Some Reasons that Why CommonWealth Games will Not Fail

Yes u read it right..........India will Not let it happen...........We have been using tricks for a long time and this time it will not be the exception,The big question is Y?The answer is simple we have the experience of using SAM(the process of pacifying),DAAM(the process of giving money),DANDA(the principle of punishment) and finally BHEDA(the principle of dividing). Now Connect these things to the present scenario. This appeared to have happened on Friday with CommonWealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Michael Fennell visiting the Village and reporting that "considerable" improvements had been made. But in a warning that was also echoed by England chef de mission Craig Hunter, Fennell made it clear the organizers had to stay on their toes.The tide, choppy and lashing at India's self-esteem, appears to be changing in the last 12 hours. What's the reason? Two words: MONEY and POWER. The combination has led western governments to search for some way to send their teams to the crisis-ridden Games. Diplomats agree the consequences of walking away from Delhi, capital of a rising economic power, could have been grave. The Commonwealth countries have said 'yes' to the Games. Has India's cash and clout prompted the Western countries to change their minds? "Even the merest clean-up and reassurances from Delhi were enough for us to make a go of it," admitted a diplomat. Sports minister MS Gill has also called up his counterparts from England,Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and they have given assurances that the teams will be participating in the Games.

The feeling that enlightened self-interest has been a key driver for countries like Australia, New Zealand, England and Canada was reinforced by their being bowled over suddenly by India's PR drive, led by Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit. The lady's "gracious presence" at the Games Village, supervising the clean-up operation, was mentioned by virtually everyone as something that has infused them with loads of confidence. This despite the fact that the first few delegations will have to check into hotels instead of the Village which will become habitable only on Monday.

England's Craig Hunter added a caveat to his optimism: "Our next wave of athletes arrives Sunday and a lot still needs to happen before then. More and swift action is required".Newzeland Olympic Committie president Mike Stanley said there has been significant progress in the last 24 hours but added that his team would continue to review hygiene and security issues on a daily basis. "We remain hopeful that things can be turned round," he said.

The English delegation, comprising hockey and lawn ball players and officials, stayed in three different hotels in the city. "We are heading for the hotels. We will leave for the Games Village on Monday," said a delegate at the airport. A senior OC official told TOI the delegation would have to foot their hotel bills.

Late on Friday, the England men's hockey team visited the Village and the team captain Barry Middleton told the BBC they were reasonably satisfied. "It's nice to see it for ourselves. The flats are spacious, which is good for a major Games, but there are bits and pieces to be done to bring them up to standard. A couple of days will make a difference." In other words, the efficient jhadu-pochha ops have to continue.

A western diplomat said the Games are ultimately a bump on the road of India's progress and long-term trends indicated it was best to stay engaged and friendly with Delhi. Add up the numbers and Friday's talk of a "triumphant spirit of sport" makes sense.

Take the example of Canada. Canadian direct investment in India is roughly 600 million Canadian dollars, while Indian direct investment in Canada is five times as much. In 2009, Canada ranked India as its 10th most important destination for the export of vegetables, fertilizers and machinery. Its officials agree their country didn't come out of the global recession well and are scouting for long-term access in India to keep the cash coming in.

India is currently Australia's third-largest export market. In 2009, Australia's trade surplus with India was a staggering $15.5 billion. Till the student row broke out, Indians were contributing roughly $1bn to Australia's third biggest export sector, education. Now, sources say Australia is out of pocket by at least $50 million because Indian student enrolment has dropped by half.

For the English too, cash counts, but more so the nominal clout they get by keeping the 54-member Commonwealth alive and kicking. This is seen to be the main reason England on Thursday night almost single-handedly helped lift the pall by announcing it would be sending a full team.London could not talk to Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland officials about sending their teams to Delhi because sport is a devolved issue in the UK but everyone knew that once England agreed the rest would get onboard too.

Keep ur Vigilant eyes open and compare the things Globally in favour of India that is needed by all of us "Must not play the Blame game" as it is played by the top Indian Politicians(Including Mr Prime Minister:Was he sleeping or out of Delhi as he made Mr.Suresh Kalmadi the Escape Goat?)

