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Friday, October 3, 2008A BYTE OF LIFE

TEAM SPIRITVennila Kabbadi Kuzhu audio launch

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 191

TREND SPOTTING

A look at fashion week eye-catchers

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LOVE @CTUALLYInternet brokers on the rise? Read on to see how Facebookand Orkut have helped to bring two people together

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ERGO Friday, October 3, 2008

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Shop from Anuradha Vakils shim-mering gota, sensuous silhouettesand age-old weaves blended in acontemporary language.When: October 4 to 21; 11 a.m.

to 6 p.m.Where: Amethyst, No 14/30,

Padmavathi Road, Jeypore Colony,Gopalapuram

Age-oldweaves

Experience the mystiqueof Arabian cuisine with a

varied range of delicacies.Menu includes: Arabicbread, Baklawa, cookeddish of pasta, rice and len-thils.When: Till October 11; 7

p.m. to 11 p.m.Where: Cilantro, Le

Royal MeridienFor reservation, call

2231 4343

Arabian Magic

WWF India has displayed golu on the themeWildlife. Diversified toys from children inthe neighbourhood have helped in buildingthe golu.Where: WWF-India, No.2, Subramanya

Avenue,Valmiki Nagar, ThiruvanmiyurContact: 42110690

Doll games

Chocolates are something that tempt everyage and you dont need an occasion to havethem. Jyoti is accepting orders this festiveseason, where she even takes care of thepacking, done to suit ones budget and taste.Contact: 98403 94354

Chocolatesfor all

The Wildlife Week is onand Madras CrocodileBank has a night safari thisSaturday and Sunday.Make sure you register inadvance at 2747 2447.When: Till October 7; 7

to 8 p.m.Where: Madras Croco-

dile Bank, ECR

Wild adventure

Experience true German culture with traditional food, beer and aBavarian band.When: October 3; 7 p.m.Where: Poolside,Taj Coromandel

Cheers!

The luxury spa at The Parkhas introduced three spe-cial packages Sugary De-light, Milky Way andDelicious Honey for theseason.When: Till October endWhere: Aura, The ParkContact Megha @4267 6000

Get pampered

If ornamental fish, aquarium plants, aquar-ium accessories or anything to do with start-ing a hobby on the same interests you, then

you must go to the Chennai Aqua Show. Over80 stalls are on display showing differentproducts to help you boost your hobby.When: Till October 5Where: Valluvar Kottam

Nothing fishy

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Friday, October 3, 2008

When two techies join hands,

what can they do? Coding,testing and debugging? For achange, these techies turned

to films and they released the audioof their debut movie at Sathyam Cin-emas on Thursday.

Anand Chakravarthy, a post gradu-ate in Management Information Sys-tems, and Viishnu, a softwareEngineer from namma Chennai,make their entry into tinsel townwith Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu, a filmset against a rural background. The

film also has V. Selvaganesh, son ofghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram,making his debut as music director.

The audio launch saw the fathersof the producer, hero, music director,cinematographer and director re-spectively receiving the copies of theCD from the chief guests. The pro-ducer, Anand, who said that he oweseverything to his parents, wanted hisfather to collect the audio CD. Othersfollowed suit.

The film has Yaaradi Nee Mohinifame Saranya Mohan playing the fe-male lead. Apart from 43 new facesonscreen, even the director Susin-dran and cinematographer J. Laxman

Kumar are marking their debut withthis movie.

The lyrics for the songs are writtenby Na. Muthukumar, Snehan, deb-utants J. Francis Kriba and KarthikNetha.

The songs are sung by ShankarMahadevan, Karthik, Haricharan andChinmayi. The film is nearing com-pletion and will hit theatres byDecember.

Prominent faces like A.R. Rahman,Chiyaan Vikram, director GowthamMenon, Vikku Vinayakram, RamaNarayanan and director Ezhil madetheir presence felt at the audiolaunch.

A host of debutants and their respective fathers,along with celebs like Chiyaan Vikram, marked theaudio launch of Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu

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Team spirit

(from left) Directors Susindran and Gowtham Menon, IGP Ramesh Kudwala, actor Viishnu,music directors V.Selvaganesh , A.R.Rahman, Tamil Nadu Film Producers Assn PresidentRamanarayanan, actor Vikram and producer Anand Chakravarthy. PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN

Docker RockerDockers has launched anew range of timeweaeyewear and fragrancefor men and its Fall/Holiday 08 collection.Timewear is classified ithree categories KhaMobile and Collection.The range is pricedbetween Rs. 3999 and 6999.

The Fall/ Holiday 08 collection delivers an overallook of classic casual style. The Dockers Mobile isinfused with innovative features that guaranteeutmost comfort, practicality and durability includthe Never Iron technology, anti-bacterial qualityextra secure/hidden pockets and even embroidereyelet at armpit for better ventilation. The rangefor apparel starts from Rs.899. The Dockers wom

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Paint some graffiti, dedicatea song, send over adrinkall while hidingbehind a computer screen.Who says expressing interestis difficult?

by pressure;(informal): anintense but usuallyshort-livedinfatuation.

Delhi-based lecturer Su-san Thomas says the twosynonyms are connected. I

have a brainwasher for a col-league who would bombard hercrush with forwards everyday,so that he would remember hername. Her methods were a littleforward but mine were a littlemore oblique. In my blog I madevague references to a man I l ikedin the possibility he would readit. He did read it, but never com-mented, although my friendswere shocked and asked me toremove the particular posts.

Drinking buddiesWhen gifts are too expensive

to send across states, resort tofree gifts online. Dhanya K.says, My ex-boyfriend used to

sendme virtualdrinks on Face-book. He once sent me a TeddyBear with Be Mine written on aheart, and then kittens, deliber-ately, because he knew howmuch I disliked cats. This was allwhen we were still friends. Also,once we broke up, I rememberchanging my status message onOrkut to show I was nonchalantabout the break-up like minewould read Dhanya K is smilingagain after a very long time orsomething.

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hen Cupid strikes,never let the arrow

show, or so somecubicle romantichad written. Expressing feelingsfor a person face-to-face has al-ways been a scary endeavour,but some swear by Facebook,Orkut, MSN Messenger and oth-er online mediums to flirt subtly,without fearing rejection.

Facebook and its numerousapplications, of course, providea platform for pending love.Manpreet Kaur, a foreign lan-guage services consultant, says,A friend of mine had a butterflytattoo on her shoulder and shewould often wear halter necksto show them off. She liked thisguy who used to go to a partic-

ular Subway out-let almost every day. I was hishousemate at the time and hecalled me excitedly one day toshow me his graffiti wall shehad drawn a Subway sandwichwith a butterfly flutteringabove. They went out for a few

months after that.In some ways, Karthik M. issimilar, except he used iLike. Theapplication allows Facebook us-ers to add music clips to theirprofiles and also send favouritesongs to friends. Very stupidly Iused to send this girl I liked verydirect songs. Once I sent herNSyncs Girlfriend and she re-plied with Jennifer PaigesCrush which basically says Ishould not over-analyse heractions.

Dictionary.com saysCrush /kruhsh/(formal): to smooth or flatten

He called meexcitedly oneday to show mehis graffiti wall the girl haddrawn a Subwaysandwich with abutterflyfluttering above


Big Story04

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. Iaccentuates what you would do anyway. If

you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. Ifyou want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

Esther D

Internet

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Thanks for giving us this topic at the right time, asAmmu and Sandy will be celebrating their first loveanniversary on October 2.

September 2007 was the time when Ammu got

free access to browse and surf the Web during her officehours. Generally a persons first online crush happensthrough Facebook or Orkut but for Ammu it was Netlog.She had received many friend requests and two out ofthe many became her close friends. Out of that, this oneguy was very impressive. You know why?

