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08
HOUNDSTOOTH’S BARK
Return of the age-old print
Election
TIME
Around 43 million
registered Indian voters
have the opportunity to
exercise their franchise
for the first time in the
upcoming Lok Sabha
elections. Read how a
campaign simplified the
registration process for
thousands of clueless
voters. Plus, how some
of our politicos have
gone online!
» PAGE 04 & 05
02 ERGO Friday, March 13, 2009
Namma Chennai
Food
Flavours of
Theatre India
From Tamil Nadu to Andhra
Pradesh to Rajasthan to Kerala to
Mathemagician Punjab… make sure you dine at
Paprika from March 13. The hotel
is hosting a cultural food festival,
It’s play time! Mathemagician, a with each day allotted for a state.
play directed and designed by The buffet is priced at Rs. 795 +
Gowri Ramanarayan, will be taxes.
staged. It combines music, When: From March 13 to 26; 7
poetry and visuals to tell the p.m.
story of Nikor in Babylon, set in Where: Courtyard by Marriott
500 BC. V. Balakrishnan plays
Nikor the Mathemagician.
When: March 14; 3.30 and 7.30
p.m.
Where: Sivagami Pethachi Music
Auditorium, Luz Church Road
Music
Black and
White
Relive the golden era of
Hindi cinemas at ‘Black and
White’. The Railway
Officer’s Club and Sterling
Road brings to the city a
collage of performances on
screen and stage of the
period between 1945 and
1968.
When: March 16; 7 p.m.
Just Jazz
Where: Music Academy Sylvain Luc (guitar), Jean-Marc Jafet (double bass) and Pascal Rey
For passes call 2826 0898 (drums) promise to rock you with this weekend with their Jazz
concert.
When: March 14; 7.30 p.m.
Where: 24, College Road
For passes call AFM 2827 9803/2827 1477
Trials
M
his CIA boss, asked robbers stormed Rs 10 lakh in cash, police added. ing hit by a speeding motorcycle.
working out of his into a house in Thiru- Following a complaint lodged He was rushed to a private hospi-
office in the United mangalam on Wednes- by Malgani on Thursday morn- tal nearby. Adyar traffic investiga-
States. day night, locked up its ing, police personnel including tions registered a case and are on
Hani, as the head of Jordan’s intelligence agency inmates and looted diamond and senior officials and fingerprint the hunt for the unidentified
offers a compelling performance too. The film’s gold jewellery worth over Rs 1 experts visited the crime spot and biker.
narrative is so tight and intricate, you’ll probably miss crore and Rs 10 lakh in cash. conducted preliminary investiga- Karthikeyan succumbed to his
out on a plot advancement if you even get up to Thirumangalam police said the tions. Special teams have been injuries on Thursday morning.
fetch a glass of water. However, paying attention to daring robbery occurred at the formed to nab the unidentified Students from the school came to
the storyline is thoroughly rewarding as the movie home of aluminium and jewellery culprits. Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Kottivak-
encompasses great characters, a complex script, and a businessman Ashok Kumar Mal- kam and staged a road roko after
strong political viewpoint.
We say: If you’re into geopolitical thrillers, this film
gani (58) on 13th Main Road, Z
Block, Thirumangalam. Three
Boy’s death sparks the news of his death reached the
school.
cannot be missed. masked men, carrying deadly
weapons and conversing in Hin-
protest on OMR The protesters demanded the
construction of a pedestrian over
di, barged in around 11.30 p.m. Death of a 10-year-old school bridge and traffic police deploy-
when Malgani, his wife Lata (55) boy on Thursday, who met with a ment as accident occur regularly
GAME OF THE WEEK and domestic help Bachan were road accident on Rajiv Gandhi near the school. They abandoned
inside the house. Salai last week, sparked a road ro- the protest after senior police of-
The trio threatened and locked ko at Kottivakkam by his ficials and a State Minister pass-
Castlevania: them up in a bathroom after
snatching the keys of the almi-
schoolmates.
