Pishaach Sundari Ka Badla: Enter the dark, secret world of India's horror writers

He gave up writing 14 years ago because of the slump in the pulp publishing sector. 'I thought Shubhanand was joking. My understanding was that the market was finished long back. To my surprise, he told me that people still routinely search for pocket books on e-commerce portals. It was music to my ears,' says Sharma in his deep baritone. Shubhanand's publishing house is one among many that is giving a fresh lease of life to desi pulp fiction through online sales and ebooks - and this includes horror novels. Though crime has always been the highest-selling genre within pulp, Manesh Jain of Meerut's Ravi Pocket Books, a big name in pulp, says that novels about the supernatural and paranormal also always sold well. Today, ebooks and online sales combine the ease of Net shopping with the nostalgic appeal of popular yesteryear authors. They gain from the fact that railway stations, bus stops and neighbourhood bookstores are no longer the biggest sales points of the books. Sanjay Chawla, proprietor of Meerut's Chawla Book Depot, which traded in pulp fiction, says, 'That era is over. People at railway stations and in trains are now hooked to their mobile phones.' Says Minakshi Thakur, publisher, language division, Westland, 'Pulp fiction, you could say, has been pulled from the fringes to mainstream publishing. The genre in English is extremely popular in the West, and there's no reason why our writers in the languages shouldn't have been given the respect and shelf space they deserve. We should give due credit to Daily Hunt (news and local language content application) that changed the decline in the industry of pulp writing six-seven years ago. They actively converted print books, old and new, to e-books and made them available at extremely affordable prices.' Amazon too offers popular horror titles in Hindi along with translations. Self-publishing regional language platforms such as Pratilipi and MatruBharti encourage established as well as new authors. Ravi Pocket Books has developed a mobile app for e-books and that includes horror. Jaisalmer-based FlyDreams Publishers trades in online books, and has six horror titles in its bouquet. When Shubhanand started his publishing firm five years ago, he took the digital route because traditional distributors didn't show interest. For credibility, he wanted to associate himself with established authors. 'Getting a popular horror writer like Parshuram Sharma on board was a big value-add for my brand. I plan to rope in more writers who were famous decades ago but are out of work now,' says Shubhanand. Since their phone chat, Shubhanand has republished three of Sharma's horror novels from the '70s - Agiya Betal, Khoon Barsega and Korey Kaagaz Ka Qatl. Back in his music school in Meerut, Sharma is fighting writer's block. He is supposed to write a new novel for Shubhanand, tentatively titled Darr Lagta Hai. When he was in his prime, writing came naturally to him, just like talking. He would finish at least one novel a month. Now, it's different. Ideas don't come. He has been buying time to write his next. He confesses, 'Earlier, we could easily fool people. Not anymore. I could show a volcano explosion wherever I wanted. Now, the reader can figure out whether volcano exists on the mentioned location or not,' he says. He has the basic plot with him though - a real-life incident at RK Studio, Mumbai. Sharma was in Mumbai during 1994-2004 as part of the writers' groups which penned multiple thriller and horror shows for TV, including Aahat and Thriller At 10. One of his friends, the personal assistant of a yesteryear superstar, told him that a room in the RK Studio was haunted. 'That's the basic idea I want to develop,' he says. Writing horror is also challenging for Sharma because the story and details have to first scare him. Else, it is not worth pursuing. 'I can't expect my readers to feel a certain way if I don't feel the same way,' he says. Many stories that are passed on through generations in Sharma's village in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district have made it to his novels. The author claims that Agiya Betaal, his most popular horror title, is based on an incident he and his friends witnessed around 40 years ago when they were passing by some woods in Pauri Garhwal. He recounts, 'It was like a circle of fire which would break into fragments and rejoin again and again.' Whether Sharma believes in the supernatural or not is irrelevant, he says. 