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NRIs Being Bullish on Indian Stock Market     NRI deposits in Kerala banks on a high     NRIs deposit rates revised     RBI ups cap for priority sector lending     NRI Property Investments Put India on Emerging Markets Map     Encouraging Monetary Moves to Revive NRI Investments     Feedback           Dear Investor,     We are pleased to present "NRI Espresso", a handy newsletter just for our esteemed NRI investors for the month of May 2007.           It is our constant endeavour to serve your growing information, investment and servicing needs and the newsletter is created just for this purpose. This newsletter will be a collection of relevant articles of special interest to you. These include latest news, events, regulatory changes, and information on product offerings. ' NRI Corner', an exclusive section has also been created on our website for your mutual fund information and investment needs.           Latest News you can use           1. NRIs Being Bullish on Indian Stock Market (Source: www.nrirealtynews.com) NRI investments in Indian Equities have certainly shot up over the past few months. The market alone accounted to NRI investments worth Rs 1bn in less than two months. High rupee-dollar rate was what putting off the NRI investors from pumping in Indian stocks. But, the latest corrections in the market again opened all the doors for NRI investments. As per the figures showcased by BSE data, NRIs were net buyers at Rs 286.8m and Rs 703m in February and March, respectively. In January, they were sellers at Rs 21.6m. NRIs, foreign firms, and individuals may be allowed to make investments in the local stock markets by registering with foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who will further be responsible for any transgression of investment and regulatory norms in sub- accounts and will have to carry out all checks on the investors. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will have to redraft its rules and regulations relating to FIIs to facilitate the amendments. Likewise, RBI will require modify the Foreign Exchange Management regulations since NRIs just have the permission to invest only through Portfolio Investment Schemes.               2. NRI deposits in Kerala banks on a high (Source: Economic Times, India - 24 Apr 2007) NRI deposits in Kerala banks touched a new high of Rs 329 billion on Dec 31, 2006. NRI deposits in 3,539 branches of various banks grew from Rs 288 billion in December 2005 to Rs 329 billion, constituting 38.42 percent of all deposits in the state's banks.               3. NRIs deposit rates revised (Source: RBI Annual Credit Policy Review) In the context of large capital inflows and implications for liquidity and monetary management, the interest rate prescriptions related to NRI deposits, viz., foreign currency non-resident (banks) (FCNR(B)) deposits and Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account (NR(E)RA) deposits have been revised. Non-resident Indians (NRI) will now have to settle for lower returns from their deposits in India. The central bank has reduced the ceiling on NRI deposits - FCNR (B) and NRE - by 50 basis points.               4. RBI ups cap for priority sector lending (Source: Economic Times, India - 30 Apr 2007 & RBI Annual Credit Policy Review) Banks can now lend more funds to the housing sector with the Reserve Bank of India increasing the cap for home loans under priority sector to Rs 20 lakh from 15 lakh earlier. The guidelines specified that NRI deposits such as FCNR (B) and NRNR deposits balances will no longer be deducted for computation of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) for priority sector lending purpose.               5. NRI Property Investments Put India on Emerging Markets Map (Source: www.nrirealtynews.com) Currencies Direct, the London based organisation which offers international payment services and commercial foreign exchange, puts India as the 5th most favourite destination for overseas property investors. Surprisingly, India's financial transactions being conducted in the English language add to its USP, and are welcomed by British investors who also find Indian banking and finance laws non-cumbersome and investor friendly. With the economy performing above par at an average of 6% in the current decade, the growing volumes of the middle class offer a platform for increased demand and sustained growth.               6. Encouraging Monetary Moves to Revive NRI Investments (Source: www.nrirealtynews.com) Experts are expecting a slew of measures to control inflation further and the steps taken by the RBI so far have improved market sentiment to a large extent. The move to raise the growth level for non-food credit to 24 to 25% recognizes the fact that the demand for credit by corporates would not improve. Instead of restricting the external borrowing, the RBI has resorted to measures that would encourage dollar outflows. The move to allow Indian companies to invest overseas upto thrice their net worth and permitting a higher investment portfolio overseas of 35% has also been greeted by Indian industry. These encouraging measures would enable overseas expansion by Indian companies. However, bringing down interest rates on NRI deposits may dampen NRI investments in India marginally, and affect the liquidity in the banking system, leading to a scramble for NRI funds amongst banks. It is the economist's fervent hope that this is just a transitory phase, as improved business investment is expected by mid-2007, with a positive financing gap, higher profits, low debt ratios, active cash flow and low real interest rates falling in place.               7. Feedback We hope you have found this newsletter valuable. Please write to us at nri@sbimf.com with your comments / feedback.     Disclaimer: The information contained herein is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you have erroneously received this mail, please delete it immediately and notify the sender. We virus scan and monitor all emails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus / alteration of our email by a third party after sending. The contents of this message do not necessarily represent the views or policies of SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. 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new year's eve the parlor was deserted, for the two younger girls played dressing began to ring, and the king gave a start of annoyance and exclaimed, "rocketty-ricketts!" would have thought he had a leathern bag hidden somewhere to slip it into, like nobody talked much, but as the time drew very near and they sat waiting��dan, remembering that when he was last here bess was vibrating distractedly

the coasters were at it with all their might, and she watched them, till her��was as merry as if his afflictions were not worth lamenting over; and when a "this "no, sir, i cannot. i used to study it, but it was too sober to suit

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chaudhry udmiram

shirley toulson

Untitled
by
Shirley Toulson
I have a daughter, she's sound,
whose web page I've found,
I've left her my poem,
now maybe she'll mail home.