First, Ammu shot a message to him, asking for a goodreason to accept him as a friend, to which he had a cutereply.

The next reason is that because his hometown is Sa-lem, which is Ammus favourite place in the wholeworld. The guy, Sandy, was in Trivandrum then, workingas a software professional, while Ammu was in Chennaiemployed in a software concern. Initially, they startedoff as friends and then they became best friends. It wasat this time she hesitated because anything further thanthis relationship was going to be a commitment. All shecould ponder on was, How will Sandy react if I told himhow I felt since we have known each other for not more

than 45 days. She did not want to make a snap decision,yet she decided to open up to him in the blind faith thathe would not step away from a commitment.

And on October 2, they celebrated the day they putaside their tantrums for love. It has been exactly a year.They still have their fights, but nothing serious, and fun-filled always. On this first anniversary, they decided toopen up to their parents about each other.

I wish them all success and dedicate this arti-cle to all those wonderful and lively couples outthere.

Vidya Mohan

We had mentioned this weeks Big Story topic as Internet love. However, before that the topic had beenpublished as A crush you would like to forget. Since our contributors have been heart-warmingly honeswith the latter topic, we have decided to print the responses to both. Thanks again for keeping it real.


Ismiled at her. Before she could reciprocate,

her husband came out of nowhere in a nut-shell, this describes my feelings for a partic-

ular girl.It started in school and memories keep flashingas I pen this down. She and I had known eachother since kindergarten. The bond that we aschildren developed became weaker as we grewup, and she became conscious of how peoplespoke about us. No one in my class would call heran angel, save me. She had such a homely face,her little forehead almost hidden behind a hugebindhi. She was one of my strongest competitorsin studies. It was her, along with another girl whoconsistently gave me a run for the first rank.When she did beat me to the first rank, I did notmind as it gave me an opportunity to congratulateher.

There was never a dearth of cute girls in class,but I could never take my eyes of this particulargirl. When a teacher lifted his hand to beat me(any boy for that matter) she would close her eye

and make a ssss sound as if the blow had landedon her. Her handwriting was the most beautifuand she was talented, perhaps weaker than me in

Maths but generally good. Her voice was soft. Youcannot imagine such a girl scolding anyone. Infact she never did. She was silent, and my happiest moment was when she wished me all thebest for my Physics public exam. I got a centumand afterwards returned to my town. After gettingbusy with preparations for college, I lost track oher. A friend called me once to inform she wasmarried right after school. Her education was cuoff and she became the typical household villagewife. That was how I saw her when her husbandcame between us. She did not speak. As shecrossed me, she turned to me and smiled. Thathad never changed the warmth we shared sincechildhood. I still cherish that. But life went on andI had forgotten this, before Ergo broughtthis out - my first and lastcrushed crush.

Snehnath S (name changed)

Ihad about three crushes during my school

days. All were very silly and interestingwhen I think about it. I keep wondering howI could have been so stupid. Although these

days, I can laugh it off, they are still memorableincidents in my life.

The worst crush was during my school dayswhen I was in standard 12. My story falls in thetimes I used to go for tuition classes. I liked aboy who was very calm and quiet but was notacademically inclined. Enthusiastically, I usedto look out for him, amongst 50 students. Iwould break out into a beaming smile whenev-er I saw him.

I still dont know what I saw in him. However,one of my close friends said she would get me

his phone number through her friend in theschool the guy studied in. When we did get hisnumber, we devised a game plan to approachthis guy. My friend then called him and narrat-ed a false story that even a small kid would nothave believed.

The story was that, my friend was being rag-ged by her friends to pick up a random numberand make conversation with whoever pickedup the call. She introduced herself as a studentdoing her B.Sc final year.

That guy also believed it and they both start-ed to talk on the phone often. They becamegood friends, and she even started introducedme to him, but I never had the guts to conversefreely. My friend started to talk a little moreabout me to him so that he would show someinterest. One fine day he woke up and under-stood the game both of us had been playing,which he would have guessed earlier if he hadbeen using his brain.

Then this guy managed to find out myfriends residential address using her phonenumber, which was disturbing to say the least.Thank god, all these conversations were tele-phonic. That was the last call made by myfriend to that guy. My friend and I never forgot

that incident. We were very frightened that hewould come to both of our houses and threatenus in front of our parents and tuition teachers.

Thank god he showed some mercy becauseafter that we stopped all our games. To explain,it had become a little ugly and made me feelindecent. I felt bad that I had both-ered a person who was not at allinterested in me. I hope I will nev-er see him during my life time.

Chitra Subramanian


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Village06

Pig bannedChildrens programme TheMuppet Showwas banned fromTV in Saudi Arabia because oneof its stars was a pig.

German pensioner swings

machete in parking rowA German pensioner became so angry in a row with a taxidriver over parking that he struck him on the head with amachete and chopped off the mans finger. The 70-year-oldman stormed off after remonstrating with the cab driverabout his parking early on Wednesday morning, said policein Limburg-Weilburg in western Germany. Soon afterwards,the pensioner reappeared at the drivers office armed witha 60-cm (24-inch) machete and attacked the 60-year-old,who was taken to hospital with head injuries. The assailantfled the scene, but later gave himself up. He is likely to becharged with attempted homicide, police said.

Reuters

Head-shrinking belts:

Japanese womens latest fad!Fashion conscious women in Japan are increasinglytaking to cosmetic belts to shrink their heads. Thefive-pound belt can be worn around the headwhile sleeping. The makers of the Small Face MakeBelt, called as the Kogao Meiku Beruto, claim thatit will help in shrinking the size of the heads overtime. Meanwhile, the men have also opted to gofor a shrinking change and have been buying agadget to make their mouths smaller. The machine,which costs 4 pounds and is called a Tex Mex SlimMouth, looks like an extendable gum shield. Themachine is said to train mouth muscles if used forthree minutes a day.

ANI

Mexican thieves steal

five small planesArmed men stole five small planes from a privateairstrip in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloaon Tuesday by overpowering a police officer andflying away, security forces said. The group of around20 men stormed the small airstrip at dawn, seized theofficers gun, tied him up, filled the planes with fueland flew off, said Emma Quiroz, spokeswoman for thegovernments anti-organised crime operations inSinaloa. It was not clear if there was a link to druggangs who use small aircraft to spirit cocaine throughnorthern Mexico toward the United States. Quirozsoffice said it was investigating whether any authoritieshad been complicit in the theft.

Reuters

Woman slapped with fine fortaking too long to eat at KFC!A British woman was left dumfounded when she washit with a 150 pound fine for taking too long to eat atfast food giant KFC. A regular at KFC, Natalie Jacksonhad ordered a huge family bucket, which contained 14chicken pieces, 6 French fry bags and large cokes.Jackson and a pal took an hour to scoff the 5,456-calorie feast. Days later Jackson was fined for breakingKFCs 75-minute car parking limit. I spend a lot ofmoney in there. Now Im never going back, saidJackson. Natalie - who eats at KFC three times a week -complained that she was unaware of signs warning ofthe time limit in Huddersfield, West Yorks.

ANI

Mexican Manuel Uribe, the

worlds fattest man in the2007 Guinness Book ofRecords, said on

Wednesday that he would wed

this month, after losing nearlyhalf his original weight.

It will be a hefty wedding, on alarge scale, but with a low-caloriebanquet, the 43-year-old said.

Uribe, who lives in his bed, inFebruary said he had dropped230 kilograms (570 pounds) from

590 kilograms (1,300 pounds).He said he would marry a wid-

ow named Claudia, to whom hehas been engaged for two years,on October 26 at home in Mon-

terrey, northern Mexico.The media-friendly Mexican

expanded his wedding plans afteroffers of sponsorship from inter-national magazines, televisionstations and local mayors who of-fered a cake for 400 guests.

