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| EDITORIAL| 

India and Mauritius: 

FRIENDS FOREVER 

A 

lthough Mauritius is thousands of miles away from India, there 

is tremendous sense of closeness between these two nations 

due to their historical links and strong cultural commonalities. 

This land overwhelms Indians with its beauty; its people 

embrace people of India with affection born of deep kinship 

and cultural affinities over many centuries. 

People from several states of India migrated to Mauritius a few 

generations ago and have preserved the traditions and cultural practices 

alive in authentic conduct than the practices in India. 

The beauty is that this inheritance from India is not only regarded 

with delight and pride in Mauritius; but constant efforts have been made, 

over the centuries, to conserve the rich cultural and valued tradition 

brought from different parts of India, often at the price of great sacrifice. 

The love and respect can still be seen and admired in so many households 

of Indian origin of Mauritius in the form of pictures of Gandhi-ji, 

Jawaharlal Nehru to Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and 

Shahrukh Khan. 

Both being pluralistic societies and having democratic values, give 

great importance to the innovative skills and entrepreneurial knowledge 

of their respective populace. Unity in diversity is the main feature of 

both the societies. 

On one hand, India has been playing an important role in the economic 

development of Mauritius through agreements such as the landmark 

Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty or project financing through 

grants, soft loans and lines of credit; on the other hand, Mauritius has 

been supporting India in its fight against terrorism, helping India tap into 

African markets through FTAs and also supports India’s quest for a 

permanent seat in an expanded Security Council of United Nations. 

India has also increased the number of scholarships and seats in various 

universities and institutions annually for Mauritian students; thus 

becoming one of the prime destinations for students of that country. 

The connection between Mauritius and India is foremost the connection 

of heart and blood; it is the affinity of shared heritage and culture. 

The common culture, familiar customs, similar festivals and same beliefs 

make a very special bonding between them even after so many generations. 

The economic and political relationship is secondary, but social 

and hearty relationship comes first between these two great countries 

which make India and Mauritius true friends forever. No wonder 

Mauritius is fondly called and known as a mini-India. 

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A Perspective for Future 

Dear Readers, 

I would like to thank Pravasi Today for giving me the opportunity to share my 

views with you on Mauritius-India friendship and how we move forward our 

relations. 

The relationship between Mauritius and India, as you know, go back as early as 1730, when artisans were 

brought from Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu. Later in 1834, substantive settlement began with the arrival of 

Indian immigrants from the States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. 

Over the centuries, these relations have evolved into a meaningful economic partnership through constant 

nurturing of political relations, business-to-business ties, educational and cultural diplomacy. 

When I became High Commissioner to India, I immediately saw that the relationship between Mauritius 

and India had become too comfortable. 

I knew that if we were to form a strong future partnership it should not be on the basis of old sentiments 

but upon a shared vision of partners who recognised each other's strategic role. 

After spending almost four years as High Commissioner of Mauritius to New Delhi, I can proudly say that 

our bilateral relations have grown very much over these past few years, and I want them to strengthen still 

further. 

My term of office, so far, has been very satisfying and immensely memorable. My visits to the various cities 

of India have provided me with the opportunity to interact with Indians from all walks of life and allowed me 

to speak about Mauritius and India friendship. 

It was through my encouragement that over the last few years more than thirty Mauritian Members of 

Parliament and Ministers have taken the trouble to visit India for themselves, to meet with their counterparts 

and to gain a first hand understanding of Incredible India. It was also at my initiative that for the first time in 

Bihar's history, its Chief Minister travelled to Mauritius in 2007. In February this year, the Chief Minister of 

Uttrakhand also visited Mauritius during the Mahashivratri Festival. 

I am happy to say that these visits have generated considerable interest in the Indian community for 

Mauritius. In turn, the leaders and PIO's of Mauritius have conveyed to the people of India that there is a 

strong commitment from Mauritius towards India and a desire to contribute to its development and growth. 

During the meetings I had with Indian leaders, the strategic nature of Indo-Mauritian relationship and the 

strengthening of the strategic partnership of Mauritius with India are invariably discussed. 

We agree that new confidence is visible among India's business and is very much palpable. There is in India 

and in its people a tremendous spirit of enterprise, willingness and desire to achieve something despite the 

problems of poverty and underdevelopment. 

Our bilateral relationships are excellent and have huge potential for the future. Infrastructure development, 

tourism, the knowledge hub, the IT sector and the creative industries are the future areas of cooperation. 

I will not go into too much detail into what constitutes the thin hair on the soup in our relations. Suffice to 

say that that there is a strong will from Mauritius to build upon a relationship not shaped by sentiment or a 

shared past but also forged in the realities of the modern world. 

This way, I believe, we will be able to address whatever challenges the future brings. 


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Sangeeta Datta 

winner of Best Pravasi Film, Life Goes On, at the Pravasi Film Festival 2010 

awards presented by 

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First of all I congratulate the Pravasi Today 

Group for successfully organising the first ever 

Pravasi Film Festival. I was lucky enough to 

witness the event myself. The movies featured 

were exemplary and panel discussions were both 

educating and entertaining. I am eagerly looking 

forward for the second edition of the film 

festival. 

AJAY, Canada 

The movie review of Life Goes On (A roller coaster 

Letters to the 

Editor 

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called Life) is righteous. The movie is commendable. 

The director, Sangeeta Dutta has brought before the 

audience a meticulous piece of work by bringing the 

mother daughter duo Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali 

Khan for the first time on screen. 

Reema Singh, Cardiff (UK) 

I second with the brilliant write-up written in 

February 2010 about the uncanny situation of test 

cricket in the world (Test Cricket Not Only Lives, But 

Thrives). One of the reasons could be the arrival of 

more fascinating and 

glamorous one day cricket 

or 20-20. The shorter 

version called IPL has 

pushed it back a bit. But 

still it is cricket, in any 

form the world won’t 

forget it. 

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The article informing about 

various scholarship 

programmes in UK (Commonwealth 

UK Scholarships for 

Indian students) offered by 

their government to Indian 

students was very acute. I 

am looking forward to 

more of such informative 

articles. 

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| NEWS DIARY| HAPPENINGS 

NOBEL 

WINNER 

VENKATRAMAN 

not Suitable for 

Iphone 

Nobel laureate 

Venkatraman 

Ramakrishnan could 

smell the rat of 'racism' 

when he was asked by a 

O2 store manager to pay 

a deposit if he wanted 

the iphone 3GS black, 32 

Mb. The British telecom 

tycoon did not find him 

'credit-worthy' enough to 

sell him the phone. 

Speaking about the 

incident, Venkatraman 

said: "I am actually 

slightly suspicious that 

there is an element of 

racism at play here as 

well, since I can't think of 

a logical reason why I 

should be denied credit." 

But on the other hand, 

Sarah Taylor, 

spokeswoman for O2, 

while clearing the air said 

that they were "dismayed 

to hear that Prof 

Ramakrishnan would 

suggest that this decision 

was in any way related to 

race." She further added 

that "there was a 

discrepancy in the 

spelling or shortening of 

the customer's name." 

MELBOURNE 

NOT SAFE, says 

Australian 

Opposition 

Leader 

Speaking in the wake of the 

Australian government's 

initiative of inviting a team 

of 25 Indian journalists to know the ground realities and conditions of the Indian students 

residing there, Australia's Opposition Leader Tony Abbott lashed out by saying that "our 

streets aren't safe, particularly the streets of Melbourne, which appear to have been pretty 

seriously under-policed." He said that without beating around the bush, "it would be much 

better spending the money on better policing of our streets because that's the basic 

problem." According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, about $10,000 would 

be spent on each of the visiting reporters; the itinerary of which will include a tour to the 

Melbourne Cricket Ground and a concerts of music composer A R Rahman. 

200,000 Indians stay Illegally in US: REPORT 

According to "Estimates of the 

Unauthorised Immigrants Population 

Residing in the United States: January 

2009", released by the Department of 

Homeland Security, around 200,000 

Indians are living illegally in the country. 

This is despite the fact that the number of 

illegal immigrants in the US fell by seven 

per cent to 10.8 million last year. 

According to the statistics, Indians 

reported for only two percent of illegal 

immigrants. Mexico is at the top of the list (42 percent), followed by El Salvador, 

Guatemala and Honduras. 

INDIAN PROFESSOR KILLED 

in US Varsity Shoot Out 

Gopi Podila, an Indian American faculty member 

and chairman of the biological sciences 

department of the University of Alabama in 

Huntsville was among the three people killed 

when a women lecturer, Dr. Amy Bishop, opened 

fire during a faculty meeting. Besides Podilla, 

Maria Ragland Davis and Adriel Johnson were killed during the shoot out. Dr. Bishop has 

been charged with a single count of capital murder. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Podilla 

is an alumni of the Acharya Nagarjuna University near Guntur. According to some local 

media, the lady opened firing after she came to know that she would not be granted 

tenure. 


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HAPPENINGS | NEWS DIARY| 

US Sikhs ask 

for Obama’s 

INTERVENTION 

ON BEHEADING 

Washington-based Sikh 

Council on Religion and 

Education has written a 

letter to President Barack 

Obama to look into the 

matter of the beheading 

of a Sikh by the Pakistan 

Taliban in the past and 

talk with Islamabad for 

the same. According to 

the letter: "The US 

government must press 

upon the Pakistan 

government to take stern 

action against the 

perpetrators of these 

horrendous acts. It is the 

primary duty of the 

Pakistan government to 

intervene on behalf of the 

Sikhs and other minorities 

and protect them from 

any atrocities committed 

by Tehreek-e-Taliban." 

Scores of women 

from Punjab 

BEFOOLED BY NRI 

GROOMS 

"I have come across more than 

12,000 such women (duped by 

their husbands) now and of late, 

this problem has taken of 

epidemic proportions in Punjab," 

said Lok Bhalai Party chief 

Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, who 

has been fighting for the cause of 

such women for the past twelve 

years. While advocating for cause and averring that the problem has crossed its pinnacle, 

he said that the state government should expedite the process of assuaging the cause by 

passing "a law to check NRI grooms who fraudulently marry Punjabi girls and leave them 

high and dry." Stating that the women cells too are not active towards the cause, he said 

that most of the times they act " as a mute spectator". 

Canadian-Indian Scientist PRAISES 

RAMESH ON BT BRINJAL 

Extolling the moratorium put by Union Environment 

Minister Jairam Ramesh on Bt Brinjal, prominent 

Canadian-Indian scientist Shiv Chopra said: "Bt food is 

an issue of people who eat the food. Fortunately, our 

Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, has done a 

wonderful job to save India from Bt." Addressing the 

attendees at the Deccan Development Society's XI 

mobile Biodiversity Festival in Medak district of Andhra 

Pradesh, Chopra cautioned them about the modus 

operandi of the promoters while stating that "Bt gene is capable of being blown in the wind 

and spreading to other crops from the same family." He said that once a green signal is 

given to the Bt species, the promoters will try to expand its domain by coming up with 

more genetically modified crops. 

Indians in Haiti ASKING FOR 

MONETARY HELP 

With the tremors of January 12 earthquake shaking the 

lives of the Haitians, the small Indian community living in 

the country has sought monetary help from the 

government back home, which can help them reshape 

their lives. The inhabitants of the Indian community had 

made Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Foreign 

Affairs, aware of their ordeal by giving him a written 

demand for compensation. Tharoor visited the quakeaffected 

place two weeks after the tragedy. Quoting 

about the decision of the Indian government, Handal, a 

Haitian businessman said that while the Indian government had provided $ 5 million for relief efforts, but it had not 

supported any specific monetary help to its own citizens. 


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| NEWS DIARY| INDIA 

Pune under 

TERROR 

SHADOW 

Terror sneaked towards 

Pune on February 13 

when a powerful bomb 

blast occurred in the 

German Bakery, near 

Koregaon Park, killing 16 

people, when the report 

was going to press. The 

attacks have claimed the 

lives of four foreigners. 

According to the city 

Police Commissioner 

Satyapal Singh, it has 

been established that 

RDX and ammonium 

nitrate, hidden in an 

unattended bag were 

used in the attack. In 

another development, a 

still unknown group, 

Lashkar-e-Taiba Al 

Alami, has claimed that 

they have carried out the 

attacks in the city. 

M F HUSSAIN given Qatar nationality 

DOUBLE Delight 

In a career of miles and 

milestones, breaking records 

is his favourite pastime. 

During the second one day 

international against the 

visiting South Africa, Sachin 

Tendulkar became the first 

batsman in the 39-year 

history of the 50-overs game 

to reach the pinnacle of the runs made by a batsman in an innings, when he scored 200 

runs not out. In this way, Tendulkar overshadowed the previous record of highest rungetter 

in a single innings held jointly by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles 

Coventry. The maestro reached the landmark score at the Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior 

in 147 balls by hitting 25 fours and three sixes. 

We will keep the channel of 

communication open, SAYS 

FOREIGN SECRETARY 

Giving push to the long blocked interactions at the 

higher levels, Foreign Secretaries of India and 

Pakistan met at New Delhi and agreed on the fact that 

they should "remain in touch" and that the channel of 

communication should always remain open. Indian 

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao submitted three 

dossiers related to the Mumbai attacks. On the other 

hand, her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir said 

that the "it is unfair and unrealistic and counter 

productive to make this issue or (any) one incident (and to keep) focusing on that and to 

stall the overall relationship." He said that Pakistan too had suffered hundreds of Mumbai, 

but was firm in saying that his country was "determined to succeed in overcoming this 

menace of terrorism." 


Noted Indian painter Maqbool Fida Hussain has been 

bestowed with the nationality of Qatar. It was due to the 

hate-mongering campaigns taken to the streets by the 

right wing groups due to his controversial paintings on 

Hindu Goddesses which led him to trot through some 

parts of the world and spending his last four years in exile 

in Dubai. Announcing this through his signature painting, 

he said: "I, the Indian Origin painter M F Hussain at 95, 

have been honoured by Qatar nationality." Responding to 

the development, the Congress spokesperson Manish 

Tewari said that "if he wants to come back, it is our 

responsibility as a government to provide him full 

security." But on the other hand, RSS chief Mohan 

Bhagwat said that the painter should apologize to the 

people "whose feelings he has hurt with his paintings." 

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OUT-OF-THE- 

BOX way to 

help Haitians 

In a never-heard-before 

manner, Royal 

Borough's chief reporter 

Inderdeep Bains has 

offered a date with 

herself to raise money 

for the people affected 

by Haiti earthquake. 

According to The Red 

Cross, around three 

million people have 

been affected by the 

catastrophe. According 

to her charity page, 

"single men looking for 

love this Valentine's Day 

have a once-in-a-lifetime 

chance to date the 

Observer's (Slough and 

Windsor Observer) 

reporter Inderdeep 

Bains." The fund 

collected through unique 

initiative will be 

deposited to the 

Disaster Emergency 

Committee. "The lucky 

one will wine and dine 

our hack over a slap-up 

three course meal at a 

luxury hotel," cited the 

page. 

SONIA DARA 

on Sports 

Illustrated 

Sonia Dara became the 

first Indian-American as 

well as South Asian 

model to be featured in 

Sports Illustrated's 

swimsuit issue. "Sports 

Illustrated is definitely 

one of those eyeopeners 

where people 

then know who you 

are…the girls that have 

graced the covers; 

people recognize them, 

people know them and it 

has allowed them to 

pursue what they want 

to do," said an elated 

Dara on a video of the 

magazine's website. A 

student of economics at 

the Harvard University, 

Dara was chanced upon 

at the Actors, Models 

and Talent Competition 

(AMTC) when she was 

sixteen years old. She 

has earlier worked with 

Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, 

Neiman Marcu and 

Vogue India. 


Proud moment 

for VIM 

KOCHHAR 

73-year-old Indian origin 

businessman Vim 

Kochhar has been 

nominated to the 

Canadian Senate by 

Prime Minister Stephen 

Harper. He is the 

President and founder of 

the Vimal Group of 

Companies in Toronto. 

Apart from it, he is also 

serving the Canadian 

Museum for Human 

Rights as a Board 

Member, and the Chair 

of the Canadian 

Paralympic Foundation. 

Kochhar is among five 

notable Canadians who 

have been nominated to 

the Senate by PM 

Harper. He is also 

actively involved with 

the Canadian 

Foundation for 

Physically Disabled 

Persons. 


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INDALI 

LOUNGE: 

BBC's 

Healthiest 

Curry House 

Can you imagine an 

eatery where none of its 

preparations contain 

butter, cream or ghee? 

Yes, London-based 

Indali Lounge, which 

has been adjudged as 

the best health eating 

UK restaurant by BBC's 

food channel, is the joint 

where the chefs use 

organic produce, 

probiotic yoghurts and 

spices with medicinal 

qualities to bring before 

its customers yummy 

dishes. "I am happy that 

my efforts to promote 

healthy Indian food have 

been recognized," said 

Dr. Kartar Lalvani, 

founder of the Lounge. 

According to the BBC 

report, "the upmarket 

cocktail bar atmosphere, 

with lilac flourishes and 

slick surfaces adds a 

contemporary touch to 

this evolved British 

Indian cooking."

| BUSINESS NEWS| INDIA 

SUBIR RAHA 

passes away 

Former Chairman of 

state-owned Oil and 

Natural Gas 

Corporation, Subir 

Raha, passed away. 

The 62-year-old 

workaholic Raha died of 

cancer at a private 

hospital in New Delhi. It 

was during his tenure at 

the helm of ONGC that 

the entity’s market 

capitalization increased 

to Rs. 200,000 crore. He 

moulded ONGC in such 

a manner which is 

spoken of boastfully in 

different economic 

arenas till now. He led 

ONGC foray into 

exploration of gas in the 

deep waters off India in 

an aggressive manner. 

Prior to this, Raha also 

worked with the Indian 

Oil Corporation (IOC) as 

Director. 


GST not to be Implemented 

FROM APRIL 1 

The much anticipated Goods and Services Tax’s (GST) 

implementation process has been hanged for the time being. 

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister 

Pranab Mukherjee said that the Chairman of the empowered 

committee of state finance ministers, headed by West Bengal Finance Minister Asim 

Sengupta, have said that it is not feasible to implement GST from the due date. “It was 

decided that discussions on GST will be continued in another meeting in early April,” 

Mukherjee said while clearing the air over the implementation process. One of the 

roadblocks in initiating the tax is the non-willingness of the states to give up their powers 

which could let them levy taxes unilaterally. 

Steps to be taken to Unearth 

ILLEGAL MONEY: 

PRESIDENT 

No stones will be left unturned to reveal the 

sources of black money stashed abroad. The 

message was quite clear when President 

Pratibha Patil said that, “my government has 

undertaken a number of steps to unearth 

unaccounted for money parked outside India. 

These include amendment of the Income Tax Act, 1961, to enable the central government 

to enter into tax-agreements with non-sovereign jurisdictions.” If some sources are to be 

banked upon, then it is to be known that the kitty of illegal money harboured by Indian 

nationals abroad is worth around $140 billion. 

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Stimulus package led to 

JOB GENERATION: 

ASSOCHAM 

According to a study conducted by 

Associated Chambers of Commerce and 

Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), the muchneeded 

stimulus package provided by the 

government during the time of economic 

recession led to the generation of additional 

employment with 19 percent growth during 

the period of October-January in the current 

fiscal. According to “Impact of fiscal 

stimulus in job creation”, the package led to 

the creation of 60% jobs in manufacturing, 38% growth in merchandising, and 24% rise in 

the automobile sector during October-January fiscal compared to the same period last 

year. The three-phased stimulus also led to growth in hospitality, aviation, insurance, gems 

and jewellery, and media and entertainment among others. 


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GLOBAL | BUSINESS NEWS| 

Punjab CM 

Advocates 

NRI INVESTMENT 

While inaugurating state’s 

biggest senior citizens home 

built on a land by NRI Anil 

Monga, Punjab Chief Minister 

urged the overseas Punjabi 

community to take interest in 

the development of the 

villages and cities of the state. 

He also advocated that “NRIs 

should also focus on opening 

skilled centers in various parts 

of the state to address the 

problem of unemployment.” Rep-carpeting these 

initiatives, he offered the interested entities or individuals 

“land free of cost” which can eventually “help Punjab 

industry to address the problem of labour shortage.” 


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DABBAWALLAS 

in Harvard Menu 

Not surprisingly, Mumbai dabbawallas have found their 

place in Harvard’s menu, after quelling the hunger of 

the people of the Maximum City. Being an important 

cog of Mumbai’s life, these dabbawallas will now be an 

integral part of the course of study in the Harvard 

Business School. Speaking on behalf of the 

dabbawallas, Manish Tripathi said: “The school had 

prepared a comprehensive report and submitted it to 

us for review… Unlike many other B schools which studied us, Harvard’s study was in-depth. It got the gist of how two lakh 

dabbas are delivered every single day by 5,000 dabbawallas without any mix-up.” 

EAST INDIA COMPANY is Back with More Flavours 

Stacks of NRI RESUMES Piling Up 

NRI job hunters are bearing the brunt of the economic 

recession of the past year with heaps of resumes in front 

of Indian human resource companies. According to some 

figures, around 15,000 NRI resumes are under the 

pipeline of consideration; with more to come in the near 

future. According to Ashok Reddy, MD, Teamlease 

Staffing Solutions, they have “received around 3,000 NRI 

CVs so far and (have) placed a significant number of 

them.” Kris Laxmikant, CEO of Headhunters India verified 

that “the reluctance to renew H1-B visas has also led to 

people deciding 

to return.” 

According to 

Goldman 

Sachs, the US 

unemployment 

rate will elevate 

by the middle 

of 2011. 

Indian-origin businessman Sanjiv Mehta’s East India Company 

is soon going to launch its outlets in London to sell tea, coffee, 

spices and fabrics. The 400-year-old trading company is also 

planning to have furniture, chocolates, pickles and leather 

goods amongst others in its outlets in Mayfair at central London. 

The 400-year-old company was established by Elizabeth I, 

which after transferring its power to the Crown, was bought by 

Mehta in 2004. He further invested 20 million pounds along with 

other investors to strengthen the company. He is also planning 

to come up with more outlets in India, the Middle East, and later 

on in Japan, US and Russia. 