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Shirley Toulson, who lives in Somerset, was drawn into the spell of Celtic Christianity as she worked on her books dealing with the oldest roads and folklore of Britain and Ireland, and found herself following the routes taken on their journeys by the saints of the early church. Among her writings are: THE CELTIC ALTERNATIVE (1987) and THE CELTIC YEAR (1993).

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Personal Information: Family: Born May 20, 1924, in Henley-on-Thames, England; daughter of Douglas Horsfall Dixon (a writer) and Marjorie Brown; married Alan Brownjohn, February 6, 1960 (divorced March, 1969); children: Janet Sayers, Ian Toulson, Steven Brownjohn. Education: Birkbeck College, London, B.A., 1953. Addresses: Home: 16 Priest Row Wells, Somerset, England. Agent: Bruce Hunter, David Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Sq., London W1R 4HA, England.

Career: Writer. Features editor of Teacher (journal of National Union of Teachers), 1967-70; editor of Child Education, 1970-74. Teacher of creative writing for adults.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

* Shadows in an Orchard (poems), Scorpion Press, 1960.

* Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing after All and Other Poems, Keepsake Press, 1970.

* All Right, Auden, I Know You're There: A Quick Thought (poems), Offcut Press, 1970.

* For a Double Time (poems), Sceptre Press, 1970.

* The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets, Keepsake Press, 1972.

* Education in Britain, M. Evans, 1974.

* Farm Museums and Farm Parks, Shire Publications, 1977.

* (With Fay Godwin) Drovers' Roads of Wales, Wildwood House, 1977.

* (With John Loveday) Bones and Angels (poems), Mid-Day Publications, 1978.

* East Anglia: Walking the Leylines and Ancient Tracks, Wildwood House, 1979.

* The Drovers, Shire Publications, 1980.

* Derbyshire: Exploring the Ancient Tracks and Mysteries of Mercia, Wildwood House, 1980.

* The Winter Solstice, Jill Norman & Hobhouse, 1981.

* The Moors of the Southwest, Hutchinson, Volume 1, 1983, Volume 2, 1984.

* The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape, Gollancz, 1984.

* Celtic Journeys, Scotland and the North of England, Hutchinson, 1985.

* The Celtic Alternative, Century Hutchinson, 1987.

* Walking Round Wales: The Giraldus Journey, Michael Joseph, 1988.

* The Companion Guide to Devon, Harper/Collins, 1991.

* The Celtic Year, Element (Rockport, MA), 1993.

* Somerset, with Bath and Bristol, foreword by Christopher Hibbert, Pimlico (London, England), 1995.

EDITOR

* The Remind-Me Hat and Other Stories (juvenile), M. Evans, 1973.

* Dickens, S. Low, 1977.

* Kipling, S. Low, 1977.

* Milton, S. Low, 1977.

* Shakespeare, S. Low, 1977.

Works in Progress: A further book about the Celtic church in Britain from the third to the eighth centuries; a county history of Somerset; "I have also worked on a further book on the Welsh drovers' roads, and a study of the Devon/Somerset Blackdown Hills."

"Sidelights"
Shirley Toulson told CA: "Apart from the social history of the British countryside, my main interest is in contemporary English and American verse. More recently I have been working on the history of the early Celtic church and the places associated with it in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the south-west peninsula."

Source: Contemporary Authors Online.

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The Drovers

Shirley Toulson

In a bygone age when few people travelled far from their homes and almost any journey was an adventure the drovers regularly made the long and perilous trip from the Scottish highlands and islands or from the Welsh mountains to the south-east of England. They brought vast herds of cattle from the hill farms of the north and west to the markets of London and other towns. Sheep, pigs, geese and turkeys were also driven to the towns. In this book Shirley Toulson tells of these hardworking and resourceful men and of the dangers and hardships they faced. She describes the animals they drove and the way they conducted their business, and she outlines some of the routes they followed, as well as indicating features of the countryside which may reveal the passage of drovers through an area in times past.

Shirley Toulson has been writing books on the social history of the countryside since 1974 and is a leading authority on ancient tracks and drove roads.

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Credit card interest 'confusion'

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India invited as observer at Arab League summit next week
NEW DELHI, March 23 (KUNA) -- India has been invited at the two-day Arab
League summit at Riyadh beginning March 28 as an observer and Minister of
State for External Affairs E Ahamed will represent India at the event.

