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Houston: A 30-year-old Indian American pharmacist, suffering from postpartum depression, allegedly killed her one-year-old son she hated by drowning him in a bathtub.
According to police reports, Neha Patel, of Florida allegedly drowned her infant son Ishan on February 16, then wrapped him in a blanket and went on a 13-hour drive through Florida, including the Tampa International Airport, where she intended to jump from the parking structure.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, from the day her son was born, Neha said she hated him and the hatred reached a fatal level on that day, when she first slapped him and then purposefully left him alone to drown in a bathtub half full of water.
When she returned 10 minutes later and found him unconscious, she refused to perform emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation, even though she knew the procedure, the sheriff's office said.
Patel had reportedly been diagnosed with postpartum depression but was apparently not taking her medication, according to police and media reports. When Patel returned home at 2 AM the next morning, she told her husband Rasesh Patel, a quality assurance manager at JP Morgan in Tampa, that Ishan was dead, handed the lifeless body to the father and again drove off in the car, telling her husband she planned to kill herself.
Neha was arrested that afternoon at the Tampa International Airport, sitting in her car on the fourth floor of the parking structure.
She is being held without bail in a medical dormitory at a county jail, according to Carrie Eleazer, public information officer for the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
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New Delhi: On a day when two senior partners in his coalition snubbed the government, the Prime Minister is hosting a dinner for all his allies. The meet-and-greet is being held at his residence, 7 Race Course Road. The National Conference's Farooq Abdullah is present; TR Baalu is representing the DMK. Mamata Banerjee's RSVP is causing much political angst - she has deputed her MP Ratna De Nag. Sharad Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP fainted in the Lok Sabha today and was discharged from hospital this evening; his deputy and union minister Praful Patel is at the dinner instead. (Read: Pawar faints in Lok Sabha, discharged from hospital) The Congress has been criticised lately by its allies for poor coordination and for failing to consult them. Tonight's dinner is seen as a chance to rebuild bridges amid reports that the coalition is on shaky ground. Ms Banerjee has denied interest in exiting the government or in exploring political options, but her actions have suggested otherwise. Talk of a Third Front with the Samajwadi Party, the Left and Chandrababu Naidu's TDP continues to do the rounds. Earlier today, Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the DMK made public moves that undermine the government. The President's address to Parliament inaugurates the first session of the new year and explains the government's agenda. Yesterday, President Pratibha Patil delivered her speech, launching the budget session, Today, the DMK and Mamata Banerjee registered their protests by asking for amendments to that speech.
Ms Banerjee has asked her MPs to move an amendment that asks for the reference to the new National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) deleted. The chief minister of West Bengal has been the Group Captain for ten chief ministers who have objected to the NCTC on the grounds that its powers encroach upon those of state governments. The Centre has delayed the commissioning of the NCTC till an extensive dialogue is completed with states.
President Patil had said in para 91 of her speech, "The National Intelligence Grid and the National Counter Terrorism Centre aim to improve India's capability to counter internal security threats." Because state governments have not lifted their objections to the NCTC, Ms Banerjee's party wants its mention to be removed. In the Lok Sabha today, Home Minister P Chidambaram said, "I believe NCTC is an absolute necessity; I do not believe it violates the federal structure."
The DMK's amendments want the President's address to reflect India's stand on alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan government. A resolution backed by the US against reported atrocities will come up within the next few days at the United Nations Human Rights Council at Geneva. The DMK has said India must vote against Sri Lanka. The party also wants the President's address to refer to the repeated arrests by Sri Lanka of fishermen from Tamil Nadu.
Ms Banerjee late last year forced the government to suspend its reforms in retail just days after they were announced. With her 19 MPs, she is an indispensable partner in the UPA. She also accused the Centre of violating the principles of federalism late last year, when the Centre introduced the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha. Though the bill was passed there, it has yet to be cleared by the Rajya Sabha. She also accused the Centre of violating the principles of federalism late last year, when the Centre introduced the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha. Though the bill was passed there, it has yet to be cleared by the Rajya Sabha.
