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02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Thursday, July 17, 2008
Flabs to abs
Vanilla Children Place has introduced a new programme
called ‘Flabs to abs’ for all those watchful about their
waistline. The 45-minute workout will include crunches,
pilates, yoga and floor routines to develop curvaceous
waistline. For details, call 4553 4145.
3 held in Rs. 40
lakh robbery case
Police have made a breakthrough in the case
where three jewellers from Madurai were
Time to iron out
robbed of Rs. 40 lakh by a seven-member gang
on Monday night near Koyambedu.
At a press conference held on Wednesday, city
police Commissioner R. Sekar said, “Three
people have been arrested in connection with
your child’s
the robbery just before they were about to slip
into Andhra Pradesh, and the rest of the gang
will be nabbed soon.”
The arrested were identified as Kumar (26) of
Vysarpadi, Michael (29) of Kodungaiyur and
health problems
Yogeshwaran alias Mani (26) of Madhavaram. Britannia to launch iron supplementing programmes among school children
Man run over by bus V.HARIPRIYA
haripriya@goergo.in
A middle-aged man was run over by an MTC bus
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while he was attempting to cross the road in ver wondered why so many
Mylapore at 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday. The cereals and infant formulae
deceased remains unidentified. are fortified with iron? You
According to Adyar Traffic Investigations, the need it as iron is needed for
victim met with the accident on Royapettah the production of haemoglobin.
High Road near V.M. Street in Mylapore. The Without Red Blood Cells (RBC),
M21G route bus plying between Parrys and oxygen is not delivered to all the
Tambaram knocked the man down, trapping cells. And poor haemoglobin lev-
him under the right front wheel of the vehicle. el leads to anaemia and poor im-
The driver of the bus, Kumar (45), was arrested munity.
and booked. Britannia, one of India’s lead-
ing biscuit company, as part of its
Man jumps from balcony, initiative to help combat iron de-
ficiency among children, is
dies launching a mass awareness pro-
gramme on the importance of grossly under-nourished. The on- schools in these cities and bring
A 44-year-old man committed suicide by jumping iron for children through schools ly way to create awareness nutrition awareness to the school
from his fourth-floor apartment on Taylor’s Road across Tamil Nadu. The pro- among children and parents is children. This will be done in an
on Tuesday night. Police say he had a history of gramme will start from July-end. through schools. “As part of our interesting story telling manner
mental illness. At a press conference in the city programme, we have selected 10 to internalise the nutrition mes-
Kilpauk police identified the deceased as on Wednesday, Anuradha Nara- cities in Tamil Nadu where the sage,” Anuradha said.
Karthikeyan, a resident of Millennium Towers, simhan, category director, Bri- awareness programmes will be Britannia has already launched
4th Block, Taylor’s Road, Kilpauk. tannia Industries Limited, said held.” Tiger Banana and Tiger Glucose
At around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Karthikeyan had that children in the country were “Our target is to cover all the biscuits rich in iron content. ■
reportedly leaped from his balcony. He was then
rushed to hospital, where he died, police added.
Abracadabra!
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Cooking contest
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Sowbaghyavin Samaiyal Thiruvizha, a cookery contest for women, will be
held on July 27 at M.L.M. Kalyana Mandapam, Mahalingapuram. Dishes can
be prepared at home and brought to the venue. Each entry should carry one
item, sweet or savouries. The last date for registration is July 23. Entry is free
and all the participants will get surprise gifts. For details, call Twilite Corpos
at 98843 31103, 97909 83382.
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Star Events, a wing
of ETA Star, is
organising a series
of hot air balloon
rides across the city
as a part of its
brandbuilding
exercise. The first
such event for the
employees of HCL on
Tuesday at the ETA
Technopark at
Navalur fell prey to
the elements, after
they discovered that
the location and the
wind speeds were
not suitable for
flying. (Inset) Imo
Chaoba, a qualified
pilot who was
brought down from
Delhi for the event,
was a harried man
at the non-show.
PHOTOS : R.RAVINDRAN
04 KALEIDOSCOPE ERGO Thursday, July 17, 2008
‘‘
An individual who is active in higher
learning soon becomes an individual
active in higher earning
Michael Gulliver
MS says Yahoo
misrepresents
latest offer
Keen to close deal before Yahoo’s annual meeting on Aug 1
M
icrosoft denied that its
offer to buyout Yahoo 쒀
was contingent on the re- British musician Pete Doherty performs with
moval of the Internet his group Babyshambles at the Miles Davis
firm’s top management and the Hall during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival
board of directors, it was report- on Tuesday in Montreux. The festival runs
ed on Tuesday. from July 4 to July 19. AFP PHOTO
In a statement issued late Mon-
day, Microsoft said Yahoo mis-
represented its latest proposal,
the San Jose Mercury News re-
ported.
