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(5minwalkfromStrathfieldStation.Opp.StrathfieldrecreationalClub/TennisCourts) killedwhileoutfor awalk in Elk Grove,California, apartof Bern's constituency,in a suspected hate crime that isstillunsolved.

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"Since theSeptember 11th attacks,toomanyAmericans, especiaUy Sikh, Hindu and ArabAmericans,have beenwrongfully subjected to harecrimes and discrimination,includingthe shootingof t\VOSikhAmericansin myowncity,"Berasaid.

"Religious tolerance is a fundamentalvalueof ournation andwemustdoeverythingwecan topreventthese crimes motivated by bias againsta victim's religious beliefs,"hesaid.

"Untilno,v,Anti-Sikh hate crimeswerenotrecognizedbythe FBI," said RajdeepSingh, Director of Law andPolicyattl1e Sikh Coalition.

"Yearafter year,Sikh Americans were beingtargeted forharassment andviolencebecauseof their distinctidentity.

"Fortl1e firsttime,theFBI nowofficially acknowledges that Sikhs are targetedforbeingSikhs. While refinements areneeded to the agency'strackingsystemand training standards,wearemaking progress," hesaid.

'Diamond' made of 10,000 blood slides a hit in Kochi fair

A hugesparkling'diamond' made of 10,000discardedbloodslides strungtogetherby stainlesssteel wire andneatly stacked ina bricklike manner, hasbeen thecynosure of alleyes attheKocbiMuziris Biennale.

Thecreator,PrashantPandey, hastermed the installation A,1ha, aSanskritword thathastwo meanings: it refersboth to the pursuitof materialwealtl1, as weU as to thequest formeaning Explainingthethemeof his work,Pandey saidArtht✓recalls and recounts tl1ecountless sacrificesmade duringsuccessive colonisationsand thequest for land, domination,wealth and power.

Ithints at theway inwhid1 colonialism intertwinedreligion witheconomics.

It also raises questions about the price of progressandthe relationshipbetweenworldly possessions and the purpose of life. (Adiamondisatmiversal symbolof wealth,powerand vanity.)

"As I hailfroma family of marblesculptorsinJaipur,I used toplaywithwastemarblechips after thescnlpnireswerechiselled. Thisis howmy fascination for discarded materialswasborn,"said tl1e30-year-oldPandey.

"My desire hasalwaysbeento workon the changingideologies of hrnnanemotions.I feelit isn_1y responsibility asan artist to look at byproductsof human activiryand to regeneratethatwastein orderto createsomething new," hesaid. TheartistcoUecteddiscarded bloodslides from unknown people,mostlyfromRajasthan, andindudes someof his own slides too.

"Myinterest lies inworking withmemories andreminiscences of thepast. Iwantedtousethis torepresentthehistoryof this beautiful sitewhichiswhyI used wastebloodslides. Bloodsignifies bothlife anddeath,glory and sacrifices in the historyof Kocbi. A,thaisan effortat recollectingall memories toged1er inoneform," he said.

JicishKallat,curatorof theKochi MuzirisBiennale,said that in stark contrasttohis familytraditionof chippingawayatstone to create staniesof gods andgoddesses, Pandeyworkswith tl1atwhichis discardedandoftenostensibly "impure".

Indian migrant's story wins Folio literary prize Indian-AmericanwriterAkhil Sharma haswontl1esecondannual Folioprizeforfiction fora novel which marts anemigrant family's heart-wrenching searchforme 'American dream'.

Sharmawonmeprize forhis secondnovel,H:1111ify Life, an amobiographicalwork,whichtells thestoryof ayoungboy,Ajay, and bis familywho emigrate from DeUii totewYork in searchof a betterliJe.

AU is mrnedupside downwhen hisolderbrotherbas a dreadful swim.mingpoolaccidentand needs rotmd-the-dock care frommenon.

\'(/illiamFiennes,whochaired tbe panelof judges,praisedtl1eno,7e1, currentlyabestseUerintheUS, as"lucid,compassionate,quietly funny".