Though Ms Banerjee has said that she remains committed to the UPA, her recent gestures suggest she is not closed to exploring other options. She accepted invites to the swearing-in ceremonies for Akhilesh Yadav in UP and the Akali-BJP government in Punjab; the Congress took offense. Later, she said she would send representatives instead.
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Mr And Mrs Iyer are getting ready to reunite for another love story, this time based on the Tagore novel, Shesher Kabita (The Last Poem, 1929). It revolves around two iconic characters of Bengali literature, Amit and Labannya, who will be played by Rahul Bose and Konkana Sen Sharma. Sumon Mukherji’s Bengali film will flag off in April-May, wrap up by October, and should release this year.
“The timing is great since this year marks Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth centenary. It’s my first period film and it is wonderful that someone believes I can play such an important literary character who is part-Oscar Wilde part-Renaissance man, a Bengali aristocrat who, thanks to his travels abroad, is as comfortable with Keats as Rabi Thakur,” says Rahul. He points out that the profound transformation the Oxford educated barrister undergoes after meeting the young governess in a car accident, makes the character really exciting for him as an actor.
He admits that since Mr And Mrs Iyer (2002), 15 Park Avenue (2005) and Dil Kabaddi (2008), he has been dying to work with Konkana again, describing her as one of the most exciting actors in world cinema today. “Also, she is one of the nicest human beings I’ve known, so there’s a lot of comfort, trust and laughter on the sets,” he says. Meanwhile, Rahul has been offered three Bangladeshi Bengali films and has liked all three scripts. “One is excellent, the others very good,” he says. “I’d like to squeeze out time for at least one of them this year.”
Crime-based fiction show CID has turned 14 this year. And given that it’s constantly in the top 10 TRP charts, it doesn’t seem likely that broadcaster Sony Entertain-ment plans to take it off the air anytime soon. Over the years, the faces of the junior officers on the show have changed quite often, but many of the senior officers are played by actors who’ve been with the show since the start in 1999, such as Daya (Daya Shetty), Abhijeet (Aditya Shrivastava), Fredrix (Dinesh Phadnis), Dr Salunkhe (Narendra Gupta) and ACP Pradyuman (Shivaji Satam).
“I never thought that the show would go on for so long, though with B P Singh at the helm, I was sure about the quality,” says Shivaji Satam. “I had worked with him on a Marathi show and that’s why I took on CID. Now I don’t want to switch to another show because my co-actors have become family for me.”
Viewers often confuse the CID team with real cops, adds the actor. And fans often say that they think the TV policemen are better than the real police force. “That’s probably because we crack cases faster,” says Satam. “Also, the show’s characters deliver lines that actual police officers would never utter. The real and reel personalities overlap.”
Though he has never confused the real and the reel himself, the Marathi film and TV star says that sometimes, a role can get to an actor. “I went through a traumatic phase when I worked in a play called Dhyani Mani,” he says. “It had 440 shows in three years and revolved around a man who hallucinates that he has a child. My son at that time was as old as the child in the play, and it became very difficult for me to detach myself from the character.”
TV though, doesn’t have such pitfalls. “Once they say ‘Cut’, you know you are back to being yourself,” he says. “My health improved only after director Mahesh Manjrekar gave the play a break!”