Uribe has also asked a Mexicanband called Pesado, or Heavy,to provide the music.

He thanked God for the mira-cles he gave to a man who was onthe edge of suicide and who to-day knows love.

AFP

Manuel dropped 230kilograms (570 pounds)from 590 kilograms(1,300 pounds) aftermassive diet

Worlds fattest

man to wed after

massive diet


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In Japan, India is virtually synonymous

with curry.Indian food has now got the Japa-

nese hooked and is gradually replac-ing Chinese and Thai, their otherfavourites, with hundreds of restaurantsmushrooming across its is-lands and an unpreceden-

ted rise in food importsfrom the country.

In fact, the Japanese areso fascinated with the Indi-an food that even restau-rants owned by Pakistanis,Bangladeshis and Sri Lan-kans display the Indian tri-colour and add the prefixIndian to the names of theeateries.

So you have restaurantchains like the SiddiquesIndian Pakistani, whichhas over 20 outlets and In-dian Sri Lankan.

The Japanese identifyIndian with good and deli-cious food. If a restaurant

serving any South Asianfare does not have the Indian tag, the Ja-panese will not go to it, says MohammadSageer, a chef working for Potahar whocame from Islamabad, Pakistan, eight

years ago. There are others like the Maraja which has 25 restaurants, KhanaSapla (1), Great India, Bombay, Ali BJantar Mantar and Agra.

There is also a restaurant naGandhi in Washington Hotel in Shi

ku that was set up 25 yago by a Japanese.

Potahar, in Shinzukukyo, is owned by a Pakibut the Indian flag houtside. A small eatery hardly a sitting place dozen people, it caterover 100 people, mostlpanese, who queue upcurry and naan in justhours during lunch tim

The Indian restaurare thriving on Japanesents as only a minus30,000 Indians stay incountry. Indian food isalmost figuring regularparties.

Despite the numeroustrictions and stiff s

dards, major importerIndian food products say they are nessing an annual growth of 10 to 25cent per annum.

Japanese hooked to IndianCURRY AND NAAN

It seems that the global financialcrisis has been finally beenbrought to book.

Yes, the credit crunch has pro-

pelled popular business jargonlike stagflation, ninja loans andeven funt onto a list of 100 newterms and phrases compiled inthe latest edition of the Words ofthe Year book.

Stagflation is the economicterm for stagnant growth and ris-ing inflation, Ninjaloans comes from theabbreviation of No In-come, No Job, No As-sets, and Funt meansthe financially un-touchable.

Other phrases suchas jingle mail, whichmeans sending backthe keys to the mort-gage company whenthe occupants can no

longer make payments on theirhouse, are also a sign of thetimes, according to Susie Dent

who compiled the book.

However, the Words of the Year book also includes phraseslike nomophobia, the fear of be-ing out of mobile phone contact;nonebrity, a person who enjoysstatus without anyone really un-derstanding why; and social net-

working to describe usingwebsites such as Face-book.

Boytox is a way todescribe cosmetic sur-gery for men andmomnesia is the termfor a pattern of mentalconfusion and forget-fulness that charac-terises a mothers first

year after giving birth,the book says.

PTI

Ninja loanscomes from forabbreviation ofNo Income, NoJob, No Assetsand funt isfinancially

untouchable

Financial crisis hits

Words of the Year

Italian 250cc rider Marco Simoncelli gets up close with a highland cow during avisit by riders to the Churchill Island historical farm on Phillip Island some 150kilometres south-east of Melbourne on Thursday. Riders are arriving on PhillipIsland in preparation for the Australian MotoGP to be run Sunday. AFP PHOTO

Your mop vs mine

Opera stopStars of the Zurich Opera in Switzerlandhave put on a show in a train station in abid to connect with a wider audience.Travellers looked on during a rehearsal asthe singers went up and down escalators.

This day, that yearIt was in October 3, 1977 thatformer Prime Minister IndiraGandhi was arrested oncorruption charges.

Restaurantsowned byPakistanis,Bangladeshisand SriLankansdisplay theIndian tricolourand add theprefix Indianto the namesof the eateries


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Technorama

08Happiness indexSex and Internet surfing tops the list Australian men in their happinessindex, while women enjoy when diniwith friends and petting their poocheaccording to Australian Happiness Ind2008.

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How is using a privatebrowsing mode in a Webbrowser any different than

just clearing out the tem-porary Internet files in acomputer?

Certain Web browsers includ-ing Apples Safari and Microsoftscoming Internet Explorer 8 havea private browsing feature that isintended to let you surf the In-ternet without leaving any evi-dence of your travels on thecomputer. Although it has al-ready been nicknamed porn

mode by some, using the privatebrowsing feature can help protectyour personal information when,say, checking Web mail at a pub-

lic computer.

Typically, when this feature isturned on, visited Web pages arenot added to the browsers histo-ry file, text from auto filled forms

is not retained and keywords are

wiped from the menu in thebrowsers search box. Cookiesand passwords are erased as well.

With Safari, you have to

manually turn on the private

browsing mode under the Safarior Edit menu and click through a

warning box each time you startit. (A quick tip for Mac OS X 10.5

users: Hold down the Option when selecting private browto bypass the warning box.)

Private browsing takes cardumping these Internet file

you or it doesnt save thformation to begin with. Manly dumping the browsers cacookies and other data clearsmuch of the same material,

you have to remember to d You can also configure browser to do it for you when

close the program.These settings can usually

configured in the browoptions or preference

ea. For example, Firhas a Clear Privateta item under its Tmenu. You selectitems you wisherase in the grams pri

settings.One thing to rem

ber if youre reallycused on privacy: In the

if the Web page bits and otheta are downloaded to the cputer in the first place, it coulpossible for someone to snag

information using a file recoprogram even if the tempoInternet files have been delet

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The privatebrowsingfeature helpsyou eraseyour history

files

Stealth mode for Web surfers

Where havent PCs gone?Theyre common in dens andliving rooms and are even creep-ing into beds and onto parkbenches. But until the Clarion-Mind from Clarion, they havenever colonised the automobile.

The Clarion mini PC has an800-megahertz Intel Atom proc-essor and 512 megabytes ofmemory.

It has a 5-inch touch screenand 4 gigabytes of storage forprograms and media. The devicecan be connected to the Internet

via Wi-Fi or by pairing it with acompatible cell phone over Blue-tooth. The device uses a specialversion of Linux and includessoftware for Global PositioningSystem mapping, along with a Fi-refox-based browser for visiting

Web sites on the go.The Mind can play audio and

offer driving directions over thecars speaker system. Video and

music can be stored on a croSD card, and quick keys ainstant access to MySpace

YouTube. Clarion has nonounced a price but the deshould be available next moObviously the ClarionMimore complex functions are suited for passenger not drientertainment.

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The Clarion mini PChas an 800-megahertz Intel

Atom processorand 512 megabytesof memory

A car computer for you

Working in multiple time zones?Windows Vista can display up to three different clocks when thetaskbar time is clicked. Go to the Start menu to Control Panel, openthe Date and Time control panel and click on the Additional Clocks tab.Pick out the desired time zones and check the box to show each newclock, then click the OK button.

Game on

Japanese video game giant Nintendo unveils thecompanys new software "Wii Music" for thecompanys video game console "Wii" in Tokyo onThursday. The new software allows users to playmusic in the video game with a remote controland plans to compete with other musicperformance games like Rock Band 2 and GuitarHero. Nintendo will put it on the market onOctober 16. AFP PHOTO

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BackPackers

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were not far away.Nevertheless, I was dreaming

about coming back, with my

own binoculars, and staying atthe nearby hotel so as to be ableto come out to the watch towersearly morning and again at sun-set.

