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Dimensions of
Jihadi threats
Expressing specific
emotional intensity
CINEMA:
NEW Releases No shape, only
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Only wives required Women
are required only as wives in Haryana. They are rejected as daughters. And the men of this state can go to any extent to meet both ends. Daughters have been killed in the womb, bringing the sex-ratio to 857 girls for 1,000 boys, the lowest in the country in 2012. To have his wife back with him, a man killed his father-in-law and brother-in-law and seriously injured the mother-in-law in Karnal. The fault of the parents was that they refused to send their daughter when he asked. The dreaded separation from the wife could trigger such gruesome killing of the relatives reflects complete disregard for the feelings of the woman. And also, the blind faith in archaic patriarchal values, which give birth to such actions; even after the killing of her parents, she will remain his wife, and that she will have nowhere else to go. This paradox over female gender has given birth to a bizarre kind of politics in the state. Ahead of the Assembly elections, a BJP leader, O P
Dhankar, has made a promise to the youths 'roaming without brides'. If elected, he said, he would get them brides from Bihar. The statement resonate the popular sentiment of the electorate, where women are looked down upon as commodities; they are seen only in the role of progenitors -- the baby-making machines. Talking against the much-known yet much-hidden practice of female foeticide would perhaps cost the politician his career. So he is behaving as irresponsibly as people in the state. The culture of injustice, inequality and violence boomerangs sooner than later. Both men and women of Haryana should face the consequences of killing their daughters. In a futuristic film titled “Matrubhumi” the director showed the rise of fraternal polyandry as a result of female
foeticide. There are more than three lakh bachelors in Haryana, unable to find brides. The consequences are already here — enough to ring the alarm bells for gender equality.
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Our patience will achieve more than our force. — Edmund Burke
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Government servants as accused The Englishman, commenting on the Calcutta Bailiff's case which formed the subject of a question in the Bengal Legislative Council, says that "the Government was quite right in taking up the defence of its servant even at a cost of £2,800." But in this case the servant was convicted by the Court. Why should the public pay for the defence of a man whom the Court has pronounced to be guilty and to have exceeded the powers he was trusted with? Instead of answering this point, the Calcutta oracle blames the judiciary for the law's delays. It says, "it serves to show how intolerably expensive justice is becoming in the petty courts, and sometimes you do not even get justice in return for a heavy expenditure. Now, the people that resort to the police court are as a rule very poor people. The defendant in this particular case could not have been a wealthy man, and if it is necessary for a man to put up two or three thousand pounds to defend himself against a charge of this description the system that allows it has no sanity." Education for married women IN Bombay city on Sunday last an interesting ceremony took place when certain married women of the Gujarathi community were given prizes. During the past year a class was held for them to teach them Gujarathi and English. As most of them were family women and as such could not attend a regular school, special arrangements were made to teach them for two hours a day. In spite of their domestic duties, many married women attended this class and showed remarkable earnestness and progress. At present the scheme is financed by private individuals and lady teachers are engaged.
