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Friday, March 13, 2009A BYTE OF LIFE

HOUNDSTOOTHS BARKReturn of the age-old print

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 48

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ElectionTIMEAround 43 millionregistered Indian votershave the opportunity toexercise their franchise

for the first time in theupcoming Lok Sabhaelections. Read how acampaign simplified theregistration process forthousands of cluelessvoters. Plus, how someof our politicos havegone online!

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MathemagicianIts play time! Mathemagician, aplay directed and designed byGowri Ramanarayan, will be

staged. It combines music,poetry and visuals to tell thestory of Nikor in Babylon, set in500 BC. V. Balakrishnan playsNikor the Mathemagician.When: March 14; 3.30 and 7.30p.m.Where: Sivagami PethachiAuditorium, Luz Church Road

Theatre

Black and

WhiteRelive the golden era ofHindi cinemas at Black andWhite. The RailwayOfficers Club and SterlingRoad brings to the city acollage of performances onscreen and stage of theperiod between 1945 and1968.When: March 16; 7 p.m.Where: Music AcademyFor passes call 2826 0898

Music

Hunt for IPLjuniorsAs part of the hunt for the junior ofChennai Super Kings, the IPLfranchise will be holding trials forboy in the age group of 8 to 12years. If you think some one youknow has the skills, do sound themoff. This is the last trials.When: March 14; 8 a.m. onwardsWhere: St.Bedes Grounds, Mylapore

Trials

Go Goa!Caramel, the 24-hour coffee shopat Asiana Hotel, is hosting a Goanfood promotion till March 14. Goanfish curry, vegetable hoth kothem,bindi kukum, coconut salad, theGoan flavours are sure to pleaseyour taste buds. If that doesntsound exciting enough, try theelaborate lunch buffet on Sundaysor at Silk (Indo-Thai restaurant).For details call 67411000

Food

Just JazzSylvain Luc (guitar), Jean-Marc Jafet (double bass) and Pascal Rey(drums) promise to rock you with this weekend with their Jazzconcert.When: March 14; 7.30 p.m.Where: 24, College RoadFor passes call AFM 2827 9803/2827 1477

Music

Flavours ofIndiaFrom Tamil Nadu to AndhraPradesh to Rajasthan to Kerala toPunjab make sure you dine atPaprika from March 13. The hotelis hosting a cultural food festival,with each day allotted for a state.The buffet is priced at Rs. 795 +

taxes.When: From March 13 to 26; 7p.m.Where: Courtyard by Marriott

Food

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Body of LiesWorking as a pair,Leonardo DiCaprio,is an on-the-fieldspecialist, hot at theheels of an Osama-

like terrorist leaderand Russel Crowe ishis CIA boss,working out of hisoffice in the UnitedStates.Hani, as the head of Jordans intelligence agencyoffers a compelling performance too. The filmsnarrative is so tight and intricate, youll probably missout on a plot advancement if you even get up tofetch a glass of water. However, paying attention tothe storyline is thoroughly rewarding as the movieencompasses great characters, a complex script, and astrong political viewpoint.We say: If youre into geopolitical thrillers, this filmcannot be missed.

Castlevania:

Order of EcclesiaKonamis famed adventure series last appearance onNintendo DS was rather cack-handed, but this is awhip-cracking return to form. Its traditionalvampire-slaying 2D action at its best, thoughprogression is linear and the difficulty insanely high

at times.LOVE Classygaming witha beautifulsoundtrackHATE Toodifficult.

Cantbeat itWe say:Among thebestCastlevaniagames youveseen in years

Silent HeartSilent Heart has the sort of atmospheric music thatthe likes of Pink Floyd have mastered. While its

probably sacrilege to even put the two in the samesentence, songs from this album have takeninspiration from the best-selling English progressiverock band. For instance, Beyond Time opens inexactly the same manner as Floyds Shine On YouCrazy Diamond. However, Silent Hearts mood onlymakes it apt for elevators. Dont get us wrong, wearent belittlingthe artist; thereare those wholove backgroundmusic.Sound advice:Karunesh makesthe sort ofambient musicthats soothing,quiet, andoccasionallyuplifting.

Masked robbers stormedinto a house in Thiru-mangalam on Wednes-day night, locked up its

inmates and looted diamond andgold jewellery worth over Rs 1crore and Rs 10 lakh in cash.

Thirumangalam police said thedaring robbery occurred at thehome of aluminium and jewellerybusinessman Ashok Kumar Mal-gani (58) on 13th Main Road, ZBlock, Thirumangalam. Threemasked men, carrying deadly

weapons and conversing in Hin-di, barged in around 11.30 p.m.

when Malgani, his wife Lata (55)and domestic help Bachan wereinside the house.