Iranian President says US behind 9/11

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced from the United Nations in New York Thursday that Iran will host an international conference on terrorism in the coming year that among other things will discuss who really carried out the 9/11 attacks.

Mr. Ahmadinejad, who delved into the 9/11 tragedy in the context of a speech focused on what he called the “crisis” facing capitalism and the Western-dominated world order, said history will record that a failing world dominator used the attacks as a pretext for occupying two countries, Afghanistan and Iraq. Citing a list of conspiracy theories over who destroyed the twin towers, he said that, whoever the culprits, the United States proceeded to use the events to try to prolong a dying world order of domination.

Addressing the annual opening of the UN General Assembly, just miles from the site of the deadliest of the 9/11 attacks, the Iranian leader said the US responded to the attacks by firing up a “propaganda machine” to convince the world that war was the necessary response.

“We were all saddened for the 3,000 lives lost on 9/11,” he said, but he added that “since then hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

The walkout

The US delegation and others walked out of Ahmadinejad's speech after he began enumerating his theories as to who could have been behind the 9/11 attacks, the second of which was that "some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order also to save the Zionist regime." The US holds Al Qaeda responsible for the attacks.

Ahmadinejad said the international conference he proposed would “study terrorism and the means to confront it.”

The controversial leader, who had to pass by chanting protesters railing against his rule on his way into the UN headquarters, was –despite his 9/11 tangent – less fiery than in past weeks, though in some ways no more modest. He unilaterally assigned the General Assembly the task of designing within one year a new UN governing structure free of the control of a few powerful countries sitting on the Security Council – a body he called one of the world’s least democratic and just.

Ahmadinejad did not directly respond to the invitation Western powers have extended to Iran to return to Negotiations over its nuclear program – other than to repeat that Iran is always open to dialogue that is based on mutual respect and equal rights. But he did speak at length on the global nuclear issue, criticizing nuclear arms as a tool of domination for the few who possess them, but extolling nuclear power as a clean and inexpensive energy source for all.

'Nuclear energy for all'

Declaring another goal for the coming year, he said 2011 should be proclaimed “a year of nuclear disarmament” with the motto: “Nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapons for none.”

Ahmadinejad’s address followed by a few hours President Obama’s declaration to the same international gathering that Iran is the only signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty unable to demonstrate to UN nuclear energy officials that its nuclear program is solely peaceful in nature. As if in response, the Iranian leader acknowledged Iran’s lack of full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but said Iran is exercising its international rights.

“Yes it’s true, we have never submitted to the IAEA’s illegally imposed pressures,” he said, “and we never will.” As for the fourth round of economic sanctions approved earlier this year, he said they are merely “destroying the remaining credibility of the Security Council.”

Despite such worldly issues, much of Ajmadinejad’s speech focused on theological themes and a world where he said man’s spiritual nature is obscured by materialistic pursuits.

As he has often in the past, he railed against a Western society that destroys “the purity and exquisiteness” of women. And he referred to the recent controversy over a proposed burning of Quran by a Florida minister, calling such acts evil but then concluding that “the truth cannot be burned.”

He then held aloft both the Quran and the Bible, and declared, “We pay respect to both books.”

The Mile Stone Of Communal Harmony:How A Hindu sacrificed his child to keep word to Muslim

Here is a real story from Pakistan’s Faisalabad, the kind of stuff we no longer come across. During the 1947 Hindu-Muslim riots on the eve of Partition innumerable people were killed, many became homeless and refugees. Many known and unknown stories of brutalities and human valour, faithfulness and faithlessness of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims have come to light over the years and are preserved in print or on celluloid. One of the rare stories of chivalry that came to light recently was of a father-son duo. The father was master Maan Singh and the son Charan Singh.