Knowing what I now know ofSouth Indias sunrises and sun-sets, I am sure the sight of birdscoming in and out of the roost-ing places at the break and closeof day would be spectacular. Theplace is well looked after by twoforest officials and eight labour-ers from the nearby village.

The labourers earn a paltrysum of less than Rs. 50 per dayfor all the hard work they put up.

On the other side of the landof the birds the plain land was

The Vedanthangal bird sanc-tuary was an out-of-the-

world experience. A richland of 73 acres under the

Wildlife Board of Chennai. Iknew at once I was somewhere Ihad never been before and real-ised that a place so close to ametropolis could be so different.

With the dimming light of thesetting sun we saw across a shortexpanse of green water, smallclumps of grass and rows ofgreen trees. There were herons,grey blue with long pink legs,bunched together in some of thenearer trees, and flocks of white-

winged, long-necked storks inthe trees a little further. There

were also egrets, ibis and othervarieties of heron and storkturning the trees almost white

under the pure numbers of themin some places. Near the banksone could see small brown-backed paddy or pond herons.Fishing or standing very still and

watching for any faint move-ment. Standing on a concreteledge we spotted a smirking frog,head barely out of the water, notmoving at all, with one radiant

yellow eye in a brilliant greenhead gazing up another watch-er and waiter. We saw one birdof prey, a fish hawk of somekind, soaring through the sky,and small coveys of ducks dab-bling.

I had great trouble at first see-ing the birds even though they

divided into small moderatelyregular rectangles for paddy cul-tivation. I am told they can do

two harvests a year, so presum-ably the men I saw ploughingwere preparing a harvested pad-dy for a second crop.

Running across the grid ofsmall fields were the main irriga-tion ditches. Water was let in asneeded from the sanctuary side,

which, the labourers in the for-est explained, was made so richby the bird droppings that noother fertilizer is needed. Thefarmers, understanding this,have refrained from the usualpractice of killing birds, andhave actually promoted andsupported the sanctuary. Noth-ing like enlightened self-interest.

AYON SENGUPTA

[email protected]

PHOTOS:S.R.

RAGHUNATHAN

How to get thereIt is about a 100-km drivefrom Chennai, most of it o

the well-maintainedNational Highway 45. Thenearest railhead isChengalpattu (26 km). When to visit

The best season to visit isfrom November to Januar

Where to stayAccommodation is availabat the Forest DepartmentRest House or Hotel TamiNadu of the Tamil NaduTourism DevelopmentCorporation. Reservationsfor the latter could bemade at the Chennai officthrough money order orbank drafts. There are alsa few private hotels near

the sanctuary.

FLIGHTS OFANTASYA two-hour drive from Chennai leads to a paradise for visitors, winged and otherwise


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There was excitement in ourhouse and it was dominat-ed by Ankith, my five-year-old son, about our trip to

Singapore. We were welcomedat the airport by the beauty andcleanliness of the city.

We started our tour the nextmorning. Our first stop was theSingapore Flyer, which is thelargest observation wheel in the

world. This was followed byDuck Tour, an amphibious veh-icle used during World War II,

which is used on the river and

road. In fact, it is also the racetrack for first night F1 race.Post-lunch we proceeded to

the zoo, which is also one of thebest night safaris in the world.

Ankith was thrilled seeing theanimals this close. The day end-

ed with a shopping spree.Jurong Bird Park (the worlds

tallest manmade waterfall) andan evening in China Town were

equally memorable.Our trip to Sentosa Island inthe cable car was thrilling 4DMagix, Luge Ride, Dolphin La-goon, Under Water World andthe magnificent Songs of theSea.

Ankith was thrilled and gotthe chance of his life to touchand take snaps with a dolphinand penguin. Later, we stopped

at Clark Quay to view the nightlife.Our last day in the city started

with a visit to the Singapore Sci-ence Centre, where the mostmemorable part was to see thespace and F1 exhibits. Our trip

concluded with a chilling expe-rience at Snow City.

(The writer is an employee ofFinancial Software Systems,

Tidel Park)

N.V. Yogesh Gupta recalls an unforgettable trip to Singapore with his family

Whale of a time

I

set out on my trip to Kerala with a lot of excite-ment and expectations, as I was looking forward

to the long weekend before Onam. Work hadtaken a good toil of me the past couple of weeksand this outing seemed just the perfectgetaway.

My first destination was Kumili, where we checked into CardamonCounty at night. It was Onam the nextday and we decided to start our holi-day on a religious note. So we skippedthe complimentary breakfast at the re-sort and headed to Mahadevan Shak-thra Temple in Changanur. It was atwo-and-half-hour drive from Kumili.

Quite content that we paid darshanat a temple in Kerala, we were antici-pating an authentic breakfast andlooked for roadside eat-outs. To ourdismay, all shops were closed for the

festival.Disappointed, we drove back to the resort late

noon, only to be greeted by waiters clad in dhotis.They served us the traditional sadhya in banana

leaf. After lunch we headed to the wildlife sanctuaryin Thekkadi. We rushed just in time for the lastboating tour for the day in the lake wa-ters which are surrounded by forest ar-ea. We were not lucky to catch theglimpse of many animals, only bisonand deer. We enjoyed the two-hourboat ride more for the pleasant weath-er and chill breeze which was a tem-porary relief from the sweltering

weather of Chennai. Not to mentionthe beauty of the greenery, sun set andstill waters, which was an absolutetreat to the eyes and in a way to theinner senses as well.

The sensual treat of Kerala is sure tostay in my mind.

(The writer is an employee of Infosys)

We are a happy family: At Jurong Bird ParkWow! I touched the dolphin!: Ankiths day out

ARCHANA MURUGESH

Animal spotting at Thekkadi.PHOTOS: ARCHANA MURUGESH

We enjoyed thetwo-hour boat ridemore for thepleasant weather,chill breeze whichwas a temporaryrelief from thesweltering weatherof Chennai

On a sensual treat of Kerala


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Mariella

Burani

Lips dont lieBlack lips and a shade of maroon thats almost blackmade a regular appearance, be it at the ready-to-wearSpring/ Summer 2009 show by Italian stylist MariellaBurani in Milan or British designer Vivienne Westwoodsshow in Paris. Sometime goth, sometimes punk, dark lipsare making a statement.

SwimsuitsursriseThe ramps also saw anunlikely multi-tasker the swimsuit. Jean-PaulGaultier, at his dance-inspired ready-to-wearshow in Paris, pairedthe swimsuit withyards of chiffon whichtransformed it into a

jersey dress.Earlier, Duyos did thesame at the SpringSummer 2009collection show atCibeles MadridFashion Week inMadrid.

Rule of thejungleAnimal prints roared. Be itJulien MacDonalds safari-inspired collection thatshowcased at the SpringSummer 2009 fashionweek in London orRoberto Cavallistrademark animal

prints and Kriziastiger-striped dressthat showed at theSpring/Summer2009 ready-to-wear section inMilan, it was therule of thejungle.

OrigamiwithfabricStrategic tucksand folds, asopposed to

straight stitches,were somethingseveral fashionhouses resorted to.Tommaso Aquilano andRoberto Rimondi made astriking debut for GianfrancoFerre at the ready-to-wearfashion week in Milan. Calvin

Klein, during the New YorkFashion Week, madeuse of clever foldsand tucks. So didMila Schon as partof the womensSpring/Summer2009 ready-to-wearcollections of thefashion week inMilan. Karl Lagerfeld, too,belted the folds together.

