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Thursday, April 9, 2009A BYTE OF LIFE

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 67

You have seen them dot the sky at thebeach. V.Haripriya follows the story of thekite sellers on the Marina beach and thewholesale kite trade on Waltax Road andWashermanpet, which itself is under threatfollowing a police ban.

Wisden publication hasnamed Virender Sehwagas the Leading Cricketerin the World for 2008. He

sought, and oftenachieved, mental domina-tion from the first ball byscoring faster than anyother opening batsmanhas ever done on a reg-ular basis in Test cricket,it said.

Do you think Sehwagreally deserves theWisden award?

Email your response to

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ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009NAMMA CHENNAI02

The Oscar-nominated

Romanian film TheRest is Silence willbe screened at theSouth Indian FilmChamber Theatreon April 13. Thefilm by renownedRomanian director,Nao Caranfil, hasGrigore Ursacheplaying the centralcharacter.Grig is obsessed with making the longestfilm ever produced and joins a nascent

film academy run by a rich, half-madlandlord Leon Negrescu. When Leon learnsthat a major French company is shooting amovie about the war with the Turks, hegets the authorities to confiscate and burnthe footage, on the basis that it is notaccurate.He then steals the idea and gets royalbacking for the project.

The main theme ofthe film is TheIndependence ofRomania (The Warof Independence),where it celebratesthe 35th anniversaryof the war againstthe Ottoman Empire.The film features theeternal conflictbetween businessand art.The film will bescreened at 6.30 p.m.For details call 9840151956.

T wo large camels havebecome a familiar sighton Elliots Beach inNamma Chennai and

onlookers may feel thattheres something wrong

with the picture of camels ina city like ours.In Mumbai, the owners

who are using these camelsfor joyrides would havebroken the law. Accordingto the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals Act (PCA Act),Section 11 - camels andhorses may not be used onthe beach in Mumbai. Cam-els are desert animals, andsea air damages their lungs.

Like Mumbai, Chennai isalso a coastal city and thesame logic must apply.However, they have beenforcibly relocated to an en-

vironment thats destroyingtheir organs.

Many camels give rides topeople until old age makesit difficult.

They are then promptlyshipped off to slaughterhouses where they are re-paid for a lifetimes service

with a painful death.Rule 3 of the Preventionof Cruelty to Draught andPack Animals Rules (1965)states that these guidelines(see box) should be followedin the case of working ani-mals, keeping in mind theirbiological requirements.However, enforcement ofthe law is a challenge.

What members of thepublic can do is to refuse totake joyrides on thesemagnificent animals andtell children that they be-long to rescue centres in de-serts like Rajasthan.

A camel on a beach is like a fish out of water

SRIYA [email protected]

No joy in this ride

Camels brought from Rajasthan on Puducherry beach. PHOTO:T. SINGARAVELOU

~ It is illegal to make animalswork when the temperature isabove 37 degrees Celsius(Draught and Pack AnimalsRules). This means mostsummer afternoons. Theseanimals must be given waterurgently. Heat causes them tofroth at the mouth.~ An obviously exhaustedanimal cannot be forced togive a ride. Animals may notbe worked for more than fivehours at a stretch or for morethan a total of eight hours aday.~ Camels and horses may notbe used on the beach inMumbai. Camels are desertanimals, and sea air damagestheir lungs (PCA Act, Sec 11).

Source: petaindia.com

Pick of the week

A belated thank you to all the people who wrote to NithyaPari of TAGS (featured in these columns on March 18). Aspecial thanks to her future colleagues from Infosys who gavher a warm welcome and offered TAGS their support.

Romania on screen


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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Beach means business for12-year-old Karthik.

His worn out Pothys bagis filled with multi-col-

oured kites that he hawks in eve-nings for Rs. 10 a piece. Duringthe evenings, you can find himrunning behind families, espe-cially the ones that arrive on thesands with small kids. This hasbeen his routine for the past threeyears. During the day time, youcan find him at class VII of theGovernment High School in IceHouse.

I make around Rs. 100 onweekdays and around Rs. 300

during weekends and give themoney to my mother, he says.When dusk sets in and visitors tothe beach thin down, Karthik and

his sister Shanthi, who owns amerry-go-round, return to theirslum.

Myriad colours decorate theskies of Marina around this timeevery year.

Its vacation time, which spellsbetter business for the kite sell-ers. There are around 150 of themon the shores of the beach, andfor majority of them this is a part-time business.

P.Silambarasan, a house-keep-ing staff at the Citi Centre on Rad-hakrishnan Salai, sells kite tosupplement his income. A nativeof Kumulur in Tiruchi, he came insearch of a job to Chennai afterhe failed in class IX. He startedout as a server in a hotel and fellin love with a girl whom he mar-

ried after three years. The 21-year-old says that the Rs.3,000 heearns from his full-time job is notenough for him to run his family.He starts his day at 7 a.m. and

works till 3 p.m. at Citi Centre. After 4 p.m. he hits the sands ofthe Marina.