The trio threatened and lockedthem up in a bathroom aftersnatching the keys of the almi-rahs and safes from Lata. They

had opened the safes and slipped

away with 1 crore worth of dia-monds, 40 sovereigns of gold andRs 10 lakh in cash, police added.

Following a complaint lodgedby Malgani on Thursday morn-ing, police personnel includingsenior officials and fingerprintexperts visited the crime spot andconducted preliminary investiga-tions. Special teams have beenformed to nab the unidentifiedculprits.

Boys death sparksprotest on OMR

Death of a 10-year-old schoolboy on Thursday, who met with aroad accident on Rajiv GandhiSalai last week, sparked a road ro-ko at Kottivakkam by hisschoolmates.

Police said the deceased karthi-keyan, who was studying at a pri-

vate school in Kottivakkam

grievously injured while crosthe road near the school aftering hit by a speeding motorcyHe was rushed to a private hotal nearby. Adyar traffic investions registered a case and arthe hunt for the unidentbiker.

Karthikeyan succumbed toinjuries on Thursday mornStudents from the school camRajiv Gandhi Salai in Kottikam and staged a road roko athe news of his death reachedschool.

The protesters demandedconstruction of a pedestrian bridge and traffic police depment as accident occur regunear the school. They abandothe protest after senior policficials and a State Minister ping by assured to fulfil tdemands immediately, padded.

Police on the hunt for the three masked robbers

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Daring robbery in city, over 1 crore missing

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The Indian election juggernaut is on themove, with political parties vying for everybit of attention from voters.

But is General Election 2009 going to getmore exciting than the previous years? Willcampaigning on the Internet play a crucial role?

Are we going to see the social media, whichBarack Obama cashed in on extensively to winthe U.S. Presidential election, be a winning fac-tor for Indian politicos, too? Hang on! Beforethat we decided to check the online space andits accessibility among the leaders.

Blogsphere

Age is no barrier for those using the Internetto campaign. And 82-year-old L.K. Advaniknows that best. His blog (lkadvani.in) and web-site are topping the election charts as the mostviewed/read blogs this season. According to da-ta sourced from the IT cell of the BJP in NewDelhi, every day the site receives 20,000 uniquevisitors. With each person viewing four to fivepages, this brings the site around a lakh pageviews a day. If thats not enough, there are moreindicators to show the increasing interestamong Indians about elections. Over 7,000 peo-ple have registered with their biodata as volun-teers.

But will the Internet bring in the votes? Prody-ut Bora, national convenor, IT cell, replies:Communication consists of two parts mes-sage and medium. It is the message that gets invotes, not the medium. Elections were fought,

won and lost, after radio and TV. Similarly, elec-tions were fought, won and lost, even after in-ternet. At no point can one say that we won orlost because we used a particular medium.

Now, how many people are writing for Advaniand how much of his election budget has beendiverted for online campaigns is an altogetherdifferent topic, which we think his fellow poli-ticians should be raising in the online war.

Others including Omar Abdullah (jknc.org/blog), S.M. Krishna (http://sm-krishna.sulek-ha.com/blog/posts.htm) and M.K. Stalin(http://mkstalin.net/blog/) seem to havestopped posting.

I am on Orkut/FacebookWe all know the rage social networking sites

like Facebook and Orkut have become. Now itlooks like local networking sites are cashing inon the election fever more than Facebook.

BuzzGain, a software company that tracks theability of people to communicate on networking

sites, claims that Orkut and local search enginesare bigger bets.

When compared to Facebook (4 million us-ers), Orkut (21.3 million users) seems to be a lotmore popular. Also, local sites like Mingleboxand BigAdda have come out as larger campaign-ing zones, says Mukund Mohan, CEO of Buzz-Gain.

Meet Up or meeting conferences where agroup of enthusiasts gather on a specific dayand time at a constituency to create awarenesson the need to vote is equally picking up.

Cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi topthe list of these Meet Ups, which are againpopularised through networking sites, addsMohan.

MoreNot enough that most of the parties have their

own websites, this is also the time for individu-als/party supporters to showcase work, ideologyand poll planks through websites of their own.Leading the campaign in cyber world are Na-rendra Modi (www.narendramodi.in), ShivrajSingh Chouhan (www.shivrajsinghchouhan.in),among others.

Likewise, Congress is going active on Twitterwith an all-out campaign.

