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A BYTE OF LIFE

SHILPA TURNS PRODUCERJoins the likes of Aamir and SRK

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 138

THEFABULOUS LIFE

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RETURN OF THEMAVERICKSThe team that scored with Chennai 600028

is back. The audio launch of Sarojadazzled with the who is who of Kollywood

At home in HockenheimAfter two years, F1 returns to Hockenheim on July 20.Though Vijay Mallyas Force India hasnt met withmuch success, Adrian Sutil hopes to turn the tide atthe German Grand Prix and give his home turf somereason to cheer.

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ERGO Wednesday, July 16, 2008NAMMA CHENNAI02

State DGP onSouth ChennaimurdersThe series of murders haverocked South Chennai and left both thepublic and police baffled (Ergo reported onTuesday). Commenting on the progress ofthe investigations, KP Jain, Director Generalof Police, Tamil Nadu, told mediapersons onTuesday that a vital clue has been found.In a press meet held at Santhome, the DGPsaid, The investigating teams have found avital clue on the incidents and the culpritswill be apprehended soon. He, however,refused to divulge further information tillthe investigation is complete.

Software firm employeerun overA 27-year-old woman employee of asoftware firm was run over by a corporationgarbage truck on Greams Road on Tuesdaymorning.According to Pondy Bazaar TrafficInvestigations, the victim was one Agnes, anative of Tiruchy, who was living in a hostelon Whites Road in Royapettah. At around 8a.m. on Tuesday, Agnes was walking tooffice on Greams Road, near Model School,when the garbage truck knocked her down,killing her on the spot.The accident occurred when a conservancyworker, Simpson (28), attempted to drive

away the truck as the lorrys driver hadgone for a tea break. The corporation staffwas on a cleaning spree in the area as theChief Minister was scheduled to arrive at 11a.m. at Model School to inaugurate a mid-day meal programme.Simpson was arrested and booked.

Why do we eat here to-day? asked Keshav. B,an engineering studentto his friend. Cause this

place sells the most amazing

chicken and fried rice, and to topit all its so cheap, said Mani,who visits Lakshmi often.

For most of us looking for a biteon a hot afternoon that isnt go-ing to make holes in our pockets,Lakshmi Fast Food offers the per-fect solution. As I walked into thecramped food joint on C.P. Ra-maswamy road and caught sightof many office-going men gather-ing around the shop, discussionsranging from business negotia-tions to relatives plight becauseof the inflation. But, once thefood was served there was a si-lence of content.

Golden nameG.Mohan began this food ven-

ture 6 years ago, naming it after

his wife. He started out with a lit-tle tea stall on the same road andonce the place became popular,he set up Lakshmi Fast Foodsgraduating to regular meals. Hisson M. Ganeshan has taken overthe business now and is oftenseen serving at the joint himself.

What began as a small enterpriseis now fetching the family aroundRs.25,000 a day looks like thename brought them some goodfortune.

Whats cooking?

If you go in time for break you can grab steaming idlisdosas with their special chutThe non-vegetarians neednta good Chinese fare awaits for lunch. Chilli chicken, chi

65 served with hot fried riceparathas hot from the tawa.prices are reasonable; the rice comes at just Rs.30 whilechilli chicken is Rs.35 a pThey might be a small joint almost no space for seats, butle wooden stands proenough space for a good eaexperience.

They even serve to your and bikes, so that is convenfor those who dont want to sat the counter.

As I was about to leave Mneshan, the owner spotted twhis regular customers and ruin to get their meal even bethey placed an order. I k

what you like, he said smDid someone say good servic

If its grub time then head out to LakshmiFast Food for a sumptuous meal

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Awesome taste,

reasonable price

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Three Madurai-based

jewellers who hadcome to Chennai topurchase gold were

intercepted and attackedby a seven-member gangon Monday night androbbed of Rs. 40 lakh incash.

The daring robbery oc-curred on PoonamalleeHigh Road near DG Vaish-nav College in Arumbak-kam when the trio wereheading to the Koyambe-

du bus terminus ataround 10.30 p.m. to leavefor Madurai.

