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It was 1942, and the Quit India movement just kicked off. A young K G Subramanyan was sent to Madras Presidency College to study economics, and he was doing well. But Subramanyan was no ordinary student. Coming from a politically charged Mahe in Kerala, where he picked up Marxian and later Gandhian ideals as a teen, nationalism ran in his veins. He organised a picketing at the Madras state secretariat and was sent to jail for six months. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who got whom IPL 2025 Auction: Updated Full Team Squads As was the practice then, he was also debarred from studying in all govt institutions. But the jail stint changed something else in the idealistic youngster; he noticed that not all of his political peers were committed to the cause like him and realised politics was not his cup of tea. His paintings, which he was doing on the side, caught the attention of big names in art such as K C S Panicker, who invited him to study art instead of economics. He didn't join an art college in Madras; his elder brother wrote to Nandalal Bose, Principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in West Bengal, and got him a spot there, a move that changed the course of his life. "He moved from the political orbit of Gandhi to the cultural one of Tagore ," says Raman Siva Kumar, his student, associate, and colleague. "It inspired him to respond to the social and political environment through his art, unlike many of his contemporaries for whom art was still about Indian mythological figures." When Subramanyan finished his studies, India became independent, and the artist had to rethink his subjects, style, and mediums. Over his 70-year career—one of the longest for an artist—his work evolved from watercolours and pen on paper to terracotta, children's books, and reverse glass paintings. Post-independence, Subramanyan helped set up a project for vocational training for refugees of Partition. "In 1951, he joined MSU Baroda as a teacher. The profession changed his attitude towards art. Its analytical aspects became as important as expression." Sculptor Ratnabali Kant recalls in her biography of late husband Awani Kant, Subramanyan's student, how the artist advised him to carry a camera, sketchbook, and pencil for a week and start painting only once he found a subject that attracted him, for only then would he "start producing endlessly with pleasure." In a video interview with Priyamvada Kant, the couple's daughter, Subramanyan says, "Teaching and producing one's own works offer two kinds of happiness. A persistent teacher will only restrict a student's development. A teacher in fine arts has little to do for the development of the student except clear the air for them and not ‘consciously' teach. I just pretend to teach." Subramanyan belonged to the generation of progressive artists such as M F Hussain, who used modern cubist vocabulary, but his approach was more cautious, says Siva Kumar. While at the Slade School of Art in London (1956), he studied medieval art, which few other Indian modernists did. "By the late 1950s, he left Baroda to focus on craft, working as deputy director of design for the handloom board. Returning in 1961, he painted still life works with sand and pebbles." Subramanyan's aim was to create an artistic language of his own, not just a style, says Siva Kumar. In 1963, for Tagore's birth centenary, the Union govt commissioned a mural for the Tagore theatre in Lucknow. Inspired by the playwright's ‘King of the Dark Chamber', Subramanyan used 13,000 terracotta tiles, where individual units held no meaning but formed a narrative when grouped. "From a distance, you see abstract shapes, but once you get closer, you see the details," says Siva Kumar. In the 1960s, Subramanyan experimented with sand casting and textile murals, but works from this period, including those sold at the 1965 New York Trade Fair, remain undocumented, says Siva Kumar. The 1960s also saw him working on children's books, which were surprisingly monochromatic, and toys. He also tried glass painting in 2005. All through, his works continued to make political statements, reflected in the children's fables as well. "One story describes how the people made by God looked alike until God gave them a wardrobe and they started dressing differently. The clothes stick to their bodies, and they start fighting." He wanted his art practice to be outside the gallery space, says Abeer Gupta, curator of Arthsila in New Delhi. "He would give away his work to people as gifts for weddings or birthdays." Today, his work is priced at `5 lakh and more. Email your feedback with name and address to southpole.toi@timesofindia.comNiang 0-3 1-2 1, Salaridze 0-4 0-0 0, Guinyard 0-3 0-0 0, Trnka 0-1 0-0 0, Zuzic 2-7 0-0 6, Grullon 6-16 0-1 15, Cortijo 1-8 0-0 2, Radakovic 0-1 2-2 2, Faloppa 2-3 2-2 7, Hopkins 0-3 0-0 0, Bukumirovic 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-53 5-7 35. Milicic 4-9 0-0 9, Okpara 5-6 0-0 10, Lanier 6-16 2-2 18, Mashack 2-3 3-3 7, Zeigler 4-11 0-0 11, Gainey 3-7 1-3 8, Phillips 2-3 2-2 6, Dubar 3-6 0-0 7, Boswell 0-1 0-0 0, Duncan 0-0 0-0 0, Hurst 1-1 0-0 2, Paull 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-63 8-10 78. Halftime_Tennessee 35-20. 