Microsoft also said it never is-
sued a “take it or leave it” ultima-
tum, as Yahoo had charged, the outcome of a proxy battle Icahn claimed his deal, which
according to the report. launched by dissident sharehol- amounts to a partial sale of Ya-
The duelling statements illus- der Carl Icahn to take control of hoo, was worth 33 dollars a share.
trate how frayed the relationship Yahoo and force a sale to Micro- Microsoft previously offered to
between the two companies has soft. buy all of Yahoo for 33 dollars a
become as they struggle to ham- Meanwhile, Icahn has provided share but withdrew the offer after
mer out a deal before Yahoo’s an- a detailed accounting of the deal Yahoo sought more.
nual meeting on Aug. 1. That’s he intends to close with Microsoft Under Icahn’s deal, Yahoo
when shareholders will decide if he is successful, the report said. would sell its search business to
Microsoft for 7.7 billion dollars.
Shareholders would receive 16.
Icahn has provided a detailed accounting of the 25 dollars a share in a distribution
made up of cash and stock, and
deal he intends to close with Microsoft. Icahn Yahoo would be left as a stand-
claimed his deal, which amounts to a partial alone company that provides In-
ternet content. ■
sale of Yahoo, was worth 33 dollars a share Xinhua
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Chilean pole dancer Monserrat Morilles (C)
smiles before starting to dance surrounded
treaties on copyright
with her erotic performance along Santiago
subway stations. AFP PHOTO
SOURCE: RBI
of an even sillier You’ve Been Framed:
www.skoopy.com The information not Pound 86.46
good enough to make it on to Wikipedia: Euro 68.68
www.wikidumper.blogspot.com 100 Yen 41.34
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ried everything but still unsuccessful
in making your marriage work? Well, Barbie’s new look
don’t sweat it, for help is at hand, or in
this case just two clicks away.
branded ‘filth’
A computerized program called eHar-
mony Marriage has been launched, which
seeks to help couples communicate better,
B arbie’s new kinky collection
that has the S&M look has
come under fire - with protesters
rekindle romance, and resolve conflicts dubbing it “filth.”
more compassionately. The cute and pretty doll’s im-
According to The Christian Science age has been transformed with
Monitor, the US site is an offshoot of the kinky fishnets, motorcycle jacket,
Internet matchmaking service, eHarmony- black gloves and boots.
.com. Makers Mattel say Black Can-
Les Parrott, creator of the program with ary Barbie, out in September, is
his wife, Leslie, a marriage and family ther- based on a DC comic superhero
apist says that the ‘online counselling ser- of the same name, reports The
vice’ is perfect for people not quite ready Sun. However, religious group
for face-to-face counselling, who want to Each partner answers separately. A re- cles, and resources. Christian Voice said: “Barbie has
do something practical to improve their re- port is generated outlining their strengths Couples pay 150 dollars for the program, always been on the tarty side and
lationship, reports Courier Mail. and weaknesses as a couple. For instance: which takes six to eight weeks to complete. this is taking it too far. “A chil-
The counselling session begins with a You do really well in communication until Women tend to be the first to seek coun- dren’s doll in sexually suggestive
40-minute online questionnaire covering you get to the in-laws. From that summary, selling, Parrott says. Men tend to be more clothing is irresponsible – it’s
everything from finances to housework, the computer produces an action plan that oblivious to the problems. ■ filth.” ■
trust, family relationships, and spirituality. includes interactive video exercises, arti- ANI ANI
A potato a day
You have to eat 11 pounds of
potatoes to put on one pound of
weight. A potato has no more
calories than an apple.