"fiJFllify[4eisamasterful nO\Telof distilledcomplexity: abomcatastrophe and survival; attadlment and independence;the tension betweenselfishnessand responsibility.

"Weloveditsdeceptive simplicityandrarewarmth This is awork of arc thatexpandswitb eachre-readingand a noveltl1at willendure," hesaid.

Itwaschosen from ashortlistof eightbooks,whichindudedwhat wasthebookmakers' favouritefor theprize,Ali Smith'snovelHotvTo BeBoth.

Sharmasaidafterwinningtl1e 40,000-pow1d(nearly $60,000) prizethatwritingthenovel,which cook 13 years tocomplete,was a frustratinganddifficultchallenge, often "likechewingstones",witl1 ar01-mdninewasted yearswhen itdidnotgowell, accordingto a G11ardia11report.

''I'm gladthebookexists,I just wishI hadn't been tl1e guywho wrote it," he said. Sharma, a formerinvestment banker, saidbewasprofessionally happy thatpeoplewerereadingthe storyof caregivers, buc admitted chathethoughtabomgivingup. However, hestuckwitl1it.

''I couldn't bear theideaof havingspentallthoseyearsand tl1ennotlunggoodhavingcome Outof it.

''Intheend,I feel thebookitself isgood, ir doescertain thingsthat are artisticaUyimpressive.SoI feel goodaboutthat."

Partsof tl1ewritingprocesswere fun,be said, butmuchof itwas not. "I'm 43. I startedwritingthis when 1was30. So I spentmy 30s writingthis thing I really feellike I shatteredmy youth."

Theprize, sponsored bythe FolioSociery,wascreatedlastyear withd1eaimof celebratingthe year'sbestEnglish-languageworks of fiction, regardless of form, genre andgeography.

ThefirstwinnerwasAmerican shortstorywriterGeorgeSaunders forTenthofDecef!lher.

FBI to trackhate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, Arabs

SixUSlawmakers alongwith leading advocacy groups have welcomedthe inclusion of Sikh, Hindu, andArab American communitiesin theDepartmentof Jusrice's harecrimes tracking effort.

Tlus is the finalstepinthelongfougbteffort to encourage the US federalgovernmentto finally begin tracking andquantifying hatecrimesagainsttheseat-risk communities.

TheFederalBureauof Investigation (FBI)recently updateditshatecrimesdatabase and FBI trainingmanual in order tostaretrackinghate crimescommitted against tl1ese groups- mat system isnowfully operational.

AmiBera, the lonelndianAmericanmemberof tl1eUS Houseof Representatives,along witl1feUow Housemembers

JoeCrowley,Bill PascreU, MikeHonda,GraceMengand JohnGaramendiattendedd1e event.Theselawmakersled a Congressionalefforttoencourage tl1eDepartmentofJustice and FBI todocumenthate crimes against Sikh,Hindu, and Arab Americans.

Theyspearheadednumerous letterstotl1e DOJ andFBI and introduced aCongressional resolution inthewakeof the tragic August2012 massacre inOak Creek,Wisconsin, andsubmitting testimonyurgingactionon hate CDl11e5.

In 2011, t\vo elderlySikh Americans, GurmejAtwaland SurinderSingh,wereshotand

''Thefederaltrackingof antiHindu,anti-Sikh,and anti-Arab hatecrin1esis animportant,if long-overdue,development. Even asourcommunity grows, Hindu Americansremainuni9uely vulnerabletoharassment, bullying, andviolence,"said Harsh Voruganti, AssociateDirectorof Public Policy, Hindu American Foundation.

The updated FBImanual "marks asteptowardsensuring accurate reportingof hatecrimes committed againstSikhs,an importantstepthatwill ultimately aid d1eSikhcommtmiryaswe continueto address d1eroot5of anti-Sikhbias,"saidJasjitSingh, executivedirectorof theSikh AmericanLegalDefense and Education Fund (SALDEF).