'My logic is simple. If something has a name, it means that it exists and has a history. We don't imagine a being or phenomenon and name it. Do we?' POPULAR HORROR THEMES Pishaach/ Vampire: Our own desi vampire. He has a day job, is a romantic at heart but does not belong to this world. Horror writers in the country woke up to vampires when clones of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula hit the market. Aatma/ Stories of spirits: Apart from umpteen horror films by the Ramsay brothers, a spirit longing for salvation or mukti has been one of the favourite themes of horror writers in India. Tantra Mantra/ Sorcery: How is sorcery used and who casts a spell on whom? The answers decide the plots, twists and multiple endings of horror novels. ABID ALI RIZVI: SPINNING SUSPENSE Last year, Meerut-based author and translator Abid Ali Rizvi wrote an anthology of stories titled Bhoot Pret Ki Kahaniyan - his first original horror work. He describes it as his return gift to Hindi pulp literature. 'I have so many stories in me that it will take me a lifetime to put them all out,' says Rizvi, 77. Rizvi, who has a Master's in Hindi, shifted to Meerut in 1974. He did English-to-Hindi translations of best-selling horror novels such as Dracula. He worked with three of the biggest publishing houses of Meerut: Dheeraj, Ravi and Maruti, all of which were run by the same family. Before Rizvi made Meerut his home, he quit his job as a school teacher in Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) to join Nikhat Publications, Allahabad. Mujtaba Hussain Rizvi, who used the pen-name Ibn e Sayeed, was the author of Tilismi Duniya (Realm of Sorcery), a series published by Nikhat. 'I used to take dictation of those stories from Ibn e Sayeed,' recalls Rizvi. Rizvi has a Masters in Hindi. He translated four novels of a popular Pakistani horror series, Inka. He is working on his next horror novel for Ravi Pocket Books, Meerut. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO) It took Rizvi four years to lose interest in taking dictation from Ibn e Sayeed. He shifted to Delhi. Kartar Singh (aka Raj Bharti), who had a stellar career as a horror pulp fiction writer in that era, got him assignments. Ghost stories continued to haunt Rizvi. 'Once in two months, I would write a pocket book on the occult,' he says. But after arriving in Meerut, he did translations, ghost writing and editing. His translation of four novels of the Inka series - a suspense/horror series originally written by Pakistani author Anwar Siddiqui - consolidated his position in Hindi pulp. Inka is the story of a supernatural creature who takes the form of a 6-inch woman who lives on the head of her master Jameel Ahmed Khan. During the early 1990s, more than 20 publishing houses in Meerut shut shop. Rizvi had to live on his savings. 'Everyone was washed away in that flood. No one survived the slump,' he says. But now he is writing again. He sees content as an elaborate buffet. 'TV and social media offer regular meals. I serve snacks,' he says. RAJ BHARTI: THE KING OF D Kartar Singh was addicted to writing. It wasn't about any kind of love of writing. It gave him a sense of completion - writing in the wee hours, visualising his characters while drinking more tea than his entire seven-member family in Delhi's West Patel Nagar could in a day. 'He used to go in a trance when he wrote. Just himself in a world only he knew,' Saroj Kanta remembers her husband who died in 2009. Which is why no one questioned Singh when he quit his job with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation in 1978 to make a career out of writing Hindi pulp fiction, or when he took four pen-names to write novels in different genres, or when he gave up writing anything else but horror - he churned out 46 horror novels as Raj Bharti in four years. Bharti became Hindi pulp literature's dominant horror writer with a cult following. 'When an author passes away, readers make peace with it. But Bharti ji was different. I still get at least one inquiry every week from a reader who cites Bharti's example to demand new horror novels,' says Manesh Jain, owner of Ravi Pocket Books, Meerut, which published all of Bharti's horror novels. 'I tell them that we are working on something. But I know there will never be another Raj Bharti.' Raj Bharti who died in 2009, was one of the pen names of Kartar Singh, under which he wrote almost 100 horror novels. He was the most successful writer of this genre. (HT PHOTO) The late author mashed up ideas from mythology, true crime, the paranormal and supernatural, sci-fi, horror and folklore to create a world of ghosts, spirits, exorcism and cannibalism. Mayaavi Pretaatma is the story of a good spirit in disguise who is out to take revenge. Swaaha, one of Bharti's most successful novels from 1992, is about a girl who finds herself caught in a supernatural world peopled by evil spirits. Chudail is the story of a witch who wants salvation. 