I do not stand in one place. I walk from Light House to AnnaSquare in search of customers,says Silambarasan who makesaround Rs. 200 a day. I wonder

why elderly people shy away frombuying kites. If they did, probablyI would earn more. There is noharm in elders flying kites youknow.

The kites which Silambarasansells are bought from the retailerson Waltax Road and Zambazaar.

but reportedly with prior persion from police. Every year, ing the second week of Aprkite flying tournament is hethe Thiruporur Murugan temAbout 128 teams participatthe tournament, where contants from the age group of 190 years participate. We makeown kites for the tournamesays M.K. Narayanan, a 60-yold kite flyer, who has wontrophy thrice so far.

The kites sold in shops archildren. It is available frompaise to Rs. 20. We spent mthan Rs. 5,000 every year and tomise the kite for the comption, he adds. Asked aboutglass-coated thread, he mtains a long silence.

Kites ban

Following a couple of accidentsin 2007, the city police hadbanned selling and flying of kitesunder Section XIV of the City Po-lice Act. For the kite vendors andmanufacturers in Waltax Roadand Washermanpet, kites are thebasic means of their income.

We know that there is a ban.But we are not using the glass-coated thread. Its just the normalthread which is used to tie flow-ers and it wont harm anyone,says R.Rajagopal who owns C.K.Kite shop.

Kite tournamentHowever, there are occasions

when glass-coated thread is used,

V.Haripriya follows the story of the kite sellers on the Marina beachand the wholesale kite trade on Waltax Road and Washermanpet

Kite runners of Chennai

Its vacation time:Children flying kiteon Marina Beach.PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR


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ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009VILLAGE04

Gemma does an Elizabeth TaylorBond Girl Gemma Arterton recreated legendaryactress Elizabeth Taylors look when she posed asMaggie the cat Pollitt.The 23-year-old actress recreated Taylors iconicimage from the 1958 classic movie Cat on a Hot TinRoofto launch Virgin Medias new short filmcompetition.Im so excited that I got to recreate the iconic shotthat made Elizabeth Taylor a household name, theDaily Express quoted Arterton as saying.

ANI

One of worlds rarest sharks caughtand eatenA megamouth shark, one of the worlds most elusivespecies, was caught, carved up and eaten by fishermenfrom a town in the Philippines, the environmentalconservation group WWF said on Wednesday.So rare are megamouth shark sightings that each find isgiven a number - this one, caught by fishermen from thecoastal town of Donsol, was only the 41st ever seen orcaptured in the world.But Elson Aca, a Donsol WWF representative, said it wasbutchered and its meat sauted in coconut milk as a localdelicacy, against the organisations advice.The four-metre, half-tonne megamouth was snared byfishermen trawling for mackerel off the Bicol peninsula on

Luzon island.The species,which is named

after its metre-wide mouth, is afairly recentscientificdiscovery. Thefirst specimen wascaught off Oahu,Hawaii in 1976,the WWF said.

AFP

Motorist survives 3 accidents

in an hourA German womanwas involved in threecar accidents in lessthan an hour that lefta total of sevenvehicles damaged butshe suffered onlyslight injuries fromthe series of mishaps,police said.The 69-year-oldwoman from Berlinfirst crashed into

three cars whiletrying to pull out of asupermarket car parkon the Baltic resortisland of Usedom.Then, she accidentallystepped on theaccelerator and spedacross a lawn beforecrashing into a nearby house, police said. She was taken tohospital in an ambulance but that vehicle was then hit bya truck.

Reuters

Arunaway aircraft reportedly took off on itsown when the pilot was not able to get intothe cockpit after swinging the front propeller.

The incident left hundreds of visitors at theair show horrified, when the classic biplane ranin circles on the ground at speeds of up to60mph before taking off and flying on its ownfor 200m.

The plane then crashed into trees at the edgeof Goodwood airfield, and it is believed thathad it cleared the trees, it could have flown foraround 150 miles on a full tank of fuel.

The aircraft, a 1940 model built in the style ofa Tiger Moth, had foam sprayed on it by Good-wood staff to stop it from catching fire after thecrash.

The Stampe was one of a number of aircraftat the airfield for the Goodwood Breakfast Club,a monthly event, which displays vintage cars,motorbikes and aircraft for enthusiasts.

Malcolm Phillips, 67, of Emsworth, Hants,was at the event and took pictures of the planecoming down to the ground behind the trees.

There were hundreds of people therewatching as the plane ran amok, haring roundin circles, the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

We didnt know which way it was going togo and it was worrying that it could head to-

wards the crowd, other planes or the club-house, he said.

Normally the idea is that you swing the pro-pellers and have the handbrake on and chocksunder the wheels, he said.

You also need to make sure the throttle isonly set at low revs.

Something clearly went wrong and itjumped over the chocks - I suspect what mighthave happened is that the throttle becameloose, he added.

ANI

Plane takes off without pilot

Madonna meets Guy RitchieMadonna, who returned to London after a judge rejected herbid to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo Mercy James from Malawi,

was met by her ex-husband.The 50-year-old met the British director Guy Ritchie, at aLondon airport, where he took their sons - Rocco, 8, and DavidBanda, 3 - so that she could have some space while the courttakes action on her appeal, a source told Usmagazine.com.Mercys uncle, Peter Baneti, said that he hopes the courts willreconsider the adoption.Im just very surprised that this has happened, Baneti toldUs.

