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    And Quickquotes grabs the mike this time to say...

    After a two month long hiatus, we are back to bring you the third

    issue of our magazine. The past two months have been a drab for

    most of us, many thanks to the semester exams and the two-week

    long holidays, that felt like the Pongal holidays. And now we have

    returned to our nest and are comfortably seated in classrooms, only

    to dream about the actual Pongal holidays!We, at the English Literary Society, have become slightly handi-

    capped due to a couple of nal years (Slither, Ryan, Sanu) having

    gone to more cosmopolitan cities to take up internships there. You

    people will be sorely missed (Very evident because you wont nd

    Ryans Life in 3 boxes in this issue).

    While I sit in front of this white screen and shoot out black charac-

    ters on it, I scratch my head to wonder if I should call this season,the festive season or something else. As far as Tech goes, the place-

    ment season is in the air, what with every single student (irrespective

    of their positions in the engineering student ladder) talking about

    core and peripheral(?) companies, soft skills, apti, GD and shar-

    ing interesting anecdotes (the most common one being Dei/Di, this

    guy/girl I know, went for the CTS interview and said I want to get

    into TCS because and avlodhaan, that person was chucked out ofthe room, da/di). While there is a bunch of people enrolling them-

    selves for CAT and GRE classes, there are others slogging it out hard

    for the upcoming GATE. There are students frantically applying for

    summer internships, this winter and there are also students mailing

    big fat packages to the US for getting admitted into universities. It

    is a scary season, isnt it?! Quite contrarily, they say lets spread the

    cheer, Christmas and New Year are here!.And yes, this might be the third last December that we get to cel-

    ebrate, people, because if things work the way they portray in the

    movie 2012, TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World, As We Know

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    It) is in the pipeline! Umpteen numbers of

    websites on the internet, popular columns in

    newspapers and discussion threads in forums

    chew over 21-12-2012, break their heads over

    what could be done to save the world, who

    and what are the potential threats and theyeven give tips on how to survive the disas-

    ter ! (Pretty cool, I say!). I came across this

    post on a forum, that enlightens people on the

    100 items that disappear rst in a disaster

    (According to the author, generators are the

    ones that disappear rst in a disaster and goats

    and chickens are the last to disappear. He isprecise enough to ask us to use Strike Any-

    where matches, because according to him

    boxed, wooden matches will go rst). One

    Mayan priest himself has to disagree with his

    counterparts, regarding the Mayan calendar

    predicting the end of the world in 2012. He

    has to say that this is just a major calendarchange - the equivalent of Y2K with a reset-

    ting of calendar to zero-zero-zero-zero-zero.

    Well, one part of me yelps an Ack!, while

    the other part of me (that dons a pince-nez and

    utters profound statements) says Live each

    day like there is no tomorrow. We dont need

    a Dec 21 2012 warning to tell us how to cel-ebrate each day of our lives, do we?

    And..umm..what else?

    ROAD SPEAKA nigger of sorts,

    Made of tar,

    I lie everywhere,

    Witness to the life that

    Bustles on me- and

    Occasionally ends on me.

    A million wheels converseWith me any day;

    The contraptions, they propel-

    Are they dragons? I wonder-

    Exhaling, not re, but air-

    Air that kills!

    Fluids spring on me-Those of betel and of phlegm.

    My counterparts abroad

    Are exempted from this,

    But I dont envy them, for

    They are not as entertained as me.

    Variety in life, I can talk about.For I see the millionaire in his car

    As well as the pavement-resident pauper.

    Neither is entirely happy.

    The former fears his business rivals

    And relishes his six-digit prots.

    The latter fears his kid starving another night

    And relishes his two-digit daily wage.

    Tall buildings grow on both my sides,

    Stacked upto the sky, they appear!

    Congested homes and work places

    In these stacks exist.

    I do hate these stacks, for,

    They have taken away my companions-

    My friendly and ever protective trees.

    An onlooker of Life and Death-

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    I will live on, unfazed, until

    The next group of men and machines

    Dig me up for multifarious needs

    And restitch my torn being.

    A bump-lled life will then resume.

    Ours is not a reasonable stance. It is based on

    our world view that the whole world is a fam-

    ily and our principles of inclusive growth and

    measurement.