Other TV ‘jasooses’ 1. Byomkesh Bakshi and Karamchand were pioneers. Rajit Kapoor and Pankaj Kapoor became household names. 2. Shekhar Suman was in Reporter, playing a journalist who investigated murders and political crimes. 3. The Marathi show Ek Shunya Shunya was a hit too. Shivaji Satam then went on to become a household name with CID. 4. Saturday Suspense, Woh, Kohra and Yeh Hai Raaz were shows that came and went. 5. Mohandas BA LLB teamed Pankaj Kapur with his wife Supriya Pathak. 6. Bullet, Vakeel, Jasoos and Panther were in the race too. 7. Private Investigators was once heard about, but never aired. 8. Tehkikaat brought Vijay Anand to the tube and turned him into a beloved jasoos. 9. Karamchand returned and vanished in no time. 10. Parmeet Sethi in and as DON (Detective Omkar Nath) was cool but didn’t generate hype. 11. Mr and Mrs Mishra shut shop in less than two months.
Stuck in character
Smriti Irani Character: Tulsi Virani Show: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Run time: 2000-2008 “The reason I played Tulsi Virani for so long was that the show was a journey on its own. I wasn’t repeating myself. I was enjoying the changes.”
Sakshi Tanwar Character: Parvati bhabhi Show: Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii Run time: 2000-2008 “I miss my show and the people I worked with. But I was happy that it came to a logical end. One has to move out of the shadow of an old character and do something new.”
Reena Kapoor Character: Pari to Rani to Pari Show: Woh Rehnewali Mehlon Ki Run time: 2005-2011 “I stuck around for six years because of my comfort level there. I’ve realised that my reel and real self are pretty similar but our life-cycles are not the same.”
Shweta Tiwari Character: Prerna Show: Kasautii Zindagi Kay Run time: 2000-2008 “I never found my work boring. I played my role so convincingly because every six months, when I was beginning to get bored, there would be a twist, a leap, new characters or I was given a makeover. But I was always Shweta Tiwari because I know how to switch on and off between reel and real.”
It was meant to be of the kids, by the kids and for the kids. And now Chillar Party (2011) has won three National Awards. Obviously, Vikas Bahl, co-director of the film, is on top of the world and dying to talk about it. Here’s a chat with the man.
Three National Awards for your first film — best children’s film, best original screenplay and best child artist for all your young stars. Which of these awards gives you the most satisfaction? I am relieved that we lived up to the faith shown in the film by Salim Uncle (Salim Khan), Rajkumar (Hirani) sir, Salman (Khan), Ranbir (Kapoor) and Sohail (Khan). The fact that all the kids won the best child artist award is the most beautiful.
How unexpected was this? I was completely clueless till my dad called me at 12 on March 7. By the time I finished talking to him, I had 17 missed calls.
How did the collaboration with Nitesh Tiwari, your co-director and co-writer of the film come about? While writing, Nitesh and I never thought that we’d be directing the film. In fact, we were looking for a director. But somewhere we got possessive and couldn’t give it away, so we went ahead and directed it ourselves.
How did the idea for Chillar Party come about? Chillar Party is probably from the days of the Mandal Commission. I was part of the anti-Mandal Commission forum when students brought the government down. We came up with the idea, lived with it and wrote it over two years. Also, I made the film for the love of my dog, Khan.
How easy or difficult was it to handle nine child artists? And how did you find so much talent? Mukesh Chhabra, our casting director, found all of them. He auditioned over 6,000 kids. I would say it’s a myth that kids and dogs are difficult to work with. If you let them be, mould yourself to their tune and leave all of yourself back at home, it’s a great drive.
Any interesting nuggets of information about Chillar Party that no one knows about? The Chillar Party gang had another girl who fractured her foot a day before the shoot. So her part had to be removed and Shaolin was created as a new character in the film. Also, Toothpaste’s original name was Pepsodent. The association didn’t work out so we changed the name. And Encyclopedia’s other name was Google.
Will there be a sequel to Chillar Party? As of now, we only have the stories. Hopefully Nitesh and I will make it happen. The sequel is about getting Fatka and all his friends from the slum into a school.
Top five favourite screenplays Chupke Chupke (1975) Chak De (2007) The Great Escape (1963) Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006) Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Top five favourite children’s movies ET (1982) Mr India (1987) Ice Age (2002) Star Wars (1977) Superman (1978)