ANI

Bad day at workA Californian woman left her boss irate after borrowing his top-the-range Ferrari - and then crashing it after taking a bend too fThe woman, who walked away unscathed, caused an estimated$125,000 (GBP85,000) worth of damage to the supercar.


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Some weddings in MadhyaPradesh are going for atoss, thanks to the elec-tions. Government ser-

vants are putting off the weddings of their children asthey have to report for poll dutyand cannot go on leave.

Polling will take place in ourstate April 23 and 30, so I amnow looking for some other aus-picious date, said an employeeof the State irrigation depart-ment whose elder daughters

wedding was to be held April 24.Rued an official in the State

Secretariat: Elections are im-portant but there should besome relaxation for those whohave social commitments onhand. My daughters marriagehas been fixed for April 28 but Iam not being spared from pollduty despite repeated requeststo the Collector.

On the other hand, the

grooms family is insisting on thesame date. I am in a quandary.

Many fans, but few cadresfor Azhar

There was a long chain of carsand motorbikes parked outside ahall in Moradabad town in UttarPradesh. But unless one peekedinside, there was nothing to hint

that the man at the centre of allthis attention was cricketer-turned-politician Mohammed

Azharuddin! Azharuddin is the Congress

candidate from Moradabad, butthere were no party banners out-side the hall. Two cars carriedsmall party flags. Inside too,there was just one poster put up

by the party workers of Morada-bad district.

Though the hall was jam-packed, most of those presentsaid they had come to have aglimpse of the former Indiancricket captain - and were notreally interested in party

deliberations!

A different take on UPAThe UPA stands for United

Progressive Alliance. But withseveral allies abandoning thecoalition, Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Raman Singh has a dif-ferent take on the abbreviation.

Ulta Pulta Alliance is howSingh is describing it at electionrallies in the States interiors.Singh belongs to the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP), which headsthe rival National Democratic

Alliance. His version of the UPAis drawing a lot of laughs.

IANS

Polls take a tollon weddingsIt wasshameful thatthe Left joinedthe BJP inattacking thePrime Minister.We arefortunate tohave a PM likeManmohanSingh

Sonia Gandhi

Raman Singh

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ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009SPORT06

FIA pulls up McLarenFormula One giants McLaren-Mercedes have beensummoned to appear before an extraordinary

meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council inParis on April 29 to answer charges over theirbehaviour at the openingGrand Prix of the season.Lewis Hamilton wasdisqualified from thirdplace in the AustralianGrand Prix last Thursdayover lying to the stewardsat the race that he had

not been instructed to allow Jarno Trulli to passhim during the race when the safety car was outon the track.The incident earned the Italian a 25-second penalty,which saw him relegated, with Hamilton promotedonto the podium but at a hearing the FIA ruledHamilton and his team lied about thecircumstances.Trulli was reinstated and Hamilton disqualified,

which led to the Briton apparently being sodistraught that he threatened to leave the sportentirely but was persuaded by FIA chief MaxMosley not to.Now, the FIA want a fuller examination of the factssurrounding the case and among the answers theywish to know is why the team persisted even at theenquiry in Malaysia last Thursday with the line thatthey had not instructed Hamilton to allow Trulli topass him.McLaren later on Tuesday issued a statement sayingthey would co-operate fully with the FIA.McLaren acknowledge receipt of an invitation toappear at an FIA World Motor Sport Council(WMSC) meeting in Paris on April 29, received onTuesday afternoon, read the statement.We undertake to co-operate fully with all WMSCprocesses, and welcome the opportunity to workwith the FIA in the best interests of Formula One.

AFP

Symonds gets ODI recallTroubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds has beenincluded in Australias squad for their ODI seriesagainst Pakistan starting in April.Australias selectors also recalledinjured fast bowler Brett Lee andall-rounder Shane Watson butomitted captain Ricky Ponting,Mike Hussey and Mitchell Johnsonto avoid burning them out aheadof the Ashes series in England.Symonds has been receivingcounselling after a series of off-field incidents resulted in him being ruled out forselection until his behaviour improved.Andrew Symonds has been cleared by CricketAustralia to resume playing for the Australiancricket team and he has been included in thesquad, Australias chairman of selectors AndrewHilditch said in a statement.At his best Andrew is a dynamic one-day playerwith an outstanding record for Australia. It willnow be up to him to seize this opportunity.Hilditch said Lees inclusion was subject to a fitnesstest after he recently underwent foot and anklesurgery while the injury-prone Watson was includedjust as a specialist batsman.Michael Clarke will take over the captaincy of the14-man squad for the six-match series, involvingfive ODIs and a Twenty20 that will be held in theUnited Arab Emirates in April and May.

Reuters

M

anchester United are indanger of losing theirgrip on the ChampionsLeague after the holders

were held to a 2-2 draw by Portoin Tuesdays quarter-final firstleg.

