It Tolls For Devi
Deliver the goods or be prepared to step down. That바카라s the ultimatum residents of Agasaga village in Karnataka바카라s Belgaum district have given their goddess, Masanakawwa or Masayidevi. There hasn바카라t been a theft there for decades and the villagers attribute this to the goddess바카라s powers. The last reported burglary took place 80 years ago when the temple itself was robbed바카라only for the stolen items to turn up inside it days later. Villagers have traditionally left their doors open and kept farming equipment outside. But with the temple bells having been stolen recently, the villagers decided to put Masanakawwa to the test. Locking the priest-less temple바카라s entrance with an iron chain, they told her that if she fails to retrieve the bells and 바카라settle everything바카라 in nine days, she can바카라t expect any more worship.
Boo To Netas
Rajasthan바카라s MLAs creep along the corridors of power with their hair standing on end. The Assembly building in Jaipur, used by the legislature since 2001, was built on a cre-mation ground. The idea that it is haunted has been doing the rounds for years, gaining strength with the realisation that there had never been an occasion when all 200 members were present at a time. The deaths of two MLAs (both died in hospital from illnesses) have brought the issue into focus, with BJP MP Habibur Rehman lobbying the chief minister to conduct a puja to exorcise the terrifying spectres. Supporting the idea, chief whip Kalulal Gurjar was reported as saying, 바카라It is possible that children were cremated here and their soul may not be at peace.바카라 Congress MLAs accused him of spreading superstition.
A Mandala For Mandarin
Scholars translated the Buddha바카라s teachings from Pali into classical Chinese fifteen centuries and more ago. And now, the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies in Madhya Pradesh serves as the school of choice for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in their quest to learn modern Chinese to communicate better with their counterparts across the border. Four ITBP personnel successfully completed a certificate course in Chinese in 2016-17, before returning to their duties, prompting the expansion of the programme; This July, 25 officers and men will enrol for the course. The university is located near the Sanchi Stupa, believed to be built over the relics of the Buddha바카라a UNESCO world heritage site.
Man-icures and Man-ssages
Nowadays, Pakistan바카라s great and good think nothing of sauntering into a salon바카라and not the shoot-out kind. More and more male beauty salons are springing up in urban areas. At Tauseeq Haider바카라s establishment in Islamabad, mandarins and senior citizens alike shell out Rs 1,400 per visit for a grooming session that may include a facial, a massage and manicure. 바카라Men have an equal right to be groomed and times have changed. It바카라s no more just getting your hair cut,바카라 Haider says. Younger men come too, as a rising middle class with money to spend바카라GDP per capita rose by nearly seven per cent in 2016-17바카라strains to break free of traditionally austere notions of manliness and masculine appearance. Social media has played its part in this, with great numbers of people following fashionable 바카라influencers바카라 online.
No Mammary At Exhibition
eroticism and later censoriousness are handmaidens. The Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh make up a millennium-old complex known for its erotic sculptures. So, artist Kalpana Singh may have thought she was on safe ground when she decided to submit her painting of a meditating, bare-breasted woman for an exhibition held in the complex as part of a dance festival. The event바카라s sponsors called the work 바카라objectionable바카라 and had it taken down. The artist said, 바카라My work was on display... for some time. However, organisers suddenly ordered its removal, describing it as 바카라nude art바카라.바카라 Thankfully, an American art connoisseur from New York bought the painting for $100.
Spurned Premis Look Back
The 바카라premis바카라 of Prem Kotli love(d) the Dera Sacha Sauda. Making up over 60 per cent of the population of Punjab바카라s Kotli Khurd village, they lobbied for the village바카라s name to be changed to Prem Kotli; the revenue department recorded the new name in August 2016. It바카라s claimed this was done to honour Ram Rahim바카라s predecessor, Shah Satnam Singh, who used to visit the village. Now, with the Dera disgraced, some villagers want the old name back. A meeting to discuss this couldn바카라t proceed because of the absence of sarpanch Bachint Kaur, accused of being a Dera supporter.
Komaalis Make A Tamil Comeback
A man looks on, first with complacency and then with dawning bemusement, as his bride drains the whole tumbler of milk that they are meant to share on their wedding night. And thus, Sri Lankan Tamil cinema announces its rebirth to the world. Komaali Kings is the first Tamil film in 40 years to be made by Lankans in Sri Lanka. Described as a 바카라dark comedy바카라 by director King Ratnam, the plot is centred on an expatriate family based in London coming home for a wedding. Starring amateur actors and made with the help of a largely Sinhala crew, the film opened in theatres to considerable success, with viewers calling it a step forward in a market dominated by South Indian cinema.
Nawaz바카라s Indignation
In what appears to be another round of confrontation between Pakistan바카라s ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the judiciary, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected as 바카라Qaid바카라 or leader of the PML(N) by its senior leaders for life.
The court had in a recent judgment made it clear that any person who has been disqualified by it on charges of graft and is an MP, cannot head his party. This in effect meant Nawaz virtually be kept out of Pakistan바카라s politics.
The Dawn reported that PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq proposed Nawaz바카라s elevation as 바카라qaid for life바카라, saying, 바카라Mian Nawaz Sharif was, is and Inshallah will remain the leader of the PML(N)바카라.
Endorsing the unanimous decision of the party바카라s working committee, PM Khaqan Abbasi said: 바카라These are the peoples바카라 decisions. The courts had no right to take this decision바카라this is our party바카라s decision.바카라
Punjab chief minister and Nawaz바카라s younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, was elected interim party president. Nawaz had proposed Shahbaz바카라s name for the post.
At the start of the meeting, Nawaz, in a reference to the judiciary, asked, 바카라[Do you expect that] you keep on taking oaths under PCO and we바카라ll continue to respect your decisions?바카라, referring to those judges who had taken oath under a provisional constitutional order (PCO) issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
바카라It is the greatest crime when you leave your country바카라s constitution and take oath of allegiance to a military dictator. What is a bigger crime than this?바카라 he questioned. 바카라The crime for which you have punished Nawaz is not even a hundredth part [in severity] of taking oath over PCO. It is the biggest crime.바카라
Since his disqualification in the Panama Papers verdict, Nawaz has frequently lashed out at the 바카라PCO judges바카라, holding them responsible for his ouster.
The emergency measures kicked in after the Supreme Court on February 22 struck off a controversial amendment to the Elections Act, 2017, which had last year paved the way for Nawaz to resume leadership of the party after being disqualified in the Panama Papers case in July 2017.
Interestingly, the SC ruling had rendered null and void all decisions Nawaz Sharif had taken in the capacity of the party chief. This raises a question mark over the legal status of PML-N바카라s CWC, which has 109 members nominated by Nawaz while he was party president.
Illustrations by Sajith Kumar