3-Point Goals_UT Martin 6-31 (Grullon 3-10, Zuzic 2-6, Faloppa 1-1, Bukumirovic 0-1, Niang 0-1, Salaridze 0-1, Trnka 0-1, Williams 0-1, Guinyard 0-2, Hopkins 0-3, Cortijo 0-4), Tennessee 10-37 (Lanier 4-13, Zeigler 3-10, Dubar 1-4, Gainey 1-4, Milicic 1-5, Mashack 0-1). Rebounds_UT Martin 21 (Radakovic, Hopkins 4), Tennessee 46 (Milicic 13). Assists_UT Martin 8 (Salaridze 4), Tennessee 22 (Zeigler 9). Total Fouls_UT Martin 14, Tennessee 8.
Get a Copilot+ laptop for under $1,000 with this Best Buy dealFollowing Elon Musk 's criticism of Dana Carvey's portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live ( SNL ), the comedian said on Friday that the billionaire's "incredible accent" is tough to mimic. SNL 's November 9 episode saw the aftermath of the 2024 election in which President-elect Donald Trump won a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris . Playing the vice president for SNL 's 50th season is Maya Rudolph while Trump is played by James Austin Johnson. The episode's cold open began soberly as SNL cast members discussed Trump's victory and joked they had all been in his corner from the very beginning. Carvey had then debuted an impression of Musk who was one of Trump's biggest donors during the election and has since been appointed to have a formal role in the incoming administration. Mimicking Musk's antics on the campaign trail, Carvey's Musk jumped up and down and performed some dance moves as the show's cast members looked on with straight faces. However, the skit has since caught the attention of Musk on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter , in which he criticized NBC 's long running comedy sketch show and wrote, "SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality." Musk, who also hosted an episode of SNL in May 2021, also replied to an X post with screenshots of Carvey wearing a "gothic" black Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat in the skit, writing, "They are so mad that @realDonaldTrump won." In a Friday episode of his Superfly podcast with comedian David Spade, Carvey spoke about his impression of Musk and said he struggled to come up with an accent for Musk, noting his "incredible accent" stems from several regions. "I can't do Elon Musk very well but I can do something that sounds not like anything. He has an incredible accent...South Africa via Canada, via Pennsylvania. It's almost like, it's a little bit of Australian in there, a little bit of British, but he's not totally that," Carvey said. Musk was born and raised in South Africa before moving to Canada and then the United States. Newsweek has reached out to Musk via Tesla's email for comment. While Carvey did not address Musk's criticism of SNL directly, he revealed that he would return to the show in December. "So now, if you ever see me on SNL—I'm going back in December—you see me come off the stage, just remember, within seconds, I will be skipping for quite a while," Carvey said. Carvey, who was a regular cast member on SNL from 1986 to 1993, returned this season to play President Joe Biden leading up to Election Day. Carvey's remarks come as Musk has continued to be at the forefront of the upcoming Trump administration as the president-elect announced earlier this month that the founder of Tesla and SpaceX would lead what he called the "Department of Government Efficiency" or (DOGE), along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy , to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies." No such department exists and the president-elect didn't offer many details about how it would operate or how it would be staffed, if at all. Trump's statement said DOGE "will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget." The appointment of Musk has raised concerns since he frequently posts his political opinions on X, which he bought in October 2022, and has continued to speak on what he aims to do given his recent appointment. University of Michigan public policy professor Donald Moynihan previously told Newsweek that while "[DOGE] will be a Federal Advisory Committee" instead of an actual department, Trump's statement does not address that Musk's companies are the recipients of government contracts and subsidies. "Both of those things are fine until Musk is given charge of government, and gets to make recommendations about which agencies should have reduced budgets, or