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ERGO Monday, July 13, 2009NAMMA CHENNAI02

nam to Tambaram recently.

The JourneyThree pals Jayanth Sriniva-

san, Kowshik Ganesh and Chaita-

nya joined hands in January2008 to form the band. Thoughachieving heights in the field ofmusic was their dream, they werealso keen on helping the under-privileged. With plans startingright away in July last year, theyreleased their first album Anbu

I

f you thought all there was toa rock band were guitar solos,

head-banging performanceand hoping to a hop into themosh pit, think again.

Namma Chennai-based Radi-ance Band are here to prove thatrock music can contribute to thesociety in non-psychadelic waysas well. Their second album Pud-

hu Yugamwill contribute not justas an addition to the growing Ta-mil rock scene but will also setaside a monetary commitment,by way of a proceed of the sales of

the record, to an NGO calledMaatrutva, run by an enterprising young social entrepreneur, La-litha Ramesh.

The profits gained through thealbum will be donated for theupliftment of the slums dwellers,

who were shifted from Nanda-

Karangal on October 26. SairamEngineering College was theirsponsor as two of the band mem-bers belonged to the institution.

All through they were supported

by friends in the making of thealbum.

The first album sold 600 copies.Impressed by the band perfor-mance, cinematographer RajivMenons assistant Anand, along

with director Karthik, offered toproduce a video for the album

free of cost. Chinmaya and MBalaji were the main vocalisthe album. The band wonBest Music Video Award (awed by Gangai Amaran and SCharan) and also the Best SService Award in 2008 (awaby Lions Club).

The band came forwardwork on their second dream wrein Bhargavi, Priya, Divya V

Lakshman Chandrasekaran Sriraam K.C. joined the band.albums art work was designePriya, composed by Jayanth the technical sound mixing done by Lakshman, an audiogineer at A.M. Studios.

They sponsored the seconbum by themselves. It took months for the recording anmonth for the sound mixing

We are planning to pustalls in IT companies to maour album. During our prevalbum we didnt know mabout marketing, but with ouperience we have better pthis time and we are expecmore response and more se

says Jayanth.Apart from their album com

sitions, Jayanth and Lakshhave won the second place intitle music competition for Vsoaps Miss Chennai and Cnai Mans show on Vijay TJune this year.

Band Radiance comes outwith Pudhu Yugam, arock album that will notonly motivate youngstersto face the world but alsocontribute monetary

support to an NGO run bya 21-year-old

FATHIMA KHAJA

(From Left) Lakshman,Sriraam, Priya and

Jayanth. PHOTO: S.S. KUMAR

A rocking cause

Real actionFunskool has launched Transformer:The Revenge of the Fallen collectionpromising to bring more fun. The toyare priced from Rs. 175 and availableall leading stores.

All dressed up and ready to go

Monkeysdressed alikegroom fortheir eveningshow.A scenespotted atopa tree onMarina.PHOTO:

S. S. KUMAR

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You have a good businessidea but have never writtena business plan. Or, you area social entrepreneur with

an enterprise which is both mar-ketable and scalable, but needmentors to guide you learn theropes of the business.

If you fall in to either of the cat-egories heres one good reason

why you should apply to become

an Unreasonable Fellow withthe Unreasonable Institute, Col-orado, USA.

This is a start-up founded byalumni from the University ofColorado Daniel Epstein, TejuRavilochan, Nikhil Dandavantiand Vlad Dubovskiy to createsocial entrepreneurs as well asco-design better ideas withthem.

Twenty-two-year-old Vlad Du-bovskiy, who is currently inChennai to collaborate with vari-ous entrepreneurs, spoke aboutthe institute and reason behindreaching out to India.

We started in 2008 and ourfirst informal programme had 17entrepreneurs from 14 countries

including Pakistan, the U.S. andSri Lanka. We had not broughtthe programme to India, but later

we realised that the country is ahappening place and we need topromote more social ideas fromthe region, he explains.

How to enrol to become a Fel-low? The applications go up fromOctober 15. The short-listed 40Fellows will have to convince apanel of investors why their busi-ness is scalable, sustainable,purposeful and replicable. By

scalable we mean an enterprise which can be taken outside thecountry after three years and a

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can cover the cost in one ysays Dubovskiy.

Among the start-ups mentfor the 10-week programmUnreasonable Fellows waentrepreneur from the U.S. manufactured a $10 bicycle,geting people who made $3 a

Another businessman frompal started a supply chain to locally made nutritional prodoutside the country.

Learning and sharingTwenty-five young social

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A seed funding of $10,000be instituted for a one-year pod. They also promise to brinthe best of mentors incluprofessors from the StansSchool of Business and busileaders, among others.