Police said the deceased karthi-
ing by assured to fulfil their
demands immediately, police
rahs and safes from Lata. They keyan, who was studying at a pri- added. ■
Order of Ecclesia
Konami’s famed adventure series’ last appearance on
Nintendo DS was rather cack-handed, but this is a
whip-cracking return to form. It’s traditional
vampire-slaying 2D action at its best, though
progression is linear and the difficulty insanely high
at times.
LOVE Classy
gaming with
a beautiful
soundtrack
HATE Too…
difficult.
Can’t…
beat… it
We say:
Among the
best
Castlevania
games you’ve
seen in years
Silent Heart
Silent Heart has the sort of atmospheric music that
the likes of Pink Floyd have mastered. While it’s
probably sacrilege to even put the two in the same
sentence, songs from this album have taken
inspiration from the best-selling English progressive
rock band. For instance, Beyond Time opens in
exactly the same manner as Floyd’s Shine On You
Crazy Diamond. However, Silent Heart’s mood only
makes it apt for elevators. Don’t get us wrong, we
aren’t belittling
the artist; there
are those who
love background
music.
Sound advice:
Karunesh makes
the sort of
ambient music
that’s soothing,
quiet, and
occasionally
uplifting.
04 ERGO Friday, March 13, 2009
Big Story
LIFFY THOMAS AND SREEJITH S. Now, how many people are writing for Advani
It’s
feedback@goergo.in and how much of his election budget has been
diverted for online campaigns is an altogether
different topic, which we think his fellow poli-
T
he Indian election juggernaut is on the ticians should be raising in the online war.
move, with political parties vying for every Others including Omar Abdullah (jknc.org/
bit of attention from voters. blog), S.M. Krishna (http://sm-krishna.sulek-
ELECTION
But is General Election 2009 going to get ha.com/blog/posts.htm) and M.K. Stalin
more exciting than the previous years? Will (http://mkstalin.net/blog/) seem to have
campaigning on the Internet play a crucial role? stopped posting.
Are we going to see the social media, which
Barack Obama cashed in on extensively to win I am on Orkut/Facebook
the U.S. Presidential election, be a winning fac- We all know the rage social networking sites
tor for Indian politicos, too? Hang on! Before like Facebook and Orkut have become. Now it
time
that we decided to check the online space and looks like local networking sites are cashing in
its accessibility among the leaders. on the election fever more than Facebook.
BuzzGain, a software company that tracks the
Blogsphere… ability of people to communicate on networking
Age is no barrier for those using the Internet sites, claims that Orkut and local search engines
to campaign. And 82-year-old L.K. Advani are bigger bets.
knows that best. His blog (lkadvani.in) and web- “When compared to Facebook (4 million us-
site are topping the election charts as the most ers), Orkut (21.3 million users) seems to be a lot
With poll date drawing viewed/read blogs this season. According to da-
ta sourced from the IT cell of the BJP in New
more popular. Also, local sites like Minglebox
and BigAdda have come out as larger campaign-
close, SMSes, blogs, social Delhi, every day the site receives 20,000 unique
visitors. With each person viewing four to five
ing zones,” says Mukund Mohan, CEO of Buzz-
Gain.
networking sites and pages, this brings the site around a lakh page
views a day. If that’s not enough, there are more
‘Meet Up’ or meeting conferences where a
group of enthusiasts gather on a specific day
websites are buzzing indicators to show the increasing interest
among Indians about elections. Over 7,000 peo-
and time at a constituency to create awareness
on the need to vote is equally picking up.
ple have registered with their biodata as volun- “Cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi top
teers. the list of these ‘Meet Ups’, which are again
But will the Internet bring in the votes? Prody- popularised through networking sites,” adds
ut Bora, national convenor, IT cell, replies: Mohan.
“Communication consists of two parts – mes-
sage and medium. It is the message that gets in More…
votes, not the medium. Elections were fought, Not enough that most of the parties have their
won and lost, after radio and TV. Similarly, elec- own websites, this is also the time for individu-
tions were fought, won and lost, even after in- als/party supporters to showcase work, ideology
ternet. At no point can one say that we won or and poll planks through websites of their own.
lost because we used a particular medium.” Leading the campaign in cyber world are Na-
rendra Modi (www.narendramodi.in), Shivraj
Singh Chouhan (www.shivrajsinghchouhan.in),
among others.
