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Monday, September 8, 2008A BYTE OF LIFE

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 173

Blade RunnerDouble amputee Oscar Pistorius has put thedisappointment of not qualifying for the BeijingOlympics behind and has set his sights onclaiming a rare triple at the Paralympics.Pistorious wants to win the 100m, 200m and400m gold as well as set some new worldrecords.

Whats yourBSense?A group of 6 MBA students from Namma Chennaihave launched a quizzing company and have sofar completed 10 shows. Anusha Parthasarathyprofiles BSense and the boys behind it.

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ERGO Monday, September 8, 2008NAMMA CHENNAI02

Priceless power ofkhakiAn IPS officer attached to theArmed Police recently barged intoa leading shoe store in MountRoad even though its shutters wereonly half open. Not paying heed to thesales personnel, the cop browsed throughsome footwear. He bagged four pairs andwalked away without paying to hiswaiting car, which rolled away leaving thestore personnel annoyed but unable toreact.

Mechanic menaceRecently, two youngsters fell into police

net on charges of chain snatching atdifferent parts in south Chennai. One ofthe arrested is a skilled motorcycle riderand had custom made four motorcycles tofacilitate the crimes. Teynampet policeseized the motorcycles. Interestingly, thetwo-wheeler mechanic who powered upthe bikes for the duo was also brought tothe police station and asked to pay anoff-the-record fine. The innocent mannot only paid the amount but alsoattended to the policemens personaltwo-wheelers for free.

Slave labourIn the major fire that broke out lastMonday morning at retail store SaravanaStores in Ranganathan Street two

employees were charred to death on the5th floor of the building. It is learnt thatit is a regular practice for the manager tolock up the two men, who maintain avigil through the night until 6 a.m. Thefire broke out before he could arrive andthe two innocent got trapped and died.

As festive season approaches, Fashion Yatra brings to Chen-nai a two-day shopping opportunity, be it for apparel,home goods or jewellery. The Park plays host to FashionYatra on September 10 and 11 from 10.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.

For youThe apparel section, consisting of womens wear lines in both

western and Indian, consists of labels like Trupsel, Rewaz, BonBibi, Anusri by Aara, Zebaish, Lachesis, Amita G., Hush, Jajoba,Rudraksh, Sharmila Bajoria, Afshan Khan, Virachi, Suhana: Pakis-tani Concepts, Rumi Creation, Vastra, Kairi, Rolli, Magic/Chuttis,Aalamba, Vinsha, Pretty Woman, Almas Handicrafts, Ffluid, Riti-ka Haresh Gandhi, Golden Touch and Jaimaa-Richa Kapoor.

Jewellery from Krsala by TBZ, Kallista, Falguni Mehta, Iswaraand Aakanksha will be available, besides a semi- precious linefrom Zewar by Jamini Ahluwalia. Crimzon and Coral presentstylised bags and shoes, while ANZ and Rush present bags andshoes respectively.

For your homeFor the house-proud, there is bed linen, quilts and cushions

from Onset, crockery from Cocktail and decorative home goodsfrom Bari.

Teeny-weenyFor children, there is Little Wardrobe.

For a causeA part of the proceedings will be given to Nanhi Kali.

Nanhi Kali is a special project jointly managed by

K.C. Mahindra Education Trust and NandiFoundation, aimed at provid-ing education to the underpri-vileged girl child in India.

Team Ergo

Fashion Yatra is on at The Park onWednesday and Thursday

AAJJOOUURRNNEEYYIINN SSTTYYLLEE

Colonial IndiaAn exhibition of photographs of Colonial India taken byGerman nationals, Wiele and Klein, is on display atDakshinChitra art gallery. The photos were printed fromglass plate negatives from the years 1885 to 1920. Fordetails, call 2833 2343.

Pricey Ganesha!

Market Vinayaka idolfrom Pudupet with a cap,garland and fans made of

1000, 500, 100, 10 and 5rupee notes, being taken

out in a colourfulprocession on Anna Salai,

in connection with theVinayaka idol immersion

ceremony held in Chennaion Sunday. The money

will not be immersed,Pudupet traders clarified.

PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR


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Monday, September 8, 2008

Pamper yourselfAura at The Park has introduced specialpackages for the monsoon. Acacia Touch,Hawaiian Massage and Go Green promiseto keep you relaxed and refreshed. Fordetails, call 4267 6000.