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Dimensions of Jihadi threats
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Pakistan the army and the ISI are known to be firm patrons of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), both wedded to Jihadi terrorism directed against India. Pakistan's tolerance, if not patronage of the two drew sharp comments from Hillary Clinton. In a recent interview to NDTV Hillary said that Pakistan's use of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa against India whenever it opted to do so was like keeping poisonous snakes in the backyard hoping that they would bite only the neighbour. The clear warning that Pakistan's state patronage to Jihadi elements was dangerous to Pakistan itself was forthright and timely. Hopefully, sooner or later Pakistan will deal with these Jihadi organisations with a firm hand. It is now reported that the Jihadi army of Iraq, the ISIS, has issued a Ramzan message online calling on its followers for a worldwide Jihad. The insurgent group headed by Ibrahim Awwad al-Badri has now assumed the new name of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. He has declared the formation of the Caliphate with himself as the Caliph. To go back into the history of the Caliphate, Kemal Ataturk of Turkey had moved for the abolition of the Caliphate and the national assembly accordingly abolished it in 1924. The ISIS has also emerged as a staunch ally of Saudi Arabia which supports Al Qaida. The Gulf Arabs and Saudi Arabia continue to finance the Jihadi elements in Syria and the neighbouring countries. Osama Bin Laden had proceeded from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan to mastermind the fight against all foreign elements. The objective of the new Jihadi organisation and its leader is to extend its influence to all the countries where there are Muslim populations, including India. While there is no information about the linkage between the ISIS and the established Jihadi terror groups of Pakistan like LeT and the JuD, it is bound to happen sooner or later. India should be prepared to face this new onslaught. In Pakistan there are reports that large sections of people are being trained by Islamic extremists and clerics, who breathe fire against India in their sermons. The exploits of the Canada-based rabble-rousing cleric, Tahir-ud-Qadri, and his open declaration of war against the established state of Pakistan in the name of revolution leading to the installation of an Islamic State have unnerved the Government of Pakistan. The LeT attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, is still fresh in India's memory. In spite of all the evidence given to the Pakistan authorities, the case is dragging without any certainty of conviction of the accused persons. The activities of Indian Mujahideen terrorists are being dealt with at various levels. Among the Indian Mujahideens arrested, there are some dangerous Jihadis like Tehseen Akhtar/ Haider Ali. They are known to be involved in the train bombings of Mumbai in 2006, the Delhi bombing in 2008 and the bomb blast during Modi's election rally in Patna in May 2013. The Intelligence authorities in all the states have been alerted to take special precautions against the activities of these dangerous Jihadis. There are also reports of some committed Jihadi young men emerging from within the country itself. Two or three of them are from Jharkhand and three of them are from Bihar. There are also some reports that a few students from Tamil Nadu had been to Syria and later to Pakistan, and were being trained in the Jihadi scheme of things. One of them was suspected to be involved in the Chennai-Bangalore train bomb blast in the month of May, which resulted in the death of a girl student. It may be recalled that Yasin Bhatkal, a top Indian Mujahideen operative who was trained in Saudi Arabia and who later migrated to Nepal, was arrested by the Indian authorities on the Indo-Nepal border with the co-operation of the Nepalese authorities. There are also some reports of Muslims of Nepal having been radicalised to become Jihadis and willing to join the fight against India. This radicalisation was reportedly done by Yasin Bhatkal of the Indian Mujahideen who has since been arrested from the Indo-Nepal border and is now facing prosecution for his anti-national activities. Yasin Bhatkal and one of his accompalices Karan Thapa were said to be planning to set up an arms factory in Delhi and that they were scouting for the purchase of lathe machines etc. Since the traffic across the Indo-Nepal border is not under strict vigilance, the possibility of radicalised Nepali Muslims moving to India for Jihadi activities cannot be ruled out. After witnessing the PSLV launch at Sriharikota in the southern Andhra Pradesh state on June 30, Prime Minster Modi wanted the Sriharikota technocrats to devise a satellite to serve the interests of the SAARC countries. It is felt by the security agencies that it is high time that India operated its own satellite which would alert India about emanating hostile activities from Pakistan such as the one which emanated from Karachi when Jihadis of Lashkar-e-Toiba carried out the attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008. All the recent reports and developments point to international Jihadi terror passing through Pakistan posing a danger to India. There is a case for a dedicated counter-intelligence satellite over the Arabian sea overlooking the Pakistan coast. It may be recalled that the recent PSLV launch put in orbit five satellites belonging to Canada, France, Germany and Singapore. Putting into space over the Arabian sea a dedicated satellite to alert India about threats emanating from Jihadi elements in Pakistan will go a long way in building up India's counter-intelligence efforts.
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Expressing specific emotional intensity "There's no such thing as nothing. In every nothing, there's a something. In fact, there could be everything!" — Libba Bray 1.
Seldom does one see flowers in abundance in an arid zone.
Though
words like "seldom, hardly, rarely" and "scarcely"
do not distinctly appear to be so, they play the role of negatives.
Here "seldom" has been used in place of, say, "not
often", as in "one does not often see flowers ...",
because it suits the literary genre better. Besides, by positioning
"seldom" at the beginning of the sentence and making a
subject (one)-auxiliary verb (does) inversion, the writer gets to make
a rhetorical statement, not wishing to elicit a reply. If not for the
literary context, the sentence could have been reworded as "One
does not often see flowers ..." or even "One seldom sees
flowers ...". 2. No matter what you say, I'll go trekking.