Likewise, Congress is going active on Twitter
with an all-out campaign. ■
Friday, March 13, 2009
05
Too many to handle
Designed by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. and Bharat Electronics Ltd, Electronic Voting
Machines (EVMs) were first used in Kerala. The highest number of candidates that an electronic
voting 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 ballot
paper was in the form of a booklet
J
anaagraha, a Bangalore- leges and companies, Jaago
based non-profit organi- Re! has been able to achieve
sation, was working in an on-ground registration
the direction of improv- number of about 50,000,” says
ing urban governance in the Vandana Krishnan, Commu-
country. Around the same nication Associate, Jaago Re!
time, Tata Tea had launched One Billion Votes.
it new TV ad campaign, whe- Even beyond the present 37
rein a politician going door- cities, Jaago Re! has tool-kits,
to-door seeking votes gets along with the complete list of
grilled by a youngster on his documents required, ready
qualifications. Seeing that the for anyone who shows inter-
objectives of both were est.
roughly the same, Tata Tea New areas Jaago Re! is pres-
approached Janaagraha and ently working on are mapping
showed interest in a tie-up. of polling booths and an on-
The result was what has line voter search engine.
now become a wake-up call, While the poll booth mapping
“Jaago Re!”, for thousands of has been started as a pilot
young Indian voters. Jaago project in Bangalore, the Jaa-
Re! One Billion Votes has go Re! team is in the process
been persuading reluctant of asking people to confirm
voters to exercise their fran- the submission of their voter
chise by creating a platform registration forms so that it is
to simplify the voter registra- indexed and a voters’ data-
tion process. In fact, Jaago Re! base is created.
now covers 37 cities in India. Now, however, is the most
This, with a core team of just hectic time. “With the elec-
13 members, with the average By reaching out to large audiences, such as those present in tion coming up, we’re first
age being 26. concentrating on getting the
How, one might ask. A vol-
colleges and companies, Jaago Re! has been able to achieve an registrations done. There’s
unteer base of 130 people on-ground registration number of about 50,000 very little time,” rushes Van-
spread across the country has dana. ■
Total number of
existing polling money Total EVMs
used: 10.25 lakh
booths: 700,121 There are tight legal limits on the (2004 General
Highest number amount of money a candidate can Election)
of booths in a spend during the election campaign. In Operational
state: 101,678 (UP) most Lok Sabha constituencies, the speed of
Least number of limit as recently amended in EVMs:
booths: 40 December, 1997, is Rs. 15,00,000, maximum of five
(Lakshwadeep) although in some states the limit is Rs. votes per minute
Slimmest margin 6,00,000. Although supporters of a Number of
of victory: Dr. P. candidate can spend as much as they votes one EVM
Pookunhikoya (JD like to help out with a campaign, they can register:
(U)) of have to get written permission of the 3,840
Lakshwadeep candidate, and whilst parties are Number of
constituency (71 allowed to spend as much money on candidates an
votes) campaigns as they want, recent EVM can hold:
Biggest margin Supreme Court judgements have said A maximum of
of victory: Anil that unless a political party can 64
Basu (CPIM) of specifically account for money spent Amount of
Arambagh during the campaign, it will consider paper saved
constituency in any activities as being funded by the due to EVMs:
West Bengal candidates and counting towards their 8,000 metric
(5,92,502 votes) election expenses. tonnes
06 ERGO Friday, March 13, 2009
Sport
The Pakistan Cricket Board hierarchy is meeting in Lahore to chalk out plans to give the domestic
cricket tournaments a facelift and make them more attractive and entertaining for the people.
The move to lay emphasis on domestic cricket comes just nine days after the Sri Lankan cricket
team and match officials were ambushed in Lahore going to the Gaddafi stadium for the second
Test.