Presidential polls
incident, which was resolved within an hour after the
teenager called police from his mobile telephone. “I
was scolded by my parents so I did this to cause them
trouble,” the teen told police after his arrest,
according to Jiji Press. The boy had run away from
A
mericans are sharply divid- vourable opinion of Obama while home and was wielding two knives. He hijacked the
ed on racial lines heading only 30 per cent Whites had the bus, which was carrying about 10 passengers to Tokyo
into the first presidential same feelings for him. from the central city of Nagoya, police said.
election in which an Afri- Nearly 60 per cent of black re- AFP
can-American will be the major spondents said race relations
party nominee, a new poll shows. were generally bad, compared
Barack Obama, who is at- with 34 percent of whites. How-
tempting to script history by be- ever, black and white Americans Student finds money; 50 people
ing the first black President of the agree that America is ready to
United States, leads his Republi- elect a black president, but dis- claim they lost it
can rival John McCain among all agree on almost every other ques- A university student found 100,000 Taiwan dollars
registered voters by 45 per cent to tion about race in the poll. (3,000 US dollars) lying on the ground, prompting
39 per cent. Four in 10 blacks say that there about 50 people to claim they had lost it. Hsieh Chia-
However, in a sign of how ra- has been no progress in recent yin found the bag of money on Monday in Taichung in
cially polarised US voters are, years in eliminating racial dis- central Taiwan and waited for 10 minutes at the
Obama draws support from 89 crimination; fewer than 2 in 10 location.When no one came she took the money to a
per cent of blacks, compared with whites say the same thing. police station. After newspapers reported about the
2 per cent for McCain, the latest About one-quarter of white re- money bag about 50 people phoned the police station.
spondents said they thought that The callers correctly described where they had lost the
However, Americans too much had been made of ra- money because press reports had mentioned it, but
cial barriers facing black people, when police asked them from which bank they had
agree that America is while one-half of black respon- withdrawn the new bills and asked them to show
ready to elect a black dents said not enough had been police their chequebooks to prove they had withdraw
made of racial impediments
president, but disagree faced by blacks, the poll found.
100,000 Taiwan dollars, they all hung up.
DPA
on almost every other The survey suggests that even
question about race as the nation crosses a racial
in the poll
threshold when it comes to poli-
tics- Obama is the son of a black
Russian cosmonauts complete
New York Times/CBS News poll.
father from Kenya and a white
mother from Kansas - many of
spacewalk
Russian cosmonauts completed a six-hour spacewalk
Among whites, Obama has 37 the racial patterns in society re- early on Wednesday and installed an earthquake
per cent of the vote, compared main unchanged in recent years. research equipment on the outer surface of the
with 46 per cent for McCain, said The poll showed markedly little International Space Station (ISS). During the second
the poll reflecting the race rela- change in the racial components routine spacewalk, Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg
tions in the country. In a finding of people’s daily lives since 2000, Kononenko also inspected the locating holes of an
that would require the 47-year- when The Times examined race antenna adapter, which is used for long-distance
old senator to make a major effort relations in an extensive series of tracking of the approach of spaceships, Itar-Tass cited
to win White voters in the No- articles called “How Race Is Lived the mission control center near Moscow as saying. The
vember election, more than 80 in America.” ■ third ISS crewmember, NASA astronaut Gregory
per cent of black voters had fa- PTI
Chamitoff, remained inside the descent capsule of the
Soyuz spaceship during the spacewalk.
Xinhua
D
elhi is the cheapest city in
the world for parking
while London has earned
the dubious distinction of
being the costliest place for the
same, a study indicated on
Wednesday.
In Delhi it costs less than a
Pound (Rs 86.4) to park a car per
day. The monthly rate for a
space in London tops the list at
586 pounds - exactly double
midtown New York, according
to the first global study of park-
ing charges.
Close behind is the West End,
where monthly rates for motori-
sts are 568 pounds. Daily park-
ing follows a similar pattern, expensive cities in the world for Perth make the top 10. structured. have access to parking any time
with the City costing 34 pounds parking as a result of its strong Regions such as Latin America, However, global financial cen- during the month, the world’s
followed by Amsterdam, the economy and surging currency. Africa and the Middle East are tres dominate the list, compiled top financial centres are among
West End, Moscow and The Sydney is the third most expen- relatively inexpensive but are by Colliers International, a prop- the most expensive in the
Hague. sive city on a monthly basis at 387 showing signs of car park infla- erty consultancy. world,” the report said. ■
Australia has some of the most pounds, while Brisbane and tion which is becoming more “Whether to park for a day or to PTI
B
tier II USD 600,000 razilian superstar Ronaldinho agreed to
event. Sania, who has leave Barcelona, where he was deemed sur-
been battling injuries plus to requirements, and sign for AC Mi-
and poor form this lan in a deal reported to be worth US$
year, and Keothavong 30 million. “AC Milan and FC Barcelona have
were facing each reached an agreement for the transfer of
other for the first Ronaldinho,’’ said a Milan statement re-
time and both the leased on the club’s official website on
players broke each Tuesday. “Wednesday the player will be in
other once in the Milan for a medical and to sign the contract
opening set before the Brit seized the set in which will tie him to Milan until June 30,
the tie-breaker. If the first set was hard- 2011.”