With poll date drawingclose, SMSes, blogs, socialnetworking sites andwebsites are buzzing

LIFFY THOMAS AND SREEJITH S.

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Janaagraha, a Bangalore-based non-profit organi-sation, was working inthe direction of improv-

ing urban governance in the

country. Around the sametime, Tata Tea had launchedit new TV ad campaign, whe-rein a politician going door-to-door seeking votes getsgrilled by a youngster on hisqualifications. Seeing that theobjectives of both wereroughly the same, Tata Teaapproached Janaagraha andshowed interest in a tie-up.

The result was what hasnow become a wake-up call,Jaago Re!, for thousands of

young Indian voters. JaagoRe! One Billion Votes hasbeen persuading reluctantvoters to exercise their fran-chise by creating a platform

to simplify the voter registra-tion process. In fact, Jaago Re!now covers 37 cities in India.This, with a core team of just13 members, with the averageage being 26.

How, one might ask. A vol-unteer base of 130 peoplespread across the country has

played a major role. By rhing out to large audiensuch as those present inleges and companies, JRe! has been able to achan on-ground registranumber of about 50,000,

Vandana Krishnan, Com

nication Associate, JaagoOne Billion Votes.

Even beyond the presecities, Jaago Re! has toolalong with the complete ldocuments required, rfor anyone who shows inest.

New areas Jaago Re! is pently working on are mapof polling booths and anline voter search en

While the poll booth maphas been started as a project in Bangalore, thego Re! team is in the proof asking people to conthe submission of their vregistration forms so that

indexed and a voters dbase is created.

Now, however, is the mhectic time. With the tion coming up, were concentrating on gettingregistrations done. Thvery little time, rushes Vdana.

Jaago Re! One Billion Voteshas simplified the voterregistration process forthousands of clueless voters

SHALINI SHAH

[email protected]

By reaching out to large audiences, such as those present incolleges and companies, Jaago Re! has been able to achieve anon-ground registration number of about 50,000

Wake-up time!WAKE-UP TIME!

Too many to handleDesigned by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. and Bharat Electronics Ltd, Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs) were first used in Kerala. The highest number of candidates that an electronicvoting machine can support is 64. If the number exceeds this, then manual ballot is used.In 1996, the Modaurichi assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu had 1,033 candidates. The ballotpaper was in the form of a booklet

Booth battlesTotal number ofexisting pollingbooths: 700,121

Highest numberof booths in astate: 101,678 (UP)Least number ofbooths: 40(Lakshwadeep)Slimmest marginof victory: Dr. P.Pookunhikoya (JD(U)) ofLakshwadeepconstituency (71votes)Biggest marginof victory: AnilBasu (CPIM) ofArambaghconstituency inWest Bengal(5,92,502 votes)

Trusted EVMsTotal EVMsused: 10.25 lakh(2004 General

Election)Operationalspeed ofEVMs:maximum of fivevotes per minuteNumber of

votes one EVMcan register:3,840Number ofcandidates anEVM can hold:A maximum of64

Amount ofpaper saveddue to EVMs:8,000 metrictonnes

Mind themoneyThere are tight legal limits on the

amount of money a candidate canspend during the election campaign. Inmost Lok Sabha constituencies, thelimit as recently amended inDecember, 1997, is Rs. 15,00,000,although in some states the limit is Rs.6,00,000. Although supporters of acandidate can spend as much as theylike to help out with a campaign, theyhave to get written permission of thecandidate, and whilst parties areallowed to spend as much money oncampaigns as they want, recentSupreme Court judgements have saidthat unless a political party canspecifically account for money spentduring the campaign, it will considerany activities as being funded by thecandidates and counting towards theirelection expenses.

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We have asked the ICC to provide us with a financial model and our Board will discuss the matteronce we have received this model and an official ICC invitation. We would also have to follow the

Government protocols for hosting a major international event. If the finances and protocols are right andour Board agrees to accept the invitation, then we have the infrastructures and the expertise from recentlyhosting two ICC world championships to stage a successful tournament at short notice.

CSA Chief Executive Gerald Majola

English clubs completed a cleansweep of four teams into theChampions League quarter-fi-nals following a cliff-hanger

shootout victory by Arsenal againstRoma on Wednesday night.

Defending champions Manches-ter United had already beaten InterMilan, and on Tuesday Liverpooland Chelsea had booked theirpassage.

When Max Tonetto shot high overthe bar it gave Arsenal passage intothe last eight 7-6 on penalties after

the match ended 1-0, 1-1 on aggre-gate, after extra time. We needed toshow our nerve tonight and deter-mination, Arsenal manager Arsene

Wenger said. We were a bit nervousat the start and gave a goal awaymore by nerves than them creatingthe chance.