Police identified the vic-tims as Sivamurugesan(46), Ilango (50) and Bala-subramani (45), who wereall employees of a jewel-lery shop, Tamil Nadu Je-

wellers, in Madurai,

owned by one Ponnamba-lam. The three employeescome to Chennai on a reg-ular basis, stay in a lodgein Mannadi and buy goldfrom a jewellery show-room on NSC Bose Road,Parrys Corner.

This time, the three ar-rived in Chennai by VaigaiExpress on Mondaymorning with Rs. 40 lakhto purchase the gold andchecked into their regularlodge. Cutting short theirvisit, their employer Pon-nambalamcalled

them at around 10 a.m. toinform about the steep in-crease in gold prices andasked them to return toMadurai without purchas-ing any gold.

The trio decided to takethe night bus to Maduraiand spend the interveningtime touring the city, cashin hand.

At night, they were ontheir way to the Koyambe-du bus terminus in an au-torickshaw when fourmen on two motorcycles

intercepted andassaulted

them.

At knife-point the three were pushed into a wait-ing Maruti Omni, wherethree more gang members

were waiting, and taken toMadhavaram.

On the way, the three were mercilessly beatenup by the gang. In theprocess, Sivamurugesan

was stabbed and the bagcontaining the moneysnatched away. The ganglet them off somewherenear Madhavaram andfled. The injured jewellersreached a police check-post in Madhavaram and

narrated their ordeal.The three were sent to

Stanley Medical Collegefor treatment. A case wasregistered with theKoyambedu police andspecial teams wereformed to investigate thedaring robbery and nabthe culprits.

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A.Rukmini, a student of SRM Uversity studying Electronics aCommunication Engineering, h

won the bumper prize in the pgramme Thiranthidu Seasamtelecast on Vijay Television Satdays at 8 p.m.

She won the bumper pri which consists of a 10 soveregold jewellery, three gold coin4grams each, a LCD television (26 inches), a home theatre, furture for Rs.20,000, a mobile pho

worth Rs.15,000 and gift arti worth Rs.20 thousand. The tworth of amount is Rs.2.2 lakh

Rukmini said that she was hpy that she participated in programme and praised the psented Vijay Adhiraj. It was

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Perot Systems Chennaiteam celebrated its annualday recently. Over 3,000 as-sociates from Chennai and

Coimbatore attended Perotsavthat was held at the MGM Beach

resort, at Chennai. Organization-al leaders from Perots facilities inIndia, United States of Americaand the Philippines attended theevent.

The celebration started with acarnival that was replete withgames. Several employees walkedaway with some cool prizes. Thecarnival also featured a karaokebar and dance floor - the sultryweather condition was hardly a

dampener as severalassociates made it apoint to have the timeof their lives.

The event beganwith the invocation

dance and song fol-

lowed by the inaug-ural address byVardhman Jain, ma-

naging director, Perot Systems,Insurance and Business ProcessSolutions, India and Philippinesand Anurag Jain, Regional Ma-naging Director. Vardhmanspoke of the growth of this divi-

sion and the contributions. He al-so inaugurated the corporatesocial responsibility initiativenamed Deeksha. Anurag, who

was the founder of Vision Health-source, which was later acquiredby Perot Systems, spoke of thehumble beginning and how thecompany he founded has grownfrom two employees to over3,000-strong business unit in In-dia today - taking the

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overall Perot Systems worldwideemployee count to over 23,000.

Following the inaugural ad-dresses, several events suchas skits, dance perfor-mances, Songs, magic

show, puppet show,awards ceremony wereconducted. The event cul-minated with spectacularperformances by Sashoand his dance troop.

He got all the employeeson their feet and to thestage.

Associates of the Perot

Systems expolre theirtalents on the dancefloor at the Perotsavheld in MGM Beachresort in Chennai

Got any company news thatyou want featured in Ergo?Send them tomynews@goergo.in and wewill do our best

Oz scientist winsDarwin medal

Australian coralreef scientist Pro-fessor TerryHughes has wonthe prestigiousDarwin Medal forhis work for thebiological sci-ences.