fought, the second set turned out to be Barcelona and Milan officials held talks in
exactly the opposite with Sania hardly giving the Catalan capital on Tuesday to thrash out
a fight to her lower-ranked opponent. the details of the 28-year-old’s move. The Gaz-
Keothavong broke Sania thrice before racing zetta dello Sport reported that Milan will pay
away with the set and the match to set up a Barcelona 18.5 million euros (USD 29.5 million)
second-round clash with sixth seed Marion for the World Cup winner with the figure likely to be
Bartoli of France. However, Sania is still in increased by performance-related bonuses. The news
contention in the doubles competition of the deal was a body-blow to English Premier League
where she will pair up with Russian Anna side Manchester City who had offered 32 million euros
Chakvetadze. The duo will open their for the two-time world player of the year. Ronaldinho,
campaign against the Czech pair of Eva who was not wanted at the Nou Camp by new Bar-
Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova. celona coach Pep Guardiola following a dip in
PTI form last season, scored 70 goals in 145 appear-
ances for the Spanish side.
Milan happy
Bopanna-Qureshi in Meanwhile, Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is
looking forward to having Ronaldinho in his
Indianapolis quarters team as the San Siro giants aim to bounce
back from their disappointing 2007/2008 sea-
Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner son which saw them finish in fifth place in Serie
Aisam-ul-Qureshi stunned fourth seeds Igor A and miss-out on Champions League qualifi-
Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov in the cation. “The important thing is to have quality
opening round to advance to the quarter- players and Ronaldinho is without doubt one of
finals of Indianapolis Tennis Championships those,” Ancelotti told Gazzetta dello Sport ear-
in United States. The un-seeded Indo- lier on Tuesday. He added that the team will
Pakistani pair beat their Russian rivals 2-6, line-up so as to make best use of the Brazilian
7-5, 10-6, Bopanna and Qureshi, who and his international teammate Kaka, with the
finished runners-up in last week’s Hall of pair playing behind either veteran Italy interna-
Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, tional striker Filippo Inzaghi or teenage Brazi-
will now be up against the Australian- lian sensation Alexander Pato. “We will play with
American pair of Ashley Fisher and Tripp a 4-3-2-1 formation. It’s a model that has worked
Phillips. Fisher and Phillips beat Frenchmen well for us and brought us great satisfaction. It’s
Nicolas Mahut and Giles Simon in their our trademark and it will be again this year, with
opening round match of the USD 525,000 or without Ronaldinho. Our only objective is to
hard court event. win playing good football. This is Milan,” he add-
PTI ed.
New targets
Having won two Champions League titles, 49-
year-old Ancelotti said that returning to the pin-
nacle of the European club game was the team’s
priority. “We start the season wanting to improve;
being out of the Champions League is hard to
take, therefore we will do everything to return
there as soon as possible.” ■
AFP
PHOTOS: AFP
Thursday, July 17, 2008
09
Foul play
In a new twist to the Indian weightlifting selection controversy, Shailaja Pujari’s sister Ambika on
Wednesday accused the Sports Ministry of influencing the trials to ensure a Beijing Olympics berth
for Monika Devi. Ambika said the IWF’s decision at the selection re-trials at Bangalore on Tuesday
was influenced by some “information sent by Ministry’” because of which Shailaja lost the race to
Beijing Olympics to L Monika Devi.
22 DAYS TO GO....
Zheng Jie
I
f Zheng Jie thought winning two Grand Slam real after the breakthrough of Chinese women large-
events was tough, she now faces an even tougher ly inspired by Zheng in 2006, but a fragile left ankle
job to do – to claim her first ever Olympic title on ruled Zheng out for much of last season. Deputy
home soil. director of China’s Tennis Administrative Center resurfacing
Zheng’s latest success at Wimbledon has demon- Gao Shenyang chose to see the different side of the
strated that she is more than a doubles specialist. coin, saying after Zheng’s Wimbledon success that
Recording the best performance by the injury has unexpectedly turned in Zheng’s favu- in time for
a Chinese player at a grand slam to or. “After recovering from the injury, Zheng has ma-
date, wildcard and 133rd ranked
Zheng beat top seed Ana Ivanovic,
tured a lot and played with much clearer mind. For
many times against higher ranked players in the Olympics
15th seed Agnes Szavay and 18th tournament, she was just able to play cool,” he
seed Nicole Vaidisova, bowing out saidZheng’s long-time injury in the left ankle aggra-
to Serena Williams after a second vated in the French Open in 2007 when she suffered
set tiebreak in the semi-finals. both early exits from the singles and doubles events.
