A BYTE OF LIFE Friday, April 10, 2009

THE
PERMANENT
08 STRONG AT 62
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DOTS Sylvester Stallone still has his Rambo abs
Polka dots refuse to go

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 68

Fit for
Change in season also means change in
gym regimen. Experts speak on what to
do and what not to this summer. » PAGES 04 & 05
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Namma Chennai
Travel

Once upon a
Food time
Wondering how to make your
children make best use of the
Easter treat summers! Storytrails has a
number of interesting trails
planned from April 11 to May 3
This Sunday is Easter and Hotel Asiana and a second batch from May 9
welcomes you to gorge on a selection to 29. Around 13 trails – Car trail,
of Easter goodies – bunnies, hot cross Forest Trail, Cinema Trail,
buns and homemade cookies – at Bytes Birdman Trail, Unwind Trail, etc –
till April 12. Also, be a part of the promises to get one more friends
Sunday lunch at Atrium where a lavish and keep you engaged. Register
buffet, a glass of wine or beer, live with the Storytrails Trailblazers
music and games are sure to keep you Club by calling 9600080215 or
entertained. The lunch is priced at Rs. email kids@storytrails.in
699.
For reservation call 67411000
(Extn:7242)
Television

Food Summer watch

It’s summer time and UTV World Movies is bringing home its Film
Feast on Club Choice and Summer Camp special on weekends for the entire
month. Rock a Doodle is the story of a little boy named Edmond
Polo ala cacciatore (roast who learns that the
chicken), gosht dum crowning of Chanticleer
biryani (mutton), the rooster did not make
vegetable who up the sun rise. But when a
noodles, spaghetti flood threatens his fa
carbonara, legumes ...yes mily’s farm, Edmond sets
it’s Easter and time for a off to get Chanticleer
great feast. and to make the sun rise
Spice Jar at The Residency and save the day. Rock a
is serving buffet lunch Doodle will be shown on
and dinner. The buffet is April 11 at 10 a.m.
priced at Rs. 425. Also, watch 13Tzameti
For reservations call 2825 on April 12 at 12 p.m.
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outlets
 Friday, April 10, 2009
No more
animals for polls
A camel being used for the campaign of the Kozhikode constituency LDF candidate P.A.
Muhammed Riyaz. PHOTO: S. RAMESH KURUP
P
“India cannot olitical parties no longer
opt for animals as election
be fitted into a symbols but they are not
so-called two acting solely out of love for
the creatures.
party system. Persistent opposition by ani-
We are in for mal rights activists against cruel-
coalitions” ty inflicted to animals and birds
A.B.Bardhan during electioneering has led the
Election Commission to ban the
allotment of such symbols, re-
placing them with inanimate
objects.
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Citing various laws preventing
cruelty to animals, the wildlife
rights activists complained that
parties were parading these hap-
less creatures during campaigns
and in turn subjecting them to
cruelty.
The only exceptions are the li-
on (Forward Bloc symbol) and
the elephant (Bahujan Samaj
Party and Asom Gana Parishad)
that are being used by respective
parties. While the BSP is a na-
tional party, the All India For-
ward Bloc and Asom Gana
Parishad are State party from
Animal rights activists allege that
animals and birds are paraded
by political parties during
West Bengal and Assam
respectively.
And these parties are in no
mood to give up their symbols
despite opposition from various
quarters.
“These are the reserved sym-
bols and were allotted much be-
fore the Election Commission
order came banning allotment
as emblem,” a senior official
from Delhi electoral office said.
In fact politicians have always
been keen to use symbols de-
picting animals to seek publicity
among the voters but in the
process subjected the creatures
to torturous treatment.
It was none other than the
Congress party, which professed
its love for animals since its in-
ception. After using a pair of
yoked ‘bullocks’ for decades, it
opted for a ‘cow-and-calf’ sym-
bol during the post emergency
period. Later it changed its sym-
bol to the ‘hand’.
Till 1991, the Election Com-
mission had kept 45 free sym-
campaigning
bols and of them many were
animals. Independents were al-
lotted symbols from these free
symbols to fight elections.
But animal activists succeed-
ed in getting symbols like parrot
dropped from the free symbols
list on the plea that campaigners
often inflict cruelty to the bird.
If the candidate had a pigeon
symbol candidates would carry
pigeons with them, which was
often torturous to the bird. Orga-
nisations like International Blue
Cross, Peta and Prevention to
Cruelty to Animals led by Mane-
ka Gandhi had been raising
voice against the blatant use of
animals as election symbols and
projections.
“It is torturous to use animals
as election symbols. They are
tamed through atrocities and
brought in processions. It is
completely unethical,” says Ma-
neka Gandhi, a feisty animal
rights activist. ■
PTI
03
VOX POP
send your views to voxpop@goergo.in
Thursday’s
Question:
Do you think Sehwag really
deserves the Wisden
award?
Y es, Sehwag really deserves
the Wisden award because;
the Indian cricket team has a
tendency to falter, if the top or-
der fails. Sehwag’s scoring rate
keeps the opponent team’s
captain and bowlers gnashing
their teeth and not knowing
how to bowl to this super bat-