In 1947, Charan Singh of Ghuman village of Amritsar district, was a young boy of 17 years. He had fallen in love with a girl of his village. When the riots erupted and Hindus-Sikhs and Muslims became thirsty for each others’ blood, senior people of the village decided that all Hindus and Sikhs will protect their Muslim brethren. They also decided that if a Muslim family is harmed in any way, people of the village will compensate it. Charan Singh, who is now 80, narrates that after his two sons were killed in communal riots, one Noor Muhammad of his village came weeping along with his wife to his father Master Maan Singh and told him about the incident. Maan Singh had agreed with others to help their Muslim brethren and compensate their losses. In this situation, he could not decide how to compensate Noor Muhammad. After a pause, it dawned on him that since Noor Muhammad’s sons cannot be brought back to life, he offered his only son Charan Singh to Noor Muhammad who kept refusing the offer but finally succumbed to Maan Singh’s insistence. Noor Muhammad, after the death of his sons, decided to migrate to Pakistan. Maan Singh said while consoling his son Charan Singh that though he made a mistake by making such an offer but a promise is a promise and it has to be honoured by his son as the father expects sons to honour his word. Charan Singh was hesitant at first but in the end he agreed to do what his father told him and left behind his parents’ love and affection, his native village, relatives and friends and of course his sweet-heart and accompanied Noor Muhammad to Pakistan where they settled in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad).

Noor Muhammad could not settle himself financially in Pakistan and because of this, his adopted son who was now called “Manzoor”, could not complete his education. In order to help Noor Muhammad, Manzoor started to work early to supplement the family’s income. Now he is a Pakistani but memories of his parents, his native village, friends, relatives and of course his sweetheart still torment him. These afflictions and agonies made him a poet who is now famous and popular in Pakistan and is known as "Manzoor Jugnoo". Now after such a long time, neither Maan Singh nor Noor Muhammad are alive but Charan Singh/Manzoor Jugnoo is still living up to the word of honour given by his father. People like Master Maan Singh no longer walk our earth.

Is Obama a Muslim? Enquires Ashraf

" President Obama is a Muslim." "He's not an American citizen." "He wasn't even born here."

None of this is true. But to surprising levels, it is believed.

Blame it on the media, or on human nature. All presidents deal with image problems — that they're too weak or too belligerent, too far left or far right. But Obama also faces questions over documented facts, in part because some people identify more with the rumormongers than the debunkers.

"Trust and distrust — that explains almost all of it," says Nicholas DiFonzo, professor of psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an expert on rumor and gossip research. "We are in such a highly polarized political environment. Our country is sorting itself into more closely knit, opposing factions each year" — factions, DiFonzo suggests, that in turn become "echo chambers" for factoids that aren't fact at all.

Nearly one in five people, or 18 percent, said they think Obama is Muslim, up from the 11 percent who said so in March 2009, according to a poll released Thursday. The proportion who correctly say he is a Christian is just 34 percent, down from 48 percent in March of last year.

The White House even felt compelled to respond with a terse knockdown from spokesman Bill Burton: "The president is obviously a Christian. He prays every day."

Obama is the Christian son of a Kenyan Muslim father and a Kansas mother. Born in Hawaii, he lived from ages 6 to 10 in predominantly Muslim Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. His full name, Barack Hussein Obama, sounds Muslim to many.

Confusion about Obama's religion was common, and sometimes encouraged, during the 2008 campaign. An Associated Press photograph that circulated on the Internet, and was posted on The Drudge Report, showed Obama dressed in traditional local garments — a white turban and a wraparound white robe — during a visit to Kenya in 2006. Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton may have contributed through her response to a question, during a "60 Minutes" interview, about whether he was a Muslim. "There's nothing to base that on," she said. "As far as I know."

Others have helped keep rumors about Obama's religion and birth alive. Conservative commentators including radio talk show host Michael Savage have repeated debunked claims that Obama attended a radical Muslim madrassa in Indonesia. Rush Limbaugh has facetiously referred to "Imam Obama" in recent days, and last year praised a woman who at a Delaware town hall meeting questioned Obama's citizenship. Lou Dobbs gave significant air time to such "birther" claims on CNN — despite his own insistence that he believed Obama was born in the U.S.