R
oger Federer, be-
sted by Rafael Nadal in a five-set
The bat more final at the Australian Open in Janu-
than talked ary, is keen to renew his rivalry with his
Spanish foe at the Indian Wells Masters series. Federer’s
Consistent ability to clear the short boundaries in Kiwiland appearance in the California desert, where men’s play begins
may not be a daunting task for India’s best-ever batting today, marks his first tournament since falling to Nadal in Mel-
line-up in ODIs. For Virendra Sehwag, though, it’s not just bourne, as the 13-time Grand Slam champion nursed a nagging back
injury.
about clearing them but the manner in which it is done.
Now he said he’s rested and ready to bid for a fourth title in the event he
Result; the fastest ever ODI century by an Indian (60 balls) won in 2004, 2005 and 2006. “I love playing matches against him, especially
and overall sixth fastest, to seal India’s first-ever ODI series those five-setters, seeing if I can hang with him physically without a problem,”
win in the country of extreme climates. Sehwag launched an Federer said. “He’s the greatest challenger I’ve ever had. I am really motivated
array of strokes to the stands with rocket-like precision that because I don’t know how much better he can play,” Federer added. “I don’t know
how much better I can play, but I am right there and he’s playing the tennis of his life.”
would put an ISRO engineer to shame. So fearsome was the
Nadal’s victory in the first Grand Slam of the year marked the Spaniard’s first hardcourt
assault that both the ball and the bowler felt hurt, sending Grand Slam triumph. He also denied Federer a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam crown.
the former into the crowds and the latter into a shell, from But the 27-year-old Swiss, who broke down in tears in the wake of that defeat, said he
where recovery was just a formality to face the bat and the wasn’t unhappy with his performance there. “I thought I played a great match for four-and-
man, again. Sehwag ended up completing 6,500 career runs a-half sets,” he said. “I think I played great off the baseline, I just didn’t serve great and I think
that cost me the match also.”
in the process, thus becoming Ergo’s Player of the Week.
As the top two seeds Nadal and Federer are slated to meet in the final here, but also in the mix
is defending champion and third seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and fourth-seeded Briton Andy
Murray. Djokovic beat Nadal in the semi-finals last year, then beat surprise finalist Mardy Fish in
the final. Fish had shocked Federer in the semis.
Murray will be playing his first tournament since he withdrew from the quarter-finals in Dubai
last month with a virus. Federer confirmed that he hasn’t arrived in California with a new coach.
Australian Darren Cahill, former mentor of Andre Agassi, travelled to Federer’s base in Dubai to
work with him, but decided he didn’t want to pursue the job. “He said the travel was tough for
him,” Federer said. “He took the decision for me.” Federer said he will continue to work with
Severin Luthi, Switzerland’s Davis Cup captain, on a part-time basis. “He’s the Davis Cup captain
and we’ve been working the last one and a half years together. So nothing really changes,” he
said. “I just continue with the great team that I have.” ■
AFP
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We have asked the ICC to provide us with a financial model and our Board will discuss the matter
once 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 and
our Board agrees to accept the invitation, then we have the infrastructures and the expertise from recently
hosting two ICC world championships to stage a successful tournament at short notice.
CSA Chief Executive Gerald Majola
English domination
E
nglish clubs completed a clean Sir Alex wins over old foe or watching a game of suicide,” team as when I was at Chelsea,”
sweep of four teams into the United manager Alex Ferguson said Mourinho said. “There is only Ber-
Champions League quarter-fi- At Old Trafford headers by Ne- afterwards. “After scoring the first batov who is new. But they have
nals following a cliff-hanger manja Vidic, who outfoxed Patrick goal, I thought we would go on and been together for four or five years.
shootout victory by Arsenal against Vieira in the box, and then Cristiano kill them. But after going ahead we They are not young anymore – the
Roma on Wednesday night. Ronaldo put United through 2-0 at started trying to put icing on the age average is 26-27 if you forget
Defending champions Manches- the expense of Jose Mourinho’s In- cake and we were lucky to be in Giggs and Scholes. They are in the
ter United had already beaten Inter ter Milan, who never really got on front at half-time.” right moment to be at the top of
Milan, and on Tuesday Liverpool equal terms with their opponents. Ferguson added: “I thought we their careers. They reached the
and Chelsea had booked their Barcelona’s Thierry Henry scored could score a few goals but then we maximum level. They have experi-
passage. his 49th and 50th goals in the com- started doing flicks and back heels, ence, quality, great physical condi-
When Max Tonetto shot high over petition, putting him fourth in the hitting balls into space where no tion and intensity in their game.