"India enjoys the Observer status in the Arab League. Indias participation
underlines the policy of enhancing the effectiveness of its relations with the
Arab world. The participation in 2007 assumes significance in the light of the
recent developments concerning Palestine, where a new Palestine National
Unity Government has been formed. Indias traditional support to the
legitimate rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people is well-known,''
India's Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement in Delhi on Friday.

Indias relations with the Arab countries have found reflection in individual
Arab countries through extension of assistance for various developmental
projects in a variety of sectors.

Today, in a globalized world, new opportunities in the trade and investment
sectors are available, for which closer economic cooperation between India and
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A man died and went to heaven, As he stood in front of St. Peter at
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He asked, " What are all those clocks?"

St. Peter answered," Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock.

Every time you lie, the hand on your clock will move."

"Oh," said the man, " Whose clock is that?" That's Mother Teresa's.

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"Incredible," said the man." And whose clock is that one?" St.Peter

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Subject: FW: Generic or ?

In Pharmacology, all drugs have two
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Why Lord Mountbatten finally decided to leave India ?

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Mozilla Firefox add-ons revisited
Various modules enhance power substantially
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The reasonably fast and feature-packed browser, Firefox, is getting
better with time.
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NEW BROWSING aids meant for the Firefox browser are discussed in this
edition of NetSpeak

Setting-up an efficient/secure browser, equipped with relevant
add-ons, forms an important step in having a productive online life.
The feature-packed and reasonably fast browser, Mozilla Firefox,
(featured in this column many times), is getting better with time. One
of the reasons for Firefox's success is the availability of various
easily installable extension modules that enhance its power
substantially.

In the past, several such extensions have been featured in this
column. Here we take a look at some of the new/innovative ones tried
out by this author recently.

Archiving pages

While moving from one page to the other, you may wish to archive the
page completely or partially. For this, many alternatives exist. You
can post it on a blog with comments or save it on to an online service
such as Furl. One obvious handicap here is the inability to access the
archived content offline. Further, though the solution is fine as long
as one needs to save only a couple of pages, it crumbles when one
attempts to save several pages or a complete web site. Of course, one
can save the page on to the local storage using the browser's `Save
as' option. But managing pages saved thus is really a cumbersome
process. If you want to save only a part of the page, the solution
becomes rather inefficient. And to save a complete web site you will
have to hunt for a utility (like Httrack). If web page archiving is a
problem for you, the feature-rich Firefox extension Scrapbook has all
the answers.

Scrapbook (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/427/) lets you save a
web site or a web page or a snippet from it, with a couple of clicks.
You can save them in separate folders and access them using the
extension's search feature. Once the extension is installed on
Firefox, you will find the menu option `ScrapBook' in its top menu
bar. And for storing a page snippet, just block the required portion,
right-click and access the option `Capture Selection' from the menu
that pops up. Another notable feature of this free tool is the
facility to download a complete web site.

So, from now on you can even forget about web site copiers.

To accomplish certain online tasks, we need to go through a set of
specified steps. For instance, to check email we need to access the
provider's log in page, key in the account details and move over to
the inbox page. Each of these steps has to be repeated whenever we
check mail. If such tasks could be accomplished by just clicking a
browser button, life becomes simpler. The Firefox extension, DejaClick
(http://www.dejaclick.com/), created for helping you record multi-step
online tasks and replay it later with a mouse click, could serve such
needs.

Once installed, DejaClick adds a tool bar on to Firefox. To record a
session, first click on the `Power On' button available on the
left-end of this toolbar. Now, click on the `Begin Recording' button,
go through the various steps as usual and when you are done, click on
the `Stop recording' button. You can click on the `Replay' button and
make sure that all the steps are recorded properly. Now create a
bookmarklet and place it on to the browser's toolbar (using the Deja's
button with the `Star' icon). Once the bookmarklet is successfully
created, the same task can be repeated by just clicking on this
bookmarklet.

J. MURALI
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S. Rangarajan passes away

Congenial Chairman during a significant phase of The Hindu's growth

S. Rangarajan at the 125th anniversary celebrations of The Hindu in
Chennai on September 13, 2003.

CHENNAI: It is with deep regret that we record the death of S.
Rangarajan, Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Limited, proprietors of The
Hindu group of publications. The end came at his Parthasarathy Gardens
residence in Chennai on Thursday afternoon after a spirited and
prolonged battle against cardiac disease and renal failure. He was 70.

Mr. Rangarajan, known as "Rangappa" to his large circle of friends,
was a congenial personality with varied interests, including sport. He
was the younger son of Kasturi Srinivasan, a great Editor of The
Hindu, and a grandson of S. Kasturiranga Iyengar, who took over the
newspaper in 1905 and set it on a new path.

He is survived by his wife Shanta Rangarajan; his son Ramesh
Rangarajan, Director, The Hindu; two daughters, Vijaya Arun and Akila
Iyengar; and six grand-children. His sons-in-law are Arun Sarathy and
Vijay Iyengar and his daughter-in-law is Harini Ramesh.