TheBTH

The Spring/ Summer London to Milan andpick out what we thoit Jean-Paul Gaultierfabric origami at Calvcolour overkill at Ma

Portfolio

Jean-Paul Gaultier

Duyos

Vivienne Westwood

Mila Schon

Ferre

Julien MaKrizia

Roberto Cavalli

KarlLagerfeld


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Bootie-licious!Weve also noticed some pretty interesting sole partners.While the bootie, the seasons new must-have, got a sportytwist at DKNY during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week inNew York, at Emilio Pucci netted booties strutted the ramp inMilan.On the other hand, super-high gold-edged platforms ruled atDolce & Gabbana.John Galliano, as always, surprised us with heels that lookedlike sculpted porcelain dolls at the ready-to-wear section in

Milan.

Colour, colour, what colour?Spring/Summer 2009 will be colourful, sometimeseye-hurting colourful, if the fashion weeks areanything to go by. While at Marni fluorescentsruled, our Manish Arora recreated the circus inParis. British designer John Galliano for ChristianDior played with colour and transparency.

Pocket thisYes, we have spokenabout pockets ondresses in thesecolumns. Just that latershows have reinforcedour belief that the chicpocket is here to stay. AskVersace, Matthew

Williamson andEtro.

SuspendersurrenderThe quirky Jean-PaulGaultier, at the ready-to-wear fashion weekin Paris, brought backthe mens suspenderson womens wear.Way to go!Compiled by Shalini Shah

with inputs from Agencies

extGGS

m New York tost of surprises. Weg the next season, besuits, the cleveranfranco Ferre or theus-inspired collection.

AFP PHOTO

Manish Arora

Marni

John Galliano

D&G

John GallianoDKNY

Emilio Pucci

Jean-Paul Gaultie

Versace

Etro

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Wellness

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A

ll dreams come from your mind. To-day, much importance has been giv-en to dreams. In the West, especially

in the process of psychoanalysis,Freud and Jung gave too much impor-tance to dreams. In the East, the enlight-ened have always ignored dreams becausethey are just another outcome of the mad-ness that you call mind.

Your mind is just a garbage bin thatgathers things from people around you.This mind is of appropriate significance asa good survival tool. That is all. To survivein the world, you need this stuff, but interms of life itself, it is of no real signif-icance. Generally, most people live theirlives like in a dream and they even haveinvestments in their dreams.

All your dreams originate from yourmind. So it doesnt matter what kind ofdreams you have. Whether you see a godor you see a demon in your dream, it

doesnt matter. Whatever stuff is utmost in your con-sciousness reflects itself. Generally, 90 percent of dreams are just an expression ofunfulfilled desire. There are certain other

dreams that happen at a different levelthat could be intuitive. There could besome amount of intuitiveness in yourdreams.

In dream states, accidentally some-

times, you can touch your subconsciousmind. When you touch your subconsciousmind, you transcend the limitations ofboth time and space. Time and space arecreations of your conscious mind.

When you transcend these, maybe youhave a dream like this: it is early in themorning and you just saw yourself sittingin a garden, your friend came and saidsomething to you, he just said something,

just an ordinary situation.Tomorrow morning you were sitting in

the garden and the same friend comes byand says the same thing to you - thingslike this happen. You dreamt somethingand then it happened.

These things happen simply because you have transcended the limitations oftime and space when you touch the sub-

conscious.It has got nothing to do with the deeper

dimensions of who you are. Do not attachtoo much importance to a dream. Stopdreaming and start living. It is time!

SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV

Stop Dreaming,Start Living

The scientists asked theirmothers how often the father of

their child took part in activitieswith them, including reading, or-ganising outings and generalquality time.

The study has been publishedin the journal Evolution and Hu-man Behaviour.

The analysis revealed thatthose children whose fathers

Kids whose fathers spend moretime with them have a higher

IQ and are more socially mobile,than children who receive littleattention, according to a new re-search. The research shows thatstrong fatherly involvement inchildrens early life can improvetheir childs future career pro-spects. The study was carried outby academics at the University ofNewcastle. The scientists alsofound that men tended to paymore attention to their sons thantheir daughters.

The researchers warned that itwas not enough for parents to livetogether, but that a father shouldbe actively involved in a childslife to benefit their development.

The study looked at more than11,000 British men and women,born in 1958.

spent more time with them had ahigher IQ and were more socially

mobile than those who had re-ceived little attention. The differ-ences were still detectable by theage of 42.

What was surprising aboutthis research was the real sizeabledifference in the progress of chil-dren who benefited from pater-nal interest and how thirty yearslater, people whose dads were in-volved are more upwardly mo-bile, Telegraph quoted DrDaniel Nettle, who led the re-search, as saying.

The data suggest that having asecond adult involved duringchildhood produces benefits interms of skills and abilities thatendure throughout adult life, headded.

ANI

Kids who spend time withtheir dads have higher IQs

More than the parentsstaying together, afather should beactively involvedin a childs life tobenefit their

development

Obese KidsSouth Korea plans to help obesechildren pay for health clubmembership and other activitiesthat can help them lose weight.


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Irecently wrote, I am not in love,

I am in lurve or luff! as my statusmessage. It made the right manrespond, and query the identity ofthis mysterious lover, who may ormay not exist.

Status messages tend to play re-lationship brokers. What you maynot be able to convey directly, forexample by saying or doing, canbe effectively communicatedthrough these online teasers.

What Bindya Mahesh, a spaceadvertiser, said about her experi-ence is that she used to tease aman she liked with little hintsabout her personality. We

worked in the same office, so mystatus messages read, Eventhough I dont pray, give me a

sign or Guess who decided towear a tie in this weather or somesuch thing. What it helped to sayin Bindyas case is that she couldbe flirtatious and naughty, with-

out being overt.Ramya Jayachandran, a well-

spoken supporter of web-basedrelationships says, Many a time,

even potentially disastrous alli-ances can be averted through ourvery own gTalk or the yesteryears

Yahoo! Messenger. Parents thesdays want their marriageabledaughters to hold elaborate dis-cussions with likely grooms. Sta-tus messages not only elicitresponses, they also help in pre-liminary elimination of unsavourycandidates. Plus, there is no needfor a broker to convey the rejec-tion; just a simple click on blockthis person.

For me, status messages alwayscarry YouTube or Last.Fm links ofmusic tracks that my friends or aparticular person might enjoy

When it comes to guessing games,

there is no end to innovationReaders, if you have any witty orinventive status messages, mailthem to me and we will carry aticker tape of the ones we like.

Status messages tend toplay relationship brokers

MITHRA SURESH

[email protected]

Available,NOT BUSY

Noting that Indians still find sexa behind-the-doors topic, anew survey shows that one out oftwo men in the country do nothave optimal erection hardnessand over 60 per cent of womenfeel their partners erections areinadequate.

According to the Asia PacificSexual Health and Overall Well-being study, two-thirds of menover 40 are unhappy with theirerections.

The study revealed that in In-dia, discussions about sexual ex-perience is still a major concernamong couples. Sex ranks sev-enth out of the 17 life prioritiesfor men, while for women it ranksnear the bottom 14.

Family life is clearly the mostimportant aspect of life for bothmen and women. Other life pri-orities include being a spouse,

work or career, being a parent, fi-nancial well-being and physicalhealth.

The same priorities appear ontop of the womens list. The sur-vey revealed that sexual satisfac-tion is strongly associated withsatisfaction in overall physicalhealth, love and romance.

In India, the survey showedthat adults who are less than sat-isfied with sex are less likely to besatisfied with life overall, saidRupin Shah, andrologist at Mum-bais Lilawati hospital.

There is also a clear link be-tween satisfaction with erectionhardness and satisfaction withsex for people in India. The sam-ple size for the survey was 400

which concentrated mostly in ur-ban areas.