The institute has so far pnered with leading organisatlike Ashoka, Social Edge and TStars, to name a few, whileumen Fund and UniversitColorado are their investors.

So, are you the unreasonFellow? The team has deriveddefinition from George BerShaws quotation: The reasble man adapts himself to hivironment.

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If you are between 20 and 30 years of age with a scalable social business

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ERGO Monday, July 13, 2009KALEIDOSCOPE04

The Finance Minister recent-ly stated that there is noplan to remove the Securi-ties Transaction Tax (STT)

or alter its current avatar. In astatement made to the Lok Sab-ha, he said that the STT will staytill a better alternative can be

worked out. It is said that the ex-

chequer will earn close to Rs.6,000 crores from the STT in thecoming fiscal.

Pre and post-budget talks haveconstantly spoken about STT.There were a lot of expectationsby economists and securitiesmarket constituents in terms ofremoving of the STT. Even the Ec-onomic Survey 2008-09 put forthideas on the same line. But, theFinance Minister disappointedeveryone by not removing it andthen making the statement in LokSabha to continue with it.

STT and meSo what is the STT and how

does it affect one? The Securities

Transaction Tax is one of thefancy taxes seen by the former Fi-nance Minister P. Chidambaram,imposed as a percentage of theturnover (selling and buying) ofsecurities by investors. Althoughsecurities commonly has come torepresent stocks, but the legaldefinition covers bonds, deben-tures, derivatives (futures and op-tions), Government securitiesand instruments declared by thecentral government.

This means that whenever youbuy or sell any of the above men-tioned instruments you will pay apercentage of the value (turn-

over) to the government as STT.The rates are as below:

Shares (Delivery): 0.125% ofturnover for both buying andselling

Shares (Intraday): Nil forPurchase.

Shares (Intraday): 0.25% ofturnover for sale transactions

Futures (Purchase): Nil.Futures (Sale):0.017% of sale

value.Options (Buy):0.125% of settle-

ment price provided the option isexercised.

Options (Sell):0.017% of the

premium value.Tax Benefits: Any equity w

is brought or sold from a renised stock exchange and

which STT has been paid wiexempt from long term cagains.

Bottom-line: The income o6,000 crores to the exchequhighly tempting for the govment to think of removingSTT in the near future. Indiviinvestors too dont seem tocomplaining as the amseems to be meagre.

Team Fin

The governmentclarifies that theSecuritiesTransaction Tax

will not beabolished aswanted byinvestors

STT is the tax payable on the value of taxable securitiestransaction, which will now have to wait

STT to stay1: What is the new Income-Tax exemption limit formen?

a) 1.5 lakhsb) 1.8 lakhsc) 1.7 lakhsd) 1.6 lakhs2: The new Income-Tax exemption limit for women

is:a) 1.75 lakhsb) 1.90 lakhsc) 2.10 lakhsd) 1.99 lakhs

Send your answers to finergo@goergo.in or SMS youranswers to 92813 98889. For example, if you choose a) as

the answer to question 1 and b) as the answer to question2 type it as 1a2b and send it. Winner will be chosen by

lucky draw from all correct answers. Answers for last weeks quiz:8.5%Economic Survey

Mini Quiz

News you can useNew Fund offer

Franklin Templeton Investments India has an-nounced the launch of the Franklin Build India Fund(FBIF). The new fund offer is available for investorsfrom July 10. The NFO is available at Rs. 10 per unit.

It is an open end equity fund, which is designed totap investment opportunities in companies benefitingfrom the growth in the various sectors of booming In-dia. Especially infrastructure, financial services, agri-culture, etc.

FD rates dropCompany fixed deposit rates have shown a consider-

able fall. The rates of some of the companies havecome down by over 1 per cent. Tata Finance and Ma-hindra Finance have FD rates of 10 per cent. The mainreason seen behind the drop in rates is the easy avail-ability of cash and higher liquidity.

Higher medical cover mootedThe IRDA has asked insurance companies to look at

covering health expenses apart from the hospitalisa-tion charges. As of today only expenses incurred duringhospitalisation is covered by health insurance compa-nies, but this is just a part of the total expense incurredby the patient.

The Chairman of IRDA Mr. Narayan has said thatThe annual medical spend is estimated to be Rs. 2 lakh

crore. Of this, only Rs 60,000-70,000 crore is hospitalexpenditure. The remaining is towards diagnosis andmedicines. The health-related insurance products donot address outside hospitalization charges

Insurance Payments through e-modeThe IRDA has in principle permitted Life Insurance

Companies to make payments to the policy holdersusing electronic fund transfer option like NationalElectronic Fund Transfer and Electronic ClearingService.