Hughes is the director of the Centre ofExcellence for Coral Reef Studies at JamesCook University in Queensland, Australia.Hughes is famous in the science world fortouting the benefits of coral reefs claim-ing that they are vital global resource fornearly half a billion people and has alsoresearched the effect global warming canhave on these reefs.

Game characters getsmarter

If you are fanatical about playing videogames, get ready. The next generation ofvideo game characters are less predict-able and smarter than the villains and he-roes of video games past. In the new gameStarwars: The Force Unleashed villainsand bad guys do something different ev-ery time the video game gets played.

Try and attack a white-armoured troop-er, and the bad guys could put their handsup, throw back a grenade, or just ignore

you.WENN

Yahoo rejects MS offerDespite rumours that Microsoft and Ya-

hoo would be merging, Microsoft finan-cier Carl Icahn has been turned down by

Yahoo over the weekend when negotia-tions became increasingly hostile.

Icahn reportedly wanted to take controlof the company, giving chief executiveJerry Yang the boot. Yahoo was given lessthan 24 hours to accept the proposal, theterms of which Icahn said were not opento negotiation.

Mariah Careys webremix

Songstress Ma-riah Carey is giv-ing professionalsand amateurs

alike the chanceto remix the thirdsingle from heralbum E=MC2.

The competi-tion is hosted bya start-up socialnetworking sitefor musiciansand the competition starts on TuesThe song is Ill be Loving You Long Tand will be made available to membethe site, called Indaba. Careys songchosen for the competition because sfamous for the remixes she does of hesongs.

The contest will be determined pby fan voting and officials at the sitehoping that this will be a way to findtapped musical talent.

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U.S. President George W.Bush, on Monday, lifted a

White House ban on off-shore drilling to try to drive

down soaring energy prices, a lar-gely symbolic bid unlikely to haveany short-term impact on highgasoline costs.

With prices at the pump over $4 a gallon, Bush pushed the Dem-ocratic-controlled Congress toexpand offshore oil and naturalgas drilling in the Outer Conti-nental Shelf and give oil compa-nies access to the Arctic WildlifeNational Refuge.

High gasoline prices and soar-ing food prices have irked Amer-ican consumers in a presidential

election year, when Bushs Repu-blicans are trying to keep theWhite House and wrest control ofCongress back from Democrats.Today, Ive taken every step

within my power to allow off-shore exploration, Bush told re-porters.

This means the only thingstanding between the American

people and these vast oil resourc-es is action from the U.S. Con-gress. Congress too has a ban onoffshore drilling and while it ex-pires on Sept. 30, it could be re-

newed.

Move largely symbolicPlus, federal officials say it

would take years for any oil to be

produced in those areas, togemaking Bushs move largely sbolic. Now the ball is squareCongress court, Bush said signing a memorandum reving a presidential ban that wastituted by his fathen-President George Bushmost two decades ago.

The time for action is no With an eye to the Noveelection, Bush accused Decrats of having done nothinggas prices have gone up urged them to pass a law forsponsible offshore exploratand to give states a say in thecisions.

House Democratic Spe

Nancy Pelosi called Bushs plhoax, joining a chorus of demnations from environmegroups.

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Bush lifts dads banon offshore drilling

Railroad tanker carssit outside of theChevron refinery onMonday inRichmond, California.As gasoline pricescontinue to climb toa national averageof USD 4.11 pergallon, U.S.President GeorgeBush announcedthat he has liftedthe executive ban onoffshore oil drillingAFP PHOTO

Bid to drive down soaring energy prices unlikely to have any short-term impact on high gasoline cos

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The cover of The New Yorker magazine is seen on July 14, 2008 in New York. Thesatirical illustration on the cover depicting US Democratic presidential candidate Sen.Barack Obama dressed in traditional Arab garb and his wife Michelle Obama sportingan Afro, dressed in military fatigues and carrying an assault rifle, is generatingcontroversy. AFP PHOTO

Sensational Satire

TurnipTurnip used to be a U.S. slangexpression for a pocket watch.

This day, that yearOn July 16, 1904, the first Buddhisttemple was established at LosAngeles, California.

Joining the likes of Aamir Khanand Shahrukh Khan, bolly-wood actor Shilpa Shetty has al-so turned producer to makegood commercial cinema withstories which she would aspireto watch.