The sensational run in particular Since then, Zheng was rested for more than half a
boosted China’s chances of land- year and applied for protected ranking, part of the
ing tennis gold at the Games after a Center’s careful plan in build-up to the Beijing
largely bleak 18-month run for Chi- Games.
na’s leading women players.
“After the August Olympics I Good year so far
might put more efforts on the sin- Back on court early this year, Zheng was dumped
gles, but as for the Beijing Games, out of top 100 in the world rankings, but her beauti-
my focus is still on the doubles,” ful move and all-court running seemed restored
said Zheng, who just turned 25 on while baseline work looked even more aggressive
July 5. “Everybody wants more medals, but I think than before. Zheng, with a protected singles ranking
my partner Yan Zi and I appear more hopeful in the of 60, will play both in singles and doubles. In sin-
women’s doubles and we have been preparing for it gles, she will be joined by former world top 20 player
for a long time.” Li Na, Yan and Peng Shuai, the first time China
clinched all four entries in the event since the sport
Injury lay-off came back to the Olympic family in 1988.
Zheng, who missed most of last year with an ankle In women’s doubles, Peng and Olympic cham-
injury, is a former Wimbledon and Australian Open pion Sun Tiantian also qualified for the 32-team
doubles champion as well as an Asian Games dou- line-up. ■
bles and singles winner. Xinhua
Before the injury she had won 10 doubles titles
with Yan and three singles titles but only added the
Sydney doubles title after returning this season.
With long-time partner Yan, however, she is still
considered the best chance of China retaining the
Olympic women’s doubles gold medal won by Sun
Tiantian and Li Ting in Athens. Zheng and Yan also
had their first taste of the Olympics in Athens, but
were sent packing in the quarter-finals.
China’s hopes of success in Beijing had seemed
10 FLICK ERGO Thursday, July 17, 2008
School of Rock
All the kids really play their
instruments, and the backup singers are
real vocalists. Jack Black also played a
bit of guitar in the movie but he didn’t
do the guitar solos.
Agnetha avoids
A
fter a self-imposed exile, ABBA’s ulti- It’s not the way it is. I just want to live in
ABBA
mate sex symbol Agnetha Flatskog final- peace and quiet,” she said.
ly made a public appearance with her The past 25 years have been difficult for
other band members but refused to be Agnetha. She was emotionally shattered by
clicked with them. the split with Bjorn in 1979. They divorced
Living in one of Stockholm’s rural outlying after having two children, at a time when the
islands for some years now, the 58-year-old
star attended the Swedish film premiere of
Mamma Mia!
The event was the first time in 21 years since
the Abba foursome were seen together in pub-
bandmates at band was at the peak of its fame. While Bjorn
had a new girlfriend within a week, Agnetha
opted for counselling.
Bollywood, guv’nor?
JAKE IS A NATURAL WITH KIDS Sylvester Stallone is trying his best to convince his long time
buddy Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear alongside him in a
American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal opened up about her Bollywood flick.
family, especially her brother actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Impressed with the enormous popularity Bollywood has gained
Gyllenhaal revealed that her brother, often seen in the around the globe, the Rambo star is reportedly all set to do a
company of girlfriend Reese Witherspoon and her children, cameo in an Indian film called Incredible
was a natural when it came to Love, which revolves around the tale of
handling children. “He’s great with an Indian stuntman struggling to
kids - it comes naturally to him,” make it big in Hollywood. “Sylvester
People magazine quoted Maggie is excited about doing a Bollywood
as saying in the August issue of movie. He knows the industry is
Marie Claire, “He really has that huge,” Daily Express quoted a
touch,” she said. source close to Stallone’s mom, as
The knowledge of his magic saying. The buzz is that
touch with kids is something his Schwarzenegger, the Governor of
sister has seen first hand, with her California, is solely focussing on
daughter, Ramona, turning two in politics at present, as the state requires
October. his attention.
“I’ve spent all my time Thus his role in the film is quite
learning how to be a mother uncertain, though Sly still
and make a home with a seems hopeful that his pal
child,” she tells the magazine, would enact in the
out July 15. movie alongside him.