Interest rates to go northBased on the huge fiscal deficit of close to 6.5% pro-

jected for the coming fiscal by the finance minister inhis budget speech it is being predicted that the interestrates will surely go up in the coming few months.

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Many women are unhappy

with their figures. Theythink their hips are too

wide, their legs are tooshort and their breasts are toosmall, all the while believing thatwomen who are tall and thin

must have it easy when it comesto style.

But women who have the pro-portions of runway models often

have problems finding the per-fect look. There are a few tricksthey can use to be rid of a fewcentimetres. This works best inthe so-called long look, said Be-ttyna Poeltl, a style expert at animage and fashion institute inBerlin.

A long t-shirt over pants and avest - that looks well and it canmagically get rid of a few centi-metres, Poeltl said.

Tall women look a bit smallerwhen their outfit can be separat-ed into different parts. Long blaz-ers and long coats also work wellon tall women provided they cov-er the thigh, she said. A form-fit-ting top under the blazer or coat

is the best way to add elegance tothe outfit.Three-quarters or cigarette

pants, which leave the ankle free,also reduce the leg length, saidIngo Brack of the fashion schoolEsmond in Munich.

Cigarette pants are tight-fit-ting, straight-legged pants thatwere popular in the 60s. AudreyHepburn wore them and they canbe found today in many closets.

With their high waist and theshort leg length, they are perfectfor tall, thin women, said Poeltl.

With ankles revealed, pumps orballerinas are the best choice inshoes. Because cigarette pants at-tract so much attention, Poeltlsuggests an understated top.

A white blouse or a simply cut

pullover combine well withpants. Alternatively, natube pants and leggings emsize long legs, and tall wo

who like to wear dresseshardly go wrong, Brack belie

Very thin women look be

mini dresses. Those who bethey have a few problem zcan wear a loose-fitting bildress made of lightweight maal, Brack said.

The outfit should then beished with small details sucpockets and belts that breathe outfit and make the wo

wearing it look smaller.Conspicuous tops with l

patterns or in particular ssuch as empire also detract fa womens height. Tall woare made to wear large patte

It can easily be sometstriking that goes throughououtfit, said Brack. Small pattalso are acceptable on a tall w

an, said Brack. Actually, thing goes, except verstripes.

There are a few other thing women should note about V-necks and long zippers gate the body even more should therefore be avoidedaddition there are skirt stylescan take a bit away from ooverall height.

Skirts that are narrow toknee and then bell out fit wderfully on tall women, Psaid. What goes for the outfitgoes for shoes. Sporty eleganideal and tall women do not hto reject heels.

In flat shoes many women

too slouchy. Thats why mconfidently wear heels, she The shoes should be roundethe toe so that the foot losmaller. Many tall women hlong feet and a round toe de-phasizes their length, said Br

Shoes that have a strap the instep make long

look shorter, as do bthat stop at mid-

Beyond having a put-together otall women shalso take note few tips for hair.

Volumefullness, par

larly on the sidimportant. Thhow to bring

pression and chater to a small fa

said Jens Dagne, a mter hair stylist f

Worms.But he cautions not to cu

hair at the nape of the neckshort so that it maintains a coterbalance. Women with an face can select a full hair

with curls that are either naor permed.

Asymmetrical styles also wThe hair should be shoulength at most so that the face is not drawn out by the hlength, added Dagne.

PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY

Monday, July 13, 2009

Tall, thin womencan show their

figures. There are alsoa few things theyshould note when

selecting pants. A slit

up the side seam fromthe hem, for example,

can make long legslook a bit shorter

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French First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy gaveglimpse of her philanthropist side as shepledged a personal donation of a whopping43,000 pounds to a hospital treating survi-

vors of earthquake-ravaged town of LAquila.The former model-singer visited the earth-

quake-hit region a day after the wives of otherleaders participating in the Group of Eight sum-mit (G8) did, reports The Daily Express.

Dressed in a chic white suit, the wife of FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy was greeted with cries

of Bella, Bella, which means beautiful in Ita-lian.

While an entourage of officials showed Bruniaround, she said that the French governmentwould contribute 2.7million pounds to help re-pair the dome of the Santa Maria du Suffragiochurch.

It was one of many monuments damaged inthe April 6 quake, which killed nearly 300 peo-ple.

ANI

PHOTO

Bruni donates 43,000 for LAquila quake hospital

ERGO Monday, July 13, 2009VILLAGE06

Berlusconi indock againTrouble seems to be far from over for Italian PrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconi as he faces new allegationsof spending a weekend at a luxurious Umbrian healthspa with a retinue of women, including an actress anda former showgirl.Quoting a magazine, The Sunday Times claimed thatBerlusconi spent the weekend of November 28-30 lastyear at the Health Centre Marc Messegue near thepicturesque hilltop town of Todi in Umbria withmany young women, including an actress and aformer showgirl who have worked for the billionairepoliticians television stations.

