BRASS TACKS

New Delhi-based nonprofit Wildlife Protection Society of India suggests that since the tiger numbers have declined, at least 141 leopards have become victims of poaching so far in 2008.

It’s not that we don’t want to settle down at one place with good amenities, but working in the forest comes easy to us and all other vocations seem difficult. My children are studying here in the school run by WWF, especially for our kids. And after living here, they now don’t want to go back to the jungle life. Though we might earn more money in what we do and there is nothing like living with one’s own community, we are still ready to settle here if the government helps. But if it takes long, we will have no choice but to resume hunting. To you all, animals must be important more than human life, but for us they are a means of living.....Continue

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Turnout mystery!

Unthinkable voter turnout initially baffled analysts, but it seems this is realpolitik

Groom Piara Singh, wearing a sehra (wedding head gear) became the centre of attraction at the Bikhangala polling station in Udhampur district when he arrived in a vehicle along with 60 baratis. Polling staff as well as voters, already standing in a queue, were amazed to see the marriage party at polling booth. And a woman, injured on the way to her booth, cast her vote before she went to the hospital. And this is the story of Jammu & Kashmir today. Separatists had issued an election ban diktat. But the result? In all but two constituencies, voters amazed India: the highest turnout registered was 77 per cent in Mendhar constituency in the first phase. Even more surprising is that Mendhar had seen a voter turnout of 60 per cent in 2003. Surankote and Poonch-Haveli also saw tremendous rise in voter turnouts. Surankote had voted 40 per cent in the last election and this time scored 74.38. This rubbished all predictions of a poll washout under threat from terrorists and moderate separatists, so much so that when this happened analysts were hard pressed for a proper explanation. The ground reality was two-fold. Many voters, without wanting their names out, told TSI that it is all right for separatists to give a call, “but so long as we are in India, we need the MLAs for our every little need. Who will get us the power, the water or the roads?”

Besides, it is also a fact that many in the Valley came out to vote in chilling cold because they feared staying at home would give the Bharatiya Janata Party a lead. And for the village people, this was one occasion, too, to go out and do something different than just sit and shiver at home!....Continue

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Political analysts liken this to the Santhal Rebellion

In fact, it was when the leaders – including Lalmohan Tudu, Sidhu Soren and Chhatradhar Mahato - went to inform the Lalgarh police station about the Rail Roko call, that senior officials assured them of looking into the major issues. The Committee sat for four hours to hammer out the deal with Additional District Magistrate (General) Aaron Israel, Additional Police Super (Town) Shubhankar Sinha Sarkar, DSP (Operation) Arnab Ghosh and other senior administration officials.

It is important to recall that the massive tribal stir that swept away CPI(M) cadres and chased away police from village after village in the entire Jungle Mahal area, flared up in protest against mindless police atrocities in the wake of the so-called bomb attack on a convoy of state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on October 8. Police unleashed a massive repression. A pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage in brutal beating. Police arrested three school children and some women, accusing them of trying to assassinate the CM! By the way, the atrocities were focussed in the same Chhotopelia village where the tribals surrounded the CRPF party on December 8.

The upsurge has now spread across Bankura, West Medinipur, Purulia and also Nadia and Barddhaman, where tribal people are not so large in numbers. And Lalgarh today is being likened by analysts to the Santhal Rebellion against the British Raj that had shaken the Empire! Possibly sensing is, Bhattacharjee apologised for police atrocity in the state Assembly, but that has clearly cut no ice....Continue

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"Even if the militants are linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, who do you think we are fighting?"

The Mumbai carnage and subsequent developments have also alarmed the US government because war between India and Pakistan would mean diversion from the "war on terror", that is neither in the interest of the US nor the vast majority inhabiting South Asia.

"In some ways that whole region is like a forest that hasn''t had rain in many months and one spark might be enough to touch off a blaze," said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino on December 1, the same day US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Pakistan to provide "total" cooperation with India on the Mumbai attacks, as she began a trip that includes a "solidarity" visit to New Delhi.

Deterioration in Pakistan-India relations would only strengthen anti-democratic and fascist forces in South Asia, including rogue elements in intelligence agencies and would be a blessing in disguise for Islamic militants adamant to push Pakistan back to the medieval ages.