PTI

Sex ranks seventhout of the 17 life

priorities for men,while for womenit ranks near thebottom 14

Indian couple still shy toopenly discuss sex: survey

Cancer and babys birth weightBirth size, or the birth length, of a person can acan indicator of subsequent risk of breast cancer iadulthood, cites a new study by researchers at thLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine


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Sport16

Bhajji ineligible to play for OzT20 team in ChampionsLeagueIndian off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who wasinterested in playing for one of the twoAustralian sides that will take part in theinaugural Twenty20 Champions League later thisyear, will be ineligible to play under thecompetitions rules.Indias leading off-spinner, with 291 Test wickets,was keen to play for Western Australia orVictoria in the eight-team competition to bestaged in India in the first week of December,Fox Sports News reported.But Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday ruled outthat prospect, saying he was ineligible to play foreither state under the competitions rules.The fact that Harbhajan had not played for eitherside during last summers Australian domesticTwenty20 competition, when the Bushrangers

and Warriors qualified for the tournament inIndia, meant he could not now be included.Its an interesting prospect when you thinkabout it because hes a champion player, but itsmy understanding from the management herethat he would not be eligible, a CA spokesmansaid.Victorian batsman David Hussey said despiteHarbhajans history of volatility, he could havefitted in with the Bushrangers side.Ive actually met him and hes a really nice guyone-on-one. Hes a great cricketer and a greatbloke to just talk cricket with, Hussey said.But he said the Bushrangers were confident oftheir chances in the 6 million dollar event withthe players that have won them all threedomestic Twenty20 competitions staged inAustralia.

ANI

No points but Fisichella happywith Singapore GPHe couldnt get the elusive first points for ForceIndia yet again despiterunning as high as second atone stage but far from beingdisappointed, GiancarloFisichella says he is thrilled tohave at least made a mark atthe Formula Ones first-evernight race the SingaporeGrand Prix. It was good to bethird, especially starting fromthe pit-lane. I was able to keep guys who weremuch quicker than me behind me. We were alittle better than we showed in the qualifyingsession, Fisichella said.I was quite confident; I was pushing like crazy to

do my best. It was good, so Im happy about howit went, he added. After his single planned stophe dropped down the order, but the anticipatedbreak with another safety car didnt come in thechaotic race that saw was marred by a couple ofcrashes. By the time it did ironically afterteammate Adrian Sutil crashed the other ForceIndia other drivers had pitted and felled to theflag, so there was no benefit for Fisichella. He alsostruggled with low tyre temperatures after therestart, which cost some time, and eventuallycrossed the line in 14th place.

PTI

Raymond Banaji will spear-head the Indian challengeat the Rotax Max World fi-nals in Italy this November.

Banaji, who topped the seniorcategory in the national kartingchampionship, will be vying forthe top honours against 160-pluskart drivers from 37 countries.

The competition is going to bevery tough. You have to gothrough a series of heats to qual-ify for the main round. Only 34drivers will race in the final andmy immediate goal is to be oneamongst those 34, Banaji says.

This will be Banajis sec-ond world champion-ship and he hopesto do better

than his unforgettable first expe-rience in 2004. Another driverbumped into me very early in thefirst heat and I broke my steering

wheel and there was also somedamage to the oil compartment. Ifelt miserable but fortunately Igot over it quickly. I have honedmy skills in the last four years andI hope the experience is muchbetter this time, he says. It

would havebeen very

helpful if Ihad a fewdaystraining inEuropebut it de-

pends onhowmany

sponsors I can get on board.Banaji feels the system in India

is not suited to produce qualitydrivers. But with the recent suc-cess in A1 GP and also Vijay Mal-lyas involvement with F1, hefeels things are looking muchbrighter. Our drivers haveproved their mettle in the tough-est of conditions. And with an In-dian Formula One team in thegrid we can only look into thepositives. The top four or five In-dian drivers in the karting circuitare good but then the competi-tion just falls flat. But in Europeand Asia you will find the top 20to 30 drivers very competitive. We

just need more exposure and for

that we need more money, thetwo-time national championsays.

Parth Ghorpade from Kolhapurwill be the other Indian in fray inItaly.

Oncebeaten,

twice try

AYON [email protected]

Come November, at the RotaxMax World finals in Italy,Raymond Banaji hopes to erasethe memory of his first worldchampionship

Irked captianIndias Test captain Anil Kumble on Thursdaylashed out at the media for speculation abouhonourable exit being worked out for theseniors. You need to be a bit more respectfuWhen people discuss cricketers, they need to handled respectfully, said an angry skipper.


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Flick

18

Are you all set to be seen as the

angry bad young man in Kidnap?

Yes. Bollywood is maturingnow wehave refreshing storylines as well as experi-ment-loving producers who are ready torisk new subjects with newcomers.

But can you deny that being AamirKhans nephew has made thingseasier for you?

Let me make an honest confession. Ifound my debut project myself. Abbas Ty-rewala, the director ofJaane Tu saw mein a party and we jelled well. He narratedme the script of his new film that JhamuSughand was supposed to produce. I said Iwas interested in doing the film and wasselected at the screen test. But, for somereason, Sughand backed out. Aamir Khan

was looking for a good film to invest hismoney. He liked the script and producedthe film. But, of course, I will always re-main grateful to him for my break.

Did you always want to be a part ofBollywood?

I wanted to make my career in Bolly-wood, but not as an actor. I wanted to be afilmmaker. I am trained in script-writingand film direction from New York Film A-cademy. In fact, my family even said Aamir

was wasting his money on thefilm because Imran cantact.

Tell us somethingabout your character in

your second film, Kidnap. As you said in the begin-

ning of the interview, I playthe angry bad young man

with an edgy look. In fact,my character in the film isnot as grey as it looksafterall, I am the hero!

There is a rumour thatafter Jaane Tu yoursigning amount has hikedto Rs. 7 crore, whichmakes you the highest-paid newcomer inBollywood. Is that true?

I dont know about thehighest paid newcomer tagbecause I dont have timefor a market survey. If so-meone is making a goodsmall-budget film, I willdefinitely ask for a smallamount.

It is also said that youwere not theproducers choice for

Kidnap. True? Yes, and the full credit go

director Sanjay Gadhvi. There

an entire list of actors suggefor the role by the produce Ashtavinayak Films. But IGadhvis choice and after ameetings with the produc

became their choice, too.

You seem to be quite opediscuss your girlfriendAvantika Malik. Is it a newtrend of neo-Bollywood?

During the promotion ofJaTu a journalist in Mumbai ame that since Aamir Khan hidmarriage during his debut in Qmat Se Qayamat Tak, do I too such plans. I gave her a detailed

tory of my six-year relation with Avantika and said

if my personal life isyardstick that determthe success of my prosional life, I wont havshowcase my talent.

film would sell like cakes anyway since I abachelor. As in mam

(Aamir) case, there wreasons behind his dsion.

Trans World Fea

After his debut in Jaane TuYa Jaane Na,Imran Khan has become the new icon ofGen Y. Moving from the formerschocolate boy image, the 24-year-old

plays the bad man in his second film,Kidnap. An interview:

SREYA BASU

Spike Lee film angers Italys surviving partisansFilm director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiersfighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two. Surviving members of the resistance to tNazi occupation of Italy have taken issue with Miracle at St. Anna ahead of the films Italianrelease on Friday, distributing protest flyers and accusing Lee of distorting history.

I found my debutproject myself


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Beyonce Knowles new album wasdue at her label this week, but itlooks as if the 27-year-old rhythmand blues star wont make her

deadline to ensure a mid-November re-lease. Its not going to be completed,an inside source told the New York DailyNews. Shes got to get it out early in thefourth quarter, when theres so muchcompetition among artistes.