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| AUSTRALIA| 

Students acknowledge problem in policing, 

Australia revises migration policy 

Non-stop Violence, 

INDIA WARNS 

While four more Indians have been 

attacked in Australia, Indian High 

Commissioner to Australia Sujata 

Singh met Australian Governor 

General and warned of long-term 

consequences over attacks. A group of Indian 

students studying in Australia, visiting India, acknowledged 

the problem of policing in Australia. 

However, Australian Premier Kevin Rudd expressed 

determination to enforce migration rules harshly. 

In January 2010, four more attacks on Indians 

(three directed at cab drivers) in Brisbane, 

Queensland took place. Indian cabbies are believed 

to be accounting for over 70 per cent of the cab 

driving jobs. In a separate incident, a 23-year-old 

pizza delivery youth was bashed up with a cricket 

bat and robbed while making a delivery. It is worth 

mentioning that over 100 incidents of attacks on 

Indians, particularly students, were reported in 2009 

and the attacks have continued this year unabated. 

In the context of continued attacks, Indian High 

Commissioner to Australia Sujata Singh met Australian 

Governor-General Quentin Bryce warning of 

long-term consequences unless more action was 

taken to prevent attacks against the Indians, though 

she admitted that Australia is not a racist country. 


It is said that the new development came after 

Victorian premier John Brumby on February 3, 2010 

lashed out at the Indian media and some government 

officials for unbalanced views on the ongoing attacks. 

Recently on February 4, 2010, David Barrow, an 

Australian student of media and President of National 

Union of Students said: “International students 

get good education in Australia. Their numbers have 

expanded so quickly that there were some problems. 

There are infrastructure problems. There are some 

problems of policing, especially in Victoria. Students 

from India land into dangerous situations when they 

work late nights and use public transport at odd 

hours.” 

The Australian government has realized that it 

needs to fill up the loopholes that exist in the system, 

said Barrow. He met a 10-member delegation 

comprising of six students of Indian origin on a visit 

to India to attend a Confederation of Indian Industry 

(CII) event under the auspices of the Australia - India 

Business Council (AIBC). 

However, Australian Premier had expressed regret 

on January 21, 2010 over attacks on Indians in his 

country but instead of being concerned to make 

improvements in policing, he stressed on the need to 

enforce migration rules hardly. In a recent development, 

the newly announced migration policy is 

going to affect some overseas students who were 

willing to apply for permanent residence in the 

country. At the same time, Immigration and Citizenship 

Minister Chris Evans announced that 20,000 

would-be migrants could face change in the system 

with “their applications cancelled and receive a 

refund” of their visa application charges. 

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Suriname does not yet have a well developed 

service industry like Trinidad and Tobago. 

If an oil company wants contractors, the 

company can go anywhere in Trinidad and 

get service. We do not have that capability 

in Suriname, and we need help from suppliers in the 

United States and Trinidad to develop that,” Glenn 

Sairras, Deputy Director of Production and Development 

at the state owned energy promotion company 

Staatosolie made the statement during his presentation 

on January 26, 2010 at the T&T Energy Conference 

at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain. 

Siarras said Suriname, already having hydroenergy 

plants, is developing an alternative energy 

industry. He also affirmed that the industry had an 

exceptional 2008; but with the fall in the prices, “we 

ended up in a loss position.” “The operating result 

we achieved was quite good. It was satisfactory for 

the Government, good for the people who work 


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Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, both known for Indian origin 

population, shall be soon going to make an agreement on employment of 

latter’s expertise to strengthen former’s energy service industry 

State to Employ T&T’s 

ENERGY EXPERTISE 

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they had developed a three year developmental 

programme at Staatsolie. “We have a programme to 

take us from 2010 to 2012. We have details of every 

year and we try not to plan too far ahead,” he said. 

He added that their offshore exploration plans 

include the completion of a 3D seismic well. “We 

plan to drill two wells late in 2010 and early 2011,” 

he said. 

According to Sairras, Suriname is looking to tap 

into Trinidad and Tobago’s human resource capability 

for onshore explorations and downstream 

processing to help develop their own local energy 

industry. “We are going to have extensive explorations 

in several plots onshore. This is going to be at 

least one rig owned and operated by Staatsolie and 

two rigs operated by contractors-both are from 

T&T,” he said. Apart from this, the country is 

developing an alternative energy industry. 

there, and good for everyone,” he added. He said PT BUREAU 

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| ENVIRONMENT| 

The 'early year numbers to environment hazards' given by Al Gore and R K 

Pachauri helped prepare the ground for environmental consciousness. 

However false these numbers might be, but are still useful 

Baseless Controversy About 

UNFORGETTABLE CONTRIBUTION 

A 

l Gore and RK Pachauri, the Nobel 

Prize winning environmentalists who 

kept people abreast of the climate 

changes, nowadays have been criticized 

by Indian politicians for giving 'early 

year numbers to environment hazards' likely to take 

place in future, say 2035 to meltdown of Himalayan 

glaciers. On the other hand, their 'early number' to 

sea (particularly Atlantic ocean) level rise with a risk 

of sinking of the England was gracefully accepted by 

British leadership who timely prepared the country, 

closed CFC (chlorofluorocarbons) greenhouse gas 

manufacturing units and adopted nitrogen gas based 

refrigeration system. 

Not just an incident, it is a long-term observation 

that compels us to accept that climate is changing. A 

world-wide phenomenon, more frequently observed 

with each passing year, has been the reduction of the 

span of rainy season with more and more unevenness 

of rains and uncertainty of monsoon since 1970s. 

Not only Al Gore and Pachauri, 

but wakeful people, particularly 

farmers, noticed this phenomenon 

and suggested their respective 

government to take an early 

action on the matter. USA, 

Europe and Japan worked out the 

possibility of maximum vertical 

expansion of housing and 

industrial tracts to save forests 

and pasturages. On the other 

hand politicians and bureaucrats 

of India ignored the climate 

change phenomenon saying - 

there are enough stocks of and 

full support value provisions for 

food grains. 


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Exactly Al Gore and Pachauri 

considered deviations from 

average temperature, took into 

account the local anti-environment 

factors like deforestation, 

excessive human activities, 

mining, tourism etc. and then 

predicted Himalayan glaciers' 

meltdown by 2035. Recently 

Lord Monckton, an environmentalist, 

challenged these numbers. 

Monckton's interpretations are 

based on average temperature 

only and assure us that in case 

Himalayan glaciers retreat at the 

current rate, they will take 700 

years to go. Of course '2035' 

might be a false number and '2700' a right one. But 

this kind of falsity is of great use while the so called 

right information may be harmful. What we see is 

that the Indian politicians are criticizing Pachauri 

and backing Monckton so that they may take a 700year 

sleep and deforestation go on. The nation is at 

risk of the waiting game they are playing before 

giving their consent for dense afforestation. No 

matter how wrong be the Pachauri's numbers, 

they're still more useful than the so called right 

numbers. 

In fact Al Gore and Pachauri kept watch on 

environment and gave 'early numbers' and expected 

people to be quick off the mark. Addressing a 

function organized by The Energy and Resources 

Institute (TERI) on January 21, 2010, Pachauri said, 

"A rapid action on fundamental level is required 

otherwise next generation will have to suffer due to 

our inertness." 

RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA 

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| REPORT| 

Following are reports of some visits made by important dignitaries from 

India and Mauritius in the recent past 

FOOTPRINTS 

INDIA-MAURITIUS FRIENDSHIP GROUP MOOTED as early as 

First women speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar 

led a parliamentary delegation on a trip to 

Mauritius to hold wide ranging discussions on 

various bilateral and international issues. She met 

President Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister 

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, among other leaders. She 

also met her Mauritius National Assembly counterpart 

Rajkeswur Purryag, whereby they called for the 

formation of a friendship group between the two 

countries. According to a statement released by the Lok 

Sabha Secretariat, "Meira Kumar agreed that people in 

both countries were committed to pluralism and 

democracy and unhesitatingly welcomed the suggestion 

that an India-Mauritius friendship group be constituted 


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possible." 

The delegation 

also 

visited the 

Coolie 

Ghat, which 

is a memorial 

to 

indentured 

labours that 

were transported to Mauritius from India from 

the 1830s to the 1920s. "Common human values, 

he (Purryag) said, governed the political destinies 

of the two countries from different continents," 

said the Secretariat statement. 

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Held in Delhi, Pravasi Film Festival's award 

unveiling ceremony was graced by Mauritius 

President Anerood Jugnauth on December 1, 

2009. Speaking on the occasion, Mauritian President 

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CINEMA DOMINATES THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATIONS: JUGNAUTH 

Jugnauth said that the message transmitted 

through the films to be shown in the festival will 

reach various audiences. He said that "cinema 

dominates the world of communications", and 


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that the festival is "a welcome effort to unite people 

across countries." 

Later on, during his visit to Lucknow's City 

Montessori School with the First Lady Sarojini 

Jugnauth, the President reiterated the fact that the 

bonding between the two countries is like "blood 

relations" and that they were more than diplomatic 

ties. Expressing his views on the recent bout of 

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terrorist activities in India, he said that though his 

country is not affected by them, "we condemn 

terrorism and would do whatever possible to help to 

put an end to it." Speaking on the virtue of spreading 

awareness through education he said: "Helping 

people come as near to perfection as possible is not 

good for one country but to all human beings of the 

world." 

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UTTARAKHAND CM BOOK FOR MAURITIUS SCHOOLS 

book written by Uttarakhand Chief Minister, 

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Sparsh Ganga 

Aof 

has found its place among the school students 

the island nation of Mauritius. Coveting this rare 

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recognition to his piece of work, Mauritian President 

Anerood Jugnauth praised the works of the CM, by 

saying that he is "a reputed and distinguished poetwriter 

in the world of Hindi literature." Speaking at 

a special ceremony at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, 

President Jugnauth welcomed the Chief Minister's 

efforts to clean the Ganga through the recently 

launched Sparsh Ganga campaign. During the 

occasion, CM was also conferred with "GOPIO 

International Award" for his immense contribution 

towards art, literature, public services and environment 

conservation. 

 

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| COVER STORY| 

It is no big news if Indian corporates venture into other 

countries. After all, in these times of globalisation, the 

success of businesses ventures, to a great extent depends on 

their willingness to venture into other countries that have 

growing economies and promising markets. By that 

yardstick alone, most leading corporate houses and financial 

institutions are of the view that Indian businesses, including SMEs, 

can look at Mauritius as an investment destination as well as a 

gateway to other African nations. 

It might come as a surprise to many that Mauritius ranks 

among the top three countries that are a source of FDI inflows 

into India (in 2007-08, Mauritius accounted for 44% of the total 

inflows into India, a figure that hasn't undergone any significant 

change). As far as bilateral merchant trade go, India holds the spot 

of being the largest exporter to Mauritius. It is evident that 

considerable synergies already exist between the two countries and 

exploiting them further could result in a win-win situation for the 


IN THE HEADY TIMES OF GLOBALISA- 

TION AND A JOURNEY TOWARDS A 

GREATER GLOBAL IDENTITY, NO TWO 

COUNTRIES PERHAPS HAVE MORE IN 

COMMON IN TERMS OF SHARED ANCES- 

TRY, CULTURE AND HERITAGE THAN 

India and Mauritius. PRAVASI TODAY 

brings home the unique cultural and 

civilisational bond between India and its 

Indian Ocean cousin, even as these ties 

are being resuscitated anew 

India and 

Mauritius: 

TIES THAT 

TRANSCEND 

TIME 

BHUVANESHWARI DAS IYER 

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two countries, corporates as well as consumers. India is 

currently one of the largest trade partners for Mauritius. Of 

the total imports, agriculture and manufacturing sector 

account for 50-60% of imports into Mauritius. Another oftrepeated 

fact is that Mauritius is considered a tax haven for 

Global Inc., often becoming an issue of hot debate. 

India has a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with 

about 65 countries like the US, UK, Japan, France, and 

Germany, but it is Mauritius which is the most preferred 

route for FDI inflows. On the domestic economic front, 

Mauritius has grown on an average of 5 to 6 per cent over 

the last decade, quite a robust economic performance for a 

small island country, helped in no small measure by its 

remarkable sugar and textile industries and of course, its 

enviable tourism sector, of which paeans can be penned. 

But it is not mere economics and trade that define ties 

between India and Mauritius. Nurtured over a few centuries 

by migration and truly eclectic cultural cross-assimilation, it 

would be no exaggeration if one were to state that it is 

mutual ties between countries like India and Mauritius that 

have the real wherewithal to lead the way in showing 

history and humankind that pluralism is a workable proposition 

and a surer benchmark of global security. It needs no 

repetition that the much-touted pluralism is under threat 

from forces hostile to peaceful coexistence and harmonious 

relationships within societies. 

During his last visit to Mauritius, Indian Prime Minister 

Manmohan Singh aptly paid tributes to the memory of Sir 

Seewosagur Ramgoolam, calling him a visionary statesman, 

who embodied the best values of a global citizen. Incidentally, 

Sir Ramgoolam is also known as the Father of the 

Mauritian nation and a cherished friend of India and his 

legacy is still clearly discernible in the bonds that unite the 

peoples of both countries. 

The political legacy of Sir Seewosagur Ramgoolam 

lies in his role as the founder of a unique experiment 

in democratic governance and institution building in 

a society marked by exceptional diversity, overween- 

Mauritius ranks among the 

top three countries that are a 

source of FDI inflows into 

India (in 2007-08, Mauritius 

accounted for 44% of the total 

inflows into India. 


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ing barriers to trade with the outside world in terms 

of sheer distances and constraints imposed by limited 

natural resources. It is to Mauritius' credit that in 

spite of considerable odds, this small island nation 

has demonstrated to the world that through hard 

work and enterprise, it is possible to build a rainbow 

nation based on a robust democratic record, social 

harmony and provide respectable standards of living 

for its people. In this respect, Mauritius can also be 

said to be a beacon for the rest of the African 

continent, a region known more for its despotic 

binges than adherence to democracy. 

It needs little reiteration that India and Mauritius 

are inextricably knit together by abiding bonds of 

friendship, cultural, religious and shared historical 

experience. India's bilateral relations with Mauritius 

too, find multifaceted manifestation, in sustained 

bilateral cooperation, in the common positions that 

both countries adopted with regard to most pressing 

global issues, but above all, in a rich tapestry of shred 

ancestry, culture and heritage. 

The story of the evolution of Indian Diaspora, 

which begins way back in the nineteenth century, 

can be divided into three categories. First were those 

whose journey began during the colonial period; 

mostly the economically beleaguered labour force 

seeking their livelihood in distant lands. This was 

mainly in response to the enormous demand for 

cheap labour that arose immediately after the British 


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Mutual ties between countries 

like India and Mauritius that 

have the real wherewithal to 

lead the way in showing history 

and humankind that pluralism 

is a workable proposition 

and a surer benchmark of 

global security. 

abolished slavery in 1833-34. Indentured system was 

largely a by-product of colonialism and the abolition 

of slavery. Indentured labour was sent to Mauritius, 

Caribbean (Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana), Fiji and 

South Africa by British. French and Dutch had also 

to follow suit in abolishing slavery, resulting in 

migration of Indian plantation labour to their 

territories - Reunion Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique 

and Suriname. 

The second wave of migrants reached neighbouring 

countries in more recent times as professionals, 

artisans, traders and factory workers, in search of 

opportunities and commerce. There was a steady 

outflow of India's semi-skilled and skilled labour in 

the wake of the oil boom in West Asia and Gulf in 

the 1970s. There was also some outflow of entrepreneurs, 

storeowners, professionals, self-employed 

businessmen to the First World countries like the US 

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and the UK. Organized commerce was introduced in 

Africa by Indian emigrants as traders and shop 

owners. These traders and businessmen, by their dint 

of hard work and business acumen, have turned 

adversity into opportunity. It has been both a 

poignant and an inspiring tale, spanning generations. 

The current third wave consists of professionals 

and the educated elite of India, who seek economic 

betterment in the more advanced countries of the 

world. Substantive Indian migration to Mauritius 

and Reunion also began after the abolition of slavery. 

While People of Indian Origin (PIOs), at over 

220,000, constitute around 30% of Reunion's 

population, Mauritius is the only country where 

PIOs form a majority with 70% of the population at 

over 700,000 in numbers. The Indian community in 

both the islands maintains its cultural ethnicity and 

at the same time, enjoys good relations with the local 

community groups. 

In recent years, Mauritius has embarked on a 

mission to reinvent itself in the face of a fast changing 

international environment - nurturing new skills, 

diversifying into high value added products and 

services and by anchoring itself into the wider 


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regional markets. The existing framework of 

cooperation between India and Mauritius look set to 

be widened, especially with agreements in various 

fields. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation 

and Partnership Agreement between India and 

Mauritius will is just one example of a new chapter 

in the bilateral relationship, promising to be a 

harbinger of a deeper economic relationship between 

our countries. Mauritius ambitious venture into the 

field of Information Technology is best exemplified 

by the Cyber Tower, inaugurated by India's Prime 

Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Human Resource 

Development, health, pharmaceuticals, education, 

professional training, finance and management and 

small and medium enterprises are other areas where 

the two countries are mutual partners. Added to this 

is the fact that the vast Mauritian Exclusive Economic 

Zone is largely an unexplored asset. India 

extends support Mauritius in ensuring the security 

and sovereignty of its land and maritime territory. 

The annual Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, where India 

felicitates its Diaspora across the globe is almost a coevent 

with Mauritius, which has always provided full 

support to the PBD events with high level presence. 

In fact, Sir Aneeroodh Jugnauth, President of the 

Republic of Mauritius, was the first recipient of 

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and also unveiled the 

awards at the opening ceremony of the first-ever 

Pravasi Film Festival 2010, Paravsi Today's unique 

cinematic initiative to promote Diaspora cinema. 

Indeed, it is near-impossible to imagine a Pravasi 

Bharateeya Diwas event without Mauritian presence. 

It would be no exaggeration to state that the 

relationship between India and Mauritius transcend 

mundane words. These are the ties of heart and 

blood - of kinship born of shared heritage and 

culture. Any visiting Indian would be struck to 

witness many Indian customs, festivals and beliefs, 

indeed, a common culture, finding the fullest 

expression in Mauritius even after the passage of so 

many generations. What better example can one 

quote other than the Ramayana, the epic narrative of 

Bhagwan Shri Ram's life and ideals and India's 

timeless history. The Ramayana is a not only a 

cherished epic, but also an ideal to be looked up to 

and imbibed in Mauritius' cultural and societal 

tapestry. 




Bihar and Mauritius: 

BONDED FOREVER 

Bihar's legacy of indentured labours 

Once slavery officially ended within the 

British Empire in mid 1830s, a new 

system of coercing people to work on its 

plantations was required. Britain was 

forced to look elsewhere for cheap labour 

and turned its attention for a brief period to China, 

and then to India. The solution came in the form of a 

new system of forced labour, which in many ways 

resembled enslavement. Indians, under an 'indentured' 

or contract labour scheme, began to replace 

enslaved Africans on plantations across the British 

Empire - in Fiji, Natal, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya, 

British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad. 

The economic situation in some Indian states at 

that time was very depressed. This was particularly 

so in Bihar, near to Calcutta, which continued to be 

ravaged by flooding, cyclones and the occasional 

famine. It was therefore easy to recruit indentured 

migrants from this state especially when lucrative 

promises of easy working conditions and good wages 

were made to them. 

There is no doubt that most of the recruits were 

fooled by the recruiting officers, many of whom 

were Indians themselves. Since most of the migrants 

were illiterate and had probably never ever travelled 

more than a few miles from their own home villages, 

they were also misled to believe that the new place 

where they were being taken to was not very far 

away. They did not have the concept of distance, and 

maybe they felt that they would have the opportunity 

to see their relatives and their friends and their 

home villages on a fairly regular basis. 

They marked their indenture contracts -most 

could not sign their names - and these were duly 

witnessed by the Indian recruiters. In most cases, the 

indentured Indian was bonded for five years during 

which he or she would be housed and given a daily 


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wage, which ranged from about 8 to 24 cents. At the 

end of the indenture, return passages would be 

guaranteed and a small lump-sum of money would be 

given. Later, those who opted to remain in the new 

land were each given small plots of land instead of 

the lump-sum of cash. 

Biharis in Mauritius and the story of the 

Aapravasi Ghat 

Immigrants arrived in Mauritius from India after a 

journey that generally took eight to ten weeks. At 

the Aapravasi Ghat, they were fed and housed while 

being processed and received medical care if necessary. 

In all between 1834 and 1924, around 450,000 

Indians were brought over to Mauritius with around 

290,000 remaining and 160,000 returning mostly 

between 1839 and 1880. Most of the Indian labourers 

remained after 1880. 

During this period, Mauritius was not only going 

through a prolonged sugar revolution but also a 

demographic revolution or explosion. In 1835, the 

Indians made up less than 4 % of the colony's total 

population and by 1860, they constituted more than 

66% of the total population. By 1880, Indians made 

up even as much as 80% of the colony's total 

population. Thus, Mauritius was unique among the 

British colonies and any other European colony 

because none of them received so many Indian 

immigrants and their composition of their local 

population changed so dramatically. 

Biharis in Mauritius today 

Among all the emigrant labourers from Bihar, the 

population that settled in Mauritius has been able to 

maintain both the culture of their ancestors and the 

connections to the land of their origins. 

Although the population of Indo-Mauritians have 

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een the majority ethnic group on the island since 

long before independence, this group itself consists of 

multiple and complex subgroups, adding to the 

diversity of the nation. Indo-Mauritians are those 

Mauritians whose ancestors came to the island from 

India, mostly in the early to mid-19th century as 

indentured labourers for the sugar estates of 

Mauritius. 

These labourers left the Indian subcontinent from 

a variety of ports, and so reflected the diversity of 

India itself. A significant number of these early 

immigrants were Muslim, and their descendents, the 

Muslim Indo-Mauritians, make up around 20% of the 

country's current population. The Indo-Mauritians 

that are not Muslim are considered to be Hindu, 

although the variety of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural 

backgrounds offers little to suggest any cohesion 

within this large group. 

