Brexit: Concern over possible consequences for the Irish border

Summary: Covering the talks between David Cameron and Enda Kenny in Downing Street last week, it was obvious that Irish concerns about any potential British withdrawal from the European Union occupied more of the two prime ministers' time than their discussion of what might happen next in Stormont's budgetary saga.

Mark DevenportPolitical editor, Northern Ireland@markdevenporton Twitter Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny's language sounded more diplomatic than that of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Mr Ahern told the BBC any British exit from the EU would be "senseless" and set Northern Ireland back "light years". But given the close trading, social and cultural relations between Britain and Ireland, it is obvious any taoiseach will be worried about what would be a far reaching change to the status quo. 'Special position' This week, a report from an Irish parliamentary committee spelled out Dublin's concerns in more detail. The Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Joint Committee on European Union Affairs wants the Irish government to be "involved from the outset in all negotiations on the UK relationship with the EU, as UK's membership of the EU is an issue of vital national interest to Ireland". When it comes to Northern Ireland the committee argues that - in the context of the Good Friday Agreement - "the Irish Government has a voice in relation to the future of Northern Ireland and must feature in EU negotiations with the UK". In the event of a British withdrawal from the EU, the committee wants London and Dublin to make arrangements to replace any lost EU funding. Perhaps even more difficult to achieve, the committee wants the Irish and UK Governments to negotiate "to have Northern Ireland recognised (in an EU context) as having 'a special position' in the UK, in view of the Good Friday Agreement". It also recommends that "special arrangements be negotiated at EU level in that context, to maintain North-South relations and Northern Irish EU citizenship rights". Boiling that down, I assume the idea is that if someone is living in Northern Ireland, but carrying an Irish passport, they should continue to enjoy the benefits of EU membership, even if the UK has pulled out. Some unionists are not impressed by the Irish Parliamentary Committee's intervention. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MEP Diane Dodds regards the committee's view that Dublin must play a role in Mr Cameron's renegotiation as "unwelcome interference in the affairs of the UK". 'Non-foreign aliens' Should Britain leave the EU, there is no doubt there will be practical consequences so far as the UK's only land border is concerned. But will it, as the Irish committee fears, "result in issues around freedom of movement in border areas, border controls and customs checking"? On security grounds alone, it seems unlikely that a new network of fixed customs posts and immigration offices will be erected between Newry and Dundalk or Londonderry and Donegal. Indeed, as the Irish Parliamentary Committee itself points out, arrangements like the British Irish "Common Travel Area" which allows the free movement of people pre-date UK or Irish membership of the EU, as does the special status of Irish people living in the UK as "non-foreign aliens" (a term I hadn't been aware of until reading the committee's report). However, it is hard to argue with the committee's contention that "should the UK leave the EU, then the Northern Ireland border would become significant as it would become an external EU border". "This would raise considerable challenges for the open borders policy between the UK and Ireland," the committee's report added. If a UK outside the EU sought to tighten immigration controls at Dover and Heathrow, could it completely ignore a porous land border with a neighbouring EU state? Back in the days of Tony Blair's ill fated "e-borders" initiative, unionists objected to the idea they might be asked to show passports when travelling on flights or ferries between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The "e-borders" initiative was scrapped, but if the UK pulled out of the EU, would it ask Irish officials to carry out UK immigration checks, introduce more extensive mobile checks on the Northern Ireland border or flirt once again with the idea that operating checks on travel across the Irish Sea makes geographical, if not political sense?

पिछले हफ्ते डाउनिंग स्ट्रीट में डेविड कैमरन और एंडा केनी के बीच बातचीत को कवर करते हुए, यह स्पष्ट था कि यूरोपीय संघ से किसी भी संभावित ब्रिटिश वापसी के बारे में आयरिश चिंताओं ने स्टॉर्मोंट की बजटीय गाथा में आगे क्या हो सकता है, इस पर चर्चा करने की तुलना में दोनों प्रधानमंत्रियों का अधिक समय लिया।


Grays chemical plant in hydrochloric acid spill

Summary: More than 60 tonnes of hydrochloric acid spilt out from a container at an Essex industrial estate.

The Titan Works plant in Hogg Lane, Grays, was evacuated at about 06:00 BST and nearby roads closed. Firefighters wearing respirators have been working to disperse the gas cloud around the site. Essex Police said nobody had been hurt and there was "no threat to the public". The roads surrounding the chemical plant have now re-opened.

एसेक्स औद्योगिक एस्टेट के एक कंटेनर से 60 टन से अधिक हाइड्रोक्लोरिक एसिड निकला।


The Ghanaian woman who made millions fighting skin-bleaching

Summary: Ghana's Grace Amey-Obeng, one of West Africa's most successful businesswomen, made her fortune promoting products which emphasised the beauty of the black skin, at a time when many of her competitors were selling dangerous skin-bleaching formulas.

The business empire she started a quarter of a century ago with around $100 (£63) now has an annual turnover of between $8m and $10m. Her FC Group of Companies - which includes a beauty clinic, a firm that supplies salon equipment and cosmetics, and a college - has eight branches in Ghana and exports to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ivory Coast, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Mrs Amey-Obeng has won dozens of accolades and industry awards for her skincare beauty products and marketing. But one of the things that make her especially proud is her FC Beauty College which, since its opening in 1999, has trained more than 5,000 young people, mostly women. "It's like a family bond. I'm so proud that they have managed to go through the programme," she told the BBC's series African Dream. Equally important to her is her role as a medical aesthetician and she cites seeing a skin condition resolved as something that gives her "joy". "I'm so happy that God has given me that talent and that touch to heal people," she said. 'Irreparable damage' Mrs Amey-Obeng studied beauty therapy in the United Kingdom and after graduation, in the 1980s, returned to her native Ghana. She knew that in her country women take great pride in their appearance and was convinced that there was a niche market she could "tap into". Working out of her bag and going from house to house she advised people on skincare. Soon, however, she became aware that there was "a lot of skin-bleaching going on", a trend she found "alarming" and something that is common in much of Africa. "The women in the market had destroyed their skin with all this kind of beauty products, bleaching products, and so I saw the need for assisting them to reverse the process because otherwise it would become a social problem," she said. "The level of damage - in this climate - bleaching does is irreparable," she added. Not long after her return to Ghana, she opened her first beauty clinic with financial support from her family. "I couldn't access any funds from the bank. I didn't even think about it because everybody said 'In this country nobody will give you money'". Business loan offers came pouring in only after her business had been running for three years. Although access to bank loans in Ghana might be relatively easier these days, she advises that budding entrepreneurs should take care not to borrow too much. Made in Ghana Mrs Amey-Obeng explained that, once her clinic was running, she realised that the imported products they were recommending often proved too expensive for their clients. This was often a result of currency exchange rate fluctuations. "It was a challenge. They would come back with worse conditions, and so we said: 'OK, why don't we start our own line that we can sell to our people?'". Her skincare line, which she started in 1998, would soon have a huge success not only because of the products' prices - which currently range from $3 to $15 - but also, in her opinion, because they were made taking into account black skins and the West African climate. In view of her concerns about skin bleaching, the name of her brand, Forever Clair (Clear), may seem controversial to some. However, she argues that "clair" there refers to "light, hope and strength", not skin colour. "Light shows the way. It's not about complexion, it's about the heart," the entrepreneur said. And she seems indeed bent on helping others to gain hope and strength. She is well-known in Ghana for her philanthropic work, especially through the Grace Amey-Obeng International Foundation. Women leaders, she says, should offer a helping hand to less fortunate women, encourage them and share expertise. "The joy of putting smiles on the faces of people that this business offers, that's what makes me want to do it forever." African Dream is broadcast on the BBC Focus on Africa radio programme every Thursday afternoon, and on BBC World News throughout the day on Fridays Every week, one successful business man or woman will explain how they started off and what others could learn from them.

घाना की ग्रेस अमेय-ओबेंग, पश्चिम अफ्रीका की सबसे सफल व्यवसायी महिलाओं में से एक, ने अपने भाग्य को उन उत्पादों को बढ़ावा देने के लिए बनाया जो काली त्वचा की सुंदरता पर जोर देते थे, ऐसे समय में जब उनके कई प्रतियोगी खतरनाक त्वचा-ब्लीचिंग सूत्र बेच रहे थे।


Tanna: The Oscar-worthy film inspired by a Vanuatu tribal song

Summary: It's a tale of love and tragedy which some have called a Vanuatu version of Romeo and Juliet. But Tanna, which this week was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, is no ordinary story about star-crossed lovers.