On the opening day of the recently-held G-8 summitin LAquila, 72-year-old Berlusconi made a directreference to his troubles, assuring fellow leaders:You all know very well they are attacking me on apersonal level, but rest assured, I will continue to leadmy country for anotherfour years.Prosecutors in Bari insouthern Italy areinvestigating abusinessman, GiampaoloTtarantini, on suspicionthat he abettedprostitution by allegedlypaying women to attendparties at Berlusconishomes in the capital andSardinia.Tarantini has denied all

wrong-doing. Themagazine LEspressoreported that Berlusconi,with Tarantini and manyyoung women spent theweekend at the spa inUmbria, to undergomassage therapy torelieve back pain.

PTI

Dianas ex-loverback in UKAlmost 12 years after Princess Dianas death, her MrWonderful ex-lover - the Asian-origin heart surgeonHasnat Khan - who had enjoyed a long-term fling with herin the mid-90s, is back in Britain.The 49-year-old surgeon has secretly returned to Britain tobe one of five heart and lung specialists at the new 60-million-pound Essex Cardiothoracic Centre at BasildonHospital, the Daily Mailreported.His arrival was marked at the hospitals annual consultantsdinner, which this year had a Bollywood theme andfeatured Indian food and dancers.Khan, who qualified as a doctor in Punjab, became

Princess Dianas lover after meeting her in 1995 while hewas working at the Royal Brompton Hospital in westLondon. They met two months before she gave a mediainterview, in which she spoke of the difficulties of hermarriage to Prince Charles. At the height of the romance,

the Princess kept Khansphotograph by her bedside,and introduced him to sonsWilliam and Harry. It wasrumoured that the couplewould marry, and they wentto great lengths to keeptheir relationship secret.Khan was said to have oncesmuggled into KensingtonPalace in the boot ofDianas butler Paul Burrellscar.Last year, Khan spoke

publicly for the first timeabout his relationship withDiana at his parents homein the small town of Jhelumin Pakistan, in which hedescribed how the Princessvisited him in Lahore, andclaimed her death had left ahuge vacuum.

PTI

Drunk badger closes roadGerman police who were called to clear the body of a deadbadger from a road found the creature had actually passed oudrunk - having feasted on over-ripe, fermented cherries.

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ERGO Monday, July 13, 2009SPORT08

Warne loses in Poker SeriesHis legendary wiles and guiles notwithstanding,Australian spin great Shane Warne could notadvance beyond the third round of the 2009World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas.Shane Warne had a day on the felt that hedrather forget, said a report in the websitewww.pokernetwork.com. Warne flopped a flushonly to see his opponent improve his set to a fullhouse on the river, and shortly after ran hispocket eights into an opponents pocket aces to

collapse quicker than the English batting order,it said.Warne would have been richer by US$ 10 millionhad he reached thefinal of the eventscheduled onWednesday. He hadleft the event to takepart in a Twenty20charity match inLondon where histeam RajasthanRoyals crushedMiddlesex and is nowset to return toEngland forcommentaryassignments for theongoing Ashes series.

PTI

Dhonis exam bluesThe college in which Indian cricket captainMahendra Singh Dhoni is studying as an under-graduate has refuted reports that he has beendenied promotion to second year after failing toappear in second semester examinations. Dhoni,who is pursuing his graduation degree from StXaviers college in Ranchi, failed to appear insecond semester examination held May-June, ashe was not in the country and it was reportedhe had been denied promotion to the thirdsemester. Promotion can be denied to astudent after he or she appears in anexamination. When Dhoni did not appear in theexamination at all, then the question of denyingpromotion is ruled out, a member of thecollege administration said.Meanwhile, the college principal, Father NicolasTete said: Special arrangements have been

made for Dhoni (to take the exam). It is up toDhoni to decide when and where he wants toappear in the examination.

IANS

Indian pugilists had to settlefor silvers after all three box-ers Amandeep Singh, Aksh-ay Kumar and Manpreet

Singh lost their respective finalbouts in the Magomed SalamUmakhanov Memorial BoxingChampionship in Makhachkala,Russia.

In the 48kg final Amandeeplost to Olympian DanielynOganes of Armenia by a slendermargin of 3:5, while Akshay Ku-mar lost to Polynsky Dmitry ofRussia 1:4 in the 57kg category.However, it was Manpreet who

home the lone medal. In the preliminary round, KalpChoudhary lost to V Makreof Ukraine, while Chhoto L

went down to Kob Tatyana ofzakhstan in 51kg category.

