Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Navlakhi rape case: Police release revised sketch of suspects
Today she came forth and told us that she is feeling much better and wants to revise the sketch. She was able to describe the perpetrators better and she said that the new sketch is 95% similar to the accused.' According to the police, the girl has said that the two accused were unfazed after committing the crime on Thursday night. Jadeja said, 'She has told us that the accused were unperturbed and even offered her a beedi after committing the crime. They seemed to be extremely familiar with the routes inside the thicket as they instructed each other to carry her to the spot where they committed the crime. Their conduct seems to suggest that this may not be the first time they have done it.' About 23 police teams are on the lookout of the suspects. 'With the new sketch today, the search changes and it is a challenge for all the teams because this new sketch does not match the first two prepared by the police based on the description given by the girl and her friend. But she is in an extremely delicate state of mind as she is all of 15 and not even matured enough to have grasped important clues,' Jadeja said. Police announce Rs 1 lakh reward for info on accused Police said that the challenge before the teams is to track down the two men without even knowing if they have actually visited the scene of crime. 'The area is so vast and dense with reptiles, including crocodiles, in the vicinity that even locals have told us they are not familiar with the route inside. When we went back to the place to reconstruct the crime scene on two occasions, the girl was unsure of the exact place because it is a maze. Most of our police officials also felt lost during the day,' Jadeja said. The DCP also said that although the girl has described the accused, CCTV footage of the area from Thursday night has not been of much help as it was the night two days after new moon. 'The night being just the second evening after new moon, there was complete darkness in the area. The CCTV has shown two men entering the area but the victim is not able to identify them. Even when the crime branch teams visited the area on the fourth day after the new moon, we could barely see each other,' Jadeja said. Two suspects interrogated multiple times, none arrested The police have also offered counselling to the victim and have requested citizens to refrain from misusing the sketches to defame people who could resemble the sketch without allowing the police to complete investigations. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://visual.ly/users/michealjohsonpratts5/portfolio
Sunday, 8 December 2019
DUTA members plan to march to Parliament on Monday over their demands
A march to Parliament will be organised on Monday from Mandi House, they said. The teachers' body said the HRD ministry has conceded to their demands, including the withdrawal of the 28 August Delhi University circular on appointment of guest teachers against substantive vacancies. 'However, it is unfortunate that the government has not agreed to the absorption of ad-hoc and temporary teachers to end their exploitation and humiliation,' it said, adding the general body meeting has therefore decided to continue the agitation to pursue this demand as well as others. PTI SLB NSD NSD DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://jobboard.lmc.edu/employers/342010-devakrajints
Litfests add to knowledge revolution
Many of these events have special sessions for children, story reading and enactment included. Almost the finest thing about many of these 'litfests' is that they are not hogged by a single language. At the recent Mangalore Litfest, Kannada literature deservingly received as much attention as that of English. However, what is increasingly becoming a very enjoyable content at most litfests is the inclusion of strategic discussions, connected to a book or perhaps sometimes without any connect except the currency of the issue; the best example being Kashmir. I call this the beginning of the rise of strategic culture in India. There is tremendous inclination towards understanding national and international security affairs but there remains a dearth of sufficient basic literature. So when strategic analysts discuss a book or just a current subject of security value, people strain to listen to every word in the hope of a better understanding. Many of them are civil services aspirants or looking for a shy at the defence services and have queries about doing well in the Services Selection Board interviews. Some fine cities such as Bhubaneswar and Bhopal are receiving renewed attention. The recent Mangalore litfest proved how well volunteers with some leadership and corporate sponsorship can put together a well-managed event standards of which can progressively improve with time. At Mangalore, I had a fine panel for discussion on that mother of all subjects today, Kashmir. Since most festival organisers are from the younger generation, the presence on social media is heartening with facility to view through live streaming or later watch YouTube recordings. Unfortunately, time is always at premium and disallows a full and meaningful discussion with sufficient questions from the audience but it is