By Tessa WongBBC News Made by Australian filmmakers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, the film is based on an actual incident which roiled the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, which it is named after (spoilers ahead). Tanna is known more for its tourist attractions such as an active volcano, picturesque jungles and beaches, and Prince Philip cults. But it also has a rich tribal culture, governed by a rigid set of beliefs known as kastom, in which inter-tribal arranged marriages play a crucial role in maintaining social stability. In the 1980s, a young couple from two different tribes had fallen in love and wanted to marry. But their tribes were vehemently against it. The lovers eventually killed themselves, an act which profoundly shook the community. "(There was the sense of) 'How could you kill yourself?' There had been no precedent, of people committing suicide for love," Mr Dean tells the BBC. "So a song came from that. Someone said he received it from their spirits. It's sung in first person, and says, you saw how much we loved each other but refused to let us be together, now we have to say goodbye." It is still sung to this day. After several similar suicides by those who had not been allowed to marry, the people of Tanna were forced to allow love marriages, and they now make up about half of tribal nuptials. Acid rain and threat of war Mr Dean was first inspired by Tanna when he visited the island ten years ago with Mr Butler to make a news documentary. Eventually, with the help of Vanuatu's cultural authorities, he made contact with the Yakel tribe who agreed to host him. Mr Dean, his wife and two young sons lived with them for seven months in 2014, while Mr Butler flew in periodically from Australia to make the film. JJ Nako, a Tanna local, acted as their translator and cultural interpreter. The filmmakers arrived without a plot and script, hoping to collaborate with the people of the tribe to tell a story - which they found once they heard of the tribal song. "(The Yakel) thought it was a story they wanted to tell, it's one that they're intimately involved in. And the important thing they wanted to show was the strength of their kastom," says Mr Dean. The movie was made with a skeleton film crew using minimal equipment - Mr Dean was the cinematographer, Mr Butler did sound, and Mr Dean's wife Janita managed the production together with villagers, while doubling up as the make-up artist. "She had a hard time of it, slathering coconut oil on ripped male bodies," jokes Mr Dean. There was no electricity, so they had to bring in solar panels to charge their equipment, and used natural light to film. The movie's entire cast is made up of non-professional actors - all of them are tribespeople. In fact, none of them had actually watched a movie before the filmmakers arrived. Casting was initially straightforward - they cast members of the Yakel, with the chief and medicine man playing the same roles in the film. Their lead actor, Mungau Dain, was chosen by the tribe as he was deemed their most handsome man. But they got into a pickle when looking for actors to play a rival tribe in the film. The Yakel decided to approach a real-life rival tribe, who promptly refused and insulted them. This quickly escalated into a conflict with the prospect of a tribal war, until the filmmakers made amends by giving a pig and exchanging kava - a highly prized drink used in ceremonies and rituals - with the rival tribe as a peace offering. A friendlier tribe was eventually cast. There was also the challenge of keeping equipment clean in a humid jungle constantly blanketed by volcanic dust, with Mr Dean having to battle acid rain while filming on Tanna's volcano. Even the film's premiere at the village came under threat when Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu just as the filmmakers were about to board a plane from Sydney. "They said that we still had to come... It looked like a bomb had gone off, the destruction was incredible. Only about a third of the huts were rebuilt, but everyone was still in good spirits," he said. The villagers made a screen out of two queen-size bedsheets tied to a banyan trees, and dozens of tribespeople came from all over Tanna to watch it - including the rival tribe, whom the Yakel eventually made peace with. "For many it was their first moviegoing experience, and it was a film in their own language, Nauvhal," he said. 'Making a more loving society' But making Tanna has also raised certain ethical questions. One was ensuring the filmmakers did not cause fundamental change to the tribe's lives, which arose when they discussed compensation. The Yakel have a cashless society, and the filmmakers wanted to pay in pigs and kava, but the villagers asked for money. "We were concerned that it would change them, but it was paternalistic of us.... They eventually took us aside and said, you know we use money (with the outside world)," says Mr Dean. People from the tribe occasionally visit the nearest town's market - about a two hour walk away - to buy pigs or other essentials. Some even use mobile phones now. The filmmakers eventually paid them a "substantial amount", which was used to fund a traditional circumcision ceremony for families in the surrounding area. "You could say 26 foreskins were sacrificed in the making of this film," jokes Mr Dean. Another issue was exposure to the outside world - the filmmakers discussed with the tribe the possibility that the film would attract more tourists to the area. "Their response was they want people to come and see how they do things, they are extremely proud of their culture," says Mr Dean. If the influx became too large, they would close off the road that leads to their mountaintop village, the Yakel told him. The Tanna tribes, says Mr Dean, form "a community that has made the deliberate decision to live traditionally". "They're aware of the outside world. They're fascinated. But they always want to come home, they feel it's the best life for them. The social harmony is extraordinary. They're very savvy and aware of what could be good and might be bad for their culture, they are constantly thinking about these things." But Tanna, the film, also aims to show that these societies are not always closed-off and rigid. "There's a tendency to view traditional tribal societies as locked in time, but the truth is different - they are constantly changing, constantly evolving. "And these guys made a very important decision, which is to make a new reality and a more loving society."

यह प्रेम और त्रासदी की कहानी है जिसे कुछ लोगों ने रोमियो और जूलियट का वानुअतु संस्करण कहा है। लेकिन तन्ना, जिसे इस सप्ताह सर्वश्रेष्ठ विदेशी भाषा फिल्म के लिए अकादमी पुरस्कार के लिए नामांकित किया गया था, स्टार-क्रॉस प्रेमियों के बारे में कोई साधारण कहानी नहीं है।


India Chipchase: Lured to sheet-covered home by 'meticulous' killer

Summary: A seemingly kind passer-by stopped to help a distressed woman outside a nightclub. But far from being a helping hand, Edward Tenniswood was a calculated obsessive who lured India Chipchase to her death in his plastic sheet-covered home. How did it happen?

By Laurence CawleyBBC News "India Eve Chipchase please let me know you're ok please darling... love you xxxcc." By the time Suzanne Chipchase posted this short message on Facebook, her daughter was already dead. When police broke down the door of a rented terraced home in Northampton, they found the clothed body of 20-year-old India lying on a mattress on the floor of the front bedroom. Her body was covered with a plastic sheet. Two glasses sat on a tray nearby. The bedside light had been left on. One of the officers who found her initially shook her, saying "wake up wake up it's the police". But India, who had been raped and throttled, was dead. Earlier that evening, India had been on a Friday night out with friends, drinking and laughing as well as getting angry about the state of an on-off relationship. At NB's nightclub in Northampton, she bought a round of Jagerbombs for her companions, who said she was dancing and "having a good time". But as the night wore on, her mood darkened. Friend Alice Lewis said India got upset and had "a 30-second outburst" about her romance with Grant Hare. "She just told me they weren't speaking much anymore," said Ms Lewis. "She was upset." Later, Harry Moylan and Ms Lewis noticed India had disappeared from the club. "We thought she'd either gone home, or met up with other friends," Mr Moylan said. She hadn't met up with other friends, and she never made it home. In fact, India was outside. She told door staff she wanted "to go home", so one of the security team found her a taxi. The driver, Andrew Birkenshaw, saw India was the worse for drink and asked for the fare in advance. India certainly wasn't going to pay ahead of the journey, Mr Birkenshaw recounted. He said she "got angry and threw a wobbly" before leaving the cab. Instead, she went back towards the club and was refused re-entry as she was deemed to be too drunk. Was there a duty of care? If India Chipchase had been allowed back into NB's club, she might have rejoined her friends and still be alive today. The club acted within the law in refusing her re-entry. Its own website states it "operates a zero tolerance towards binge drinking", urges its clientele to consider their state of health before a night out and "reserves the right to refuse entry at all times". But it also advertises "drinks starting at just £1" and asks its punters whether they are "brave enough to get DELIRIOUS with us?" Asked by the BBC whether it might have done more for India or whether there was a double standard in its drinks promotion and binge drinking stance, the club has yet to respond. Rachel Griffin, of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, while unable to comment on India's specific case, said: "Nightclubs and bars, which profit from people going out and having a good time, have a duty of care to their customers. "This should include having a policy of looking out for people who may have become separated from their friends or those whom others may seek to take advantage of if they appear vulnerable." It is increasingly common for taxis and minicabs to ask for up-front payments to protect drivers from dodged fares, although some places such as Birmingham banned the practice on the grounds it could put vulnerable people at greater risk. "We have called for a long time for more standardised, national practice for taxis and private hire vehicles (minicabs) so that passengers know what to expect when they use them," Ms Griffin added. "It has to be safer for passengers, who believe they are taking the safe option of getting a taxi or minicab home, to have the confidence that they won't be turned away if they can't pay in advance - or that they will be able to stop to get cash on the way home. "Even better would be for passengers to be able to pay by card as standard." At about 01:00 GMT, India was spotted by Christopher Christon who was awaiting a ride home with his wife Jacqueline near the club. "She seemed quite distressed," he said. "I think she was trying to get through to someone (on her phone). It seemed like she was crying." An older man wearing a duffel jacket and a rucksack got "all the way up" to India, he said. "He asked if she was OK," Mr Christon added. "He put his arm around her and said, 'We'll make sure we'll get you home in a taxi, safely'." The time was 01:15 GMT. The man was Tenniswood, who was heard telling her to put her phone in her bag. Tenniswood claimed they had developed a "bond" outside the nightclub. He said he told her: "Well I'm going to get a cab home and a drink at my place, you're very welcome to come if you want to." He claims she said "yes" and they got into a taxi together. The driver of that taxi - Azzizula Miagan - thought both Tenniswood and India seemed "drunk". Tenniswood did almost all the talking. Tenniswood - who claimed to be "lucky enough to have had some extremely attractive girlfriends, some of whom are fashion models" - didn't give his actual address, asking instead for them to be dropped off some distance away. India and Tenniswood were then seen walking down Stanley Road by Patrick Francis, who was smoking a cigarette in the street. "The man started helping the woman across the road, he was leading her by the arm," he said. "He opened the door and guided her in." Inside 6 Stanley Road Tenniswood was a "meticulous" loner, whose home revealed an obsession with cleanliness, laid bare for all to see in an estate agent's property pictures. His landlord had tried to sell 6 Stanley Road - Tenniswood's home since 2010. Photographs of the three-bedroom house revealed an interior covered in plastic sheets, food bowls covered with plates and newspaper on the floor. There was nowhere to sit down and socialise - all the usual accoutrements of interior living were covered up and pushed away. Even his computer was covered in plastic food wrap. "It seems illogical to keep cleaning it to use it," Tenniswood would tell the trial jury. "Instead you just replace the cling film, rather than the rigmarole of cleaning." Tenniswood - who claims to have obsessive compulsive disorder - was a compulsive hand washer, sometimes scrubbing them red raw. And he often wore latex gloves, which he bought by the 100 for £3.99 from Poundstretcher. The curtains were always drawn and there was only ever one light on in the house in an upstairs room. Tenniswood said he "contained" himself to living upstairs. When Grant Hare got home that night he charged up the flat battery on his phone. When it turned on, it revealed he had nine missed calls and two text messages from India. One read simply: "Where are you?" Mr Hare, giving evidence during the trial, said the couple were "not quite boyfriend and girlfriend" and that he was unaware of the suggestion they had romantic problems. Three of the missed calls were at 01:26, 01:27 and 01:28 - just minutes after India had been "led, steered or escorted" into Mr Miagan's cab by Tenniswood. When he realised he had missed her calls and messages, Mr Hare tried three times to reach her. All of the calls went to voicemail. Exactly what happened inside the house on Stanley Road might never be fully known, but forensic results provide at least sketch. There was a cigarette butt with India's DNA on it found in a cup in the kitchen. Her palm and fingerprints were discovered on doorways in and out of downstairs rooms. Post-mortem examination results found India had almost three times the alcohol drink-drive limit in her system which, a pathologist stated, would have caused "disorientation" and "mental confusion". Tenniswood claimed India went to his bathroom and he poured two glasses of wine. When she returned, he claimed India seemed happier and more alert. They sat, he claims, and shared a "tender moment" opposite a large mirror in his bedroom. "She just happens to make this incredibly moving comment. Just a sweet India thing to do," claimed Tenniswood, bizarrely suggesting knowledge of a woman he had met about an hour earlier. "The two of us were framed in the mirror and she said 'it looks like we are in the middle of an oil painting' and she put her arm around me and she squeezed, almost like we were posing for a selfie," he added. The jury, however, found his claims impossible to believe - just as it did with his claim that throttling her was the result of his "over-eagerness" to satisfy her in bed. They instead decided the evidence showed he raped and murdered her. India put up a struggle, which led to Tenniswood's blood being left beneath one of her fingernails. But by 03:00, she was dead. Donning surgical gloves, Tenniswood cleared up. He re-clothed her, covered her body and left. Concerns for India's welfare grew quickly after she failed to make contact with her family on Saturday, and then did not turn up for work at the Collingtree pub. While her family used social media to appeal for information on the day she went missing, it was not until the following afternoon that Northamptonshire Police appealed for the public's help in finding her. The force's handling of the missing person dimension of the case is currently subject of an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation. Reported missing on 30 January, India's body was found inside Tenniswood's home at about 15:30 on 31 January. Despite not having a criminal record, one officer recognised Tenniswood from the CCTV of them getting into the taxi. A trawl of earlier CCTV showed him lurking outside the club two weeks previously on 16 January. He was wearing the same clothing and carrying a backpack. PC Steven Knight, who found India's body, described how he initially tried to shake her awake. "The first thing I noticed was the hair at the top of the mattress. Initially, I thought it was fur. The hair was displayed. Instead of being down, it was pulled up and around - sort of a halo." India's body had more than 30 fresh injuries, some of them consistent with an assault. Her belongings - including handbag, shoes and mobile phone - were placed around the house in such a way as to appear inconspicuous. There were "other women's clothes and shoes" dotted throughout his rented home. These, and newspaper clippings of women he believed resembled former girlfriends, were regarded by Tenniswood as "ornaments", the trial heard. Three hours after entering his home, police caught up with Tenniswood at a nearby Ibis hotel. He was in the lounge watching television, and his greeting was chilling. "You know who I am - Edward," he told officers. "I'm surprised you were so quick, it didn't take you long to find me. "I suppose you've been to the house - you've found what you're looking for."