Born on April 10, 1936, Mr. Rangarajan had his school and college
education in Madras. He became a Director of The Hindu in 1958 and a
whole-time Director in August 1965. He succeeded his paternal uncle,
Kasturi Gopalan, as Publisher in December 1974. He became the Managing
Director in January 1991 and was elevated to the position of Chairman
in April 2006.

Sports lover

Mr. Rangarajan presided over the company during a significant phase of
its growth and expansion. He had a sharp eye for proof and grammatical
errors on the newspaper page. He took a keen interest in the coverage
of sport in The Hindu and other publications of the group. He had
special concern for the welfare of employees. He was deeply devout.

He was a keen promoter and follower of sports, in particular cricket,
tennis, and horse racing. His passion for cricket was life-long. He
promoted and captained a successful first division league team, Jolly
Rovers, in Madras in the early 1960s. Much before league cricket
became corporatised and professionalised, Mr. Rangarajan sponsored
Test cricketer Salim Durrani and even the West Indian fast bowler, Roy
Gilchrist, for a while to play for his team.

Till the end, he followed all major cricket and tennis tournaments
round the world. Mr. Rangarajan was a Steward of the Madras Race Club
and the Hyderabad Race Club. He took pride in owning his first
racehorse at the age of 18.

A dog lover from childhood, "Rangappa" was Chairman of the Kennel Club
of India for a quarter century. He was one of the best-known Indian
faces in the international dog game. Over the decades, his kennel
featured top-winning dogs of various breeds, the most famous being his
beloved whippet "Saga," known to the dog show world as Ch. Shalfleet
Showman of Courthill. He was inducted into the international panel of
all-breeds judges in 1961.

Mr. Rangarajan was often described by his friends as "one of the last
of the sporting owners." One of them said on Thursday: "He had an eye
for horses and dogs and could judge them very early. Some of the
horses he sold went on to become all-time greats."

He was associated with the film industry and produced several films in
Tamil, including the award-winning Gouravam and Payanam. Another
production, Ore Oru Gramathile, won a national award. It also set off
a debate relating to the reservation issue and led, in the year 1989,
to a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court setting new standards for
the protection of freedom of expression.

The final obsequies will be performed on Friday at his residence, 15
Parthasarathy Gardens, Chennai 600018, between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m; and
the cremation will take place at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium
between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Fwd: Incredible India - todays arab news - by editor

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From: V. V. Narayanan
Date: 8 Feb 2007 07:23:29 -0000
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Dear Nam,
How did you miss to circulate this piece!
Rgds,
Narayanan

Incredible India - todays arab news - by editor



ARABNEWS - 03-02-2007

India, I Salute Thee
Tariq A. Al-Maeena, close_encounters@gawab.com

Over the Haj holidays, I surprised my kids with an announcement that I would be taking them to India for a short holiday. My distinct memories from having visited the country with my parents when I was a child had left me with impressions of cultures and civilizations that one reads in history books. And then there was the Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

And wanting to repeat that experience for my children, I decided to give them a taste of India by planning our trip to encompass different regions of the country - Chennai in the south, Delhi and Agra somewhere in the central, and Mumbai in the western part of the Indian Subcontinent. In the days preceding our trip, friends and acquaintances of both my children and myself were somewhat alarmed and bemused and quizzed us with the same question: "But why India?" And why not, I would ask them. Their answers were somewhat patronizing and sympathetic. India, they would say, is dirty, crowded, and backward and we'd be sure to catch one of many diseases.

I would be exposing my children to viruses and bacteria of gargantuan proportions. Malaria, diarrhea, cholera and the plague were commonplace, and were I that insensitive or naïve to expose my children to such deadly threats, all for the sake of seeing some old monuments?

I would patiently explain to these naysayers that I wanted my children to see India firsthand, and not to take in the impression that unfortunately a lot of us Saudis and others have of that country. And I wanted to expose them to a diverse culture that they had not experienced before. And I thanked them for our health concerns, but assured them that we would be taking all necessary precautions.

But their concerns began to create some unsettling feelings within myself. Was I being rash expecting to get through India without some debilitating medical condition?

And what about my children? Was I foolishly exposing them to transmissible diseases and possible harm? With a population of over a billion people, was I being immature in not giving worth to my friends' concerns?

I was adamant on this adventure though, but to be on the safe side I must confess that I did call upon the Indian Consulate in Jeddah and inquired about any specific medical precautions that we would have to take. "Drink only bottled water, and eat only in the hotels you would be staying in" was their soothing reply.

Armed with that knowledge, we began our trip. But to be on the safe side, we popped in malaria pills as an added precaution. As we spun through Chennai, Delhi, Agra and Mumbai, my kids were amazed. And they loved it. The hustle and bustle of Chennai with its serene shorelines dotted with resorts and retreats offering world-class service, the grandeur of the Presidential Palace in Delhi, the beauty of Marine Drive in Mumbai, topped with our visit to the majestic Taj Mahal had my children chirping in unison that it was the trip of a lifetime.

