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irports and streets around the United Scates have been filled with protestors showing their anger against President Trump's executive order banning people from certain coun cries from travelling to America. Unleasbmg chaos and outrage, this executive order has been condemned for what it is - xenophobic, mean spirited and racist. \Vhile the international community bas expressed shock, there has been deafening silence, strangely, from the Australian government. j\{ore on tbat later.

What is heartening to note is bow the·corporate world bas reacted to the situation. Whether driven by hrn11anitarian concerns or the need for open global boundaries, a number of corporates have reached out to counter the executive order.

Starbucks has said that it will rure 10,000 refugees over tbe next five years as their way to allow for best opportunities for new migrants. Airbnb said soon after the Trump announcement that it will provide free housing to anyone left stranded by the ban. Its co-founder and chief executive Brian Chesky said, "Open doors brings all of US together. Closing

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Other technology-centric companies which have a large number of migrant employees also weighed in. Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that Apple would not exist witbout in1migration.Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive said, ''We're a nation of immigrants whose diverse backgrounds, ideas and points of view have helped us build and invent us as a nation for over 240 years."

Netflix condemned the President's 'un­ American' actions.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin was at the San Francisco airport protest, "because I'm a refugee", while CEO Sunder Pichai joined the ocher employees in their protest Goldman Sachs, 21st Cenrury Fox and JP Morgan also voiced their opposition to this tra\7el ban.

Ir is at times of crisis like these that true leadership is shown. Corporate America is vociferously fighting back and adding its might behind prorests around rbe country.

What has been shocking is the Australian government's complete silence on the issue. Prime :Minister l\fakolm TurnbuU bas refused to condemn or speak our against the injustice of this racist order. Hiding behind the guise of nor wan ring to interfere in another country's domestic

policies, i\,fr Turnbull bas shown a side of himself which is disappointing.

Ocher world leaders such as British Prime J\i(inister Theresa May, French President Francois Holla.nde and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all spoken out against j\,fr Tnunp's clampdown, while Canadian Prime l'vli.t:i.iscer Justin Trudeau has said his country would welcome refugees.

Here was a chance to reassure Australia, a country of migrants, about the importance of diversity. \Vasn't it only days ago that our Prime Minster had waxed lyrical on chis very topic?

On Australia Day, Turnbull had said, "Our First Australians have ... the oldest continuous human culture on earth and it enricl1es us all. As do the cultures of all our migrant.� from every corner of the world. Each new Australian adds another thread ro our national tapestry, magnilicent in its diversity and the most successful multicultural society in the world. '\'Qe come from nearly 200 countries of all faiths, culrnres and backgrounds. And yet in a world where conflict and intolerance seem more intractable than ever, we live together in peace ... (Our) strong sense of justice springs from the solidarity, the mutual respect and mareship tbac binds us together i n our diversity. Together we have built-a remarkable nation."

Great speech then, M:r Turnbull, but when it came to speaking up against a xenophobic President, you lee us down badly.

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YOUR SAY

DECOLONISING OUR ARTS AND MINDS

It's time the Indian community acknowledged First Peoples' ownership of the land, and decolonised our perspective on arts practice, wrote APARNA ANANTHUNI

Footscray Arts @Footscrayarts tweeted: 'Decolonising our arts and minds'

a reflection on @Arts_Front held at F CAC last Nov

Arts Front @Arts_Front tweeted: It is time to envision a new future for the

arts in Australia. A decolonised future @indian_link

THE CURSE OF THE MILLENNIALS

Gen Y aren't lazy, they're disadvantaged by the system, wrote SARGUN BHATIA

CulturalPerspectlves @CPerspectives tweeted: Agree - Millennials face

societal stereotypes and over expectations in the work force today

(Turn to page 12 for more about the great work our youth are involved in)

HELPING PEOPLE TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND

PARAMVIR 'SINGHY' CHHATWAL talked to us about his work as a Custodial

Officer

Justice NSW @NSWJustice tweeted: Paramvir Chhatwal says working

for Corrective Services as a newly arrived migrant has been a rewarding experience

RIPBHAVITA

Bhavita Patel, 33, has been named as the sixth victim of the Bourke Street incident. She died on 30 January when her family decided to turn off her life support after she was injured in the 20 January attack. Young mother and IT consultant Nethra Krishnamurthy is still recovering after the attack.

Smlta Sharma wrote: May your soul rest in peace. You are in a better place

now.

STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY

When it came to speaking up against a xenophobic US President, Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Jet us down badly, wrote PAWAN LUTH RA

Krishna wrote: Turnbull is looking out for himself, wary of the Hansonites

who have found a friendly voice in the world's most powerful office. Not just the extreme voices. I was surprised to see how many Indians made apologist noises supporting the travel ban ranging from the tame 'it's their right' to the outrageous 'India should do this too. See how Assam and Bengal are filled with refugees'. There is an urgent need to forcefully spank everyone who equates refugees with terrorists, or we are all going to hell for inaction!

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"I'm sure Dr Gondane will feel at home here in Sydney.

We have Bangalore traffic, Mumbai house prices and Delhi bureaucracy."

Barry O'Farrell welcoming High Commissioner Dr AM Gondane

Nandlta Bajaj wrote: Rest in Peace Bhavita, condolences to her family.

Anll Singh wrote: Very tragic event, deep sorrow.

Nallnl Singh wrote: Sad day for all Australians. RIP.

'THERE IS NO GOD HIGHER THAN TRUTH'

Each year on 30 January, India observes Martyrs' Day in honour of the anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi in 1948.

Krlsh Na wrote: Gandhiji fought for the dignity of the most vulnerable people

in society. He is sorely missed these days when even children running from certain death have become pariahs for the rest of the world!

"Here's another thing common between India and Australia: the length of our main rivers, the Ganges and the Murray."

Barry O'Farrell at AIBC

"Australian politicians treat black and brown people like Pokemon cards, trying to trade them to other countries."

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RAJN/ ANAND LUTHRA reported on a Sikh boy denied enrolment at a Melbourne school for wearing the turban

GENERAL PRACTICE AS WELL AS SOCIAL WORK

RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA spoke with Australia Day honouree Dr Purushottam Sawrikar OAM

Avlnash Kanetkar wrote: Well done!

Sangeeta Sharma wrote: Congratulations Dr Sawrikar Anita Playoust wrote: Congratulations!

Kasturl Kalmath wrote: Congratulations Dr Sawrikar! Well deserved Kalyan Ram wrote: Dear Dr Sawrikar, my personal congratulations to you on the honour you have received. I am equally impressed with the work you have been involved with in the social sector for the community in general and our migrants in particular. I am keen to speak with you about your interest in the area of aged care.

Bastian Gianino wrote: The school has the right to enforce its uniform policies. These rules are for everyone who attends that school, those are the uniform rules; the boys at this school are not allowed to have their hair long or deviate from the standard uniform, i.e. wear different coloured socks that are not in accordance with their dress code. This is a private Christian school and we too must respect their rules if we wish for our children to attend that school.

I am sure that there are a lot of suitable schools in the area which do not have a strict dress code so that you wouldn't have to compromise your religious beliefs, but having said that if a Christian child wanted to attend a school of a different faith and didn't, or couldn't, comply with the dress code of that school due to faith I am sure the outcome would be the same. If you want people to respect your religious beliefs, you too have to respect theirs.

Babu wrote: Come on, this is Australia - a land of freedom of choices! A dominant section of our population that is of European origin appears to be feeling some kind of baseless insecurity and going through integration problems themselves in mingling with the other ethnic sections of our society such as Sikhs or Muslims. Wearing a turban or veil is in no way appearing to impact the basic Christian nature of Melton Christian College or the belief of any other school.

Any decision from Melton Christian College about its uniform policy points to a discriminatory attitude and passive aggression by a handful in its management committee. Even the law makers in our nation are poorly represented by ethnic groups - the numbers seem to be disproportionate with the percentage of the ethnic population. This is possibly leading to double standards when it comes to Court outcomes. As a moderate ethnic citizen of Australia, I strongly support Arora's case and hope to see his son being allowed to wear a turban to school. I urge one and all Australians (all skin colours) to come together, evolve and make this nation a truly multiracial to achieve the best.

Noel Lal, Executive VP, GOPIO lntematlonal wrote to the Prlnclpal of Melton Christian College: The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is the largest organisation for the welfare of PIOs living outside India, and is a non-partisan, secular global organisation engaged in promoting their wellbeing and enhancing cooperation and communication between Indians living in different countries.

GOPIO is extremely saddened with your school's decision to refuse a tive­ year-old Sikh boy admission just because he wears a turban, and it does not align with your uniform policy.

Your attention is drawn to a landmark case of September 2008, where a Brisbane private school was forced to back down on a strict uniform policy that would have forced a Sikh boy to cut his hair and remove his turban.

GOPIO is disappointed that in today's day and age, instead of uniting various communities, your institution is actually dividing them (even at the tender age of five).

GOPIO hopes that the school will reconsider its earlier decision and do the needful by admitting the five-year-old Sikh boy.

IT'S TIME

MOHAN DHALL wrote about the importance of teaching children about time management and goal setting for a smooth year ahead

Slrla wrote: Excellent article and very relevant in this day and age. Well written, Mohan Dhall.

"Australians inspire me - they are so physically tit and so far progressed in the physical fitness space. Australian physical therapy has helped. me during my injuries. I love the brightness of the people and the way they live."

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"I will be very surprised if the result of the series will be any different to the one between India and England recently but if Australia adapt well and bore the Indian batsmen, you never know what could happen."

Monty Panesar on the upcoming INDvAUS series

"Catching the wrong train can sometimes get you to the right station."

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rudite. Gentle. Even spiritual.

These were qualiries with which the new Indian High Commissioner to Australia Dr A]\,[ Gondane reached out to the lndian co1ru11tmity in Sydney recently.

He was the special guest at a welcome event organised by the Australia India Business Council early this month.

Although the High Commissioner has been out and ahout since he rook office in December last year, ilie event marked the first official welcome within the Indian community in Sydney.