sman. ■
K.S.Rajan, Andhra Bank, DRC
Y es he does. Who else than
Sehwag deserves it? Since
his comeback, he has done tre-
mendously well. I think the fact
that he was out of the team for
a while hurt him really bad. He
worked really hard, and he an-
nounced his comeback with a
century runs against Australia
in the 4th Test Down Under.
And ever since, he never
looked back. ■
K.Praveen
I n 2007, Sehwag seemed to be
a little out of form. But in
2008 he proved his class. He
took opening in Test cricket to
a new level. Dominated the op-
ponents from the very first ball
of all the innings he played. He
also scored the fastest triple
century last year. He was one
of the key players in India’s vic-
tory against Australia and En-
gland. Along with Gambhir, he
has made a solid opening pair
for India both in ODIs and
Tests. ■
Janani N, Infosys
V iru is the one and only the
best opener in the world
cricket. So he is fully eligible for
getting the Wisden award 2008
.Congrats Viru! ■
Reegan Joseph, CSS
D efinitely Viru deserves the
award. From the latest form
of cricket till Test cricket he
shows the same aggressive-
ness. No cricketer can beat his
fastest triple century record in
future. No one can take the
same rhythm for 300 runs even
hitting 6 to get his triple centu-
ry. ■
Pradeep Sundaram.S, Sella
Synergy
04
Big Story
What not to do at the
With the summer sapping the energies,
it will be wise if one modifies his gym
workout accordingly.
PETLEE PETER
petleepeter@goergo.in
T
he scorching summer has
just begun and breaking a
sweat seems no sweat at all.
As the suns saps out our
energies, we contacted some of
the fitness experts in Namma
Chennai on what to do and most
importantly what not to do at the
gyms.
They rule a strict no-no to cer-
tain fitness practices like exces-
sive cardio workouts,
unregulated strength training
and an imbalanced diet. These
fitness and health tips should be
followed even for people training
in air-conditioned gyms.
A workout session must begin
with a 10 to 15 minute warm-up
session.
Excessive Cardio
Avoiding heavy cardio exercis-
es is a good thing for summer,
experts contend. Swimming, cy-
cling, running, skipping or aero-
bics should be restricted to 20 or
25 minutes in a day for beginners
and could differ according to
what time of the day the workout
is done. “In summer it is advis-
able to workout cardio exercises
in a room that has a controlled
temperature. Otherwise there
may be a dip in the heart rate
which could in turn affect the
metabolism rate of the body,”
says Ajit Shetty, a veteran fitness
trainer and Fitness Director for
Fitness One gyms in Chennai.
Shetty also advices a workout
time of one hour for interme-
diates this summer and also a 3, 4
or 6 day weekly workout
schedule.
Unregulated
strength training
Pumping lot of iron could drain
you out this season. A 20 to 30
minute workout with fewer
weights is advised for beginners
and intermediates, while the pro-
fessionals can stick on to their
regime irrespective of what time
of the year it is. “Beginners at-
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tempting to lift heavy weights will
only end up getting fatigued in a
very less time. Therefore the pur-
pose of strength exercises itself is
defeated,” says M.E. Srinivasan, a
personal fitness consultant.
Shetty also agrees with the fa-
tigue factor and also adds that
number of reps while lifting
weights can be reduced for better
results. “A 30-second break be-
tween reps in winter can be sub-
stituted with 1.5-minute break in
summer,” says the trainer, who
also pressed the need for intake
of lot of water these summer wor-
kout days.
He adds that unregulated
heavy strength training this sea-
son could also drive a fitness
freak to an anaerobic stage where
the body utilised muscles for
energy instead of fat and the indi-
vidual will suffer muscle loss and
looks weak.
Imbalanced diet
Apart from more intake of
fluids, an adequate mix of protein
and carbohydrates is necessary as
one losses salt and potassium
from the body after a good wor-
kout in the gym these days.
According to nutritionist Ka-
vitha Ramachandran of Talwal-
kars Fitness Centre,
Nungambakkam, sensible eating
habits, including a complete ab-
stinence from fried foods and
consumption of very less sugar, is
what is required for the summer.
“This season one tries to stay in-
doors in an AC room instead of
going out in the sun. Therefore,
the chance of burning calories is
very less. Adding to the misery
are food counters in offices that
mostly sell junk food.” She rec-
ommends a lot of fruits for the
season that should be preferably
eaten raw instead of mixing it
with ice-cream.
“It’s a myth that food items like
mango and chicken should be
avoided as they increase body
heat,” she adds. “Any food rich in
vitamins and mineral had in
moderate quantities will help
maintain health conditions in the Cardio workouts for summer include 20 to 25 minutes a day on the
long run.” ■ treadmill. PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN
 Friday, April 10, 2009
05
Get your vitamin
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with inflammation, a negative response of the immune system,
even in healthy women, a new study has found. A University of Missouri nutritional sciences
researcher said that increased concentrations of serum Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), an
inflammatory marker, were found in women who had insufficient vitamin D levels.