Positioning "no matter" right at the beginning of the
sentence is yet another way of expressing intensity of emotion, in
this case, determination in the face of opposition. "No
matter" being a conjunction is always used with two clauses.
Words like "who, which, whose, where, when" and
"how" playing the role of conjunctions to join clauses
typically follow the phrase "no matter". Instead of using
"no matter" the speaker could have said "I’ll go
trekking whatever you may say" but it would not have conveyed the
emphatic tone "no matter" does. 3. Not many girls sing
well. The scope of the negative word extends over the meaning of the
entire sentence. Therefore in the sentence here, the position of the
adverb "not" strongly influences the meaning of the entire
sentence. If the writer had framed the sentence as "Many girls do
not sing well", it would not have been able to emphasize how rare
the talent of singing was among girls. 4. None of Edmund’s friends
were keen on the expedition. Once again, by placing the negative
"none", an indefinite pronoun, sentence initially, the
writer stresses upon the fact that "not a single one" of
Edmund’s friends was keen to accompany him. The sentence also
exhibits a less common style of expression. Stylistic variations in
choice of negatives, used appropriately, add to the interest value of
the discourse. A somewhat mundane structure would have read as
"Edmund (perhaps) was keen to go on the expedition but none of
his friends were keen on it". The famous quote from
Shakespeare's play "Hamlet": "To be, or not to be, that
is the question" symbolizes the potential a negative (not) can
have to show contrasts. But this is an instance of one extreme. As
seen in the sentences above, English offers several options in words,
forms and styles to express negation with varied levels of emotional
intensity.
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CINEMA: NEW Releases
The definition of love changes with each new generation. So you can't pick issues with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania for its newfound expressions of love. Indeed, it could well be facilitating the buying of a designer lehanga for the already engaged heroine or returning the favour by gifting a car to the hero. But whatever may be the form, love remains an intense heartfelt feeling that knows no reason, rationale or motive and brooks no opposition. People meet in the unlikeliest of circumstances and places, fall in love and the rest is the stuff celluloid romance is made of. Where this love tale, which has the stamp of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge writ all over it, falters is with its now-on, now-off, now engaging, now tiresome, now crackling, now predictable tenor. For one, the heroine finding love when she is not quite single and fancy-free is not a new concept. We saw it in DDLJ to which the film unapologetically pays a tribute, but also fetchingly in many other films.
Alia as Kavya without doubt is spit-fire, who gulps beer faster than Humpty, has no hesitation in sleeping in his room as well as holding up on her own. And it's not only her chemistry with Varun that sizzles and scorches the screen. Her chutzpah brims in cocky one-liners (sample this mein paida hi hot hui thi) as well as her confident gait and body language. All in all, she ignites the film with sheer liveliness and the dare of her being. Varun in comparison, is a trifle subdued, especially after love strikes home and he has to measure up to the eligible fiancé (Siddarth Shukla) of his love Kavya. But he is quite the Humpty who is not perfect and has no qualms in admitting he isn't. Why in one scene he says when SRK does this he is a hero but if I were to replicate the gesture I would be a zero. But then. he also reminds us people are not perfect, love is. Sure, this love story may not be flawless in its rendering rather has its fair share of jerks and deja vu moments. However, it has enough heartwarming and rib-tickling highpoints as well as pun-laden dialogues and witty one-liners to make it an above average fare. Watch it for the romantic pair as well as for Ashutosh Rana, who pitches in a commendable performance as the stern but loving father. Final verdict: Despite obvious similarities this may not. rather certainly isn't. DDLJ. However, with fun as the overriding refrain, this dulhania has her own flavour that may not work like magic but will keep you smiling in most parts, particularly the last frame.
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No shape, only ape(s)
Whereas the parent film was based on Pierre Boulle's novel by the same name, this one is scripted on characters created by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Sibet Ten years after the ape uprising of Rise of the Planet of the Apes we are back to San Francisco where most of the human population has been wiped out by a deadly virus. But the apes are living in harmony in the woods outside the city.