Some 150 people, mostly members of the AIBC and community personaliries, were present at the event Dr Gondane, a sociologist by training, has had a successful career in diplomacy that has taken him to some of the world's hotspots such as Syria and Papua New Guinea as well as centres of international affairs such as New York. But it is clear that he is particularly happy to be in Australia.

"My role requires of me to immerse myself into the skin of the hosts," he said at

,, Australians are happy, dynamic people who are eager to share, and I am looking forward to making my contribution to the Australia­ India relationship ,,

the. event. "Australians are happy, dynamic people who are eager to share, and I am looking forward to making my contribution to che Australia-India relationsbip. Every relationship has its ebbs and flows, and tl1is particular relationship is currently on the rise."

He said that he would look to the expertise within the business comrmu1ity to help 11im further tbe relationsl1ip.

But be bad a special missive for them. For people whose banter is typically littered with terms Wee 'economic superpo,ver', 'rising middle class hungry for consumption' and 'Make in India', Dr Gondane brought the

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point home about ground realities.

"You may have heard large numbers," he cold his captive audience, "But India is a small economy, and "l! big nation. Nor even a miniscule proportion of my people are like tl1e people you have interacted witl1. We are home to a large number of poor who can't afford basic health and education. We bear the responsibility of O\Tercoming these problems."

And yet, he pointed out, we have managed to clear various stumbling blocks. "\Y/e've got over the food hmnp," he noted. "Our large stocks now feed our neighbours. We've reached the 80 per cent

point i n literacy, and higher in numeracy - e\Ten our illiterates are now punching numbers into their mobile phones.

Other problems will be gotten over too. \Y/e've demonstrated that we have a huge capacity to work our way up in tl1e world."

He ended by reiterating, "The slow and steady 'Hindu rate of growth' of tl1e '60s is now long passed, and we have had a good run since. We will consolidate.

We remember PL 480, and we will pay back in foll measure."

The occasion offered AIBC Chair Sheba Nandkeolyar an opportunity to 11ighlight the Council's activities since she took over as Chair. The national conference organised with the AFR, the representations co Vibrant Gujarat and significant interactions at last montl1's Pta\Tasi Bbaratiya conference in India, found menrion in her address.

Barry O'Farrell, Special NSW Trade Envoy to India, extended his own welcome to the new High Commissioner.

"I'm sure Dr Gondane will feel at home here i.n Sydney, " he said. "We have Bangalore traffic, Mumbai house prices and Delhi bureaucracy: " Having just returned from India, his second trip there in recent months, he offered his take on the situation there.

'1 was in India at rhe height of me demonetisation drive, and everyon e I spoke witl1 - the taxi drivers, the hotel staft� the business community - felt it was a good move, the inconvenience notwimstanding."

He also bad a special word about India's Prime l\1inister. "Nlr Modi wants to make real reform, and communicares tl1e reasons to the people, something our narional leaders seem to have forgotten."

"India can be a hard nut to crack," he concluded to 11is audience, who probably know this too welJ. ''But most tilings are about successive meetings."

The occasion also gave Gunjan Pagare of tl1e Commonwealth Bartle, AIBC's platinum sponsor, a chance to tell the community and ilie new High Commissioner about ilie bank's reach within the Indian and broader diverse corumtmity. The event was held at d1e Bank's offices in Sussex Street.

Will the trittmvirate of new High Commissioner, new AIBC Chair and new Trade Envoy help boost the stagnating trade relationship between India and Australia?

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So you think millennials are over-privileged, lazy, narcissistic, entitled and out-of-touch? Have a look at what some of them have been doing over their summer holidays

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During the summer break, I volunteered at an aged care home. My visits consisted of organising activities and games for the residents, engaging in conversation with them as well as creating an atmosphere that would be visually inspirational and motivational.

I had the opportunity to plan their birthday celebrations within the premises, which included decorating the lounge and organising food and drinks.

It gave me immense pleasure to bring joy into the lives of the residents and see them celebrating with happiness.

Some of my most memorable moments included playing scrabble with one senior, taking them out to the garden to pick flowers and actively listening to them talk about their past.

I strongly believe in the importance of giving back to the community, which is what inspired me to volunteer at an aged care home. My grandmother has been volunteering at an aged care home for the past couple of years. Seeing how

This summer I began building a micro­ factory. I had the immense privilege of working at the University of New South Wales SMaRT Centre to develop innovative solutions for recycling electronic waste (e-waste). We can all appreciate the challenge of the quantum of electronic waste that we are producing - all the old phones, televisions, microwaves, basically anything with a cord we throw out, making it the fastest growing waste stream globally. These devices are complex waste products, comprised of over 1000 different materials, some of which are toxic such as lead, others which are immensely valuable, such as copper. So, the SMaRT centre has been researching solutions to this global challenge which has now culminated in the design of a micro-factory. We are designing a containerised factory to disassemble, sort and process in furnaces to convert our waste into high-value materials based on our

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patented micro-recycling technology. I have been working on the automated vision systems, drones and robotic arms to augment the material processing techniques being developed by the centre.

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I have always told my mum, "I wish I could dance 24 hours of the day and do nothing else."

This wish has been coming true over the past two years as I go to India duringthe summer break to train in Bharatanatyam with Abhinaya exponent Bragha Bessel. Learning from Bragha Aunty is very special. When we enact everyday situations in dance she presents the ideas in such a refreshing way that we start to discover the same common things from different angles.

The best thing about training under Bragha Aunty is that even when she makes corrections and is critical, she does it with such humour that I never forget what she has said. As she was teaching me on how mothe r Y ashodha was caressing Krishna's face, looking at the way I was holding my hands, she said, "You are holding baby Krishna's face, Vishakha, not a Halloween pumpkin!" Every time I practice, comments like these will not only help me never make those m istakes again but will also bring a smile to my face. I am very lucky to have teachers who train me with love and patience like Chidambaram R Suresh in Sydney and Bragha Bessel in India.

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REACHING OUT TO UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS Brinda Ohri 23

Doctor of Medicine, Griffith University

During my gap year I volunteered teaching English to disadvantaged children in Argentina. It was both an eye­ opening and rewarding experience and I was able to immerse myself in their community, culture and way of life.

I had always been interested in travelling to South America, and I whilst I was researching, I came across an NGO in Argentina, which was very passionate in helping their underprivileged population. I made contact with them and was lucky to join their incredible work.

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I volunteered for Yuva Australia and the Consulate General of India in Sydney last year and in January this year, representing Australian Indian youth at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. It was a pleasure participating in a Panel Discussion on youth NRI issues at Youth PBD 2017 with the Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and meeting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a lunch event. Youth PBD 2017 was a huge success, particularly the Q&A session with an audience of 700 PBD attendees. The three-day main affair from 7-9 January, 2017 in Bengaluru, entailed an inaugural session on the "Role of Diaspora Youth in the Transformation of India", two plenary sessions and discussions about various aspects of NRI and studentjyouth issues.

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. A SONG FOR YOU Mahek Anand 17

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I am currently on a scholarship program in Southeast Asia for about three months. The program has two phases; the first is working with various charities in Cambodia and Vietnam that my college currently sponsors and assessing their impact and budgeting our donations that we raised throughout the year. The second phase is an internship, for which I am currently working at the SAELAO project - an ecologically friendly community development project in rural Laos.

The project provides surrounding communities with education support, employment opportunities and promotes ecological awareness and sustainable practices across the surrounding villages. Both phases have

During the summer break I was a part of the David Jaanz School of Singing showcase. I got the opportunity to perform in front of a large audience.

In the past year I have started doing gigs as a singer and since then have performed at various venues around Melbourne. I am passionate about RnB, soul and pop music but I like to keep my doors open to other genres as well.

I have been singing for a few years now and aspire to gain more experience in live performances. I have always been fascinated with music, even in different languages - whether Latin, French or Bollywood - and would love to explore more in the future. Something I enjoy thoroughly with music is being able to be versatile.

Preparing for this showcase and having been given the opportunity to be a part of it has definitely been one of the best moments of 2016 for me.

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REPORTING FROM THE DIASPORA Arpita Singh 23

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Asthe secretary of Yuva Australia, I was invited by the Indian High Commission and the MEA to be a panellist at PBD 2016-17 on the topic of "Problems faced by Indian international students in Australia".

I travelled to New Delhi late last year and had the honour of participating in the 8th PBD Panel Discussion chaired by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The issues we raised and the solutions we proposed were thoughtfully considered by the MEA and significant implementation strategies and solutions were announced at the annual Youth PBD 2017 held in January.

ACCOUNTING: GETTING A LOOK IN Tom Smith 18

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne

Since finishing high school in November I have begun developing the necessary accounting expertise to transition into the corporate world, by working at the accounting firm Murdoch Partners. I have learnt the basic skills such as filing and archiving before undertaking a graduate accounting course in the CBD. I hope that these experiences will prepare me for the Bachelor of Commerce and beyond.

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EXPERIENCING THE LIFE Of INDIAN FARMERS Hazel Johal 20

Bachelor of Business, University of Technology, Sydney In January, I participated in a 21-day innovation and empathy workshop with BUiLD UTS in rural Maharashtra.

I went with five other students from UTS to study the local community and one of the challenges they are facing, agriculture. For 18 days, I studied the local agricultural practices. One of the things I noticed was that they didn't use any machinery, the farmers still hand­ picked their crop and used methods that their fathers taught them. Soon, I realised that the old-school method of farming is heavily dependent on a regular water supply, and in the

summer, lack of water makes farming impossible. Unfortunately, the farmers lack the training to do it any other way.

On the other hand, meeting the local children was very exciting; they were so eager to share. I had a really good experience because everybody I met was kind and no one made me feel that I was from a strange, foreign country.

For Makar Sankranti on the 14'\ the villagers bought all us girls matching sarees and took us to the local temple for an evening of cultural activity and prayer. Meeting these people is something I will cherish forever.

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team of students working hard to re­ establish the UTS Tamil Society and its annual event Kathambamalai.