But Beyonce is not lazing around. Partof the delay is due to the large number ofprojects shes working on. She spentthree months filming Cadillac Records,where she plays gospel singer EttaJames, and is deep into the thriller Ob-sessed. Another delay stems from a duetwith Justin Timberlake recorded for thealbum. The two did not like the initialoutcome and kept reworking the songuntil they got it right, the paper said. Thefirst two single releases will be If I Werea Boy and Single Ladies.

DPA

BEYONCE

CANT

FINISH

NEW

ALBUM

IN TIME

Prithviraj, Srikanth

join handsPrithviraj and Srikanth will be teaming up ag

for Idam Valam after KanKandein. While Kamalin

Mukherjee is paired wiSrikanth, Prithviraj wilromance Kanchana. Id

Valam is said to revolvaround the differenceopinion between twopolice officers. The filproduced by Selva

Chandru and direcby Manmohan


Veteranactor

passes

awayVeteran actorPoornamViswanathanbreathed his laston Wednesdayafternoon around3.30 p.m. at a city

hospital. The actor started off as anewsreader for All India Radio beforestepping into films. Some of his bestperformances were in movies likeMahanadhiwith Kamal Haasan andAasaiwith Prakash Raj and AjithKumar. He was also well-known forfilms like Anjali, Puthu PuthuArthangal, Keladi Kanmani,Varumayin Niram Sivappu, MoondramPiraiandAann Paavam.

www.cinesnacks.com

Come again!Madonna once said: I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon... butI want to stay alive. Beyonce Knowles said: When people find out that Im just a humanbeing I guess I disappoint them. These are some of A-listers famous ludicrous utterings,which have now been compiled in a new book, Dim Wit: The Funniest, Stupidest Things EverSaid, by Rosemarie Jarski, reports the Daily Star.

Cine CityKnowlesknowsbestGETTY IMAGES


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Wednesdays question:

Your Gandhigiri solution forworkplace woes? PRINCIPLE-1: Be the change you want to see,so dont wait to see your companys appraisalpolicies change, you better change to anothercompany. PRINCIPLE-2: An for an eye will onlyleave the world blind, so next time whilefighting with your boss, hit him anywhere buthis eyes.

Padma Vijayan.S,HCL

Eat well, sleep well, expect appraisal9600033396

Bring thadi(stick) to office in Gandhis style.It will avoid others from interfering in yourwork or overload you.

Maran.

Keeping quiet or following ahimsa as ourji...

9790609693

Late night work, follow sathyagraha! Heavywork, follow ahimsa!

9840123368

If appraisal slaps you in one year, trywaiting till next year...

9884024133

Gold ornaments cannot be moulded withoutbeating and over heating. So, whenever we roverheated in workplace, we are moulded sothat we shine like gold..

9940321321

Preach others by repeating the same troublewhat they gave you.

Raja

Stay away from work (violence)Surya,

TCS

Bole to workplace me sabko Jadu ki Jhhappi(hug) dene ka, pyar se samjhane ka aur bindasrehne ka.Ladki log thoda late se samajh ta hai, is liyeunko double jhhappi dene ka.. Samjha kyamamu?

Subhransu,Hexaware

Dont look into the code, Dont speak in theclient call, dont listen to your leads word.

Sangeetha

U see dhushtan, u keep distance :-).Poornima,

Infosys

Ergo pick 1. If superiors scold you for one mistake incoding, show the other mistake and ask themto scold. 2. Dont wear shirt in workplace..

9840338437

Todays Query:

What is the first thought onyour mind when you wake upon a Monday morning ?

Naresh from TCSnominated TeamEnthu as partners incrime. They clickedthis pic at Blue La-goon resort.

Vasan from TCSnominated his teamfor partners in crime.They clicked this picat Fairy Falls inKodaikanal.

Yashwanth from TCSnominated hisfriends as partners incrime. They clickedthis pic at Valparai.

Sindhu T.V. of Wipro Tech-nologies doodled this to us.

Send us your favourite clicks of your ofice colleaguesgang and get it featured in my.ergpages. Email us [email protected]

with the subjectlin"Partners in Crime

Mahesh R of Perot Systems, BaseCamp has made this Tanjore Braha-deshwara Temple model with ther-mocol. Apart from thermocolcarving, he claims to be good atpainting. He took two days to makethis model. In future he plans tomake models like these with a pro-tected glass cover and sell the same.


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Hi Ergoers,

First of all A big Kudos to you!I have been reading ergo for the past 3 weeks. Wonderful.

A short and snaggy which wins all hearts.I would like to give a small suggestion which will add a bit flavour to your

newspaper. That is Can we have some IT professions talk about "Ergo". We cansend in some opinions what we feel about Ergo and you can put it in newspaperna??

Venkatesh, EDS(Sounds like a good idea)

Hi,My name is Nirupama and Im a regular reader of your magazine Ergo. Ive a

query. While all the other routes get the paper in their buses, the route which Icome in does not get the paper. I travel by the 7A route which starts from

Anagaputtur and reaches our Sholinganallur office. Kindly look into this andmake sure the paper is available to all of us. Otherwise you guys are doing a great

job. Please keep up the good work.Nirupama, Wipro

(We will look into the matter)

Evening light a tiffin sapdanum na enna panna num?Electronic Stores ku poi tube-light vangi sapdanum!!!

Maran from Wipro

Why does blood come out when u prick someone with a pin?Simple, to see who did that.

Karthik Subramanian from Infosys

Dear Usha,Iniya Piranthanal NalValthukkal.Indru Pol Endrum Nalamai Vazhga.Let All your wish come true. Havea wonderful year.

Yendrum Anbudan,Annan(M.G.Muthu

Velayutham), Wipro Tech, Arun Kumar,

Infosys Tech, Ram Kumar, LM Tech,Vijayalakshmi, Wipro Tech, Irfana

Thasnim, Wipro Tech".

Dear Vijai & Sasi,Many more happy returns of theday. "The Lord bless you and keepyou; the Lord make his face shine

upon you; the Lord turn his facetoward you and give you peace."With best wishes,PAE Mechanical, TCS

Dear Swarna,Wishes from each one of us for afantabulous and great year ahead.Happy Birthday.

From: UST Global,Chennai

Hi Vasu,Wish you many more happyreturns of the day. Belatedbirthday wishes!

Wishes from Harini, HCL

Dear Praveen,May this day be the beginning ofanother special year.Let this unfoldmany joys and happy moments foryou to cherish!!!May the gift ofblessings fill your birthday and theyear ahead with everlasting joys!Wishing you a day as special andbeautiful as you. Happy Bday!!!Belated Bday Wishes.

From,

Sivakami(CTS),Uthra & Rama

(Wipro Technologies)

Dear Manish.GMany more Happy returns of theday!!Mayeach hour and minute befilled with delight and yourbirthday be Perfect for you.Have aBlast!! Dazzling Birthday.

Love,Jennifer(Wipro)

Dear Kamraj,Many many happy returns of theday. May all your wishes come truethis year. God bless you. "HAPPYBIRTHDAY"

With LUVTeam EDS,

Hexaware Technologies

Dear Prabha,Count your life by smiles, not tears,Count your age by friends, notyears. Wishing you a very happybirthday dear.

With lots & lots of luv, SPARKLAS(TCS)

Dear PavanWishing you a very HappyBirthday.May God Bless you in allyour endeavours youre such aspecial friend to me its pleasure toremember you anytime especiallyon your birthday.

Regards,

Shalini R

Dear Mohammed Gowdh,Wish U many more happy returnsof the day.Lets this Birthdaymaybringyou all sort ofhappiness and

joy in your life Insha Allah.With Warm Regard

Syed M FirdousofWipro Technologiesan

famil

Dear Sudarkodi,Its your birthday!Take it easy!Relax!Just pretendyoure at work!Many more happy returns of theday!!