I must pay tribute to the nerves ofmy team. There is something inthere that comes out, that is hugemental strength. Our character hasbeen questioned many times. Ivesaid many times that this team isvery strong.

Sir Alex wins over old foe

At Old Trafford headers by Ne-manja Vidic, who outfoxed Patrick

Vieira in the box, and then CristianoRonaldo put United through 2-0 atthe expense of Jose Mourinhos In-ter Milan, who never really got onequal terms with their opponents.

Barcelonas Thierry Henry scoredhis 49th and 50th goals in the com-petition, putting him fourth in theall time list, as Barcelona beatFrench champions Lyon 5-2 at the

Nou Camp stadium. Porto and At-letico finished goalless in Lisbon butthe 2-2 draw in the first leg in Spainmeant Porto went through on awaygoals.

The eight teams which go into theFriday March 20 draw are Liverpool,Manchester United, Arsenal, Chel-sea, Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Por-to and Barcelona, with no Italianteam for the first time in seven

years.It was one of those long Euro-

pean nights where you dont know if youre watching a game of football

or watching a game of suicide,United manager Alex Ferguson saidafterwards. After scoring the firstgoal, I thought we would go on andkill them. But after going ahead westarted trying to put icing on thecake and we were lucky to be infront at half-time.

Ferguson added: I thought wecould score a few goals but then westarted doing flicks and back heels,hitting balls into space where noone was. It was really reckless foot-ball and it allowed Inter Milan to get

a grip of the game. From the middleof the first half to the end of the firsthalf they were the better team.

Word of praise from JoseInter Milan manager Jose Mou-

rinho claimed United had enjoyedmore than their fair share of luckybreaks. But he had no doubt aboutthe English champions ability tocomplete an unprecedented quin-tuple because of the way Alex Fergu-sons side have matured over thelast two seasons.

They have basically the same

team as when I was at Chelsea,Mourinho said. There is only Ber-batov who is new. But they havebeen together for four or five years.They are not young anymore theage average is 26-27 if you forgetGiggs and Scholes. They are in theright moment to be at the top oftheir careers. They reached themaximum level. They have experi-ence, quality, great physical condi-tion and intensity in their game.That is what the Champions Leagueis about. So yes, I think they can do

it (win five trophies).The five trophies would be En-

glish Premiership, FA Cup, LeagueCup, World Club Cup, and Cham-pions League.

About their 5-2 hammering ofLyon, Barcelona striker Lionel Messisaid: We werent afraid, but its trueafter those two goals (by Lyon) we

were a little surprised, we had acomplicated moment. But even so

we werent in a very dangerous sit-uation, we were all united, we want-ed the same thing.

AFP

Four English clubs into Champions League quarter-finals

English domination

Arsenals Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia (right)blocks the penalty kick of AS Romas Mirko Vucinic

(left) during their UEFA Champions League second legfirst knockout round match at the Olympico stadiumin Rome on Wednesday. PHOTO: AFP

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of his trademark birds.The other houndstooth tributecame from Moschino, again inthe form of a head-to-toe look houndstooth dresses, hound-stooth tights. The eye-catcher

was the outfit that looked as ifmade from hundreds of leftoverhoundstooth fabrics sewn to-gether.

Marni and DSquared2 restrict-ed the use of the fabric to muf-flers and trousers, while DerekLam sent out houndstooth minis-kirts.

At DKNY, beside clothes thatcould be expected to be craftedsolely out of houndstooth, there

was a mix of prints, too over-sized jackets in bold horizontalstripes, houndstooth skirts and

There are some prints thatnever fade away. Prints likepolka dots and plaid. Andhoundstooth. Houndstooth

is a Scottish print that from afarlooks like a pattern of checks, butwhich is more a result of an opti-cal illusion formed by split checksand abstract geometrical shapes.Originally black and white, theprints colour is now subject towhim and the need to alleviatethe boredom that is usually asso-ciated with it.

Many might have seen it andeven possess it in the form of agolf cap, jacket or skirt, withoutbeing aware of its nomenclatureand origins.

This winter fabric has wit-nessed a resurgence in the formof important Fall/Winter 2009-2010 shows entirely dedicated orrevolving around it.