    -Manmohan Singh

    The Copenhagen summit happens to be an ad-

    vent in the adversity. It is an eye- opener for

    all of us who have been the cause of the ex-

    ploitation of mother Earth and seen the New-

    tons 3rd law actually happen, in front of our

    own eyes. It is not only the responsibility of

    the 194 big shots of the world to introduce and

    follow reforms; every individual has a part to

    play. Let us not think of ourselves as an indi-

    vidual, not think of us, as a country but as a

    family, the homosapien family.

    According to a recent survey, if we continue

    using our coal reserves in the way we have

    always been using, within four years the coal

    and petroleum resources in our natural home

    would perish. The temperature of the earth is

    increasing at the rate of 40C per year. Due to

    this the ice caps are melting at a faster rate.

    As a consequence of this, by the end of the

    next decade three quarters of the earth would

    have submerged. If this situation continues,

    by the end of 2040 this planet would have to

    be termed MERCURY-2.

    Keeping in mind the proverb - Little dropsof water make up the mighty ocean, we the

    engineers of P.S.G tech can follow certain

    small steps which can have a positive effect

    on the environment, the small steps being:

    Switch off all the lights and fans wher-

    ever unnecessary.

    Never put the computer in sleep mode.It consumes more power than when it is

    working.

    Never overcharge mobile phones or

    laptops. It is a source of inorganic waste.

    Avoid littering in public places.

    Plant more trees wherever possible.

    Use public transport. It is always abetter option.

    Educate people about the proper use

    of resources.

    Suggest methods and devices which

    can reduce excessive consumption of energy.

    Let us be the change, we want to see

    Ever since I was a little kid Ive been a big

    fan of Christmas. Yes, I do know that Santa

    P.Narendran

    III B.E. ECE (G2)

    AND THATS WHAT ITS ALLABOUT

    THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN

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    Claus doesnt exist; and even though it was very painful for me to accept that, I wouldnt let it

    affect my Christmas cheer. The highlight of the holiday season would be the fact that it is the

    one time of the year that the whole family comes together. My family, the noisy bunch that we

    are and always will be, celebrates Christmas with great gusto! My favourite Christmas past

    time would be to turn off all the lights except the ones on the tree and just watch them change

    colours slowly! Be it putting up the Christmas tree or singing Christmas carols or annoying myparents with my Christmas present wish list I have done them all! They say that old habits

    die hard, but this was the one old habit I was willing to take to my grave!!

    Fast forward to the year 2009 and I nd myself in an utterly different scenario. Between run-

    ning to class ( because youre late like always) and nishing assignments that are long over-

    due, I think its safe to say that its pretty much impossible to get time to nd a Christmas tree,

    let alone to decorate one. This sudden realization of living a Christmas-less December did not

    appeal to me at all. In fact I found myself wallowing in my misfortune and being consumedby homesickness. Rather than being Santas little helper I turned out to be more like Ebenezer

    Scrooge. I have been asking myself truck loads of questions - Where is the Christmas tree?

    Why hasnt anyone hung Christmas stars? Why cant I hear any carols? And what on earth

    happened to Christmas holidays???

    Well after a lot of self pitying and complaining and cribbing, I have nally decided to not go

    down without a ght. If Christmas wont come to me, then Ill just have to come to Christmas.

    First things rst, Im going to nd the brightest star to hang in my room and then I shall justannoy my college mates with my continuous braying of Christmas carols!!! So dear readers,

    as a start of this years Christmas festivities heres wishing you a very Merry Christmas!!!!

    Meks

    I have never believed in parallel universes and the idea of alternate planes of existence from

    our own. But recently I came across something that could be called a parallel universe in some

    sense. The World of warcraft (WOW) released by Blizzard (makers of the path breaking War-

    craft series) is literally a world of its own. World of warcraft is an MMORPG (that iss Mas -

    sively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). With over 12 million subscribers worldwide

    THE WORLD THAT ISNT

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    playing the game, it deserves to be called something more than just massive. An MMORPG

    is much different from our regular PC genres. You wont be playing the game alone, at any

    point of time you will nd yourself sharing the world with millions of other players scattered

    across the globe. And by other players I dont mean any scripted AI, preprogrammed by the

    developers, but real people. You will be playing a character in the game along with millions of

    other players in a world very much similar to our own in dimensions. The virtual world spansfor millions of miles separated into continents and realms. Thats what sets an MMORPG apart

    from rest of the gaming genres but what makes the WOW standout is its elaborate, exotic en-

    vironment and its immersive game play. For instance you are required to learn specic craft

    apart from the games main objective of completing quests and upgrading your character. You

    can learn mining, leather tanning, hunting etc and sell your goods for gold. There are banks in

    every realm where you deposit your gold for an interest. There are even auction houses where

    you can buy and sell weapons from players across the globe. The virtual world even celebratesfestivals like New Year, Halloween, Brewfest (something similar to Oktoberfest). A group of

    people can form a guild and complete quests together (akin to coop modes in FPS). They can

    even maintain a joint account in banks.