The new survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center and its affiliated Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is based on interviews conducted before the controversy over whether Muslims should be permitted to construct a mosque near the World Trade Center site. Obama has said he believes Muslims have the right to build an Islamic center there, though he's also said he won't take a position on whether they should actually build it.

We have never been without misperceptions, but they are speeded and multiplied in the Internet age. Last month, right-wing bloggers — citing unnamed sources within the Laredo Police Department in Texas — reported that the Mexican drug cartel Zetas had captured two Laredo ranches. The story was picked up by author-pundit Michelle Malkin and other conservatives.

Inquiries from local media and the liberal Web site Talking Points Memo turned up different news: The raids never happened.

"The Internet has made it worse," says Lori Robertson, managing editor of the website FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan project run under the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "Any of these rumors are more rampant, and there's more stuff about them — blogs writing about conspiracy theories. People are exposed to it more."

Robertson says her organization has been asked hundreds of times about Obama's religion, even after FactCheck published an explanatory article in early 2008 called "Sliming Obama." It focused on the chain e-mail that many believe helped spread the lie.

Despite what the e-mail claimed, FactCheck.org has noted that Obama was sworn into office as a U.S. senator using the Bible instead of the Quran; a photograph was posted to prove it. FactCheck also posted videos of Obama reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the Senate, in an attempt to counter claims that he refused.

Still, the questions about Obama's faith didn't stop.

"Did Obama order creation of a postage stamp to honor a Muslim holiday?" FactCheck.org's answer: "The first class stamp honoring Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha was first issued eight years ago. Obama has followed Bush's practice of reaching out to Muslims on Ramadan."

Superstitions and myths are timeless and universal, and so are the people who exploit them, whether Holocaust deniers, race supremacists or conspiracy theorists.

Misinformation in the mass media age was captured by the author-columnist Walter Lippman in his classic "Public Opinion," published in 1922. Finding that world events were driven by a tiny minority manipulating the rest, Lippman noted "the comparatively meager time available in each day for paying attention to public affairs, the distortion arising because events have to be compressed into very short messages, the difficulty of making a small vocabulary express a complicated world."

The problem wasn't only with the media, but with the public.

"People, he wrote, "live in the same world, but think and feel in different ones." Lippman believed many "suffer from anemia, from lack of appetite and curiosity for the human scene."

And so millions have thought that the country was overrun with communists, that John F. Kennedy was taking orders from the pope, that AIDS spreads through casual contact, that Saddam Hussein or even the George W. Bush administration helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks. In the 1990s, when the government was running a surplus under the Clinton administration, a poll showed substantial numbers of people thought it was running a deficit.

DiFonzo was stunned when he heard one of those rumors stated as fact in his upper-level social psychology class last year. A student raised her hand and insisted, "But George Bush was behind the bombings of Sept 11."

"She was serious," DiFonzo said, adding that he believes she accepted the rumor because other people in her life gave her the impression that it was plausible.

"This isn't a partisan thing," he said. "It's not a characteristic of Democrats or of Republicans. It's a human characteristic. It's a place that we happen to be at in our culture today. What seems outlandish is often based on what we think may be plausible."

Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai gets four Star rating By Taran Adarsh

The fascination with gangster movies has been immense worldwide. On this side of the Atlantic, several gangster films have left giant footprints on the sands of time. Films like DEEWAAR [Yash Chopra], DHARMATMA [Feroz Khan], NAYAKAN [Mani Ratnam], ANGAAR [Shashilal Nair], PARINDA [Vidhu Vinod Chopra], AGNEEPATH [Mukul Anand], SATYA and COMPANY [Ramgopal Varma], VAASTAV [Mahesh Manjrekar], GANGSTER [Anurag Basu], D [Vishram Sawant] and SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA [Apoorva Lakhia] have tremendous recall value to this day.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI recreates an era that so many of us have left behind and for those who arrived on this planet post 80s, I am sure, they must have visited the era through some medium or the other, mainly movies and internet or during their academic careers.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not part of history, but it attempts to portray on celluloid tales that are now considered legendary, that continue to make news to this date. Of course, the disclaimer claims that it bears no resemblance to a particular person, but you can't help but draw parallels with real-life characters. It could be a coincidence, though!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is a fascinating story that talks of how the mafia came into force for the first time in Mumbai. A thriller that depicts the crime scenario in Mumbai during the 70s and 80s. The rise to power of two young boys, in different age-groups, who grew up to 'rule' the streets of Mumbai.