Alexander McQueens show inParis, as always, was high on dra-ma. The bleeding red lips, howev-er, did nothing to distract fromthe fact that the line was a blind,

whole-hearted dedication to thehoundstooth, almost a decon-struction of the print. Even theshoes continued the theme. Inone red-and-black houndstoothgown, the print trails off to a flock

animal-print booties.Emporio Armani showcased

houndstooth overcoats. On theother hand, Stella McCartneycombined her Autumn/Winter2009 lines conspicuous favou-rite, lace, with houndstooth,lending the age-old print a del-icacy thats not usually associated

with it.

The classic print that looks likechecks, but which is not so, has seenabsolute tributes to it this season

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Moschino Stella McCartney

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Delicious Lipsfrom ChamboChambor introduces sall-new flavours withits lip gloss collection,Delicious Lips.

A range comprisesChocolate, Mint, Vanilla,Raspberry, Strawberryand Peach.Delicious Lips has a

very high shinequotient and is long-lasting due to theshiny polymers. It hasvitamins E and C and

moisturising propertiesthat help protect the lips. The product isavailable in a tube of 9 ml.Price: Rs. 425.Available at Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle,Pantaloons, Westside and other populardepartmental stores.

Power Curl from OriflameOriflames latest offering is the Power Curlmascara. Customised to curl and designedto define lashes, the mascara promises upto

91 per cent curvier and 40 per cent longerlashes.Power Curl mascara contains blacker-blackpigments for intense definition, while thesoft emollient-rich formula keeps lashesclump-free and conditioned. It comes with breakthrough brush designed to lift lashesfrom the root for dramatic curl. To add curand bulk, use short bristles to stroke lashestwice from root to tip. Create fan-likeseparation with long bristles by combingthrough for even distribution, flicking upslightly at the ends.Price: Rs. 349.Available with exclusive Oriflameconsultants.

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There was much buzz in Bol-lywood about Rakeysh Om-prakash Mehra making abiopic on legendary film-

maker Guru Dutt and his havingzeroed in on Aamir Khan to playthe lead role, but the directorsays he is not yet ready to makesuch a film.

I never talked about doing aGuru Dutt biopic. People kepttalking about it, Mehra told.

Nasreen Munni Kabeer hadcome to me with an idea on the

life of Guru Dutt. I told heranyone would like to make a filmon the life of Guru Dutt, espe-cially someone with my sensibil-ities. Then she came up with ascreenplay. I told her Id make it

when Im ready. This is someth-ing that crossed my mind 18months ago. Since then I haventeven thought about it. As of nowIm not ready to take on GuruDutt, he said.

Mehra feels only one film onthe life of Guru Dutt should be

made. And that too with the rightintention, aesthetics and theright amount of sincerity. Onlyone person should do it, and allthe others who want to honourhim with a film should just moveback and support that one pro-

ject. Guru Dutt means too muchto all of us, the filmmaker said.

And what about the talk of Aa-mir playing Guru Dutt?

I never thought of whod playGuru Dutt. It never went that far.The script always chooses the

actors. Its the script whichchooses me, so who am I tochoose anything else?

After Delhi-6, Mehra now wants to direct a light subject.Lets see what it is. It will be alight film. And by that I mean aless demanding subject, not nec-essarily a comedy, he quipped.Mehra is at the moment enjoy-ing the run of Delhi-6, whichstarred Abhishek Bachchan, Wa-heeda Rahman and SonamKapoor.

The feedback and fan following are tremendous... An Indianfilm got so widely reviewed inthe international press.

The director admits that thinitial response to the film madhim really low.

So much so that I startedoubting myself. How could I gthis wrong? It was a whole campaign against Delhi-6. I donknow who sponsored it. I wainitially agitated by the response. Then I realised it was new narrative and the audienc

would take some time gettinused to it.

Delhi-6 was being perceiveas a summer blockbuster. But i

wasnt a Singh Is Kinng. Peoplcame to watch Rang De Basan

2. Theyve finally accepted thfilm on its own terms. Ive jusbegun to enjoyDelhi-6, Mehrsaid.

IAN

Im not doing a Guru Dutt

biopic: Rakeysh Mehra


Flick

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Winehouse ready to give up music for husbandBritish pop star Amy Winehouse says she will give up her music career if it wget her husband Blake Fielder Civil back. Winehouse has been posting statusupdates on her Facebook profile about her husband who is reportedly intimawith a 16-year-old girl, reports mirror.co.uk.

"Only one film on

the life of Guru

Dutt should be

made. And that

too with the right

intention,aesthetics and

the right amount

of sincerity"

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American actor Johnny Depp has comeout tops for a Best Actor Oscar in a new

online survey, to find out, which star is most

overdue an Academy Awards win.After Kate Winslets 2009 Best Actress win,websitegoldderby.com has asked readers topick the star most deserving of an Oscar winafter losing out as a nominee, reports theDaily Express.