एक दयालु राहगीर एक नाइट क्लब के बाहर एक व्यथित महिला की मदद करने के लिए रुका। लेकिन मदद करने की जगह, एडवर्ड टेनिसवुड एक सोचा-समझा जुनूनी था जिसने इंडिया चिपचेज़ को प्लास्टिक की चादर से ढके अपने घर में उसकी मौत का लालच दिया। यह कैसे हुआ?


Concentrix Technologies creating 100 IT jobs in Belfast

Summary: A US software company is creating 100 jobs in Belfast.

Concentrix Technologies is part of the international Synnex Corporation, and provides customer relationship management (CRM) software. Invest Northern Ireland is providing financial support of £749,000. Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster met representatives of the company recently. "I am pleased such high quality jobs have been secured for local people," she said. "These jobs will deliver in excess of £4m annually in salaries. This is proof that Northern Ireland remains one of the most competitive places in Europe for inward investors seeking talented people in a cost-competitive location." Chris Caldwell, president, Concentrix Corporation, said: "Our European operations service a fast growing, dynamic market so when looking for potential locations for our expansion, Northern Ireland was immediately one of our main options. "The support provided by Invest NI, the strength of the ICT sector and the resources on offer make our decision an easy one. "We have already commenced recruitment at a range of levels from graduate to highly experienced software professionals and hope to have the first 20 developers in place by January 2013." Concentrix Technologies' Belfast operation will be based at Lanyon Place. The company produces software for a wide range of business activities.

एक अमेरिकी सॉफ्टवेयर कंपनी बेलफास्ट में 100 नौकरियों का सृजन कर रही है।


Toronto van attack: Inside the dark world of 'incels'

Summary: The suspect accused of a deadly van attack in Toronto wrote about an "Incel Rebellion" on Facebook, prompting huge attention on a little-known internet subculture. Who are the young men who frequent incel - short for "involuntarily celibate" - message boards?