The preservation of historic monuments, unlike our own, were some of the things they marveled at.

And from our observations, we were pleasantly surprised to find parts of India cleaner than our own city. Their roads, although crowded, were not run down as ours, and the Indians seemed more prosperous than imagined.

In a conversation with the vice president of marketing in the chain of hotels we were staying at, I remarked that I was amazed that five star hotels, once known to be the haven for only Westerners and rich Gulf tourists were primarily being occupied by Indians today.

"Yes, my friend," was her reply. "India today is booming in heavy industry and technology. IT, pharmaceuticals, steel and medicine are the backbone of our economy. Education is a top priority and some of our universities are among the leading ones in the world. People are more affluent and spend freely. Over thirty percent of our population is now middle class..."

"Thirty percent, that's good," I interrupted.

"Yes, my friend, that translates to over 300 million", she said with a bemused look at me as the force of that staggering number dawned on me. Three hundred million! And here we are, not even twenty million Saudis, and many not anywhere near middle-class.

What right do we have to thumb up our noses on India, a country on the move upward? Yes, we drank only bottled water, but also ate in local restaurants. We witnessed wealth and we saw poverty. We learned about their great history and we observed massive new projects in the works, designed to make life easier on the Indian.

In spite of their diverse cultures and religions, India is tolerant and moving forward, and not bogged down by what we witness here...intolerance and rigidity on the part of a few who seek to impose their views on the rest of us.

Indeed, India...I have to salute thee. And thanks for making my children's' visit a memorable one.

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Kerala to become first `total banking' State

Kerala to become first `total banking' State

Every household here to have bank account by June 30

PALAKKAD: Kerala, which has many firsts in literacy, health and
infant mortality, will become the first `total banking' State in the
country by June 30, 2007.

Every household in Kerala will have a bank account. The work to enrol
the families who are not having a bank account now is progressing.

The project on `100 per cent financial inclusion' by opening
`no-frills' account or `zero balance' account, especially for the
poor, is taken up by various banks in the State.

Lead Bank Manager of the district Sathyanadhan told The Hindu that
the State-level Bankers Committee (SLBC) gave the target to the
district-level banking committees. The individual banks were engaged
in enrolling the families.

Palakkad became the first `total banking' district in the country on
September 30, 2006. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan would make
formal declaration in February, he said.

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SAD NEWS- THE LEGENDARY COMPOSER O P NAYYAR NO MORE...

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Subject: SAD NEWS- THE LEGENDARY COMPOSER O P NAYYAR NO MORE...
To: naamhs@gmail.com

O P Nayyar dies of heart attack

Mumbai, Jan. 28 (PTI): Legendary music director O P Nayyar, best known
for classic songs like "Jhumka Gira Re" and "Pukarta Chala Hoon Mein",
died of cardiac arrest at his home in Thane today. He was 81.

Rani Nakhwa, with whose kin Nayyar was living for over 10 years after
being estranged from his family, said, "He was perfectly alright until
3:30 pm, when he went to the toilet and collapsed inside. He was dead
before we could summon medical help."

Born on January 16, 1926 in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Omkar Prasad
Nayyar got his first break as a music composer in the film "Kaneez"
(1949).

Director Guru Dutt's "Aar Paar" (1954) was his first major success.
This led to his successful partnership with Dutt on films like "Mr And
Mrs 55" and "CID".

As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on Bollywood,
where Nayyar was regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time
even though he had not been in the limelight for close to three
decades.

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt described Nayyar -- who was always seen in
public in white attire and a hat -- as "an audacious man who was a
king in his time".

"Asha Bhosle owes whatever she is to him. The distinct sensuality that
was injected into Asha's singing was the contribution of this
extraordinary man," Bhatt said.

Extensive use of the typical Punjabi rhythm was the main
characteristic of Nayyar's music, and among his evergreen tunes were
"Kahin Pe Nigahen Kanhi Pe Nishana" (CID), "Mang Ke Saath Tumhara"
(Naya Daur) and "Ello Main Hari Piyan" (Aar Paar.

Nayyar worked extensively with singers Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle and
Mohammed Rafi but never with Lata Mangeshkar. Though he mostly
composed music for north Indian films, he also did the score for some
southern films, including "Neerajanam" (Telugu).

Before fading from the Bollywood scene in the early 1970s, he did the
music for hits like "Naya Daur", "Ek Musafir Ek Hasina" and "Kashmir
Ki Kali". He attempted a comeback in the 1990s with the film "Andaaz
Apna Apna" and recently appeared in the musical TV show "Sa Re Ga Ma",
on which he was accorded a standing ovation during a programme
dedicated to his songs.

Actress and Censor Board chief Sharmila Tagore, who starred in
"Kashmir Ki Kali", said, "We will remember him and his contributions
will be there forever. His name will be there as long as there is the
history of music."