Hearty wishes fro

T-Hub team (BoA), TATA ConsultanServices (Siruser

Dear Arvi,Wish u a very Happy Birthdaydear. What lies behind us, andwhat lies before us are tinymatters compared to what lieswithin us.

With lots of lov

Amm

Excelacom Technologies Pvt Ltd

Dear Sujatha,On your birthday, like a garden offlowers unfolding in the morningsun may your special day unfoldinto happiness, joy and success.Many more Happy Returns of theday.

From: MAG CORP CMR

Satyam compute

Hi Sridevi,There can be only one soul thatcares for me. I mean that no onecan fill Ur space in my life. Wish uvery HAPPY & SPLENDIDBIRTHDAY. Long love withpeaceful life and sparkling smile.This is the day to thank god forgiving a cute gift [U only] to theearth. I give my words to be withu forever...

With love & CarMuthaiah Mohanraj K.

CGSL, Chenn

Hi JHANANI MAMI,U might have receivedcards,emails,flowers and gifts as abirthday greeting .But this specialgreeting comes from speciallovable hearts wishing u veryhappy birthday .. Get married thisyear and have child(ren) nextbirthday ...advanced Birthday wishes

Wishing you always

T-50 FRIENDS, TC

Dear Balakrishnan RajagopalWishing you the best on a specialday. Have fun and enjoy your dayOur wishes go with you.

CSS Cor

Business Development team

Dear Revathy,Wishing you a very joyful birthdayand have a wonderful year aheadwith lot of surprises!!!! J

Lots of Lov

YogaGayathri and Gayathry De

Muthangam Office assistanthas been nominated as OfficeAngel by Vinod Philip of ChangePond Technologies.

Muthangam is our officeassistant. Whether it is a pin or

pencil, a packed dinner, printer

paper or potty (toilet) paper, he isour never failing store of provisions.

When it comes to fixes and

improvisations - electrical,mechanical, plumbing, telephone

lines, bikes or such, he is always

there to get it fixed and does it withperfection. He is an M.A. in Tamil

Literature and has a heart of gold.

Very often, hes the first one to cometo office and the last one to step

out.

- Vinod Philip

Is there an angel in your office - ideally it could be a behind the scenes staff -an office attender or a cleaner. Some one who is there all the time, helping, buttheir presence is taken for granted. Feature them here, and give them theirdue. Send your emails to [email protected] subject line: "Office Angel"


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Fishy dietZoo keepers at a Japanese aquarium areputting their dolphins on a diet after thecreatures became too heavy to perform wattricks. The mammals eat too much mackerelwhich has high-fat content. They now eat fiwith less fat and less mackerel.

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R. Dharanidhar ofKumaran Systemsspotted this deerquenching thirst inthe chillingtemperature andgolden sunshine atBronx Zoo in New

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celebratingWildlife Week tillOctober 15. Makesure you send yourbest naturephotographs forthe coming issues,and also tell uswhy the spottedfauna is special.


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CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

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The day may begin at a very dull note. Howeverthe day progresses, you may start feeling chargeup and will participate in all routine work. Day mend at a positive note. This includes a good newor a sweet conversation with beloved one.

At the beginning of the day, you may find manyadverse circumstances hampering your progress. the second half, you will be more targeted. Nothmay bother you then after. You will spend awonderful time in the company of your spouse.

You may feel like heading in wrong direction. As

the day progresses, you will find the right directto move on. Confusions will be sorted out. Inmeetings, you may remain target-oriented. Ganefinds you paying more attention love relationship

At the beginning of the day, you may remain vesentimental. In the second half, you may be lesssentimental and more practical. Love life may bekept aside for the day, as you may be moreconcerned about career progress, feels Ganesha.

In the first half of the day, you can be littleinflexible in your views, specifically in meetings.However, in the later half, you may change yourviews and will be more motivating and mood toinspire someone or even take responsibility.

At the beginning of the day you may be feelinglittle uncomfortable at workplace. However, post

lunch time, you will feel much at ease. Ganeshadoesnt find you in mood to take up challenges.You may spend quite time with family.

You may be in search of success on the careerfront. You will be able to accomplish everythingonly in the second part of the day. Not be over-confident. Love life may remain full of grace andencouraging dialogues, and you will feel better.

You will remain optimistic throughout the day. Ifirst half of the day, you may seek attention. In tsecond half you will be in the limelight. You marush to meet your beloved with a surprise. If youare not in love, you may try to woo someone.

At the beginning of the day, you may feel that yare slogging for some project or work, endlesslyHowever, you will be able to look at things with

different angle after the noon time. Love life masee a positive turning point.

Even if the day begins very positively, later you realise that you were working in a wrong directioGaneshas foresight says that you might have todepend a bit on others. Once office work is oveyou may wish to spend time with someone spec

You will be working very hard till noon. Ganeshsuggests you to practice patience at workplace aalso remain fully focussed on work. Time may bespent with group of friends or in company ofsomeone close to your heart, in the evening.

You are sensitive and touchy throughout the dayYou may be more concerned about work andrelated matters. Lovers can expect their partners understand their problems and stand by them. Ywill get good moral support from your lover.

Words worth"Abnormous" (ab-nor-mus) a word that looksrecently and slangily made up, but was in factslangily made up in about 1742. It means mis-shapen.

Blinging bikeDesigners Aurumania have created the Gold Bike CrystalEdition, a 24-carat gold-plated, blinged-up bike exclusivelyhandcrafted with more than 600 dazzling Swarovskicrystals. At US $1,11,000 a-piece, these dazzling rides arebelieved to be the most expensive bikes ever made.


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Husband takes half thehouse on divorce, literally

A Cambodian couple decided tocircumvent the countrys notoriouslycorrupt and expensive court system intheir divorce case by dividing their housein half, literally, local media reported onThursday.The Khmer-language Koh Santepheapnewspaper featured a front-page photo ofa precariously perched half of the stilted

former home of Meuon Rima and his ex-wife Nhang, both 40, whichRima sawed with surgical precision down the middle.Rima, who sought a divorce on the grounds that his wife refused tonurse him during a recent illness, was last seen driving away from thevillage in south-eastern Prey Veng province with his half of the home,the daily reported. It was not known where he had gone with his verydetached portion, it said, adding that Rima had not felt the same needto divvy up the couples two teenaged children, both of whom he left

Naked hold-upA Florida teenager claims he was attacked andmugged by four topless blonde women while ridinghis bike to work. The 18-year-old was forced to handover US$ 100 to the criminals.

Film stars including Forest Whitak-er, Leonardo DiCaprio and DustinHoffman joined forces with Googleon Wednesday in a campaign to

get US citizens to vote in the comingpresidential election.

The celebrities make rapid-fire ap-pearances in a 5 Friends YouTube vid-eo that warns people their rights andfutures are at stake and implores themto wield power over the outcome by vot-ing.

In keeping with the video title, themovie stars urge people to send 5Friends so it spreads, as one actresscomically put it, rampant like herpes

but for a positive.If youre not going to vote I dont

even know what to say to you anymore,DiCaprio says after the video turns seri-ous. You know you have to vote.

Celebrities in the sometimes humo-

rous, sometimes foreboding video di-rect viewers to

www.maps.google.com/vote for geo-graphically-tailored information aboutvoting and voter registration.

Theres a lot of buzz about turnoutthis year, but one in four Americans stillarent registered to vote, Google saidon its website, citing US Census data.

AFP

Google teams with actors to register U.S. voters

Forest Whitaker and Leonardo DiCaprio. PHOTOS: GETTY AND AFP

America,LETS ALL VOTE

Here we go!

The Nissan Nuvuconcept vehicleis presentedduring a pressconference at theParis Motor Showon Thursday.From Saturdayuntil October19 the showwill be opento the public.AFP PHOTO

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