"The timing of the Mumbai carnage clearly indicates that terrorists want to sabotage the peace process between Pakistan and India. The two neighbours should seriously cooperate to apprehend the culprits and refrain from accusing each other because that would only serve terrorists," said Karamat Ali, director, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, a thought echoed by Anis Haroon, general secretary, Pakistan-India People''s Forum for Peace and Democracy.....Continue

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Jallianwala Bagh.

Defending the renovation work, trustee S. Mukherjee says; “We are not destroying any historical site. In fact we are preserving and renovating the memorial so that more people can relate to it. Otherwise the old building would have crumbled.” However, one of the lanes demolished was the one in which patriot Udham Singh, who was later to kill General Dyer in England, had helped the injured and the dying. A new wall is being constructed at the main gate for a light and sound show that is to be introduced here.

However, ITDC engineer maintains that the bullet marks on the walls are being preserved carefully and red sandstone is being used to give the monument a heritage look. The ambitious project was proposed by Maninderjit Singh Bitta, former president of the Indian Youth Congress to late Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao. However, the project could see the light of the day only after a high-level meeting of the board of trustees was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The project also include making of videos and CDs of the proposed light and sound show and distribute it throughout the country as part of an awareness campaign. The next question is about an entry fee. “All the historical monuments in the country have an entry fee, the only exception being the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial entry for which is free for visitors," says Mukherjee. Baba Bilga says: “The government should not convert the historical monument into a tourist place.” But no one is listening, as the old order changeth, indeed, yielding place to the new.....Continue

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Chartered accounts win!

The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), one of the last three All India Institutes still remaining at Kolkata, is all set to shift to Delhi. The shift, interestingly, is motivated by a strange logic: to be in closer proximity with the power lobby at the Centre! However, many of the members fear a hidden agenda behind amalgamating the ICWAI with The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) at Delhi, where now cost accountants will be swallowed by their bigger counterparts, the chartered accountants.

Since it is being felt increasingly difficult to feed the growing number of practicing chartered accountants, it is now necessary to substantially take away the market of practicing cost accountants, disclosed sources close to ICAI, speaking on condition of anonymity. The CAs will do all the work, including those earmarked for cost accountants, while the latter can be junior partners or employees of chartered accountants in multidisciplinary firms now being envisaged in the Limited Liability Partnership Bill 2008 tabled recently in the Parliament.

The Bill seeks to dilute, or eliminate, the provision of cost audit by cost accountants. For instance, in Clause 131(2) of the Bill on Statutory Cost Audit, the very ‘qualification’ of cost auditor has been omitted. Clause 131(5) of the Bill specifies that ‘qualification’ of general auditor (financial auditor) will also apply to cost auditors and such ‘qualification’ of auditor is specified in Clause 124(1). And what is that qualification? “A person shall be eligible for appointment as an auditor of a company only if he is a chartered accountant in practice”. It means chartered accountants will now do cost audit, replacing cost accountants!....Continue

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The myth of freedomania

Do freedom and development go hand-in-hand in the context of undeclared province, region or territory? Both freedom and development are integral and are equally needed for overall growth. To make things clear, let’s consider the newly independent state of Kosovo – in Europe. Are average Kosovars happier after the independence?Are they economically, socially or psychologically better off than they were under Serbian rule? Issues like ethnic conflicts, corruption, economic hollowness, high unemployment rate along with dearth of investment, poor living standards, inadequate energy, food and basic amenities still loom large and are putting question marks on the hurried independence exercise. It continues to be the most underdeveloped state in Europe with per capita income being less than $1,565. GDP growth rate remains very low at around 2-3 per cent while the unemployment is over 40 per cent.

On this the World Bank had prophesied that even with six per cent annual GDP growth rate (which is double than the current growth rate), it needs at least 10 more years to cut the unemployment by half (from 40 per cent to 20 per cent). For most Kosovars, independence was a dream come true but unless the basics like electricity, safe drinking water, education and employment become norms than exceptions and unless the Kosovar polity meets every promises they made during the freedom struggle, freedom in its real sense would continue to be elusive.....Continue

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Encounters in the Wild

I was woken just before dawn by the persistent calls of warblers and sunbirds. Emerging sleepily from the confines of the ancient forest bungalow, built during the British Raj at Dimbhum in Kerala's Satyamangalam forest block, the first sight to greet me through the light mist was a bevy of small minivets adorning the compound trees like so many scarlet and yellow Christmas decorations. The freshness in the air, the sounds and the ethereal ambience created by the mist enveloped me and transported me to days when all of India must have been as verdant, as invigorating.