And three-time loser Depp leads the racewith 43 per cent of the vote - well ahead ofLeonardo DiCaprio, who picked up 18 percent.

Jeff Bridges, Tom Cruise, Robert DowneyJr., Ralph Fiennes, Ed Harris and Brad Pittare also in with a fighting chance, pickingup anything from four to six per cent of thevote.

Both Depp and DiCaprio are strong earlypicks for 2009/2010 Oscar nominations.

ANI

Depp named most overduestar for Oscar win

AFP

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has turned into a

blonde for her role in the upcoming drama LosAbrazos Rotos.

Director Pedro Almodovar has revealed thathe did not want the actress trademark dark anddishevelled hairstyle for the film.

Instead, he opted for a sleek platinum blonde wig - and even managed to convince Cruz tosqueeze into a red latex minidress and fishnettights to complete her dramatic metamorpho-

sis.Before beginning the tests for my film I had

already decided to avoid the dishevelled styles, in-spired by Sophia Loren, which suit Penelope so well. After

seeing the photo from Vicky Cristina Barcelona, I was even moreconvinced about my decision, Contactmusic quoted Almodo-var, as saying.

I want to try not to repeat hairstyles that Penelope has worn inother films. I really enjoy reinventing her, discovering the num-ber of characters that reside within our beautiful and versatile

leading lady, Almodovar added. ANI

PenelopeCruz turnsblonde fornew flick


Sarvam to release

on March 27Director Vishnuvardhans upcoming flick Sarvamwould probably hit theatres on Mrach 27. Themovie supposed to be a romantic and emotionalthriller will see Arya pairing up with Trisha on-screen for the first time. Trisha for the first timein her career will play the role of a paediatric

intern who will be always surrounded by kids.The movies music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Shilpa to

enter wedlockActress Shilpa Shetty will wed her long timebeau Raj Kundra. It is said that Raj proposed toShilpa on the Valentines Day this year with adiamond ring. However according to Shilpa thewedding will not take place before the end ofthis year. The actress is currently busy with othercommitments as she has expanded her businessempire with a spa.

Actor Omakuchi deadComedian Omakuchi Narasimhan,(71), who has acted inmany South Indian movies expired today. The actor issurvived by his wife and children

Cine City

Actress Penelope Cruz ar-rives at the 81st AcademyAwards at the Kodak Theaterin Hollywood, California on

February 22, 2009. Cruz wonthe Oscar for Best Support-ing Actress. AFP PHOTO

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Thursdays Query

Your most memorablemoments from collegetrips. When I was in my final year, wewent to Wayanadu trip there we sawactress Shakila but unfortunately thatwas her personal trip not her

shooting Lexsminarayanan,TCS-eserve

When I drank 18 beers during atour to Pondy

Sivakumar,

Allsec

We had been to Ooty in the 3rdsemester. I saw a horse and wantedto ride it. Everything went fine untilat the end when its owner left thereign and the horse went gallopingabout 500m on its own. There wasno saddle and I didnt know whereto hold, I clung on to its backterrified. Being a trained horse, ittook a turn and brought me back.

My friends said d look on my facewhile I was on d horse was pricelessRema Varma,

Accenture

The one and only industrial visittat we went to Bangalore. The mostmemorable and nice trip. In theitinerary we put companies, whichdid not itself exist. We gave someimaginary names and address and

just for name sake we went only toone industry and then enjoyed a lot

Priyang,

TCS

When a scooter hit me whilecrossing the road during a collegetrip to Bangalore. Some 40 guys frommy class took me to a safer place andhelped the scooter guy to start. Thatguy must be still searching for me, asit was my fault

Ranjani,Cognizant

On our way back to college weturned the bus towards Pondicherryand had good time

Senthil,

Wipro

I met my dream girl in a trip toGoa

Rogo Jack ,Allsec

During our final year trip to

Mumbai, when we reached ourlodging, me and 3 of my friendshappily locked our room and startedenjoying. Then when somebodyknocked our door we found that dueto some problem in our lock it gotstuck up and we couldnt open. Thenit took 3 hours to break the doorand let us out with all our friendswaiting for us eagerly outside. Reallyit was a funniest and memorablemoment

Cherma Preethi,

TCS

After visiting Kodaikanal withfriends we planed to go Palanitemple. Due to non-availability ofhot water we decided to take bath incold water early morning at 4 ambecause we had to visit a devotionalplace. While bathing we shouted"palanimalai muruga arogara" wedanced we jumped, we ran and gotfrozen . Those days never comeagain, "athu oru nila kaalam sorykulir kaalam"