Sir Alex Fergusons side lookedto have earned a barely deservedvictory when Carlos Tevezstabbed United into the lead withfive minutes to play at OldTrafford.

But Porto substitute Marianoequalised four minutes later togive the visitors just reward for animpressive display and leaveUnited almost certainly needingto become the first English side to

win at Portos stadium next week.Jesualdo Ferreiras side had

gone ahead early in the first halfthrough Cristian Rodriguez and

could have been further in frontbefore a calamitous mistake fromBruno Alves set up WayneRooneys equaliser.

After staging a dramaticlate fightback to beat As-ton Villa on Sunday, Fer-guson had expected themomentum from Federi-co Machedas winnerto give his playersenough adrena-line to ignore

their aching limbs as they re-turned to action 48 hours later.

He couldnt have been morewrong. Although they enjoying a

record-breaking run of clean-sheets earlier this season, Unit-eds defence has sprung a fewleaks in recent weeks.

They looked no more secure inthe opening minutes here. Lisan-dro Lopez, Portos Argentinestriker, almost took advantage ashe sprinted past Jonny Evans andforced Edwin van der Sar into asprawling save.

Porto attacked Uniteds softcentre again in the fourth minuteand this time they were able topunish another sloppy piece ofdefending.

When Cristiano Ronaldo lostthe ball, Lucho Gonzalez crossedtowards Rodriguez, but Evans

should have cleared easily. In-stead he scuffed only as far as Ro-

driguez, who drove a fine lowstrike past van der Sar intothe far corner.

Porto could have had a

second goal if Rodriguez steered his close-range headether side of van der Sar insteastraight at the Dutch keeper

While United laboured, Plooked impressive whenever

went forward and van der Sarat full stretch to turn over a lrange shot from Raul Meirel

After watching such a lustre effort from his players,guson must have been temto give them the full hairdtreatment at half-time.

United responded at last Rooney produced a superb from 30 yards that Helton managed to tip over. From thsulting corner Vidic headed g

wards but Helton made a brillstop to deny the Serbian.

The Portuguese champkept their nerve and Lisand

skimming strike needed an stop from van der Sar beforeCissokho tested the United ker from long-range.

This was no way for Unitecelebrate their 100th home gin the European Cup and Feson made his last two chanopting to leave Italian sensaMarcheda on the bench and son Tevez and Gary Neinstead.

Tevez made an instant impIn the 85th minute Rooflicked on Nevilles throw andvez showed great determinato turn the ball home fclose-range.

But Porto refused to accep

feat and staged the kind of matic finale that United hmade their trademark.

Lisandro swept over an minute cross that OShea conly help on to Mariano andPorto substitute stabbed his over van der Sar. It was no mthan Porto deserved.

The European champions suffered a late setback

Manchester UnitedsWayne Rooney in actionduring the UEFAChampions Leaguequarterfinal match againstFC Porto at Old Trafford.AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES

United held todraw by Porto

Super Kings leave for S AfricaGunning for the title that eluded them last year, Chennai Super Kings left for Johannesburg satheir skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to participate in the second edition of the IPL that kick-stin South Africa on April 18. Apart from Dhoni, Lakshmipathy Balaji and opening batsman MuraVijay, who will return from New Zealand on Wednesday and some overseas players, includingcoach-cum-player Stephen Fleming, Mathew Hayden and George Bailey will join the squad late


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This team have shown the whole season they are mentally very strong and when they havetheir backs to the wall, these young players always find an answer and never give up. I believe

we have created momentum. We are a very young team, but are capable of focussing. Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager

Jeev Milkha Singh already feels like a winner at the Masters, having been pairedalongside 14-time major champion Tiger Woods for the first and second rounds ofthe years first major.

The reigning Asian Tour number one has already enjoyed prac-tice rounds with Australian star Greg Norman and IrelandsPadraig Harrington and exchanged greetings with ArnoldPalmer this week at Augusta National Golf Club.

Now Singh gets a dream draw with Woods andUS veteran Stewart Cink, even though it willmean a horde of spectators following the trioacross the course.

Its a pleasant surprise, said Singh, who has

played with Woods previously in Asia.Im excited about that and looking forwardto it. Itll be great to have the opportunity to play

with Tiger and itll be interesting. Ill be a little nervousbut Ill try to make the most of it and enjoy it.

Singh, 37, sees himself belonging among the worldselite players after taking his second Asian Order of Merittitle last year and his first top-10 in a major at last yearsPGA Championship.

Its great to come back to the Masters. Every time you arehere, its different, Singh said. Its something really special.Im playing well and well see what happens.

My next goal will be to win a major. I think Ive got thegame to win a major. I feel it all depends on the mind-set and how you deal with the pressure.

I feel I do have the game and hopefully beforemy golfing career is over, I will have a majorunder my belt. One day you never know

what will happen.

Singh, ranked 31st, has six AsianTour wins plus four in Japan andtwo triumphs in Europe.

Ive worked hard and thereis more trust in my game andmore trust in my golf swing,Singh said. Im always look-ing forward to the biggerevents.