First established in 1999, the society has a long and rich history of organising cultural events to fundraise for communities in Sri Lanka and India.

We have now brought back its annual Kathambamalai event, reinvigorated for a new and diverse audience.

These past months of summer, we've passionately been working on script writing, dramaturgy, dance and acting rehearsals with a great cast and crewto bring to stage a thrilling dance drama titled Kaya/ Vizhi. We're proud to have provided a platform for upcoming youth talent and to have used this opportunity to establish ties with our Tamil community in the form of donations to Vanni Rehabilition and Palmera Projects. Being able to bring this production to life has truly shown

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of my law and commerce (corporate finance) double degree, and armed with a lot of enthusiasm, I decided that this summer, much as I would miss the opportunity to sleep in, I would immerse myself in the opportunities available to me. The first step was applying to be a volunteer at JusticeNet, a not for profit legal service that provides free legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer or who are low-income and disadvantaged members of society.

This has so far provided me with invaluable practical experience in a variety of areas of law and increased my passion for justice. I was also fortunate enough to secure a summer position at the Australian Financial Security Authority, a Commonwealth Government Department, doing corporate related work as part of a project team. And just to ensure I really did not have even a moment to be bored these holidays,

I have also been doing research and oral advocacy as part of the University of Adelaide's Jessup International Law MootTeam. We will be representing the University at the national round of the competition in Canberra in a few days.

All in all, a busy but fulfilling summer and one that I am sure will shape my future!

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COOKING WITH REFUGEES Tara Mahapatra 21

Bachelor of Commerce/Law, University of Sydney

I joined Enactus, an international organisation that encourages university students to use entrepreneurial action to create a better world for all, in my first year of university. Currently, I am part of the Enact us University of Sydney project, Culinary Tales, which empowers refugees to run their own cooking classes in the community.

The purpose of the project is to provide a social platform for refugees to share their stories, culture and recipes with the community, and to provide a source of employment. Being part of the project has been one of the greatest experiences in university, and has allowed me to meet so many wonderful people.

We offer cooking classes in Iranian, Indian, Lebanese, Tibetan and more cuisines. You can visit our website for further information about Culinary Tales and the classes www.culinary-tales.com

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INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY Sujneet Kaur Johal 17

Bachelor of Economics/Law, UNSW

I was extremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to explore 9 European countries in the span of 4 weeks with the UN Youth Australia Young Diplomats Tour. I was amongst 15 other students selected from across Australia through an extremely demanding selection process which lasted a few months.

Throughout the tour, I had the opportunity to engage with key players in international diplomacy, including significant European politicians, UN representatives, diplomats, leading thinkers, grassroots organisations, media outlets and NGOs. I also met with well-known figures such as Helen Brady, Head of Prosecution Appeals for the International Criminal Court, ABC's foreign correspondent Lisa Millar in London, German Negotiator for climate change Karsten Sach and UKIP member Raymond Finch.

I gained a deeper understanding on the role of diplomacy and the evolution of nation states shaping our global community. This understanding came through intense workshops focusing on major historical events and eras, specifically WWII and its repercussions, which transcends European politics and heavily infl uences political discourse today.

Overall, this experience challenged my political views and enhanced my passion for politics and creating change.

Most importantly, I engaged with many young people who have already created change and excelled in their respective fields which was highly motivating. As an Indian Australian, UN Youth Australia has allowed me to voice my opinions, which have been nurtured by my cultural upbringing as well as understanding how I can convert my views into real change despite my young age.

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THE BUSINESS SIDE OF SOFTWARE Nehal Jain 19

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Software), University of Adelaide Although my degree is mostly technical, there is also an element of project management and business involved. I have always been keen on exploring this technical side and seeing how it all comes together. In the future, I aim to work in a position that combines both aspects, as opposed to being in a solely software developer role.

So, when I came across an opening for a role which required knowledge of technology, business and marketing, I felt like I had hit the jackpot. I am now

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Through this role, I am expanding my networks as I am required to constantly be working with the local community, start-ups, universities and the government. This internship experience is also bringing to light the vast plethora of jobs that I did not even know existed. Hopefully this will help me evaluate whether or not I truly enjoy being in a hybrid role so that I can really nail down my career goals.

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Dr Hugh Mackay AO presents the 2017 Gandhi Oration and encourages us to recommit to the notion of community

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Neighhoun, everyhotfy needsgood neighbours With a little 11nderstanding,yo11 remji11d theperfect blend Neighbour,� should be therefar· one another That'.r 111hen good neighbours becomegoodfriends The theme song of the popular Australian soap opera Neighhom:r migbt seem far removed from the ideals of the great lndian freedom figbter and philosopher Mahatma Gand11i. However, this year's Gandhi Oration, presented by social

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researcher and author Dr Hugh Mackay AO, emphasised the need for us to be better neighbours, friends and members of the community if we are to combat the rising rares of anxiety and health issues being promulgated by an increasingly fragmented, individualistic society.

Reflecting on contemporary Australian life in light of Gandhi's legacy, Dr Mackay's address, titled 'The state of the nation starts in your street', implored us to undertake small actions to engage with others and make . a meaningful difference to one another.And bis message certainly struck a chord.

The Australian dream of egalitarianism, a fair go, harmony and cultural diversity is slipping away amidst the rise of individual desire, suggested Dr Mackay. There has

been a global erosion of committnenc to the coliective.

As a nation in the grip of epidemics of anxiety, depression and obesity, witl1 more than a million Australian children living i.n p017ert:y, and a massive under-empl0)7menc problem, there has been a dismrbing retreat from an open, progressive societ)' with a trend towards aggression and violence.

Dr Mackay proposed that this could perhaps be a reflection of growing income inequality, as "inequality certainly breeds insecurity", though our declining respect for community, organisations and institutions was a more likely faccor in our growing national apprehension aod disillusionment.

Bue as Dr Mackay told us, "I suspect Gandhi would have reminded us that if we lose our capacity for unconditional

compassion, if we Jose sight of om true .nature as members of a society, if \Ve focus too much on our own wants, our own entitlements, our own gratification, wirh little regard for the needs and wellbeing of others, there will be an inevitable tl1reat to our mental heal tl1."

Referring to his decades of social research, Dr 1vfacka)' described how a sense of belonging is fundamental to our wellbeing, "'\Xie don't know our neighbours' has become almost a clicbe of contemporary urban life." Indeed, many .in the audience thought, however Aeetingly, about tl1eir own neighbours.

This concept of feeling like a stranger in your own street is bound co breed a sense of insecurity as being isolated and alone is antithetical to the human condition,

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,, The increasing rates of anxiety and violence in our society are reflections of our inability to cope with the changing world order , , Dr Macka)' said. "When we lose sight of our role as neighbours, the health of the neighbourhood suffers."

Citing scientific evidence, statistics and ps)'chological theory, Dr Mackay outlined how changing patterns of marriage and clivorce, a plununeting birth race, the increase in work hours, and rapidly shrinking households are leading to greater social isolation. These issues stand alongside an obsession with privacy and securit)' amidst increasing high rise and high density housing, which is almost at odds with the altered perception of privacy and identity born of our dependence on social meclia and technology. These are aU factors generating a more fragmented, more competitive, less cooperative society, exerting great pressure on the stability and cohesiveness of communities.

Dr Mackay suggested the increasing rates of anxiety and violence in our society are reflections of our inability to cope with che changing world order. He rai.led against powerful propaganda in the form of mass marketing to the consumer from the

loom over us, our growing sense of vulnerability and fear seems to be forci11g individuals into a state of self-absorption, denying us the communitarian need of civic responsibility.

Bue, as Dr Mackay suggested, "Goodness is inherently about responding to other people's need of our kindness, charity, compassion, respect . . . our love . " lo a time when we are disillusioned with

replacing the force of violence with the combined force of truth and compassion, or 'sou.I force'.

We should expand the notion of 'love thy neighbour', by reinterpreting what we mean by 'love' and what we mean by 'neighbour', proposed Dr Mackay, to include being kind and compassionate to everyone, even tl1ose who are different or whom we disagree witl1.

Clockwise from top left: Dr Hugh Mackay AO; At the Remembrance Ceremony at the university lawns; Patron of the Australia India Institute at UNSW Dr Neville Roach AO; Vice­ Chancellor Professor Ian Jacobs welcomes guests; A packed audience

"happiness industry " whereby we believe we have a right and are entitled to be happy, "If you pursue happiness, it will elude you."

The valiclity of the emotional spectrum is what it means to be human, Dr Mackay said, and we can only experience happiness in comrasr to the feeling of other emotions.

Bur it was i10r sermonising. Dr l\ifackay infused his address with jokes, humour and cheeky asides, while ho.lcling up a mirror to Australia's soul "Our identity depends on the groups we belong to," Dr Mackay said. "We are people who will shrivel up, emotiona.lly if not physically, if we are not nurtured by the experience of sharing the lives, and even sharing the pain, of those around us. " As the growing threats of climate change, terrorism and a major economic disruption

the political elite, rather than relying on a strong, elected leader, as individuals we need co interact with one another and recliscover our commitment co basic morality - being kind and respeccfuJ co each other, no matter our clifferences. This is how we defuse violence and hostility. le was a basic, simple ttuth be was telling us, and it stirred a palpable shift in the audience. It was like a recap of a lesson that we had all learned long ago, but somehow forgotten in recent years thanks ro our complicated lives.

Invoking Gandhi's wisdom, Dr Mackay reflected on the Mal1atma's premise time when we find ourselves in conflict with someone's ideas, it is the conflict itself that is our opponent, not the other person. At its core, Gandhi's philosophy was about

A truly civilised person renounces violence and revenge in favour of forgiveness, said Dr Mackay. '�1e build a better society by responcling to bad behaviour with good behaviour; by responcling to ugliness with beauty; by responding to treachery with integrity; by responcling to lies witl1 truth, " he said.

With a general decline in trust i n contemporary Australian policies, o r a decline more broadly as evidenced by tl1e rise of Trump and the Brexic, there is a need to .look inward at ourse.lves and our behaviour, and take matters into our own hands.