Sushma Kumari (54kg) deed Russian Usachenko Victoin the preliminary round begoing down to Zhang Qin of na in quarterfinal. Laxmi Padalso had a similar fate whenlost to I Sagaydakovskaya of sia in the preliminary roun75kg category.

had the most disappointing dayas he could not even participatein the final due to a nose injurythat he sustained during hishard-fought semi-finals boutagainst Khomaster Artur of Ger-many.

Meanwhile, the Indian womenteam participating in the Inter-national Boxing Tournament atSt Petersburg, Russia also had amediocre campaign as theycould not manage more than onebronze. Sangita Devi (81kg) lostto local pugilist Yavorskaya M onpoints in the semi-finals to bring

Indian boxers settle for silvers in Russia

Mixed luck

Amandeep Singh. FILE PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM

Atwal misses cutArjun Atwal had a rather forgettable return to the PGA Tour as the Orlando-based Indian golferfailed to make the cut in the US$ 4.3 million John Deere Classic, his first event after four months nursing shoulder injuries. His rather average opening round of 73 had jeopardised Atwals prospeof weekend action and when he returned to play his second round after heavy rain had wiped ouprevious days proceedings, all he managed was three-over 74 to crash out.

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It feels good to be back in the (ODI)squad but I cant take it too lightly. I will

look to perform well and not let the team down.Rahul Dravid

B

aichung Bhutia and companyare making the most out of

their month-long training so- journ in Barcelona. The na-tional side, preparing to defendtheir Nehru Cup title, has been over-awed by the opportunity to stay andpractice at the Catalua giant Barce-lonas home turf.

Midfielder and the goal scorerfrom last years Nehru Cup final, N.P.Pradeep said from Barcelona: Itslike a dream. The Nou camp is justthree minutes walk from our hotel.And from our rooms you can see thewhole complex. The rich tradition

and history of the club is everywhereto see. Its like a dream world.

The Indian players had their firstoutdoor training session at the LaMasia ground on Friday, where the

Barca greats had trained for the last25 years, before moving to a muchbigger complex at the outskirts ofthe city earlier this February.

We are enjoying every minute ofour stay. The city, the culture, eve-rything attracts you. But nothing canbeat the Nou Camp, I-League win-ner Churchill Brothers goalie Arin-dam Bhattcharya said. Its an out ofthe world experience to train hereand go through the trophy roomsand museum. Even this years Cham-pions League trophy is on display.

Speaking about the teams train-ing schedule, Subhashish RoyChowdhury said: The practise ses-sions are going on well, because theground and the environment is very

good. Practising in Barcelona is greatfor us and for Indian football.Meanwhile, the team is expected

to play their first friendly gameagainst Spanish third division sideUnio Esportiva Castelldefels on July25. Castelldefels plays in the TerceraDivision (fourth level in Spanishfootball league system after La Liga,second division A and B) but are stillexpected to give the Indian team arun for their money. Their secondmatch is against another Tercera Di-vision side, Associacio Esportiva El

Prat. The teams for the last twomatches, expected to be played onthe first week of August are yet tobe decided. These lower rung clubsides are way ahead of us in terms of

technique and quality, coach BobHoughton said. Losing by a fewgoals to them will also be anachievement. But I think the boyswill be able to pull of a fewsurprises.

Defending champions India areexpected to face tough competitionfrom continental rivals, Syria, Leba-non, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan and SriLanka in the 14th edition of theNehru Cup to be played at DelhisDr. Ambedkar Stadium from August18.

Team Indias stint at the Nou Camp in Barcelona has fired up theentire team ahead of the Nehru Cup tourney

ERGO CORRESPONDENTfeedback@goergo.in

Indian football teamFILE PHOTO: R. SHIVAJI RAO

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ERGO Monday, July 13, 2009FLICK10

Deepika one of the

easiest actors to handle

Expectations are runninghigh from Imtiaz Ali afterJab We Met became oneof the biggest hits of the

recent times. Now readywith Love Aaj Kal, thedirector in a conversationwith TWF correspondentRitesh Sharma shares hisexperiences of workingwith Saif Ali Khan andDeepika Padukone

Finally, Love Aaj Kal is about to release.Yes, there were so many speculations and now its just a

matter of few days and it will put an end to all that theaudiences had waited for. I had been really busy over thelast year or soit went off like a whisk but finally I amrelieved now, a lot more at ease though I am still busygiving the last minute finishing touches.Are you tensednervous, what?

Actually, I am having no feelings. To be honest I amperfectly all right. I know no one would believe it but I ama person who doesnt have emotions, so probably be-cause of that I am not reacting. But honestly speaking I

am really very hopeful about the film. I have tried to do abetter job this time than what I did last time.