Singer Manna Dey said he was saddened by Nayyar's death as no one
could replace him. Actor Rajesh Khanna said "originality was the
symbol" of Nayyar, whom he described as a "charismatic personality".

TV star and actress Tabassum said, "O P Nayyar's death is yet another
shock for us. We were still to recover from the sorrow at the demise
of (noted writer) Kamleshwarji when we heard of the death of
kind-hearted Nayyar sahab."

(COURTSEY: THE HINDU on
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200701281820.htm)

Emma Faust Tillman, world's oldest known woman

Emma Faust Tillman

HARTFORD: A 114-year-old Connecticut resident who was born to former
slaves in North Carolina has become the world's oldest known woman
after the death this week of a Canadian woman.

Emma Faust Tillman, born on November 22, 1892, became the oldest
validated woman "supercentenarian" when 115-year-old Julie Winnifred
Bertrand of Montreal died on Thursday.

Ms. Tillman, of East Hartford, is now the second-oldest known person
in the world behind 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto
Rico, born on August 21, 1891.

They are among many validated supercentenarians on a list maintained
by the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles and other
organisations.

Ms. Tillman, widowed for almost 70 years, takes no credit for her
longevity and says she has no secrets for other aspiring
supercentenarians. It was stated that she never smoked, never drank,
did not need glasses and agreed to wear a hearing aid only
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Fwd: IN THE NEWS-THE PULITZER WINNING COLUMNIST ART BUCHWALD DIES

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From: m.iqbal
Date: Jan 19, 2007 12:16 AM
Subject: IN THE NEWS-THE PULITZER WINNING COLUMNIST ART BUCHWALD DIES
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ART BUCHWALD

DIES

Associated Press

Jan 19, 2007
WASHINGTON-- Satirist Art Buchwald, who turned his infectious wit on
the life of Washington and then on his own failing health, is dead at
81.

Buchwald's son, Joel, said his father passed away quietly at his home
late Wednesday with his family.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author chronicled the life
and times of Washington for four decades, then cheated death and
laughed in its face in a richly lived final year that medical science
said he wasn't supposed to get.

Buchwald had refused dialysis treatments for his failing kidneys a
year ago and was expected to die within weeks of moving to a hospice
on Feb. 7, where he held court as a parade of luminaries and friends
came by to say farewell. But he lived to return home and even write a
book about his experiences.

"I'm having a swell time," he said of his dying. "The best time of my life."

"The last year he had the opportunity for a victory lap and I think he
was really grateful for it," said son Joel Buchwald. "He had an
opportunity to write his book about his experience and he went out the
way he wanted to go, on his own terms."

Neither Buchwald nor his doctors could say how he survived in such
grave condition, and he didn't seem to mind. "Nobody's been able to
really explain what's going on because I'm not taking dialysis,"
Buchwald told The Associated Press in May. "I have to thank my
kidneys."

He described his earlier decision to forgo dialysis and let himself
die as a liberating one. "The thing is, when you make your choice,
then a lot of the stress is gone. Everything is great because you
accept that you are the one who made the choice."

But when death didn't come nearly as quickly as expected, Buchwald
wrote that he had to scrap his funeral plans, rewrite his living will,
buy a new cell phone and get on with his improbable life. "I also had
to start worrying about Bush again," he deadpanned.

Buchwald was called the "Wit of Washington" during his years here and
his name became synonymous with political satire. He was well known,
too, for his wide smile and affinity for cigars.

Among his more famous witticisms: "If you attack the establishment
long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it."

Jack Valenti, former chairman and chief executive of the Motion
Picture Association of America, recalled Buchwald's humor. The two had
been friends since 1964.

"What Art had was the gift of laughter -- that's a rarity today,"
Valenti told AP on Thursday. "He could take simple ordinary things and
make you laugh. God knows all of us need that. I've been with him in
all kinds of situations, good and bad, triumph and tragedy but Art
always was able to see a little wisp of humor in everything."

Ben Bradlee, former Washington Post executive editor and a friend of
Buchwald for 60 years, said in an interview that Buchwald was "the
humorist of his generation." Buchwald was a Paris nightlife columnist
in the 1950s when he met Bradlee, whose paper carried Buchwald's
columns in later years.

Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said in a statement: "Art was the
Mark Twain of our time.

"For decades there was no better way to start the day than to open the
morning paper to Art's column, laugh out loud and learn all over again
to take the issues seriously in the world of politics, but not take
yourself too seriously," he said. "The special art of Art Buchwald was
to make even the worst of times better."

His syndicated column at one point appeared in more than 500
newspapers worldwide. It appeared twice a week in publications
including The Washington Post and was distributed by Tribune Media
Services.

But he was best known in that realm for the court battle over "Coming
to America." A judge ruled that Paramount Pictures had stolen
Buchwald's idea and in 1992 awarded $900,000 to him and a partner.

