In Good Faith

The Moi-e-Muqqadas is displayed on various occasions related with the life of the Prophet and his four holy companions. A glimpse of the Holy Relic, the major attraction of the holy place, leaves many devotees with moist eyes and the air reverberates with praises of the Prophet.

The brief disappearance of the holy relic from the shrine in December 1963 led to public upsurge in Kashmir, which continued for several weeks. The situation was so bad that it forced the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to depute his trusted colleague, Lal Bahadur Shastri, to visit the Valley and supervise its retrieval.

In 1968, the Muslim Aauquaf Trust (now known as Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board), which looks after Hazratbal and most of Valley's shrines, hospices and mosques, and was then headed by Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, started the construction of the present marble structure. The work was completed in 1979.

The pristine white marble elegance of the shrine and the view of snow-clad picturesque mountains beyond are reflected in the waters of the lake. The view and the holiness of the shrine make it a major tourist attraction in Srinagar. The only domed shrine in Srinagar, it is known by many names including Hazratbal, Assar-e-Sharif, Madinat-Us-Sani and Dargah Sharief. The Friday prayers offered at Hazratbal attract thousands of resident Muslims.

The importance of Hazratbal can be gauged also by the fact that Kashmir’s politicians, particularly Sheikh Abdullah, chose to make important announcements and decisions known to the public from the pulpit of this shrine.

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The Managing Director of Nikon India reveals to neha saraiya how, after entering India just before the slowdown, they managed to rewrite the competition game

B&E: Nikon, started its domestic subsidiary in 2007, which also coincided with the creeping recession. How has the experience been & what have been the key learning?
HT: The camera market for India is very small as compared to the worldwide market and therefore, it has immense potential to grow. Nikon has had a great experience here since the set up of its 100% subsidiary. Over the past three years Nikon has reinstated its commitment to the Indian market and its interest to promote the photography culture in the country. We further plan to scale up our presence across India and reaching out to the consumers in a larger way. In this financial year we would set up more offices across India thus strengthening Nikon’s brand and organisation’s standing in the Indian market. Nikon further accentuates channel development; targeting more than 1,200 retail outlets for in-store branding and more than 200 in-shop promoters in order to facilitate better sales services for consumers. The service base will also be expanded to provide better services to users. Our aim is to be a solution provider and to provide photographers what they need in the most simple user friendly manner.

B&E: Currently Nikon garners around 45% of the domestic digital SLR camera market and 13% in the compact segment. How do you plan to increase market share?
HT: The Indian camera market has been growing and Nikon has been growing even more. Last year was an extremely rewarding year for Nikon; the compact camera market share increased from 6% to 13% and a robust 45% from 37% in the D-SLR segment. Our projections for this fiscal year are robust yet realistic; we aim to touch a 15% & 50% market share respectively in the two categories. Nikon also undertook an initiative of moving from a national distribution network to regional and channel specific distribution hubs ensuring its customers receive enhanced services. This means that Nikon has come closer to its end-users to facilitate the company gaining strength in each potential region. The will also further contribute to camera sales across the Photo, IT & Consumer electronic channel. In order to discourage grey marketing, Nikon along with its affordable range of compact cameras & competitive priced D-SLRs also provides two year warranty for its brands along with a range of promotional offers like free memory cards.

B&E: Any diversification plans on the anvil?
HT: As a leader in image technology world over, we would like to stick to what we are best in, as of now we do not have plans for diversifying. Also, for our two set of audience i.e. the professional photographers and photo enthusiasts in general, we do not want to prioritise the product segments and Nikon has witnessed exponential growth in both. The camera market for India is very small as compared to the worldwide market, but Nikon sees a huge growth potential in India in both segments, we’ll continue bringing imaging technology innovations in form of new cameras in both professional and compact category.

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Abreast about the new cancer test?

New technology for simpler and painless breast cancer detection will not just aid in diagnosis but in the prevention of this deadly disease too

In 2005, the Australian pop music diva, Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. But today, having survived the mosttraumatic period of her life, she is proudly educating the world through awareness campaigns on breast cancer.