Lost in thought, I was shaken from my reverie by a bird which flew low over my head from behind me to settle on a nearby banyan tree. Through my binoculars I saw its flaming-orange and black coloration and leafed through the Salim Ali's Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent to discover its flycatcher identity. I quickly added another `tick' to my lifetime tally of 210 species of birds and settled down in the short grass, a steaming flask of tea for company, to observe the bird from a distance of less than 20 metres....Continue

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Assam Blasts - Ominous Bloody Thursday

Harekrishna Deka
ex-DGP, Assam & Sr Journalist

India has increasingly become the target of terrorist bombings in the recent past, with blasts in Jaipur, Gujarat, Bengaluru and Delhi taking the lives of scores of people. Had the explosives not been recovered in Surat in time, and had the conspiracies in Mumbai and Chennai not been detected, the catastrophe would have only been greater. That organisations such as Indian Mujahideen that could in reality be a form of SIMI, and that there is a form of jihad that a section of communal extremists now subscribes to as a means of revenge is becoming more apparent by the day.

So, is there a foreign hand that now extends from a neighbouring country, in so far as the blasts in Assam on October 30, 2008 are concerned? One must mention in this context that the needle of suspicion in India’s blasts over the past months has often pointed to Harkat ul Jihadi Islami (HUJI), an organisation that has its roots in neighbouring Bangladesh. The blasts in Assam have meanwhile been claimed by an outfit called the Islamic Security Force of India (ISFI-Indian Mujahideen). The IM suffix, one gathers, could link the outfit to both HUJI and SIMI.

Significantly, the ISFI is not an organisation that has appeared suddenly out of nowhere. It was way back in the year 2000 that the Special Branch (SB) of Assam Police had gathered evidence regarding the existence of such a group. There is enough such evidence to establish that the ISFI at that point in time attempted to organise the Muslim community against Bodo ultra groups such as National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), which operated in the lower Assam districts. It was then that the name of Muhammad Mushtaqil, the secretary of ISFI, first surfaced as a terror element who had the support of the al-Qaida and was associated with the al-Omar, an outfit that operates in Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK). One could analyse that the ISFI, which then kept itself beyond the radar of the country’s intelligence agencies used its time to broaden its base of operations. While there were then no established links of the ISFI with HUJI, one shouldn’t overlook the fact that Bangladesh’s HUJI is a creation of the al-Qaeda and that the HUJI called itself the “Bangladeshi Taliban”. One, hence, could believe that the ISFI comprises a sleeper cell of the al-Qaeda.....Continue

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Faced with near total isolation, DMK is trying to woo PMK

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Inside DMK, there are intra-party and family feuds. Meanwhile, continuing power shortage in the state is a thorn in DMK’s flesh. Karunanidhi took an aggressive stand in the Lankan issue and even he won the support of PMK. Ramadoss participated in the human chain organised by DMK and both leaders met each other briefly then. But after that the softer line on the Lankan issue – penned by a Central diktat – found Karunanidhi become the whipping boy of all state parties, including the PMK. Perturbed by all these, there was a strong rumour last week that Karunanidhi might quit Chief Ministership!

This is why the PMK is now crucial for DMK. Ramadoss has not immediately extended the olive branch. The ongoing Assembly session, perhaps will throw some answers to the future course of the party. “There is speculation that our leader would like to meet the Assembly elections midway, along with the general elections. Meanwhile AIADMK wants to upset us in the Assembly by causing defections. Till parliamentary elections, it is tough time for us,” a senior DMK functionary told TSI. But Karunanidhi has weathered many a storm in his career. He may come out successfully this time too!....Continue

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Bottled Up and battlelines drawn

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If fizzy colas were not enough, as summer approaches, the market is all set to witness a tough battle in the packaged bottled water segment too. Bisleri, Kinley, Aquafina, Himalyan and a host of regional and local players have jumped into action. May the ‘purest’ marketer win, says PAWAN CHABRA

Western Express Highway in Mumbai has been the route to success for two well-known men. One was the make-believe super biker cum thief Kabir aka John Abraham in the Bollywood flick Dhoom; and the other is the crafty Ramesh Chauhan, who has masterminded the runaway success of the Rs.500 crore bottled water brand, Bisleri in the country, from his 1st floor office in the sprawling aqua green Bisleri facility on this highway.