Thats why we play golf for, to prove myself at thehighest level. Practicing with Norman gave Singh a tasteof what he might experience in October as a member of theInternationals at the Presidents Cup, when Norman will cap-tain the non-European side against a US squad.

Ive always looked up to him and often watched him play,Singh said. I had a good nine holes and we talked about generalstuff but didnt touch anything about the Presidents Cup. I guess he

wants to get to know the International players and I was fortunateenough to play with him.

AFP

In thebig leagueJeev gears up for Augusta Masters


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The much-awaited peoples

car, the Tata Nano is finallyhere. On display at Tata cardealer showrooms in Chen-

nai city, the Nano is attractingfestival crowds. Two-wheeler us-ers who were looking forward toupgrade to a car see the Nano asthe light at the end of the tun-nel. Ergo checked out the NanoLX (hi-end model) on display atTAFE Reach Ltd on Anna Salai re-cently. Quite a sleek and stylishlooking car, the Nano is the firstIndian car with a rear engine. Sothe front interestingly makesroom for the stepney tyre, toolbox and little luggage room.

Nano has a 624 cc rear engineboasting 35 bhp with a top

speed of 105 kmph and a mi-leage claimed to be over 20 kmplin city-riding conditions.

C R N Prasad, GM operations ofTAFE, claims the Nano wouldrevolutionise the Indian carmarket. The Nano is themost fuel-efficientcar and is easy tomanoeuvreon cityroads. Itis al-so

21 percent more spacious forpassengers that any other smallcar in the market today and has agood ground clearance of 180

mm, he adds.Sporting a chic dash board and

comfortable seating for four, theNano LX comes with an air-con-ditioner with heater and powerwindows only in the front.

Initially people had doubtsabout the car.

After seeing the car on displaymany are convinced, says P.A.Krishnan, senior manager, TAFE,accounting for the booking ap-plications for the car pouring inat his showroom.

More than a lakh applicantsfrom across the country will belucky enough to be allotted thecar in the month of July, 2009.The first car is expected

to hit the roadsby Octo-ber.

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PETLEE [email protected]

ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009ROADSTER08

CNG hybrid carOpel is working on a compressed natural gas (CNG) hybdrive system to combine a turbo engine with an electrimotor. A prototype based on an Astra Caravan andequipped with a start-stop-system achieved a carbondioxide emission figure of just 90 grammes per kilomet

PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN

The front aholds thestepney tyand luggagroom as thNano has a624 cc rearengine.


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ve opened for the Tata wondercar. Petlee Peter and photojournalist

capture the best parts of the vehicle at a showroom in the city


New MercMercedes Benz launched its limited edition E-Classcars in India. The luxury car priced at Rs 43.4 lakh(ex-showroom, Delhi) would include double-spokelight alloy wheels, LED technology tail lights and sixdifferent colour options.

Tata Nano is available in 3

modelsNano LX

Fully-loaded version with AC, power windows,central locking, fog lamps and tubeless tyres.

Available in colours Champagne gold, Lunar silverand Sunshine yellow.

Nano CX

AC and tubeless tyres. Available in colours Racingred, Ivory white, Summer blue, Champagne gold anLunar silver.

Nano basic

Non AC and tubeless tyres. Available in coloursRacing red, Ivory white and Summer blue.For more details log on to www.tatanano.com

How to own a Nano?Application form to book a Tata Nano is availablefor Rs. 300 at all Tata Motors showroom and also aTata Sky outlets, Titan watch showrooms andWestside clothes store.Customers can draw a cheque or DD for an amount

of Rs 3,125 (amount for Nano basic only) from anyState Bank of India branch. The challan should beattached along with a filled form and can besubmitting at a Nano application counter at any TaMotors showroom in the city.The sale of application forms and acceptance ofbooking will start from today and end on April 25tThe lucky draw to pick 1 lakh Nano car winnersthrough out the country will commence on July 25,2009.

Nano merchandiseThe peoples car has also merchandise like phones,pen drives, clocks, mugs, key chains, mouse pads,magnets, pen sets, pencil boxes, water bottles, T-shirts and caps that are on sale at all Tata Motorscar showrooms and Westside store from today.Merchandises can also be bought online on

www.tatanano.com

Spaciousseating whichs said to have

21 percentmore roomhat any small

car in themarket.

Nanos rearengine seen asa mirror image

Chic dash board

with AC vents,gear knob andpower window

switches

The model featured here is a Tata Nano LXwhich is priced Rs. 1,80,248 (ex-showroom)


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H

ugh Jackman, who playssuperhero Wolverine inthe new X-Men movie,

said Wednesday he washeartbroken that the film wasleaked on the Internet a monthbefore its official release.

The Australian star of X-MenOrigins: Wolverine said the USFederal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) was on the case and he be-lieved the culprit would be found.

Its a serious crime and theresno doubt its very disappointing I was heartbroken by it, Jackmantold reporters at a promotion forthe movie in Sydney.

The leaked version of the 20thCentury Fox action movie was re-portedly downloaded tens ofthousands of times within a dayof being posted on file-sharing

websites at the end of March.Obviously, people are seeingan unfinished film, Jackmansaid. Its like a Ferrari without apaint job.