Kylie was just one of the millions who have had to fight to save their curves. The ‘symbol of women’s sexuality’is being increasingly associated with the “risks of contracting cancerous growth due to the changing lifestyle and preferences of modern women,” says Dr. Harsh Dua, Senior Oncologist at ApolloHospital. According to World Health Organization (WHO), more than a million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer annually, and it is the lack of early-detection programmes that is increasing its incidence rate, particularly in developing countries. While preventionthrough a healthy diet, physical activity, control over alcohol intake and one’s weight could reduce its incidence, the latest technology in breast cancer detection – a simple blood test called the BCtect – devised by a team of Norwegian scientists, is, according to Dr. Bhawna Sirohi, Chief Medical Oncology, Max Healthcare, “a huge step forward in the fight against breast cancer.”

At a time when the medical world has been divided over the risks and benefits of existing screening tests that expose one to harmful cancercausing radiations, Dr. Sirohi says, “Current gold standard for screening for breast cancer is mammography, which has quite a few drawbacks including exposure to radiation. It is also not recommended for women less than 40 years of age. We see a lot of young patients, as young as 23 years old, with breast cancer in India. Some tumour types are poorly detected by mammography and it’s also difficult to detect very small tumours through mammography alone. BCtect can detect lobular breast cancer, and will also be useful in young women, usually with high breast density, where mammography is less effective in detecting breast cancers.” With about a 75% accuracy rate, early detection – even when the cancer is the size of a seed – “improves overall survival for the patient and also increases options for treatment like breast conserving surgery. The test only requires a small blood sample from the patient. Due to breast cancer, certain characteristic changes take place in women to be screened. It will need validation among Indians and I’m in contact with my colleagues in London. We plan to start a large prospective randomised trial in India as a research study with MRC’s (Medical Research Council, UK) support.”

A change in lifestyle (delayed marriages, delayed childbirths et al) for women is unavoidable, and while we all live the way we do, and at times can’t help missing nature’s deadlines, this easy test will at least alert us as soon as nature decides to strike.

Swati Hora


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Animal suicides: When pets call it quits

Are you sure your dog is just acting weird when he refuses to play or be more lively? Maybe he is stressed and contemplating suicide?

I’m not one of those who dote on dogs or cats or any other animal for that matter. Yet, in the last 15 years I’ve had 10 dogs, 8 cows (maximum 3 at a time), 3 rabbits, 2 parrots (which for the record, I thought were cruel to cage and so released them), and cats and peacocks have always been frequent visitors to my place (I never domesticated them). Though I’m not particularly fond of animals, they were never ill-treated or neglected at my home. However, the pattern in which some of my dogs expired led to my colleagues speculating that they had all resorted to suicide! This proposition was absolutely shocking to me. Yes, one of my dogs did hit his head against a moving car and another accidentally jumped into a well as he went about chasing a rabbit. One of my dogs ran away never to return, while my last dog, who died a natural death, was considered by my boss to be more like a cow than a dog!

My family and I loved them unconditionally and it is impossible for me to think that dogs or even animals could commit suicide. But, Richard O’Barry, who used to capture and train dolphins for the well-known 60s TV show Flipper, would beg to differ. Life changed for him when he saw one of the dolphins, Cathy, commit suicide in front of his very eyes. In his interview to a New York magazine he said, “Dolphins are not automatic air breathers like we are. Every breath for them is a conscious effort. She (Cathy) looked me right in the eye, took a breath, and held it, and she didn’t take another one. She just sank to the bottom of the water. That had a profound effect on me.” The event turned him into an animal-rights activist for life.