Using superior technology called 'motion capture performance' the apes are made to look very life-like. But the story has always been the USP of any film and The Dawn is no exception. Hence director Matt Reeves is forced the struggle with the action and is not helped by its inordinate length — all of 131 minutes. The acting too is pretty mediocre and hence one is in no way riveted. On the contrary, it chugs on aimlessly till its anti-climax. See it at your own peril!
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TV movies Saturday July 12
Spider-Man 2 is a superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man, it is the second film in Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy. ZEE CINEMA 9:03AM Krishna Aur Kans 11:30AM Chale Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Making 2:26PM Mera Badla: Revenge 5:22PM Coolie 8:30PM Hum Saath Saath Hain ZEE STUDIO 8:50AM The Parent Trap 11:25AM The Lazarus Project 5:30PM Sky High 7:25PM The Woman in the Fifth 9:00PM Race to Witch Mountain 11:00PM Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides STAR MOVIES 9:00AM Night at the Museum 11:30AM Planet of the Apes 3:30PM Spider Man 2 6:30PM Die Hard 4.0 9:00PM Pitch Perfect INDIA TALKIES 9:30AM Naya Zamana 4:30PM Inspector Dhanush 8:00PM Jyoti STAR GOLD 9:00AM Main Krishna Hoon 11:40AM Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi 8:00PM Yaariyan 10:55PM Meri Taaqat Mera Faisla FILMY 9:00AM Aatankwadi Uncle 11:30AM Infomercial 6:00PM Malamaal Weekly 9:00PM Tum Mile MOVIES OK 8:35AM Auzaar 11:20AM Qayamat: City Under Threat 2:10PM Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge 5:05PM Daag: The Fire 8:00PM Ek Tha Soldier 10:45PM Shootout at Lokhandwala
12:00 PM STAR GOLD Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a biographical sports drama film produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete who was a national champion runner and an Olympian. ZEE CINEMA 7:55AM Ajooba 11:06AM Lagaan 3:40PM Ramaiya Vastavaiya 6:49PM Loafer 9:00PM God Tussi Great Ho ZEE STUDIO 10:15AM Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides 1:00PM Fright Night 5:00PM The Tempest 7:00PM The Fourth Kind 9:00PM Transformers 11:50PM Saw VI STAR MOVIES 7:00AM Pitch Perfect 9:30AM The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 2:30PM The Incredible Hulk 4:30PM Wanted 6:30PM Planet of the Apes 9:00PM Fast Five 11:30PM The Three Stooges INDIA TALKIES 9:30AM Mahanadi 1:00PM Mahakaal 4:30PM Black Commando 8:00PM Dharam Ki Jung STAR GOLD 8:55AM Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaye 12:00PM Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 3:55PM Kaalo 5:35PM Gharwali Baharwali 8:00PM Singham 11:00PM Ragada MOVIES OK 8:55AM Heyy Babyy 11:55AM Housefull 2:50PM Do Dooni Chaar 5:10PM Namak Haraam 8:00PM Dangerous Khiladi 10:40PM Jigar Kaleja
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So where does this
love story of Ambala di kudi Kaavya and Dilli da Punjabi
munda Humpty take you? To familiar ground yes where the two fall
in love and (yawn, yawn) face opposition in girl's strict father who
resists the alliance till the last minute. But to be fair, it isn't as
if Humpty ki prem kahani doesn't offer anything refreshing. It
packs many an unorthodox idea, especially in the way it carves its
female lead's character. Her family—a blend of tradition and
modernity — too is believable. Besides for once the hero is no
superhero; nor super-duper rich. Son of a shopkeeper, he is your
average Punjabi munda living life king-size in Delhi where he
bumps into this pataka guddi who has pataka tattooed
over the nape of her neck.
Hollywood
Malcolm
(Jaason Clarke)
and Caesar (Andy Serkis) get along together but they are incited by
simians Kobo (Tobby Kebbell) and Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) and trouble is
brewing. Naturally, the end result is a battle between the two.
UPCOMING MOVIES
3:30
pm star movies
Sunday July 13