Espousing a basic tenet of 'chinking global by acting local', Dr Mackay encouraged us to be more generous with ourselves and our time, and be masters of

technology, not its servants. Get connected: that's the lesson we all took home that day.

And not i n a social media kind of way.

"W/e can have a powerful influence on the communities we belong co," Dr Mackay said. "How we contribute co these miniatures of Life will help to determine the big picture."

We all know how to act like good neighbours in the event of a tragedy or crisis, and we see examples of this regularly; the challenge is in learning co be a good neighbour in everyday .Life. "If enough of us start living as if this is the kind of society we want it to be, that's the kind oJ society it ,vii] become."

As Gandhi put ic, "You ma)' never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results."

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The new Australian Junior Chess Champion (Under 8) Nikhil Reddy on why he loves the game

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ikhi1 Reddy was but a young child when he watched his parents play chess. Fascinated, be got his dad to teach him.

Today, at the grand old age of eight, he bas a national title to his name.

In fact, he hadn't yet turned eight when he won the Australian Junior Chess Championship (AJCC) for 2017, in Brisbane last momh.

The budding grandmaster has had a whirlwind of a week, felicitated by his Sydney school (Strathfield South Public School) and tl1e NSW Junior Chess League, as well as at receptions witl1 Strathfield mayor Andrew Soulos and local 1fP Craig Laundy.

Nikhi1 is a reticent interviewee as Indian Link catches up with him.

How did he feel when he won the final game? "Good."

How many games did he play in the championship? "Nine . " Was h e ever nervous? "No." There's clarity and economy in his conversational style. A simplicity in execution. AU hallmarks of a great chess player.

Any memorable moments?

"Some games were difficult. I lost t\vo games and won seven."

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His mum Sandy, however, did feel a little of the pressure, especially in the last game which went to play-offs involving t\VO fast games.

"The intensity of the concentration was obvious! The early rounds were pretty smooth and I figured , ikh.il would take second or third position on the podium, so it was good co see him win in the end."

It is evident tbe family is [ ikhil's biggest fan club, and he opens up a bit more when he talks about them Is Dad a good player? "No. " \'(/bat about Mum? "1 beat her all the rin1e.''

And older brother Neil? "Beat him also."

But he's most animated when he tall,s about chess.

"I play chess for cwo hours every day.

I also go for coaching once a week, on Sundays."

Why does he like the game? ''Because it's fLu1."

Nikhil was six when be began playing, Sandy tells us. ''Neil and be would watch me play my husband Karri, and both would want to join in. Nikhil would lose a lot, but it did not dampen his interest one bit.

Ultimately, we decided to take them to lessons. " The Homebusb-based ChessSb.ip Australia has been training the Reddy boys for over a year now. ChessSbip provides training to players as young as six. Its founder Deep Mitra (National Chess Instructor from FIDE, the World Chess Federation) is all praise for his first batch of sn1dents which includes I ikbil and r eil. ''Nikhil has been showing exceUem

intuitive judgement and eagerness to learn, two key attr.ibutes to success in chess, " Mitra tells

Indian Li11k.

ChessShip Australia is a new start-up with an objective of bringing chess co children in a systematic way following the official curriculum of tl1e World Chess Federation. It has been growing in popularity since its launch in 2016, '",jth recent success stories at various chess tournaments.

To other parents \vl10 may have spotted an inclination towards the game, Sandy suggests, get professional coaching early.

"Chess helps with schoolwork too, I've obser ved," she reveals.

Following the chess player stereotype, Nikhil is exceptional in his schoolwork, and also plays soccer and basketball. (Pokemon Duel also features in his list of interests.)

But it is chess which is the overriding passion. Neil and Nikhil both lap up news from the world of chess and keep abreast of updates Erorn the world's leading players.

The t\vo youngsters have been playing interschool games and tournaments at local fairs. le was ar one such community cournamenr that the boys met a naval officer who gave them both an Australian Navy cap. It bequne their 'lucky cap' - they

,, The Australian Navy cap is Nikhil's 'lucky cap' - he will not play a game without it ,, will not play a game without it.

The Reddys are gearing up for international matches for their gifted son.

"For Nikhil's age group, there are two events we have identified, in Uzbekistan and in Brazil. We are considering taking him," Sandy says.

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WHAT'S ON SPIRITUAL Sri Hanuman Pooja, Tuesdays 7.30pm-8pn Devotees who wish to seek the blessings of Shri Hanuman should join the community at Shri Shiva Mandir, 201 Eag1eview Road, Minto, on Tuesday evenings for the reciting of Hanuman Chafisa, reciting Hanuman Kasht Nivaran, Hanuman Aarti and Prasad.

Contact: Jagdish Chawla, 0421 376 384 or Priest Arul Muthulkumar, 9820 1094 Devi Jagran, Sat 1 Aprll 7pm10.45pm Devotees who wish to partic ipate in Navratri Devi Bhajans should join the community at Shri Shiva Mandir, 201 Eagleview Road, Minto. There will be Devi Bhoj, Sankalp/Pooja by the sponsors. Devi B hajans, Aarti and Prasad. Contact: Jagdish Chawla, 0421 376 384 or Sneh Gupta, 0418 415 739 Spirit of India Yoga, Saturdays and Sundays Yoga classes are held in Ryde, Wentworthville, Quakers Hill and Epping. All levels incl. beginners, senior citizens, children's. To enrol in this 15 week course e-mail spiritofindia2002@ yahoo.com, visit www.spiritofindia.org or contact Suresh 0412 202 182 Sant Nlrankari Mission Sydney, Sundays 5.30- 7.30pm Congregation helps us strengthen our devotion. Weekly congregations held every Sunday at Sant Nirankari Bhawan, 166 Glendenning Road, Glendenning followed by community meals.

Contact: Devinder, 0403 216 084 Heartfullness Relaxation and Meditation Saturdays 4.30pm-5.30 pm; Sundays 11.30am-12.30pm All are welcome to experience Heartfullness. There are no fees to join the group at Seva Yoga Studio, 3c/8, Cowper St. Parramatta.

Contact: 02 8004 6547 or sydney@ heartfulness.org Srlmad Bhagavad Gita classes, every second Saturday Learn the proper chanting of each shloka and its meaning in English.

Students also learn Sa nskrit as they progress and no prior knowledge of Sanskrit is required. Participate

either through physical attendance at 20 Station St, Pymble or online attendance through ZOOM: zoom. us/j/6140211522. Contact: B abu 0402 115 223 or devbab@gmail.com svr Classes - Vedic Chanting Sundays 10am The classes take place in Sri Venkateswara Temple, Temple Rd, Helensburgh. This course will cover pronunciation and then practise with Sanskrit before moving to Vedic chanting. To register and attend, email enquiry@svtsydney.org Hindi Dada Bhagwan Satsang, Every second Sunday 5pm - 8pm Held at Wentworth Community Centre.

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indian news Vegetable vendors wait on their boats at a floating market on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, on 5 February, 2017. The Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road link connecting the region with outside world, remained closed for traffic.

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Trump's visa ban: Indian scientists ready to welcome stranded peers

Refusing to bow before US President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, scientists across the world, including lndia, have opened up their lab spaces to counterparts stranded outside America.

Under the Science Solidarity Llst (SSL) initiative, researchers from over 30 countries have agreed to host the affected.

What began on social media as spontaneous offers of help from scientists to accommodate banned peers awaiting US clearance, following Trump's January 27 order, has emerged as a elm-ion call to support those in need of immediate work spaces.

Anchored by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (E:tvIBO), the SSL is a "list of scientists offering tempora1-y bend1 or desk space, Library access and possibly even accommodation for US-based scientists who are stranded abroad due to the \'{flute House Executive Order 13769, 'Protecting the Nacion from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United Scates' of 27 January, 2017."

A US judge in Seattle recently issued a temporary nationwide block on Trump's ban on travellers from seven ·Muslim nations. However, the White House said tl1e Justice Department will challenge attorney's decision.

Offers continue to pour in as science, literally, attempts to trump the ban.

There are currently over 800 offers of assistance and the list gets a new entry every five minutes or so.

"We felt we had co do something. It is very discriminating. This impacts science a lot. It impacts the work of th.e lab. Their project.5 do not get done because the scientists are nussing. It impacts everyone," Maria Leptin, director EMBO, told JANS over the phone from Heidelberg, Germany. "\'v'e (scientists) see ourselves as a worldwide com!"nunity and it is a completely namral clung for us to do," she said.

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founded in 1969, is an inter-governmental organisation comprising 33 member- and partner-states, including India, which came under its fold in February 2016.

The solidarity list comprises offers from both EJl,,fBC and non-E:tvIBC cow1tties.

Leptin was the first to join tl1e list, extending help to host stranded researchers in her own lab at the Uruversity of Cologne.

While most of tl1e host offers are from Europe, the list includes labs in India, Canada, Israel,Japan, Saudi Arabia, Me..'tico, Singapore, Brazil, and China.

TI1e "overwhelming response" from the fraternity is trending under the hashtag ScienceSheJrers.

Among tl1e first co make personal offers of assistance via Twitter were population geneticist Magnus ordborg and plant biologist Jurgen Klei11e-Vehn from Austria.

A look at some of the tweets reflects tl1e gravity of the simation, relegating scientists co a11 almost refugee-like status.

"Anotl1er example of consequences... biology postcloc meant to join our School w / new faculty has visa bm cannot come Iranian passport," tweeted Georgia lnstimte of Technology Professor Joshua Weitz.

"I was pretty excited to join @soumya_ boston's lab but denied boarding due to my Iranian nationality. Feeling safer?" tweeted Samira J\sgari.

The Kleine-Velm Lab tweeted in response to an update of 420 offers of assistance: "Took less than 24h, reflecting the strong political statement! #ScienceShelcersAgainst Trump's immigration ban and discrimination!"

Coming to tl1e rescue of their peers are also scientists from India.

Till February 4, tluee offers were made from the countr); all of them from Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS).