    The inuence of WOW has extended far beyond its own world. Players in

    Korea and China have formed trade associations through which they sell WOW artifacts for

    real world money. One particular rare weapon fetched a whopping $5000. The game was also

    suggested as a model to study the breakout of an epidemic when a glitch in the game causeda disease called corrupted blood to spread through the world. Players affected with this

    disease took damage over time and spread it to other players by standing close to them. This

    incident was also quoted by the Center of Terrorism and Intelligence Studies as a powerful

    way to study how terrorist cells operate because it involved real people making real decisions.

    The game also became the subject for many PhD theses (I came across a paper on Trafc

    management in world of warcraft). The game was also blamed for its addiction and China had

    to restrict the playing time to 4 hours a day. This could well be the most perfect recreation of asociety made virtually and in some sense, it is an alternate plane of existence.

    Sri HariIV B.E. CSE(G2)

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    In the previous issue For three years, he had remained undercover- working close to the

    dangerous Columbian drug-lord Alfonso The Serpent. The Serpent was connected to at least

    a dozen US senators and many more European politicians. He had already faxed his infernalndings to his superior at the Interpol. He still couldnt believe that he had fooled The Serpent.

    But, the truth was that The Serpent actually trusted him, and only him. The jet had landed in

    an unknown hangar in Michigan, and he was there now- waiting in a cabin. Hed be picked

    up from there by a team from the Interpol. He used the ush, in the toilet, and the smile on his

    face disappeared, only to be replaced by mortal shock. The whirl of the water in the toilet was

    in the clockwise direction. He was supposed to be in Michigan- a place in the northern hemi-

    sphere- where the whirl should be in the counter-clockwise direction!

    .

    (Contd) He had been fooled! He was still somewhere in South America. It all dawned on him

    in a second. Images ashed in his mind. Its a trap, you fool! Did you really think that The Ser-

    pent could be fooled so easily? He had known all along that you were an inltrator from the

    Interpol. Your superior at the Interpols betrayed you! You gave your trust to the wrong guy!

    The Interpol team thats coming to get you is nothing but a death squad.He took a few deep breaths and pulled out his Berretta. He had to make an escape. There was

    still hope. He opened the toilet-door, only to be met by the stares of six men in uniform. All of

    them were saluting him! You pathetic traitors- you dare mock me! His rst bullet was a perfect

    hit- it plunged through the enemys skull through the T formed by the eyes and the nose. The

    second hit was not so good, for the surprise was now broken and the enemy had moved. There

    was no third hit. He had succumbed to the enemies counter-re.

    ------------------

    Yes, there is no doubt that he was under a very serious stress. It was his superior at the In-

    terpol, live on CNN. Ofcers undercover experience this problem very often. Their minds get

    polarized, they start acting real strange.

    Yes, he was insane at the time of his death, but it was an inevitable death. They shot him to

    protect themselves.

    But it shouldnt be forgotten that his report has led to the biggest drug-related arrests so-far

    in the US, and hes a true patriot.

    Ganapathy S

    IV B.E. (Prod)

    THE SERPENTS TRUST

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    To each of us, our very own theories about notes taking. To most of us, a technique is in place.

    The factors - time of day, subject in question, the crisp new notebook, classmate to the right,color of the chalk, contents of lunch- all twist and tweak the entire experience. But it has been

    a constant, solid, inerasable part of all our student lives and the experience is worth taking a

    look at.

    *Scene: The notes taking ceremony*

    *Location: Classroom*

    *Actor: Self*

    *Possessions: A note book and a pen* Hand races, tries to keep up with mind. Each word heard is spilt onto the book with a

    loving perfection. Blood rushes to my head- Perching unsteadily on the edge of the seat, I am

    actually in synch with academia.

    Written with a tired exhaustion. Is it time or what?

    Scrawled across lazily. Incoherent strings of letters on pieces of paper, pieces that I

    may not ever look back to.