By Jonathan GriffinBBC Trending "Obviously I don't have much hope of attracting a woman in the first place." Jack Peterson is a 19-year-old from Chicago. He's one of the thousands of young men who visit forums on Reddit and other incel websites. "I've had a couple of negative experiences in relationships and so that has made me feel, like you know... it's hard to move on from my past and start a new relationship," he says. "I've had women who have done pretty bad things to me." These overall themes of failure and frustration - along with anger and hate - are common on incel forums. I spoke to several young men who call themselves incel. They're in their teens or early 20s and many have experienced rejection or negative encounters with women. They go to message boards out of loneliness. What they find is a group of angry men pushing the idea that they have lost the genetic lottery, and there's almost nothing they can do about it. Jack has a YouTube channel and a podcast. He is one of very few incels prepared to speak to the media after the Toronto attacks. Others agreed to speak if I changed their names. They're embarrassed because they're unsuccessful at relationships - but many are also hiding extreme views. One 19-year-old incel from the UK - I'll call him Liam - has been active on forums from a young age. He's unemployed, and lives at home with his family. He admits: "I've got this sort of misogynistic view which is not helping me in life, generally." I ask him directly: does he hate women? "In some ways, yes," he stutters. "I try not to, but I find myself like - I'll just be talking and I'll say things that I shouldn't really say, just because I've been looking at forums." More on this story Our conversation is stilted, thoughts trail off and silences punctuate our interaction. I ask Liam what kind of things he says in real life that he thinks he shouldn't. He reels off several unprintable insults that he mutters at women. So is this behaviour a result of his time in incel communities? "I guess I can't actually say if it's related, because when you're younger, you probably wouldn't end up saying those things anyway. But I guess I wouldn't have before. "It's what these communities are," he adds. "It sucks you in so you get into this echo chamber of people who experience similar problems. "You think one small [thing]... then you get other people thinking far more radical things. So you then think the small things are acceptable." The radical things Liam talks about are in plain sight on incel message boards. Sex and genetics The idea that all women are money-grabbing, promiscuous and manipulative comes across strongly on incel threads, where attractive women in particular are referred to as "Stacys". "Stacys" are objects of both desire and ridicule. In their world, incels believe "Stacys" will always choose so-called "Chads" over them. A "Chad" is a caricature of a sexually successful man. And comparisons are not just about personality or confidence. Many incels believe they are genetically inferior to "Chads". Chad is often depicted as a successful guy with swathes of blonde hair and pulsating muscles (which he shows off in neon green trousers). He has a sports car, but more than that, he also possesses a physical attribute incels envy - a chiselled jaw line. These crude caricatures seem laughable - but they are important because they create an "us v them" mentality. Incels believe that sex, love and happiness are out of their reach, available only to others. They're particularly drawn to the nihilistic "black pill" theory - the idea that they are the only ones who realise that the game of sex and attraction is rigged from birth. Self-help or positivity is frowned upon on incel forums. Anyone who successfully interacts with women is instantly branded a "fakecel" - meaning "fake incel". You may also be interested in: Incel communities have developed on Reddit, Facebook, 4chan and on sites run by incels themselves. There are also counter-incel groups which ridicule their views. It's in one of these opposition groups that I meet an "ex-incel". Matthew - again not his real name - found out about incels on 4chan, a freewheeling, often extreme message board. He is frank about what drew him in, aged just 15. "I was quite overweight. I was very socially inept and my friendship circle was quite restricted," he reflects. "As a result, I was very insecure. "Having someone who was a girl, who had broken my heart, just further strengthened that insecurity." Over the course of a year, Matthew's attitudes towards women turned extreme. "I had resentment towards a particular person," he says. "But after speaking to people on the internet, they tended to convince me that [cruelty] was a common attribute among women. Which is quite terrible, now that I think about it. "It was this idea that all women were inherently manipulative. All women had an intent to exploit men." Mass murder A hero within inceldom - possibly a somewhat ironic one - is Elliot Rodger. In 2014, he killed six people and turned the gun on himself. In a rambling manifesto filled with racist and misogynistic slurs, Rodger complained that women did not want to have sex with him. Although the manifesto did not specifically mention incels, his actions are discussed constantly in incel forums. Sometimes the comments look like dark humour but at other times they appear more serious. I saw one forum thread where someone was saying they wanted to take their own life, and various commenters suggested violence. One said: "DON'T be selfish. Go to an elementary school and kill some children before you commit suicide. Please!?!" Messages like that aren't unusual in the incel community. When someone mentions that they have suicidal thoughts, they're often egged on by other posters. As we speak, Liam, the 19-year-old UK incel, tries to joke about Rodger's murder spree. "I don't think it was even that wrong," he says, laughing nervously. When I push, he does say: "It's common sense, it's wrong to kill people." Incel forums, he admits, are not places to go to for support, if you're angry or having thoughts of suicide. "People don't try and sugar-coat things in a way that conventionally people do," he says. Keeping an eye on incels Moderation of many incel groups is fairly lax. Reddit banned the largest incel group in November, but others remain online. There are also individuals who keep tabs on incel forums. I speak to Emily, a Canadian woman who has been observing the Toronto incel community for years. She even posed as a male on a Reddit account to try to engage with them. (Again, Emily is not her real name - she says she's received rape threats from incels). Emily is particularly disturbed by conversations she's seen since the Toronto attack. While some incels are desperately trying to distance themselves from the attacker, others are undermining that message. "The day after the attack I saw a British student who was an incel. He wasn't let into medical school because - he said - a woman interviewed him and thought he was too ugly to be a doctor," she explains. "He was planning to kill himself that night and in the comments section were people encouraging him to take revenge and 'not go down alone'," she says. "They're posting violent memes. They're encouraging each other to attack people and no-one is doing anything about it. If Isis was doing something like this, it would be shut down immediately and people would be arrested." Emily says there is a particularly active incel community in Toronto - possibly because of the political climate in Canada, where the prime minister calls himself a feminist. "I think people feel oppressed when equality is closer," she says. "So if you were once the king of the hill and now everyone's almost on your level, you feel threatened." There also appears to be an overlap between incel culture and the hyper-nationalist, anti-feminist movement of the alt-right. Both movements view the world through the lens of group genetics, with racial stereotypes, and think of themselves as unfairly maligned minority groups under attack by political correctness. And they share the same sense of humour, which has practically no filter. Matthew, the ex-incel from Australia, turned away from the movement partly because it morphed into something political. "Back then it wasn't nearly as hostile as it is today," he recalls. "There's instigators - people on these forums who ignite feelings of anger. They push people into often reactionary movements, most commonly the alt-right." "I stopped calling myself an incel at the end of 2016. That's when political discourse began to become quite heated in Australia," he recalls. "They tended to just blame everything on women." Matthew is at university now, and says meeting new people has made it easier to socialise and talk to women. But he worries that other incels who are more reclusive may find it difficult to change. Moving away Amid all of the hatred online, the recent attention in the wake of the Toronto attack appears to have prompted some incels to have a change of heart. A few days after I interviewed him, Jack Peterson uploaded a video titled: "Why I'm Leaving Incels". I rang him again, to ask why. "Just being productive, and busy, and going downtown, and travelling, and meeting a bunch of different people," he says. "Talking to CNN, BBC and the Sun has made me realise that my regular daily life is very boring and monotonous. "And it kind of made me realise that I can't really go back to sitting on a forum all day, talking about how miserable I am, and making podcasts about it. I have to make a change. "Even if you're just some random guy who lives with his mom, and makes videos about how you're a loser, you can still have some small impact on the world. So it just gave me confidence." After all the media attention, Jack noticed that he was getting good feedback from unexpected sources. "I was getting positive comments from random feminists and leftists. And the incel community itself was telling me to kill myself. I was like... maybe this is not healthy for me." And Emily, the Canadian woman, shows a surprising amount of empathy for a community that expresses such extreme views. I ask her what she would say to incels reading this story. "If you project love into the world, you'll receive love back," she advises. "If you're negative towards women they will never, ever want to have a relationship with you. "So you need to do a lot of soul searching. The world isn't a hateful place. People are friendly. You're not ugly. You matter." Blog by Jonathan Griffin With reporting by Elizabeth Cassin Do you have a story for us? Email BBC Trending. More from Trending: Fake 'Islamic State' mall prank outrages Iranians A stunt performed by a group of men dressed as fighters from the so-called Islamic State in a major mall in central Tehran has been met by harsh criticism. READ NOW You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending. .

टोरंटो में एक घातक वैन हमले के आरोपी ने फेसबुक पर एक "इन्सेल विद्रोह" के बारे में लिखा, जिससे एक अल्पज्ञात इंटरनेट उपसंस्कृति पर भारी ध्यान आकर्षित हुआ। वे युवा पुरुष कौन हैं जो अक्सर इन्सेल करते हैं-"अनैच्छिक रूप से ब्रह्मचर्य" के लिए छोटा-संदेश बोर्ड?


Apec: The summit held on a boat

Summary: The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit is now under way in Papua New Guinea.

Karishma VaswaniAsia business correspondent@BBCKarishmaon Twitter The meeting will bring together world and business leaders, with trade talks high on the agenda. But why are attending CEOs and other guests staying on cruise ships?

एशिया प्रशांत आर्थिक सहयोग (ए. पी. ई. सी.) शिखर सम्मेलन अब पापुआ न्यू गिनी में चल रहा है।


Sofa surfers: The young hidden homeless

Summary: Sam does not know where he will be sleeping tonight.

Now 23, he says he first became homeless at 15 because of a family breakdown and has been in and out of bedsits, hostels and supported accommodation ever since. "I've stayed at friends' in the past - I've never really had my own actual flat," he says. "I've slept rough quite a few times but most of the time when I've slept rough I have not actually slept. "I just wander round because I can't really shut off when I'm out in the cold." Floors and settees This week a committee of MPs called homelessness a "national crisis", highlighting more than 9,000 rough sleepers and 78,000 families in temporary accommodation in England alone. Sam drifts between friends' sofas, temporary accommodation and rough sleeping in and around Leyland in Lancashire. Young people like him do not always show in official statistics - but new UK-wide research for the BBC found: At The Key drop-in centre for young homeless people in Leyland, Ian, 25, says he has been sofa-surfing for seven years. His days revolve around a few hours at the drop-in centre. Otherwise, he walks the streets for hours, trying to stay warm and then heads to a mate's house in the evening. "I end up spending a few hours there. Then I would finally ask him if I could stay the night. If he says yes I would stay there." He says he feels a burden on his friends. Sometimes he says he runs out of friends he feels able to ask and has to sleep out. Sub-zero respite The most common reasons for young people resorting to friends' sofas included parents being unable or unwilling to provide housing, extended family being unable to help and splitting from a partner. Tenancies ending, domestic abuse, rent arrears and leaving care also contributed. Ian has been offered a friend's flat for the next three weeks. Sam, who has spent time in prison, has come to the drop-in centre to make calls to try to find a room for the night. On the coldest nights, the local council will find him somewhere to stay but that ends as soon as the temperature rises above zero. "It takes pretty much every day of my life, trying to find out where I am going to be staying. "It doesn't feel like it ever ends. I feel quite drained with it all." He is on medication for depression. Sam says not having an address means he can't register with a GP to get the mental health support he needs. Depression affects Ian too and both young men say it's hard to study or look for work without an address. "I feel like I'm going round in circles and circles and circles," says Ian. "All I can do is keep trying." 'Everybody's got strengths' Ursula Patten, operations director at The Key, says sofa surfers should definitely be considered homeless. "You are homeless if you haven't got a place you can stay on a consistent basis - somewhere that you can call home." She says about 70% of the homeless young people on the charity's books have sofa-surfed before running out of options and seeking help. But she believes that with the right support there is no reason why homeless young people should not have hope for the future. "It's just a phase in your life. You may have got lost but you've got strengths. Everybody's got strengths. And I would say go and get some support and somebody to help you find your direction in life because you can attain great things." The charity Centrepoint said the BBC data corroborated its own research, carried out in 2014 by Cambridge University. Co-author Anna Clarke said: "Sofa-surfing is a not uncommon experience for young people in housing difficulties. "It is really useful to have this kind of evidence on something that's inherently difficult to quantify." And Centrepoint chief executive Seyi Obakin said it was crucial to "dispel the myth that there is anything fun or easy about sofa-surfing". "Goodwill is the only thing keeping too many young people from sleeping on the UK's streets. "It's frightening just how many are trapped in a cycle that is detrimental to their health, sees them struggle to keep up in education, and where outstaying their welcome can mean becoming exposed to dangers no-one should have to face."

सैम को नहीं पता कि वह आज रात कहाँ सोएगा।


Snow and strong wind warning issued for Wales

Summary: Snow and strong winds have been forecast on Sunday morning, with the Met Office issuing two weather warnings for Wales.

A yellow warning for snow has been issued for Wrexham, Denbighshire, Flintshire and parts of Conwy, Powys and Gwynedd from 03:00 GMT on Sunday. Meanwhile, a second warning for strong wind has been issued for the south coast from 01:00. Both warnings are set to finish at 11:00 on Sunday morning. The Met Office has warned transport may be affected, with roads, railways and ferries likely to see delays. There are also warnings of power losses in the south because of the strong winds.

रविवार की सुबह बर्फबारी और तेज हवाओं का पूर्वानुमान लगाया गया है, मौसम कार्यालय ने वेल्स के लिए दो मौसम चेतावनियां जारी की हैं।


Guisborough collision: Driver charged over death crash

Summary: A man has been charged in connection with the death of woman and her father in a crash in Guisborough .