gyms this summer

Regulated strength training can avoid fatigue.

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07

‘‘
It’s an achievement. Everyone is happy. The entire country has
supported us. It was victory after 41 years.
Sachin Tendulkar on Team India creating history in New Zealand

C
helsea moved within touch-
ing distance of the Cham-
pions League semifinals Branislav Ivanovic of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his team’s
thanks to a stunning 3-1 vic- first goal during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg
tory over Liverpool in Wednes- match against Liverpool at Anfield. PHOTO: CLIVE ROSE/GETTY IMAGES
day’s quarter-final first leg at
Anfield.
Guus Hiddink’s side produced a
breathtaking response after fall-
ing behind to an early Fernando
Torres strike as Branislav Ivanovic
buried two headers before Didier
Drogba added a third goal.
Liverpool had beaten Chelsea
twice in the league this season,
but that was during Luiz Felipe
Scolari’s underwhelming reign.
Rafa Benitez’s team had only
themselves to blame. Steven Ger-
rard was completely out of touch
and woeful marking gifted Iva-
novic his goals. Now the Reds, for
so long Chelsea’s bogey team in
Europe, look odds on to crash out
against the Londoners for the sec-
ond successive season.
Hiddink said: “If you score in an
away Champions League tie it is a
tremendous blow to the opposi-
tion and that is what we aimed
for. We wanted to neutralise Ger-
rard and make them sweat in
defence.
“But it is only half-time in the
tie. If we go to the second game
thinking it will be easy that would
be wrong. We have seen in the
past what Liverpool are capable
of.”
Benitez added: “We scored the
first goal and were doing well.
But they had some chances and
we conceded from a corner when