Theoretical physicist Sandeep KJ:ishna has proferred desk space and access to computers, ,vhile Shashi Thutupalli's lab, dealing with experimental physical biology, is also available.

"Can provide experimental facilities, desk space, lab space, library access and a warm welcome." NCBS's Arati Ramesh has stepped forward with "desk space, lab bench space, access to lab equipment and

computers" i n ber lab that works on RNA biology.

"I am a theore.tical physicist who uses tools and ideas from physics and maths to try and pose new kinds of questions about basic processes in biological systems.

Thus, what I can offer is simply desk space and access to computers and ,a scienti fie environment where a su·anded scientist can continue their ,vork, at least to some extent," Krishna told lANS. Expressing his views on the "Muslim ban", Krishna red<ons it would do more harm than good to tbe US. "I bave no doubt it is reall)' a Muslim ban, whateve.r legal devices they use to cloak it and justify it. As such, it seems to me quite against the Constirution of the USA, and practically speaking 1 would predict would do more harm than good to ti-mt country.Think tlus will simply spawn another generation of hurt and disgruntled young people who could be exploited by extremists," he said.

He added: "ln India, though we can hardly cake tl1e moral high ground here because our governments sinularly fail repeatedly, in my opiiuon, co protect the .rights of m.inorities, including Muslims, and do not have a humane approach to immigrants or even a consistent political and legal framework for them."

Indian-origin US academics denounce Trump's travel ban

A section of Indian-origin researchers based i n cbe US, who have joined 51 Nobel lallteates and over 27,000 academics from across the globe in denouncing President Dona.lei Trump's travel ban, have warned against such prohibitions extending to any group of people.

In response, over 20,000 faculty mei-nbers from many of the most prestigious universities ,across the US, as many as members of the US National Academy of Sciences and hundreds of award winning scientists, sign ed tbe "NoTolmmigrationBan" petition, opposing the order, apprehending "the unrealistic conditions required for discontinuing the suspension make .it very likely that it will turn .into a permanent ban".

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superstition tl1at we have seen in recent times", veteran anthropologist Veena Das urged everyone co join against the ban.

"Scientists and scholars in India should also rally against the slow corrosion of incellecrual autonomy that has been happening in lndia, perhaps slo,vly, but surely,'' Das, K.t:ieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at the Jolms Hopkins University, told IAt'\ IS. "Responsibility toward knowledge is not a national enterprise but one that will either nm1.r.ish or corrode the human spirit. It is up to us to crush the rising ride of stupidity," she said.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (i\lITT) computer science and engineering professor Arvincl, who has "outstanding colleagues and smdenrs " from Syria, Iran, Palestine, Egypt, Pakistan and India, many of whom are Muslims, questioned the justification of tl1e order .

"It is a ban on Muslims only because Christians are explicitly excluded. Should al] Muslims pay the heavy prjce of dashed dreams because of a few Muslim terrorists?"

"Indians should realise that such arbitrary bans can be extended easily to any group of people, for exainple, Indian Muslims or even all brown skinned people," Arvincl, Johnson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at NilT, told 1ANS. Apart from academics sigrung the petition, as many as I71 leading scientific, engineering and academic organisations in the US have called on Trump to rescind the executive order declaring it damaging to scientific progress, innovation and US science and engineering capacity.

Das, who says one reason for tl1e dominance of US universities in the generation and dissemination of knowledge, was the "hisrodcal openness co scholars and scientists from otl1er countries", believes universities will suffer enormously i n tangible and intangible ways, i n the age of networking.

"TI1ere is the larger guestion chat looms on the horizon, which is that if policy is going to become so divorced from any facts on tl1e gtound, bow will rational governance be possible," she questioned .

As an anthropologist, Das iterated concerns of the community, primary of which veers on the thought that as borders close down, there will be less people ready to go and do fieldwork in areas of the world that require "diligent attention" to know what is happening on the grom1cl.

Arvind opined that the MIT (known for its diversity in faculty and smdents) and by implication the US, would lose its pre-eminence in science and technology if doors were closed m the scholars from any pare of the world.

"Such a ban will cause inore harm to America in the long run withom increasing our safety. Ir is time to speak up to defend our Muslim colleagues to maintain scientific excellence in An1erica," he said.

As a way om, Das said it is time for international GOs and foundations in tl1e fi.elds of health and education, to step up their efforts "A lot will depend on what understanding of the situation emerges and the urgency with which these questions are addressed by

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Anjali Lama of Nepal, centre, becomes the first transgender model to walk the ramp at the Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Photo: AP

leading instimtions," Das observed "A democracisation of knowledge would be a very good thing but I arn not sure that ocher countries in Europe or Asia of Africa or Latin Amerjca will he ahle co stem the rise of paranoia and shutting of boundaries," she added.

lndian-ori�in artist Anish Kapoor wins 2017 Genesis Prize Britain-based Indian-origin artist and human rights activist J\nish Kapoor has been honoured with the 2017 Genesis Prize given by the Genesis Prize Foundation.

The prize was awarded by the Genesis Prize Foundation, the Government of Israel and the Jewish Agency on February 5.

Kapoor has decided co use the $1 mjllion award money to help refugees and try to expand the Jewish community's engagement in a global effort to support the Syrian refugees, according to a statement issued by Genesis Prize Fotmdacion. f--jjs famous wot:k 'Turning the World Upside Down' sculpture has been placed at the Israel M.useurn in Jerusalem. Some of hjs other works which gained worldwide attention are 'Cloud Gate' placed in Chicago's Millennium Park and 'Orbit' in L ondon.

Born in Mumbai co a Bagbdadj Jewish mother aod Indian father, Kapoor moved to Israel at the age of 16 and is based in Britain since 1970. He bas also been a public advocate and fought for the betterment of the refugees.

Natan Sharansky, Head of Genesis Prize selection commitree, said, "Anish Kapoor has campaigned against indifference hjs whole life. His message is clear, powerful, and inspiring. I am confident that Anisb will use the Genesis Prize to build on the good work and his voice and energy will help to focus more people on the need co alleviate the suffering of refuge es."

Established in 2012, the annual Genesis Prize has been dubbed by Time Magazine as rhe "Jewish Nobel".

Peacock feathers inspire new variety of non-polluting fabric dyes The beauty of peacocks, witb their dazzling multi-coloured feathers, has always provided inspiration to poets and artists in their creative work.

Now, peacock feathers have inspired a team of Chinese scientists co develop a new way to colour fabrics without the use of ttaclitional dyes that enter strean1s and rivers, causing environmental pollution. An added advantage: these colours don't fade easily.

The .non-polluting greener method to colour textiles using "3-dimensional colloidal crystals" has been described by Bingtao Tang and colleagues at China's Dalian University of Technology in the American Cbemical Society (ACS) journal Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Traditional dyes and pigm ents used on textile fabrics are chemical colours that produce their visual effect by selectively absorbing and reAecting specific wavelengths of visible light.

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from physical interactions of visible light with "microstructures" on the feathers that are periodic at the scale of the wavelength of light. According to the report, the Chinese researchers wanted to find a way to colour voile, or semi-transparent, textiles by creating the "rnicrostructures" alcin co those on peacock feathers.

According to an ACS release, they accomplished this by developing a simple two-step process for transferring 3 - D colloidal crystals - a structural colour material - to voile fabrics. Their non­ polluting "dye", apart from water, "included polystyrene nanoparticles for colour, polyacrylate for mechanical stability and carbon black to enhance colour saturation".

"Using colloidal crystals with colouring functions for fabrics has resulted in significant improveinents compared with chemical colours because the structural colour from colloidal crystals bears many unique and fascinating optical properties, such as vivid iridescence and non­ photobleaching," the report said.

The coloured voile fabrics, according to the scientists, exhjbit high colour saturation, good mechanical stability, and multiple­ colour patterns that are printable. "Testing showed the method could produce the full spectrwn of colours, which remained bright even after washing the fabric."

They conclude that colloidal crystals are promising potential substitutes for organic dyes aod pigm ents because they are environmentally friendly.

LFW Summer/Resort 2017: Where handlooms, creativity were under spotlight Lakrne Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/ Resort 2017 not only brought the spotlight on Indian handlo.oms like Khadi, muslin and cotton, whicl1 were beautifully blended with glamour and luxury, but also focussed on sustainable fashion like recycling of waste into finer goods. Apart from celebrity showstoppers, others who stood om were models like Anjali Lama, a transgender, and Petr Nitka, who is gender neutral.

The fashion extravaganza, which starred on February 1, had a new venue - the Reliance Jio Garden - and saw a lot of designers with menswear lines.

"I think the scale at which we have done LFW this time is the largest. Having an open venue in the 16 years of history of LPW, is really pushing the boundary for fashion," Jaspreet Chandok, Head-Fashion, IMG Reliance Ltd, told IANS on the sidelines of the grand finale.

Talking about the models, Chandok said, "I think d1e story around inclusivity keeps getting bigger.This year we had a gender neutral model and a transgender model. We are really happy."

LF\'v"s role as a launchpad for promoting young designers was visihle o n the opening day of the S=er/Resott edition when five new faces showcased tbei.r unique creations.

Presented by INIFD, die Gen ext show witnessed designs that were an amalgamation of creativity, style and innovation.

Some of those who impressed with their creativity were Soumyadeep Dutta, Pot Plant by designer duo Resham Karmchandani and Sanya Snri, Nakita Singh, Poochk:i by lshani Mukherjee and Anirudh Chawla and Palla,ri Singh.

The first-day also saw a star-studded show, where design er Kuna) Rawal presented his latest menswear range 'The Race of Seperates', which was attended by the young guns of Bollywood like Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhm.van, who walked d1e ramp as a showstopper.

Over 90 designers showcased their collections .at 40 plus shows at the event, which guaranteed attendees a dose of divetsity, innovation and creativity.

The fasruon event has been dedicating a day just to Jndian textiles each year and day two of d1e event this time promoted sustainable fashion. The day starred with a show tided 'Reincarn.ation', where six labels showcased accessories and cloches made om of recycled waste.