'Whereas horror novels by other writers sold 5-7,000 copies, Raj Bharti's would often touch 10-15,000 copies,' says Jain. PULP KNOWS NO LANGUAGE Crime, mystery, horror and paranormal novels rule everywherePulp literature is not confined to Hindi. The genre thrived and garnered fans in other languages too. Gujarati pulp fiction writer Atom Golibar has written more than 80 books. He mostly writes horror and crime thrillers. Suhas Shrivalkar, Gurunath Naik and the Arnalkar brothers - Baburao and Madhulkar - wrote Marathi pulp. Most of Arnalkar's books were inspired by Perry Mason novels. Malayalam pulp fiction got its popular name Paingli (songbird) fiction from Padatha Paingli, the novel written by Muttathu Varkey, a pioneer of the genre in Malayalam. Much of the pulp literature in Indian languages is being translated into English and finding readers. A quick look at Tamil and Bengali pulp, which has recently been translated in English: IN TAMIL The Tamil pulp fiction industry was at its peak in the 1980s and '90s. The writer duo Subha (Suresh and Balakrishnan) and Pattukottai Prabakar ruled the Tamil pulp market for nearly two decades through the 1980s and 1990s. Crime was the most-read segment followed by family drama and horror. There were more than 30 publishers across the state bringing out pulp literature. Encashing on its popularity, the publishers of many weekly and monthly magazines such as Malaimathi, Rani Muthu, A Novel Time, Ungal Junior, Sathya and Sujatha started including stories from this genre. Suresh of the writer duo Subha says, "Most of the writers had exclusive contracts with publishers. Crime Novel, a monthly, would carry stories by Rajesh Kumar, the king of Tamil pulp. Super Novel carried our novels." Says Rakesh Khanna, co-founder of Blaft Publications, which has published four volumes of Tamil pulp fiction in translation, "Tamil pulp has got its own style and its own conventions - like how the detective leads almost always come in male-female pairs." IN BENGALI Multiple printing presses in Battala, a 20 minute train ride from Howrah, published stocks of Bengali pulp or battalar boi (cheap fiction). Bengali pulp emerged during the late 1800s, almost parallel to modern Bengali novels. "As readers grew, these books were sold in various neighbourhoods surreptitiously. One had to ask for them. They were not formally displayed in kiosks and bookshops," says Arunava Sinha, who has translated an anthology of eight short stories and novellas titled The Moving Shadow: Electrifying Bengali Pulp Fiction. Bengali pulp covered a spectrum of themes: crime, sleaze and horror. It was a world of extra-marital affairs, espionage, the supernatural and Holmes-like-detectives. "Overall, there was a cerebral touch to it," says Sinha. The range of authors was equally varied. Swapan Kumar, perhaps the doyen of crime writing in Bengali pulp literature, was also an astrologer and sex advice expert. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal brought science fiction to pulp literature. "Both in terms of content and in a linguistic sense, these publications were the defining "other" of an emergent standardised modern Bengali language and literature," notes Anandita Ghosh in Power in Print: Popular Publishing and the Politics of Language and Culture in a Colonial Society, 1778-1905. Dailyhunthttp://www.penninetroutfarmandfishery.co.uk/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/1783761/Default.aspx

UK's Prince Philip apologises to woman injured in car crash: Report

The nine-month-old baby who was in the back seat of car was uninjured. The Duke said in a letter to Emma Fairweather, who broke her wrist in the accident, that he was "very sorry" for his part in the accident, and wished "a speedy recovery from a very distressing experience, the Sunday Mirror reported. "I would like you to know how very sorry I am for my part in the accident... I can only imagine that I failed to see the car coming, and I am very contrite about the consequences," said the letter published by the paper. "I was somewhat shaken after the accident," he continued, "but I was greatly relieved that none of you were seriously injured. As a crowd was beginning to gather, I was advised to return to Sandringham House by a local police officer. I have since learned that you suffered a broken arm. I am deeply sorry about this injury." Last week Fairweather, a passenger in the Kia, told the newspaper that she felt "ignored and rejected" because she had not received an apology, but told the paper on Sunday that she was "chuffed" that he had finally responded. Fairweather, from King's Lynn, told the Sunday Mirror: "I thought it was really nice that he signed off as 'Philip' and not the formal title. I was pleasantly surprised because of the personalised nature." The paper reported Buckingham Palace has confirmed the letter is genuine. The Duke of Edinburgh, who took delivery of a replacement Land Rover after the crash, was later reportedly spoken to by police after being pictured driving without a seat belt two days after the crash. Philip, who formally retired from public life in 2017, has been seen behind the wheels on numerous occasions over the decade. At present, there is no upper age limit for driving in the UK. However, a person's driving licence expires once he or she reaches the age of 70. If the licence expires and they fail to renew it, then they legally are not allowed to drive. But if they apply for a renewal they may continue. Dailyhunthttp://www.dtt.marche.it/UserProfile/tabid/43/userId/6138118/Default.aspx