    Hand writes. Mind dreams. You cant get into my head and hold me ransom- heh! Hands off the paper, Prefers to listen and take it in. Its all about the learning

    Or prefers to pretend to listen and take it in. I care enough to pretend

    Or not. I dont!

    There are people who know that their notes are legendary, that those words they write will be

    caressed by most Xerox machines in and around college. With such pressure and expectation

    to live up to, they willfully meet their challenges, head on and keep writing. There are also

    people who are aware of and believe with strong conviction that whatever they write will neveragain be looked at, and relish the memorylessness of their white pages. Then of course, there

    are the bunch of people with their pages of hard-to-decipher-scribbles and a handful of white

    pages thrown in here and there. Like I said earlier, to each, his own.

    Oh! And not to forget how the doodling and the notes exchanging, apart from spicing up said

    activity, present a range of in her notebook she actually.. and In that note he sent me.. sto-

    ries that will outlive the relevance of the notes themselves.

    After all, notes do document, apart from the subject, a slice of our lives, our moods and time.

    Lines and squiggles

    THE WRITING ON THE PAPER

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    Here, the next sixty seconds were to determine his life. He saw his speedometer, the red needlejust about touching 280 mph, but never quite reaching it. He must win this race, it might be his

    last, but he was racing for something more.

    He steered through the tunnel. He veered past his only opponent. Why, he thought, why had he

    slowed down?, something must have gone wrong.

    In a moments ash, he saw what was ahead. He smashed down on the brakes, a bit too fast.

    The car swiveled, burning its tires on the track, leaving a dark trail as it skidded past. It toppled

    over, the whole massive car, over and up almost a feet above the ground. Its whole body spunas it crashed into the ground, its lights bursting, the glass shattering, raining its shards over the

    burnt track, the metal crumpled and molded by the heat within, rolling like an avalanche, leav-

    ing bits and pieces behind. It hit the concrete side-stand and came to a crashing stop.

    The gasoline was pouring out, and was slithering its way down, ever expanding.

    As it reected the sky in rainbow rings, another liquid owed into it, darkening the

    rings. The liquid had a slight reddish tinge to it as it overpowered the petrol. The pic-

    ture frame, holding his lovely family along with his prized golden retriever, slow-ly slid out of the wreckage and clanged onto the pavement, and scratched a little spark.

    Hy Nitro

    COULDNT BE MUCH MORE FROM THE HEART.

    There are many reasons why Metallica is, and will remain, my number one. Be it the drum-

    ming or the masterful guitar play (both bass and lead), Metallica has been there, done that.

    James Hetelds signature vocals are the icing on an already fully loaded cake (notice the

    pun ). Metallica has had its share of critics - those who think theyve lost their sheen post

    Cliff Burton (for the uninitiated, wiki him) those who were sore with the usage of steel drums

    FLASH FICTION - RACECAR

    THE NTH HARMONIC

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    in St. Anger, those who were upset with changes in their lyrical style- but constant re-invention

    has ensured Metallica remain in vogue for more than two and a half decades. And their latest

    offering, Death Magnetic, bears testament to this fact.

    But Im not here to review Death Magnetic, partly because what with it being just over a year

    old, my review would probably be stale.

    No, Im here to talk about one of the many reasons why Metallica is what it is, something veryclose to me.

    S&M.

    Before there are any shouts of *scandalous*, its not what you think. The title refers to the fact

    that Metallica performed with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (S for Symphony, M

    for.. well, you get the hint) back in 99. Time for a resurrection, I thought. 10 years running, the

    live album comprises 21 songs (including two compositions specially made - No Leaf Clover

    and Human) and continues to be a constant xture on most iPod playlists, mine included.Originally the brainchild of Cliff Burton (who was a huge fan of Bach and incorporated vari-

    ous symphonic elements in the bands earlier albums, before his untimely death), the album

    materialized through the heartfelt efforts of Heteld, drummer Lars Ulrich, lead guitarist Kirk

    Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted. It was Newsteds nal album before he left the band, to

    be replaced by Robert Trujillo.