The highlight of this show was that the models ditched d1eir towering heels and instead walked the ramp barefoot to show the collections. The second day also saw a collection by the Kutch artisans and a presentation by NGO Kranti by Mandeep Nagi, where the daughters of rescued girls from die red light districts showcased a presentation.

The day ended with a trendsetting show called Sustainable 1\1an, showcasing

sustainable fashion for men. The designers used Indigo as their core textile and worked with yarns from waste fabrics and plastic.

Veterans like Paya] Singhal, Tarun Tahiliaru, Narendra Kumar, R.itu Kumar, Kotwara, Anushree Reddy, Gau.rang and J\nita Dongre dominated the runway on days three, four and five. Their shows were not just about clothes, but were also a visual delight.

Singha! chose to deck up the nmway with sparkles and retro chandeliers while Tahiliani, whose name has always been synonymous wid1 bling, chose to decorate tbe ramp with beautiful mogra Aowers.

Trends that stood out were layered .looks, asymerrical lehengas, dresses, floor-sweeping anarkalis, Aared pants, saris and bomber jackets.

The collections saw an abundance of luxury through d1e use of fabrics, weaves, work, prints, intricate wot:k of embellishments and zardozi infused wid1 handloom. The colom pallere that dominated the LP\'v' runway varied from whites, ivories, indigo, gold to brighter hues of pinks, mustard and subtle pastels.

There was ao abundance of Bollywood faces, who rook to the ramp.

Celebrities like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Padma Lakshmi, Malaika Arora, Varun Dhawao, Sushmita Sen and many more were seen walldng the catwalk for several designers.

The five-day fashion gala came to an end wid1 a grand finale at d1e Bandra Fort, where Kareena walked the ruoway for Dongre's collection called 'A lchemy' inspired by Lakrne's 'liquid gold' theme.

Kareena, who walked die ramp after 46 days of her delivering her son Taimur Ali Khan, glittered in gold as she sported an off­ white gown paired with a gold embellished jacket.

The event was great for several buyers and designers too, says Chandok.

"It's been great.Everybody was worried abom the de[nonetisation, but the fact that we have been able to scale up and provide a stronger interface between buyers and designers ... I have actually heard very good things about how the interactions between the two went."

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,, The box office is not true success; it is a one or two week episode in your life. Your worth should be b�ond your work ,, Working in Hollywood 1 am absolutely open to it as it is the right time for me. I would love ro, as a student, go and learn new ways of acting. Hopefully, l will ger something good that will ignite my interest. I haven't given it a solid rhought as to how I will go about it but I am definitely open to it.Let's see where my actions take me.

On his love for Australia and physical fitness

On the emotlonal Impact of a good script

I loved the time I spent in Australia. Australians inspire me as they are so physically fit and so far progressed i n the physical fitness space. Australian physical therapy has helped me during my injuries. I Jove the brightness of the people and the way rhey live.

I hope to launch my clothing brand HRX in Australia soon. HRX represents an extreme state of mind rhat inspires people to be the best version of themselves, ro keep on pushing and to keep achieving.

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What success means to Hrithik Roshan Success lies in the appreciation and love of the fans.

Success is to be able to contribute to society through your skills and give people joy and entertain them.

From a broader perspective, success is co wake up each day enthusiastic about wharever you chose to do wirh your life. If you are waking up every day with passion and doing what you love, that's what really makes your life successful.

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ow do we define community? Is ic the family, the neighbourhood, che country or the sub-cultural group? Each of these has a limited frame of reference. ln a cosmic sense, the term community should extend co global inclusion of human and ocher life forms which inhabit the world as we know it. Unless we look to the whole picn1re, where each of us is interconnected to the other, we fall into the trap of individuaLity, wherein trust, tolerance and compassion disappear at a rapid rate.

Recently, social researcher Hugh :!V[ackay delivered the Gandhi Oration at UNSW He aptly titled his talk "The state of the nation begins in your street". With his cheeky humour, be high.lighted the rather sorry state of affairs in modern tu:ba.n commtuuties where a large percentage of people don't know t.l1eir neighbours, and

river, and giving alms and food to those in needy before partaking of it. The festival is celebrated in a communal \Va)� reminding us of t.lie iniportance of commtu:tity, from our immediate and extended fatrulies to che wider community we live in. It's also a reminder of our dependence on the earth, sun, and fire, and our coexistence with animals and birds - in short, appreciating the beauty of the world we live in.

Pongal in Tamil means an overAowing abundance. The new harvest of rice is cooked in n1ilk, in large pots on an outside fire, allowed to boil over and when ready, offered to the sun. \\;/omen dance armmd the pot and share the meal wit.Ii family and friends.

The day before, called Bhogi, involves a bonfire. made of unwanted material things; symbolica.lly, one also burns die negative emotions such as anger, jealousy and hatred to create space for benevolent thoughts co fill the mind.

The day after Ponga.l is celebrated as die day to appreciate the hard toil of the bulls on the farm by decorating dieir horns and giving them a day of rest. The birds are fed with colourful rice balls. ln tbe Hindu belief system, birds symbolise our forefathers,

, , When people care to inform themselves about the meaning behind a specific spiritual activity and then carry it out, it becomes an uplifting experience beyond just a ritual ,, don't make eye contact as t.l1ey walk on the street, if they do happen to walk. Urbanites are increasingly becoming insulated in our pigeonholes, he said; we are becon1ing less and less social.

The industrialised world has led to us spending more time with machines than wim people.Yet in traditional societies, opportunities for communal celebrations are still valued. Just a month ago, on 14 January, millions of Hindus in India and a.ll over the world celebrated Makar Sankra.nti.

Makar Sankra.nti is one of four major festivals celebrated a.ll over India.

Sankranti. is a Sanskrit word that means 'movement' or 'transition'. Makar is the Hindu name of the zodiac mondi Capricorn. As the sun transits on its northern journey, chis day is celebrated as the end of winter in Punjab (Lori), Makara Bighu in Assam, Makar Sankranti in Gujarat, Ponga.l in Tamil Nadu and the first sighti.ng of the Makara light in the Sabarima.la Qull) in Kera.la. Everywhere it is held, the celebration is a joyous one with a variety of food made from die newly harvested ingredients like rice and pulses.

Tbe ma.in theme is celebrating the harvest, giving thanks co namre, and praying for a good year ahead. There is a reaffirmation of beginning the year with purity of heart by batlling in the holy

once again renunding us of the gratitude we owe to a.II of nan1re's creations as weLI as out heritage.

Almosr all activiti.es during various celebrations in Hindu households are filled wim srmboLism and illustrate me very nature of the act a.nd its significance. The fresh produce from the harvest, and the unique celebration of nature's ultimate inclusion in everything we do, both compel us co revere and respect and nurmre everything around us.

As nugranrs in a different culture, there is a tendency co discount traditional beliefs and activities as rimalistic. When people ca.re co inform tliemselves about die meaning behind a specific spiritual activity and then carry it out, it becomes an uplifting experience beyond jw;t a ritual. For instance, kite Aying, anotlier popular Hindu rimal at tl1is time of die year, is enjoyable as an activity, but it also gives a sense of hope and 11.igher aspirations, looking to the cosmos and the wind for inspiration, and the enjoyment of die freedom of our spirit.

Communiti.es nurmre those wit.Ii wounded hearts and give hope to people in despair as much as we double the happiness derived from the act of communa.l celebration. Let us celebrate, share, enjoy and enrich our lives and the community we live in.

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hen I was about three-and­ a-half years old, my brother insisted I start playing cricket.

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our years ago, the Australia□ cricket team endured its worst­ ever tour of In dia, and arguably of any countr y, when the unsettled tourists, beleaguered by imernal divisions and disciplinary issues, succumbed meekly tO a buoyant home team, which reco.rcled fou.r wins in a rest series for the first time in its 81-year history. More recently, a surgi ng Indian team repeated that feat against a hapless England, no doubt watching on while Australia limped its way through a turbulent yet seminal liome summer, which involved a lmosc as much soul­ searching as ic did fet ching the ball

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from beyond the boundary rope.Ahead of Australia's imminent tour of the subcontinent, India are the top-ranked test side, ru1d the tourists number 2; yet you would be at odds with fans of both teams, former cricketers, bookmakers and, one suspects, the Australian cricketers themselves - if you favoured anythi ng but a 4-0 result i n Lidi a's favour.

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Kohli, on the orher ha.nd, has the rare chance to lead his country to what would certainly be its most successful summer in history - the chance to defeat both the old enemy and the new enem)' in consecutive serjes is a rarity. Rarer still is the opporturuty to humiliate them both in front of an adoring home crowd. Remember, in Ashwi.n and Jadeja, Kohli has the two best sub­ continental spinners in the world at his disposal - and it makes rus job that much easier than Smjth's.

To Smith, avoiding a 4-0 whitewash will be a victory; to Kohli, anythjng less would be inexcusable.

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Australia have four spin-bowling options in their squad, and getting the mix right will be critical. focumbent tweaker, and Australia's greatest-ever off-spinner, Nathan L yon will be under enormous pressure to deliver results, with rus inability to build pressure in Sri Lanka leaving him vet-y much io the spotlight. Steve O'Keefe, the veteran left­ arm spinner who has made a steady yet unspectacuhr start to his Test career, is more likely to tie up an end, but less likely to turn a ball. The two other options, leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and part-timer Glenn Mai..'Well, are not even assured a game. foilia find themselves blessed with spin­ bowling options; Jayaoc Yadav forms the perfect foil for the indefatigable Ashwin and Jadeja, with Mishra (should he be selected) waiting in the wings to pick up the scraps. Each brings somedung ilifferent to the table, and it is a strategy that Australia have attempted to emulate - at least with their selections.

Australia's squad suggests a desire to beat

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,, Australia's fortunes will, to a great extent, depend on their rising stars. Smith and Warner cannot be counted on to carry the side, as they have over the last few home summers ,, India at its own game; there are only three seamers in the squad, with Pat Cumnws and James Pattinson failing to receive a calJ-up . Given d1e immense workloads of Stare and Hazlewood i.n recent ti.mes, however, tbjs puts immense pressure on the largely inexperienced Australian spinners co manufacture 20 wkkets in each match.