The majority of Indian immigrants came from the 

state of Bihar, or the surrounding area of Northern 

India, where Bhojpuri, a regional dialect of Hindi, is 

spoken. The descendents of the Hindus from this 

area are the largest in Mauritius today. The early 

Hindu immigrants that came from Bihar often 

traveled in groups from the same village or region. 

Therefore, they were more easily able to set up the 

social structures and religious practices familiar to 

them at home. Since most of the labourers intended 

only to serve out their contracts and then return 

home, they adapted their lives to their new environment 

by re-creating only their basic cultural and 

religious frameworks in their new context. 

The diversity of Hindus in Mauritius reflects the 

diversity of India's great traditions. However, in the 

Mauritian context, the proximity of each group to 

the other, entwined in the same neighborhoods, 

workplaces, and schools, creates a unique situation. 

Nowhere else in the world outside India is the 

Hindu religion the majority: religion of the country 

and yet so sub-divided and complex. With the 

introduction of cheaper travel and the internet, all 

Hindu groups are finding it easier to make connec- 


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Bihar is gearing up to connect you to the land of 

your ancestors 

Connecting to your Culture 

The Bihar government has launched an initiative 

called "Trace your roots" to help the Bihari Diaspora 

in tracing their cultural roots and ancestral homes. A 

special cell has been formed to strengthen the ties 

between Bihar and the people of its origin. As a part 

of this initiative, exclusive centers will be set up in 

various countries to help connect the people to the 

land of their ancestors. 

The Bihar Foundation and its objectives 

One of the focus areas is the promotion of investment 

by overseas Indians. In order to provide a host 

of advisory services efficiently, the government 

formed the Bihar Foundation and have decided to 

entrust these responsibilities to the Foundation as a 

facilitation body for the Diaspora. 

• To provide a forum for and facilitate communication 

and interaction between Non Resident 

Biharis and the state of Bihar 

• To facilitate the participation of Bihari Diaspora 

in the development of state 

• To act as Self-Help Groups in other Metros and 

Provinces in India which have a large Bihari 

migrant population 

• To take steps for improving vocational training 

and skill inculcation of migrants Bihari labour to 

improve their wages and conditions of work 

• To establish, develop and support Centers for 

documentation, set up Reference and Information 

Centers and Systems and Administration and 

Common Service Centers relevant to the welfare 

of Non-Resident Biharis 

• Establishing local chapters in other countries and 

within India wherever there are Non Resident 

Biharis 

• To undertake activities for assisting the State 

Government and for achieving the objectives of 

the Foundation 

tions with fellow Hindus outside of the island. 

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| COVER STORY| TETE-E-TETE 

In an interview with Pravasi Today, Mahen Utchanah, President, GOPIO 

International tells that GOPIO is playing a vital role in fortifying the relationship 

between India and Mauritius 

SETTING UP AN PIO UNIVERSITY IS 

DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF GOPIO 

Explain the indelible relationship 

between India and Mauritius. 

Mauritius has been described as “Chotta 

Bharat” by late Shrimati Indira Gandhi. 

Every Prime Minister of Mother India 

coming to Mauritius shares the same 

feeling. Mauritians of Indian Origin, who 

constitute around 70% of the population, 

look to India as their original motherland. 

The rites and rituals of their everyday life find their 

source in India. Indians are pleasantly surprised that 

Mauritians of Indian origin has still preserved their 

ancestral culture. Not only they have preserved their 

religious and cultural heritage but also they are fervent 

practitioners. After the Independence of Mauritius 

India opened its Universities wide for Mauritians and 

thousands have studied and are still studying in India. 

At present Mauritius is the only country where a 

person of Indian origin is President; so is the Prime 

Minister, who is head of the executive. It’s a matter of 

pride that the Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra 

Ramgoolam is also the Patron of GOPIO, and whose 

support we value very much. 

GOPIO plays a pivotal role in strengthening the 

bond between the two countries. Elaborate. 

GOPIO is open to all people of Indian Origin, 

irrespective of religion, language, political affiliation, 

professional and social status etc. GOPIO has been 

instrumental in the organisation of a number of trade 

fairs for the promotion of Indian goods and services. 

Every year GOPIO leads a delegation comprising 

GOPIO members from Mauritius, Reunion, South 

Africa, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, and other 

African countries to the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. 

Ministers, Members of the Mauritian National 

Assembly do also regularly join hands with the 

GOPIO delegation and all participate fully its Dialogue 

with India, organised by GOPIO immediately 


after the PBD. 

The Indian Government’s decision to 

hold the PBD, introduce the PIO Card, set 

up a PIO University are largely due to the 

efforts and lobby of GOPIO. 

GOPIO has embarked upon a scheme for 

the organisation on a recurrent basis, of The 

Indian Diaspora Festival, the objective being 

to focus on one of the Indian States which 

has close links with Mauritians of Indian Origin. 

Thus, the first edition of that Festival was held in 

2007, with focus on Bihar and the Bhojpuri Culture. 

The Government of Mauritius gave its full support 

and hosted officially invited the Chief Minister of 

Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar to be the Chief Guest at 

the Festival. A few days ago we had the visit of the 

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, in the course of 

which GOPIO organized with the support of the 

Government a number of events. The third will 

focus on the state of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil 

Culture. 

During the visit of the CM of Uttarakhand, 

GOPIO organised a number of events for the 

delegations led by him, including a working session 

with Mauritian and Indian businessmen operating in 

Mauritius. 

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What further steps are being conceived by 

GOPIO to beef up the relationship? 

GOPIO will continue to provide its full support 

towards the PBD; organise GOPIO’s Dialogue with 

India; go ahead with the organisation of the Indian 

Diaspora Festival; work on its project for the 

adoption of villages in selected states of India; 

organise visits by Mauritians willing to explore 

possibilities of investment in India and also organise 

visits by Indian businessmen to Mauritius to explore 

business possibilities. 

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Q & A | COVER STORY| 

In an exclusive interview with Pravasi Today, Mauritian eminent social 

science writer Chit Dukhira says that he is coming up with an exhaustive 

coffee table book on the Indo-Mauritian relationship 

TIME TO REMEMBER 

FOUNDERS 

You have written a score of books on 

the history of Mauritius as well as 

about democracy and local governance 

system prevailing there. Can 

you come up with the role played by 

the Indian community in sustaining it? 

No doubt, a few Indians and Indo- 

Mauritians have conspicuously contributed 

to the enlargement of democracy in 

Mauritius. Mahatma Gandhi, on his unexpected brief 

stay in the country in 1901, advised Indo-Mauritians 

to care for education and active politics, besides living 

harmoniously within the plural society. As delegated 

by him, the lawyer-journalist and member of the 

India Servants Society, Manilal Doctor, living in 

Mauritius from 1907 to 1911, performed highly 

commendable work for the emancipation of Indo- 

Mauritians. Later, his own delegates, Dr Chiranjiv 

Bhardwaj and Pandit Atmram Vishwanath continued 

his work for uplifting the community. 

A few personalities, born in India or Mauritius, 

most of them being descendants of indentured 

workers, contributed to the country’s overall development. 

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) tops the 

list, his name being synonymous with the sociopolitical 

evolution of Mauritius from 1935 to 1982. 

SSR became the world’s first PIO Prime Minister. 

Having rubbed shoulders with Indians (students and 

others) during his continuous 14-year stay in London, 

he chose 12 March 1968 as Independence Day in 

remembrance of Gandhi’s Salt March. The other 

outstanding PIOs, who also contributed to the 

emancipation of the society are: the Gujadhurs, with 

Rajcoomar doing emancipatory work, since the 

1920s, famous for long public life; Goolam Mohamed 

Issac, pioneer in local and national politics; Cashinath 


Kistoe, avant-gardist progressive leader 

and the first PIO endogenous national 

leader; GMD Atchia, fighter for 

national development and the first non- 

Christian mayor; Ramkhelawon 

Boodhun, the first Indo-Mauritian 

barrister who was also the first Hindu 

legislator; and Beekrumsing Ramlallah, 

a self-taught journalist with ancestral 

tie in Ballia, considered as the Father of the Aapravasi 

Ghat. Basdeo Bissoondoyal contributed considerably 

through his sermons across the country and his 

writings published regularly in Mauritius and outside 

since the early 1940s, in awakening the people about 

their civic and religious rights. 

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Can you tell us about the Bihari Diasporic 

community staying in Mauritius? 

It is believed that the majority of the Indian Diaspora 

across the world is made up of the descendents of 

those hailing from the huge Bhojpuri belt of North 

India. Their ancestors came from such districts of 

undivided Bihar and UP as those of Arrah, Bhojpur, 

Buxar, Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Shahadabad and 

Sharan, Ajamgarh, Ballia, Deoria, Faizabad, as well as 

Varanasi and its neighbourhood besides the villages in 

or around Patna. With possibilities now available of 

mutual exchanges, a good number of them, including 

the youth have now an inclination towards the 

Bhojpuri culture. Many of them have climbed the 

social ladder, inspired by such leaders as, among 

others, the now dead SSR, Boodhun, the Bissoondoyal 

brothers, Roy, Hazareesingh and Ramlallah, and at 

least by the three under- mentioned Bhojpuris who 

have occupied the country’s topmost situations. 

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Uttarakhand CM’s visit 

to Mauritius: A DIARY 

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Chief 

Minister of Uttarakhand is basically a 

poet-writer-turned-politician. His literary 

creations published so far, have established 

his reputation as a distinguished 

poet-writer in the world of Hindi literature. The 

literary creation by Dr. 'Nishank' in Hindi has been 

translated into various languages, namely, Tamil, 

Telugu, Marathi, and some other Indian languages in 

addition to the foreign languages like German, 

English and French. Some of his works are being 

included for study in the syllabi of many Universities 

and institutions of higher learning including Hamburg 

University in Germany. Mauritius has also 

decided to include the works of Dr Pokhriyal in the 

curriculum of studies at the secondary level. 

Dr Pokhriyal's works have been the subject of 

many research works and PhD thesis by many 

prominent educationists and scholars. 

In the wake of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2010 

and the 8th GOPIO's Dialogue with India, held in 

Delhi in January, 2010, Mr Mahen Utchanah, 

President of GOPIO International and of GOPIO 

Mauritius, and former Minister of Energy in the 

Mauritian Government, and H.E Mookhesswuur 

Choonee, High Commissioner of Mauritius in India, 

took the initiative to suggest to Dr. Pokhriyal, that 

he should visit Mauritius in the context of the 

National celebrations of the Mahashivaratree Festival 

in February 2010. The Mauritian Government 


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readily supported the initiative and extended an 

official invitation to Dr. Pokhriyal to be the Chief 

Foreign Guest at the Festival. 

Dr. Pokhriyal accepted the invitation and came 

for a three-day visit at the head of an official delegation 

which included, inter alia Mrs R Pokhriyal and 

his daughters. 

CM and his delegation arrived in Mauritius on 

8th February and were received by the Hon Rajesh 

Jeetah, Minister of Health and Quality of Life, H.E 

Madhusudhan Ganpathi, High Commissioner of 

India in Mauritius, Mr M Utchanah and Mr R 

Nunkoo, President and Executive Member of 

GOPIO International respectively, and the Chief of 

Protocol. 

On the first day of his visit, the CM paid a 

courtesy call on Dr the Hon Navinchandra 

Ramgoolam, Prime Minister and subsequently on the 

President of the Republic the Rt Hon Sir Anerood 

Jugnauth. The President hosted the CM and his 

delegation for lunch which was also attended by the 

PM, the Dy PM, Dr R Beebeejaun, the Vice PM 

Xavier-Luc Duval, Dr the Hon Vasant Kumar 

Bunwaree, Minister of Education, Culture and 

Human Resources and Mr M Utchanah. 

At 1530 hrs a civic reception was held in honour 

of the CM at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute in 

Moka. Representative of some 40 socio-cultural 

organisations were present. On that occasion the 

President and the Minister of Education launched a 

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ook Sparsh Ganga written by the CM. 

On 9th February, he paid his respect to the first 

PM and Father of the Nation, the late Dr the Hon 

Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam, by laying a wreath on 

his Samadhi at the Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam 

Botanical Garden, in Pamplemousses. At the SSR 

Botanical Garden, he was received by Hon S Faugoo, 

Minister of Agro Industry, Hon M Gowressoo, 

Minister of Business, Enterprises etc., Hon D Rittoo, 

Minister of Youth and Sports and the Chairman of 

GOPIO International. 

The CM and his delegation participated in a 

Business Session organised by GOPIO International, 

at Four Points, Sheraton in Ebène. He invited the 

businessmen to invest in Uttarakhand in the education, 

tourism, hydro energy and herbal sectors. He 

was received by the Chairman of the Business Parks 

of Mauritius Limited (BPML) for a visit of the Cyber 

City in Ebène. In the evening, he was the Chief 

Foreign Guest at the official launching ceremony for 

the Mahashivatree by the Prime Minister. Here, PM 

also unveiled the model of a 108ft statue of Ma 

Doorga. Uttarakhand CM handed over water from 

Gangotri to the PM for pouring into the Ganga 

Talao. He also invited Mauritians to attend the 

Khumbh Mela in Hardwar in coming April. 

Following the official ceremony, he was received 

by Mr P Boojhawon, Chairman of the Human 



GOPIO Mauritius, for a dinner at Ganga Talao. 

On the last day of his visit, 10th February, he 

visited the Le Morne World Heritage for a wreath 

laying ceremony. The site is in memory of the slaves 

who escaped to that place to avoid the atrocities they 

were subjected to by their masters. He was received 

by the Minister of Education, Culture and Human 

Resources, Hon V.Bunwaree. He was so impressed 

by the site that he announced that he was going to 

write a book on it. Following his visit to Le Morne, 

he visited the Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site. 

The Ghat is the place adjoining the Port-Louis 

harbour, where the Indian Immigrants, on their 

arrival in Mauritius, were kept before being sent to 

sugar estates. Later on, he attended a meeting with 

Mauritian poets and writers, organised by the MGI 

in Moka. Here, the PM Dr Ramgoolam proceeded 

with the launching of the French version of a book 

written by Hon Pohkriyal, "Esperences et verities". 

The former praised the qualities of the latter, who 

despite his heavy political responsibilities found time 

to write books and poetry. Hon PM also handed 

over GOPIO International's Highest Award of 

Distinction to Hon Pokhriyal for his remarkable 

achievements in the fields of culture, literature and 

politics. In the evening the HC of India, HE 

Madhusudan Ganapathi hosted a dinner in honour of 

the CM. He left Mauritius for Mumbai on 10 

February. 

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Service Trust (HST) and also Vice-President of 

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| ECONOMY| 

With the economic slowdown fading away, the Indian market is on 

the way to recovery. PRAVASI TODAY’S economic expert looks at the 

financial prospectives 

Economic scenario 

FOR INDIA 

European Debt Crisis 

Fears of another crisis spiraling for the world 

economy deepened after the Portuguese Parliament 

defeated a government austerity plan, triggering 

renewed concern that the financial crisis in that 

country and in Greece could spread through the 

Euro zone and spill across its borders. Once this 

crisis moves ahead and European governments are 

not able to successfully implement bailout packages, 

then it will lead to a weakening of financial markets 

in Europe, thereby leading to fall in Euro value. 

There is a negative correlation of Euro with the 

US dollar. Further, last quarter improved GDP 

figures for the US markets will strengthen the flow 

of funds to US markets. These factors will cause 

investments to move out of European markets to the 

safer US markets. Strengthening of the US dollar will 

lead to fall in commodity prices, which has negative 


......................................................... 

correlation with the US dollar. 

On the domestic front, in the short and medium 

term, Indian markets are technically in the correction 

phase. The support levels are being predicted as 

4590 and 4200. Based on the deepening European 

debt crisis and technical support for domestic market 

at lower level, we recommend investors to invest 

very cautiously in the domestic market. We recommend 

investors to spread investments over the next 

six to nine months in installments. 

Investment plans should be done in a phased 

manner, in periodic monthly installments. Technical 

analysts predict a bull phase for Indian markets after 

2010, which is clearly visible through the third 

impulsive wave on the weekly chart. 

FIIs and Mutual Funds are net sellers 

The bar chart given below points to the selling 

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pressure from the mutual funds industry and FIIs. 

Mutual funds have been continuously selling for the 

last six months and for the last two months, FIIs 

have also been net sellers. This also puts pressure on 

the domestic market at the present juncture. 

Active Participation in IPO Market after a long 

time 

In the past few months, the domestic IPO market 

has seen good activity and investors have been able 

to realize good return on their investment, clearly 

brought out from the box given hereunder: 


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| ECONOMY| 

(DTC) will not be brought forth in Parliament in 

this budget session, contrary to earlier announcements. 

As of now, the government seems to have 

shelved DTC proposal. Therefore, many reforms 

which were expected in the code, like reduction in 

corporate tax or the removal of STT etc. seem to be 

DATE COMPANY NAME ISSUE PRICE CMP GAIN %GAIN 

1 JUBILANT FOODWORKS LIMITED 145 234 89 61.37931 

2 INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (INDIA) LIMITED 165 203.6 38.6 23.39394 

3 D.B. CORP LIMITED 212 244 32 15.09434 

4 GODREJ PROPERTIES LIMITED 490 472 -18 -3.67347 

5 JSW ENERGY LIMITED 100 108.8 8.8 8.8 

6 MBL INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED 180 202.6 22.6 12.55556 

Expectations 

The Finance Minister will announce the Union 

Budget 2010-11 on 26th February, 2010. The budget 

is keenly awaited for several reasons as follows: 

• What measures will be taken to tame the high 

inflation, which has given rise to high prices of 

primary food articles? 

• How will a balanced budget be managed to cope 

with rapid economic growth and the stagnancy 

seen in the economy? 

The finance minister has plenty of issues to 

pursue in order to come up with a budget plan that 

meets everyone’s expectations. 

Media reports indicate that the Direct Tax Code 

Jan’10 Auto Sales Number 

COMPANIES SALES 

Maruti Suzuki 81087 

TVS Motor 109504 

Hyundai Motor 29601 

Hero Honda 389802 

Mahindra and Mahindra 28988 

Yamaha 17598 

General Motor 9421 

Tata Motor 62202 

put on hold. Although there is a strong case for 

removal of STT, its fate seems to be uncertain as of 

now. There are also strong media reports and talk 

that government may withdraw 

many of the stimulus packages 

which have led to past recovery 

in the manufacturing sector. 

Recent auto sales numbers, 

which are given beneath also 

point towards a major recovery 

in this segment. 

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CA GOPAL K AGARWAL 

md@voguestock.net

| LEGAL| 

NRI marriages are increasingly going bad and drawing a negative 

image for both NRIs as well as India in general. PRAVASI TODAY’S 

legal expert examines the issues with NRI weddings 

Problems with 

NRI MARRIAGES 


daughter _____ who is an attractive 

girl, has done her Masters in English 

and now she is working in a bank 

with salary____. She is a lovable, cute “My 

and calm girl. She has great respect of 

our tradition and culture. Interested persons can contact us 

at____ Must be a Non Resident Indian (NRI) with legal and 

valid residence in US or Canada….” 

“She has a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology 

and is just finishing masters in Computer Science; very 

outgoing, friendly and caring person. She likes making friends 

and gets along with people easily. Looking for an NRI living 

in …..” 

There is something fundamentally wrong with these 

matrimonial advertisements all over the Internet and on-line 

newspapers. Many of these ads are nothing more than fishing 

for NRIs living overseas. As you can see for yourself, the 

primary qualities for match-making are often overlooked. 

What happened to the need for decent human qualities; 

maybe a search for compatibility, honesty or other values? 

These advertisements don’t seem like invitations for an 

alliance, but more like a business proposition: would you take 

our pretty/handsome daughter/son for a green card? Greed is 

written all over these NRI matrimonial ads. 

Similarly, on the other hand, you can also find plenty of 

ads starting with “Looking for a suitable match for a well 

.......................................................................................................... 

Many ads for marriages are nothing 

more than fishing for NRIs living 

overseas, and don’t seem like 

invitations for an alliance, but more 

like business propositions 

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The proof of deteriorating NRI relations 

can be found even on Google and 

Wikipedia! 

settled NRI overseas…..” or something like that. Being an “NRI 

abroad” is the main quality being touted again and again. I guess, as 

long as people are willing to be exploited, there will be exploiters. 

More and more problems are emerging with these NRI marriages. 

The problem is not just opportunistic NRIs, but also those who put 

their trust in someone whom they have barely met. The personal 

gains take priority over any consideration for the long term wellbeing 

of the bride/groom. We can blame the NRIs for failed 

wedding, but the fault lies with both sides. Actually, the blame lies 

more on those who get married to someone just because he/she is an 

NRI. 

If you are lucky, you may find a decent match; yes, there are lots 

of success stories. However, it is too much to be left to luck alone; 

wagering everything on blind trust and chances alone is no wisdom. 

No wonder NRI weddings are getting increasingly negative press. 

Everywhere in the news and media, there are too many sad stories 

of NRI marriages gone bad everyday: 

• A bride is being shunned soon after her arrival overseas 

• A groom is taking a beating for one reason or another, 

• A couple is looking for ways to separate or divorce as both 

sides are unhappy due to failed expectations. 

• The bride/groom families are blaming the other side…. 

These are just a few typical examples. The proof of deteriorating 

NRI relations is right in front of us. The stories of this nature are 

everywhere - the newspapers, the social gatherings, the Internet. If 

you Google search for ‘NRI issues’, the sites related to NRI divorce 

are popping up on the front pages of search results. I personally 

tested and verified this from the local public libraries at different 

locations (USA), and also using Bing.com. Even the search engines 

seem to know what type of issues NRIs are searching for. It is 

indeed sad. 