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Gaya girl's killing: No bail for father, his friend; court seeks their 'criminal history'

The two are currently lodged in Gaya Central Jail. What seems to have strengthened the police investigation is the confession of one Kauleshwari Devi, a common friend of the girl's father and his friend Leela Patwa. She has told police that while Leela Patwa killed the girl, she disposed of the body with her friend to a nearby field. As per the police investigation, the girl's parents lodged a missing complaint with the Buniyadganj police station on December 28 last year. The police, however, registered a case on January 4 and started the investigation. On January 6, the police recovered the girl's mutilated body. While the police claim it to be a case of 'honour killing', the predominant Patwa community's member dispute the police theory and allege that the girl's parents are being framed the police. The community representatives have also decided meet Governor and press with their demand for a CBI probe. Dailyhunthttp://www.subzerotyler.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/60290/Default.aspx

The new reservation policy may not work

But have we really learnt any lessons? Sociologically speaking, a nation can't progress to its full potential if its society excludes a large section of its population from its mainstream, depriving these people of basic human rights and redeeming factors — a clean environment, decent and dignified living, education and capacity building and condemning it to perpetual poverty. Mindful of this irrefutable logic, most modern nations have consciously introduced certain affirmative action measures to pull up those who were left behind, help them overcome political, social, psychological and emotional ill-effects of long periods of deprivation, include them in the mainstream, making them a productive part of the development process. These affirmative me7asures were not triggered off so much by altruistic instincts and human kindness, but the result of long years of struggle by leaders of the oppressed classes and grudging realisation by the ruling classes of the inescapable needs of the organic development of society. Despite the fact that many Americans were against slavery and David Henry Thoreau wrote his inspiring essay Civil Disobedience in 1849, it is doubtful whether Barack Obama could have become US President if there was no Civil Rights Movement spearheaded by Dr Marin Luther King Jr. In India, Shahu Maharaj (1874-1922) tried to eradicate untouchability and reserved 50 per cent of jobs for the lower castes in his kingdom. Social reformers like Jyotiba Phule played a pivotal role in leading the movement against untouchability, caste oppression and social discrimination perpetrated by the higher castes against lower castes, generation after generation. The unthinkable indignities which Dr B.R. Ambedkar had to experience personally on his return from Britain and the United States armed with two doctorates from the University of Colombia and the University of London (even a bullock cart driver wasn't prepared to carry him as his shadow would pollute him, no one was willing to offer him water to quench his thirst, no Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Parsi was ready to rent him an apartment and even the peon in his office would not hand over files directly to his hand) provoked him to write his famous essay Annihilation of Caste. While other leaders too played important roles, without Dr Ambedkar's missionary drive and intellectual weight, the provision of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes would not have been a part of the Constitution of India. However, the founding fathers of the Constitution erred on two counts — they grossly overestimated the magnanimity of Hindu society to embrace those castes whom they had been exploiting and discriminating against for centuries and overestimated the ability of the lower castes to overcome the most debilitating social, psychological and emotional deprivation of two millennia in 10 years! This wasn't just possible. The reservation of seats in Parliament, the Legislative Assemblies, educational institutes and posts in various