It is wrong to say that I am

launching my home productionbecause my career is going no-where. Of the two films I plan toproduce every year, I may not fitinto any of the characters, Shil-pa told PTI on Monday. She saidher experience as an actress willcome handy to make her homebanner.

If you have planned yourmoves, nothing is difficult. Ihave to live up to my own expec-tations, she added. Shilpa saidher first film, an action comedy,under her banner S2 Global pro-ductions to be directed by Man-ish Jha was in advanced stage ofscripting and will be launchedlater this year.

PTI

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ERGO Wednesday, July 16, 2008SPORT08

Indian-origin cricket umpirehonoured in IsraelAn Indian-born Israeli cricket umpire, NaorGudker, was honoured by Israels SportsAuthority for his outstanding contribution tothe game here. Gudkerwas given theawardby Minister of Science, Culture and SportRajeb Majdale in the Match Officials of theDecade, non-Olympic sports category forserving as an umpire in European CricketCouncil (ECC)panel with distinction. Gudker isalso the Chief Executive Officer of Israel

Cricket Association (ICA) and has supervisedECC games in countries like Malaysia,England, Ireland, Holland, Italy, Cyprus andGermany.I feel honoured at the recognition bestowedon me but as the CEO of ICA my goal is tobring Israeli cricket to the forefront andprovide international exposure to the youth.The ongoing tour of India A team has given abig boost to our efforts to attract youngtalent in the country, Gudker said. Gudkersparents immigrated to Israel in 1963 fromMumbai when he was six but he is still fluentin Marathi and Hindi, which he picked uphere during the course of his interaction withpeople from the Indian community. The ICA isan associate member of the ICC since 1974and was a founding member of the ECC in1996.

PTI

Flintoffs no wizard, saysVaughanEngland captain Michael Vaughan warnedfans against expecting too much fromAndrew Flintoff after the all-rounderwas recalled in a 12-man squad for thesecond Test against South Africa atHeadingley, starting Friday. The fastbowler hasnt played Test cricket for 18months, since captaining England toAshes defeat against Australia atSydney in January 2007, because of ankle andside injuries. But he was added to the teamthat drew the first of this four-Test series atLords here Monday after proving his fitnesswith Lancashire. England have fielded thesame side for a world record six straight Testsand Vaughan, who plays at Headingley for

Yorkshire, was giving little away as to howroom might be found for Flintoff althoughthe out-of-form Paul Collingwood wouldappear to be the leading candidate to bedropped. Vaughans men badly missedFlintoffs extra pace and movement with theball when, after making South Africa follow-on, they only took three more wickets. Butthe England captain insisted the decision tobring back Flintoff had been a long time inthe planning and wasnt a knee-jerk reaction.I always had it in the back of my mind toget Freddie back into the team. He justneeded another game to prove to himself,said Vaughan. However, a cautious Vaughanadded: I think we are building him up a bittoo much, I think its a bit unfair on him. Heshad 18 months out of the game; hes comeback for Lancashire and done reasonably well.**Hes not a wizard, hes not going to comeand sprinkle dust, hes just going to comeand perform how he can.

AFP

Security guardsIndia cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni is used to beingsurrounded by the ladies. Now it will become a permanentfixture in his life after police in his hometown of Ranchiassigned an all-female group of body guards to keep unwanadmirers away.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathihave been given the top billing in theirsecond pre-Olympic ATP event togeth-er the Indianapolis Tennis Cham-

pionships in United States this week. TheUSD 525,000 hard court event is the es-tranged duos final Olympic build-up tour-nament together to be followed by a fewdays of practice before they head to the qua-drennial extravaganza in Beijing. They hadearlier played together in a pre-Wimbledongrass court tourney in Holland, finishingrunners-up. Paes and Bhupathi will take on

wild cards Daniel Nestor and Frederic Nie-meyer of Canada on Wednesday in theopening round. The tournament also fea-

tures Rohan Bopanna, who will pair up withPakistans Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Bopanna

and Qureshi have a toughopener at hand as they

take on fourth seedsRussians Igor Kunit-

syn and Dmitry Tur-sunov of Russia.Meanwhile, after adisappointinggrass-court season,Sania Mirza starts

her hard-court cam-paign at the USD

600,000 WTA Bank ofthe West Classic in Stan-

ford. The 21-year-old, whohas been battling injuries and poor form forquite some while, takes on British qualifier