we could have done better.
“After that we were not in con-
trol. The second game will be very
difficult now because we have to
score three goals.”
From Liverpool’s first attack,
Ivanovic almost deflected Dirk
Kuyt’s powerful strike into his
own goal.
If that was a fortunate escape
for Chelsea, they had no such luck
in the sixth minute as Liverpool
sliced through their defence in
clinical fashion.
Kuyt’s back-heel picked out Al-
varo Arbeloa on the right and his
cross caught the Blues flat-footed.
Torres took full advantage to
steer a perfectly placed shot past
Petr Cech.
Anfield went wild but, with the
celebrations still in full swing,
Drogba had a golden opportunity
to silence the Kop. Fabio Aurelio’s
error allowed Salomon Kalou to
pick out Drogba, but with just
Jose Reina to beat his shot was
too close to the Liverpool keeper.
Torres was terrifying the vis-
itors’ defence with his pace and
movement. He pulled clear of
Ivanovic
double sinks Liverpool
Frank Lampard before curling a
long-range strike just over.
Drogba’s first miss had been
bad enough but the Ivory Coast
star was guilty of an even worse
effort in the 30th minute. When
Michael Ballack whipped in a low
cross, Drogba had Reina’s goal at
his mercy, yet he lashed over from
no more than 10 yards.
After such a frenetic opening,
Liverpool were beginning to fal-
ter and Chelsea, sensing blood,
equalised in the 39th minute
when Ivanovic met Florent Malo-
uda’s corner with an emphatic
header that flashed past Reina for
his first Chelsea goal.
Drogba threatened again when
he overpowered Martin Skrtel to
reach Lampard’s pass and slid his
shot past Reina, only for Jamie
Carragher to make a superb goal-
line clearance.
Then John Terry, one booking
away from a suspension, rashly
challenged Reina for a ball the
keeper was clearly going to win.
Both players fell to the turf but
when Terry got up Danish referee
Claus Bo Larsen was waiting with
a yellow card that rules him out of
the return leg.
Just as the momentum ap-
Hiddink
wins
tactical
peared to have swung in Liver-
battle to
pool’s favour, Chelsea took the
lead in the 62nd minute from an-
put
other set-piece.
When Lampard curled over a
Chelsea
corner, Liverpool, marking zonally
rather than man-to-man, allowed
on course
Ivanovic a clear run at the ball.
Once again he made them pay
for
with a bullet header past Reina.
Liverpool were stunned and
semifinals
there was worse to come.
Five minutes later Ballack
played in Malouda, whose low
cross was turned in by Drogba
from close-range. ■
AFP
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Portfolio
Sign on the dotted l
T
Blugirl hink polka dots and Brian Hyland’s
Vivienne Westwood Polka 1960s song ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ will be the
dots are first to come to mind. Polka dots is a
fun print, something famously handed
fun. Plus, down from the 1960s. The print is immor-
tal, surviving the scathing tongues of
they’re those who despise it as something boldly un-chic, very Barbie doll and com-
pletely un-adult. Even now, most associate it with children’s clothes and
good on playthings. Not all, though. The ability of the print to go well with varied
fabrics (from satin to chiffon and cotton) and various body types (by changing
everyone. the size of the print) lends it a versatility that other prints would vie and
die for.
Almost One of the most memorable images of polka dots in
recent days was that of a very pregnant M.I.A. perform-
ing at the 2009 Grammy Awards in a clever House of
Holland creation. Eva Mendes, too, made a cool
entrance at the Spirit premiere in December in Pa-
ris.
Christian Lacroix’s Spring/Summer 2009 Haute
Couture collection show in Paris this January show-
cased multi-sized polka dot fabrics fused in single
dresses. Gucci’s Fall/Winter 2009-2010 was based
on the ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll glamour – leather tights,
leather wrist bands and big polka dots.
Label Blugirl resorted to multi-coloured embel-
Esteban Cortazar for lished polka dots. Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall/Winter
Emmanuel Ungaro 2009-2010 show paid tribute to the glamour of the
Marilyn Monroe era. Polka dots were bold and
even came on the shoes! Noteworthy, howev-
er, was the glass-studded outfit which be-
came the ultimate polka dots tribute.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s fish scale-
ish outfit at the Autumn/Winter 2009
ready-to-wear show in Paris, too, hon-
oured the polka dots.
Esteban Cortazar for Emmanuel Ungaro’s
Fall/Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collec-
tion used a combination of polka dots on
scarves and blouses, offset by more sturdy
and grim jackets outside – the new-age,
mature way of sporting the dots. ■