Michael Liddell, 68, died at the scene of the collision at the roundabout junction with Middlesbrough Road and the A171 on 13 June. His daughter Sarah Liddell, 41, was injured and died the next day. Mario Dzhambazov, 18, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. He is also accused of driving without insurance and driving without a licence.

गुइसबोरो में एक दुर्घटना में महिला और उसके पिता की मौत के संबंध में एक व्यक्ति पर आरोप लगाया गया है।


Your pictures on the theme of 'autumn landscapes'

Summary: We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of "autumn landscapes". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world.

The next theme is "monochrome" and the deadline for entries is 24 November 2020. Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link below to "Upload your pictures here". Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme, you take the picture", at the bottom of the page. All photographs subject to copyright.

हमने अपने पाठकों से "शरद ऋतु के परिदृश्य" विषय पर अपनी तस्वीरें भेजने के लिए कहा। यहाँ दुनिया भर से हमें भेजी गई कुछ तस्वीरें हैं।


Bank Libor fines to benefit Broughton House veterans home

Summary: A £10m redevelopment of a veterans home will be partly paid for using fines imposed on banks involved in the Libor scandal, the chancellor has announced in the Autumn Statement.

Broughton House in Salford will receive £3m towards the first phase of transforming it into a care village. The new site will include a nursing home, a memorial park and allotments. The fines were levied on financial institutions for rigging interest rates charged on borrowings from other banks. Chief executive Ty Platten said the revamp of the home, which is celebrating its centenary, would mean it could "meet the modern care needs of veterans from a health, social, care and housing perspective". The work, which is due to begin in summer 2017, will also see assisted living apartments, an interactive museum, meeting rooms, a gym, a rehabilitation centre and a bowling green added to the site. Mr Platten said the remainder of the money needed to complete the project would be raised from benefactors, organisations and the public.

कुलाधिपति ने शरद ऋतु वक्तव्य में घोषणा की है कि लिबोर घोटाले में शामिल बैंकों पर लगाए गए जुर्माने का उपयोग करने के लिए एक पूर्व सैनिकों के घर के 10 मिलियन पाउंड के पुनर्विकास का आंशिक रूप से भुगतान किया जाएगा।


Bradgate Park: Plastic poo bags found in deer's gut

Summary: Dog walkers have been ordered to bin their pet's waste after a deer's stomach was found to be full of plastic poo bags at a park in Leicestershire.

The discovery was made at Bradgate Park, in Newtown Linford on Tuesday following an annual deer cull. Peter Tyldesley, director of the Bradgate Park Trust, said leaving dog mess lying around in plastic bags is "lethal" for all wildlife. He said the culled deer was in good health despite the contents of its gut. More updates and stories from Leicestershire Mr Tyldesley said: "When we examined its internal organs, to make sure its not got any parasites or diseases, we found the stomach was full of plastic dog poo bags. He said animals had been found in the past "looking emaciated and in poor health" and later their stomachs were found to be "full of plastic". "This is the first time that one has been walking around apparently healthy ... you do wonder how many animals out there have ingested a whole load of plastic." He added the deer could be associating the bags with picnic food.

लीसेस्टरशायर के एक पार्क में एक हिरण का पेट प्लास्टिक के मल के थैलों से भरा हुआ पाए जाने के बाद कुत्ते चलने वालों को अपने पालतू जानवर के कचरे को बिन करने का आदेश दिया गया है।


Can Democrats keep avoiding impeachment talk?

Summary: As the swirl of legal drama around Donald Trump grows, it will be increasingly difficult for Democrats to avoid direct questions about the "I word" - impeachment - even if the topic makes many on the left squirm with discomfort.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter On Tuesday Donald Trump's former personal lawyer stood in a New York courtroom and said then-candidate Trump directed him to commit campaign finance crimes. If Mr Cohen is to be believed - and his lawyer has produced an audio recording that appears to be at least partial corroboration - it draws the president closer to what is now-documented illegal activity. What does US law say? There's an open legal debate about whether a sitting president can be indicted for a crime. The constitution and federal law are silent on the issue, but Department of Justice guidelines say no. The consensus recourse for a president who is accused of serious misdeeds is impeachment by a majority of the House of Representatives and a vote to remove by two-thirds of the US Senate. This, obviously, is both a tall order and an intrinsically political act. While there has been talk among liberal ranks about impeachment virtually from the day Mr Trump took office, mainstream Democratic politicians have been extremely uneasy to address the subject directly. What are Democrats saying? Back in May, Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi called impeachment a "divisive issue" that is "not the path the party should go on" leading up to November's mid-term congressional elections. Perhaps it's because Democrats are in the minority in both the House and Senate, so without Republican support such an act would be doomed before it starts. Or it could be a calculation on the part of party officials that, at the moment, polls show their side is much more enthusiastic about voting in the upcoming elections. The thought that the president is in political peril could rally his conservative base and drive them to the polls in equally large numbers. The conservative effort to impeach Bill Clinton in 1998 is widely viewed as having backfired on the party, leading to an unusually strong mid-term performance by Democrats in a year that, historically, should have favoured the out-of-the-White-House Republicans. For whatever reason, Democrats - for the most part - have dodged and ducked. The impeachment question, however, is going to come up with greater frequency. "I expect that we will confront it," Democratic Congressman David Price of North Carolina told the Raleigh News and Observer on Tuesday. "At a minimum, we're going to confront the need to investigate a great many things." In a television interview on Wednesday morning, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was repeatedly pressed to say whether she thought the Cohen allegations, alone, merited impeachment hearings. The possible 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner said she wasn't "nervous" about discussing the topic, but that it was important to let the special counsel investigation conclude before deciding on a "next step". "We have an ongoing investigation that has been in place that is much more sweeping, that is much broader than simply the one thing that happened in New York court yesterday," she told CNN. "If you really want to look at what Donald Trump has done and what kind of responsibility he should have, let's get that investigation finished as well." Who is calling for impeachment? That may not be good enough for some on the left. California hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer, a big-money Democratic donor who has spent nearly a year gathering more than five million signatures on a petition calling for the president's impeachment, said the Cohen and Manafort cases bolster his arguments. "The evidence continues to mount up," he said in a video statement on Tuesday. "The question is when will Congress pay attention." At a progressive event earlier this month, Mr Steyer accused the Democratic "establishment" of agreeing with him in private, while giving long-winded excuses in public. "Their message to me and the 5.5 million Americans demanding Donald Trump's impeachment is that it's bad politics, it's off message, and it will galvanize the Republicans," he said. Following the double court-room drama on Tuesday, Mr Steyer has pledge to spend at least $1m on a new round of television advertisements calling for Mr Trump's removal. What are Republicans saying? Complicating matters is a certain amount of awakening on the right, among disaffected conservatives, to the thought that maybe impeachment is a realistic option. While the number of Republican officeholders publicly saying such a thing can be counted on one hand, pundits and commentators are beginning to chime in. "I've been sceptical about the wisdom and merit of impeachment. Cohen's guilty plea changes that," New York Times columnist Brett Stephens tweeted on Tuesday. "The president is clearly guilty of high crimes and misdemeanours. He should resign his office or be impeached and removed from office." It seems unlikely in the extreme that Republicans in Congress would even entertain such notions for the time being. If their numbers are thinned in a November Democratic mid-term wave, and they conclude they're better off politically without Mr Trump than with him, that calculus could change. Whatever the outcome, it's in the Republican Party's interests to get impeachment on the table as an election issue as quickly as possible. Democrats, on the other hand, are conflicted - and it shows.

जैसे-जैसे डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प के इर्द-गिर्द कानूनी नाटक का दौर बढ़ता जाएगा, डेमोक्रेट के लिए "आई वर्ड"-महाभियोग के बारे में सीधे प्रश्नों से बचना मुश्किल होता जाएगा-भले ही यह विषय वामपंथी लोगों को असहज कर दे।


My Business: Indian youth brand Happily Unmarried

Summary: What makes an entrepreneur? The BBC's Saima Iqbal and Tom Santorelli speak to Rahul Anand and Rajat Tuli, about turning an idea about making products tailored specifically for young, upwardly-mobile Indians into a thriving business.