Luckily, in their counterparts, they will have ample opportunity to learn from the best.

Adam Gi khrist recently described India as a country that "weighs you down", but the slightest hint of foilian complacency could soon see the shoe on tl1e otl1er foot, and the Jndian players are aware that anything less than a wbitewasb will be perceived as a failure. \'(/e bave a moment to pause ahead of writing another chapter in modern cricket's most passionately-contested rivalry. Trus writer's preiliction? 4-0 to India, with two innings victories.

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t is said, "Jv[orhers hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever''. J believe that the food we cook for our children holds a special place in their hearts and creates beautiful memories. One of the persistent challenges for working mums is finding ways to feed the kids something healthy and nutritious that sciJI tastes yummy. It's not always easy co tantalise those little taste buds, bm there is nothing more rewarding than seeing a happy baby with a ful l tummy and an alert mind.

This issue, the scar is banana. A wholesome food bursting with the goodness of vitamins, minerals and fibre, banana is a power pack of energy and helps in bone development. Bananas are a great snack for school (beware the school-bag squash, though) and for after school, try one of tl1e preparations presented here.

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Mix all ingredients together to form a free fl owing batter.

Heat a pan and add 1 tsp ghee.

Pour the batter to make a pancake and let it cook evenly on both sides.

Repeat as necessary to make more.

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Whole wheat banana bread d C1 3 ripe bananas, mashed 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup whole wheat flour ½ cup unsalted butter, melted ½ cup sugar ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. baking powder 1/3 cup walnuts 1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup whole wheat fl our 1 banana mashed 1 tbsp. honey 1 tsp. ghee ½ cup milk

Chop walnuts and keep in the oven for 10 minutes or until lightly toasted.

In one bowl, mix dry ingredients - sugar, fl our, salt, baking soda and baking powder.

In another bowl, mix wet ingredients - eggs, mashed banana, butter and vanilla extract.

Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients together.

You just need to mix all ingredients together using a spoon, no beating

required like with cakes.

Add toasted walnuts to the mixture.

Pour in a greased pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until you insert a tooth pick and it comes out clean.

Serve warm or keep for your child's lunchbox.

Tip: The key rule of using banana in cooking is to use ripe ones. The riper your banana, the sweeter your final product.

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------------------------------------ARIES March 21 - Apri l 19 This month you will feel in a motivated and energetic mood. You have a list of things to do and you are determined to get things done. You will find ways of making extra money but you need to make sure you do not overspend. Romantically, you will be feeling content and happy.

Make sure that you are getting enough sleep as you seem to be burning yourself out. Take some time out to sort out matters at home.

TAURUS April 20 - M ay 20 This month you will be concentrating on your business and implementing new ideas with regard to bringing in new clients. If you are working for someone, you will be looking at new job opportunities as you may be a little restless. Relationships are a little unsettled and you may decide to let things roll as they are for now. You are advised to take care of your health as you seem to have a lower back issue that has been troubling you lately.

GEMINI M ay 21 - J u ne 20 You will be feeling like you are not sure if you are coming or going this month. There is a lot of energy around you that is making you feel restless and impatient. There will be some friends or relatives visiting from abroad. Take some time to look at your diet and exercise regime as you are feeling a little low on energy. Your partner may be a bit moody and troublesome, but you know how to handle them.

CANCER J u ne 21 - J u ly 20 You have been trying to move on with life and you are now ready to take that final plunge. This month you will be thinking about moving to another house, or maybe even another state. You will also be looking at your career as you are now ready for a change. Lovely energy of movement and motivation surrounds you. There will be someone you are interested in romantically who may also be living where you are planning to move.

LEO J u ly 21 - Aug 22 �-"i,ilt!J��r.1 This month you will be going through some testing times, but you will get through with ease and patience. You have a tendency to want everything to be completed immediately. There will be some matters relating to property that need your attention. A family member may not be feeling too well, but they will soon bounce back. Finances and career seem to be going well, but get excited as you are in line for a promotion and more money.

VIRGO Aug 23 - Sep 22 You have your hands full with family matters and your home this month. You will be feeling slightly over tired and need to pace yourself. There will be some exciting news with regard to your partner's work which would mean more money coming in. There will also be some stress around your children, as they will be confused with regard to learning or what they want to study. Property matters and matters relating to your vehicle will need your attention.

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LIBRA Sept 23 - Oct 22 This month you will be wanting to travel and get some matters of finance sorted out. You are trying to get your financial affairs and will in order. There will be some complications regarding taxation that you will need to deal with and pay. Do not let these matters go unattended. Romantically, you will be feeling a little less enthusiastic with your partner as you are just feeling quite tired and worn out.

Take some time for yourself and recharge.

SCORPIO Oct 23 - N ov 21 You will want to make some movement with regard to matters of the heart this month. You are feeling as though there are things that need to be discussed and dealt. Valentine's Day stirs your emotions.

Financially, you are looking at your investments and wanting to make some changes with regard to your property. Children will need your attention this month and you will need to pay some outstanding bills. You will be thinking of booking a holiday.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22 - Dec 21 This month you will be travelling with work and dealing with some difficult clients. You can handle them with your charm and diplomacy. There will be some extra work on your shoulders as there seem to be a number of colleagues leaving your workplace.

Try to maintain your routine. Your partner will be in the mood to travel and start planning your summer holidays. Financially you are saving, but allow yourself to splurge a little when it comes to relaxation.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 - J a n 19 You will need to make sure you get proper rest and relaxation this month as you will be working long hours. There is a lot going on.

You will be thinking of buying another property, as you are now looking at an extra income. You will also be looking at possible renovations. Travel plans and meeting old friends will be on your agenda. Romance is not on the cards as of now, but this may change in the near future.

AQUARIUS J a n 20 - Feb 18 This month you will be busy. You will need to find a fine balance as you do not have enough time for yourself. Home life will be happy and cordial. You are planning to meet a relative you have not seen for a while and this will be quite nerve racking for you. There may be some matters relating to property that you will be helping your parents with. A sibling is also going to be needing your help.

PISCES Feb 19 - March 20 You will have a calendar full of activities this month, in line with your desire to achieve a lot more this year. You have set out some goals and you will be making plans to buy yourself a new car.

There will be some news relating to a possible job opportunity. You will be feeling quite energetic, taking on tasks and getting things done. Make sure you get those tests done, you will be fine and are panicking for no reason.

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focuses on the romance in a perfunctory manner and makes the inciting moment seem forced. From the very word go you are compelled to anticipate trouble from Amit and his friend Wasim. Also most of the hero's journey is dealt superficially.

The complex issues are smoothened with cinematic liberties.

The second hour can't sustain the initial energy, as the story focus becomes diffused and an excessive flashbacks and time jumps cause some narrative confusion.

On the performance front, while Yami and Hrithik are charming, their portrayal of a blind couple, with unblinking eyes and robotic movements is far from natural, making the characters seem unconvincing.

Ronit Roy in his introductory scene tries to emulate Nana Patekar as the Marathi-speaking M LA, but he soon runs out of steam. Rohit Roy playing his brash younger brother is effortless.

Narendra Jha as Inspector Chaube and his assistant have their moments to shine.

The music is nothing extraordinary and the item number 'Haseeno Ka Deewana', a rem ix of the yesteryear song from the 1981 film Yaarana, is just run-of-the-mill.

The action sequences are well­ choreographed.

Overall, the film does not offer any tension nor a gripping portrait of a grieving husband. It is a mediocre fare at its best.

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When the couple approach police to file a complaint, they are rebuked and turned away. Disappointed, they return home only to realise that the perpetrators of the crime, are emboldened to repeat the crime. Soon, Supriya takes the drastic step of ending her life.

With no hope left for justice, Rohit considers vengeance as his only recourse, and so he throws an open challenge to Inspector Amol Chaube (Narendra Jha) and his assistant that he would take revenge for his wife's death by executing the perpetrators. He tells them that his ingeniously planned execution would neither be detected nor solved. In other words, he would commit a perfect crime. How he goes about keeping his word, forms the crux of the narrative.

A three-way game of cat and mouse chase ensues between Rohit, as he hunts the culprits, and the police hunting him. The drama and action that blurs the line between the victim and the perpetrators of crime, is exciting.

But the script lacks the chutzpah of an engrossing, nail-biting thriller.

With a blend of romance and thrill designed to suit the Indian audience, the story adapted by Vijay Kumar Mishra, is engrossing. But unfortunately, the pace of the story telling is its undoing. Also, the tell-and-show technique used for the plot progression, robs the audience of its thrill factor.

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Prohibition in Gujarat is the playground for this pulsating saga of twisted morality. As the good policeman Majmudar (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) wages

an all-out war against hooch seller Raees Khan (Shah Rukh Khan). What emerges from the smoke, fire and ashes is a kitschy 1980s-style potboiler that tells the story of a gangster's protege who grows into a Robin Hoodlum, the do-gooder whose Ammi (Sheeba Chadha, so brilliant and yet such a fugitive figure in the screenplay) teaches him that no job is too small or petty.

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moment after she may have heard it being said by Alok Nath), Raees spends the next 40 years of his life and two hours of ours, selling illicit liquor and killing opponents with an impunity that defines death by Dawoodian ideology.

A hai-haifor a hai and bomb for a bomb.

There is plenty of gratuitous action, rapid fire movement and swift reflexive responses to violent impulses. But Raees never succeeds in getting its act all together. It's all too hazy, scattered and sketchy, except when Nawazuddin walks in as the ·good cop' who vows he will get Raees by hook or crook.

Nawaz's Majmudar is funny without trying to be. Habituated to being transferred on his job, he insists on his seniors giving their orders in writing, and when he realises that the sweets he is savouring have come from his arch-enemy, he continues to nibble on them while reiterating his vow to get the bootlegger. This is a man who probably laughs twice a year and that too because his wife expects him to.