Anne Keothavong in the opening round ofthe tier-II event. If Sania clears the first hur-dle, she will take on sixth seed French Ma-rion Bartoli in the second round. In doubles,the Hyderabadi girl will pair up with Russian

Anna Chakvetadze. They will open theircampaign against the Czech pair of EvaHrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova.

PTI

Top billing

Paes-Bhupathi

pair seeded

number one in

Indianapolis

tourney

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Jennifer Lopezs twins sure are lucky when itcomes to their wardrobe.The singer/actress was recently approached by a

charity asking if she would like to donate a fewclothes for a celeb auction.

As it turns out, JLo had quite a few to give,especially since her twins five-month-old Max and Emme dont wear the same designer clothes twice.

Jennifer was approached by a charity and asked to donatesome dresses for a celebrity auction. She agreed and donateda gorgeous 5,000 frock, the Mirror quoted a source, assaying.

She also offered some of Max and Emmes clothes, tellingorganisers that she never lets them repeat outfits. But theauction deals only in adult clothes. Jennifer told them it wasa shame, as some items cost over 500 each.

ANI

Thou shalt notrepeat clothes

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has hit back atdetractors for focusing on the negatives in her

life, insisting shes not a bad person.In an emotional interview, the catwalk queen

poured her heart out.Im not a bad person. When people say all these

negative things about me, I ignore them, theMirror quoted her, as saying.

Let them be negative but do that away fromme. It hurts but I know there is much more good inthe world. Im blessed to be able to do charitablework and good things but no one focuses on thatbecause I dont throw it in peoples faces. Thatswhy they focus on the negatives, she added.

Three weeks ago, Campbell was ordered to do200 hours of community service escaping apossible six-month jail sentence after assaultingtwo police officers on board a British Airways flight,in a row over lost luggage.

ANI

NotbadAT ALL

Im blessed to be ableto do charitable workand good things butno one focuses on thatbecause I dont throwit in peoples faces

Oscar-winner Catherine ZetaJones does not have a positiveopinion as far as the city of Los

Angeles is concerned.Jones (38), who has two children

with husband Michael Douglas, ownsmultifarious properties around theglobe but could never even think of liv-ing in the LA. LA reminds Catherine ofher hard days when she was single, re-ports China Daily.

I hate Los Angeles with a passion. Ifelt that way even when I was singleand knocking on doors trying to get a

job, she said.

We go there, work hard, have ourmeetings and then get the hell outagain. I dont know how people livethere, especially with kids.

Catherine is a self-proclaimed femi-nist and strongly encourages intelligent

women to embrace their femininityand to emerge out of any faade.

I used to look as frumpy as possiblebecause it was inconceivable you couldbe attractive as well as smart, she said.

No one is more feminist than me,but you dont have to look like youdont care. You can be smart, brightand attractive to others and to your-self, she added.

ANI

Yellow, yellow, violent fellowUma Thurmans yellow track-suit in Kill Billis a dirhomage to the one worn by Bruce Lee in Game ofDeath (1978).

So what if youre five months old

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Ayear ago when director Venkat Prabhu launched Chennai 600028,one hardly knew the bunch of youngsters who acted in the film.There was minimal publicity, but the gully cricket theme, a youth-ful team and some peppy songs worked wonders for Chennai 28

and Venkat Prabhu struck gold with his debut film. This time, withSaroja, it looks like he is setting the cash registers ringing right from themusic launch. At least, thats what the music launch ofSaroja on Mon-day at Chennai Trade Centre indicated.

Funky and fancyAn opulently decorated hall, with every table adorned with a poster

photographs of the cast of the film with little snippets about them. If thatwas not enough, the invitation spoke a lot more. Titled Times of Saroja,the four-page newsletter read and looked like a newspaper with differ-ent snippets and news reports on the making of the film. To add to allthis was the galaxy of stars, adding style and colour to the glitzy evening.