which officials should be fired," Moynihan said. "Musk has enormous and multiple conflicts of interest that should prohibit him from working in the Trump administration. It becomes impossible to maintain the claim that the government will not now favor Musk when he has power over their agencies." Moynihan added that Musk's involvement in the federal government "creates the appearance of corruption and increases the chances that such corruption will take place. It increases the risk that policy will be made and implemented to satisfy the desires of the richest man in the world rather than the American public." Following Trump's announcement, Musk said that "[a]ll actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency." Responding to the professor's comments, Trump-Vance spokesperson Brian Hughes previously told Newsweek that "the transition team will ensure the Department of Government Efficiency and those involved with it are compliant with all legal guidelines related to conflicts of interest."Funny Money
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HARTFORD – Two Black Lives Matter protesters arrested in 2020 have won a $41,000 settlement that ends their civil lawsuits against the city of Waterbury and two of its former police officers. The city’s mayor and police chief both said the settlement reached Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Hartford before Judge Janet Hall is a means of ending the case without enduring a protracted trial or admission of wrongdoing. Jury selection was scheduled to begin in March 2025. Rudonna Legree and Juicy Reid-Stith will share the money with their attorney, Alexander T. Taubes, who said he will charge a “reduced” rate for his services to enable his clients to split a larger amount. The pair sued the city and officer David Terni and Capt. Steve Gilmore, claiming their 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated during a social justice protest in front of the police station on East Main Street on May 31, 2020. They claim the arrests were illegal, and that their rights to speech and assembly were violated. It happened just days after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer got national attention. The two were among 17 protesters arrested during the event. Previously, the city lost its legal bid to end the case on the basis that the officers had qualified immunity based on “arguable probable cause” to make the arrests. A federal court judge disagreed and allowed the case to go forward. Taubes said the consequences of the arrest were particularly severe for Legree, who spent five months in prison when the arrest complicated conditions of a previous criminal record that includes several convictions for larceny and one for interfering with police in 2023. Charges associated with the 2020 arrest were dropped. “It’s important for police to understand the people’s right to speak out, even when the people being criticized are the police,” Taube said. According to the complaint, Legree said she listened to speakers, kneeled, marched through downtown and made her way with Reid-Stith and others to the Waterbury Police Department. Reid-Stith and Legree claim they never heard a police order to disperse from the street. Reid-Stith said “all hell broke loose” when the order to arrest protesters was said to have been made by Gilmore and Terni. Both officers have retired within the past 18 months. Legree claims she was dragged by police into the street and forcibly arrested. Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski Jr. said he stands firmly behind the city’s police officers. “From everything I have seen, I believe the officers acted prudently and I continue to support the police department,” he said. “There was no admission of liability.” The decision to settle was made because of the risk trials carry. “This outcome was in the best interest of the city,” Pernerewski said. “And it was a number that made sense and wasn’t all that difficult to reach.” No additional police training is planned to avoid similar conflicts in the future, he noted. “This happened before we had body cameras, which would have been helpful,” the mayor said. “I am comfortable that the officers acted appropriately.” Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said he wasn’t part of settlement discussions involving Taube, two attorneys from the city Corporation Counsel’s Office and U.S. District Court magistrate Robert Richardson. “There was no finding of false arrest or misconduct,” Spagnolo said. “We still stand by the actions police took, which were prudent.” Contact Brigitte Ruthman at bruthman @ rep-am.com.PM to officially open the Top Executive Conference 2024