good enough for touching on essentials. At Mangalore, it was good to hear Arif Mohammad Khan; the Governor of Kerala held forth on a serious subject such as Islam in India which he put across with a very rational perspective; some political speakers do participate in litfests but it would also be good to have them speak on subjects other than their immediate domain. In some cases state governments are deeply involved in organisation and even sponsorship. It's a good investment which may not have immediate tangible returns but in the long run there is much to be gained. Efforts to cut down on ideological baggage seem to be dominating with no particular orientation towards inclusion and exclusion of speakers with different opinion, a hallmark of an educated society. Dehradun's Valley of Words (VOW) is a charming fest in a very idyllic setting. Its dedication of a section to military literature is a forte. It is in sync with the other ongoing lonely effort by Shiv Kunal Varma, the excellent military historian, to cultivate interest in military history in various schools. Dehradun by virtue of its outstanding education institutions is the ideal town for this effort. Focus on post-independence military-strategic issues revolving around different situations in battlefields of 1965 and 1971 wars, is to be appreciated. Mussoorie has a limited festival too, conducted by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. In fact, all hill stations need to have a festival conducted just before the onset of winter. All may not be as lucky as Kasauli which has put together the Khushwant Singh Litfest (KSLitfest) with the assistance of the local army formation and the Kasauli Club which is superbly as old fashioned as can be. The patronage of Rahul Singh (Khushwant Singh's son) and the organising hand of Niloufer Billimoria make the litfest one of the best events of the calendar. Perhaps it is time for Ranikhet and Nainital to chip in. The Uttarakhand government could take this up as a challenge. True to Indian style, the fests are adding more glamour for attraction. The KSLitfest always has a few surprises. Last year, it was Navjot Sindhu speaking on his cricket years and this year it was a charm listening to Sharmila Tagore on the history of Indian cinema told through the description of prevailing themes, attitudes, cinematic technology and acting styles down the ages. This roundup would be incomplete without mention of the Military Litfest conducted at Chandigarh's beautiful lake setting. It's a happy mix of diverse literature with a focus on military writings and bears the stamp of the Army's organisational ability. The style and format adopted at most festivals revolve around presence of four or five different venues within the same setting, with simultaneous events being conducted at each. With 45 minutes or so allotted to each such event, approximately six to eight events involving book discussions, reviews and strategic debates can be conducted at each venue. That gives a fairly large scope for inclusion of diverse authors, themes, or issues. Over two days almost 50 such events are conducted. With internet connectivity bringing interest in different domains, it's the reading habit which has been the loser. Litfests can substantially recapture that. There are many other ongoing events all over India, primarily driven by the young, which are helping in spread of knowledge. I can quote the Vision India Foundation's Policy Boot Camp at the Global Jindal University Sonepat as one such effort. atahasnain@gmail.com DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://about.me/meeku
This is a war on women
But certainly the visible social media outrage and candlelight vigils for the Hyderabad veterinarian beg the question: what is it about brutal rape and murders in Delhi and Hyderabad that outrages our conscience more than other cases? How is it that we miss the continuities between conflict-related sexual abuse and violence and that which occurs daily in our homes, backyards and in the public spaces we inhabit? How did we 'normalise' the idea that rapes and sexual violence occur in militarised conflict zones, while what occurs amidst the banality of everyday life is 'exceptional'. I refuse to be outraged anymore, because somehow that would prove there was something exceptional about a veterinary doctor or a physiotherapist, living by the societal norms to be raped and then murdered with such impunity and brutality. There is no outrage left anymore, neither is any outrage justified. This outrage is purposeless, misplaced and somehow gives the impression that something unusual has happened. Our anger (against what, whom?), petitions (for what?), calling for accountability (whose?), asking for better law and order (from whom, when criminals and thugs are in charge everywhere, from making legislations to implementing them), candlelight vigils (for the dead who could have lived?) and demands for justice for the dead (what does/can justice even look like?) do nothing to assuage the grief and anguish that is prevalent. Meanwhile, when we were busy outraging about Hyderabad, another 55-year-old woman was raped and murdered in Delhi, because she dared to spit at the rapists. In case it has gone unnoticed, there is a familiar pattern in these 'well-known' or 