Let us hope and wish that the Indian community wakes up and 

pays attention to this issue of increasingly failing NRI marriages. It 

is very important that every future NRI bride/ 

groom and their families do the due diligence 

before committing to NRI weddings. Even if 

we are not involved directly, we can still make a 

difference by exposing the issue. Someone else 

will benefit from it. It is about time to tell 

everybody; warn them about the smoke, so that 

fire can be controlled. 

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| LEGAL|

| OPINION| 

The first-ever Pravasi Film Festival, held between January 3-6, at Delhi, 

was a stupendous success both in terms of attendance and the number and 

quality of films screened. PRAVASI TODAY now delves into the question of 

what lies ahead for NRI cinema 

NRI CINEMA: 

On threshold of maturity 

The openness of the West and a seemingly 

perpetual clash with traditional Indian 

values would provide ample grist for 

many a filmmaker's dream machine. This 

cinematic expression had a historical 

template too, as the earliest Indians arriving on 

foreign shores had to literally fight for everything, 

including their place under the sun in alien shores. 

Little wonder that those powerful and more often 

than not, emotional narratives found expression in 

NRI cinema. But NRI cinema now has to transcend 

the ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) formula 

and progress on to the next level, though the recent 

Pravasi Film Festival does offer ample hope that we 

indeed, do have the crop of directors ready who are 

ready to explore themes and stories beyond Diaspora 

angst. 

Films like Green Card Fever and Cosmopolitan, 

for instance, make a conscious effort to play down 

the NRI self-identity in a different country. Akhil 

Sharma's Cosmopolitan, for instance, is about a man 

who falls in love with his neighbour after being 

deserted by his wife and daughter. For the NRI 

cinematic experiment, this surely must qualify as an 

BHUVANESHWARI DAS IYER 


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The framework for reference 

in NRI cinema, though undergoing 

changes, continues to be 

dominated by Bollywood and 

the dictates of the market. But 

the viewership has changed. 

innovative step ahead. Films like these do underscore 

a less-reported fact that non-resident Indians are 

becoming part of the mainstream in western society 

and its cultural milieu, though one would be mistaken 

to presume that this is a seamless or irreversible 

integration. It is a long journey ahead, full of 

fascinating and forbidding propensities, something 

that future NRI filmmakers would do well to be 

involved with. 

At the Pravasi Film Festival itself, renowned NRI 

filmmaker Mira Nair was fairly vocal that Pravasi 

movies should carry a local feel. In her words, "I 

used to be pretty sensitive about being called an NRI 

for a long time. But I think the feel of the movie 

should have the feel of the journey to the destination 

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and there should be some kind of definition to clarify 

ideas vis-a-vis movies made by people living abroad." 

Washington-based contributing editor to Pravasi 

Today, Dhananjoy opines that Pravasi (non-resident 

Indian) films should have some homeland routes, "but 

the definition of what constitutes an NRI movie is 

still very fuzzy." 

The box office returns on overseas Indian movies, 

too, is among the concerns of NRI filmmakers, 

though not an overriding one at the moment. 

Dhananjoy says, "Not many Pravasi movies are made 

in India but for many overseas Indians, films are a 

passion and they make more crossover movies. In the 

area around Washington where I stay, nearly 100 

movies are made every year of which 10-12 make it to 

the local television." What about the rest? "They can 

look forward to be screened in India and gross 

revenues if the organisers of the festival and the Indian 

government lay down some points on NRI movies 

and provide a support system." 

Over the past three decades, Indian films have 

created a special niche overseas enabling NRI filmmakers 

to strengthen their relationship with their 

motherland. 

A moot point that merits discussion is whether 

future - and futuristic - NRI films should confine 

themselves to the bilingual genre of Hindi-English 

alone (with Hinglish being thrown in for good 

measure). For most, Indian cinema is 'Bollywood'. 

But not many remember, or even know that the 

popular Hindi-language movie industry and its 

various cousins across the country might have been 

different without a man called Dhundiraj Govind 

Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, who 

made India's first feature film in 1913, giving birth to 

an industry that is now worth 109 billion rupees (2.3 

billion dollars), makes more than 1,000 films and 

attracts over three billion people to theatres every 


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| OPINION| 

It needs no reiteration that 

mainstream Indian cinema as 

well as its NRI cousin has begun 

garnering audiences all 

over the world. Those with 

even a modicum of understanding 

of Hindi flock to 

watch the fare dished out by 

India's tinsel factories. 

year. A new film has been made about how he did it, 

with it is possible that it might score at this year's 

Academy Awards. No jokes, "Harishchandrachi 

Factory" in Marathi is India's official entry in the Best 

Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Oscars, having 

beaten stiff competition for the chance from higher 

profile Bollywood movies. Its writer-director Paresh 

Mokashi says he couldn't have wished for a better 

stage to promote the film - and Marathi-language 

cinema. "Most Indians know that Phalke is the father 

of Indian cinema but no one knows anything beyond 

that. They don't know what he went through while 

making this first film and his struggles," says Mokashi. 

The framework for reference in NRI cinema, 

though undergoing changes, continues to be dominated 

by Bollywood and the dictates of the market 

(translation: expect more of the song-and-dance 

routines and syrupy family dramas to hold sway for 

some more time). But the viewership has changed, and 

with an economic crisis in the West also rewriting 

many global equations, the opportunity of a lifetime 

beckons for India to deploy its soft power. NRI 

cinema, if it widens its lens over the broader canvas of 

India's cultural and civilisational heritage, could 

surprise itself and enrich the world of cinema in the 

process. 

 

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| BOOK REVIEW| 

Sirshree tells his 

readers how to 

awaken and feel the 

magic within 

Name of the Book: The Magic of 

Awakening: 111 Answers on Life and 

Living 

Author: Sirshree 

Publication: Penguin Books India Pvt. 

Ltd. 

Page: 165 

Price: Rs.199 

This book in question and answer format is introduced to make you 

find yourself, know yourself and ultimately be yourself, so that you 

reach a state of pure consciousness, the existential experience of being 

the source of silence. The author believes that the primary aim of man is 

to attain and be established in this state and then share his experience 

with others. 

Human beings have the ability to communicate their feelings and 

thoughts to others through speech. But some thoughts which are too 

esoteric to be spoken are communicated only through silence. Through 

experience, feelings, thoughts, speech and silence, we learn about 

something extraordinary within us that makes us feel good when we 

hear about it meditate on it and experience if. What is it? What is this 

truth that lies within us? Have you been able to see though the mystery 

of life? 

New events in life occur to give us the opportunity to evolve. They 

come for our betterment. However, spiritual progress is not visible to 

the eye. But by reading some of the examples one may move ahead of 

the path of spiritual progress. Sirshree says the purpose of life is life 

itself. The meaning of life is the inner experience withing each of us, 

termed self, Allah, God, Ishwar, Lord and many other names attached 

with Him. It is the living consciousness within us. That is why only life 

has value. Therefore, let life return into life. When the life in a body 

returns to life, it is called self realisation. “The goal of life is life”. It 

means that the purpose of life is to achieve self realisation and be 

stabilised in that experience; that is, self-stabilisation. 

Sirshree, founder of the Tej Gyan Foundation, tells us how to 

awaken and feel the magic within. It was his spiritual quest, which 

began about 30 years ago, that led him on a journey through various 

schools of thought and different practices of meditation. He says, “All 

the paths that lead to the truth being differently but end in the same 

way-with understanding. Understanding is the whole thinking... 

listening to this understanding in enough.” 

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A Quest to 

FIND ONESELF 



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| INDIAN CRICKET| 

It started as a new form of cricket, creating buzz throughout the world. 

But, in a short span, it has unknowingly sneaked into different alleys, 

finds our cricket expert 

IPL - Sport or 

Politics? 

The Indian Premier League is now entering 

its third year in existence. Apart from its 

first year, when everyone was overcome 

by the excitement of its format, this 

corporate cricket jamboree has had a 

rough ride since. Last year, it had to be moved to 

South Africa to save it from clashing with our 

elections. Why it wasn’t renamed the South African 

Premier League is beyond understanding!!! This year, 

it is already getting embroiled in various problems, 

which apparently have no obvious connection 

with the game of cricket as such and seemingly 

abused by the crooked politicians of various 

parties who are kicking it around as a football 

to gain mileage for themselves. When this idea 

was stolen by Lalit Modi of the BCCI from 

Kapil Dev - one of the finest cricketers India 

has ever produced and a genuine well wisher 

of the game - he unwittingly created a 

monster which is now ready to devour 

him. 

In the mad rush to lure the best 

cricketing talent in the world, Modi 

forgot to fix a limit on the vulgar 

amount of money on offer to the 

players who were willing to join him. 

The involvement of Bollywood 

celebrities made it easier for him to 

raise the financial stakes by 

creating an unholy alliance 

between the worlds of 

cricket and showbiz 

and also showed up 

those international 

cricketers for whom 


In the mad rush to lure the 

best cricketing talent in the 

world, the organisers have 

forgotten to fix a limit on the 

vulgar amount of money on 

offer to the players willing 

to join. Little wonder 

that many 

premium cricketers 

have 

started retiringprematurely. 

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money was more important than the pride of 

playing for their country, in their true 

colours. Little wonder that many of them 

started retiring prematurely. 

What I find quite extraordinary 

is that international players in 

their late 30’s like Shane Warne, 

Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden 

and Sanath Jayasuria along with 

India’s Saurav Ganguly, VVS 

Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Anil 

Kumble along with our redoubtable 

Sachin Tendulkar are able to play in 

the IPL but are not deemed good 

enough to play in limited-over formats 

for their respective national teams! 


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The latest furore created by Shah Rukh Khan’s 

statement regarding the exclusion of the Pakistani 

players from IPL has been understandably pounced 

upon and being used for their own publicity by 

various unscrupulous political parties like the Shiv 

Sena and the Bajrang Dal. It should be noted that 

such groups or parties thrive on situations like this 

and have nothing constructive to offer to people of 

our country as such. The Shiv Sena targeted Sachin 

Tendulkar but soon realised that by doing so it was 

making more enemies than friends and were canny 

enough to realise the blunder it committed and kept 

from further badmouthing the Indian icon. 

Shah Rukh Khan’s interest in Pakistani players 

would only be financial and not a political or 

religious one. I do not believe that his involvement 

in the IPL is due to his overpowering passion for the 

game. His only mistake in making that statement, in 

my opinion, was the timing of it. The Pakistan team 

is being discredited by Shahid Afridi’s antics of balltampering, 

blatantly in front of the camera and later 

admitting to his mischief as well as Pakistan’s 

audacious behaviour in denying any involvement 

with terrorist attacks on Indian soil meant that 

anyone making a statement favourable to Pakistan 

was anyway going to face public wrath in some form 

or the other, whether Amitabh Bachchan or Shah 

Rukh Khan. It also coincided with the release of his 

new film My Name Is Khan, which gave the more rabid 

elements the ammunition they needed to attack him. 

However, this has only ended up giving him more 

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| INDIAN CRICKET| 

Security for cricketers during 

the IPL matches is also a major 

problem for the organisers. 

No ground is going to be absolutely 

safe, and the cricketing 

circus cannot be moved out of 

the country every year. 

anticipated. 

The question of security of cricketers during IPL 

matches is also going to cause major problems for the 

organisers. Moving them around is not going to help 

as no ground is going to be absolutely safe. Playing 

in front of empty stadia is going to be self defeating. 

Moreover, the cricketing circus cannot be moved out 

of the country every year. 

The question is: where does all this leave the IPL? 

Well I am afraid that even if the matches are allowed 

to be played it will be reduced to the level of football 

rather than cricket. Even though we get large crowds 

in these matches they don’t come to watch cricket, 

but rather for sunshine, runs, 

wickets, beer and cheap thrills. 

And that certainly is not what 

cricket is about!. 

publicity for his film than he would possibly have K. K. SRIVASTAVA 


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| TOURISM| 

Unarguably, Jharkhand is host to fairs of various hues. 

PRAVASI TODAY takes a sneak peek into some of the prominent melas 

VERY VERY FAIR 

The cultural and traditional fabric of 

Jharkhand is imbued with a number of 

colourful fairs and festivals. Spanning 

throughout the year, these fairs and 

festivals have been celebrated religiously 

and in a consecrated manner by the natives and the 

tourists. While strolling through these fairs, a 

thought which crosses one’s mind is the captivating 

nature of these fairs - the vibrant colours, delectable 

cuisines, the ever-busy conventional hang-outs, and 

the mutterings of the stall-owners splattered here and 

there. The seductive charm of the cacophony and the 

din created by the surroundings lets the visitors get 

soaked in these charming and fun-filled affairs. 

The Kunda mela in Pratappur is undeniably one of 

the largest and remarkable fairs in Jharkhand. The 

mela is held during the time of falgun (February) 

Shivratri. The fair is marked by the large scale buying 

and selling of cattle. People throng from far away 

places - sometimes from West Bengal - to participate 

in this fair. One of the most noticeable aspects of the 

fair is the presence of a large number of colourfully 

dressed and ornamented cattle. Apart from it, Chatra 

mela is also counted as one of the most popular cattle 

fairs organized in the state. According to some 

records, the fair is said to have started from 1882. 

The Chatra fair is mostly held during the Durga 

Puja. During this festive season, the cattle fair is 

accompanied with holy rituals to appease Goddess 

Durga. The Belgada mela held in Simaria takes place 

on the auspicious day of Baisakh Purnima. Some 


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historians have charted 1920 as its probable year of 

inception. The Kundri mela of Chatra which is held 

on Kartik Purnima, the two-centuries-old Lawalong 

mela, the Tutilawa mela of Simaria held on falgun 

purnima are some of the other prominent cattle fairs 

held in the state. 

The Badli mela in Itkhori witnesses a congregation 

of devotees to a 400-year old Bhadrakali Temple of 

Lord Shiva and Goddess Kali during Makar Sankranti. 

The religious gathering during the holy day is 

enjoyed and cherished by one and all. Located 

fourteen kilometers from south of Chauparan, the 

place is the religious host to Jains, Shaivites, Buddhists 

and Vaishnavites. 

An ancient fair, held twice in a year during Chait 

Ramnavami and Magh Basant Panchami, the enthralling 

Kolhua mela is held in Hunterganj. The fair is held in 

the vicinity of an ancient Goddess Kali temple 

located at the top of the Kolhua Hills, which lies at a 

distance of six miles to the south-east of Hunterganj. 

These fairs have become a landmark identity in 

the tourism domain of Jharkhand. It is hard to erase 

the memories of such invigorating and engaging fairs. 

These thumping fairs are worth sojourning. 

PT BUREAU 

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DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM 

Government of Jharkhand, FFP Bhawan, 2nd 

Floor, Dhurwa, Ranchi-1, Jharkhand. 

Ph: +91-651-2400981, Tel Fax: +91-651-2400982 


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DANIEL PEARL INTERNSHIP AWARD 

for Indian American Student 

| NRI ACHIEVERS| 

Working with The Wall Street Journal is a dream which every journalist cherishes. And 

Devin Banerjee, an Indian American student at the Stanford University and editor-in-chief of 

the Stanford Daily has made it come his way by being awarded with the 2010 Daniel Pearl 

Memorial Journalism Intership. This summer, Banerjee will be working with one of WSJ’S 

foreign bureaus. In an easy written to crack this opportunity, Banerjee wrote that Daniel 

Pearl, a reputed journalist who was murdered by his kidnappers in Karachi, believed in 

having conversation with everyday people, as it is to an extent “their absence from the larger 

conversation that yielded a nature of misunderstanding - the failure to connect the dots.” 

LAHIRI IN OBAMA’S ARTS and Humanities 

Committee 

Acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri has been 

appointed as a member of President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and 

Humanities. The lady behind one of the top bestsellers, The Namesake, has been 

appointed along with Pamela Joyner, Ken Solomon, Chuck Close, Fred Goldring 

and Sheila Johnson, to the committee. In a statement released, Obama said: “I am 

proud that these distinguished individuals will serve in my Administration. The arts 

and the humanities enhance the vibrancy of our society, inspire us and strengthen 

our democracy…I look forward to working with them in the weeks and months 

ahead.” 

PADMA AWARDS 2010 

NYC WAY PAVES ROAD TO GLORY 

for Diasporic Team 

NYC Way, an iPhone application developed by a team of Indian American software 

professionals, paved its way to the top while vying against more than 80 submissions to 

win the inaugural NYC BigApps competition. Revealing the usage of the application, 

one of the team members, Arun Arunachalam said that “the users get to experience the 

power of 30+NYC-related iPhones apps packaged into one.” The application wraps up 

the resources of more than 30 New York City and then provides information after sorting 

out the user’s location. The team - Puneet Mehta, Archana Patchirajan, Sonpreet 

Bhatia, Arunachalam, Vivek Mehta and Shariq Siddiqui - won the “Popular Choice” as 

well as the “Honorable Mention Award” and the “Investor’s Choice Award”. 

This year, Padma Awards, India’s highest civilian awards, will be bestowed upon 130 

personalities, including 13 in the category of Foreigners / NRIs / PIOs. Following is the list of the 

13 luminaries who will be laurelled with this esteemed award: 

1. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Padma Vibhushan, UK); 2. Shri Fareed Zakaria (Padma 

Bhushan, USA); 3. Prof. Tan Chung (Padma Bhushan, USA); 4. Shri Sant Singh Chatwal (Padma 

Bhushan, USA); 5. Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (Padma Bhushan, USA); 6. Shri Manvinder 

Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga (Padma Bhushan, UK); 7. Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Padma Shri, 

Germany); 8. Mr. Sheldon Pollock (Padma Shri, USA); 9. Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez (Padma 

Shri, Spain); 10. Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (Padma Shri, USA); 11. Dr. J R Gangaramani 

(Padma Shri, UAE); 12. Dr. Sudhir M Parikh (Padma Shri, USA); 13. Dr. B Raveendran Pillai 

(Padma Shri, Bahrain) 


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| VALUES| 

RAM - the Master of 

Emotional Management 

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA 

Shri Ram, the legendary divine 

figure of yore, is also superhuman 

as well in his qualities. After the 

Lord's Parshuram avatar, which 

radiated overwhelming strength 

and aggressive valour against 

evildoers - but generated much 

trepidation too - the necessity for 

a manifestation of the divine that 

would balance out human 

emotions and resuscitate the 

wisdom of both a mellowed and 

mature intellect was keenly felt. 

There can be no denying that 

emotional quotient too, is an 

integral part of the sojourn our 

development. The incident where 

Lakshman has a heated argument 

with Lord Parshuram after Ram 

has sundered the mighty bow to 

win Sita's hand is one of intrepid 

interplay of two forcible emotions. 

Ram's pacifying intervention 

amidst the heat and thunder 

kicked up is the intervention of 

one who is calm and composed, 

has his senses firmly under 

control and can be perturbed 

easily. Interestingly, Ram is also 

the first avatar who in his lifetime encounters an earlier avatar. It had 

become necessary by then to counter and pacify the domain of intrepidness 

with calm and reason. Ram's role in this incident is the perfect role 

model of the paradigm of interpersonal and intra-personal intelligence, 

for which Howard Gardner had laid out the framework ages later, in 

1983. Ram exemplifies this concept in his personal and familial relations 

many times. 

Ram is also an individual who cannot be 'neurologically hijacked', so 

to say. No wonder Tulsidas uses the word 'shant' (peaceful) for Him 

early on in the Sundar Kand, which denotes his emotional wisdom. 

There can be absolutely no doubt that Ram has complete mastery in 

self-management, which arises from his emotional wisdom. His expertise 

in stress management emanates from his actual mental performance. 

Lord Vishnu's next avatar, i.e., Krishna, not only quells trepidation but 

transforms it into a pleasurable experience; such is His power, so aptly 

personified in dancing on the raised hood of a powerful serpent. Ram, 

though, displays emotional maturity throughout, with the possible 

exception of the episode of Sita's kidnapping by Ravan, which appears 

to shake his poise, albeit only briefly. This is, of course, is an entirely 

understandable outcome as Ram has deep and abiding love and emotional 

attachment for Sita. Even here, Ram gradually realizes the public 

contours of his personal pining. He then transforms the consequences of 

his personal grief into a cause for the greater good of the world. 

Ram set out to do exactly that - he created adequate boundaries to 

channel the onrush of his release of energy for a greater purpose, a quest 

that saw him and his companions construct a bridge across the seemingly 

unbridgeable an impassable ocean. A unique bridge of stones 

sculpted into shape after grappling with their extremely potent untrammeled 

energy, indeed made history of the kind humankind has not seen 

till date - huge rock traversing 

on the mighty waters of the 

unfathomable ocean. Rocks, 

which otherwise would have 

sunk to the bottom of the 

sea, began floating on them 

when the name 'Ram' was 

inscribed on them, forgetting 

their inherent nature. Such 

then, is the sheer propensity 

of Ram. 

 

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With MNIK, Karan takes a rapid 

strides as storyteller. Shah Rukh Khan 

and Kajol have once again rekindled 

the screen, finds Shaily Lamba 

The best of Shah Rukh Khan - that is how the film 

My Name Is Khan (MNIK) can be described. Every 

day we read or are virtual witness of terror and 

racist attacks pertaining to some specific communities 

. MNIK is a heart warming story trying again to 

tell the world that not all Muslims are terrorists. 

Shah Rukh Khan plays Rizvan Khan, who has 

Asperger’s Syndrome and who falls in love with 

Mandira enacted by the female lead in the movie, 

Kajol. Rizvan lives with his brother (Jimmy Shergill) 

and sister-in-law (Sonya Jehan). Despite the protests 

from his brother, Rizvan marries Mandira and they 

start a small business together. There little paradise is 

hindered post-September 11 attacks when the 

attitude of the world takes a U-turn towards the 

Muslim community. 

Karan Johar, opening up in an interview said that 

it was the toughest movie he has ever made. We can 

now see why his cinema got more real this time. In 

the movie he tries to make a statement and he 

succeeds with thumbs up. 

When tragedy strikes, Mandira is devastated and 

they split. Rizvan is confused and upset that the love 

of his life has left him. To win her back, he embarks 

on an emotive and inspiring journey across America. 

Yes, the movie turns melodramatic and chances 

are if you missed one or two vital links in the story 

you have missed it all. The fact is there is too much 

happening in the first half. 