Central and state services for SCs/STs has undeniably led to some upward social mobility and improvement in living standards. For them, affirmative action wasn't about economic gains only; it was a means for social empowerment. A teenager who might have seen his parents being abused and ill-treated by the higher castes of his village sees a sea change in the treatment meted out to them if he gets into the IAS or IPS. That doesn't mean instances of atrocities against dalits and molestation of their women have stopped; a former Chief Justice of India had once quipped dalit girls are routinely raped in rural India. Even during BSP supremo Mayawati's term as CM, such crimes didn't disappear. The 40,700 cases of assault against dalits registered by the NCRB in 2016 underlines the staggering task still left to be completed. Though there were massive protests against the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, this affirmative action since 1990s has resulted in a surge of OBCs in the services and educational institutes. Notwithstanding the 'Bua-Bhatija' alliance for 2019, the harsh reality in Uttar Pradesh is that a lot of the atrocities on dalits are inflicted by OBCs. The government seems to believe the beneficiaries of quotas for EBCs (Jats, Gujjars, Patidars and Marathas), though not socially discriminated against or oppressed, are likely to vote for the ruling BJP. With deft handling, it has got the constitutional amendment providing 10 per cent reservation for EBCs in the general category passed by both Houses of Parliament and duly notified. Checkmated, the Opposition parties went along, though many feel this provision might be overturned by the courts and wonder how the criterion of a `8 lakh annual income per family will be implemented when 95 per cent Indians might be eligible. Regrettably, the political parties didn't enlighten job seekers of how little an impact such reservations might have on their prospects. Don't such decisions amount to mere tokenism, driven by the prospect of electoral benefits? Out of the roughly 450,000 young men and women who try their luck every year to join the civil services, around 1,100 are finally selected; the rest keep trying; and their number swells each year. The situation in the state civil services isn't any better. So, even if reservation is totally abolished today, only around 1,100 candidates of all castes will be able to join the civil services. Will it end joblessness? Will millions of youth be gainfully employed? If the share of government jobs is just 3.5 per cent of the total job market, how will 10 per cent reservations solve the problem of the educated unemployed? Politicians seem interested only in telling their constituents they have kept their electoral promises and acted on their demands for reservation, though their actual intake might be minuscule. Doesn't the latest quota literally put the oppressor and the oppressed on the same footing? In Haryana, many Jats who still don't allow dalit bridegrooms to ride a horse at their own wedding will now avail of reservations under the EBC category! What could be more ironical? Without a massive job creation drive and an exponential expansion of affordable education using new technology tools, vocational education and skill development, the educated youth will remain without jobs. A white paper giving detailed and credible information about the total number of jobs available, the share of government jobs, availability in the organised sector and non-organised sector, jobs created by various initiatives like Make in India, Start-Up India, Skill India, Stand-up India, the impact of the existing reservation policy and how to make it more focused might be a sensible idea. ... Dailyhunthttp://www.revellers.com.au/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/21403/Default.aspx

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Dam collapse in Brazil kills 9 people, around 300 missing

Up to 150 of those missing worked in the company's administrative offices which were closest to the dam break, the firefighters said. The mine is owned by Vale, a Brazilian mining giant that was involved in a previous 2015 mine collapse in the same state that claimed 19 lives and is regarded as the country's worst-ever environmental disaster. Vale shares plummeted on the new accident, losing eight percent in New York trading. Romeu Zema, the governor of Minas Gerais, told reporters that, while all was being done to find survivors, "from now, the odds are minimal and it is most likely we will recover only bodies." His regional administration said 427 people had been working at the Vale mine at the time of the dam collapse, and 279 were recovered alive. The others were listed as missing. Bolsonaro to visit The massive, muddy flow from the collapse barreled towards the nearby