While Nawazuddin makes sure his character is coherently defined, Shah Rukh's Raees remains surprisingly hazy, and we are not talking about his moral values alone. It's the way he plays Raees, as though he doesn't really like the man for his immoral acts. But what to do? He must do the job to the best of his ability.

At many points in the plot, Shah Rukh's Raees falters as he attempts to come to terms with the rapid changes in his fortunes. Failing to find a feasible centre to his character's doddering ethics, Shah Rukh plays Raees with an arrogant indifference.

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Mehta, Ashish Vashi, Neeraj Shukla) is at best derivative. We have seen the same story about the rise and fall of the 'Gangster With The Bloodied Gun· in scores of films by Ram Gopal Varma and Anurag Kashyap.

There is nothing even remotely novel in the shootouts and the other shindigs (the latter includes a sudden sunny swing of Sunny Leone's 'Laila' kind into an item song). Even the tender relationship that Raees shares with his coy wife Asiya (Mahira Khan, assuming the Mere mehboob persona all pert, pouty and silky) has been done so much more effectively by Manoj Baj payee and Shefali Shah in Ram Gopal Varma ' s

Satya.

Such considerations are perhaps unwarranted in Raees. Director Rahul Dholakia attempts to assemble an inherently messy saga of gangsterism set in the 1980s, told in the way films were narrated in that era. There is even an action sequence in a drive-in theatre where an Amitabh Bachchan film plays while Raees intimidates a builder.

Deliberately stagey and self­ consciously 'retro', Raees gathers its strength from the voluptuous resources of drama in the protagonist's life and the power of the narrative to make cliches come alive by their defiant reiteration. The director knows his material is weather-beaten and he doesn't pretend it is any other way.

The shoot-outs filled with bombast and bravado, are from an era when such violence was considered macho.

At the end, when Raees's world falls apart with a close encounter of the 'thud' kind, there is no surprise left in the plot. It isn't only Raees who has nowhere to run to.

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KABIR KHAN AND SALMAN KHAN ALL SET TO DELIVER AGAIN

It'll be their third film together as director and actor. Come this Eid, everyone will be going gaga over Tubelight, the Salman Khan-starrer directed by Kabir Khan.

The duo have worked together in the 2015 hit film Bajrangi Bhaijaan and the 2012 blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger. But this time round, it's going to be very different.

"If you thought Salman was special in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, then his performance in Tubelight is five times better," Kabir said recently.

Worth waiting for? You decide!

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reprises the double role of Salman Khan in the 1997 film Judwaa.

It's a readymade role for him to move to the next level, and boy does he know it... have you seen him on Koffe e With Karan lately, all so cocky and confident? Nah, just kidding, we think he's a cutie, can't wait to see him in Badrinath ki Dulhaniya with that other cutie Aalia Bhatt. Gosh, the sheer energy of the two on KFK.... nazar ne lag jaye.

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angana Ranaut, who will soon be seen as 'Jaanbaaz (fearless) Julia', an actress who travels, performs and entertains soldiers of the British Indian Army in Vishal Bhardwaj's period drama Rangoon, says the film is a perfect Women's Day watch as it's about a strong woman.

The petite 29-year-old has built up a reputation for herself as a strong woman, not holding back about broken relationships, or other actors who were born with the proverbial silver spoon, and evolving an enviable style quotient.

But hang on, Fearless Julia, does that name ring a bell? Oh yes, the character's based on Fearless Nadia, aka Hunterwali, aka Mary Ann Evans, the Australian actor who moved to India in the 1930s and found fame as a stuntwoman.

Hmmm, how we wish a real life Aussie actress could have taken on that role...

Kangana may be a strong woman, but she is not exactly known for a Hunterwali vibe. Nakharewali, now that's something else. Lately, Kangana has taken to driving around Mumbai in an exquisite vintage car. Clever promotional gimmick using a vehicle that features in the film.

Kangana drove to the airport recently in the magnificent car, en route to Jammu and Kashmir. The film's promotions will be launched at an army base there, given the film, set in 1940s India, is centred around troops that were entertained by Julia.

Co-starring Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor, the film is due for release on 24 February, ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March.

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Anyway, Judwaa 2, directed by Varun's father David Dhawan, also stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu, and is scheduled for release on 29 Sept.

RANA DAGGU BATl'S TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY

Rana Daggubati's new film The Ghazi Attack is set in the Indian Navy, based on a true event in the 1971 war with Pakistan. Pakistani submarine Ghazi had attempted to destroy the Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

At a recent promotional event, Rana said, "I think this is a very important story to tell. Also, we've seen many films that glorify the army and the police. This is somewhere a tribute to our navy."

Rana is one of the few lucky owners of a Bajaj V motorbike, made from the recycled metal of the much-loved aircraft carrier INS Vikrant when ii was decommissioned.

The film will see him playing naval officer Lt. Commander Arjun Varma, who was said to have remained underwater for 18 days during the war.

"Besides my love for the bike, I am also a keen deep sea diver," Rana

revealed. "There are a lot of underwater stunts in the film."

He claimed he missed sunlight while shooting 18 days non-stop underwater the Telugu-Hindi war-at-sea drama.

"When you haven't felt the sun on your face and you've been breathing recycled air for months, getting on the surface of water and on land is like freedom at last!"

Recollecting the experience of shooting underwater in a submarine setting, he said, "The sailors possess tremendous grit as they live life without surfacing from underwater for days altogether, breathing the same air virtually every day."

Directed by debutant Sankalp, the film is partially based on the book Blue Fish, penned by the director himself.

"For the last one year of my life, I've been researching the incident and what India went through during that war. INS Vikrant was one of the most celebrated warships in the Indian naval fl eet. I know the importance of it at that time.

It's lovely to be part of the entire thing," he said.

Also starring Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon and Atul Kulkarni, The Ghazi Attack releases on 17 Feb. The film also stars Nassar and late actor Om Puri in a pivotal role.

Rana also awaits the 28 April release of Baahubali: The Conclusion starring Prabhas, Tamannaah, Anushka Shetty and Sathyaraj.

BANATE RAHO, MUNNABHAI

Talking of reprisals, Arshad Warsi will reprise the much-loved character of Circuit in the third film in the Munnabhai franchise.

He revealed that the script for the third instalment is ready.

"Rajkumar Hirani the director spoke to me to give an idea about the story.

It is simply superb, very relevant to the times. He was peaking at a press conference for his upcoming film lrada.

The film will go on the fl oors as soon as Sanjay Dutt's biopic is complete next year.

Talking about the film, the 48-year­ old actor said, "You will soon see the same innocent idiots coming up with a www.indianlink.com.au

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social issue once again. They will make you see the world we want to see. It's a feelgood story."

Meanwhile, let's wait for lrada, directed by Aparnaa Singh and featuring Naseeruddin Shah and Divya Dutta. It hits the screens on 17 Feb.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: ANUSHKA SHARMA

Her first production was the gritty thriller NH10, and now she is coming up with her second outing Phillauri, which is a quirky tale featuring Anushka as a ghost named Shashi.

While asked about choosing an out­ of-the-box subject, Anushka said, "I think the idea came out because my brother Karnesh and I wanted to tell a different story and present a new idea as well. That is why NH10 was made, which was well-received by people.

"Similarly, the Phi//auritrailer is getting a good response in all aspects.

The vision is to create good content and introduce new talent. It's a very relatable character. I have tried to be honest playing the role. Finally, it depends on the audience how they react to the film."

The film is scheduled for release on 24 March.

CLICHES, OR QUIRKY CONCEPTS?

There's much going on in the trailer of Phillauri - but it has little to go for itself.

It is a beehive of activity with a beautiful ghost played by Anushka Sharma hounding a nerdy NRI (played by Suraj Sharma of Life Of Pi fame) while a gaggle of relatives and freeloaders add to the progressively increasing volume of intended vitality.

Suraj Sharma is clearly the poor man's Dev Patel. Throughout the trailer, he is a screechy, whiny mass of bewilderment - something like Omi Vaidya in 3 Idiots.

Suraj clearly can't come to terms with being accosted by a ghost. Hopefully, we can, when the film releases.

This is rural Punjab. We all know what that means. There will be noisy revellers, a whole lot of head-banging Bhangra, wide-open spaces filled with colour... the works. And if it is Punjab, there is bound to be that mandatory shot of the Golden Temple. And guess what?

Female fans of Diljit Dosanjh get a bonus because they get the Punjab's superstar to emerge from the holy waters of the Golden Temple. Dosanjh clearly wants to slot himself as India's first turbaned stud. Our best wishes to him.

If Dosanjh is a stud on demand, he is also a singer by choice. As the roving ghost's past love, we see him wandering across spaces in Phillaur with a song on his lips and an ektara in

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his hands.

Just how all of this fits into the comic cosmos of a film that is eager to show us its quirky side, only time will tell.

In the meanwhile, the trailer leaves us with a sense of infuriating incompleteness. There are seeds of novelty in the plot. But the intended humour is way too predictable. The intended novelty of a nerd accidentally married to a ghost in a tree somehow gets frittered in a free-for-all of frisky romantic yearnings.

Going by the trailer, it seems doubtful that first-time director Anshai Lal has been able to hold together the slippery satirical strands of the whimsical rural fable. But miracles do happen. We have one in the film.

A ghost released from a tree that the nerdy NRI is persuaded to marry because he is maanglik.

Not sure though whether mocking superstition actually helps us to understand why it exists, let alone eradicate it.

Two stars for this trailer.

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Donald Trump: 1viultiple tJIJJt11-d.s Every professional association. is competing to confer its highest honour on him.

American Hair Dressers Inc. gives its top 'Golden Comb' award for his inimitable hairdo. The US Consortium of Construction L1dusrries confers irs prestigious 'Master Builder of America' (not to be confused with d1e commonplace MBA) for his proposal co build a wall along the Mexican border d1at will boost meir business and promote employment. China, of course, is not chuffed since this will rival its Great Wall as the ooJy man-made feanire seen from space.

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