D&G

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
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Gucci
line
Christian Lacroix
The King of the Mountains
at the Tour de France gets
to wear a red-and-white
polka dotted jersey, first
introduced in 1975. Opinions
vary about the reason
behind the choice of colours
– some say it was decided
by the then sponsor, Poulain
Chocolate, while others say
former organiser Felix
Levitan got inspired by the
Veldrome d’Hiver track in
Paris during his youth.
Source: Wikipedia
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BULLETIN
It’s still
Victoria, not
Anne
Designer Marc
Jacobs has rebuffed
claims that actor
Anne Hathaway
might replace
Victoria Beckham as
the face of his ad
campaign.
Though Jacobs and
Hathaway have
become close pals, the designer revealed
that there were no plans to feature her as
the face of her ad campaign.
“I’m afraid that is not true,” Contactmusic
quoted a spokesman of the designer as
telling People.com.
“Marc and Annie
are good friends,
but there are no
plans of her
appearing in our
ads,” he added.
Rumours that Anne
Hathaway might
replace Victoria
began circulating
after Marc
reportedly promised
to dress the former
for all her
upcoming red
carpet
engagements.
ANI
Dell’Acqua quits Malo
Alessandro Dell’Acqua has quit as designer
at Italian fashion house Malo less than a
year after taking the role at the firm, which
is in special administration trying to avoid
bankruptcy. In a statement, Malo’s owner IT
Holding said the brand’s in-house creative
team would design the collections from the
spring/summer 2010 season onwards.
Dell’Acqua’s first collection for Malo was
the spring/summer 2009, shown in Milan in
September. His predecessors at Malo,
Tommaso
Aquilano
and
Roberto
Rimondi,
moved to
Gianfranco
Ferre
which is
also
owned by
IT Holding.
Last
month, a source close to the matter said
the company could sell Ferre and Malo to
focus on its production licences.
Reuters
10
Flick
Sly still has his
Rambo and Rocky
abs at 62
S
ylvester Stallone may have
turned 62, but when it
comes to having a tough guy
physique, the Rambo star
can give today’s stars a run for
their money. The action hero, fa-
mous as ‘Sly’, recently gave a
glimpse of his muscular torso,
when he stripped off his top while
filming his latest movie.
Stallone was on location in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, filming his lat-
est work The Expendables.
Crowds gathered to watch the
shoot, which included a stunt in
which the legendary star ran
along a pier and flung himself
off it.
“He is in amazing shape for
a man of his age and seemed
to be doing all his own
stunts,” the Telegraph quot-
ed one onlooker as saying.
The Expendables is a thriller
written by Stallone.
It also stars Jason Statham and
Dolph Lundgren. ■
ANI
Russell Crowe
binges on chicken
tikka masala
O scar winning actor Russell
Crowe is shooting in
Surrey and is avoiding the
food from the fancy
Pennyhill Park hotel. Instead
he is making trips to the
local curry house for chicken
tikka masala.
Crowe has visited the
Mogul in Bagshot at least six
times in two weeks, reports
the sun.co.uk.
A guest at the hotel in
Surrey said: “He prefers a
chicken tikka masala to the
Michelin-star food at the
hotel.”
He’s also been ignoring
the hotel’s luxury gym and
spa. The actor was seen
working out at the local
gym, Fitness First. ■
IANS
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Ritchie comforts Madonna as
adoption plan fails
British filmmaker Guy Ritchie has been comforting ex-wife
Madonna after her attempt to adopt a baby from Malawi
failed. Thesun.co.uk reports that the two had got divorced in
January and the singer cited his “unreasonable behaviour”
behind their break up. But the two have been able
to talk again when she broke down while
talking to her son Rocco on the phone. “Civil
