparent with their children. Let's hope that the beckham clan always stays together.

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Papa Jonas files for bankruptcy

Nick Jonas' father is planning to sell most of his assets to pay the debt. Nick and musician brothers Joe and Kevin are also likely to bail daddy dearest out

Paul Kevin Jonas Sr and Denise Miller-Jonas

THE Jonas Brothers are doing great, however, it looks like their father is facing some serious financial problems. Nick Jonas' father, Paul, is facing financial problems. His construction and real estate company has filed for bankruptcy. As reported by American entertainment portal TMZ, which has access to the legal documents, the debt is of USD 1 million, including a USD

268K judgment from a case his company had lost.

Priyanka Chopra's future father-in-law is planning to sell most of his assets to pay the debt. Nick and musician brothers Joe and Kevin are also likely to bail daddy dearest out.

The Jonas Brothers had sold millions of records globally before the band broke up in 2013, and the trio has continued building their portfolios on their own. Nick reportedly has a net worth of USD 25 mil-

lion.

Joe is said to have a net worth of USD 18 million and just listed his luxury farmhouse in Sherman Oaks for USD 4.25 million.

Not to forget about Kevin, the rocker turned reality TV star has a reported net worth of USD 20 million.

Money definitely doesn't grow on trees; a lot of hard work goes in, but looks like the Jonas family tree has plenty of cash to go around.

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Eminem remembers Mahatma Gandhi Rapper Eminem has added references to India and Mahatma Gandhi in the theme song of the forthcoming film Venom. The film features Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and as Venom, also starring

Michelle Williams. Eminem created a new track for the film in his album Kamikaze and leaked a teaser of the song on Twitter, writing, "Venom, knock, knock, let the devil in."

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Baby girl for Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz

Back in 2011, when reporters asked her about having a baby with Craig, the actor claimed that she had no such plans DANIEL Craig, 50, and his wife Rachel Weisz, 48, welcomed their fist child together after seven years of marriage. Weisz gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday. Weisz had revealed the pregnancy in April during an interview with the New York Times, saying, "Daniel and I are happy."

Both Craig and Weisz have children from their previous relationships.

The James Bond-fame star Craig has a 26-year-old daughter, Ella, while the The Constant Gardener-actor Weisz has a 12-year-old son Henry from her relationship with director Darren Aronofsky. Weisz and Craig started dating in December 2010 and tied the knot in June 2011.

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