I still remember Yuvan calling me uncle as a kid when I was takinglessons from his father, joked A.R. Rahman while releasing the albumcomposed by Yuvan. I dont have to talk about Yuvan Shankar Raja orhis music. He has grown up to find his own feet. The film has six songs,including an Indian rock number. A montage songDosth bada dosth, shot on a highway, also promises torock youngsters.

Apparently, Yuvan had composed the songs in justtwo days.

Chennai 28 castSaroja is slated to release on August 15, with Premgi,

S.P.B. Charan and RJ Shiva of Chennai 600028 famepromising to tickle your funny bone. Prakash Raj wasconspicuous by his absence, but then you had Jayaram,another senior actor in the film, making up for him.

Jayaram, once again, dons the police uniform, butsays it is different from his previous roles. It is a come-dy thriller, and it was fun shooting with a bunch of

youngsters, exclaimed Jayaram.

All in a familyS.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Bharatiraja, directors K.S.

Ravi Kumar, Ameer, Vikram and Dharani, actors Trisha,Sneha, Vega, Vishal, Jeyam Ravi, Prasanna and Arya andproducer of Saroja T. Siva were spotted at the launch.

A galaxy of stars attend Sarojas music launch; film to release on August 15

Premgi andVaibhav, thetwo leads inSaroja. RJShiv andS.P.B. Charancomplete theteam

Sundar C. and KushbooSnehalookedpretty inher whitesalwar

Stars witnessing the audiorelease. PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN

ActorsJayaram andSona

Trisha andNiketa hada great time

(From left) Venkat Prabhu, Vega (who plays Saroja in the film) andPremgi

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Cat plightAccording to IMDB, the cat held by Marlon Brando in theopening scene of The Godfather (1972) was a stray the actorfound while on the lot at Paramount, and was not originallycalled for in the script. So content was the cat that its purringmuffled some of Brandos dialogue, and, as a result, most of hislines had to be looped.

Trivia Around 200 buses have been

supplied by Praveen Travels for theshooting of a particular scene. We hear that Yuvan Shankar

Raja has also performed a rocknumber in the film.

If you are a fan of the director,

check out www.venkatprabhu.comto know about his movies and

more.

A.R. RahmancongratulatesYuvan Shankar Raja

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After a day of hard sit-

ting, I thought itwould finally be over.But no, I was shifted

back to the auditorium in acrate and placed below thevery first row. Ahem dont be so lost! I wore

white, was smelling of cher-ry blossom with a loofahhead dress.

Still guessing? It is I theFa gift hamper, one thatmanaged to sneak out andhere I am narrating my ex-perience at Ergoblitz.

The auditorium was setablaze with lights and the

orchestra was settingup their instruments.

Before the showstarted just as I was rudely liftedup by my handle Isaw the techni-cians working onthe instruments

and Karthik run-ning to and fro try-

ing to make sure theevent started on time.

Rest of my kin were alsoplaced beside me to be dis-tributed (if any of you havemy brother Sporty or mysister Aloevera please re-port to Ergos lost andfound desk!).

Just as my uncle and I were

chatting up the judges arrivedand the auditorium became si-lent. Suddenly heard the drumsplaying but I couldnt see who

was behind it and I jumped withcuriosity, in vain. Desperate, Iasked one of the student report-ers to lift me up for a good look.To my utter surprise I saw a five-

year-old drumming away andan even tinier tot on the moroc-cus. It was an amazing sightbacked by a thunderous ap-plause from the audience.

The first round began. It wasthe melody round. Songs wereso slow that I ended up meltingone of the soaps (which was

why I was not given away. Ha!).

And every time I drifted off Iheard RJ Balaji saying, You willget a gift hamper from Fa if you There was the whistle girl

who took away my mommy andthen came the dancing boy whotook away my daddy. Otherdancers took away my aunty,uncle and granny (sigh!).