Since there's tremendous speculation in the media that ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI chronicles the lives of Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, the curiosity to watch the film increases manifold. Of course, I am no one to comment if it's actually based on their lives or merely borrows a few incidents from their lives or is pure fiction, but as a cinematic experience, I couldn't help getting transported to the bygone era, getting sucked into a world I had no clue of.

Besides the gangster chapter, one enjoys this film also because of its riveting drama and the power play. It could've been set anywhere, in the corporate world, in politics, in the film industry. Anywhere. The rise and subsequent fall of the King and the emergence of the Prince as the super power is what makes this film a compelling watch. The icing on the cake is the magical and lilting song compositions that are juxtaposed so beautifully in the goings-on. On the sidelines of the power play, a game of hearts is being played and that's what makes ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI a wholesome movie experience.

Final word? ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not to be missed. Set everything aside this coming weekend and watch this one. Strongly recommended!

The film, set primarily in 1970s Mumbai, follows the rise of Sultan Mirza [Ajay Devgn] and the conflict that ensues, when his protégé Shoaib Khan [Emraan Hashmi] challenges his supremacy and usurps power to rule the murky underbelly of Mumbai.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is a power-packed drama that makes you thirst for more. You rewind to an era of romance, smuggling, cabaret and mafia, but director Milan Luthria and writer Rajat Aroraa ensure that there's no sleaze or bloodshed-n-gore. In fact, there's hardly any violent sequence in the movie, except for one when Ajay hammers a cop during a naaka-bandi.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not a biopic, but narrates the story through the eyes of a police officer [Randeep Hooda], who traces the changing face of the Mumbai underworld. The screenplay encompasses several moments that may compel you to draw parallels with real life, but talking strictly from the movie-going point of view, it satiates you completely. In fact, the writing is cohesive, smart and watertight and there's never a dull moment. Besides, there's no time to think whether it's factual or loosely based on someone's life or a work of fiction.

As I look back and recall the movie, a number of sequences flash across my mind. Note the sequence when Ajay divides the city amongst gangsters... The train sequence at the very start... The introduction of Emraan Hashmi's character... Randeep Hooda's landing on a film set and confiscating the equipment... The subsequent sequence, when Randeep is framed for accepting bribe... The romantic moments between Emraan and Prachi in the jewellery shop... Emraan starting his business and the confrontation that ensues between Ajay and Randeep... The showdown between Ajay and Emraan, with Ajay slapping Emraan in full public view... The conclusion to the story is equally novel. It stays in your memory and sets you thinking.

On the flipside, the story begins with Randeep attempting suicide, but the writer should've cited the reason that prompted him to take that drastic step. Sure, there's a mention at the start, but it doesn't register well. Also, you are keen to know the chain of events that drove Randeep to suicide. Also, the pace slackens in the middle of the second hour, but picks up dramatically when Ajay returns from Delhi and confronts Emraan. Besides, how I wish the film had a shorter, mass appealing Hindi title to attract more eyeballs and a big jump in footfalls [at single screens and smaller centres mainly] for a mass appealing subject like this.

This is director Milan Luthria's best work to date, no two opinions on that. Recreating the bygone era is tough and the director, the writer and the art director [Nitin Chandrakant Desai] deserve brownie points for giving the film that authentic feel. In fact, the film wears a chic retro look throughout. Even otherwise, Milan's handling of the subject material is exemplary. This film is sure to catapult him to the top league. Rajat Aroraa's screenplay is powerful and engaging. The writer marries heavy-duty drama and subtle and delicate emotions beautifully. I would like to make a special note of the dialogue, also penned by Rajat Aroraa, which are simply fantastic. In fact, the dialogue writing is such it elevates even an ordinary sequence to great levels. One rarely comes across such potent dialogue in today's times.