the bar it gave Arsenal passage into all time list, as Barcelona beat one was. It was really reckless foot- That is what the Champions League
the last eight 7-6 on penalties after French champions Lyon 5-2 at the ball and it allowed Inter Milan to get is about. So yes, I think they can do
the match ended 1-0, 1-1 on aggre- Nou Camp stadium. Porto and At- a grip of the game. From the middle it (win five trophies).”
gate, after extra time. “We needed to letico finished goalless in Lisbon but of the first half to the end of the first The five trophies would be En-
show our nerve tonight and deter- the 2-2 draw in the first leg in Spain half they were the better team.” glish Premiership, FA Cup, League
mination,” Arsenal manager Arsene meant Porto went through on away Cup, World Club Cup, and Cham-
Wenger said. “We were a bit nervous goals. Word of praise from Jose pions League.
at the start and gave a goal away The eight teams which go into the Inter Milan manager Jose Mou- About their 5-2 hammering of
more by nerves than them creating Friday March 20 draw are Liverpool, rinho claimed United had enjoyed Lyon, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi
the chance. Manchester United, Arsenal, Chel- more than their fair share of lucky said: “We weren’t afraid, but it’s true
I must pay tribute to the nerves of sea, Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Por- breaks. But he had no doubt about after those two goals (by Lyon) we
my team. There is something in to and Barcelona, with no Italian the English champions’ ability to were a little surprised, we had a
there that comes out, that is huge team for the first time in seven complete an unprecedented quin- complicated moment. But even so
mental strength. Our character has years. tuple because of the way Alex Fergu- we weren’t in a very dangerous sit-
been questioned many times. I’ve “It was one of those long Euro- son’s side have matured over the uation, we were all united, we want-
said many times that this team is pean nights where you don’t know if last two seasons. ed the same thing.” ■
very strong.” you’re watching a game of football “They have basically the same AFP
Hounding the
houndstoothThe classic print that looks like
checks, but which is not so, has seen
Alexander
absolute tributes to it this season
McQueen
Derek Lam
T
here are some prints that of important Fall/Winter 2009- made from hundreds of leftover
never fade away. Prints like 2010 shows entirely dedicated or houndstooth fabrics sewn to- DKNY
polka dots and plaid. And revolving around it. gether.
houndstooth. Houndstooth Alexander McQueen’s show in Marni and DSquared2 restrict-
is a Scottish print that from afar Paris, as always, was high on dra- ed the use of the fabric to muf- animal-print booties.
looks like a pattern of checks, but ma. The bleeding red lips, howev- flers and trousers, while Derek Emporio Armani showcased
which is more a result of an opti- er, did nothing to distract from Lam sent out houndstooth minis- houndstooth overcoats. On the
cal illusion formed by split checks the fact that the line was a blind, kirts. other hand, Stella McCartney
and abstract geometrical shapes. whole-hearted dedication to the At DKNY, beside clothes that combined her Autumn/Winter
Originally black and white, the houndstooth, almost a decon- could be expected to be crafted 2009 line’s conspicuous favou-
print’s colour is now subject to struction of the print. Even the solely out of houndstooth, there rite, lace, with houndstooth,
whim and the need to alleviate shoes continued the theme. In was a mix of prints, too – over- lending the age-old print a del-
the boredom that is usually asso- one red-and-black houndstooth sized jackets in bold horizontal icacy that’s not usually associated Emporio Armani
ciated with it. gown, the print trails off to a flock stripes, houndstooth skirts and with it. ■
Friday, March 13, 2009
09
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Flick
British pop star Amy Winehouse says she will give up her music career if it will
get her husband Blake Fielder Civil back. Winehouse has been posting status
updates on her Facebook profile about her husband who is reportedly intimate
with a 16-year-old girl, reports mirror.co.uk.