Business partners Rahul Anand and Rajat Tuli first met while pursuing their Masters degrees. In 2003 the software company they had joined together went bankrupt and they decided it was time to take the plunge and start their own enterprise. They had the notion that there was a niche in the market for a brand which catered for India's youth - a demographic which they thought up to then was being underserved. At the time a large number of foreign companies were setting up their outsourcing arms in India. Rahul and Rajat realised that this would mean there would be more young employees with disposable income, but there was no brand completely dedicated to India's youth. "The youngsters these days are independent, they have opinions and they like to make a statement with the T-shirts they are wearing or the glass they are sipping their drink from" says Rajat. The idea for their business hit them while they were both out jogging. They were so excited by the brand name they immediately ran to a cyber cafe and registered it. Happily Unmarried would be a fun brand which made a vast range of products from household items to clothes and beyond which catered for young Indians. The sort of well-designed yet functional items a young single - or taken - person might like to be seen with. Seed capital But their former employers had not paid them for the last six months and they had no capital to get their venture off the ground. Pawning a laptop given to them by their old company raised 25,000 rupees ($450) - which was not even enough for them to hire office space. "So we said let's give the impression that we're a really cool company! So we got nice visiting cards made, very fancy posters made and put them everywhere. And then we got a website...we were operating out of cyber cafes, out of buses, out of other peoples' offices, and that's how we managed in the first couple of years" says Rajat. Their efforts at raising their brand awareness paid off. Starting out with a small kiosk inside a mall in Delhi, they now sell in 80 stores across 25 cities in India. "We also have stores in smaller towns in India and the sales are encouraging, it shows that Indian youth in smaller cities also like to spend and they are opening up to products that are in your face and make a statement" says Rahul. Design ethos The partners employ four designers to come up with new product concepts: "The basic surmise is very simple. It has to make you smile", says Rahul. Their products are colourful, funny and are often emblazoned with somewhat irreverent text which makes them a hit with the younger generation. But their goods are also designed while keeping the utility factor in mind, says Rajat. "We have designed some innovative laundry bags, toothpick holders, key holders for walls, door-mats and tea-cups that are not just great design ideas but we need them in our lives too". They are open to new ideas and one need not be a professional designer to design for them according to Rahul: "People from all walks of life write to us sharing their ideas and if we like the idea and decide to turn it into a product then they get royalties and credit". E-commerce is also one of the fastest growing platforms for their products and the past year alone has seen the highest online sales of their products. "People have better access to the internet and they are opening up to the idea of shopping on the internet" says Rajat. Youth connections They have been able to leverage the ubiquity of social media sites to increase sales and create a sense of community in their customer base. "It just reaffirms your faith....it's a feel-good factor!" says Rajat, checking the number of friends Happily Unmarried has on Facebook - 63,00 and counting. One of the aspects of the business the partners enjoy the most is putting on one of India's biggest independent music festivals - called Music in the Hills - in different venues each year. It helps introduce people young and old to the Happily Unmarried brand. "It's a big party for two days and two nights" says Rajat. "It works as a huge promotion for us and we love doing it". Operating out of an office in Delhi, most of their 200 or so products are made in smaller towns closer to Delhi like Saharanpur, Roorkee, Moradabad and Panipat which are the traditional industrial hubs of northern India. "These cities have seen huge losses due to a lot of manufacturing industries going to China, but the cost of production is low and fits our needs" says Rajat. With an annual turnover of 5 crores (roughly $900,000; £570,714; 707,247 euros) Rajat feels the industry is taking them seriously now. "We're not just designing products we are also designing restaurants, organising events and giving them our touch by making it more fun".

बी. बी. सी. की साइमा इकबाल और टॉम सैंटोरेली ने राहुल आनंद और रजत तुली से बात की, विशेष रूप से युवा, ऊपर की ओर चलने वाले भारतीयों के लिए उत्पादों को एक संपन्न व्यवसाय में बदलने के बारे में एक विचार के बारे में।


Can an employer demand that you go to work naked?

Summary: "I want everyone working in this bank to come to work on Monday naked," ordered the bank manager. Hmm, would it really be acceptable for an employer to demand this? And if not, what makes a dress code reasonable or unreasonable? David Edmonds dons his thinking cap.

Question: What do tattoos, crucifixes, headscarves, beards and high-heeled shoes have in common? Answer: they've all been the subject of sackings and disputes between employers and employees. There was the London receptionist given the boot for not wearing high-heels, the Belgian receptionist told to hang up her hat for wearing a headscarf, the woman sacked for wearing a crucifix, the employees branded intolerant for objecting to tattoos and the firm in the cross hairs for banning facial fuzz. All these stories raise the question of what an employer can require that their employees wear. Can they legitimately impose on their staff any dress code they wish? How then, should we think about the issue? What dress codes are reasonable? Well, the easiest cases are those in which clothing is directly linked to the job. If you work in Disneyland, you may be expected to wear a Mickey Mouse outfit. If you work as a doctor you will have to put on medical scrubs. These rules seem unobjectionable. It's essential to the job of an actor that he or she is prepared to wear a costume. It's essential that construction workers wear hard hats. The Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers says a basic uniform is often uncontroversial, too. "An employer may want employees identified in a shop or hotel. Police and lifeguards surely need to be identified." Find out more Would you turn up naked to work? Join the BBC Radio 4's Global Philosophy Club debate here But, she says, rules become more contentious when they refer to "professional dress", and especially if they become specific. There are some items of clothing or modes of appearance that employers might want to rule out ("no shorts", "no pony-tails") and others they insist on ruling in ("you must wear a jacket"). Chambers proposes judging these codes on a two-fold test. First, is the dress code particularly harmful or uncomfortable? Second, is it discriminatory or oppressive? On these criteria, she says, it is less objectionable to demand that men wear a tie than that women wear high heels. "Requiring men to wear a tie is a sexist requirement, but it's not oppressive because wearing a tie is associated with being powerful and professional. It doesn't demean the man wearing a tie, and although it might be a bit uncomfortable it's not seriously damaging to the body." The demand that women wear high heels, on the other hand, "is a requirement which is physically harmful and uncomfortable to the body," she says. "It can cause foot and back problems. And it also connects to sexist and oppressive norms - because women wearing high heels emphasises their sexual attractiveness and their objectification, rather than their professional capacities." Of course, there are other considerations. One is whether the company in question is a public or private institution. Clare Chambers believes that public employers have additional obligations "to ensure that the dress code does not exclude specific groups and that all citizens have an equal opportunity to be employed". So dress codes that disproportionately impact a minority and underprivileged racial group would be worse if imposed by an institution run by the state. Another factor is how widespread enforcement of the dress code is across society. If one company in one sector of the economy banned unnatural hair dyes that would be less critical for a person with purple hair than if all companies in every sector did so. Yet another salient point might be the degree of invasiveness. Expecting men to be clean-shaven is asking for the removal of a part of the body, or an extension to the body. If women are irritated by having to wear a skirt at work, they can always change when they get home - it's not quite so easy for a man to re-grow his beard every evening. What's more, there may be religious and ethnic sensitivities - insisting that men be clean-shaven would effectively exclude Sikhs, for example, for whom growing a beard is a religious imperative. Religious and cultural symbols are a prickly matter, because they reflect a person's fundamental beliefs and can be central to their identity. Normally some accommodation can be found. After all, a small crucifix on a necklace is hardly intrusive. Some might argue that wearing a burka is incompatible with being an effective primary school teacher - although there are parts of the world where this is routine. But often, when it comes to the burka, one hears a different objection - that it represents a form of patriarchal oppression, and that by "choosing" to wear one the woman is not exhibiting genuine autonomy. This is a dangerous position to maintain, says Anne Phillips a philosopher at the London School of Economics. For one thing, it's not obvious how one would draw a distinction between a burka and, say, a mini-skirt. True, both the burka and the mini-skirt might be the product of societies which advantage men, but "on what grounds can you say the person who is wearing this form of clothing has simply been brainwashed"? Ultimately, all we can do is rely on the testimony of the woman herself. "The idea that you refuse to take someone's words for doing what they're doing is problematic. You certainly can't assume that they're lacking in any kind of agency in making their choices about what to wear." Controversies about the burka have arisen because over the last few decades most Western liberal democracies have become multicultural. What's more, the general breakdown of rigid hierarchies in the labour force, alongside a societal decline in deference, has meant workers are often less inclined to embrace directives imposed on them from above. For these reasons, we can be confident of one thing at least - codes about how employees should dress will increasingly get people hot under the collar. Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

"मैं चाहता हूँ कि इस बैंक में काम करने वाला हर कोई सोमवार को नग्न होकर काम पर आए", बैंक प्रबंधक ने आदेश दिया। हम्म, क्या किसी नियोक्ता के लिए यह मांग करना वास्तव में स्वीकार्य होगा? और यदि नहीं, तो ड्रेस कोड को उचित या अनुचित क्या बनाता है? डेविड एडमंड्स अपनी सोच की टोपी पहनते हैं।


The Trial of the Chicago 7: Will Gompertz reviews Aaron Sorkin's film★★★★☆

Summary: Aaron Sorkin is not someone who does things by halves. He is the man who turned a decade-long cocaine addiction into an eight-showers-a-day habit; who smashed his nose headbutting a mirror when rehearsing dialogue; who never uses one word when a fully-formed exposition consisting of a torrent of beautiful-crafted phrases is an option; and who, on the occasion of the second movie he has written and directed, didn't hire one star but an entire galaxy's worth.

Will GompertzArts editor@WillGompertzBBCon Twitter The Trial of the Chicago 7 features a super-group of actors (Mark Rylance, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Keaton) who Sorkin has moulded into a finely-tuned ensemble, each complementing the other like members of a chamber orchestra. It's an impressive feat. Not because he has them all playing nicely together, which would be to suggest moderation for the greater good, but the opposite: he has elicited stand-out performances from each and every one. All his stars get a chance to shine in a retelling of the notorious trial of a largely unrelated assortment of political activists who were collectively accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Mark Rylance is William Kunstler, their defence attorney, who was, from the little I know of his past, a larger-than-life courtroom presence. That's not how Rylance plays the lawyer, opting instead to characterise him as a wily intellectual feigning a low-status persona to generate sympathy and subvert authority in equal measure. The authority in this instance is Judge Julius Hoffman (Frank Langella), a pompous, arrogant bully who uses his elevated position to enforce his bigoted views and dish out Contempt of Court orders as if they were freesheets on the subway. He makes it crystal clear from the get-go that from his seat of impartiality he fully intends to oversee the incarceration of the accused and exoneration of the prosecution for justly pursuing a malicious conviction on behalf of President Nixon's government. The trial is taking place at a troubled moment in America's history when the deeply divisive Vietnam War was raging, political assassinations were proliferating, racism was rife, and the country was being pulled apart by the profound philosophical differences between the left and the right. All of this Sorkin gets across in a packed opening that gives us the historical context, introduces protagonists, and sets the scene. It would be a lot to get your head around if it wasn't a Sorkin movie, but it is, which means there's also his intense dialogue and constant movement to contend with - show and tell being his style. It settles down when we enter the courtroom, allowing for a basic chronological structure to be imposed in which we discover what happened and why through a series of flashbacks. Characters and motivations are established, relationships are developed, and tension builds towards a bloody confrontation between police and protesters. Meanwhile, back in court, the antagonistic dynamic between the accused on the liberal left, and the judge on the conservative right, evolves into a not-too-subtle reflection on the state of American politics today. It's not a case of unconscious bias. One of Sorkin's motivations for making the movie, having written a first draft of the script in 2006 for Steven Spielberg, was his dismay at Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016. That sense of a period piece speaking to our contemporary world can also be found in the presence of Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) among the accused. The Black Panther Party co-founder, against whom there is scant evidence, had no legal representation and is treated dismissively throughout. The scene in which he decides enough is enough doesn't so much resonate as chillingly demonstrate the ill-treatment young black men continue to endure simply because of the colour of their skin. We all know Sorkin is one of the finest scriptwriters wielding a pen in Hollywood today (A Few Good Men, The West Wing, Moneyball, The Social Network), but his emergence as a director with a gift for handling actors is a revelation. He did a good job in Molly's Game, which he also wrote, but has taken a noticeable step forward with The Trial of the Chicago 7. The wonderfully paced way in which he lets the relationship develop between Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), a straight-laced political campaigner, and Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) a radical left-wing activist, is a masterclass in letting actors act. There's an ease, a naturalism to both performances, which allows them to find those tiny details that flesh out a character beyond a pen-portrait or recognisable impersonation. They are very good. As is the film, by and large. There are moments of information overload, and others where it teeters on the brink of overbalancing - particularly in the latter stages - but as courtroom dramas go, it has reason to appeal. Recent reviews by Will Gompertz: Follow Will Gompertz on Twitter