Chauhan may be short, stocky and nearing 70, but his enthusiasm and vibrancy over the years has not diminished an iota. After all, despite the entry of a slew of MNCs (including Coca- Cola with Kinley and PepsiCo with Aquafina) and their cutting edge marketing gimmicks, Chauhan has not lost his first mover advantage in the segment. He has been able to sustain and grow his market share in the over Rs.2000 crore Indian bottled water mart. “We have no competitor. Our biggest competition is our own incompetence,” he grins, describing how it is the unorganised sector, which is presently walking away with the largest chunk of their potential consumers. Bisleri claims 66% market share of the organised segment. “If we were present where the unorganised players are selling, they would not be there at all,” grimaces Chauhan.

He’s not too far off the mark. Till last year, the number of bottled water licences issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) were above 1800. But while the figure includes a host of regional players, it also includes MNCs like Kinley & Aquafina; as also domestic giants aka Bailey (Parle Agro) and Himalayan (acquired by Ratan Tata last year). While the regional players may be sweating it out in their home turfs, the national biggies are fully geared up to wrestle it out with Bisleri in the Indian bottled water combat zone.

And as the weather in the country is getting hotter by the day, so is the competition in the Indian bottled water market. Says Homi Battiwalla, Vice President, Emerging Categories, PepsiCo India, “We are among the top three players in the packaged retail water business. This year, we have aggressive plans for Aquafina and will be focusing on consumer engagement.” At the start of the year, PepsiCo revamped Aquafina’s 500 ml carry pack for the Indian market, giving it an an enhanced translucent blue label to entice consumers. Starting April end, the soft drink company will also replace all existing packs of Aquafina, with new labels. “Packaged bottled water is a low margin game and is more or less an impulse purchase even today, so marketing plays a crucial role,” avers Abhishek Jain, Research Head Stocksidea.com.

PepsiCo is not alone in upping its competitive antennae. Kinley, the second biggest bottled water brand in India, from the Coca-Cola stable, is also going great guns. The beverages giant is now giving final touches to launch BonAqua in India, another packaged water brand from its global portfolio. The bid is to position BonAqua in the premium segment – to take on Bisleri’s recently launched variant called Bisleri Himalayan Water, which is positioned in the premium segment. Coca-Cola India is banking on modern trade to give its premium brand the requisite fillip.

Analysts opine that with Ratan Tata at its helm now, even Himalayan (which operates in the premium segment) should be preparing to up its stakes in the bottled water mart. Nearly 70% of the market share in this niche segment is held by Himalayan. The brand is also a clear leader in the institutional sales segment, where its USP of being ‘packed at source’ has helped Himalayan considerably. “Himalayan is packed at the source and its composition is entirely different as compared to other brands in the industry,” opines Jain. With both Bisleri & Coca-Cola giving a shot at this premium segment, institutional sales of premium bottled water can well emerge as a high potential market for the industry in coming times.

Coming back to the mass packaged water segment, in a business where distribution plays a vital role, Bisleri’s slow and steady market expansion since 1969 has given it an upper hand vis-à-vis competition. Sources in the industry agree that distribution can help this impulse purchase product like no other marketing activity can, including advertising. Bisleri boasts over 50 manufacturing plants across the country (ahead of competition), the latest addition being at Andaman & Nicobar islands. “The more plants you have, the more is your distribution reach. For this low margin biz to be viable, plants need to be within a 150-200 km radius of the distribution circle,” explains Ruchika Desai, Brand Manager, Bisleri.

On the other hand, thanks to their soft drink business, Aquafina & Kinley have managed to capture an altogether different distribution channel, that of modern retail formats. Chauhan minces no words, when he launches an attack against them. “Kinley & Aquafina have a total dissolved solids level (TDS) of less than five (where zero TDS stands for distilled water) and Bombay Municipal water has 40 TDS. So, Municipal water is much better in terms of minerals.” Easy to say, but tough to digest without scientific laboratory tests. Given that for the average consumer there is hardly any differentiation between various bottled water brands, Bisleri constantly needs to be on its toes to protect its market leadership. Chauhan evinces his company’s plans to launch a slew of product extensions soon, including flavoured water.

For sure, as the summer of 2008 approaches, the battle between the bottled water majors for market share is going to get hotter. Bottom line is – how quickly can these players grab consumer attention and bottle up his impulse spending for thirst quenching.

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Social messaging in advertising…

"MONOJIT LAHIRI examines this new and exciting genre that’s grabbing eyeballs and attention and challenging the old order that defined advertising solely as a one dimensional, sell-sell-sell game!"