Dont you feel the pressure because

comparisons will be drawn with Jab We Metmore so because it was a blockbuster?

I knowI know and I really cant stop that.Its bound to happen and that is the only area

where I think I have to prove myself. WhenJab WeMetreleased, I didnt know that it would go on to

become on the biggest hits of the year. Today, when Iwatch that film, I really smile at times because there

were so many flaws. This time I have tried to avoidand rectify all those things. I believe in learning. Ieven learn from my actors. I learnt a lot from Dee-

pika and Saif.Okay, that means the audiences are in for a

bigger treat.That is up to the audiences but I am reallyhopeful because its a good film, complete

entertainer and the Saif-Deepika chemistrywill be the one to watch out for.

That brings to the obvious

question. Why didnt you castKareena? Saif-Kareena chemistrytoo would have created hype andexpectations would have soared.Thats true but I was very focused on

the project. The script demandedDeepika and so she is here. Kareena isone of my favourite actress-es but Deepika fitted therole better. I think this ques-tion is being asked a lot but I

want to tell something- rais-ing the Kareena issue also de-fames Deepika. She has donea very good job and I amproud of her performance.In fact, Saif too hasmaintained that he would

have loved to have

Kareena in thefilm but hasalways stoodby yourdecision tocast Deepika?

That is really sonice and supportive

of him. I know thebond Saif and Kareena

share but at the same timeSaif has throughout been suppor-

tive. He is the producer of the film but he was completelynon-interfering when it came to direction. He is very easyto work with and gives his director complete room.And what about Deepika Padukone?Oh! She is a sweetheart. She is natural and makes any

scene look easy with her smooth performance. I am reallyhappy that she has done such a good job with only acouple of years of experience in the trade.In fact Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh too will beseen together after a long time in this film.They are a couple people would love to watch. Its a love

story and I cant think of anyone even from todays generation who would deny that Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh

were one of the best onscreen couples to embrace thindustry.

So you continue with a love story afterSocha NaTha, Jab We Metand nowLove Aaj Kal.This story is very engrossing. No two of my stories have

any resemblance. Saif will be seen in a double role andthat is another area to look forward to. He plays a Sardarand has really done a great job. He also plays the youngRishi Kapoor so theres a lot in store. But I never reallystart writing keeping in mind that I will have to pen downa love story. Its just that I came up writing three lovestories one after the other. I start writing and a love storyemerges.Saif pays a Sardar but you havent yet unveiledthe look of the actress opposite him.(HaHaHa). That is a surprise element. We have

kept it under wraps and arent unveiling her looks bucertainly its going to be a big surprise once the film releases.So what next? Another love story?To be honest I am not even thinking about it now. I

dont know if I will make another love story or a thriller, oa horror. I am yet to start writing. It might be that I land up

writing another love story. I am also directing a film foShree Asthavinayak Films. So it will take some time.

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The Mozart of Madras, Allah Rakkha Rahman, wasconferred with an honorary doctorate by the Mid-dlesex University in London recently.

Rahmans KM Music Conservatory and the Middle-sex University will jointly develop the syllabus for theBachelor of Arts Honours Programme for Music Com-position and Music Performance. The joint venturealso explores the possibility of offering the pro-gramme to students, enabling them to take up thecourse in KM Music Conservatory during the first two

years and the final year in Middlesex University.The music genius has already received doctorates

from Aligarh University and Anna University.Ergo Correspondent

Yet another

honour for

A.R.R.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Meena, the doe-eyedbeauty of Kollywood,tied the knot with Vidya-sagar on Sunday morn-

ing. The groom is aBangalore-based software engi-neer. The wedding was solem-nised at Tirupathi ThirumalaTemple and was a very simpleevent. Actor-director Cheran

and actress Sangavi were the on-ly two friends from the industry

who graced the occasion. Theactress is planning to host agrand reception for the film fra-ternity at Mayor RamanathanChettiar Hall on July 14.

Meena started her careerin 1982 as a child artiste in

Nenjangal with Sivaji Gane-san. The legendary actorhad spotted the little girlat a birthday party.

Since then she hasacted with most of the topstars in Tamil, Teluguand Malayalam films.

The actress has said that shewill continue working post-mar-riage. Meena was last seen in Ra-

jinikanths Kuselan in Tamil, where she was cast as Pasu-pathis wife.

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Bollywood

directors

come callingThe youngest music director of Kollywood, G.V.Prakash Kumar, is said to have received invitesfrom Bollywood directors Farah Khan and VikramBhatt for their forthcoming projects. We hear thatthe directors are keen on working with Prakash.While the star cast for Bhatts film is yet to befinalised, Farah is planning to rope in Prakash forher film with Shah Rukh Khan.