conversations between them have been few
and far between in the past year. But
over the last week things
have improved. Guy had
Rocco over for a visit
when Em (Madonna)
called to see if he was
okay, as she always
does when she is
away from the
kids. Rocco was
speaking to her
and suddenly
turned to Guy
and said, ‘Daddy,
daddy. Mummy is
crying’. He then
handed Guy the
phone,” said a
source close to
them. ■
IANS
 Friday, April 10, 2009
Ashlee Simpson posts 4-month-old son’s photo on Twitter
American pop rock singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson recently unveiled her 4-month-old son Bronx
to her fans by posting his photo on her Twitter page. “I present you my little man and his
adorable cheeks,” People magazine quoted Simpson
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
Besides two
good lead
actors, there’s
nothing much
to see in
‘Anywhere
But Home’
SHALINI SHAH
shalinishah@goergo.in
I
n Anywhere But Home, Brad
(Vince Vaughn) and Kate
(Reese Witherspoon) are hap-
pily unmarried. They attend
ballroom dancing classes togeth-
er, vacation together, share an
apartment and love telling others
how they are with each other not
because they HAVE to but be-
cause they LIKE to. Their respec-
tive divorced parents are people
they don’t want to become like
and the two lie their way to avoid
spending Christmas with their
families. (No families minus ‘lies’,
they say). Christmas comes, a va-
cation to Fiji is cancelled due to
fog and unexpected television
coverage ensures they visit those
they’re dreading to meet – four
parents in a single day.
‘Christmas from Hell’ should
have been the movie’s name.
Brad’s brothers practise drawing-
room combat, Kate’s mother is a
newly-converted spiritualist,
Brad’s childhood best friend is
married to his mother and Kate’s
sister is Miss-Spill-The-Beans.
It’s a bunch of people so annoy-
ing that you don’t wonder that
their saner children don’t see
them as idols.
In the process, the couple dis-
cover how much and how little
they know of each other and
that’s supposed to be the emo-
tional core.
Film: Anywhere But Home
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese
Witherspoon
Director: Seth Gordon
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Cine City
Title change
Actor Kamal Hassan’s upcoming flick,
Thalaivan Irukkiran, a remake of Hindi film
A Wednesday, goes for a title change. If
Internet buzz is true, the new title is Unnai
Pol Oruvan. The film has Kamal Hassan
and Mohanlal playing the lead roles.
Kamal’s daughter Shruthi Hassan will be
debuting as the music director of this film.
Unnai Pol Oruvan will be directed by
debutant director Chakri and produced
under the Raj Kamal banner and UTV
Productions.
After Arundhathi,
it’s Madhura
Thimiru
After the success of Anushka-starrer
Arundhathi, a Telugu flick dubbed in Tamil,
the next such Telugu movie to hit
the screens is Krishna. The
Vince Vaughn as Brad is hilari- movie, titled Madura
ous, especially in the church Thimiru in Tamil, is
scene where he’s forced to play releasing next
Joseph and suddenly discovers he month. Madura
actually enjoys it. Reese Wither- Thimiru has Ravi
spoon has her moments too, but Teja and Trisha
it’s more of Vaughn’s film than playing the lead
hers. What looks like a strange roles. Other actors
pairing, especially with Wither- include Kotta
spoon barely reaching Vaughn’s Srinivasa Rao,
waist, soon doesn’t seem too bad Shayaji Shinde
at all. and Dhandapani.
It’s the end where the film falls The movie is
flat, when you see the conviction produced by
with which Brad and Kate held singer Mano.
their former beliefs blowing away
like a pack of cards in a Christmas
breeze, without as much as a tear.
The characters end up looking as
hollow and shallow as the script
they’re in. ■
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Thursday’s query:
You have just won Rs.
10 crores. What will
you do for the next 24
hours?
■Will start a political party. So that v
can earn more money n serve d poor
Hari, Chandru, Bastin, Shankar, Sundar,
Balaji Nittany, N.Shriram Allsec, Saravanan
HCL
■Will make Slumdog Millionaire II
Ameen Nittany
■Will count all the money
Saravanana Kumar Infoview Technology,
Amoolya Wipro, Don, Arunkumar, Sudha
Allsec, T.A.Krishnakumar, Jagan,
Sudharshan, Basha, Karthik, Parthi HCL,
Yuva CSS, Ishwarya Technip
■Start the "share plane" (like share
auto) between Guindy and Navallur
Rajakumar Infoview Technology
■Purchase a beautiful well furnished
villa in the centre of city, buy a BMW
and a Volkswagen and a apple
laptop for my personal use
M.Venkataraj Perot Systems
■Keep thinking how to spend it and
thereby waste the day
Padma Gopal Cognizant, Iniyan, Sathish
Perot Systems
■Deposit it in a government bank
which offers high interest
Ramesh Technip, Harsha TCS
■I’ll resign my job
Kalai Perot Systems, Selvan Ranganathan
TCS(AIG)
■I’ll give to orphanages, needy, poor
people
Rani, Farah, Jeevitha TCS-eserve
■Book a brand new edition of BMW
Aravind.S RR Donnelley
■Buy lottery ticket for 10 crores
Velmurugan Perot System, Pradeep,
Karthick, Jacob TCS-eserve, Narendran
FBSC
■I would setup a self reliant and self
supporting animal welfare home
since there are so many of these poor
dumb friends are risking their safety
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on roads besides being exposed to
gruesome weather
Deepak Vasudevan Verizon
■I will take my mom and wife to
Munar and settle there and start a
new business and live happily
Kamesh Infosys
■I will start a new MNC and recruit
people who lost jobs during recession
Hari Sutherland (HR dept), Levi Infoview
Technologies
■I’ll stand for MP post
Suresh RR Donnelley
■I will order all top model bikes To celebrate the take over of ABN Amro by Royal Bank of
available in the market Scotland, the employees celebrated Blue Day (that’s the
Martin Allsec colour of RBS) on August 17. Vaijayanthi Rajmohan picked
one best picture from her album for this column.
■I will go to bar with my friends to
make the government rich
Gladwin, Devakumar TCS-eserve
■I’ll get all costly dresses and
matching accessories
Teena Infosys
■I’ll book a hi-fi house for my
parents, inform my ex-girlfriend who
told me that I’m worth for nothing,
then donate a amount to charity
Hashim Allsec
■Ask any political party for a seat
Singaravelu Mindtree
, Dhananjayan Scope International
■I’ll buy any IPL team
Vijay Technip
Ergo pick: Sundara Sakthivel from RMZ Corp with friends at Rose
Gardens in Ooty – their first outing from the company.
■Will count all the money
Saravana Kumar, Infoview Technology,
Amoolya, Wipro, Don, Arunkumar, Sudha
Allsec, T.A.Krishnakumar, Jagan,
Sudharshan, Basha, Karthik, Parthi HCL,
Yuva, CSS, Ishwarya, Technip
Today’s query:
If you were a politician
and had to make an
election promise, which
you are very clear that
you will break it, what
would it be?
Lakshminarayanan from Sify Technologies with friends
in Puducherry
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Dhana Balan and friends
from HCL Tech has nomi-
nated Asha S (A (aggressive),
S (simple and smiling), H
(humorous), A (Angel) as Of-
fice Angel.
She is the pearl of the
project. Very brilliant and
involved in work. She is very
fast in working and asking
treats.
April 10
■ Dear Suresh,
May your Birthday hold many beautiful moments, and may
the coming year bring enough happiness to make every day
as wonderful as you are!!!
Enjoy ur day with lots of fun.
With love,
Savitha, Ram, Sujatha, Subha, Anand, Akshaya, Vijaya & Lakshmanan
■ Dear Bhavani,
May this day be the beginning of another special year which
fulfils your wish.
Let this birthday bring you lot of joy and happiness in your
life!
A Warm Birthday wish from all of us!
Ur friendly,