The 40-year-old Hollywoodheartthrob, named Sexiest ManAlive by People magazine last

year, said he was convinced thatwhoever had posted the copy

would be tracked down.The FBI are on to it and

theyre taking it very, very seri-ously, he said. Rest assured thatperson will be found.

Jackman arrived by helicopteron Cockatoo Island in SydneyHarbour, where some of the mo-vie was filmed, for the first stop ofa world promotion tour ahead ofits official release at the end of the

month.He then delighted hundred

invited guests and media

swooping down from a cliffon a cable before unveilingminutes of completed footag

Jackman said he was hearteby the fact that most peoplecondemned the leak and thofans would still go to see it atcinema.

The leak has already claimeleast one casualty a US entainment columnist who fired for reviewing a stolen downloaded from the Intern

Rupert Murdochs News poration, which owns both Century Fox Films and Fox Nsaid writer Roger Friedman been promptly terminated posting his column on the

News website last week.We, along with 20th CenFox Film Corporation, have ba consistent leader in the against piracy and have zeroerance for any action thatcourages and promotes piraNews Corporation said inemailed statement.

When we advised Fox Newthe facts they took immediattion, removed the post, promptly terminated Mr Frman. The X-Men film, basethe eponymous comic book cacters, was apparently sp

with Bit Torrent file-sharing tnology that lets people exchalarge data files between comers.

Jackman heartbroken overleaked superhero film

The leaked version of the 20th Century Fox action movie was reportedlydownloaded tens of thousands of times within a day of being posted on

file-sharing websites at the end of March

ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009FLICK10

Attention please!Hollywood studio Warner Bros has warnedIndian movie makers against remake oradaptation of the Oscar-winning film TheCurious Case of Benjamin Button.


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Hollywood actor Tom Cruise wants his two-year-old daughterSuri to have a well-rounded upbringing. So he is spending $1million on her education.

Suri will turn three on April 18 and both Tom and his wifeKatie Holmes, who want her to be an all rounder, have madearrangements not only for her basic education but have also in-vested in dancing, foreign language and art classes.

It doesnt matter what Suri is doing, Tom wants her to be able

to do it better than any other child. All parents think their kidsare special, but Tom and Katie firmly believe that their daughteris gifted, chinadaily.com quoted a source as saying.

Suri has shown interest in dancing, so Tom and Katie areencouraging her as much as possible. She practices ballet,tap and modern dance for hours every day. She also hasprivate gymnastics lessons and is learning soccer, he added.

Cruise is also planning to send Suri for music classes toimprove her musical aptitude.

Piano and violin lessons are on the to-do list. Tom andKatie just have to find time in Suris busy schedule, thesource said.

Holmes also likes Suri to mingle with her friends - Vic-toria Beckhams two kids Romeo, six, and Cruz, four -because she believes that socialising with older kids willbenefit her daughters development.

The source said: Katie likes to have the Beckham boysaround, since they are older. She thinks Suri will emulate

what they do and learn even faster.

IANS

Tom Cruisespends $1 mn ondaughters education

No movies with my dad,please: Sonam Kapoor

Those who want to see Sonam Kapoorand her dad Anil Kapoor together onscreen will have to wait for a long time.The Delhi 6girl thinks Kapoor senior looks

far younger than his age to play aconventional father in aBollywood flick.The buzz around tinsel townis that theres a pivotal rolein Anils home production -of Sonams father - that hewas supposed to play. ButAnil is not doing the filmtitled Ayesha. Earlier, Anilhad been offered a role inRakeysh OmprakashMehras Delhi 6withSonam, but both father anddaughter decided against it.In fact, Sonam was moreagainst the idea of theircoming together than Anil.

IANS

Julia Roberts feels forHollywoods youngergeneration

Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts said onTuesday that she feels the starlets of to-day have a much harder time than she everdid, with every little detail of their livessplashed over the front pages.

The 41-year-old Pretty Woman and Not-ting Hill star told German celebrity maga-zine Bunte in an interview: I am oftenaware of how much harder it is for young

women in Hollywood today.I am so relieved and feel so privileged

that I am beyond that, added Roberts, whohit the big time when she starred oppositeRichard Gere in Pretty Woman at the age of22. The mother-of-three, who returned tothe screen last month in the espionage cap-er Duplicity, said her priorities had changedenormously since having children. Everyday I have to put on puppet shows and readendless stories, she said.

AFP


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Wednesdays query:

In the year 2024 whatkind of computer will yoube using?