Prakash,

Wipro

In my final year I went to Ootywhere I had my first quarter and till

now waiting for the another chanceLokesh,Hewitt

During my final year, we went toOoty, Coonoor it was a beautiful tripwhere we enjoyed a lot with scenicbeauty. We took snaps at botanicalgarden, Pykara waterfalls, boating,shooting spots, Nilgris, dodabetta,Coonoor park, its awesome andexotic to be there. And in Hotel ourlast night was ended with camp firewhere we danced and sang. Still nowif I open my album, I will just goback to Ooty once again with thosebeautiful flashbacks with free of cost

Sindhu Sapna,Congruent Solutions

It was my 5th sem university exam.Due to rain our exam got postponed,we went 2 Thekadi, Kodaikanalwithout my parents knowledge.When ever they call I reply them Imin group study dont disturb

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Todays Query The most creative way you have used to copyin exams

N.Saranyafrom FSS-Testing Team has nominated hisfriends as Partners in Crime. This picture was clicked atMahaballipuram.

Viswanath from TCS e Serve has nominated hisfriends as Partner in Crime. This photo was clickedduring a trip to Yelagiri.

Karthikeyan from Cognizant Technologies hasnominated his friends as Partners in Crime. This pic wasclicked during their outing.

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Wife:- Then Go!Mr.Bean:- How can i go?

A Dog is standing outside...N.Deepan,

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Siruseri.

Dearest Nesa,Each year your birthdayreminds usThat we really want to sayWe r very glad I know you;We think of you each day.We hope you enjoy yourbirthday,All the pleasures it has instore,And because Weappreciate you,We hope you have manymore!Happy Birthday Nesa!!

Loads of love,

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Dear Mythili (mylu),Another year is a happygift,So cut your cake, and say,"Instead of countingbirthdays,I count blessings everyday!"Advance birthday wishesmythili

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Dearest Reva,Im wishing you anotheryearOf laughter, joy and fun,Surprises, love andhappiness,And when your birthdaysdone,I hope you feel deep inyour heart,As your birthdays comeand go,How very much you meanto me,More than you can knowHave a Happy Birthday!!

Loads of Love

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Hi SanthoshOn your birthday,I wish for you thefulfillmentof all your fondest dreams.I wish for you thatwhatever you want most inlife,it comes to you,

just the way you imaginedit,or better.Happy Birthday !

Hearty Wishes from

your Team friends !!!

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Wish you many morehappy returns of the day!May the coming yearsbring lots of happiness inyour life.

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Dear Sheba,Wishing you a gr8wonderful Birthday!!!God Bless you..... Love youlot... Have a grt dazzlingyear ahead !!!

With lov

Ur love.

Dear Pandiyan,Ariyalur Naatu RajavukkuIniya pirantha naalvaazthukkal...Vazhiya Nee Pallandu.

With Love

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Hi Dinesh Kanna,May God shower you allthe happiness in the WorldMay this birthday beloaded with full of fun &

frolic.My hearty wishes to youDhanda Belated BirthdayWishes!!!

With love

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Hi Prem (Kuruvi manda),On this Special day wewish you a Very HappyBirthday. May it bring uwith loads of joy. All theBest for ur delightfulJourney. Keep Rocking.

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Dear Vimala,Warm and loving birthdaywishes from your lovingfriend. Let your every stepin life would be successfulone .you are always speciato me .I miss our collegedays .your always in myheart.

With lots of lov

M.Gowri Santhi

Mr.Prajeesh from Sify Limited has beennominated as office Angel by his friendS.J. Vincent.

He is a very talented person and helpful

to all. He never says no for any help

which we ask him.

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BORN LOSER

FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

PREVIOUS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20

LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20

SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20

PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20

Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pa

The day will begin with a pile of workload. Ganassures that you will be able to clear up everythin due time. There may some technical glitches awork; hence it is advisable to take back-up of athe important data.

Confusion may strike terror in your life. Take it eLet some time pass and things will get clearer. Othe positive side, there are some good news comyour way very soon. You may remain emotionallattached to your partner or beloved.

If you begin early, you will able to get off early.

There may be some events at home which requiyour attention, early winding up will help. Imporcommunication is on the cards today. Evening wbe spent in warm company of close friends.

If we distribute the day in to two parts, theprevious will be pleasant. The later part will hecand bothersome. Arrange all important meeting the first part of the day. On the love front, you wbe emotionally inclined towards your beloved.