PM Smart team (HCL, Chennai team) & Quality team (Amb-6)

■ Dear Reebe Maryn Benjamin,
Happy Birthday
May this birthday start a new turn in your world. May it also
bring forth inevitable joy, happiness and favor your way.

Wipro Technologies
■ Hi Hemanth (Thala),
Iniya Pirantha naal nalvazhthukal.
Art featured in this co- May you be blessed with all joys forever.
lumn will receive gift Happy bday.....
coupons from Fruit Shop Ur friends,
on Greams Road. Send Kokila, Ramya, Padma, Claudia,
in your addresses so that
we can post the coupons. Poonkodi, Vijay, Venu, Seelam
■ Dear Bhavani,
Best wishes on your birthday and throughout the coming
Sukanyaa
year!
Padmanabhan working
May your birthday be filled with excitement, joy, and
with Tech Mahindra
laughter.
has her embossed art
Enjoy your life with the smile on your face.
work displayed at her
Always glow like a diamond and spread your smile all over.
home. She has been
Wish you a very happy birthday and we wish many more to
painting for the last
come
two years.
Best wishes from
Team Beacon

Belated Wishes
■ Dear Honey,
Wishing u a day soft as silk.....
white as milk.....
sweet as honey& full of money.
may all ur dreams come true....
Many more happy returns of the day.
Loving wishes from,
Mano, suresh, kalpana, yasodhai
Wipro
S. Kadhiravan
May good times and
■ Man: Sir enakku nalla ponna parunga! great memories
Broker: Eppadi patta ponnu venum? be the special gifts
Man: Nalla adakkamana ponnu venum that fill your
Broker: Appo vaanga ,"SUDUKATTUKKU" poi nalla Adakkamana ponna Birthday with
parthuttu varalam!!! happiness.
■ Vaalkaina, 1000 medu pallam, 1000 kallu mullu irrukkathan seiyum, Happy Birthday
athanala... Kotteeswaran, RR Donnelley Outsourcing
Nalla qualityana "Seruppu" vaangi pottukonga...
N. Deepan, TCS, Siruseri
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Dead mayor elected

Traffic Jam Harry Stonebraker has been re-elected mayor of Winfield, Missouri - a
month after his death. Stonebraker died of a heart attack in March (09)
but ballots had already been printed and absentee voting had already
begun, meaning he was an easy winner in Tuesday’s election.

sudoku

Naveen Kumar V of
Sutherland Global
Services clicked
this picture in
Munnar.
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Photography,
cricket and music

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Tom-cat teacher Word’s worth
A cat in China has adopted two orphaned puppies - and is Ultrafidian (ul-truh-fid-ee-uhn) an
teaching them how to catch mice. The female cat, named adjective meaning ‘blindly credulous.’ It
Tom, nurses the puppies and washes them with her comes from the Latin phrase ultra fidem
tongue, according to owner Ms Shen. ‘beyond faith.’

B.C

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

It is a day to compromise and adjust with others, in
order to keep harmonious relations. You will be
able to solve technical difficulties very easily with
the help of others. Love life may remain very
smooth and satisfactory, by the Grace of Ganesha.

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

Ganesha finds you working in a very comfortable
environment today. You may have cordial relations
with your colleagues. In case of love life, you might
have to go an extra mile to convince your partner
for a particular point.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

Your logical-self is very active today so it is the best
BORN LOSER day to design a software or to start coding a new
programme. Ganesha foresees you learning new
professional techniques and using them to your and
company’s advantage.
CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20
It may be slightly stressful day for you, feels
Ganesha, specifically because there may be conflict
between intellect and emotion. You are emotional
by nature and you may be forced to take decisions
a little tactfully today.
LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20
If you try to command everything and everyone at
office, it may not work in your favour. Ganesha
suggests you to keep a balanced and friendly
approach in order to get the work done. Thorough
professional approach may also fail.
VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20
You will have to give opinion about someone’s
FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT work or excellence today. Criticism is not going to
work in your favour, it may instead tarnish your
image. Ganesha advises you to utter every word
with extra caution to maintain balance around.
LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20
It is a favourable day to take up new projects or
assignments on hand. You will remain calm and
composed at office and home, which will make
others feel very good about you. Everyone will
appreciate your ability to maintain equilibrium.
SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20
You will desire to keep things in balance at
workplace, but this effort may go in vain. As long
you are doing things in good faith, it’s just fine. In
short day requires little careful handling of personal
and professional life.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20
It is a perfect day to call for a meeting which sets
high aims. The day favours initiation of team work
or group activities with major objectives. Ganesha
finds you handling love life very intelligently.

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

At office, you may wish to combine creativity and
technology. As the day favours you for such activity,
you can surely work on final designs of products or
softwares. Output of your practical decisions will be
tremendous.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20
PREVIOUS It is perfect day to create fusion between two
softwares or combine old and new techniques to
ISSUE’S give a better output at workplace. Your intelligence
may play major role and you will receive due
SOLUTIONS appreciation for the same.
PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20
Ganesha finds you little bothered about pending
activities at office. With little more effort and with
someone’s help you will be able to find a way to
sort out everything. Take good care of health and
avoid mental stress.
Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pattni
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