120 GB ram, 1200 GB hard disk withGoogle server installed in my system

Mani, CTS

Cheap and very slim like pen or pencilmodel

Zahoor, RRDonnelley

Finger-top computerSomasundaram, TCS

Intel Pentium xxiv 24.66 GHZ with 24 GBDDR22 ram 240 TB HDD, with blu ray duallayer disc and touch screen 4 in 1 monitor

Sathish.A, PSBPS

Pocket size computersSuman, Perot Systems

Mobile computer, it will have all dfeatures of a computer

Senthil, Wipro

Lip stick size computer, so that I cankeep it in my hand purse itself

Abhirami, IBM

Pen computerRani, Farah, TCS-eserve

Virtual computer in air with mindcommands, free from keyboard andmouse. Operating system needs 2 havedirect interface with human brain

Prem, Arunkumar, Allsec

DNA computer, if it exists in the marketby that time

Revathi, Inautix

Note book computer

Priyanga, Technip

A computer fixed to my clothesSuresh.R, TCS

Chip-based infra red computerN.Deepan, LTSB, TCS

Todays query:

You have just won Rs. 10crores. What will you dofor the next 24 hours?

Paul Matthewfrom Infosyshas nominatedhis team forthe section.Locationcourtesy:Kodaikanalgarden

ChaitanyaKumar R andfriends fromTCS inPuducherry

SelvaganapathyS is all praisefor the fun andrelaxedenvironment

Wipro,Sholingnallurhas in store foremployees.Thats why hesent us thispicture, wheremembers of theSEARS -DCCprocess teamare on anouting.


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Ella Examukku pinnalum Oru pen Undu. Adhu Hero Pen, Ball point pen, Ink Pen, Gel Pennagavum

Irukkalaam.Ennathaan Kili "Ki ki" nu Kathinalum

Adhala Oru Locka Kuda open Panna MudiyathuMan 1 - Entha road Enge PoguthuMan2 - Engeyum Pogalai. Naan Poranthila irundu Ingeye

thaan irukku.Man 1 - ???????????????Ramu - Which animal is the religious animal?Somu - Dont KnowRamu - ElephantSomu - How?Ramu - Because Athukku thaane Matham PidikkumSomu - ?????????????

Jayaraman V, HCL Technologies, Tidel Park

Farewell wishes to Dear Pushpa(Kudumba Ishthiri),You have been great PUSH!We all will miss your PUSH !It was pleasure working with you PUSHNow that u are leaving, things wontbe the same again PUSH!But we want you to know PUSH,We will always be wishing the best foryou especially me PUSHWish you achieve whatever you haveset out to do! All the very best PUSH!Good bye and Good luck in all that youdo PUSH!!!

With Love,Wakeel, Ravivarman, Prabhakar,

Deepashankar, Sasikumar, Devikala, singerGeetha, Vidhyalakshmi, Lokesh, Ekambaram,

Rajasekar, Uma, Sakthi, Devarajalu, Shankar

(alias Suriya), Daniel, Mythili, Hari,Murugan, and me Sivanath

Dear Puppy,Wish u a very Happy Birthday andmany more happy returns of the day.We wish you celebrate 100 moreBDays and we will be there alwayswith u to wish you every year.Wish U all success in ur life.

Regards,

Teddy & Frds.

Team PSI, PEROT SYSTEMS

Dear Nehru MamaWishing you all the best in the years tocome. May your days be filled withsunshine and beautiful colours. Andmay your nights be filled withcomforting dreams and wishes tocome.

Colleagues from Wipro Technologies

Krish,Wish You a Many More Happy Returnsof the Day Krish. Un Valkai NalamaaiIrukka En valthukkal.

Rajesh

Beloved Viki (Vigneshwar),Many more happy returns of the day inadvance. Have a wonderful andsuccessful year ahead.

YoursPrema, Sethu and anaya

Hi Papu (Rajkumar)Today is you special daythat day is your bdaySo it is the perfect time to sayYou are always thought of in a veryspecial wayA time to have new hopes and dreamsAnd now we would like to take thetime to sayYou are very special in every waySo we wish you a very special BdayHappy Birthday Papu God bless you

With love

Friends....

Hi Ravi,We were trying to think of what to get

you for your birthday but nothingcame to mind. But I know only thingwhich make you extremely happy isthat "Suresh giving treat for all of us".Birthdays are good. Statistics say thepeople who give treat for othersbirthday live the longest. So Suresh willgive us a wonderful treat for his longlife. Wishing you a very happy and

joyful birthday Ravi!!!Best wishes Ramah, Navanee, Suresh, Madhi

Hey LipensaHappy advance Easter.

ChauLukeson, Wipro

Dear Gersh,Wish u a many more happy returns ofthe day!!!May God bless u with all success inevery aspect of ur lifeJ

With love

Jerry and friend

Dear Rajesh,Wish u a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY.Have a rocking life and a great yearahead.

With luvFinancial Transaction Team

Dear sasikUMAr,Wish u many more happy returns of

the dayMay this day brings happiness to you aswell as AMU.Happy birthday SASI

Seenivasan S, Cognizan

Hai Kundu,Wish u many more happy returns ofthis day, Have a wonderful day:)Love u

With care and affectionTerror-Group

Dear Fayaz,Wish you a very happy birthday.

Regards

Healthcare Vertical, Sify Technologies

Dear Srividhya,Today is a beginning of another

fantabulous year with a perfect blendof JOY, HARMONY and VICTORIES. Yetanother 52 weeks of happiness to feellike listening to spell binding melodies.This is not an ode but a prayer that allyour dreams and desires to reach thepinnacle may come true. May thealmighty bless you with PEACE,OPULENCE and GOOD HEALTH.Wishing you a very happy Birthday.