The leading lady has a solid screen presence but 

the much-hyped jodi of Shahrukh and Kajol disappoints 

though a number of sequences are appealing. 

For instance, the romance between SRK and Kajol is 

subtle, yet charming. The best part is SRK’s relationship 

with Kajol and their kid. Your heart bleeds 

The Best 

HE KHAN 


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| MOVIE OF THE MONTH| 

Film: MY NAME IS KHAN 

Director: KARAN JOHAR 

Starring: SHAH RUKH KHAN, 

KAJOL, JIMMY SHERGILL, VINAY 

PATHAK, PRAVIN DABAS 

Verdict: **** 

when an accident occurs and their lives are torn 

apart. Kajol’s outburst - first, when her son meets 

with a catastrophe, and second, when she confronts 

SRK - are truly shattering. 

Don’t compare the movie to the wonderful 

Dustin Hoffman’s movie Rainman where the world 

was first time introduced to Asperger’s Syndrome. 

Brownie points for the man of the moment, 

Karan Johar for moving his style of cinema while 

attempting something good and important. Karan’s 

direction is commendable. With MNIK, Karan takes 

rapid strides as a storyteller. 

Shibani Bathija’s screenplay is truly fascinating. 

Shibani and Niranjan Iyengar’s dialogues are 

applaud-worthy. Ravi K. Chandran’s eye popping 

cinematography is inspiring. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s 

music gels well with the film. This movie has to be 

the best of Shah Rukh Khan till date and no praise is 

to high for the dynamite performance of one of the 

most talented actress of all times - Kajol - who was 

by the way wonderful. The film boasts of a number 

of capable actors like Zarina Wahab, Sonya Jehan, 

Jimmy Shergill, Arjun Mathur, Parvin Dabas and 

Arif Zakaria. Vinay Pathak leaves a mark in a brief 

role. All the young actors deserve an applaud. On 

the whole don’t miss it at all! 

 

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| S P I R I T U A L I T Y | 

The quest for lasting happiness and freedom from suffering is a perennial 

human quest, but we all suffer from disconnect with the world within, 

which happens to be the root of all suffering. Pravasi Today's spiritual 

expert takes you to the realm within... 

WHY DO WE SUFFER? 

Just ask anyone you know if they are really 

happy or fully satisfied at all levels or 

dimensions of their personality - personal, 

physical/material, mental, emotional, 

intellectual, familial, social, cultural, and 

spiritual. Chances are that most people, if 

not all, would answer in the negative. And they may 

be more candid if answering to themselves particularly 

in front of a mirror. Pursuit of happiness and 

avoidance of suffering has been a perennial quest, but 

the greatest failure, of humankind. We all devote our 

lives, thoughts and actions to seek happiness - 

rightfully so. But deep down, we accumulate nothing 

but despair, disappointment, and dissatisfaction. 

Yes, we can and do sometimes pretend to be 

happy, distract ourselves from suffering, or devise 

newer yardsticks to measure success. Then there are 

those among us who tend to magnify their sorrows 

to attract attention; or those who get so absorbed in 


minor setbacks that they lose sight of all the nice 

things happening all around. This is not to undermine 

business losses or bodily pains. But what we 

call suffering is really a mental phenomenon. And 

through practice and experience, it is possible to 

separate our mental well-being from transient but 

inevitable losses and pains. Eventually, all objects we 

desire (and even acquire) are perishable. Similarly, 

the body will deteriorate and evaporate sooner or/ 

than later. But why do we accept or tolerate suffering 

and learn to live with it? The mind is highly skilled 

in finding logic to explain away most vexing prob- 

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Pursuit of happiness and 

avoidance of suffering has 

been a perennial quest, but 

the greatest failure, of 

humankind. 


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Oil Painting By Leonid Afremov

lems. Ideas and beliefs like 

destiny, Karma, rebirth, 

judgment, act of God or 

nature - are all logical 

explanations granting the 

needed consolation. 

I recall watching a few 

years ago a DVD film Why 

Do We Fight? The answer 

there appeared to be simple 

and clear. But to answer 

“Why Do We Suffer?” 

could be a complex matter. 

We have achieved great 

advancements in technology, 

and rapid growth in 

accumulating wealth, 

knowledge, and population. 

We have discovered 

new ways of harnessing 

natural resources, and 

reaching out to unknown 

territories. In the process 

we cling to clichés - more is 

better than less, new is 

better than old, and sooner 

is better than later. But 

little attention is paid to 

what we are seeking and 

for what purpose. Now, 

this question is not new; nor is the answer. 

We often become aware that happiness is not 

intrinsic to the objects outside; rather, it is an 

experience of the subject or the self within. We also 

know that the outer and the inner are somehow 

connected. The inner self is not confined to the 

individual body. The inner really means the inner of 

all. In fact, as quantum physics has revealed over the 

past century, there is no clear distinction between 

the inner and the outer. The outside world is a 

reflection of, and influenced by, the observing self. 

Each individual is a co-creator of his/her own world 

and how he/she experiences it. Moreover, scientific 

experiments over the past two decades have also 

shown that our thoughts, emotions and feelings can 

alter the structure of our DNA, which in effect 

contains the entire history and knowledge of life and 

creation. Human DNA is also capable of realigning 

the structure of sub-atomic particles instantly 

without a time lag. In other words, what we believe 

Happiness is not intrinsic to 

the objects outside; rather, it 

is an experience of the subject 

or the self within, as the 

outer and the inner are connected. 


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| S P I R I T U A L I T Y | 

strongly and how we feel 

deeply affects our DNA, 

which in turn can change 

how the world around us is 

perceived and experienced; 

and that experience can 

further solidify our beliefs 

and emotions. So this 

feedback loop can be 

mutually re-enforcing. 

Hence the world around us 

reflects our own thoughts 

and feelings. What is 

implicit here is that we are 

responsible for our own 

suffering (or happiness) 

now and whenever. 

What then prevents us 

from feeling happy within, 

and experiencing a happy 

world without? Our seers 

and sages with great insight 

into the human mind - 

their greatest contribution 

to human knowledge - 

identified six personal or 

individual afflictions which 

colour the mind and its 

extension beyond: (1) 

passion (Kama) or intense 

desire; (2) anger (Krodha) toward obstacles, which 

may prevent the fulfilment of desire; (3) pride (Mada) 

in the false self or ego; (4) greed (Lobha) for wanting 

more of everything, preferably without effort; (5) 

attachment (Moha) to objects of desire; and (6) 

jealousy (Matsarya) or self-pity due to others having 

more or better. In a nutshell, all these afflictions 

together are called “Pragya Aparaadha” or mistake of 

intelligence, or the result of ignorance, or not 

knowing the truth. Whatever we call it, the message 

is that all of us have the capacity, and can learn the 

skills, to change ourselves and the world around us. 

But first we need to understand what 

happiness is and what is suffering; and 

who within us feels happy and who 

suffers. There may be some hints 

between the lines here. 

Yogacharya Dhananjaya Kumar.pmd 47 


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YOGACHARYA 

DHANANJAYA KUMAR

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QksVksikl blfy, fn;k x;k Fkk fd bu etnwjksa dh lqj{kk gks ldsA ij QksVksikl ds xqe 

tkus ;k uohdj.k dh dk;Zokgh esa ckèkk,a [kM+h dj nh tkrh FkhA fdrus gh etnwjksa dks 

QksVksikl uk gksus ds dkj.k tsy esa tkuk iM+k] fdruksa us iqfyl dh ekj lghA ,d yacs 

la?k"kZ ds ckn èkhjs&èkhjs lkekftd vkSj jktuhfrd tkx`fr dh eaftys ikj dh xb±A 

xkaèkh th us u dsoy Hkkjr ds Lora=rk vkanksyu dk usr`Ro fd;k Fkk cfYd ekfj'kl ds 

Lora=rk vkanksyu esa mudh çR;{k o vçR;{k egRoiw.kZ Hkwfedk jghA xkaèkh th 1901 esa 

ekfj'kl x, FksA os ogka ij 15 fnu jgsA mudh ;k=k dh vfeV Nki ogka ds tuekul ij 

iM+hA mUgksaus ef.kyky tSls ;ksX; dk;ZdrkZ dks ogka dh ftEesnkjh nhA ftl rjg ls Hkkjr esa 

fganq&eqlyekuksa dks vkil esa yM+kus dh dksf'k'k dh xbZ mlh rjg ds ç;kl ekfj'kl esa Hkh 

fd, x,A lj f'kolkxj jkexqyke dh ekfj'kl ds Lora=rk vkanksyu esa lcls egRoiw.kZ 

Hkwfedk jghA os Hkh Hkkjr ds Lora=rk lsukfu;ksa dh rjg fczVsu ls dkuwu dh i

A vkoj.k dFkkA 

ekStwnk HkweaMyhdj.k ds le; esa fdlh Hkh 

ns'k ds lkFk nwljs ns'k ds laca/k flQZ bl 

vk/kkj ij vPNs ugha cus jg ldrs gSa fd os 

,sfrgkfld :i ls tqM+s gq, gSaA orZeku esa 

laca/kksa ds vPNs gksus dh dqN vkSj 'krs± gSaA 

Hkkjr vkSj ekWjh'kl dh nksLrh bu 'krks± dks 

Hkh iwjk djrh gSA 

 

 


vthr f}osnh 

ls gh ge ekWjh'kl dk uke ysrs gSa] pkjksa rjQ 

leqæ ls f?kjs ,d csgn [kwclwjr }hi dk vDl 

mHkjrk gSA /kjrh dk 'kk;n lcls lqanj ySaMLdsi 

gS ekWjh'klA bldh çkd`frd o HkkSxksfyd lqanjrk ds lkFk gh 

,d rLohj vkSj mHkjrh gS& og gS fodkl dhA ekWjh'kl egt 

15 yk[k yksxksa dh vkcknh okyk ns'k gS] ysfdu blus fodkl 

dh ml ÅapkbZ dks gkfly fd;k gS] ftlds ckjs esa vHkh ge 

flQZ lksp jgs gSaA ysfdu tc ge ekWjh'kl ds fodkl ds ckjs esa 

lksprs gSa rks gekjs vanj Hkh ,d xoZ dh Hkkouk iSnk gksrh gSA ;g 

lksp dj fd geus] gekjs iwoZtksa us bl [kwclwjr }hi ds fodkl 

esa viuk vge ;ksxnku fn;k gSA Ms

HkweaMyh; xkao curh nqfu;k esa tks ubZ fo'o O;oLFkk cu jgh 

gS] mlesa LokHkkfod :i ls Hkkjr vkSj ekWjh'kl djhc vk, gSaA 

nksuksa ds chp O;kikj c

A vkoj.k dFkkA 

laf/k vesfjdk] fczVsu] tkiku] Ýkal lfgr nqfu;k ds 65 ns'kksa 

ds lkFk gSA ysfdu vesfjdk vkSj ;wjksi ds bu fodflr ns'kksa ds 

ctk; daifu;ka fgan egklkxj esa fLFkr NksVs ls }hi ekWjh'kl 

dks gh çkFkfedrk nsrh gSA os ekWjh'kl esa rhu Qhlnh dk 

ekewyh dj tek djkrh gSa vkSj Hkkjr esa fcuk fdlh dj ls 

,QMhvkbZ ysdj vk tkrh gSaA bl ,QMhvkbZ ds :V us vk/ 

kqfud le; esa ;kuh 1991 ds ckn ds le; esa Hkkjr dks 

ekWjh'kl ds vkSj djhc yk fn;kA 

ekWjh'kl dh vFkZO;oLFkk ds nks vk/kkj jgs gSaA ,d ogka dh 

phuh m|ksx gS vkSj nwljk i;ZVu m|ksxA fdlh tekus esa Hkkjr 

ls gekjs iwoZt ekWjh'kl esa xUus dh [ksrh ds fy, gh x, FksA 

nwljs fo'o;q¼ ds ckn nqfu;k esa tc phuh dh deh gqbZ Fkh] 

rc ekWjh'kl dh feyksa us nqfu;k dh t:jr iwjh djds [kqn dks 

fodkl ds jkLrs ij Mkyk FkkA gkykafd ckn esa flQZ xUus dh 

[ksrh ij vkfJr jgus ds dkj.k ekWjh'kl dh vFkZO;oLFkk dks 

uqdlku Hkh gqvk] ij i;ZVu m|ksx ds fodkl us mls detksj 

ugha iM+us fn;kA vkt Hkh ekWjh'kl ds fu;kZr vk; esa lcls 

cM+k fgLlk phuh fu;kZr dk gSA cgjgky ge ckr dj jgs gSa 

ekWjh'kl vkSj Hkkjr dh nksLrh dks etcwr cukus okys rRoksa 

dhA VSDl NwV ds dkj.k vkus okys fuos'k ds vykok nwljk rRo 

ekWjh'kl dh [kwclwjrh vkSj Hkkjrh;ksa dk i;ZVu gSA Hkkjr ds 

yksx cM+h la[;k esa ekWjh'kl tkrs gSaA eqacbZ dh fganh fQYeksa dh 

'kwfVax ekWjh'kl esa gksrh gSA fiNys djhc

ds chp yxHkx 50 gtkj Hkkjrh;ksa dks ,p&1 ch ohtk feyk 

Fkk tks Ng o"kZ dh vof/k ds fy, FkkA vc tcfd vof/k iwjh gks 

pyh gS] yxHkx 18 gtkj ,p&1 ch ohtk /kkjdksa us Hkkjr esa 

dke ds fy;s vkosnu fd;k gSA 

Lons'k okilh dh ;kstuk cukus okys izoklh Hkkjrh;ksa esa 

dfri; LosPNk ls ,slk djus okys gks ldrs gSaA ijUrq vf/kdka'k 

os gSa tks vesfjdk esa jgus dh vof/k c

A jkT;ksa ls---A 

jktLFkku 

t;iqj&eqEcbZ ds 

chp ukWu&LVkWi Vsu 

jsy ctV esa jktLFkku dks 

igyh ckj ,d ukWu&LVkWi 

Vsªu feyh gSSA ;g Vsªu 

t;iqj ls eqacbZ ds chp 

lIrkg esa nks fnu pysxhA 

t;iqj ls eqacbZ ds chp 

orZeku esa t;iqj&eqacbZ 

lqijQkLV lcls rst 

pyus okyh Vsªu gSA 

izLrkfor ukWu&LVkWi Vsªu 

nks ls rhu ?kaVs tYnh eqacbZ 

igqapsxhA blds eqacbZ 

igqapus dk le; 15 ls 

16 ?kaVs gksxkA bl Vsªu esa 

FkMZ ,lh bdksukWeh 

fdjk;k xjhc jFk ds 

cjkcj jgsxkA xjhc jFk 

esa orZeku esa bl Js.kh esa 

eqacbZ rd tkus dk 

fdjk;k 609 #i;s gSA 

orZeku esa t;iqj ls 

eqacbZ ds chp pkj Vsªusa 

pyrh gSaA t;iqj&eqacbZ 

:V dk egRo VwfjLVksa ds 

n`f"Vdks.k ls Hkh cgqr gS 

vkSj bl :V esa fjtosZ'ku 

dh yEch osfVax jgus yxh 

gSA 

NÙkhlx

kj[k.M 

uDlyokn ds 

eqn~ns ij dsUnz dks 

gj laHko lgk;rk 

µlksjsu 

>kj[k.M ds eq[;ea=h 

f'kcq lksjsu us 25 

Qjojh dks dsUnzh; x`g 

ea=h ih- fpnEcje ls 

eqykdkr dh vkSj mUgsa 

uDlyokn ls fuiVus ds 

fy, viuh ljdkj }kjk 

mBk;s tk jgs dneksa dh tkudkjh nhA >kj[k.M ds iqfyl 

egkfuns'kd us;kt vgen Hkh bl eqykdkr esa eq[;ea=h 

ds lkFk x;sA cSBd ds ckn izsl&dkaÝsal esa lksjsu us 

uDlyokn ds fo#¼ dsUnz }kjk mBk;s tk jgs dneksa dh 

iz'kalk dh] vkSj dgk fd dsUnz vkSj jkT; ,d lkFk feydj 

dke djsaxsA bl eqykdkr dks blfy, Hkh cgqr egRoiw.kZ 

ekuk x;k fd Bhd nks fnu iwoZ 23 Qjojh dks ekvksokfn;ksa 

us ehfM;k ds ekè;e ls l'krZ 72 fnuksa ds ;q¼&fojke dk 

izLrko j[kk FkkA mUgksaus ckrphr dh igyh 'krZ ;g ?kksf"kr 

dh fd ljdkj vfoyEc vius vkWijs'ku ^xzhu gaV* dks 

LFkfxr djus dh ?kks"k.kk djsA ekvksokfn;ksa ds izLrko ij 

x`g ea=h ih- fpnEcje dh izfrfØ;k ;g Fkh fd ckrphr dh 

'kq:vkr fcuk 'krZ gksxh vkSj blds fy, igys ekvksokfn;ksa 

dks fgalk NksM+uh gksxhA x`g ea=h ds dM+s :[k ds ckn lksjsu 

}kjk dsUnz dk lkFk nsus dh ?kks"k.kk dks jktuhfrd n`f"V ls 

egRoiw.kZ ekuk tk jgk gSA 

mÙkj izns'k 

A jkT;ksa ls---A 

fcgkj 

tkiku fcgkj esa cqfºLV lfdZy esa fuos'k dks 

bPNqd 

tkiku fcgkj esa cqf¼LV VwfjTe lfdZV cukus vkSj mlds 

j[kj[kko dk bPNqd gSA ;g izLrko tkiku ds dkSUL;wysV 

tsujy ;wftvks lkeqdkok dh vksj ls vk;k gSA ;g lwpuk 

fcgkj ljdkj ds lw=ksa ls izkIr gqbZ gSA lw= dk ;g Hkh 

dguk gS fd jkT; ljdkj bl fn'kk esa xaHkhj gS vkSj 

lg;ksx dk fooj.k rS;kj djus ds fy, rsth ls dke 'kq: 

dj fn;k gSA lkeqdkok us Qjojh esa gh fcgkj dh ;k=k dh 

gSA mudh ;k=k dk mn~ns'; Fkk cqf¼LV lfdZy esa lM+dsa 

cuokus ds fy, tkiku cSad vkWQ baVjus'kuy dks&vkWijs'ku 

esa fcgkj ljdkj }kjk fd, x, vkosnu ij fopkj djus gsrq 

QhYM LVMhA cSad us Qksj ysu esa 482 fdeh- jksM cukus ds 

fy, yksu dh lgefr ns Hkh nh gSA 

fu;kZrdksa dks VsM VSDl esa NwV 

,d vizSy 2010 ls mÙkj izns'k ljdkj fu;kZrdksa dks VsªM VSDl ij 100 izfr'kr NwV nsus tk 

jgh gSA ;g NwV fu;kZrdksa dks dqN izeq[k oLrqvksa ds Mk;jsDV lsy ds VuZvksoj ij ;k 

mRiknd&fu;kZrd }kjk mudh lhèkh [kjhn ij fn;k tk,xkA ;s oLrq,a gSa dksbZ Hkh dPph 

lkexzh] izkslsflax xqM~l] dUT;wesoy LVkslZ] Lis;j ikVZ~l] ,lslfjt] dEiksusUV~l] 

Y;wcjhdsUV~l vkSj isVªksy vkSj Mhty ds vykok vU; b±èkuA ;s NwV mÙkj izns'k oSY;w ,MsM VSDl 

,sDV] 2008 ds rgr fn, tk,axsA vc rd ;g O;oLFkk Fkh fd mRiknd&fu;kZrd }kjk dPph 

lkexzh vkfn dh [kjhn ij VSDl fn;k tkrk Fkk ftldk fjQaM Hkqxrku ds 30 fnuksa ds vUnj 

feyuk gksrk FkkA ,DV ds la'kksèku esa ;g Hkh izkoèkku j[kk x;k gS vxj mRikfnr oLrq dk 

fu;kZr ugha fd;k tkrk gS rks mRiknd dks izLrkfor VSDl nsuk iM+sxkA mÙkj izns'k ls fu;kZr dh 

izeq[k oLrq,a gSa gLrf'kYi] bysDVªkWfuDl vkSj peM+k dh oLrq,aA 


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A ifjn`';A 

fczVsu ds izèkkuea=h Jh xksMZu czkmu us Hkh 

dgk Fkk& eq> ij fo'okl j[kks eSa bl ?kqVu 

Hkjh fLFkfr ls fczVsu dks 'kh?kz gh fudkywaxkA 

ml le; rks mudk ;g dguk yksxksa dks 

,d [kks[kyh ckr yxh Fkh ij vkt tc 

fczVsu Hkh èkhjs&èkhjs fjlslj ls ckgj fudy 

jgk gS rks ;g lc eq>s lqjax ds ikj dh 

jks'kuh lk yxrk gSA 

Ldks 

ds ysfuu Lekjd ls fudyk FkkA tgka 

ysfuu dk cke ls yxk gqvk 'kjhj j[kk 

Fkk yk[kksa djksM+ksa n'kZukfFkZ;ksa dks ns[kus] 

 

 