Updateof FBI hatecrimes trainingmanual co include Arab, Hindu, andSikh categories "ismoreimportant nowthan everwid1the recent spike in hateviolencetargetingouc commwuties," said Lakshmi Sridaran,Dii-ectorof Policyand Advocacy,South Asian Americans StandingTogetlm(SAALT)

"Onrworkaheadwillbeto ensureourcommunities are informedof thesecriticalupdates andareablero build trustwithlaw enJorcement sothathate crimes targetingSouth Asians,Muslims, Sikhs,Hindus,J\,(jdd.JeEasterners, andArabsare appropriately documented andprosecuted;' she said.

Cancer treatment breakthroughs byIndian-American researchers

Queen'sUniversity cancer researcher MadhuriKocihas discovered abiomarker thatwill help leadto betterpredictionsof thesuccessof chemotherapy in ovariancancer patients.

Biomarkers areanindicatorof a biologicalstateorcondition,and thediscoverycouldlead tobetter treaanent optionsinthefight againstovariancancer,accordingco apressreleasefromtheuniversity.

"Recent successesinharnessing theimmunesystem tocombat cancer are evidence for the significantroles of acancer patient'simmune responses in lightingcancer,"explainsIndian AmericanprofessorDr.Koci.

'1vfanyof these successesare based onboostinganti-cancer immunityviadifferenttherapies. Suchtherapieswouldproveto be most effectivewhencoupled withmarkerspredictingapatient's evenmalresponse toaspecific therapy".

DrKori's study,conducted on over200 ovariancancerpatients, utilised acombination of cuttingedgedetectiontechnologies for identifyingsuchmarkers.

Amajorimpactof thisdiscovery isthatthesenovelmarkers, when used at the tin1eof treatment initiationin the specific type of ovariancancerpatient,willhelp oncologistsmakedecisions on additionaltream1entneeded in thesepatients,thusincreasingtheir potential forsurvival.

Ovarian cancer .leads co apprnximatel)r152,000deaths among women worldwide each year,makingitaleading cause of gynaecological cancer related deaths inwomen.

Meanwhile,anIndian-origin researcherattheStanford Universityin theUShasfounda method thatcancausedangerous leukemiacells to matureinto harmless immune cells knownas macrophages.

Assistantprofessor of medicine RaviMajetimade the key observationafter collecting leukemiacellsfromapatient and tryingto keep the celJs alive in a CL1lmreplate.

'Wewere throwing everything atchemto helpchem survive,"said Maje.tiinapaper chatappeared inthejournalProceedings of the ationalAcademyof Sciences.

B-ceU leukemiacellsare inmany ways progenitor celJsthatare forced costay in animmaturestate.

Duringthestudy,:tvfajetiand post-doctoral scholar Scott McClellanfoundthatsomeof the cancer cellsin culture were changingshape andsizeintowhat lookedlikemacrophages.

Theteamconfirmedthat methodsshowntohavealtered the fate of the mouse progenitor cells yearsago couldbeusedto transform thesebuman cancer cells intomacrophages which can engulf anddigestcancercells and pathogens.

B-ceU acute lymphoblastic leukemiawithamutationcalled thePhiladelphiachromosomeisa particularlyaggressivecancerwith pooroutcomes.

"Sofindingpotentialtreannents is particularly exciting,"Majeti added.

Majetiandhiscolleagues have some reasonto hope that when the cancercells becomemacrophages theywillnot onlybe neutralised butmayactualJyassistinfighting the cancer.

"Becausethemacrophagecells came fromthe cancer ceUs,they willah-eadycarrywiththemthe chemical signalsthatwillidentify the cancer cells,makingan immuneattackagainst the cancer morelikely,"l\fajetiexplained.

Theresearchers'nextsteps would be coseeif theycan find a drug chat willprompt thesame reactionandthatcould serveas thebasisfora therapy forthe leukemia

Online hiring firm Talview wins British contest

Onlinehiringstart-upTalview has won the GreatTech Rocketships contestin Britain to explore businesslandscape of Europe. TbeUS-based start-up, promoted and run by Rls, isan automated interview platform to assist organisations screen and hire techies faster.