“Whether or not one wishes to believe that animals are capable of committing suicide, one fact is clear, that animals are capable of suffering, feeling pain, and grieving. Animals, like us, are complex, thinking, feeling beings – not inanimate objects for humans to use however we like with little to no consideration for their needs. There are many reasons why animals become depressed and act out. For example, most zoo enclosures are frustratingly small, far smaller than the space any animal would enjoy in the wild. Animals’ normal behaviour is seldom considered and their natural needs are rarely met. Birds’ wings may be clipped so that they cannot fly, aquatic animals often go without adequate water, and many animals who naturally live in large herds or family groups are kept alone or, at most, in pairs. Animals are closely confined, lack privacy, and have little opportunity for mental stimulation or physical exercise. These conditions often result in abnormal and self-destructive behaviour, known as ‘zoochosis’, says Poorva Joshipura, Chief Functionary, PETA India.

Perhaps that is why People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India sent a letter to Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, urging him to act immediately to stop plans to build a dolphinarium in New Delhi. Poorva continues, “In the wild, orcas and dolphins swim up to 100 miles per day. But captured, dolphins are confined to tanks, which for us would be like being confined to a bathtub for life. These animals navigate by echolocation – bouncing sonar waves off other objects to determine their shape, density, distance, and location – but in tanks, the reverberations from their own sonar bounce off the walls, driving some dolphins insane. Newly captured dolphins and orcas are forced to learn tricks. Former trainers say that withholding food and isolating animals who refuse to perform are two common training methods.”

While my pets enjoy a life of luxury and are certainly not suicidal, causing lifelong torture and inevitable premature death of the dolphins is where I, and hopefully our readers, will put their foot down.

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Sound of music

The multi-faceted and free-spirited Sophie Choudry returns with an album of original tracks, and a brand new channel on YouTube. Aakriti Bhardwaj in conversation with the remix queen of India

You have studied at the esteemed Sciences Po Paris and LSE. How did a career in veejaying and music happen?

I was a very good student, I got four A’s for my O level. At the same time I was determined to become an actor. Whilst I was studying, Biddu, who is my mentor and guide, launched me in a girl band Sansara and that’s when we first came to India for work and did the videos for Yeh dil sun raha hai. It became really popular but like most girl bands we couldn’t stand each other! Then I went back to complete my graduation.

With your latest album Sound of Sophie, are you sort of returning the favour to Biddu?

Not at all! Biddu is the man who launched me, I did my first two albums with him, he’s the reason I moved to India. It was Biddu who said, "Kid, you need to move to India for one year and see what happens if you are serious about this." In one year, I became a VJ; Babu chhail chhabila happened. He has done me a favour in Sound of Sophie as he’s completely retired from music and the last song he composed was If I can’t have you for my album.

Of your various pursuits – music, dancing, acting, modelling, anchoring – which one is closest to your heart?

It is really hard to say. Veejaying was wonderful; it made me a household name. Acting is exciting; you wake up being someone different all the time. Singing is really the extension of who I am. That is where I creatively express who I am. I think singing gives me a three dimensional way of enjoying it: one, for the music; two, my music videos are like mini movies and I get to fulfil my fantasies in there, and three, for my live performances where I instantly reach out to my audience.

Has there been a conscious effort to steer clear of remixes?

The reason I had to produce this album is because I did not want to do any remixes. When I did Ek Pardesi, it was so big that I don’t think I’ll be able to repeat that kind of success. I really think that phase is really done with. Today, film songs are becoming remixes. “Aa Dekhen Zara” did a remix. If the film people are doing remixes then I don’t think pop artists need to do it; pop artists need to create something original.

You are the first in India to be signed by YouTube to launch an official celebrity channel. How do you feel about it?

I am having a ball with the channel. I have got all these subscribers and I have got thousands and thousands of ‘views’! I have only been active on it for a month but my video uploads have already had 200,000 hits. I am considering breaking my second video on YouTube exclusively.

Tell us about your forthcoming film Alibaug.

I’m grateful to Sanjay Gupta for giving me such a beautiful role. I play a girl called Nisha, and everybody feels that her life will turn out to be perfect – she marries her college sweetheart – but ends up going through a divorce. She transforms into ‘real’ woman – strong and independent. She is a practicing psychiatrist whose own life is pretty complicated but she handles it with a lot of grace.

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