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City have lost their last five matches after being thrashed 4-0 by Tottenham on Saturday. Pep Guardiola admits the buck stops with him as Manchester City bid to arrest their dramatic slump in form. The champions crashed to a fifth straight defeat in all competitions – something not experienced by the club in more than 18 years – as they were thrashed 4-0 by Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The loss, which was also a third in succession in the Premier League and shattered a 52-game unbeaten home run, damaged the club’s hopes of winning an unprecedented fifth title in a row. It is the worst run of Guardiola’s glittering managerial career and the City boss, who extended his contract until 2027 last week, is determined to turn the situation around. The Catalan said: “When we start to lose I say to the people I have to find a way, I have to. It’s my duty, my responsibility, to find a way to be more consistent, that our game will be better and win games. “This is what we have to do.” City have been hampered by injuries to key players in recent weeks, particularly by the absence of Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder Rodri, who has been sidelined for the remainder of the season. Problems have emerged at both ends of the field with a lack of clean sheets – just five in 19 outings this term – and a shortage of goals being scored on occasions, like Saturday, when the prolific Erling Haaland has an off-day. Guardiola said: “We don’t expect to lose important players but it’s happened and you have to find a way. We have to find other abilities. “I don’t think we didn’t create enough chances. We created a lot of chances, clear ones at 0-0, 0-1, 0-2. “Of course we want a lot of players to score but it’s happened now. “I know at the Etihad when we are there and we score goals our momentum is there, but now we are not solid enough. That is the truth. “In both sides normally we are solid but we concede the goals. Now in both sides we are not good enough. “In these situations, what do you have do to? Keep going my friends, keep going. “We have done it in the past – not in terms of results being as bad as now – but we have done it and we face the situation and move forward.”
A fan of the Too Good To Go app has praised her "best ever" bag after spending just £5 on food that would have retailed for well over £100. The app allows supermarkets, shops, cafes and restaurants to sell food nearing its sell-by or use-by dates at reduced prices, preventing it from going to waste. These are known as surprise bags, as customers don't know what they'll receive when they order. The delighted shopper took to TikTok to show off her haul, which she acquired from a Gail's Bakery branch in Central London. "This is by far the best Too Good To Go bag I've ever bought," she exclaimed. "Gail's can be a bit hit and miss but this was a BIG hit." In her video, she detailed her bargain: "I got incredibly lucky - they gave me three whole bags as they'd had a particularly quiet day. The bread selection included two white San Francisco sourdough loaves (worth £4.60 each), a garlic and rosemary focaccia (£3.30) and four brown sourdough loaves (£4.60 each)." She was equally thrilled with the pastries, showing off her two butter croissants (£2.65 each) and a whopping eight blueberry and custard brioche buns (£4.10 each). Four chocolate muffins and a blueberry one followed (£3.30 each), before she went on to detail the refrigerated items too. These included three mango, passionfruit and chia seed pots (£4.30 each), two beetroot, lentil and goat's cheese salads (£6.80 each) and one spelt, cauliflower and ferments salad (£6.80). The woman was overjoyed with her bargain, sharing the impressive haul with family and friends and stocking up her freezer. She gleefully noted that the actual value of the food was a substantial £118.80. The woman's followers were quick to express their envy and support, with one commenting: "You hit the bread jackpot!" Another remarked: "All those sourdough loaves to freeze! I'm very jealous of you!" A third reflected on the positive impact of the app: "I am so glad that Too Good to Go exists. Imagine how much food has been saved." Whilst a fourth TikTok user was astounded by the normal cost, stating: "Looks delicious and definitely worth £5 - but the fact this would cost over £100 normally is insane." In November 2024, fans of Too Good To Go learned they can now have boxes of surplus food delivered straight to their door. The popular app has launched Too Good To Go Food Parcels in addition to their 'surprise bags' in store. The company says the new Food Parcels will come from larger-scale manufacturers and will include products that are "perfectly good" but won't go to supermarkets due to minor issues like damaged labels or packaging changes. Products included in the parcels will include ambient items such as coffee, tea, snacks, soups, sauces, pasta, and confectionery.