The day is picture perfect today. Things will certbe in your favour, both in personal as well asprofessional life. All that was floating around incertainty will start settling down. Some Leos migactually decide to settle down in personal lives.

On this fun filled day, Ganesha feels your heart fly free at your office as well. You may seem to

in a flirtatious mood at the office. All fun andgames should not mean ignoring work, warnsGanesha. You may have visitors in the evening.

Here comes a lucky day! Ganesha thinks you shotake advantage of this situation on the career frGo out and conquer your dreams today. Love lifeand personal life will be at its best today. Youshould enjoy the day without any hesitance.

Your superiors and colleagues will appreciate yowork. Sadly, this will mean increase in the workfor the day. Ganesha feels that this is a goodchance for you to create great rapo in office. Onthe love front, be prepared for pleasant surprises

You may have to face tough competition at worktoday. Ganesha thinks you will be able to handlthe situation judiciously. On the love front, you a

your beloved will be at the best possible blissfulmoment that any love birds can reach.

Desired goals may not be achieved. You may alsfeel that your hard work is not paying off. Ganesassures that the wind will start blowing in yourdirection very soon. You just need to keep faith.Love life will be emotional today.

This busy day will begin a bit late for you. Thismight take a toll on your energy levels and mighdrain u mentally. Ganesha feels that due to this,you might want to rush home. Love life isuneventful.

The fog of confusion will get cleared from yourmind in the morning itself. Ganesha feels the floof the day is smooth. For lovers and couples, trynot to indulge in any kind of arguments today,Ganesha says.

Words worthBematist (bee-muh-tist) an official road-surveyor inthe time of Alexander the Great. This word comesfrom a Greek word meaning to measure by paces.

Bond museumAn Austrian town is to open a JamesBond museum to mark its briefappearance in Quantum of Solace.

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When we went for the audition,no one was willing to talk.They had difficulty in open-ing up. But after gaining their

trust, we were all for surprise as they hadscores of hidden talents within them,brims G. Brammanathan of NalandaWayFoundation , the script writer and director

of Paatti Vada Kaakka Nari, a humorousplay enacted by the children of juvenilehomes at the Museum Theatre onWednesady.

The auditorium at Egmore was rever-berating with the applause as The 45 kidsfrom 17 juvenile homes in Tamil Nadugave a rocking performance for one-ahalf-hour. From eight-year-old Ajay to 18-year-old Suresh, each one played their

role to perfection. The same old vada storyinvolving old lady, crow and fox was in-terlaced with stories from Panchathanthi-ra folk tales. The entire show wasperformed with pre-recorded soundtracks.

Along with the story we have includedsome social messages which the childrencame up with. It is clear that the social

evils like smoking, drinking has created avery strong impression in the minds ofthese children that they are realising it assomething wrong, Bramma said.

For Balaji, a class IX student fromRoyapuram home, the whole exercise wasan introduction to a dream world. Wear-ing a full black outfit, to enact the role ofcrow in the play, he was raring for a chatafter the show.

The rehearsals were fun. Now I have

many friends in this group. I even dubbedfor some other characters, says Balaji

who is also a budding mimicry artist.Asked what he learnt from the whole exer-cise, he says Brahma anna taught mehow to modulate my voice for differentroles. That was new to me.

If Balaji is good at voice modulation,then Suresh is a good actor, says WeslinPanakal, Head of Communication, Nalan-daWay. Each one has a different talent,but they dont have a platform to expressit. So we thought of helping them, sheadds.

Sriram Ayer, the CEO of NalandaWaysaid that within three years all the childrenof juvenile homes will be trained in differ-ent arts and provided a platform to show-case their talents.

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More than 220 women participatedin the Womens Day fete orga-

nised by The Hindu recently.As part of the day-long event orga-

nised at the Citi Centre, women fromvarious walks of life participated in ac-tivities including treasure hunt, rid-dle-solving and other games.Sixty-two teams participated in thetreasure hunt that was flagged off by

women biker Alisha Abdullah.The hunt took the teams on a wild

goose chase from Mylapore to ElliotsBeach. They solved riddles, tracked

down clues and performed activitie

to score bonus before reaching the final destination. The team with themaximum points were declared

winners. After the treasure hunt the women

headed to Citi Centre at Radhakrishnan Salai where a variety of event

were conducted, from games to singing and dance competitions. TV actress Shipla, RJ Arun and SingeChinmayi graced the celebration andinteracted with the participants.

The winners went home rich as theday ended with the prize distributionThe 1st prize winners took away acash prize of Rs. 25,000.

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