Doctor brideComedian Ganja Karuppu is all set to enterwedlock. If sources are to be believed, Karuppuwould be marrying a doctor based in Madurai. Thedate of engagement and wedding are not yetfinalised. The actor shot to limelight with films likeParuthiveeran, Ram and Subramaniapuram. He alsoplayed the lead role along with Santhanam inSimbu DevansArai en 305-il Kadavul.

Eye infection leaves Priyanka distressedActor Priyanka Chopra is distressed as she has been nursing an eye infection forthe past few days but did not let it come in the way of shooting for Yash Raj FilmsPyaar Impossible. Distressed today.. have a mad red eye! It sucks..., readPriyankas post on Twitter.

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Prakash M. S. from First Source Solutions has nominated his friends asPartners in Crime. Standing: Anita, Sujatha, Deepa, Uma, Vaishali, Mehar,Prakash and Rajan Sitting: Antina, Narasimman, Kavinvel,

Venkatakrishnan, Jayakaran, Anil and Elan

Rajasekar from Sutherland Global Services has nominated his friends asPartners in Crime. This pic was clicked during their team outing in Ooty.

Renith Ravindran from Wipro Infotech has nominated his friends asPartners in Crime. The photo was taken in Nanganallur forest during atrekking expedition.

Chandra (EDMS) from Verizon Indiahas nominated her team as Partnersin Crime. This picture was taken at Queensland during VSO team outing.

Akash from Citi CARDS Project, TCS has nominated his team membersas Partners in Crime. This photo was shot during their team outing inCoorg.

Farook from RBS Group, Olympia Tech Park has nominated his friendsas Partners in Crime. This pic was clicked at Kishkinta.

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1. Q: Yen, desert-la irukkara post-office-la ellarum letter ezhud-hittu, stamp vangittu, veliya pora?

A: Enna, veliya dhan otta-gum irukku.

2. Q: Japanese, Leaning Tower of Pisa kattina adhukku ennaper veppa?

A: Nikumo-NikadoManonmani Kesav,

HCL Technologies

Hi Ganesh,Many more happy returns of the day.Thirunelveli tiger Ganesh,wishing you another year ofhappiness and joy in your life...

Roshin, Perot Systems

Dear Joshi,Hope you enjoyed ur birthday to thecore and also the weekend.We, the customer world wish you avery happy birthday and all success,happiness, prosperity and joy in yourlife. God bless you !

With loads of love n prayersCustomer World Team.

Dear Beni (The Queen),Wishing you Joyful Birthday!Let God decorate each golden ray ofthe sun reaching u with wishes ofSuccess, Happiness and prosperity 4U, Wish you a super duper HappyBirthday.

(Promise 3 John 1:2)With Loving Wishes from

One (MonkFamily, HCL

Dear Kiran,Wish you a very happy and joyfulbirthday. May your all wishes begranted by God in the upcomingyears and may you have a bright,

successful future ahead.Wish you a fantastic birthday.Cheers! God bless you..

With love, Customer World Team.

Hi Santhosh,Wish you a Happy birthday,May god god give you a Healthy andprosperous year ahead.Enjoy your Day. Keep Rocking.

Regards,

Preetha, Soni, Naveen,

Ranjit & TCS team

Dear Jai (Bun Specialist)The Good things we could say aboutu r Infinite, But We ll only take aminute. The World is a Better placewith u in it. Happy birthday Dear

friend, May ur Dreams Come true,Enjoy the day with lots of fun andBun as usual. Happy birthday to u.Keep Rocking jai. Have a Blast!!Stay Happy & Stay Young.

Best Wishes from "iRonicz Spiders

-Technologists" T C S. Tata Elxsi

Tiruvendrum, Peter M.S(BERLIN) CTS,iNautix-Chennai. Musigma, NSN, EMC,

Bangalore, Juno, De-Shaw, Commvault,

Hydrabad.

Hi Shanmugapriya,For idli, chatney is d correct match,For chappathi, chicken is the correctmatch, For friend, ur the correctmatch, For you,I am (kotte) the correct match,Long live our friendship (KK), Lot of

Happy returns Gundu...Endrum anbudan Dr. M. Kotteeswaran,

eNoah I Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Dear Vidhya,Here is the weather forecast fortoday, there shall be showers ofblessings all over u & a heavydownpour of gods love all around u.happy birthday !!

Lots of love, Vigneashwaran V,

Sutherland Global Services.

Belated Wishes Dear Yoga,Wish you Happy Birthday YogaIts my pleasure to have you with me!You are someone special to me!!!May this day bring all happiness inyour life!! Wishing u many morehappy returns of the day yoga!!!Have a great year ahead!!