'high-profile' rapes and murders that have received more media attention than the others that are consigned to tiny reports in vernacular presses in sections dealing with 'aadhi abaadi', or 'women's issues' or maybe even 'city crimes'. They could all have survived the murderous attacks after the rape, had they accepted their fate. In almost all these cases the nature of the attacks was fatal because the women dared to resist. Let us not delude ourselves by the 'outrage' this time. We know that stories about women/children being raped and murdered are a regular feature in Indian news media. I check local Hindi papers (other vernacular media may report the same) every day and there are many such reports and commentaries about women and children, brutalised with alarming impunity. I only had to check newspapers from my home states (Bihar and Jharkhand) today to read how a soldier had killed his wife and her sister in a fit of rage, before killing himself. The media has already declared him 'mentally ill'. The Muzaffarpur Shelter Home sexual abuse, rape and torture of at least 35 girls, reported early last year is still under investigation with no justice of any kind in sight for the girls. It has now come to light how government funding was misused by the perpetrators and the case drags on. There are many other cases if we cared to look, which hardly find mention in mainstream English media. In addition to these cases of violence and rapes, how many of us notice the ways in which women are being systematically erased and silenced out of public spaces? Fact is we all live with fear and anxiety; we caution each other so often now. The political economy of 'outrage' has been exhausted; anger has consumed us and we are all tired of the familiar rhetoric after each such incident that the media selectively chooses to highlight. My home institution is in Sweden but I spend all my vacation, family and research time in India. It is where I grew up and the greatest familiarity I have of any society is the one I have come to fear now. I am afraid of traveling at night, taking public transport for long distances, doing anything that might be an apparent 'provocation'. Our 'feminism' prided itself on challenging social norms; now we self-censor, are at our cautious best, on guard all the time, looking for 'safe spaces' to speak out, to vent, to show our vulnerabilities. We, who should have been inspired by the struggles of our sisters, who have come out so courageously in the #MeToo movement, are broken by this 'war' and violent backlash against our ilk. We are all trying to fit as best as we can, and yet one of us is raped every few minutes and some even murdered for transgressions not of our choosing. And no, we are no longer saying rape is about gender hierarchies and power, lack of gender sensitivity alone. The 'sexual', the act of forced 'sex' (words we dislike in the public domain) cannot be silenced or overlooked any longer in any discourse or analysis. An act of carnal 'pleasure' sought through inflicting violence on an unsuspecting, non-consenting individual, who forfeits the right to live because she dared to protest! I have noticed women across the board using a different vocabulary now, of 'minimising risks', 'avoiding risky behaviour'. All we have left now are silent prayers for the next 'victim' of rape and murder and a guilty realisation, maybe even shameful relief and gratitude that it was not us or someone we knew. This is many times worse than when we travelled in DTC buses with safety pins and pepper sprays, and folded our bodies into invisibility, silenced our tongues when faced with everyday harassment and violence. The outrage might be more visible, but many of us have silenced ourselves, muted our souls instead, so we do not feel anything. Feeling anger or pity or sadness will remind us of the million wounds that bleed, all at once; wounds that are never allowed to heal. It will remind us of a depraved society, dead in conscience, rotting steadily and cannibalising itself. There is NO HEALING. We just have to live through this, find something worthwhile in these moments of despair. Yes, this is a war on women. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://publiclab.org/profile/michealseans
Mani and ARM wish to tell Lyca story
Mani went on to say, "I wanted to tell his story to the world and hence kept it to pen a script to make a film later. Even after touching big heights, Subas is humble and unassuming, which is yet another trait which amazes me. He is also a fantastic human being." Echoing the same views, AR Murugadoss, who is collaborating with Lyca in Darbar reminisced, "In fact, my film Kaththi marked Lyca's entry into Tamil films. The movie was dragged into controversy as a few people had misconstrued the facts. The film hit the marquee after Subaskaran cleared the air. However, I had my closer interaction with him recently while making Rajini's Darbar. I can't explain in words as how I felt when he recalled his younger days when he had to flee Sri Lanka when he was broke. With his sheer hard work and perseverance and starting from scratch he has come up in life. I want to make a biopic of Subaskaran, as it will be an inspiration for several youngsters." ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://careers.brevard.edu/employers/341239-guessyleague