The worst part was there werethree student reporters (theydidnt want their names to bedisclosed. Hmph!) who wereeyeing me throughout the day.They knew I wouldnt be givenaway and ran to pounce on methe minute my caretakerturned. Suddenly my handle

snapped and they could se

everything!Next thing I knew was two o

the student reporters were onstage dancing. I knew for sure

would be one of theirs. But being the intelligent gift hampethat I am I hit beneath the seat

where they could not spot meThere were more rounds odancing and singing for whichmy kin were given away bunone of them could touch m*evil laughMuhahahahahahahaha!

*clears throat* so thats howthe day went. The second roundof music was the peppy beatround and all the teams sanamazingly well. Before I could

wake up from this reverie, thpro show started with younsingers Benny Dayal, RanjithKalyani and Swetha Mohansinging their hearts out to small but an extremely responsive crowd.

The night ended and sneaked out quietly before somebody could snatch me away

( Shhh.) I had a great timehope you guys did too.

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minute my caretakerturned. Suddenly my

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Razzied KatieAccording to tv.com Katie wasnominated for "Worst SupportingActress", a Razzie Award, for the filmBatman Begins.

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Taj Coromandels Italian fine dining restaurant, Prego has Executive Lunch for people on the move. Specially designed by MasteChef Giovanna Marson, the Executive Lunch is timed for a 60minute experience of a three-course meal with three choices i

each course. The meal begins with the Naanza followed by Anitpasto comprises a Non-vegetarian salad/Vegetarian Salad

VegetarianSoup Piatto Unico features a Chicken / Fish / Vegetarian main course and finally the Dolce.

Where: Prego, Taj Coromandel, NungambakkamWhen: July 16

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As the Slovenian Film Festival is be-ing celebrated, a movie named TheRuins is screened at the South Indi-an Film Chamber Theatre. The filmdirected by Janez Burger, drops view-ers into the emotional world of stageperformers, who live in musty old ho-tels and never stop thrashing out thedifference between "true emotion"and theatrical posing.

Where:South Indian Film Chamber

Theatre, Anna salaiWhen: July 16, 6.15 p.m.

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A photo exhibition is being con-ducted by the Alliance Francaiseof Madras with the childrenfrom Navabharath MatriculationSchool. The exhibits will be dis-played at the Gallery of AllianceFrancaise. Photography loverscan have a wonderful time at thegallery where they can glimpseat how the small kids have triedto build their own story throughimages, and express themselvesin a new way.

Where:

Gallery of Alliance FrancaiseAlliance Francaise of MadrasCollege RoadNungambakkam.When: July 16, 9.00 a.m. 7.00 p.m.

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Google spends $72 million a year on employee mealsSeventy-two million dollars a year -- that works out to about $7,530 per employee. While the exact details varydepending on location, employees at Googles California headquarters are welcome to at least two free meals a day fro11 different gourmet cafeterias. As if that werent enough, Google offers numerous snack bars that are chock-full ofhealthy morsels to munch on.

Google was originally called BackRubGoogle has an interesting upbringing, one that is marked by a lowly beginning. Google began as a research project inJanuary 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Ph.D students, who argued about every single topic they discussed. Thincessant arguing, however, may have been what spurred the duo to rethink web-searching and develop a novel strategthat ranked websites according to the number of backlinks. Because of this unique strategy they nicknamed the searchengine BackRub which was dropped in 1998.

Google loses $110 million a year through "Im Feeling Lucky "When searching Google, you are given two options: "Google Search" or "Im Feeling Lucky." By clicking the former, youare given that familiar list of search results; by clicking the latter, however, you are automatically redirected to the firstsearch result, bypassing the search engines results page.

Google has a sense of humorGoogle also offers full language support for Pig Latin, Klingon and even Elmer Fudd. Anyone else still feeling lucky? Trytyping, "French military victories" and clicking "Im Feeling Lucky." Behold the result. You instantly got connected to abiography of President George W. Bush on the White House website. Now, before you jump to conclusions, this trick --which no longer works -- was carried out by members of the online community through the art of "Google bombing."

Google scans your e-mailsGoogle scans your e-mails (at Gmail) through a process called "content extraction." All incoming and outgoing e-mail isscanned for specific keywords to target advertising to the user. The process has brewed quite a storm of controversy, buGoogle has yet to back down on its stance.