Set upinMay2012as Interview ]\faster, thecompany'sirmovative videoplatform is based onthe concept of asynchronous ,1ideo interviews.

Recruiters the worldoveruse

Talview's tool co hire talent for Fortune 500 inIT, engineering, pharmaandBFSI (banking, financialservices andinsurance).

Cognizant, ABB,\Vockhardt, Teamlease Cipla, ABC Consultants,andJSWacesome of Talview'sclientsamongocher global firms.

It is funded byMayfield,a leadingSiliconValJeyVennire Capital fund.

Talviewwas one of fivestartupsto win the contest organised recently by the UKTrade & Investment inpartnership with TechHubandiSpirir.Thefour other winningstartups in the contestareCongruent Solutions, FRILP.com,ToneTagand Agrinrn Infotech.

TheBritishgovernment also offered Talview free work space in the start-up facility (fhe Landing), which isa partof themediacity inManchester. Tbe companyplans to make Britainheadquartersof planned European operations.

Talview also bagged a oneyear membership inTechHub, providing it access to icscoworking centres inBoston, LondonandBengaluru.

Kipling's birthplace to become tourist attraction

Theheritagebtmgalowinsouth MumbaiwhereamhorandNobel laureate Rudyard Kipling was born willbe converted incoa tourist attractionbytheMaharashtra government.

The bungalowis situatedinside theshadycampusof SirJJ School of Arc,closecotheUNESCO \Vorld Heritagemonument, CbhatrapatiShivajiTerminus and otherheritagebuildings like Crawford.Market and theMwnbai Police Conunissionerate.

State EducationandCultural Affairsl\finisterVinodTawde hadproposed chis week chatthe government wouldensme the bungalowemergesasan important couristhotspotandpeople getthe opportunity to appreciate it.

Allthe artefactsin the house would bepreserved anddisplayed withfundingfrom the culmre department whichwould also repair,restoreandmaintainthe woodandsconestructure,he added.

OncardsisaKiplingmuseum,a library,literaryand culmcalevents co attractdomestic and foreign touriststo the birthplace of the amhorof classics like TheJungle Bookand Kivi, and manypoems like if. andMandal'!J'· He was conferred with theNobelPrize forLlreramrein 1907- the fuse Englishwriter sohonoured.

The site of thebird1 of Kipling, born on December30, 1865 co Englishartsteacher, illustratorand curatorJohnLockwood Kipling andAliceKipling,wasactually another structureadjacentcothe existingbungalow,whichhasbeen knownas'KiplingBungalow' since over acenmry now.

The bw1galowcan1e up inside the campus of dieSirJJ.School of Artwhich,vasfounded in 1857after ahandsomedonation of Rs.100,000by Mwnbai businessman and philanthropistSir Jamsecjee Jeejeebho)'-

The schoolwas taken over by the government in 1866 and Kipling's father,appointed its first dean,lived in the bungalowonthe campus.

The original btmgalow where Rudyardwasbornwaslocated barely a few metres fromthe e,'(isting'KiplingHouse' was demolishedand rebuiltandagain crumbledaway,while the 'Kipling House' which came upa.round 1882 underwent arestoration in phases from2002-2008, besides an earlier restoration several decades ago.

Later, it became the Dea.n's Bungalowwhere subsequent heads of theprestigious School lived till around 2002, after whichit remained lockedandvacantand soonbecamecliJapidated.

However, there isametalplaque with thelegendengraved ''Rudyard Kipling,son of Lockwood Kipling, fusePrincipal of SirJ.J. School of Arc, wasbornhere on30.12.1865", anda bust of theauthorpointsat hishistoricand literarylinkswith thecampus.

Heleft for Englandafter spendingliveyears of his childhood inMumbai,and later rentrnedtoLahoreattheage of 16,and subsequently,asaNobel laureate revisitedhisbirthplace in 1930.

Hepassed awayin aLondon hospitalinJanuary 1936attheage of 70.

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