T
here was much buzz in Bol- life of Guru Dutt. I told her made. And that too with the right actors. It’s the script which initially agitated by the re-
lywood about Rakeysh Om- anyone would like to make a film intention, aesthetics and the chooses me, so who am I to sponse. Then I realised it was a
prakash Mehra making a on the life of Guru Dutt, espe- right amount of sincerity. Only choose anything else?” new narrative and the audience
biopic on legendary film- cially someone with my sensibil- one person should do it, and all After Delhi-6, Mehra now would take some time getting
maker Guru Dutt and his having ities. Then she came up with a the others who want to honour wants to direct a light subject. used to it.
zeroed in on Aamir Khan to play screenplay. I told her I’d make it him with a film should just move “Let’s see what it is. It will be a “Delhi-6 was being perceived
the lead role, but the director when I’m ready. This is someth- back and support that one pro- light film. And by that I mean a as a summer blockbuster. But it
says he is not yet ready to make ing that crossed my mind 18 ject. Guru Dutt means too much less demanding subject, not nec- wasn’t a Singh Is Kinng. People
such a film. months ago. Since then I haven’t to all of us,” the filmmaker said. essarily a comedy,” he quipped. came to watch Rang De Basanti
“I never talked about doing a even thought about it. As of now And what about the talk of Aa- Mehra is at the moment enjoy- 2. They’ve finally accepted the
Guru Dutt biopic. People kept I’m not ready to take on Guru mir playing Guru Dutt? ing the run of Delhi-6, which film on its own terms. I’ve just
talking about it,” Mehra told. Dutt,” he said. “I never thought of who’d play starred Abhishek Bachchan, Wa- begun to enjoy Delhi-6,” Mehra
“Nasreen Munni Kabeer had Mehra feels only one film on Guru Dutt. It never went that far. heeda Rahman and Sonam said. ■
come to me with an idea on the the life of Guru Dutt should be The script always chooses the Kapoor. IANS
Friday, March 13, 2009
11
Actor Omakuchi dead
Comedian Omakuchi Narasimhan,(71), who has acted in
many South Indian movies expired today. The actor is
survived by his wife and children
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“W
hen we went for the audition, something wrong,” Bramma said.
no one was willing to talk. For Balaji, a class IX student from
They had difficulty in open- Royapuram home, the whole exercise was
ing up. But after gaining their an introduction to a dream world. Wear-
trust, we were all for surprise as they had ing a full black outfit, to enact the role of
scores of hidden talents within them,” crow in the play, he was raring for a chat
brims G. Brammanathan of NalandaWay after the show.
Foundation , the script writer and director “The rehearsals were fun. Now I have
of Paatti Vada Kaakka Nari, a humorous many friends in this group. I even dubbed
play enacted by the children of juvenile for some other characters,” says Balaji
homes at the Museum Theatre on who is also a budding mimicry artist.
Wednesady. Asked what he learnt from the whole exer-
The auditorium at Egmore was rever- cise, he says “Brahma anna taught me
berating with the applause as The 45 kids how to modulate my voice for different
from 17 juvenile homes in Tamil Nadu roles. That was new to me.”
gave a rocking performance for one-a “If Balaji is good at voice modulation,
half-hour. From eight-year-old Ajay to 18- then Suresh is a good actor,” says Weslin
year-old Suresh, each one played their Panakal, Head of Communication, Nalan-
role to perfection. The same old vada story daWay. “Each one has a different talent,
involving old lady, crow and fox was in- but they don’t have a platform to express
terlaced with stories from Panchathanthi- it. So we thought of helping them,” she
ra folk tales. The entire show was adds.
performed with pre-recorded sound Sriram Ayer, the CEO of NalandaWay
tracks. said that within three years all the children
“Along with the story we have included of juvenile homes will be trained in differ-
some social messages which the children ent arts and provided a platform to show-
came up with. It is clear that the social case their talents. ■