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MkW- lR;sUnz JhokLro 

n'kZu djus vkSj izsj.kk ikus ds fy, ogka flQZ muds e`r 'kjhj 

ij jks'kuh iM+ jgh FkhA ij ogka rd igqapus ds igys Hkou dh 

Q'kZ vkSj lhfs ;g dksbZ iUnzg 

feuV dh ;k=k ;qxksa dks ikj djrs ,d yEcs ls lQj dh yxhA 

ij gj {k.k eq>s yxrk jgk fd dgha ls fdj.ksa rks QwVsaxh ghA vkSj 

ogh gqvk Hkh FkkA vki ysfuu ds fopkjksa ;k mudh jktuhfr ls 

lger gksa ;k u gks bfrgkl lk{kh gS fd mUgksaus euq"; tkfr dk 

bfrgkl cnyk FkkA ,slk bfrgkl tgka ls vPNs cqjs nksuksa gh i{k 

mHkj dj vka[kksa esa mrjus yxrs gSaA 

esjk dfo eu ml lcls csgn izHkkfor gqvk vkSj dfork dh 

pkj iafDr;ka Hkou ds ckgj fudyrs gh cu xbZ Fkh& lqjax ds 

ikj dgha jks'kuh rks gksxh gh pyrs jgks--- le; dh rjg rks ugha 

ij bfrgkl dh rjg cnyrs jgks--- ckgjh rki ls gh ugha HkLe 

gksdj eu] vfXu tks fu[kkjrh gS [kjk mlesa tyrs jgksA 

fo'o ds fy, lu~ 2009 cgqr ls vFkks± esa vaèksjh lqjaxksa okyk 

tSlk FkkA dHkh&dHkh rks ,slk vkHkkl gksrk Fkk fd lqjax ds ikj 

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dgha jks'kuh gksxh gh ughaA yanu esa tgka eSa jgrk gwa og cgqr ls 

ekuksa esa ml egkuxj dh ukM+h dks idM+s jgus vkSj thou xfr 

crkus dk cksèk fcUnq gSA ogka ls gh lalkj dh vkfFkZd rafx;ksa 

vkSj ?kqVuksa dh vkokt xwat cudj mBrh gSA 

tc fiNys o"kZ lalkj ds 20 ns'kksa dk f'k[kj lEesyu gks 

jgk Fkk rks vke turk dh ekaxksa dks mBkus nqgjkus okys 

izn'kZudkfj;ksa ds tywlksa dh vkoktsa esjs ?kj ds vklikl xwatrh 

FkhA fQj lekpkj i=ksa vkSj ehfM;k ds yksxksa dh mifLFkfr] 

fLFkfr dks yxHkx Hk;kud cuk jgh FkhA tc eSa esu'ku bafM;k 

ds ikl fLFkr cSad vkQ baXySaM ds djhc igaqpk rks yxk fd 

dksbZ gtkj iqfyl ds yksx ftuesa cgqr ls ?kqM+lokj Hkh Fks] os 

lc tu lewg dks dkcw esa j[kus ds fy, ykfB;ksa vkSj dqN 

'kL=ksa tSls cUnwdksa] jkbZQyksa dks fy, gq, Hkh rSukr FksA mlh 

le; ,d tyrh vkx dh rjg [kcj QSyh fd ,d izn'kZudkjh 

ekj fn;k x;k gSA xksyh ls ugha cfYd ykBh ds geys ls vkSj 

chekjh dh detksjh ls og fxjk vkSj cSad ds ikl gh mldh 

e`R;q gks xbZA 

yanu tSls 'kgj esa bl izdkj dk ruko tjk de gh fn[krk 

gSA ij 2009 ds fdrus vlsZ rd yanu rukoxzLr FkkA 

ØsfMVØap dk jk{kl lcdks ncksps gq, FkkA cM+h&NksVh lHkh 

nqdkusa [kkyh FkhA fo'o izfl¼ cktkjksa esa Hkh yksx dsoy 

f[kM+fd;ksa ds lkeus ckgjh phtksa dks yypkbZ vka[kksa ls ek= 

ns[krs utj vk jgs FksA fdruh nqdkuksa ij rkyk yVdk gqvk Fkk] 

fnokys ds dkj.kA 

;g yanu dh gh gkyr ugha Fkh ij iwjk fczVsu vkSj lkjk 

;wjksi =Lr FkkA fo'o ,d vaèksjh lqjax okyh txg cu dj tSls 

jg x;k FkkA 

rks tc eSaus Hkkjr ds izèkkuea=h MkW- eueksgu flag dk 

oDrO; is ,d vthc lk ldwu feyk Fkk vkSj vaxzstksa ds bl 

fo'okl ij lkspus yxk izk;% tks ;g dgrs Fks fd vUn:uh 

rkdr dks cuk, j[kus ds fy, Hkkjrh; ifjokjksa ls gesa lh[kuk 

pkfg, D;ksafd oks Hkfo"; ds [krjksa ls pkSdUuk jgrs gSa vkSj 

rS;kj jgrs gSaA 

,sls ?kqVu Hkjs le; esa fczVsu ds izèkkuea=h Jh xksMZu czkmu 

us Hkh dgk Fkk& eq> ij fo'okl j[kks eSa bl ?kqVu Hkjh 

fLFkfr ls fczVsu dks 'kh?kz gh fudkywaxkA ml le; rks 

mudk ;g dguk yksxksa dks ,d [kks[kyh ckr yxh Fkh ij 

vkt tc fczVsu Hkh èkhjs&èkhjs fjlslj ls ckgj fudy jgk 

gS rks ;g lc eq>s lqjax ds ikj dh jks'kuh lk yxrk gSA 

;wjksi] vejhdk bl ekgkSy ls rks igys gh fudy x,A 

dHkh&dHkh yxrk gS fd euq"; ?kksj ladVksa ls cp 

x;k gSA 


A ifjn`';A 

tc eSa baXySaM ls nks grs ds fy, Hkkjr vk;k fo'ks"k dj 

vkBosa fo'o fgUnh vUrjjk"Vªh; lEesyu esa Hkkx ysus ds fy, 

rc rd yanu esa dkQh ?kqVu FkhA ekSle Hkh bruk BaMk Fkk ij 

vkfFkZd fLFkfr esa gYdh gh xekZgV eglwl dj jgh FkhA rks tc 

eSa Hkkjr ds vkSj fo'o ds fgUnhlsfo;ksa vkSj jpukdkjksa ls feyk 

rks yxk fd fpUrk,a rks gS ij yksx grk'k ugha gSaA Hkkjrh; 

jpukdkjksa dh bl vk'kke;h fLFkfr Hkh jks'kuh lh yxhA fQj 

v[kckjksa esa tc mu reke ckrksa dks irk euq"; mruk detksj ugha gSA tc fnYyh ls eqacbZ vk;k 

tks Hkkjrh;ksa vkSj ikfdLrkfu;ksa ds 'kk;jksa&dfo;ksa dks ,d gh 

Nr ds uhps leUo; vkSj 'kkafr dh dfork,a i

A ifjn`';A 

 

 

 

 

Unh eSa rqels csgn I;kj djrk gwa* 

ysfdu bls rc rd I;kj dk btgkj 

ugha ekuk tk ldrk tc rd dksbZ 

;g u dg ns fd ^vkbZ yo ;w fgUnh*!! Bhd mlh rjg tSls rc 

rd dksbZ izseh viuh izsfedk ds lkFk I;kj dh jkg ij dne 

vkxs ugha c esa ;g orZeku thou lR; 

c[kwch vk x;k gSA blhfy, rjg&rjg ls vusd fgUnh 

cqf¼thoh vaxzsth ds ekè;e ls fgUnh ds izfr vius izse dks 

vfHkO;fDr nsus esa tqVrs utj vkrs gSaA nsoukxjh esa fy[kh 

iqLrdksa ds 'kh"kZd vèkidh f[kpM+h dh xaèk dks QSykrs lkeus 

vkrs gSa vkSj ys[kksa esa iz;qDr Hkk"kk u fgUnh vkSj u bafXy'k] dqN 

Hkh ugha gksrhA ysfdu nkos ds lkFk ;g dg fn;k tkrk gS fd 

,slh Hkk"kk gS ftldk vke iz;ksx gks jgk gSA 

ftl fn'kkcksèk dk dk;Z djus ds fy, ys[kd vkSj fpUrd 

ekuk tkrk gS ;fn bl izdkj ds Hkze fuekZ.k esa lgk;d gksus 

yxsxk rks Li"V gS Hkkjr dh igpku bruh vfèkd cny tk,xh 

fd og mldh igpku dnkfi ugha jgsxhA fons'koklh Hkkjrh; 

ladYi ds lkFk viuh lkaLd`frd igpku cuk, j[kus ds 

mn~ns'; ls vius cPpkssa dks fgUnh ,oa vU; Hkkjrh; Hkk"kkvksa dk 

Kku izkIr djus vkSj ml ekè;e ls viuh lkaLd`frd fojklr 

dks lqjf{kr j[kus dk Hkjiwj iz;kl djrs gSaA fgUnh Kku 

izfr;ksfxrkvksa dk vk;kstu izfro"kZ gksrk gSA fgUnh ds uke ij 

fo'oLrjh; laxe&lEesyu gksrs gSaA lEeku&iqjLdkj fn, fy, 


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Hkk"kk,a vius vki dksbZ yM+kbZ ugha yM+rh] 

ysfdu Hkk"kkvksa ds uke ij yM+kbZ;ka yM+h 

tkrh jgh gSA fgUnh dks Hkkjr eas gh 

fooknksa ds ?ksjs esa ?ksjk tkrk jgk gSA Hkk"kk 

ds uke ij mÙkj vkSj nf{k.k ds chp 

nhokjsa [kM+h djus ds cgqrsjs jktuhfrd 

miØe gksrs jgs gSaA 

tkrs gSaA fgUnh dks la;qDr jk"Vª }kjk mldh ,d Lohd`r Hkk"kk ds 

:i esa ekU;rk izkIr djkus ds fy, izLrko ikfjr fd, tkrs gSaA 

dfork] dgkuh&dFkk laxe gksrs gSaA fgUnh dk ekèkq;Z 

txvkyksfdr gksrk gSA blfy, D;ksafd ge fgUnh ls I;kj djrs 

gSaA 

;fn Hkk"kk laLd`fr dh laokfgdk gS rks ftl Hkk"kk dk fodkl 

vkt fgUnh ds uke ij csjksdVksd gks jgk gS] D;k lpeqp bls 

fgUnh dgk tk ldrk gSA baXySaM dh Hkk"kk fcuk fdlh fofèk 

foèkku dh nqgkbZ fn, bafXy'k gSA jktdh; Hkk"kk Hkh ogh gS vkSj 

jk"VªHkk"kk Hkh gSA bl ij dksbZ nqfoèkk u ljdkj ds eu esa gS 

vkSj u gh vke turk ds eu esaA baxfy'k esa vkt dh vU; 

f}rh; Hkk"kkvksa ds 'kCnksa dk lekos'k bl rjg ugha gqvk gS tSlk 

orZeku esa Hkkjr eas gks jgk gSA baXySaM esa nqfu;k Hkj ls yksx 

vPNh [kklh la[;k esa vkdj cls gq, gSa ysfdu mUgsa baXySaM dh 

Hkk"kk bafXy'k dk 'kq¼ iz;ksx u djus ij okgokgh ugha feyrhA 

mUgsa bl ns'k esa jguk cluk vkSj thuk gS rks baxfy'k dk Kku 

vko';d gSA blh izdkj Ýkal esa Ýsap gS vkSj teZuA ysfdu 

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Hkkjr esa fgUnh esa vaxzsth ds Hkkjh Hkjde u le> esa vk ldus 

okys 'kCnksa dk iz;ksx fgUnh ds lkFk I;kj ugha vfirq mldk 

migkl djrk utj vkrk gSA ysfdu dgk tkrk gS blds fcuk 

xqtkjk ughaA 

---^blfy,] D;ksafd ;fn vkèkqfud fo'o ds lkFk dne ls 

dne feykdj pyuk gS rks bafXy'k dk Kku vkSj mldk 

mUeqDr iz;ksx vko';d gSA blds fcuk orZeku ifjos'k essa 

thou fuokZg laHko ughaA blds fcuk rjDdh djuk laHko ughaA 

blds fcuk fons'k fu;kZr dk O;kikj ugha fd;k tk ldrkA 

baxfy'k vkSj if'peh lH;rk laLd`fr ds vuq:i O;ogkj Hkh 

,d vfuok;Zrk cu tkrh gSA ogh dfFkr vfuok;Zrk gS tks gj 

rjg rdZ nsdj bl fn'kkHkze dks lgh fn'kk crkus dks ckè; 

djrh gSA dksbZ cqf¼thoh dgrk gS fgUnh esa vU; Hkk"kkvksa ds 

'kCnksa dk lekos'k fgUnh dks le`¼ djrk gSA* D;k lpeqp fgUnh 

bruh nhu ghu gks xbZ gS fd mls vU; Hkkjrh; Hkk"kkvksa dh 

vis{kk ,d ,slh fons'kh Hkk"kk ds 'kCnksa dk iz;ksx djds vius 

dks le`¼ djus dh vko';drk iM+ xbZ gS\ dksbZ ;g dg nsus 

dk lkgl djrk gS fd ^blls fgUnh dh mnkjrk izdV gksrh gSA* 

fcuk ,d etcwr vkèkkj ds jgrs mnkjrk fn[kkus dk dksbZ 

vFkZ ugha gksrkA dksbZ Hkh O;fDr] lekt] mldh Hkk"kk vkSj 

laLd`fr rHkh mnkjrk fn[kyk ldrs gSa ;fn os Lo;a ,d etcwr 

vkèkkj ij [kM+s gksa] oSpkfjd }a} dk f'kdkj u gksa vkSj 

LokfHkeku ds lkFk tks mudk viuk gS mls viuk, j[kuk vkSj 

lgstuk tkurs gksaA Hkk"kkvksa ds chp Hksn vkSj }a} dh dksbZ 

xqatk;'k ugha gksuh pkfg,A ysfdu Hkk"kkvksa dk vius ewy 

vkèkkj lzksr ls gVuk vkSj fdlh Hkh cgkus ls mudh 'kq¼rk dk 

mYya?ku muds izfr U;k; dk |ksrd ugha gSA le`f¼ vkSj 

mnkjrk ds uke ij fgUnh esa vaxzsth 'kCnksa] ;gka rd fd okD;ksa 

dk lfEeJ.k mlds fy, ,d ,slk ?kkrd fo"k gS ftldk ckn esa 

fuokj.k vR;fèkd dfBu gksxkA 

orZeku Hkkjrh; ih

A ppkZ esaA 

;fn Hkkjr vkSj ikfdLrku dkcqy esa u;k 

v[kkM+k [kksy ysa rks vesfjdk dk D;k fcxM+ 

jgk gS\ nksuksa yM+saxs] nksuksa dk uqdlku 

gksxkA 'kk;n phu vkSj :l Hkh bl QVs esa 

vius ikao Qalk ysaA ;fn ikfdLrku bl 

dhpM+ esa ugha my>uk pkgrk gS] rks ;gh 

lgh oDr gS tcfd mls Hkkjr ls gkFk 

feykuk pkfg,A 

 

jr vkSj ikfdLrku ds chp ckr gks ;k 

u gks] ;g nqfoèkk vc [kRe gks xbZ gSA 

ckr t:j gksxh] D;ksafd nksukssa i{k tjk 

uje iM+ x, gSaA Hkkjr ;g ugha dg jgk gS fd ge flQZ 

vkradokn ij ckr djsaxs vkSj ikfdLrku ;g ugha dg jgk gS 

fd ge ckr rHkh djsaxs] tcfd ^lexz laokn* gksxk] ;kuh 

gekjs fy, vkradokn ds eqdkcys d'ehj vkfn T;knk egRoiw.kZ 

eqn~ns gSaA 


 

 

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okLro esa ikfdLrku ds fons'k ea=h 'kkg egewn dqjS'kh us 

vius rktkrjhu c;ku esa dgk gS fd ckr ugha djus dk eryc 

vkradokfn;ksa ds tky esa Qaluk gSA dqjS'kh ds dFku ij gesa 

blfy, fo'okl djuk pkfg, fd vkt ikfdLrku vius gh 

vkradokfn;ksa ls ftruk =Lr gSa] D;k og =Lrrk Hkkjr ds 

eqdkcys de gS\ fiNys rhu&pkj o"kks± esa bLykeh 

vkradokfn;ksa us ftruh u`'kal okjnkrsa ikfdLrku vkSj 

vQxkfuLrku esa dh gSa] mUgksaus ikfdLrku ljdkj dks etcwj 

dj fn;k gS fd og vkradokn ds f[kykQ ;q¼ NsM+ nsA tSlk 

vkØked vfHk;ku mlus othfjLrku esa pyk;k] oSlk D;k gesa 

vius ns'k ds fdlh {ks= esa pykuk iM+k\ tkfgj gS fd 

ikfdLrkuh vfHk;ku ds ihNs vesfjdk dk tcjnLr ncko gSA 

ysfdu vxj ikfdLrkuh izèkkuea=h ;wlqQ jtk fxykuh ;g 

lksprs gSa fd Hkkjr Hkh mlh ncko esa vkdj muls ckr djuk 

pkgrk gS rks mudh lksp lgh ugha gSA Hkkjr us 1998 esa tc 

lexz laokn dh igy dh Fkh rks mlds ihNs izèkkuea=h oktis;h 

dk og fojkV LoIu Fkk] ftlds rgr og laiw.kZ nf{k.k ,f'k;k 

dks 21oha lnh ds fy, rS;kj dj jgs Fks] ysfdu ikfdLrku us 

dHkh djfxy ;q¼] dHkh laln ij geyk vkSj dHkh eqacbZ jsy 

ce dkaM ds }kjk ml igy esa jksM+s vVdk fn,A 

MkW- eueksgu flag mlh lw= dks cM+s tksj&'kksj ls vkxs c

jgs Fks] ysfdu uoacj 2008 esa eqcbZ ds rkt gksVy dkaM us 

lkjh rS;kjh ij ikuh Qsj fn;kA fQj Hkh tqykbZ 2009 esa 

vius ns'k vkSj ikVhZ dk xqLlk >syrs gq, mUgksaus 'keZ vy 'ks[k 

esa f'k[kj cSBd dh lgefr nhA mlds ckotwn dbZ ekg chr 

x, vkSj ikfdLrku us eqacbZ dkaM ds vijkfèk;ksa ds fo#¼ dksbZ 

mYys[kuh; dkjZokbZ ugha dhA vc tcfd mlus dkjZokbZ 'kq: 

dj nh gS rks Hkkjr [kqys fny ls ckr djus dks jkth gqvk gSA 

ikfdLrku dks ;g vPNh rjg le> ysuk pkfg, fd ;g 

ckrphr vesfjdk ds dkj.k ugha] ikfdLrku ds dkj.k 'kq: gks 

jgh gSA ;fn bl eqn~ns ij mldh le> myVh gksxh rks ;g 

ckrphr Hkh myV tk,xhA bldk dksbZ urhtk ugha fudysxkA 

blesa 'kd ugha gS fd Hkkjr&ikfdLrku dh rktkrjhu ckrphr 

ds fy, vesfjdk nksuksa i{kksa dks fujarj îzksRlkfgr* djrk jgk gS 

vkSj vc mlus izlUurk Hkh tkfgj dh gS] ysfdu tc rd nksuksa 

i{k iw.kZ Lok;Ùk gksdj vius ekeys ugha lqy>k,axs] ;g laokn 

Hkh cka> gh lkfcr gksxkA 

;g laokn cgqr gh iryh Mksjh ij gksus okyk uV u`R; gSA 

og Mksjh dc VwV tk,xh] dqN irk ughaA rkt gksVy tSlk dksbZ 

NksVk&eksVk gknlk Hkh nqckjk gqvk ugha fd iwjk Hkkjr bl rjg 

ds laokn ds fo#¼ mcy iM+sxkA yksdrkaf=d ljdkj fQj fBBd 

tk,xhA ,sls esa nksuksa i{kksa dks vkradokn ds fo#¼ 'kfDr'kkyh 

la;qDr ekspsZ dk fuekZ.k djuk gksxkA nksuksa dks ?kks"k.kk djuh 

gksxh fd vkradokn nksuksa dk lk{kk 'k=q gSA ,d ij gqvk geyk 

nwljs ij gqvk geyk ekuk tk,xk vkSj t:jr iM+h rks bl 

tu&'k=q ds fo#¼ nksuksa jk"Vªksa dh QkStsa lk>k vfHk;ku 

pyk,axhA bl le> dks gesa vQxkfuLrku rd QSykuk gksxk 

vkSj ;fn Hkkjr] ikd vkSj vQxku] ;s rhuksa lsuk,a feydj 

dke djsa rks 10 gtkj rkfycku dk ewyksPNsn djus esa fdruk 

le; yxsxk\ ;fn ikfdLrku esjs bl lq>ko ij vey djus 

dks rS;kj gks tk, rks mls brus Qk;ns gksaxs fd mUgsa 'kCnksa esa 

fxukuk dfBu gks tk,xkA 

igyk Qk;nk rks ;gh gS fd lkjh nqfu;k fcuk le>k, gh 

;g ckr eku ysxh fd ikfdLrku lpeqp rkfycku ds fo#¼ 

gSA vHkh rd yksx ;g ekurs gSa fd ikfdLrku dh ljdkj flQZ 

mu rkfycku ds fo#¼ gS] tks mls rax djrs gSaA og mu 

rkfycku ds fo#¼ ugha gS] tks Hkkjr vkSj vQxkfuLrku ds 

nq'eu gSaA bl Nfo ds lkQ gksrs gh ikfdLrku ljdkj dk 

#rck vius gh ns'k esa cgqr Åapk gks tk,xkA vHkh ekuk tkrk 

gS fd ikfdLrku dh jktuhfrd ljdkj esa dksbZ ne ugha gSA 

mldh ckr ij D;k Hkjkslk fd;k tk,A vlyh rkdr rks QkSt 

vkSj vkbZ,lvkbZ ds ikl gSA os nksuksa Hkkjr vkSj vQxku 

fojksèkh rkfycku ds ljijLr gSaA ;fn Hkkjr&ikd&vQxku 


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A ppkZ esaA 

la;qDr ekspkZ cu tk, rks QkSt vkSj vkbZ,lvkbZ dks ;k rks 

jktuhfrd ljdkj ds vkxs >qduk iM+sxk ;k mldk [kqydj 

fojksèk djuk gksxkA ;kuh inkZ gV tk,xkA jktuhfrd fpyeu 

phj&phj gks tk,xkA 

vkradokn fojksèk ds cgkus nksuksa jk"Vª brus utnhd vk 

tk,axs fd fQj ^lexz laokn* vius vki pysxk vkSj nksuksa rjQ 

ls pysxkA d'ehj] fl;kfpu] ikuh ds caVokjs] ijek.kq 

lkoèkkfu;ka vkSj vkfFkZd&lkaLd`frd lg;ksx ds vusd u, 

vk;ke vius vki [kqysaxsA tujy d;kuh vQxkfuLrku esa 

vc Hkh ^lkefjd fiNokM+s* dh tks jV yxk, gq, gSa] og fujFkZd 

gks tk,xhA bèkj] Hkkjr&ikd lg;ksx c

A fgUnh mRloA 

 