आरोन सोरकिन कोई ऐसा व्यक्ति नहीं है जो चीजों को आधे से करता है। वह वह व्यक्ति है जिसने एक दशक से चली आ रही कोकीन की लत को दिन में आठ बार पानी डालने की आदत में बदल दिया; जिसने संवाद का पूर्वाभ्यास करते समय अपनी नाक को एक दर्पण से तोड़ दिया; जो कभी भी एक शब्द का उपयोग नहीं करता है जब सुंदर-निर्मित वाक्यांशों की एक धार से युक्त एक पूरी तरह से गठित प्रदर्शनी एक विकल्प है; और जिसने दूसरी फिल्म के अवसर पर लिखा और निर्देशित किया है, एक सितारा नहीं बल्कि एक पूरी आकाशगंगा के लायक काम किया।


Woman killed in gas tanker crash near Stirling

Summary: A woman has died in a road crash involving a gas tanker near Stirling.

The 39-year-old was driving a silver Volkswagen Golf which collided with the tanker at about 11:15. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on the A811 near the village of Arnprior. The driver of the tanker was not seriously injured. Police have asked people to get in touch if they witnessed the crash or have dash-cam footage.

स्टर्लिंग के पास एक गैस टैंकर की सड़क दुर्घटना में एक महिला की मौत हो गई है।


Attempted murder suspect arrested on M6 near Crewe

Summary: A man is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after being arrested during a police operation on the M6.

The 39-year-old suspect was tracked down by officers while travelling as a passenger on the southbound motorway near Crewe at 11:30 BST on Monday. The man was wanted in connection with a stabbing in Grange Road, Gateacre, Liverpool, on 24 August. A police helicopter was also dispatched to help officers on the ground. Related Internet Links Merseyside Police

एम6 पर पुलिस अभियान के दौरान गिरफ्तार किए जाने के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति से पूछताछ की जा रही है।


Washing-up liquid frees trapped Ogwen Valley climber

Summary: A trapped climber was rescued using washing-up liquid after her leg became stuck in a crack on a cliff in Gwynedd.

The woman, in her 50s, got stuck after slipping while walking on Gribin Facet, above the Ogwen Valley. About 16 volunteers from Llanberis and Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team were called after the woman's husband was unable to free her. They put washing-up liquid around her knee and used ropes to pull her free of the crack. The woman was airlifted to hospital for a check up.

ग्वेनेड में एक चट्टान पर एक दरार में पैर फंस जाने के बाद एक फंसे हुए पर्वतारोही को धोने के तरल का उपयोग करके बचाया गया था।


EU referendum: The changing political landscape of Wales

Summary: The question on the ballot paper was simple. The message that came back was clear. But the questions in the aftermath of the campaign are many and varied. Why unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland did Wales back a Brexit from the EU? And what does the political landscape of Wales look like now?

BBC Wales News' Ceri Jackson went in search of some answers from Professor Laura McAllister - politics specialist and former Wales international footballer - as she boarded the Eurostar to watch Wales compete in Euro 2016. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. Why didn't Wales? And why did the former Labour heartlands - some of the poorest areas of Europe which have benefited from billions of pounds worth of EU structural funding - vote to leave? I don't think this was a huge shock in many respects as we've seen the disparity in 'remain' and 'leave' between the nations of the UK for quite some time now. In every poll, Wales has been much closer to the England figures than Scotland or Northern Ireland has. There's been huge movement in Wales away from remaining in the EU - from as little as a year ago the remain side had a lead of between 14 and 18 percentage points. And that's been completely annihilated in the course of one year which tells you something about changes in our political orientation and the way the campaign has played out. It's significant in that it tells us a lot about the nature of the campaign and also illuminates some of the things I'm going to say later about the political parties, but I think you've got to be quite careful that you don't treat Northern Ireland and Scotland exactly the same in this context. I think there were strong political and social reasons in Scotland. In Northern Ireland there were economic reasons. It, like Wales, has been a great beneficiary of EU structural funding. The arguments were put very powerfully by Northern Ireland politicians who were in favour of remaining. Their message was that this would be hugely detrimental to the Northern Irish economy. There were attempts to do the same in Wales but clearly these arguments did not land in Wales. I don't think we had any credible, powerful or cohesive messages of that kind. Equally I think the money from Europe has been better spent in Northern Ireland than it has in Wales. We've seen a plethora of EU funded schemes but for most ordinary people, it's hardly touched them, and the impact has been very small in terms of job creation and tangible news jobs. So that's the main reason I think. Is the traditional voter now a thing of the past? The concept of a traditional Welsh voter... I don't think anywhere in the UK you can talk about a die-hard loyal voters anymore. I think that simple equation of that if you are from this particular background with a certain level of education in this geographical area, then you will vote for this party has been completely and utterly destroyed. That's not just emerged in the EU referendum but probably dates back to the end of the Blair governments And I think the reason for that is the complete chasm between voters and the political elite. In fact this is definitely part of a global phenomenon - Trump in America and Syriza in Greece, to the far-right movements in Austria that we've seen recently. There is a complete divide between people, the masses, and the people who represent them. And so I don't believe there's this natural bond between any particularly voter and any political party. I think everything is now up for grabs. So how does the political landscape now look in Wales? Are we witnessing a recalibrating of Welsh politics? I think we just don't know. Any commentator that tells you "this is the pattern it will follow" is leading you up the garden path. The truth is we've never been in this position before and it's not just the EU referendum, it's a cumulative effect of movement towards support for UKIP in the poorest areas of Wales, particularly in the valleys. That's about disenfranchisement. It's about a feeling "nobody supports us, the ordinary people". A lot of that has been seen through the prism of immigration. So that played very well into the hands of leave campaigners - not all of them to be fair, some of them tried to avoid that focus - but lots of them didn't. So for poorer people who really don't have anything much to lose economically, the arguments which were being put forward like "this will damage your job, pension, savings" didn't touch them because they don't have a job, or a pension or savings. It's the same sort of arguments that supported a switch to UKIP in former Labour heartlands such as Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen - there's a bit of parity between the areas that voted most heavily to leave the EU and support for UKIP. So I think we are seeing a recalibration of electoral politics in Wales but we don't know what that will look like and it would be really foolish to try to predict. More importantly for me is the issue of political leadership. I think Labour's got a lot of questions to ask itself but so have all the other parties. It would be absolutely crazy to say this is all about Labour. Yes, Labour are in power in Wales - just - yet every politician in Wales pretty much saw their constituency vote in a different way to the line that they'd taken. First Minister Carwyn Jones in Bridgend to Leanne wood in Rhondda. Kirsty Williams and even Andrew RT Davies - his constituency voted to remain. And there's Monmouth where you have a Tory Brexiter MP, and the people voted to remain. I think what we're seeing here is a lack of connection with the political leadership in key parts of Wales, and the way people feel. And that's the unknown in all of this. There's a lack of respect for politicians, not just for them as individuals but for their views. Long gone are the days when people listened to politicians, trusted them and believed them. When it comes to a referendum of this type, once you let the genie out of the bottle and you say to everyone "this is your decision", people will vote on a whole range of reasons, lots of them which have nothing to do with the referendum. And lots of them which can't be conditioned and controlled by the political parties and their leaders. That's exactly what happened in this referendum. It seems to me that the advice politicians get these days is so singular, it's from people who are similar to them, similar mind-sets and thinking and they miss some really obvious things. And I have to say from a personal standpoint when people say to me "I can't believe that Wales has voted to leave", I wonder where they've been living. There are a whole host of people, educated, professional people, who were always going to vote leave. Perhaps the people who are shocked are just not mixing in wide enough circles. With its mission accomplished will UKIP have to re-invent itself? Look, this is going to be a very long drawn-out process with a lot of road blocks and difficulties ahead, nothing's going to happen until the Autumn when the Tories elect a new leader then there's possibility of them calling a new general election so the reality is nothing's going to happen with UKIP in terms of anything other than feeling very pleased with themselves. Will they reinvent themselves and continue to have a hold in Wales? Gosh, I really don't know. I think this is probably a question for a year or 18 months down the line. In the meantime, the likes of Nigel Farage and Neil Hamilton will want to make sure that some of the compromises over the exit are not made by whoever takes over as UK prime minister. They'll be wanting to push and agitate around the Conservative party so I can't see anything much happening to UKIP in the immediate foreseeable anyway. What about the future for Wales. If Scotland breaks away from the UK where does that threaten or fortify Welsh devolution? It's an opportunity and a massive threat. We're going to see the complete re-writing of the UK constitution again but this time with more urgency and with bigger stakes. So it offers an opportunity for Carwyn Jones and indeed all the parties in Wales to be more muscular and to ask for more. But on the other hand, we're small players for two reasons - there isn't the ground swell for greater powers much beyond what we've got and secondly, we've already voted in the same way as England has on the EU issue. I come back to that expression once again, I think the genie is out of the bottle on devolution and I don't think there's any retreat on that. For me it could be a whole montage of very different scenarios which includes a drive for greater independence for Wales. If I was a Plaid Cymru strategist I'd be thinking "so where does that leave us?". If Northern Ireland is considering ideas about unification and Scotland becomes independent, if they can't lay out a credible case for Wales from there, they might as well go home now.