The case dated to a 1983 Paramount contract for rights to Buchwald's
story "King for a Day." The studio had dropped its option to make such
a movie in 1985, three years before releasing "Coming to America"
without credit to Buchwald.

Both stories involved an African prince who comes to America in search
of a bride.

Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Oct. 25, 1925, Buchwald had a difficult
childhood. He and his three sisters were sent to foster homes when
their mother was institutionalized for mental illness. Their father, a
drapery salesman, suffered Depression-era financial troubles and
couldn't afford them.

At 17, Buchwald ran away to join the Marines and spent 3 1/2 years in
the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of sergeant and
spending much of his time editing a Corps newspaper.

Despite his successes, the perennial funny man said he battled
depression in 1963 and 1987.

A family spokeswoman said Buchwald would be interred at the Vineyard
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buried.

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Balakrishnan sworn in as CJI
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Press Trust of India

Sunday, January 14, 2007 (New Delhi):

Justice K G Balakrishnan was sworn in as the 37th Chief Justice of
India on Sunday. He is the first Dalit to assume the post.

President A P J Abdul Kalam administered the oath of office and
secrecy to Balakrishnan (61).

Balakrishnan succeeds Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and will have a
tenure of three years and four months.

"He's getting a good position and I am very happy about it. When he
was studying, he faced some difficulties but now that he has achieved
this, I am very happy," said Sarada, Justice Balakrishnan's mother.

Known informally as "Bala" among his colleagues, Konakuppakattil
Gopinathan Balakrishnan will retire on May 12, 2010.

Long innings

Before joining the apex court on June 8, 2000 as a senior judge,
Balakrishnan was Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court and then the
Madras High Court.

Coming from a humble background, Balakrishnan was born in the village
of Thalayolaparambu at Kottayam in Kerala on May 12, 1945.

After graduating in law from the Maharaja Law College in Ernakulam, he
was enrolled as an advocate on March 16, 1968 in the Kerala Bar
Council at Kochi, and practised on the civil and criminal side.

On January 10, 1973, he was appointed munsif in the Kerala judicial
service and promoted as assistant sessions judge on July 23, 1982.

After serving as deputy registrar (judicial) in the Kerala High Court,
he was appointed an additional judge on September 26, 1985 and became
a permanent judge on July 11, 1986.

Balakrishnan was appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on
July 16, 1998. He became Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on
September 9, 1999, before being elevated as a judge in the apex court.
(With PTI input)

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Scuffle between two judges

Ahmedabad: In an unusual incident, two senior judges of the Gujarat High Court had a scuffle on Thursday over a personal matter, court sources said.

The scuffle took place between Justice B.J. Sethna and Justice P.B. Majumdar.

The Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, Y.R. Meena, spoke to journalists about the incident. "Justice Majumdar did tell me orally about the incident he had with Justice Sethna." It is learnt that when Justice Majumdar and his wife were on morning walk, Justice Sethna crossed them and invited them for a cup of tea to his house.

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Fwd: Diocese settles claims in Washington / comment from Iqbal

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To: nam <naamhs@gmail.com>

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nam < naamhs@gmail.com> wrote:
Diocese settles claims



SPOKANE (Washington): The Spokane Catholic Diocese has agreed to pay
$48 million to people molested by priests as part of a deal to emerge
from bankruptcy, a Federal mediator announced on Thursday. The
settlement is the latest of several similar agreements around the U.S.
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive said the Spokane settlement
also included non-economic provisions that would provide survivors
``with some measure of closure and allow them to move forward and
continue the healing process.'' Last month, the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Portland filed a plan that would pay $75 million to
settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse. Also last month, the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a $60-million agreement to settle
45 sex abuse claims. Other large settlements include $100 million paid
to 87 claimants last year by the Diocese of Orange in Orange County,
California. — AP

Diocese settles claims in Washington /

Diocese settles claims

SPOKANE (Washington): The Spokane Catholic Diocese has agreed to pay
$48 million to people molested by priests as part of a deal to emerge
from bankruptcy, a Federal mediator announced on Thursday. The
settlement is the latest of several similar agreements around the U.S.
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive said the Spokane settlement
also included non-economic provisions that would provide survivors
``with some measure of closure and allow them to move forward and
continue the healing process.'' Last month, the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Portland filed a plan that would pay $75 million to
settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse. Also last month, the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a $60-million agreement to settle
45 sex abuse claims. Other large settlements include $100 million paid
to 87 claimants last year by the Diocese of Orange in Orange County,
California. — AP

