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2月25日 This was a war where the Indian government left the Army to do all the dirty workOn reaching Chennai on August 2, 1987, the Southern Army Commander, Lt Gen Depinder Singh, told me that I had been tasked to secure implementation of the agreement.  “You will be required to be there for about three days, I guess. But nobody really knows, for I have no clear mandate. Yet I expect Prabhakaran to follow the others and disarm,” he said.So well, that was how I reached Jaffna three days later, with no more than two pairs of uniform. For his part General Depinder was proved wrong on both counts. Prabhakaran never fully accepted the agreement; nor did he abandon his goal of carving out an independent Tamil Eelam. And when three years later I returned to India, things were quite as bad as they had been when I arrived in Sri Lanka! My first two months there were the most tranquil of all, despite the LTTE’s refusal to accept the interim administration that was proposed for the Northeast Province. But I could see that trouble was brewing. Indeed, even as we landed in Sri Lanka, Rajendra, a family friend and retired Sri Lankan civil servant who had served under Jayawardane, had warned: “Rajiv Gandhi is a baby in politics and absolutely no match for the wily Jayawardane. He’ll want you to take on the Tigers by October. You just wait and watch.” I passed on his assessment to New Delhi. As for Rajendra, he did not live to see his deadly forecast come true. He was killed in a bomb blast near his house in Jaffna in the first week of the war. After India failed to implement the agreement the LTTE organised a series of anti-India protests all over Jaffna. But New Delhi chose to look the other way, and left the army to handle sensitive political and diplomatic issues – for which it had no expertise at all. The breaking point came on October 3, 1987 when Sri Lanka’s Navy apprehended senior LTTE leaders Pulendran, Kumarappa and 13 others in mid sea off Point Pedro. President Jayawardane wanted them flown to Colombo to face criminal charges. (Pulendran was accused of masterminding the attack that killed 139 pilgrims in Anuradhapura.) Quite obviously, Jayawardene was trying to regain some of his lost popularity among the Sinhalas. And I knew there was no way he was going to release them.....Continue 2月20日 The khiladi still rulesYou have become the most bankable star in Bollywood. How do you feel about that? I am trying to do my level best. I just try at my end that everybody, from producers to distributors to my exhibitor, theatre owners etc., everyone earns money through  my film. So, I keep the entire chain in mind. And keeping that whole thing in mind, I create the project for my producer. I try and make sure that everybody makes money in the process… and if that’s what makes me bankable, I don’t really mind it. Why did you refuse the ‘most popular actor’ award at Star Screen awards? I saw Aamir’s film "Ghajini" and I really liked it and I felt it was Aamir who deserved the award more than anybody else as he has done a fabulous job in the movie. He cannot be left out simply because he does not attend such events. I will not take something I don’t deserve. I said sorry to the viewers too. I am very happy for the viewer’s love and support because I need it and I can move ahead only with their support. But at the same time, I feel there is nothing wrong in admitting in case someone else has done better. It’s like you have a lottery ticket and your number doesn’t win the prize but your neighbour does. You don’t steal his ticket and say you have won the lottery, do you? How inspired is "Chandni Chowk to China" (CC2C) from your real life? Only my character Siddhu in the film is inspired by my life. I am playing a cook; I am playing a martial arts master; I am born in Chandni Chowk… only these few common points are there between the film and my real life. Otherwise, the rest of the things in the film are a work of fiction. What are your expectations from "CC2C"? At times when I speak to Shah Rukh, we discuss that our aim should be to raise the bar of the entire Indian film industry and ensure that the industry benefits as much as it can. Three years ago, an Indian film was made with a budget of around $3-4 million, today my film "CC2C" is made with an $8million budget. It is not long when we will make a movie with a budget of $20 million. But that is only going to be possible when we keep on breaking each other’s records. So, healthy competition is always good. Today, I wish my film works well and breaks all records. Later, when "Billu Barber" releases, I want it to do even better, then the next film after that should do better than these. Only when there is money in the market will there be more films made and many more channels will open. ....Continue 2月12日 It’s a big big world!Based  on the information gathered, astronomers have now come up with a new map of the the galaxy, Milky Way. Scientists say that our galaxy is about 50 per cent more massive and spins about 100,000 miles per hour faster than they had previously thought. That means that the more mass a galaxy has, the faster it spins. The new study also says that our galaxy has mass which is equal to three trillion suns! So with this study, scientists will have a better understanding of how our galaxy has changed over time with this new and more accurate map.....Continue 2月4日 Guwahati’s Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre designs a bamboo house that could save millions during floods and earthquakesBamboo has a natural affinity towards water; it can grow several inches in a day and is usually kept in water to keep it fresh. CBTC’s chemical treatment now enhances the plant’s  life far beyond what Pegu’s residents could have imagined. “A combination of creosote and diesel which is used to treat the bamboos before they are used, guarantees their extended life,” says Anjal Goswami, CBTC’s deputy manager and chief architect. The idea of such a house found its roots in a group led by Kamesh Salam, CBTC Director and a man originally from Manipur. “We first got together people from various north-eastern regions to study the way they have been building their bamboo houses.” Added to that, of course, was the modern technical edge that resulted in the creation of these state-of-the-art structures. A joint project of the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Department of Science and Technology of the central government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, it is a ray of hope for many. As expected, the house is currently a rage with various departments which were at a loss when it came to dealing with floods ravaging so many parts of the country. “We have already received orders to construct 5,000 such houses in tsunami affected Tamil Nadu,” says Salam. “Bihar wants 500 such huts for their floodplains.” The Department of Posts, meanwhile has placed an order of 1.25 lakh rural post offices in vulnerable villages across the country. “Apart from being developed with resources that are readily available in this region, the house also lends the feel-good of living with nature,” says Salam. A showcase for the Centre is a 2,000 sq ft amphitheatre constructed for the tourist village at Kisama in Nagaland.....Continue 1月5日 Even Jews, Chinese, Indians and others rule the world economyThe world also cannot forget the Jewish community, which accounts for a mere 0.25 per cent of the world population. Out of the 13.2 million Jews in the world, 5.3 million live in the US, which is a tiny fraction of the American minorities, but surprisingly controls almost 90 per cent of America’s wealth, revealed World Institute for Development Economics  Research of the United Nations University in its research ‘World distribution of household wealth’ in 2006. The contributions of the overseas Chinese cannot be ignored either. This community of over 60 million people owns a combined wealth of over $3.3 trillion worth of floating assets. They also have presence in 500 of the 1,000 largest Asian companies and account for East Asia’s 70 per cent business (Chinese government statistics).Their emergence proves that they would not only dominate the future global trade but also benefit the world economy to a greater extent. The development of these communities in most American and European countries helped the host economies to flourish economically. This gives a clear warning to those who are antagonistic to these ethnic immigrants that if they don't change their outlook towards them, they will eventually end up hampering their own economy as it happened during the Holocaust under the German Nazi regime and violence against ethnic Indians in Africa. On the other hand, if India can learn how to attract and encourage overseas Indians to invest in India the way China has done (over 80 per cent of the foreign investment in China today is from overseas Chinese), much of the economic woes could be eliminated......Continue |
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