With Luv

Brindly, Ranjeeth, Praveen, VenkyBharath, Pavithra & Mathang

Hey Alagu,Vayasu yeruna yennamanasu ilamaya thana irukku....Our hearty birthday wishes.

By everlasting friends

Meena Kumari Ja-gadeesh from Info-sys Technologieshas been nominatedas Office Angel bySaritha Devi.

Meet the rock star.She is enthusiasticand energetic andparticipates in all

cultural activitiesand comes first incompetitions.

Rajalakshmi Subramanianfrom Wipro doodled this.

Art featured in this co-lumn will receive giftcoupons from Fruit Shopon Greams Road. Send

in your addresses so thatwe can post the coupons.


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Record brokenA German DJ has smashed the world record for thelongest continuous radio show after broadcasting hisshow for 169 consecutive hours - beating the previousrecord set by an Indian DJ by one hour.

T.C.Vaideky fromR System clickedthis picture onthe backwaters ofKerala. Herhobbies include

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B.C

BORN LOSER

FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

PREVIOUS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20

LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20

SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20

PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20

Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pa

Professionally, you are on an all time high. At wyour Boss will be pleased with your commitmentand may give you additional responsibilities. Youadvised to not appear overconfident. Love life mtake a back seat as work pressure increases.

You will be distracted at work today for somereason or the other. However, things will startimproving as the day progresses. A no-nonsenseapproach at work will benefit you. This approachmight help you at work.

Be wary of people who are jealous of your

professional achievements. Such people may try look for flaws in your expertise. Do not lose youcool over trivial issues as this will only makematters worse.

You will be passionate about commitments at was the day progresses. With your emotionaltemperament, you should treat everybody withempathy rather than adopting a practical stand, Ganesha.

You will begin the day on an optimistic note.Ganesha observes you meeting your deadlines. Plunch time will prove to be fruitful if used forimportant meetings. You may be in a frame of mto enjoy some spicy moments with your beloved

You may come up with a lot of innovative ideastoday; however they might not materialise. Gane

assures you that you may find some use for themlater so do not discard them. You will focus onexpanding your professional skills today.

Each oral/ written word from your side will carryexplicit meaning, so be cautious in yourcommunication. Ganesha sees you concentratingwork related targets. You may feel tired today anwant to rush home to relax.

Your words maybe misinterpreted today. HenceGanesha asks you to be vigilant duringcommunication. Conversely, being too clear-cut mhinder rather than help your case. Learn to bediplomatic.

How you manage your time today will be a crucdeterminant of your overall success. Professional will be rewarding today provided you dont act

overconfident. Ganesha sees you boosting themorale of your team members.

Review all your back log work today. If you put extra efforts, the back log should be dealt with evening. A reduced amount of consideration topersonal life may result in unhappiness, warnsGanesha.

You may organise a gathering for some definitenegotiations. Ganesha thinks you will handle worelated activities without any major obstacles. Joresponsibilities may exhaust you by the end of thday.

Overload of work will be unable to divert yourattention at workplace. You may work extremelyhard for satisfying experience and escalation on professional front. Ganesha blesses your hard woand sees it earning dividends in the long run.

Words worthSatanophany (say-tuh-nah-fuh-nee) a visiblemanifestation of Satan. From Satan, obviously, andthe same -phany as in epiphany, from a Greekword meaning manifestation.

No laughing matterA helicopter rescue team was scrambledafter screams were heard in a Germanforest - only to find a man laughingloudly at a new book.


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A Swarovski employedisplays "The SuperHello Kitty JewelDoll", studded with a1.027ct diamond on itribbon, 403-piece pinksapphires on its body,a citrine on its yellownose, black spinels onits eyes and a total1,939-piece whitetopaz on its head onthe platinum 900made body in Tokyoon April 8, 2009.Swarovski, Japanscharacter giant Sanrioand Japanese jewelerymaker I.K. unveiledthe 15 million yen(150,000 USD) hellokitty doll, 10.5cm talland weighing 569g atthe Baselworld watchand jewellery show inSwitzerland lastmonth to celebrateHello Kittys 35th

anniversary. AFP PHOTO YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

Actress and owner of RajasthanRoyals Shilpa Shetty holds the

new jersey of the team at apress conference to announcethe tie-up between Rajasthan

Royals and the UltratechCement in Mumbai on Tuesday.

PTI PHOTO BY SHIRISH SHETE

A Russian SoyuzTMA-13 space capsulelands nearDzhezkazgan, incentral Kazakhstan onApril 8, 2009. Thecapsule carrying USastronaut Mike FinckeRussian cosmonautYuri Lonchakov andUS billionaire spacetourist CharlesSimonyi returned toEarth. AFP PHOTO / POOL /MIKHAIL METZEL

Paper models of the Nano car with pictures of BJP leaders, to beused in election campaigns, at the party headquarters inAhemedabad on Monday. PTI PHOTO

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