मतपत्र पर सवाल सरल था। जो संदेश वापस आया वह स्पष्ट था। लेकिन अभियान के बाद के सवाल कई और विविध हैं। स्कॉटलैंड या उत्तरी आयरलैंड के विपरीत वेल्स ने यूरोपीय संघ से ब्रेक्सिट का समर्थन क्यों किया? और वेल्स का राजनीतिक परिदृश्य अब कैसा दिखता है?


In pictures: The Durban July in South Africa

Summary: It is the highlight of the South African social calendar.

Every year, the Durban July horse race attracts thousands to the eastern city's Greyville Racecourse - although the horses are somewhat overshadowed by the extravagant outfits. A favourite with celebrities and politicians alike, the challenge this year was to create a timeless fashion piece, and use the elements of a watch face to inspire outfits, to fit in with the theme "It Is Time". You can judge how well they did in the pictures below: All photos AFP

यह दक्षिण अफ्रीकी सामाजिक कैलेंडर का मुख्य आकर्षण है।


Viewpoint: The perils of forcing Bollywood to drop Pakistan actors

Summary: Top Bollywood director Karan Johar promised not to work with Pakistani actors in the future after a right-wing group threatened to attack cinemas screening his latest movie starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. Sidharth Bhatia on why his statement could end up encouraging the forces of bigotry.

Watching the short video of an abject Karan Johar pleading - like an errant student pulling his own ears - that he will never again make mistake of using actors from a "neighbouring country" one cannot but help asking: who wrote that script and who directed it? Where is the flamboyant, confident and colourful Karan Johar we know so well and admire? Here he appears to be caught in one of those hostage situations, where the victim is made to admit that he is a spy, probably just before he is executed. 'Intolerance' In a way, he is a hostage, not just to a small political party that openly threatens to 'teach a lesson' to all those who use Pakistanis in their films, but also to the growing belligerence in our polity which makes it almost impossible to tolerate a diversity of opinions. Karan Johar pledge not to use Pakistan actors goes viral Pakistan cinemas ban Indian films India-Pakistan masterpiece that fell through the cracks Yesterday it was the very word 'intolerance' that was a red rag, today it is 'Pakistani actors', tomorrow it could be something entirely different. Once the mob - some of it on the streets, others in television studios and social media, still others working smoothly behind the scenes - decide that straying from an agenda is unacceptable, nothing can save the naysayer. Johar is an intelligent man, with a lot of common-sense and a creative mind, which shows in his public statements and in his cinema. When the regional Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party first 'demanded' that Pakistani actors in Bollywood be sent back in the aftermath of last month's militant attack on Uri - the actors had all left India by then in any case - Johar, whose film Ae Dil Hai Muskhil (Difficulties of the heart) had Fawad Khan in its cast, pointed out that a ban on Pakistani actors was no solution to terrorism. He was not just referring to his own film, he was also standing up for a principle. Yet, within days, he capitulated. Not just by issuing a press statement but in a video mea culpa of sorts, declaring that he would never use a Pakistani actor again. What changed? 'Nation comes first' One can only speculate what happened behind the scenes, but a few public developments could provide some context. On Monday, just three days before the opening of the 18th Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) film festival, the organisers pulled out Jago Hua Savera (Awake, it's Dawn) a 57-year-old Pakistani film from its line up. A curt press release said that the film had been dropped due to "the current situation". The same day, at a public event where he was interviewed, industrialist Mukesh Ambani said that for him, "the nation came first, not arts and culture". Mr Ambani's company Jio is the main sponsor of the film festival. The film, made in 1959, is a fine example of India-Pakistan entente in the arts, even if it harks back to another time. Just a few days before that, in the aftermath of the MNS warning to drive out Pakistani actors, The Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association, a body of filmmakers, also declared that these actors would not be allowed in Hindi films. The federal government had not issued any such instruction, but unbidden, the film industry was already falling in line. Actor Ajay Devgn, a self-proclaimed fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched in by saying that he personally would not act with Pakistani actors. "We cannot isolate ourselves from the nation," he said. Devgn's own film Shivaay is ready for release on 28 October. And not surprisingly, his statement is being seen by many as a tactical ploy to prevent Johar's film from making it to the theatres. Cinema owners in Mumbai declared they would not screen the film after expressing fears that their establishments could be attacked by violent MNS activists. Polarised industry Now, twelve MNS activists who barged into a cinema to threaten the staff have been arrested and the state's chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that violent protests will not be allowed. The state government has not made any statement, one way or the other, on Pakistani actors in Bollywood. Nor has the Central government, though federal Information Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said that "there is an atmosphere of anger at Pakistan in India and people from all walks of life have to be mindful about it." (He has also helpfully said that the media "should understand national interest.") It is not difficult to read between the lines. At the best of times the Mumbai film industry is divided into several "camps" and rarely, if ever, takes a united stand on anything. Now it is getting polarised and publicly so. The 'nationalists' are taking a hard line, and most others are staying quiet, fully aware that remarks can be twisted and frenzied criticism from 'trolls' and politicians can be swift and ugly. On television shows, pro-government film personalities have been hitting out at those who argue otherwise. Bollywood is now a divided house, with barely a handful - Salman Khan, Anurag Kashyap and Priyanka Chopra among them - standing up to be counted. Amitabh Bachchan, whose daughter in law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stars in Johar's film, has remained silent, though recent reports suggested that he had gifted a watch to Raj Thackeray's son after receiving a cartoon sketch of him drawn by the MNS chief. Soft target In the circumstances, it is not surprising that Karan Johar must have felt beleaguered, even scared. It is easy to criticise him for not taking a stand for free speech or even for the sorry tone of his video but with large sums of money at stake and the threat of violence in the air, he may have taken a call to make a public declaration. The matter will not necessarily end there, since the MNS claims it will continue protesting against the release of the film and cinema owners are still wary of screening it. Meanwhile Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's forthcoming film Raees, has Pakistani actor Mahira Khan in it and is also a likely victim of the proposed ban by cinema owners. In it he plays a criminal don in Gujarat. He is also said to have a cameo role in his friend Karan Johar's film. Johar's video statement is only going to encourage the forces of bigotry and hatred. Raj Thackeray, who is desperate to become politically relevant is undoubtedly happy that he got this level of attention, but the culpability of creating and nurturing this intolerance, all in the name of the "nation", goes far beyond him. The film industry is a perennially soft target because of its high profile and its swift buckling in to any pressure, but don't be surprised if soon, reading Pakistani authors or being Facebook friends with Pakistanis or even writing about that country could be declared anti-national. Any of us could then be turned into Karan Johar. Sidharth Bhatia is a Founding Editor of The Wire

बॉलीवुड के शीर्ष निर्देशक करण जौहर ने भविष्य में पाकिस्तानी अभिनेताओं के साथ काम नहीं करने का वादा किया, जब एक दक्षिणपंथी समूह ने पाकिस्तानी अभिनेता फवाद खान अभिनीत उनकी नवीनतम फिल्म के प्रदर्शन वाले सिनेमाघरों पर हमला करने की धमकी दी। सिद्धार्थ भाटिया ने कहा कि उनका बयान कट्टरता की ताकतों को क्यों प्रोत्साहित कर सकता है।


Assault charge following arrest at a Coventry hotel

Summary: A man has been charged with assault amid far-right protests against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

West Midlands Police said they were called to Coventry Hill Hotel, in Rye Hill, at 12:50 BST on Saturday following reports of disorder. James White, 30, of St Michaels Crescent, Southam, has been charged with common assault. He has been bailed to appear at Coventry Magistrates' Court on 22 October. A 23-year-old man also arrested has been released without charge. Britain First confirmed two of its members had been arrested. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk

शरण चाहने वालों को रखने के लिए होटलों के उपयोग के खिलाफ दूर-दराज़ विरोध के बीच एक व्यक्ति पर हमले का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Johanna Young death: Second man released on bail

Summary: A second man arrested in connection with the death of a Norfolk teenager more than 20 years ago has been released on bail.

Johanna Young, 14, disappeared from her family home in Watton on 23 December 1992. She was found dead on Boxing Day. The man, in his 30s from the Thetford area, has been bailed pending further inquiries. A man in his 40s from the Watton area, who was arrested on Thursday, has also been bailed until early June.

20 साल से अधिक समय पहले एक नॉरफ़ॉक किशोर की मौत के मामले में गिरफ्तार किए गए दूसरे व्यक्ति को जमानत पर रिहा कर दिया गया है।