Pritam's music is another ace. Injecting songs and that too a terrific soundtrack in a gangster film is tough. He did it in GANGSTER. He does it again in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI. 'Pee Loon', 'Tum Jo Aaye' and the remix of APNA DESH track are super compositions, which are also placed appropriately in the plotline. Cinematography [Aseem Mishra] captures the look to perfection. Akiv Ali's editing is sharp.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is embellished with fantastic performances. Ajay Devgn is splendid as Sultan. The actor had enacted a similar role in COMPANY, but it must be said that his interpretation is so different in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI. He adds so much depth to the character, which only goes to prove his range and versatility. This is, without a trace of doubt, Ajay's finest work so far. Emraan Hashmi is brilliant as the power greedy, wildly ambitious rebel. He plays the dark character to perfection. He's incredible in the penultimate moments of the film in particular. Besides carrying the look to perfection, Emraan is sure to break-free from the lover boy, serial kisser image with this film.

Kangna Ranaut is extremely natural and performs very well. Also, she brings so much of sensuality and glamour to her character [an actress of the 70s]. In fact, Ajay and Kangna make a wonderful on-screen pair. Prachi Desai is a bundle of talent who proves her mettle yet again. She's proficient in emotional scenes and sizzles in the BOBBY song-sequence. Besides, the chemistry between Emraan and Prachi is exciting. Randeep Hooda is top notch. Even though the film belongs to Ajay and Emraan, Randeep makes his presence felt with a powerful performance. This film should prove to be the turning point in his career.

Avtar Gill [as Home Minister] is good. Naved Aslam [as Patrick, Ajay's trusted lieutenant] is perfect. Mehul Bhojak [as Emraan's friend Javed] is competent. Ravi Khanwilkar [as Vardhan] is satisfactory. Gauhar Khan sizzles in the remix track.

On the whole, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is an extremely well-made film that lingers in your memory. The realism coupled with stellar direction, power-packed writing, exceptional performances and ear-pleasing tunes are its trump cards. An outstanding cinematic experience!

Aids spreads like this also?Exclusive Observation By Mohammad Ashraf Patna

SHOCKED to know .... Aids spreads like this also?

It's in INDIA - Karnataka - Bangalore

A 10 year old boy, had eaten pineapple about 15 days back, and fell sick, from the day he had eaten. Later when he had his Health check done...... doctors diagnosed that he had AIDS.

His parents couldn't believe it...Then the entire family under went a checkup... none of them suffered from Aids. So the doctors checked again with the boy if he had eaten out....The boy said 'yes'. He had pineapple that evening. Immediately a group from the hospital went to the pineapple vendor to check.

They found the pineapple seller had a cut on his finger while cutting the pineapple; his blood had spread into the fruit.


When they had his blood checked...the guy was suffering from AIDS...but he himself was NOT aware. Unfortunately the boy is suffering from it now.

Please take care while u eat on the road side particularly tasty vada pav & Paani Puri (specially Girls) and please convey this message to your near and dear one's.. .

PEOPLE TAKE CARE

Indian Gp F1 Track Design Out

The Indian GP, which is expected to take place in October of next year, has had design input from the Formula One teams, according to Mark Hughes, the vice-president of JPSK sports - a subsidiary of the Jaypee Group who have signed a 10-year contract with FOM to host the event.

The track has been designed by F1 regular Herman Tilke, who has often come under criticism from fans, calling his tracks, 'Tilkedromes' thanks to their design which rarely aid overtaking.

Hughes though, has combined Tilke's knowledge with input from the F1 teams by sending them data and asking for improvements to the design.

"We sent the details to all the teams and they programmed the information into their simulators and gave us feedback on where we could make improvements and add overtaking opportunity points," he told Reuters.

The track will be the second fastest on the calendar after Monza(Italy).

"It's an undulating 5.5 kilometre track which we expect to have the second fastest average speed of any circuit on the calendar behind Monza," Hughes added.

Construction of the circuit is well underway, with a July 2011 deadline set to allow for FIA safety checks.