 

 

v{kje~ }kjk vk;ksftr fgUnh dk ;g 8 oka vUrjjk"Vªh; mRlo Fkk] tks fd Hkkjrh; lkaLd`frd 

laca/k ifj"kn~ ds lg;ksx ls nks fnuksa rd ¼6 - 7 Qjojh] 2010½ ifj"kn~ ds ubZ fnYyh fLFkr 

eq[; lHkkxkj esa cgqr gh /kwe&/kke vkSj xfjekiw.kZ

{kje~ }kjk vk;ksftr fgUnh dk ;g 8oka 

vUrjjk"Vªh; mRlo Fkk] tks fd Hkkjrh; 

lkaLd`frd laca/k ifj"kn~ ds lg;ksx ls nks 

fnuksa rd (6&7 Qjojh] 2010) ifj"kn~ ds ubZ fnYyh fLFkr 

eq[; lHkkxkj esa cgqr gh /kwe&/kke vkSj xfjekiw.kZ

A fgUnh mRloA 

lw{e&y?kq&e/;e m|ksx ea=ky;)] okbZ-ih- flag (funs'kd] 

v;ks/;k 'kks/k laLFkku] laLd`fr foHkkx] mÙkj izns'k)A buds 

vfrfjDr izoklh lkfgR;dkjksa] fo}kuksa esa MkW- ujs'k Hkkjrh; 

(fczVsu)] MkW- lR;sUnz JhokLro (dSfEczt fo'ofo|ky;)] lfjrk 

cq¼q (ekWjh'kl)] vydk /kuir (ekWjh'kl)] ohjsu la/kq (fczVsu)] 


t; oekZ (fczVsu)] Lusg Bkdqj (dukMk)] dknEcjh esgjk 

(fczVsu)] dfork okpDuoh (fczVsu)] eksuk dkSf'kd izeq[k gSaA 

ukV~; eapu 

ukV~; eapu dk;ZØe esa lqizfl¼ miU;kldkj e`nqyk xxZ ds 

miU;kl ij vk/kkfjr ukVd ^dBxqykc* dh izLrqfr dh xbZA 

bl ukVd dk funsZ'ku iz[;kr ukV~;&funsZ'kd nsosUnz jkt 

^vadqj* us fd;kA 

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lEeku viZ.k lekjksg 

v{kje~ ds vUrjjk"Vªh; fgUnh mRlo dk ,d vkSj lcls cM+k 

vkd"kZ.k jgrk gS & v{kje~ dk lEeku viZ.k lekjksgA bl 

ckj dk lEeku viZ.k lekjksg dbZ vFkks± esa vfrfof'k"V FkkA 

lEeku lekjksg dh vè;{krk fgUnh ds iz[;kr dfo MkW- dqaoj 

ukjk;.k us dhA bl ckj dk v{kje~ f'k[kj lEeku& ns'k ls 

iz[;kr lkfgR;dkj&leh{kd MkW- izHkkdj Jksf=; dks rFkk fons'k 

ls lqifjfpr izoklh fgUnh fo}ku MkW- ujs'k Hkkjrh; dks fn;k 

x;kA blds vfrfjDr N% vkSj lEeku Hkh fn;s x;s] ftlesa nks 

fons'kh ewy ds fo}ku Hkh 'kkfey FksA 

vUrjjk"Vh; dfo lEesyu 

vUrjjk"Vªh; dfo lEesyu esa MkW- mn; izrki flag] ckyLo:i 

jkgh] MkW- dqaoj cspSu] MkW- ljksftuh izhre] vkyksd JhokLro] 

izoh.k 'kqDy] vfuy tks'kh] ujs'k 'kkafMY;] 'kf'kdkar us rFkk 

izoklh dfo;ksa esa MkW- lR;sUnz JhokLro] Lusg Bkdqj] t; oekZ] 

dfork okpDuoh] eksuk dkSf'kd us dkO; ikB fd;kA dfo 

lEesyu dk lapkyu fgUnh eap dh izfl¼ dof;=h MkW- lfjrk 

'kekZ us fd;kA 

fgUnh ds fy, lefiZr v{kje~ 

fgUnh ds iz[;kr dfo MkW- dqaoj ukjk;.k dh iafDr;ka gSa& 'kk;n 

ugha tkurk Fkk fo/kkrk Hkh @ vius fo/kku ls igys @ fd og ,d 

fuekZrk gSA 

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ge ^v{kje~* ds yksx Hkh ugha 

tkurs Fks fd jrk&jrk pyrs gq, 

ge ,d fnu bl eqdke ij vk 

tk;saxs fd fgUnh dk 8oka 

vUrjjk"Vªh; mRlo euk jgs gksaxsA 

laHkor% ;g bZ'ojh; dk;Z gh gS 

fd ge yxkrkj bruk cM+k 

vk;kstu djrs vk jgs gSa vkSj 

Hkfo"; esa Hkh djrs jgsaxsA 

^lgdkj* vkSj ^ljdkj* nksuksa dk 

lg;ksx gesa fujUrj feyrk jgk 

gSA ;g ;dhuu egRoiw.kZ ckr gSA 

vkSj fgUnh esa gh lcdks ,d lkFk 

tksM+us dh tks vn~Hkqr lkeF;Z gS] 

;g lc mlh dk gh lqQy gSA 

fgUnh ds ewy esa ,d mRlo 

Hkkouk gSA mRlo dk vFkZ gh gS & 

lHkh dh [kq'khA fgUnh tksM+us dk 

i;kZ; gSA Hkkjr dh lHkh 

Hkk"kkvksa&cksfy;ksa dk ,d lexz 

:i gS fgUnhA fo'o Hkj esa Hkkjr 

dh ,d igpku gS fgUnhA dqN 

yksx] ftudk ,dek= mn~ns'; 

jktuhfrd LokFkZ flf¼ gS] orZeku 

esa ^Hkk"kk;h ladh.kZrk* dk ekgkSy 

iSnk dj jgs gSaA v{kje~ bldh 

iqjtksj vkokt esa HkRlZuk djrk 

gSA fgUnh fo[k.Mu dh ugha ,ds 

dh Hkk"kk gSA vkt dwie.Mwd lksp 

ls mcjus dh t:jr gSA maxfy;ka 

tc ,d lkFk tqM+rh gSa rks eqV~Bh 

dk :i lkeus vkrk gS] v{kje~ Hkh fgUnh ds fy, mlh eqV~Bh 

dk i;kZ; gSA ge eqV~Bh esa u;s&u;s ladYi fy, vkSj vkxs 

c

A iqLrd ppkZA 

izLrqr iqLrd fons'kksa esa 

fgUnh f'k{k.k ls tqM+s 

Nk=ksa ds fgUnh lh[kus 

rFkk ijh{kkvksa dk lkeuk 

djus dh n`f"V ls cgqr 

egRoiw.kZ gSA 

iqLrd% vkbZthlh,lbZ fgUnh 

ys[kd% osn fe= 

i`"B% 307 

ewY;% 195@& # 

izdk'kd% ihrkEcj ifCyf'kax dEiuh 

izk- fy- 

888] bZLV ikdZ jksM] djksy ckx] ubZ 

fnYyh&110005 

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fons'kksa esa fgUnh f'k{k.k ds fofHkUu ikB~;Øeksa dks è;ku esa j[kdj fy[kh x;h izLrqr 

iqLrd ds ys[kd osn fe= ,d vuqHkoh fgUnh f'k{kd ds lkFk&lkFk flfoy 

bathfu;j Hkh gSaA buds ys[ku us flQZ fgUnh dks gh le`¼ ugha fd;k gS] cfYd 

fgUnh f'k{k.k dks Hkh cqyafn;ka iznku dh gSaA foxr 20 o"kks± ls yUnu esa jg dj 

fgUnh d{kk,a pykus okys Jh fe= ds ikl fgUnh f'k{k.k dk ,d yEck vkSj xgu 

vuqHko gSA 

vkbZ-th-lh-,l-bZ- fgUnh ijh{kk esa Nk=ksa ds O;ogkfjd fgUnh Kku dks tkapus ij 

cy fn;k tkrk gSA izLrqr iqLrd ds vkjafHkd 15 ikB mDr ijh{kk dh 

vko';drkuqlkj nSfud thou dh xfrfofèk;ksa ls lacafèkr ckrksa ij vkèkkfjr ikB 

gSaA fons'kksa esa fgUnh f'k{k.k ds vusd ikB~;Øeksa esa lafèk] okD;ksa ds :ikUrj vkSj 

eqgkojs vkfn ds iz;ksx dk lekos'k fd;k x;k gSA bl vuqlkj iqLrd esa egRoiw.kZ 

ikB gSaA ekWfj'kl vkfn ns'kksa ds ikB~;Øeksa dh vko';drk ds vuqlkj vuqokn ls 

lacafèkr ,d cM+k ikB gSA flaxkiqj esa ykxw ikB~;Øe esa 'kCnksa ds mi;qDr LFkku 

(Cloze Passage) dh le> ds xq.k&nks"k dks Hkh tkapk tkrk gSA i= ys[ku] fjiksVZ 

ys[ku] fucaèk vkSj vk'k; xzg.k yxHkx lHkh vkèkqfud ikB~;Øeksa ds vax gksrs gSaA 

bu lc ls lacafèkr ikB fons'kh Nk=ksa dh xzkárk dks è;ku esa j[krs gq, fn, x, gSaA 

iqLrd ds vafre i`"Bksa esa 'kCn HkaMkj gSaA buesa yxHkx 2400 'kCn gSaA 'kCnksa ds 

vFkZ muds ikBksa esa mi;ksx ds vkèkkj ij fn, x, gSaA ftu 'kCnksa ds ,d ls vfèkd 

vFkZ gks ldrs gSa] mu 'kCnksa ds vFkZ eq[;r% ikB ls lanHkZ ij vkèkkfjr gSaA muds 

vfrfjDr vU; vFkZ Hkh fn, x, gSaA ys[kd us izkDdFku esa dgk gS fd iqLrd esa 

vusd ikBksa dh lkexzh fofoèk izdkf'kr ys[kksa vkSj dqN iz'uiz=ksa vkfn ds vkèkkj ij 

rS;kj dh x;h gSSA ys[kd dk dguk gS fd mUgksaus iz'ui=ksa dk mi;ksx fo|kfFkZ;ksa dks 

;g vk'oklu nsus ds fopkj ls fd;k gS fd bl iqLrd dks vius vè;;u dk dsUnz 

cukdj os ijh{kk ds iz'uksa ds Lrj rd igqap tk,axsA 

fuLlansg izLrqr iqLrd fons'kksa esa fgUnh f'k{k.k ls tqM+s Nk=ksa ds fgUnh lh[kus rFkk 

ijh{kkvksa dk lkeuk djus dh n`f"V ls cgqr egRoiw.kZ gSA 



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iz-Vq- C;wjks

Hkkjrh; laLd`fr vkSj fgUnh Hkk"kk ds lkèkd iq#"k Jh bUnznso Hkksyk bUnzukFk th dh 

^vk;Z lekt vkSj fgUnh fo'o lanHkZ esa* ,d vfuok;Z] egRoiw.kZ vkSj izklafxd iqLrd 

gSA Hkkjr ls ckgj] oSf'od Lrj ij fgUnqvksa dks ,dlw= esa cuk;s j[kus esa fgUnh Hkk"kk 

vkSj vk;Z&lekt dh egRoiw.kZ Hkwfedk dk vk[;ku gSA bl folaxfriw.kZ le; fo'ks"k 

esa tc ekuo&lH;rk vkSj laLd`fr ij vfLerk dk ladV xgjk;k gqvk gSA ,sls esa 

bl lanHkZ&xzaFk us fo'o&fuoklh& Hkkjrh;ksa vkSj Hkkjroaf'k;ksa ds le{k ,d 

fo'okl&iFk iznf'kZr fd;k gSA 

bUnznso th us bl iqLrd ds ekè;e ls fo'o esa fgUnh Hkk"kk vkSj fgUnw èkeZ dh 

vkilh vkLFkk vkSj vkRe'kfDr dh nksuksa gkFkksa ls j{kk dh gSA fo'o ds fgUnh&lsfo;ksa 

dk thoar bfrgkl bl iqLrd esa lk{kkr [kM+k gSA 

fgUnh&lsok vkSj Hkkjrh;&laLd`fr ds izpkjdksa ds la?k"kZ dk ;g ,d izkekf.kd 

nLrkost gSA fof'k"V fo'odks'k gS ftlds vkèkkj ij fo'o esa fgUnh izpkj ds u;s jkLrs 

bl ladViw.kZ ledkyhu le; esa ryk'ks tk ldrs gSaA 

bl iqLrd esa ^fgUnh dk rkj* tqM+k gqvk gSA ftlls gj Hkkjrh; ewy ds O;fDr dk 

ukfHkuky lEcaèk gSA 

;g iqLrd fo'o esa fgUnh lsfo;ksa dh lkèkuk vkSj leiZ.k dh ,sfrgkfldrk dks Hkh 

mn~?kkfVr djrh gS rFkk ;g Hkh lR;kfir djrh gS fd fgUnh&Hkk"kk vkSj Hkkjrh; 

laLd`fr dk lacaèk fdlh lekt fo'ks"k dk u gksdj fo'o dh lEiw.kZ ekuo&tkfr dh 

lkaLd`frd ijEijk dh fojklr ls gSA fo'o ds vusd fons'kh ewy vkSj tkfr ds fpUrd 

Hkk"kk osÙkk fxz;lZu vkSj eSDlewyj vkSj Qknj dkfey cqYds tSls Hkk"kkdehZ rFkk 

bUMksykWth ,oa fgUnh Hkk"kk vkSj lkfgR; ds vU; vfèkdkfjd vkSj izkekf.kd fo}ku 

fo'o esa Hkkjrh; laLd`fr vkSj fgUnh Hkk"kk ds fl¼ izpkjd gksus ds mnkgj.k cus gq, 

gSaA blfy, ;g iqLrd gj ml O;fDr ds fy, vko';d xzaFk gS tks ekuo&laLd`fr dh 

j{kk dh dkeuk j[krk gS vkSj fgUnh Hkk"kk dk tkudkj rFkk ikBd gSA 

iqLrd esa lokZfèkd ngyk nsus okyk mYys[k ;g gS fd ,d fgUnh lsod 

vk;Z&lekth izpkjd dks ,d ns'k esa funZ;rkiwoZd n.M rd fn;k x;k Fkk vkSj mls 

Qkalh Hkh nh x;h Fkh ij bu Hkxr flag] pUnz'ks[kj tSls 'kghnksa dks ugha ds cjkcj 

yksx tkurs gSa ftuls ifjfpr djokus dk dk;Z fgUnh&Hkk"kk&riLoh&lkèkd Jh bUnznso 

Hkksyk bUnzukFk th us fd;k gSA 

izks- iqf"irk voLFkh 


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Book Review HINDI.pmd 67 


67 

A iqLrd ppkZA 

;g iqLrd fo'o esa 

fgUnhlsfo;ksa dh lkèkuk 

vkSj leiZ.k dh 

,sfrgkfldrk dks Hkh 

mn~?kkfVr djrh gS rFkk 

;g Hkh lR;kfir djrh gS 

fd fgUnh&Hkk"kk vkSj 

Hkkjrh; laLd`fr dk 

lacaèk fdlh lekt fo'ks"k 

dk u gksdj fo'o dh 

lEiw.kZ ekuo&tkfr dh 

lkaLd`frd ijEijk dh 

fojklr ls gSA

A thou lw=A 

fujk'kkokn dk gh pje gS tc thou esa vkxs dksbZ lek/kku ugha 

fn[krk] tcfd O;ogkfjd :i ls dksbZ u dksbZ lek/kku vo'; gksrk gSA 

fMizsflo O;fDr udkjkRed fopkj ls fujk'kk ds [kksy esa fleV tkrs gSa 

tcfd bEifYlo O;fDr udkjkRed fopkj ls rqjUr vkos'k esa vkrs gSaA 

t ;qok oxZ esa vkRegR;k dh ?kVuk,a 

vke gksrh tk jgh gSaA ekuo thou 

vueksy gSA bZ'oj us balku rFkk 

tkuoj dks tSfod :i ls ,d lk cuk;k gSA euq"; dks dsoy 

foosd nsdj mls tkuoj ls vyx dj fn;k ftlls og vPNs&cqjs 

dk fu.kZ; ys ikrk gSA bl foosd ds [kks tkus ij og fu.kZ; ysus 

esa vleFkZ gks tkrk gS rFkk vkRegR;k tSlk [krjukd dne mBk 

ysrk gSA vkRegR;k dk fu.kZ; O;fDr nks rjg dh ekufld 

fLFkfr esa ysrk gS& volkn ;k xgjs fMizs'ku dh fLFkfr esa ;k 

{kf.kd vkos'k dh fLFkfr esaA volkn dh fLFkfr esa balku dks 

viuk thou O;FkZ yxus yxrk gS ,oa Lo;a ij ls fo'okl mB 

tkrk gSA vusd fujk'kktud fopkjksa ls og f?kj tkrk gS] vkSj 

leL;kvksa ds lek/kku ds ckjs esa oSdfYid :i ls dqN lkspus 

esa vleFkZ gks tkrk gSA tcfd vkos'k esa vkRegR;k djus okys 

O;fDr ifjfLFkfr ij fopkj ugha djrs] vkSj ,d {k.k esa vkosx 

dh og bUVsaflVh efLr"d ij gkoh gksrh gS fd og mlh {k.k esa 

vkRegR;k tSlk dne mBk ysrh gSA euksoSKkfud 'kks/k ds 

vuqlkj vkRegR;k djus okys O;fDr lkekU;r% vUreqZ[kh gksrs 

gSa pkgs og fMizsflo gks ;k bEifYloA bUgsa LoHkko ls gh viuh 

ckrsa lIizsl djus dh vknr gksrh gS vkSj ;s fujk'kkoknh gksrs gSaA 

fujk'kkokn dk gh pje gS tc thou esa vkxs dksbZ lek/kku ugha 

fn[krk] tcfd O;ogkfjd :i ls dksbZ u dksbZ lek/kku vo'; 

gksrk gSA fMizsflo O;fDr udkjkRed fopkj ls fujk'kk ds [kksy 

esa fleV tkrs gSa tcfd bEifYlo O;fDr udkjkRed fopkj ls 

rqjUr vkos'k esa vkrs gSaA tSo oSKkfud :i ls O;fDr esa 

lsjsVksfuu fMfQfl;sUlh ds dkj.k fMizsflo ;k bEifYlo O;ogkj 

gksrs gSaA 

vkt ds ifjizs{; esa ;qok oxZ esa izfr;ksfxrk dh Hkkouk izoy 

gks xbZ gSA vius dSfj;j] vius izfr"Bk] yksxksa ds mEehn ds izfr 

 

 


T;knk ltx gks x;s gSaA igys ds le; esa vius Lo ;k bxks dks 

larq"V djus ds vusd vk;ke gksrs Fks] tSls ifjokj esa vkSj 

lekt esa vusd Hkwfedk,aA vkt ds fo'ks"khdj.k ds le; esa 

O;fDr ,d ;k ,dk/k dke ds fy, gh Lo;a dks rS;kj djrk gS] 

vkSj mldk bxks vkbMsaVhfQds'ku ml ,d dke ls gh curk gSA 

blfy, ml dke esa vkaf'kd ;k iw.kZ] lQyrk ;k vlQyrk 

mlds fy, cgqr ek;us j[kus yxrh gSA lkekU; ls dqN T;knk] 

le; ls dqN igys dh f'k{kk cPps cpiu ls gh ikus yxrs gSaA 

cPps dh Lo;a dh uSlfxZd izfrHkk dh txg lekt esa lQyrk 

ds ekud ds :i esa tks :uk pkfg,A 

vatw flUgk 

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68 


Jivan sutra.pmd 68 


A dSlh dgh A 

 

 

;wfudksM leFkZu ds ckn 

baVjusV ij fgUnh ds 

vkSipkfjd vukSipkfjd 

µ pkSa js pEiw! dksbZ ubZ rkth gS rsjs ikl\ 

f'k{k.k dk HkkX;ksn; gks 

µ rqe rks cxhph ls fgyrs ugha gks] ysfdu rqEgkjk ;s pEiw txg&txg ?kwerk 

jgk gSA fgUnh ds gkFkksa esa 

jgrk gS vkSj ubZ rkth bdV~Bk djrk gh jgrk gSA dkSu lh crkÅa] lksp jgk gwaA 

µ dksbZ ,slh ckr tks uhfr dh gks;] u jktuhfr dhA Hk; dh gks; u çhfr dhA lkS&lkS pwfM+;ka gSaA jksus ds 

µ fQj cpk gh D;k ppk\ pyks Hkk"kk ds ckjs esa crkrk gwaA 

nwljs dkj.k gks ldrs gSa] 