    The album starts off with a reprisal of The Ecstasy of Gold, a thoroughly tting tribute to En-

    nio Morricone (the visionary music director, most famous for his work on The Good, The Bad& The Ugly, which our Indian music directors have so unsuccessfully plagiarized). The rst

    song on the album is an orchestra-peppered version of The Call of the Ktulu, which is, in my

    opinion, their best instrumental to date, before seamlessly transitioning to Master of Puppets,

    a song synonymous with their name. The symphonic accompaniment, composed by renowned

    composer the late Michael Kamen, is outstanding. There is not a single note which is out of

    place, and the idea basically revolutionized the world of music leading to a large number of

    fusions and mixtures, resulting in a huge increase in popularity of the orchestra.The songs proceed, increasing in tempo and in the sheer awesomeness quotient. The album

    includes Enter Sandman, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Nothing Else Matters, The Memory Re -

    mains, Of Wolf and Man, Sad But True, One and culminates in a high-octane version of Bat-

    tery. Metallica functions seamlessly with the orchestra, so much so that it seems that they are

    a part of the band themselves.

    Says it feels right this time

    Turned it round and found the right line

    Good day to be alive, sir

    Good day to be alive, he says

    Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel

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    Was just a freight train coming your way..

    - No Leaf Clover

    If you are into Thrash Metal in its most sublime

    and rened form, then S&M is denitely the way to

    go. Make sure you catch the concert version of the

    album. Ultimate head-banging factor guaranteed.Heres to more bands following suit and revitalizing

    themselves with an idea like this.

    As long as Metallica continue to make music

    like they currently do, there aint no need for

    nothin else. May the Force be with them. \m/

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    The Lost Symbol,Dan Browns

    much hyped a-thrill-a-minute,

    turns out to be a case study and

    leaves you behind with the feelingof dj vu. This novel reuses all

    the old tricks of Dan Brown.

    There is the fact page that one

    usually nds in his books. The

    prologue is typically prosaic

    with drab lines like Since the

    beginning of time, the secret has

    always been how to die.The initial chapters vindicate our fears. You have Robert Langdons

    vague dreams in a popular place. You have Langdons much-mentioned claustrophobia. You

    have his Mickey Mouse wristwatch. Robert Langdon is easily one of the weakest and unim-

    GOING BY THE BOOKTHE LOST SYMBOL

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    pressive characters in English literature (Calling Dan Browns works as literature may irk

    some purists).

    And the dj vu feeling does not end there - Robert Langdon is summoned to Washington this

    time to get himself embroiled in a symbol hunt(combined with a national crisis, what else?!)

    which leads him to The Word buried somewhere in Washington D.C. Why do Dan Browns

    novels always have an entire plot revolving around issues as ambiguous as The Holy Grailand The Word? Even the villain is a non-albino version of Silas (the bad element in The Da

    Vinci code) with tattoos all over his body. To top it all, there is the unproven science of Noetic

    Theory(Antimatter 2!).

    Inspite of The Da Vinci Code Hangover Syndrome, the novel accomplishes its goal partially.

    It does have its share of thrills. There is the usual plethora of symbols and codes which are half

    as satisfying as the ones in The Da Vinci Code. The biggest egg on Dan Browns face is the

    complete lack of surprise element when the real identity of the villain is revealed. You knowit all in the 100th page, yet Dan Brown tries to build up suspense till the 400th page and the

    dramatic revealing of the villain makes you smirk. His trademark cliffhangers are not substan-

    tiated by appropriate twists. The pent-up pressure in the name of The Biggest Crisis in US

    History zzles out pathetically.

    Inspite of the hangover and the contrived style (Sometimes, the work resembles the monotony

    of a Wikipedia article), the novel does keep you turning pages. The Lost Symbol is a typical

    Newyork Times Bestseller: you read it with absolute interest in a train and you do not regretleaving it there.

    Book Rating:* *(2 stars)

    Tour de Force

    So what am I doing, writing a piece about a movie that came out over a decade ago, instead of

    reviewing Naan Avan Illai 2 ?!

    I have just one question to ask: what does it really mean to review a movie? Is it to re-

    view? If it is so, Naan Avan Illai 2 was bad enough for a single viewing! In my opinion, the

    phrase to review a movie is to ponder the timelessness of a movie. (Sit in a dark room and

    try to understand the meaning of the previous sentence. If you cant, just believe me.)

    So, whats so timeless about Nerukku Ner? - Nothing much. It has some good songs (was it

    THE PROJECTOR AND THE POPCORNNERUKKU NER (1997)

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    Devas original work?), good-looking actresses, excellent performances by Raghuvaran and

    Shanthi Krishna, and good cinematography.