Advertising is the public face of marketing with an uncomplicated, one-point-agenda-to make products disappear from the shelves to the right hands and homes, with consistency and speed. Over time, areas like patriotism and social service have deployed advertising, but, at best, they were cute to watch tickling the feel-good glands… at worst, boring and preachy. Predictably these efforts came from the government quarters. Typically the issues tackled were ‘safe’ ones, never remotely touching sensitive themes like caste, religion or politics. As far as they were considered, these subjects were taboo and totally off-limits.

Much water has flown under the bridge since those politically correct and sanctimonious times with ‘Social Messaging’ coming centre-stage as a powerful, persuasive and significant agent of social change. Ravi Naware (chief executive, food division, ITC) lays it on the line when he says that way beyond the much touted CSR, “consumers today seem to be interested in more than just a great ad or quality product. They are interested in products that echo their own values.” Adds Ajit Varghese (MD, Max India, an ageny that works closely with Britannia), “We are witnessing a strong trend where brands are utilising issues that surrounds the consumer’s immediate environment and addressing them through mainstream ads.” Advertising, from time immemorial, has been consistently bad-mouthed by a section of society labeling them as shameless promoters of excess and useless mass consumerism. This has been fiercely defended by the ad fraternity citing examples where advertising has indeed attempted to be an agent of social change. As this issue goes into print, at least three ads of this ‘genre’ are presently occupying center-stage and inviting both attention and admiration.

The first - an Airtel ad - shows kids on either side of a barbed wire fence, jump the barrier to indulge in a game of football in no-man’s land. In an extraordinarily simple but powerful way, it works as a magnificent metaphor for communication as a solution to end all conflicts, wars and battles. Says Arvind Mohan ( Chief Strategist Officer, Rediff DY&R), “ We wanted to create branding that went way beyond the purchase intent and made people proud to be associated with the brand.” Adds Amatesh Rao (National business head, Rediff DY&R), “Admittedly commercials with social messages don’t immediately bring about change, but they reflect strongly the change that is happening in society… a change that may not be perceptible or articulated but definitely taking shape in collective fashion, in the sensibilities of new age youth in a resurgent India.” The Tata Tea ad comes next. The communication thought is truly clutter-busting, attempting to migrate tea from being a physical and emotional vitaliser to becoming a catalyst for social awakening. Percy Siganporia (MD, Tata Tea Ltd) quite categorically emphasises that the focus is to emotively connect the product with issues that drives the heart, mind and soul of India’s emerging social consciousness. Executive Creative Director Amer Jaleel of Lowe (the agency behind this ad) sensed the restlessness among today’s youth and extended the concept of “waking up with tea” in a stunning communication package that embraced social awakening, giving a whole new dimension to the term ‘Jago re’.

Lowe struck target again (group creative director Nikhil Rao, take a bow) with yet another brilliant, breakthrough concept that redefined the very meaning of Idea. Executive Chairman Balki was clear about the focus – how to position the brand as a better ‘Idea’ than anyone else and elevate it from transactional issues like price and value. Targeting politics as a platform and humorously – yet pointedly- dramatizing the social inadequacies that plague the nation, with a mobile number (not a name) as an identity tag, the Idea Cellular communication truly deserves the fulsome ‘What an Idea, Sirjee’, salute!

Amidst the accolade and approval that has greeted these ads, there have been dissenting voices too. Is this brand of advertising relevant to the basic job it’s meant to do? The popular consensus seems to be a resounding, yes. In today’s environment, marketing and branding are increasingly becoming real, rooted and relatable. Hence they have a legitimate and deserved space. Besides, these ads reflect that magical, seamless embrace with reality. Do today’s ‘I-Me-Myself’ generation really connect with the Jago Re or the Idea Cellular communication-without-barrier stuff, absorbed as they seem to be in living life, king-size?

Of course, they are! It’s a total myth that today’s youth only believes in celebrating life and are totally blind, uncaring and insensitive to the social inadequacies, causes and concerns. Never before has there been such passionate and dramatic demonstrations of rooting for justice (Jessica Lal case) or such immense acceptance for movies like Rang De Basanti. Sure, today’s youth enjoy life, but their hearts continue to be in the right place, solidly re-affirming the validity and relevance of social messaging in advertising! Truly a great idea, sirjee!

MONOJIT LAHIRI

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