town of Brumadinho, population 39,000, but did not hit it directly. Instead, it carved its way across roads, vegetation and farmland, taking down a bridge, and damaging or destroying homes. Television images showed people being pulled out of waist-high mud into rescue helicopters, dozens of which were in use by late Friday because of the cut-off land access. Brazil's new government led by President Jair Bolsonaro reacted to its first big emergency since taking office early this month by launching disaster coordination between the defense, mining and environment ministries and authorities in the affected state of Minas Gerais. Bolsonaro and his defense minister were scheduled to fly over the zone on Saturday. His environment minister raced to the area late Friday. "Where are our relatives?" wailed Raquel Cristina, one of several people demanding information about their missing kin in the mud-hit area. "My five-year-old nephew is asking me if his dad died. What do I tell him?" asked another, Olivia Rios. Officials said they were working through the night, conscious of the precious hours ticking away. Around 100 fire fighters were deployed, some using earth-moving machinery to dig down to engulfed dwellings. Would-be rescue volunteers were warned away because of the slippery, perilous piles of mud. Media were urged not to use drones to avoid collisions with the helicopters. "Human tragedy" Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman called the incident a "human tragedy" and was resigned to more deaths being confirmed at his company's mine. "We're talking about probably a large number of victims -- we don't know how many but we know it will be a high number," he told a media conference in Rio de Janeiro. Schvartsman, who had his two-year term renewed last month by Vale's board, said it was an "inactive dam" that was in the process of being decommissioned that burst apart "very violently, very suddenly." Its contents -- tailings, or mining byproducts mixed with water -- cascaded into another dam, which overflowed, he said. The disaster recalled trauma from the 2015 dam break near Mariana, in Minas Gerais. That accident released millions of tons of toxic iron waste along hundreds of kilometers (miles). Vale was joint operator of that dam, along with the Anglo-Australian group BHP. The Brazil office of Greenpeace, the environmental activist group, said Friday's dam break was "a sad consequence of the lessons not learned by the Brazilian government and the mining companies." It said the incidents "are not accidents but environmental crimes that must be investigated, punished and repaired." ... Dailyhunthttps://wanelo.co/shivaamsatya

Raftaar on diss-war with Emiway: He is a misguided kid, I am the mature one

What gives you that boost in life? I have always been a hyper-energetic. My real name is Dilin Nair. Being a Malayali, I had to learn Punjabi and Haryanvi to be able to jump into the music scene. If I would have done it in Malayalam, no one would have known who Raftaar is. I do rap and speak in Malayalam but only to save my life as my vocabulary in the language is not as good as it is in Hindi. I was always believed that instead of complaining about anything, I should change things and that motivates me. You are now on Roadies Real Heroes. How adventurous are you in life? Very. Living in Delhi, I head to the mountains or the seaside at every chance I get. 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What's going on? We have always been friends. I met him for the first time at a private show we were doing. He walked up to me and said, 'Bro, I love you'. I also said, 'Bro, I also love you, your work'. I am really glad to meet him. If a person like him says this to me, it really inspires me in life. Do you have any connection with his Gully Boy? Your recent pictures together were all over the internet. Gully Boy is based on the Mumbai hip hop scene. I belong to the Delhi hip hop scene and there might be some influences probably and I am waiting for the surprise to happen. Gully Boy is set to bring the spotlight on the hip hop scene in India. Your words of advice for the young rappers. If you try to sound like somebody else, it will never work because we already have that person. You are noticed when you try to be an original sound. Why would we want another Raftaar or Honey Singh or Badshah? We want just one person like Ekka as there is only one guy like him. Everyone has to be that one individual personality. You cannot be similar. If you have another actor like Ranveer Singh, same energy and same vibe, you probably won't look at that person. There are a lot of people who can rap, it's just a different personality or sound that gets noticed. View this post on Instagram ROADIES PARIWAAR. #Repost @rannvijaysingha ・・・ We are ready,are you? Welcome @sandeep_rebirth to the #roadies family! #roadiesrealheroes #gaelyn #sandeepsingh #nehadhupia #prince #nikhilchinapa #raftaar #roadiesauditions #delhi A post shared by RAFTAAR (@raftaarmusic) on Jan 5, 2019 at 5:17am PST You came out with your album in 2018. You released diss-tracks against Emiway and he also did the same. How did it begin? This is called a diss-war in hip hop in which you rap against each other. That's what rappers do; we are poets. Imagine there was a problem between him and me and we go out on the streets and start fighting. That would have been savage. We are poets and used words instead. I was the mature guy, a grown-up person and had a lot of limitations. I couldn't say a lot of things as I am elder to him and have to see things differently. I kept explaining things to him and he continued being arrogant. It gave him a boost. If he denies that, it's different, no one knew his name. For me, anybody who is talented can make a name even if it is because of a fight with me, its fair. That's how God has planned it. So no fight between you two? Never. He is a kid; he is 22. He is misguided and flew into a rage; he was pumped up by people around him. I am the mature one and I see things differently. I have already made it and I am on the other side. I have responsibilities, a family. I have supported that kid so much. It's just a little miscommunication and when I came back with my diss-track, he couldn't back off as that would have made him look like a fool so he kept on doing it. You commit many more mistakes to cover that one mistake. How is your relationship with Honey Singh? I recently met him on a flight and we greeted each other. My wife was with me and we all were fine and jolly. I realised we have crossed that gap, it's been so long now. I have made a name for myself. I don't need to complain. Whatever has come my way, God has given me. I was fighting when I was 23 and now I am 30. What are your future plans in the field of music? I have my own album and have signed eight people. I have my own record label and my own media company. I have a lot of things going on by God's grace. Do you have any plans to feature in a film? I have got a lot of offers but I can't do it just for the sake of it because then you get insulted on screen. 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Australian Open 2019: Proud Petra Kvitova rues missed chances in thrilling final

She saved another match point before Osaka served out for a 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 victory in two hours and 27 minutes, securing a second straight Grand Slam title after winning her maiden major at the US Open in September. Kvitova had five break-point opportunities in the opening set but could not convert any of them and then went on to lose the tiebreaker in her first meeting against the Japanese. That was also the first set she had lost at Melbourne Park in the last two weeks. "It's painful, for sure," she told reporters. "I don't know how long it will take me to get over it. "When I look back, I did have my chances in the first set when I had 40-love on her serve. Did have a few breakpoints. "I don't think I played something really badly, but I just think I should maybe have gone a little bit more aggressive on one or two rallies." Coming into Saturday's clash, Kvitova had lost just seven out of 33 career finals and was unbeaten in her last eight. "I really fought back in the second set. I'm proud of myself in that case," she said. "And, yeah, the third set was just one break. That's how tennis is. It's the final. I think you will just get few chances. When you don't make it you lose. And I think that was also the case today." Kvitova's victory would have capped one of the most inspiring comebacks in the history of the sport. The double Wimbledon champion had to undergo nearly four hours of surgery on her playing hand in 2016 after being attacked by a knife-wielding intruder at her home in the Czech Republic. "It's hurting a lot today. I wanted to win and have the trophy. But I think I already won two years ago," she said. "So for me, it's amazing. I think I still don't really realise that I played the final. "I've been through many, many things, not really great ones. Still few things which I can improve, and we'll do it. So it's not the end. Yeah, I will be back for sure." While Osaka will become the new women's number one, replacing Romanian Simona Halep, when the world rankings are released on Monday, Kvitova will be a spot behind. "I wanted to be back to my greatest level probably as I played before," said Kvitova. "I knew it will be very, very difficult because my hand, it's not 100 percent, and never will be. It's just how it is. "I'm just trying to make maximum from the minimum. I feel great. I'm playing great tennis." Dailyhunthttps://ask.fm/zeeeneetaac