µ egkjk"Vª okjh fgUnh fcjksèk dh ckr uk;a lqUuh eks;A 

ij og dHkh foèkok ugha 

µ jk"Vª dh ckr d:axk] u egkjk"Vª dhA eSa fons'kksa esa fgUnh f'k{k.k ds ckjs esa 

gksxhA 

crkrk gwaA 

µ py crkA 

µ v{kje~ dk vkBoka varjjk"Vªh; fgUnh mRlo Hkkjrh; lkaLd`frd lacaèk ifj"kn ds 

lg;ksx ls vk;ksftr gqvk gqvkA mlesa ,d l= Fkk& fons'kksa esa fgUnh f'k{k.kA fgUnh 

i

| ehfM;k okp| 

QS'kuscqy ;k Mªkbax:eh 

mnkjokn ls ehfM;k dk 

og Qksdl fc[kjrk gS] 

ftl Qksdl ds ek/;e 

ls ehfM;k dks Hkkjrh; 

jk"Vª&jkT; dks vkradokn 

ds fo#) fopkjkRed 

vkSj HkkokRed :i ls 

la;ksftr djuk gSA 

eqacbZ geyksa ds ckn ikfdLrku ij cgqr 

ncko ds ckotwn iw.ks ij geyk gks x;kA 

bLykehd vkradokn us Hkkjrh; 

jk"Vª&jkT; ds lkFk ,d lrr ;q¼ NsM+ 

j[kk gSA Hkkjrh; jk"Vª jkT; ds ,d LraHk 

ds :i esa ehfM;k dks Hkkjrh; jk"Vª jkT; 

dks bl lrr~ ;q¼ ds fy, rS;kj cuk, 

j[kuk gSA 

;wa rks jk"Vªh; lqj{kk ds iz'u ds laca/k 

esa leLr ehfM;k txr fuf'pr ekudksa 

 

 

 

dk ikyu djus esa vH;Lr gks x;h gS fd jk"Vªh; lqj{kk ds eqn~ns 

iz'u ij turk dh tkudkjh vkSj cgl ds vf/kdkj ls Hkh cM+k 

jk"Vªh; lqj{kk gSA ij ,sls eqn~nksa ij Hkh dfri; cM+h i=&if=dkvksa 

vkSj pSuyksa ij Hkh xSj&ftEesokj fjiksfV±x vkSj dk;ZØeksa ds mnkgj.k fey 

tkrs gSaA 

fotqvy ehfM;k esa tks cglsa vk;ksftr dh tkrh gSa] muesa oSls dqN i=dkjksa vkSj 

leh{kdksa us ^LVkj oSY;w* izkIr dj fy;k gS] tks viuh ckrksa ls mÙkstuk iSnk djus dh 

dyk esa ekfgj gks pqds gSaA ,sls leh{kdksa esa ,d vksj rks oSls leh{kd gSa tks Lo;a dks 

jk"Vªokn ds ,sls >aMkojnkj crkrs gSa tSls fd muds flok 'ks"k lHkh jk"Vª&nzksgh gksaA 

nwljh vksj oSls leh{kd gSa tks vius rFkkdfFkr ekuorkokn vkSj mnkjokn esa bruk 

vkxs c

lkexzh% 

3 dVksjh pkoy] 1 dVksjh eVj] 1 xktj] 15-20 chUl] FkksM+h lh Qwy 

xksHkh] 2 I;kt] 1 Vh Liwu vnjd&yglqu isLV] 3-4 gjh fepZ] vkèkk Vh 

Liwu gYnh] vkèkk Vh Liwu nsxh fepZ ikmMj] 3-4 ykSax] FkksM+h lh tkfo=h] 2 

VqdM+s nkyphuh] 1 Vh Liwu lkSaQ] 3-4 gjh bykbph] vkèkk di ngh] FkksM+k lk 

gjk èkfu;k] FkksM+k iqnhuk] ryus ds fy, rsy] 1 uhacw] cM+h bykbph FkksM+h lh] 

ued LoknkuqlkjA 

fdrus fdrus yksxksa yksxksa ds ds fy,% fy,% 4 

fof/k% 

lcls igys pkoy dks lkQ djds èkks ysaA ,d iSu esa rsy xje dj ,d&,d 

dj lfCt;ksa dks rc rd ÝkbZ djsa] tc rd os vkèkh u id tk;saA ,d rok 

ysdj lkSaQ] nkyphuh] cM+h bykbph] ykSax] gjh bykbph] tkfo=h dks FkksM+k lk 

Hkwu ysaA vc ngh vkSj Hkqus elkys feykdj feDlh esa ihldj isLV cuk ysaA 

,d irhys esa FkksM+k lk rsy ysdj I;kt dks rc rd ÝkbZ djsa tc rd og 

lqugjs Hkwjs jax dk u gks tk;sA vc blesa feyk,a ued] gjh fepZ] yky fepZ] 

gYnh] filk gqvk isLVA vc bls FkksM+h nsj rd idk,aA vPNh rjg id tkus 

ij blesa pkoy Mkydj FkksM+h nsj rd pyk,aA fQj FkksM+k lk ikuh vkSj idkbZ 

xbZ lfCt;ka feyk,aA bls vPNh rjg idus nsaA vPNh rjg id tkus ij bls 

| okLrq| 

 

okLrq dk iz;ksx izse thou ds ,d&,d igyw dks csgrj djus ds vykok 

lEiw.kZrkoknh n`f"V ls Hkh fd;k tkrk gSA ;kuh leL;k fo'ks"k ds lek/kku ds 

lkFk gh lEiw.kZ laca/k ds lanHkZ esa--- 

 

Lrq 'kkL= us u flQZ baVhfj;j Msdksjs'ku] 

dSfj;j] O;kikj vkfn ds {ks= esa yksxksa ds 

thou esa peRdkfjd ifjorZu fd, gSa] 

cfYd fj'rksa ds ekeys esa Hkh ;g tcjnLr ldkjkRed 

xq.kkRed ifjorZu ykus esa l{ke gSA vkt cgqrsjs yksx bldk 

ykHk mBk jgs gSaA okLrq dk iz;ksx izse thou ds ,d&,d igyw 

dks csgrj djus ds vykok lEiw.kZrkoknh n`f"V ls Hkh fd;k tkrk 

gSA ;kuh leL;k fo'ks"k ds lek/kku ds lkFk gh lEiw.kZ laca/k ds 

lanHkZ esaA 

vxj vki vius laca/k esa jksekafVd vkd"kZ.k dh deh 

eglwl dj jgs gSa rks ;gka dqN egRoiw.kZ okLrq fVIl fn, tk jgs 

gSa ftudh enn ls vki fQj&ls rjksrktk gks ldrs gSa%& 

csM:e vxj nf{k.k&if'pe fn'kk esa gks rks laca/k esa rdjkjksa 

dh laHkkouk,a de gksxhA 

gYds gjs] gYds xqykch ;k gYds uhys jax ls vkilh laca/kksa 

ij csgrj izHkko gksrk gSA 

dejs esa leqnz dks n'kkZrk fp= yxk,aA 

lQsn] gYds xqykch ;k vU; gYds jax dh csM&'khV] ftlij 

Qwyksa ds fMtk;u cus gksa] dk iz;ksx djsaaA 

'kknh dk bartkj dj jgs yksxksa ds fy, xqykch ;k yky jax 

dk csM&'khV vPNk gSA 

csM:e oxkZdkj ;k vk;rkdkj gksA ;g izse esa 'kkafr ds fy, 

visf{kr gSA 


 

 

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72 

lksus dh fn'kk ds lkeus vkbZuk u gksA 

izse thou esa dqN fo'ks"k jaxksa dk viuk egRo gSA yky jax 

dk laca/k [kks;s I;kj dks iquLFkkZfir djus vkSj lsDl ykbZQ 

dks vf/kd xeZtks'kh ls Hkjk cukus esa gSA xqykch jax jksekuh 

dYiuk'khyrk dks lkFkh ij dsfUnzr djrk gS vkSj izse dh 

xgurk dk izrhd gSA cSxuh jax jksekal dk izHkko{ks= iSnk 

djrk gSA ;g jax lcls vf/kd iS'kusV gS vkSj bldh izd`fr 

vfuf'pr gSA ;g jax dYiuk'khyrk dks mM+ku nsrk gS 

blfy, pqukSrhiw.kZ gSA ukjaxh jax eu dh 'kq¼rk dk |ksrd 

gSA leqnzh uhyk Hkh izse dk izrhd gSA 

izse thou esa Fkdku ;k Bgjko tSlh fLFkfr esa ?kj vkSj 

csM&:e esa izdk'k O;oLFkk ij /;ku nsaA csM&:e esa vxj 

izdk'k gj fn'kk ls vkrk gS rks cgqr vPNk izHkko gksxkA lksus 

tkus ls iwoZ dejk ges'kk izdkf'kr gksA 

dejs dks fØLVyksa ls ltk,aA fØLVysa izdk'k [khaprh gS vkSj 

;g laca/k dks izdkf'kr djus ds fy, vPNk gSA 

dejs esa oLrqvksa dk fc[kjko lcls ?kkrd gSA oLrqvksa ds 

fc[kjko ls mtkZ fc[kjrh gSA dejs esa j[kh x;h lHkh 

oLrqvksa ds chp lkSUn;kZRed laxfr fj'rs esa lkSUn;Z vkSj 

laxfr dks cxM+s dks ;kn u djsaA 

orZeku esa jgsaA ?kj ds jksekafVd {ks= 

dks u,&u, rjhds ls ltkrs jgssaA 

;knxkj yEgksa ds QksVks ,yce 

vo'; rS;kj djsa] vkSj latksa dj 

j[ksaA 


Vastu.pmd 72 


iz-Vq- C;wjks

A fgUnh lalkj A 

 

izfl¼ fopkjd MkW- d.kZ flag us dgk gS fd jkek;.k dks vaxzsth esa :ikarfjr djuk 

fgEer dk dke gSA bl dke dks lkspus ds fy, Hkh ,d lkgl dh t:jr gSA ;s ckrsa 

mUgksaus fnukad 13 Qjojh 2010 dks bafM;k baVjus'kuy lsaVj esa vaxzsth Hkk"kk esa 

:ikarfjr iqLrd ^rqylh jkek;.k* vkSj ^n fgUnw cqd vkWQ n MsM* ds yksdkiZ.k ds 

ekSds ij dghA 

rqylh jkek;.k vkSj e`R;q ds ckjs esa fy[kh xbZ nksuksa fdrkcksa ds foekspu ds ekSds ij MkW- d.kZ flag us dgk fd fuf'pr :i ls 

bl dke esa Hkxoku dh gh dìk gSA mUgksaus jkepfjrekul ds dqN va'kksa dk Hkh ftØ fd;kA mUgksaus dgk fd og vkèkqfudrk dk 

fojks/k ugha djrs gSa ysfdu viuh laLd`fr dks Hkh Hkwyuk ugha pkfg,A MkW- osn izrki oSfnd us vaxzsth esa fy[kh jkek;.k ds Hkh rqdkar 

gksus dh ppkZ dhA 

izoklh Hkkjrh; lR;nso us dgk fd vesfjdk esa jg jgh rhljh ihs izsj.kk feyhA bl 

volj ij forLrk izdk'ku ds eqf[k;k lqns'k oekZ] js.kq] lsokfuo`Ùk iqfyl vf/kdkjh lrh'k nÙk ikaMs us Hkh vius fopkj j[ksA 

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dEI;wVj ds tfj, fgUnh ,d oSf'od Hkk"kk dk :i ys ldsxh vkSj lalkj dh egRoiw.kZ 

Hkk"kkvksa ds le{k lj mBk dj [kM+h gks ldsxh** ;g fu"d"kZ 24 Qjojh dks fgUnh 

vdkneh] fnYyh }kjk vk;ksftr laxks"Bh ^dEI;wVj dh Mxj ij fgUnh* ls fudy dj 

lkeus vk,A 

bl laxks"Bh esa fgUnh dEI;wfVax ls tqM+s lHkh egRoiw.kZ yksx izks- v'kksd pØ/kj] 

fot; dqekj eYgks=k] MkW- ckysUnq nk/khp] vkyksd iqjkf.kd] ehrkyky mifLFkr FksA v/ 

;{krk MkW- foeys'k dkfUr oekZ us dhA dk;ZØe ds vkjEHk esa îkoj Iokb±V* izLrqfr ds lkFk izks- v'kksd pØ/kj us dEI;wVj 

vkSj mlesa fgUnh ds iz;ksx dk bfrgkl izLrqr fd;kA orZeku esa dEI;wVjksa esa fgUnh esa vuqokn] 'kCn dks"k] cksydj fy[kus 

dh lqfo/kk dh tkudkjh nhA 

ckysUnq nk/khp us dgk fd ^;wfudksM* ds fodkl ds fy, ljdkjh laLFkkvksa dks rsth ls vkxs vkuk gksxkA izdk'kd vxj 

^;wuhdksM* dk bLrseky djs rks cgqr gh mi;ksxh gksxkA 

izfl¼ Hkk"kkfon~ vjfoUn dqekj dh iq=h ehrk yky us muds }kjk rS;kj fd, tk jgs lkVos;j ^vjfoUn ySfDldu* dh 

izLrqfr nh ftleasa fgUnh ds Ng yk[k ls T;knk 'kCn gSa vkSj tks vaxzsth&fgUnh&jkseu rhuksa dek.M esa dke djrk gSA 

vius v/;{kh; Hkk"k.k esa MkW- foeys'k dkfUr oekZ us daI;wVj dh enn ls 'kCndks'k cukus dh izfØ;k dh tkudkjh nsrs 

gq, dgk fd vc ;g o"kks± ugha dqN ?k.Vksa dk dke jg x;k gSA 

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fot; nso ukjk;.k lkgh us fganh dfork dh gh ugha vkykspuk dh Hkh cukoV dks cnyk] vkSj 

buesa fdukjs dj nh xbZ ns'kh le> dks dsUnz esa ykus ds fy, cgl vkSj laokn dh igy dhA 

mDr fopkj izks- d`".knÙk ikyhoky us fgUnh vdkneh] fnYyh }kjk iz[kj vkykspd] leFkZ dfo 

vkSj tq>k# lkekftd dk;ZdrkZ fot;nso ukjk;.k lkgh ij vk;ksftr ,d egRoiw.kZ laxks"Bh ds v/;{kh; Hkk"k.k esa dgsA mUgksaus 

lkgh dh e`R;q ds ckn fnYyh esa igyh ckj mu ij gks jgs bl vk;kstu ds fy, fgUnh vdkneh dks c/kkbZ nsrs gq, dgk fd lkgh us 

ekDlZoknh vkykspdksa }kjk [kkfjt dj fn, x, Nk;kokn ds dfo;ksa dks gh ugha tk;lh] vKs; vkSj 'ke'ksj dks Hkh iquLFkkZfir djus 

ds fy, m|e fd;kA d`fr vkSj ikBdoknh vkykspuk dh 'kq:vkr mUgha dh nsu gSA 

vdkneh ds mik/;{k izks- v'kksd pØ/kj us dgk fd lkgh dh dfork bfrgkl ds lkFk gh orZeku eas y?kqRo vkSj y?kqRo esa 

egkurk dks LFkkfir djrh gSA mUgksaus muds vizdkf'kr ;k vizkI; ys[ku dks vdkneh }kjk izdkf'kr djus dh ?kks"k.kk Hkh dhA Jh 

xksis'oj flag ,oa ;qok vkykspd MkW- ftrsUnz JhokLro us Hkh vius fopkj j[ksA 


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| BUZZ OF THE MONTH| 

EXCITED Chatur 

He was an incognito to the Bombay cinema world a few weeks back. But 

suddenly, after the staggering record made by Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots, 

Chatur (Omi Vaidya) has been overwhelmed with floods of appreciation for 

his acting in the film. The 27-year-old Maharashtrian said that "two weeks 

ago, no one knew me" and that he is "extremely excited after getting the kind 

of response". The "balatkaar" guy, who has graduated from the Los Angeles 

Country High School for Arts is now busy with handling offers for roles and ad 

films. "I have been looking for a manager too", he said. 

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN to be Filmed 

The man is moving with a fatwa on his head. Recently, 

Salman Rushdie was in Mumbai from December 5-6 to 

discuss his masterpiece Midnight's Children to be put into the 

celluloid frame with filmmaker Deepa Mehta. Elaborating on 

his visit, Mehta said that he savoured every moment of his 

stay in the city. "He loved meeting Mr. (Amitabh) Bachchan 

whom he was really keen to meet", she said. Apart from 

Bachchan, he met Shahana Goswami, Irrfan Khan and 

Shabana-Javed Akhtar. In an interview to a newspaper, he 

also said that "Midnight's Children is entirely filmable." 

My Best Work till now: CHADHA 

After delighting the worldwide audience with three Bs (Bhaji on 

the Beach, Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice), 

Gurinder Chadha is back with a bang; that too with murders, 

ghosts, detectives and reincarnation peppered in her latest 

offing, "It's A Wonderful Afterlife". The film stars Shabana 

Azmi, Jimi Mistry and Goldy Notay amongst others. She said 

that it is her "best work" so far. And why not, according to her, 

"shooting this film was great fun"! And in the meantime, she is 

also looking for a proper Hindi title for the film. 

Kudos for AMRAPALI'S DESIGNS 

These days the creation of two Jaipur based guys - Rajesh Ajmera and Rajeev 

Arora - are enthralling the beauties worldwide. Adorned with their masterpiece 

Amrapali jewelries are a number of Hollywood babes, which includes Sandra 

Bullock (22K gold hoop earrings), Scarlett Johansson (18K yellow gold, silver and 

diamond flower ring on her left forefinger) and many more. With finesse in jewelry 

making and juxtaposing the traditional with the likings of the Western world, they 

are a hit in Bollywood too. "Indian consumers want 22-karat gold, but for the 

international market we do 18-karat and we make it daintier," Arora told the New 

York Times. "We try to take old Indian ethnic designs and contemporize them." 


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I am all destroying death 

And the origins of things that 

are yet to be 

I am the gambling of rogues 

The splendor of splendid 

T 

his tenth canto of 

Bhagavad Geeta when 

the God manifests 

himself in all his 

fullness describes India. 

For rational and advanced west, 

India has always been a mystic 

land. 

During December last year, 

Times Square in New York was 

thronged with amazing India 

campaigns. It conveyed meek and 

mild image of India promising 

tranquility and best hospitality. 

Among the five emerging economies 

of the world, speculated to 

be a superpower and at the same 

time a country where more than 

45% of land is under insurgency 

with shadows of terrorism 

spreading its tentacles. 

First feeling 

“I first decided to visit India when 

I was 19, inspired after reading 

Paul Theroux’s The Great 

Railway Bazaar. At that time 

some 25 years back, long before 

advent of internet boom, India 

was considered exotic, a country 

of palaces, temples, snake charmers 

and other quaint but remarkably 

well educated characters. 

Being able to go there was both 

scary and exciting,” recalls Lamon 

Rutten, a Dutch national and 

CEO of Multi Commodity 

exchange in India. Contradictory 

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AMITABH DIXIT 

to Rutten, Chris Hunt from 

Australia was anxious about his 

domestic arrangements and 

preparing strategies for neverseen-but-heard-of 

poor infrastructure 

and challenges associated 

with basic logistics. 

First brush 

“When I first landed here I was 

exotic to Indians as India was to 

me. I was one of the last one to 

get off the plane but when I took 

my place in line for the custom 

procedures some passengers 

jostled and pushed me - even the 

custom official came out from 

behind his desk to take me 

forward. The hospitality was 

overwhelming” recounts Rutten. 

“Having moved from a country 

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population and wide open spaces, 

the sheer weight of humanity in 

India was overpowering”, says 

Chris, who found these extremes 

very awesome. 

Love at First sight 

A foreigner gets amused by the 

way cars and four wheelers drove 

on the road overtaking each 

other. Out of curiosity he asked 

his local guide, who said that in 

some countries they drive left 

hand side and in some they have 

norm of right hand drive, but in 

India they drive under shades. 

“The most peculiar thing to fall 

in love with is definitely driving 

and the roads. It is an organized 

chaos. The thing I loved most was 

understanding prevailing among 

drivers” says Armin Errbsland 

from USA. “Everyone I encountered 

here was so friendly, kind 

and willing to help or assist, very 

unlike in US”, explains Armin. 

“India is Indian, uncompromisingly 

so. It does not try to copy 

the West. Indians adopt from 

other cultures, but their own 

culture is so deep that it can easily 

absorb these foreign influences. 

Discovering this culture, a 

different way of living, is a very 

exciting experience - it makes you 

more a complete human” elaborates 

Rutten. 

As a matter of fact, Westerners 

come here like a foreigner and live 

like a local and when they leave 

they carry a little India in their 

hearts. 

The writer is a Malaysia based 

freelance journalist

| ACADEMY AWARDS| 


OSCARS NIGHT 

“The Hurt Locker” swept the 82nd Annual Academy 

Awards ceremony winning six out of nine trophies, 

becoming the lowest grossing movie ever to win the 

ultimate Hollywood award. Its maker Kathryn Bigelow is 

the first female director to win the Oscar. 

Apart from best picture and direction, it won four more 

golden statuettes for sound editing, sound mixing, original 

screenplay as well as editing. It won an equal number of 

awards at the 2010 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and 

Television Arts) Awards earlier this year. 

“Avatar”, the most successful film in history with more 

than $2 billion in ticket sales, won just three awards for 

visual effects, art direction and cinematography. 

Another winner was the inspirational “Precious”, which 

racked up three wins, including a supporting actress award 

for Mo’Nique. Jeff Bridges won the best actor prize for his 

role as a washed up country singer in the film “Crazy 

Heart”. 

Sandra Bullock was named the best actress for “The 

Blind Side”, in which she plays a high society woman who 

takes in an impoverished black kid and turns him into a 

football star. 

American director Gregg Helvey’s India-themed 19minute 

film “Kavi”, about a young Indian boy forced to 

work in a brick kiln, lost out the best short film award to 

“The New Tenants” by Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson. 

Pete Docter’s “Up” was adjudged the best animated feature 

film and “Crazy Heart” won the Oscar for best original 

song. 

Christopher Waltz won the best actor in a supporting 

role award for playing the scheming Col. Hans Landa in 

Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. 

The award for the best animated short film went to 

“Logorama” and “The Cove” by Louie Psihoyos and Fisher 

Stevens was judged the best documentary feature film. 

“Music by Prudence” by Roger Ross Williams and Elinor 

Burkett took away the Oscar for best documentary on a 

short subject. 

Argentine film “The Secret in Their Eyes”, about a 

retired criminal prosecutor Benjamin Esposito’s quest for 

writing a novel, won the best foreign language film at the 

star-studded gala. 

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82nd Academy Awards 

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