Being Baba: Thinking back to simpler times
But I want to think back and see how things were different for us. Stroll down memory lane with me, won't you? I'm 38 now so I may go back a little more or less than you but I'm going to assume that if you're a parent right now with a baby.you're between the age of 25 and 40.so we'll definitely have some shared experiences. One of the biggest things these days is the access to so much content - on television, on radio, in the market, on your cell phones — just about every possible way. There's so much more now. When I was a kid, we had good old Doordarshan and as I grew a little older we started getting a few more channels. He-Man cartoons, Mahabharata and then when cable tv came along, WWE (then called WWF) were my jam! My son is just 15 months now and while he's not started watching television yet, I just know it is going to get nuts when he starts getting TV time. We used to have the good old-fashioned dialler phones and as I grew up, the electric button phones. I think I got my first cellphone when I was in college. Neil already knows how to listen to music on my cellphone and while he can't really operate it, when it is diaper changing time, he'll bring the phone to me so I can play his favourite songs for him if the phone isn't already around. And the music! Gosh! We had cassettes back then and then as I grew older the super expensive cds came in the market. I remember hearing the same album at least a hundred times before I had enough money saved or a birthday or something like that before I could hear another album or new music. My son has already heard more artists in 15 months than I had in 15 years! Toys! I loved my He-man action figures. And I'd get one on every important occasion. And now.there are SO MANY! This is one reason I'm probably more jealous of Neil than anything else. Wish I had these awesome toys as a kid. I think that's one of the reasons I have a massive collection of comics, action figures and statues now. These are MY toys. I'll get him HIS toys to play with. He doesn't mess with Baba's stuff! Nostalgia: Notes on growing up in a free India for kids Food options were also so much simpler back then. Back then, going out meant, going to your nearest Udipi restaurant or your area ka pani-puriwala. I remember the first time I ate a burger and a pizza. It was momentous. It was glorious! I had never eaten anything like that. And now.now we complain about that 'McDonalds is so boring yaar! I want to have a real awesome burger some place.' And we all have our favourite artisanal burger joints or our favourite authentic pizza places. Dominos is so done! When McDonalds and Dominos had opened.they were the bombdotcom (a phrase I heard on a tv show that I'm totally using and am allowing you to steal from me too. Basically it means it was awesome!). Our clothes were simpler. Remember getting stuff stitched? I mean sure, we got a ton of readymade stuff too, but the special occasion clothes were stitched for us. Now kids have all the best brands. And let's be honest, they look so much better than the clothes we wore as kids. I'm not dissing our parent's choice but honestly, things were so limited back then. I love shopping for Neil. He really has the most amazing and cute clothes! Growing up we travelled by buses or trains. When I was about eight, I think my dad got his first car. It was a Fiat and I remember feeling grand when we got out in it. Now, I've just ordered a brand-new Kia Seltos, my third since I started earning and my son is going to have a car with a sunroof and a Bose music system. It absolutely blows my mind. Oh and finally.the internet! Wish we had that as kids. Life is so much better thanks to the internet. I remember getting the net for the first time as a teen. Remember downloading ONE song on dial up back then. Took hours for a 5mb song. If you got an album by keeping your phone on overnight you felt like a king. You got yelled at the next morning for keeping the phone occupied for sure but it was worth it. Now you can download gigabytes of data in minutes. Everything is online. It is truly the most incredible change I've seen in my lifetime. I can't even imagine what our grandparents must think about the internet. But for our kids now, they will just take it for granted. Good speeds aren't a luxury. They're a necessity. So there you have it. I know he has better clothes, toys, food, transportation and the internet! I think we're doing quite all right. I can guarantee that we as parents can say that we are giving kids a better life than the one we had and I think we can all feel pretty damn good about it. Tell me some other memories or things from your childhood that are so different now. Let's talk! (The writer is a singer and his debut album Mumbai Blues won the GIMA Award for Best Rock Album in 2015. 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Willie Nelson says he is not smoking, but is still using pot
'That said,' she said 'Willie does what he wants, when he wants, when it comes to smoking.' One thing though Nelson won't be giving up is touring. 'I love the bus,' he said. 'This is my home.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.edocr.com/user/michealjohsonpratts2
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