    The movies such a disappointment from Vasanth- who did give us a timeless classic in Keladi

    Kanmani. You cant stop drawing parallels

    between Nerukku Ner and Agni Natchatr

    - made by the formers producer Mani Ratnamin 1988. In fact, Agni Natchatram was the

    template upon which Nerukku Ner was made.

    And sadly, the tem- plate was bad too.

    1. First of all, the prem- ise is the same for both

    the movies- a battle be- tween two men. In AN,

    the two men are half- brothers- one born to the

    wife and the other to the mistress of a prominentgovernment servant. In NN, the two men are the

    siblings of an estranged couple- the reason for

    their separation being one count of breach of

    trust on the husbands part. (Phew!- I made it

    without having to wor- ry about the censoring)

    2. In both the movies, the so-called heroines

    play no part at all- other than to appear in a fewromantic sequences and the dance sequences. Apparently, the audiences in those times were

    happy with it, I guess. (Has it changed now?!)

    3. The protagonists are united by a common foe.

    4. Happy family- Happy ending.

    It is only after his death that you realise how great an actor Raghuvaran really was. He shines

    in every frame he appears in. You dont see an actor on the screen, you see a character there.

    The same goes for Shanthi Krishna, who plays the role of the wife. She does justice to her part-be it the wronged woman, the loving mother or the strong-willed sister.

    The same cannot be said of any of the other characters. Karan doesnt look menacing enough

    to look like a baddie. I was actually reminded of Po in Kung-fu Panda. I think Ive already

    said enough about the leading ladies. Suriya (who made his debut in this movie) makes little

    impression in any of the scenes, but makes you wonder at how much he has grown as an actor

    since 1997. You have to hand it down to Vijay- he looks and acts the same way he did in Villu

    (I leave the rest to your imagination).

    The screenplay lacks depth, and most sequences are grossly misplaced. The background score

    makes you wonder whether the movie is a family-drama or a crime-drama involving two Ma-

    a families. Good artwork and cinematography are the positive points of this movie.

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    I give it a 5/10. The 5 because we let it get away with $1 million at the box ofce. Otherwise,

    Id have given it only 4!

    Ganapathy SIV B.E. (Prod)

    The quest for good South Indian food continued till I came across this restaurant called THE

    VILLAGE, nestled in a place that brims with eateries serving pizzas and burgers. The ambi-

    ence and the hygiene are things to look out for, in this place (along with bucket loads of 4

    varieties of chutneys and sambar) and these things ensure that a lot of families throng the place

    (Thing to note : It might be difcult to nd a table on weekends, due to this reason).

    FOOD:The place has dosas, more dosas (with at least 15 varieties of it - my pick of the lot will

    be the cauliower dosa) and Sevais (an Indian version of noodles) which also have the same

    amount of variety. Also, dont forget to taste the Kozhakattais, in The Village. Apart from these

    items, there are also a few exotic dishes for the experimental sorts.

    The veggies have plenty to binge on, but for the other lot you have to be content with just

    dishes with eggs in it.

    HOW DO YOU REACH THIS PLACE: You could nd transport to BROOKFIELDS MALL

    in R.S PURAM and then take the road opposite to it. You can nd this place about 100 meters

    down the road.

    PRICE: Very reasonably priced (minus the milk shakes which arent worth the money).BOTTOMLINE: Excellent for an evening when you are bored of routine bland food and

    when you have lots of leisure time to kill. Quantity coupled with taste makes it the best place

    to go and hog without burning a hole in the purse.

    RATING: 4/5

    Swaminathan DixitIII B.E. (Auto)

    BURP!THE VILLAGE

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    CROSSWORD 3.0Across

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    Theres ______ in my madness.

    6. A showy article may not necessarily be

    valuable. All that ________ is not gold.

    8. pure white. His beard was as white as

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    9. An expression of pleasure on being rid ofsome annoyance. A good ________ of bad

    rubbish.

    10. Display your feelings openly, for all to

    see. I will wear my heart upon my ______.

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    1. as much as one wants. To your hearts

    _______

    2. an undertaking which will probably prove

    to be fruitless. A wild _____ _____.(5,5)

    4. very quickly. In the _________ of an eye,

    the deer had disappeared into the forest.

    5. Disappear without trace. To vanish into____ ___.(4,3)

    7. To leave nothing. The day he quit his job,

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