Urs, Anitha, Suja, Cognizant

Dear Geetha,Belated Happy Birthday Wishes.May all your dreams come true andthis be another fantastic year foryou.

With lots of love MIS TEAM(TCS e-Serve)

Dear Srithar,On this Special day , We wish u manyyears of laughter and lifes Besttreasures.May this Year be filled with sweetmemories and happy hours.Wishing u all the Fun and Excitementthat only birthdays can bring!!!Have a wonderful and a Blast yearahead.

Best Wishes from

iRonicz Spiders & Juniors

Tata Elxsi-Tiruvendrum Peter M.S(BERLIN) Tata Consultancy Services.

CTS, iNautix-Chennai. Musigma,NSN, EMC-Bangalore. Juno, De Shaw,

Commvault-Hydrabad.

Dear John Jaiprashanth,

Its Never Too Early Nor Never TooLate To Wish You A Very HappyBirthday.May God Bless You With Many MoreYears Of Happiness And Success In allthat You Say Or Do.

With Best Wishes from TEAM

WOLVERINE TCS-e-SERVE, USCC -CHENNAI (Adil, Bubesh, Giftson, Glen,

Humera, Justin, Lakshmi, Lavina,

Sangeetha, Shanker, Shiney, Sunil, Thersia)

Dear TS,Tons and tons of birthday wishes toyou!! God bless you!! Wishing you avery fabulous birthday!!Cheerz!!

Friends,

New Age Software and Solutions.

Ashok Nagar.

Ashok Satyanarayananhas been nominated as Of-fice Angel by his teammembers from CognizantTechnology Solutions.

Ashok is a very

enthusiastic, talented and

interesting person. Whateverbe the circumstance, he

takes pleasure in helping

others. He makes hissurrounding happy with his

presence. His friendly and

soft spoken nature are hisstrengths.

Mohandass(well

knownamongfriends asFuture Ravi

Varma)fromSatyamComputerServicesLimiteddoodledthis.

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FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

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Necessity is the mother of invention, but today yhigh spirits at work will guide your innovativemethods of work. Your good mood with encourayou to help others leading to good times withfriends.

Gulp up your energy drinks as work today seembe hectic. You might end up doing work of othepeople as well. Ganesha thinks you might not gthe desired private time with your beloved, but twont bother you.

You tend you feel brave today, says Ganesha.

Personal life will be smooth and easy.Technologically speaking today is the best day tobuy new software and if you have already boughone recently, you may start using it now.

Buckle up soldier! A tough day at work, saysGanesha. You might have to put in a lot of efforfor mediocre tasks. Do not worry though, blame on the planets. Your partner will try to cheer youand get you back into action again.

Trees of Patience bear the sweetest fruits. At woyou might feel underestimated, unappreciated anunderpaid! This is a temporary phase, patience ithe best virtue. And here comes the brighter sidthe day; your partner will shower you affection.

Just like a duck on the surface of water, you miseem calm but underneath your rigorous efforts w

be noticed today. Knowledge increases by sharinand that is exactly what you tend to do today, sGanesha. Health should certainly not be ignored

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Yofeel like sharpening you skills and fell like provinyour capabilities at work. Play comes in whenGanesha thinks you will have a good time with beloved at the movies or other such entertainme

All batteries need charging and so does your miTake proper rest and boost yourself out of this lenergy day, says Ganesha. You might not be abto transfer the gush of ideas from your mentalcomputer to your workstation.

Knowledge has no horizons, they say, and you tto agree whole-heartedly today. Ganesha thinks will be in an exploration and learning mode in y

work area. Nevertheless, give the first priority toyour prime responsibilities.

A busy day today to plan busier days ahead. Fixup meetings and schedules will keep you busy.Ganesha thinks the meetings wont just be limiteto work, you might have to attend social meetinas well.

Ganesha finds you in high spirits and brimming energy today. The high energies will definitely heyou in planning strategies for future. Flowing in same current, your energies will make youaccomplish all tasks in time.

To do or not to do might be your state of minat work today. Learn to handle pressure or it migmake you over emotional and depressed, worriesGanesha. In personal life, the same confusion seto linger.

Shrub-man strikesA costumed hero has taken on an Essex, Englandcouncil in a bid to improve the look of his town.He has been removing weeds from planter tubs inColchester and replacing them with flowers.

Drunkard hands out moneyA British man has been arrested in Spain forhanding out money in a drunken state tostrangers at an airport.

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Lightning strikes over the Beijingskyline at China World Trade CentreTower 3, this being the citys tallestskyscraper,. PHOTO: AFP

US pop star Madonna performs atthe Werchter Boutique festival inWerchter as part of her "Sticky andSweet" world tour. PHOTO: AFP