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Stolen car returnedA stolen car has been returned to its rightfulowner after being missing for 14 years. ABosnian couples VW Golf was found whenpolice pulled the car over for a routine checkand found the vehicle has been stolen

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ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

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Its a lucky day to for career progress. You mayreceive acknowledgement from superiors.Responsibilities may increase but you will be dulrewarded for the same. Love life may be kept asamid your busy working schedule.

You would not be able to focus on work at the start however in later part you will regain thebalance. As per Ganeshas view, this may prove be good attitude at work but in love life such aattitude may create disturbance on the love front

Beware of those who are jealous of your

professional progress. Others may try to find flawin your work. Frustration may mount and you mawish to get relaxed somehow. You will find requpeace of mind in company of your spouse.

You may be taking your routine office work easiat the day start however, as the day progresses, will feel much enthusiastic. You are advised not be too practical with other. This emotional selfwill help you woo the person you love the most

lAt the beginning of the day you may be very mcharged up so may finish off routine office workquickly. Important meetings arranged in later pathe day may be successful. Ganesha feels that ypartner needs more emotional touch today.

You may have lot of creative and new ideas relato work but these ideas may not materialise tod

due to adverse planetary positions. In second paof the day you may develop your professional skYour beloved one may expect your attention.

Every dialogue that you establish today is for apurpose, be it verbal communication or written. will be focussing on targets related to work. In part of the day you may feel drained and wish tpush off home as soon as possible.

Be extra careful while talking to people around yIf you remain too straightforward with others, thwill also be least bothered about your problems.the evening, you will be sharing your ideas andvisions with the beloved one or spouse.

All is well on the career front today, except youroverconfidence. Take up important tasks on handright in time so that you dont have to rush later

Ganesha finds you having joy with your honey the evening.

At the day start, you may be thinking about targthat you have missed in past few days. In the lapart of the day you may try to achieve all thosetargets. You may pay less attention to love lifewhich may leave your mate or beloved unsatisfie

You may feel the need to call for a meeting forsome specific discussion. You will handle meetinand work both very nicely. Your beloved may feeignored, for you will not be in a mood to have conversation regarding anything, in the evening.

You will remain completely focussed on workdespite good work load. Your target would be toreach at a better level on the career front. To fuyour ambition, you will be ready to put in morehard work. Lovers may enjoy greater intimacy.

Words worth"Xenelasy" (zen-ee-luh-see) a law in ancient Sparta bywhich foreigners could be expelled at any time. Theclassical city-state equivalent of "the managementreserves the right to refuse service to anyone." FromGreek words meaning foreigner and drive away.

Grandpa to enter guinnessA U.K. grandfather is hoping to make it into theGuinness Book of World Records for having thebiggest family tree. The man spent around$40,000 (GBP20,000) and 28 years tracing hisfamily back around 1,500 years

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Varalakshmi, daughter of actor Sarath Kumar, ismaking her foray into Kollywood with Poda Podi.

An MBA graduate from Edinburgh University,Varalakshmi has also formally trained in acting fromthe acclaimed Anupam Kher School of Acting inMumbai. In Poda Podishe will be sharing the screenwith Silambarasan. She plays a meaty role in themovie, which would be shot in Canada.Varalakshmi is well-versed in Salsa and Ballet. Themovie is produced by Shanaya Films, which haschurned out hits like Champion, starring Sunny Deol

and Manisha Koirala, and Supari, starring UdayChopra and Nandita Das.

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Flooded with lettersA man has received 287 letters telling him thathis credit card was cancelled. The letters weretied together with rubber bands and officialsfrom his bank are telling him the excessiveamount of letters was due to a computer glitch.

Chinese workers clean the steel structure of the National Stadium (inset), betterknown as the Birds Nest, in Beijing on Tuesday. Beijing authorities insisted airquality in the Chinese capital had improved enough to meet its Olympic targets,even as the city remained shrouded in smog less than a month before the Games,the citys Environmental Protection Bureau said, as pollution levels remain one of

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A police spokeswoman said au-thorities were taking the ads seri-ously, at a time when Mexicandrug cartels and organized crimegangs are going ever more public

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