ANI ANI
Thursday, July 17, 2008
11
Suttapazham to hit screens on July 18
Actor Mohan who churned out romantic film hits is back. This time
he won’t be spotted with the same genre, but with a thriller and a
murder mystery. Suttapazham features Mohan in the lead role, as the
owner of a holiday beach resort. The film will release across theatres
on July 18.
L
ate actor Heath Ledger’s family was
spotted attending the premiere of
his movie The Dark Knight in New
York on July 14.
Attending the show was Kim Led-
ger and his wife Ines, Heath’s
stepmother, who bypassed the
red carpet and ducked into the
theatre to watch his late son
play The Joker in the
latest Batman film.
Heath’s mother
Sally Bell and her
Rambha! Oh! Oh!
husband, and
Heath’s older sister,
Kate were also present
at the premiere. At the end
of the show, his father Kim was Rambha’s fans have some good news in
asked how it felt to attend, and he store. The actor, who took a brief break from
responded with the thumbs-up, tinsel town, is back to woo her fans. She
and also told reporters it was “very plays the lead actress in Vidiyum Varai
good.” Kaathiru, which also has Prakash Raj in the
Heath Ledger’s co-stars, mean- lead. Talking about her re-entry Rambha
while, used the occasion to pay trib- says, though many directors and producers
ute to him. have approached her she was waiting for a
“Working with Heath was fantastic. good script to make a comeback. Producers
He steals the movie and I’m quite happy of this film are planning to release the film
to say that. He’s a hell of a talent and in Telugu and Tamil.
created a joker that’s very iconic and
one that will become a classic por-
trayal of the ages,” People magazine
quoted Christian Bale, 34, as
saying.
ANI
New kids on the block
Director Kalaprabhu’s Sakkarakatti isn’t just a
flick that has newcomers starting new
ventures in tinsel town, but a lot more. We
GETTY IMAGES hear that Soundarya Rajinikanth is sure
to stun everyone with her computer
generated works. A.R. Rahman’s music is
GETTY IMAGES
12 SCAN ERGO Thursday, July 17, 2008
Knighted Khan
According to tv.com, Shah Rukh studied
in St. Columba’s school in New Delhi,
where he was awarded the ’Sword of
Honor’, the best student award.
A
Radio City fan’s morning they can’t be compared.” The tel- must feel that I’m sitting next to
would probably begin at 7 evision covers a wider angle and him, talking only to them.” He
a.m. with a taste of Good addresses a large audience. When likes both, he adds, as they are a
Morning Chennai. people watch TV, the idea is that mode of communication, en-
Though Gobinath has made a all of them must feel that they are abling him to meet a lot of peo-
name for himself in the fields of being addressed. The radio, on ple.
journalism and a talk show host the other hand, addresses the in- Being a people’s person comes
on television and radio, he is best dividual. “A person driving so- in handy, especially in a job in-
known for his interviews of Kolly- mewhere alone with the radio on volving constant interaction like
wood celebrities, ranging from this one. Managing both calls and
top directors to playback singers. What is in your pocket the music at the same time can
When asked about it, Gobinath right now? be quite a challenge, he admits.
says with an easy smile that he Visiting cards, my purse and Around twenty people call at the
has, in his experience, inter- I had a pen till sometime same time especially during the
viewed everyone from actors to back… City Panchayat hour, where the
the Prime Minister. On air, it The book you’re currently listeners get a chance to voice
helps that he does not tread reading their opinions on an issue or even
dangerous waters by asking con- Che Guevara offer a solution. The RJ has to talk
troversial questions. He admits Life’s motto to them all and then put them on
he does his own research, asking Rest when you’re tired … air based after listening to what
celebrities what his listeners want not when you still have they have to say. This needs to be
to know. According to him, the energy to go all out. timed exactly as the RJ is expect-
mark of a good interviewer is to In your DVD collection ed to be on air, usually with the
make the interviewee speak com- Sachin, Veyil, Varsham 16, caller, once the music track
fortably without being guarded or Mouna Ragam, Children finishes.
constantly worried about what of Heaven and lots of Being an RJ may not be as easy
they are saying. Vadivelu comedy as it looks, but it certainly makes
The lyrics of a song you
Despite having been a part of life a little less stressful for the
know by heart
the media for so long, Gopinath Ammavai Vanangadha people tuning in. Gobinath, I fig-
says that he cannot choose be- Uyir illayae, most of the ure, has the toughest job of all …
tween TV and radio as they are new songs… Kangal he has to not only wake his listen-
completely different. “Both have Erandal to begin with. ers up but also promise them a
different attitudes,” he says, “and good day! ■ Gobinath. PHOTO: R. ASHOK
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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