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ഞാന് ഒരു പാര്ട്ടിയുടെയും വക്താവല്ല പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും ഒരു പാര്ട്ടിയോടും അമിതമായ മമതയോ പ്രത്യക്ഷ വിരോധമോ ഇല്ല എങ്കിലും നാവിലൊന്നും പ്രവൃത്തിയില് മറ്റൊന്നും സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നതു കാണുമ്പോള് പ്രതികരിച്ചു പോകുന്നു. കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രബുധരായ ജനങ്ങളെ കാലാ കാലം പറ്റിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതും ഇതേരീതി ഉപയോഗിച്ചു കൊണ്ടു തന്നെയാണ്. പാര്ട്ടി പറയുന്നതെന്തും വെള്ളം തൊടാതെ വിഴുങ്ങാന് അണികള് എന്നും കൂടെയുണ്ടാവുമല്ലൊ. മൈക്കിനു മുന്നില് ഒന്നു പറയുക പിറ്റേന്ന് മാറ്റിപ്പറയുക ആ മാറ്റിപ്പറച്ചിലിനു പാര്ട്ടിയുടെതായ ന്യായങ്ങള് കണ്ടെത്തുക. റെക്കൊര്ഡ് ചെയ്തതു മായ്ച്ച് റീ റെകോര്ഡ് ചെയ്യുന്നപോലെ അണികളുടെ മസ്തിഷ്കത്തിലേയ്ക്ക് സമയാസമയം ഓരോ ഡാറ്റ ഫീഡ് ചെയ്തു കൊടുക്കുക ഇതത്രെ ഇപ്പോള് പാര്ട്ടിക്കാര് ചെയ്തു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതു.

വര്ഷങ്ങളായി പാര്ട്ടി നേതൃത്വം കൊടുത്തു പ്ളാച്ചിമടയിലെ ജനങ്ങളുടെ വികാരം ആളിക്കത്തിച്ച് കൊക്കക്കോള കമ്പനിക്കെതിരെ എന്തൊക്കെ പ്രക്ഷോഭം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു . എന്നിട്ടിപ്പോള് ഒരുളുപ്പുമില്ലാതെ കൈരളിയിലും പീപ്പിളിലും കൊക്കകോളയുടെ പരസ്യം സം പ്രേക്ഷണം ചെയ്യുന്നു.!. മറ്റുചാനലുകളില് വരുന്ന (അമീര്ഖാന് മോഡല് ചെയ്യുന്ന) അതേ പരസ്യം!! എന്തൊരു തൊലിക്കട്ടി!!. ഒരു വശത്തു പാറ്ട്ടി പ്രക്ഷോഭവും മറുവശത്ത് ഇതൊരു ശുദ്ധപാനീയമാണ് എല്ലാവരും കഴിക്കണം എന്ന പാറ്ട്ടിചാനലിന്റെ പരസ്യവും. എന്തൊരു വൈരുദ്ധ്യാത്മകത!!.

ഇപ്പൊഴും ഒരു പക്ഷെ പാര്ട്ടി സെക്രട്ടറിയുടെ കയ്യില് അണികള്ക്ക് കൊടുക്കാനുള്ള ഉത്തരം റെഡിയായിട്ടുണ്ടാവും " പാര്ട്ടി വേറെ ചാനല് വേറെ" എന്നു എന്തു നാണം കെട്ട പരസ്യവും വാങ്ങിയാലല്ലെ പുതിയ കെട്ടിടത്തിനുള്ള ശിലയ്ക്കുമേല് കെട്ടിടം നിര്മ്മിക്കാനവൂ.

അങ്ങനെയെങ്കില് സഖാവേ ഇതിനെക്കാള് നാറിയ എന്തെല്ലാം വഴികള് കിടക്കുന്നു പണമുണ്ടാക്കാന് ..!!. നാണം കെട്ടും പണമുണ്ടായാല് നാണക്കേടതു മാറ്റിക്കോളും എന്നാണല്ലോ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല്.

OUTRAGEOUS -EDITORIAL, THE "HINDU", DEC 31, 2006

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Full Text at http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/31/stories/2006123103600800.htm

Opinion - Editorials

Outrageous

Saddam Hussein was a leader whose brutal actions and calamitous
miscalculations brought unimaginable suffering to the people of Iraq
and neighbouring
countries................................................................

However, it would be mendacious for anyone to claim that justice was
served when Mr. Hussein was executed before dawn on December 30, 2006.
The judicial process set up to prosecute Mr. Hussein for "crimes
against humanity" was designed by a United States-led coalition that
had itself committed the supreme war crime of unprovoked aggression
against a sovereign nation. The fact that the coalition's illegal
invasion and occupation had caused the death of over 600,000 Iraqis
evidently made no impact on the collective conscience of its leaders.
........................................................

That all these legal proceedings were nothing but a sordid farce
became clear to the whole world when the Prime Minister of Iraq, who
had announced ahead of the appeal court's verdict that the former
President would be executed before New Year, even usurped the
judiciary's prerogative of setting the date for execution.
.....................................................................

The Indian Government must take a forthright stand against this
outrage. It needs to go beyond its expressions of "disappointment,"
its indirect criticisms of "victor's justice," and its pious hopes of
"reconciliation" and "restoration of peace and normalcy" in Iraq.
..........................................

While condemning this outrageous case of "victor's justice," the
world must express its solidarity with the people of Iraq, whose
sufferings seem to know no end.