J. Ramya of Ford Technologiesset the pool on fire and grabbeda record five gold in an inspiredperformance on the third day ofthe ETA Star Corporate Olympiadon Saturday. In the first event ofthe day, Ramya brushed asideother competitors to win gold inthe 100m freestyle with a timingof 1:39.34 sec, way ahead of sec-

ond placed Anitha Sekar fromVSDI who clocked 2:32.02 sec.That set the stage for the rest ofthe day as she went on to win the50m freestyle, 25m freestyle, 25mbreaststroke and 25m backstrokeevent. In the mens section D. Di-nesh of Cognizant also baggedfour gold medals but was over-shadowed by the total dom-inance of Ramya.

Results: Men

100 M FreestyleGOLD - Isai Chakaravarthi In-

fosys 1.28.67SILVER Sasikumar VDSI

1.29.98BRONZE D Dinesh Cogni-

zant 1.39.6150 M Freestyle

GOLD D Dinesh Cognizant 35.08

SILVER Isai Chakaravarthi Infosys 35.78

BRONZE Rajesh Anbukadal Ford Technologies 35.8625 M Freestyle

GOLD D Dinesh Cognizant 13.86

SILVER Sasikumar VDSI 14.96

BRONZE Rajesh Anbukadal

Ford Technologies 15.1525 M BreaststrokeGOLD D Dinesh Cognizant

17.32SILVER Isai Chakaravarthi

Infosys 18.70BRONZE Sandeep Bansi Ju-

mani Infosys 20.4625 M BackstrokeGOLD D Dinesh Cognizant

19.03SILVER Isai Chakaravarthi

Infosys 19.09BRONZE Sasikumar VDSI

21.72

Women

100 M FreestyleGOLD J.Ramya Ford Tech-

nologies 1.39.94SILVER Anitha Sekar VDSI

2.32.02BRONZE Lakshmi Muthana

Cognizant 2.34.0750 M Freestyle

GOLD J.Ramya Ford Tech-nologies 41.57

SILVER Vimala Arul HP 55.77

SILVER Anitha Sekar VDSI 57.63

BRONZE Sangeetha MN Steria 1.02.13

25 M FreestyleGOLD J.Ramya Ford Tech-nologies 17.32

SILVER Anitha Sekar VDSI 22.25

BRONZE Sangeetha MN Steria 22.4425 M Breaststroke


SILVER Vimala Arul HP 26.07

BRONZE Anitha Sekar VDSI 30.3625 M Backstroke


SILVER Sangeetha MN Ster-ia 29.14

BRONZE Vimala Arul HP 30.02

Ramya of Ford Technologies strikes five gold medals at thepool in the ongoing Corporate Olympiad

ERGO CORRESPONDENT

GOLDEN GIRLof the pool

CorrectionThis is with reference to the Made in Chennai article datedSeptember 2. Joonis Sait started Joonis Sait & Sons and notJoonis Khan & Sons as reported. Rafiq and Omar of GatsbyCollection belong to the fourth and fifth generationsrespectively of the Sait family. The error is regretted.

Loyolaiites now have a newplace to hang out insidetheir campus, where they canmunch fresh and tasty bakeryitems. The Department of Ou-treach, Loyola College in col-laboration with Hot Breadsrecently launched the Give Life

Cafe.The cafe was opened as aninitiative to provide valuableinsights and experiences for

students from under-pleged sections of the comnity and to raise awarenefund their requirement

well.The place is labelled as

Pie That Gives Life and prises to provide healthy

quality food at affordable es. The surplus amount lected will be used for

welfare of slum children.

Have pie, Give Life

Chennai City Police Commissioner R. Sekar, Give Lifefounder-president Akila Srinivasan, Hot Breads foundeM. Mahadevan and managing director of Tamil MaiyaFather Jagath Gaspar Raj at the launch. PHOTO: K.V. SRINIV


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ERGO Monday, September 8, 2008KALEIDOSCOPE04

Six Nuts With GutsANUSHA PARTHASARATHY

In a minuteCompany Name: BSENSEStarted: 2008Founders: Vijay Venkateshand Tony RusselTeam: 6Focus Areas: BusinessquizzesEmail: [email protected]: Vijay at 9940174636

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So what is the best one can do if he or she has a passion for quizzing and a yenentrepreneurship? Your choices are: A: Participate in quiz programmes; B: a quizzing company; and C: Watch quiz programmes on the telly.

Six MBA students from the Institute of Technology and Management (ITMprivate institute on Rajiv Gandhi Salai, chose the answer B and h

recently been rewarded with contracts to conduct quiz shows in sof Namma Chennais leading colleges. Whats more, if everyt

works out fine, they might join hands with Ergo and wsoon be quizzing you guys.

BSense Quiz Cornocopia is the brainchild of budentrepreneurs Vijay Venkatesh and Tony Russel.

final year students launched the firm in July 2008have since organised 10 shows. The duo took

board four more friends, primarily to do thehind the stage work while Vijay and Tony

quizmasters. The duo hope by the time pass out in April 2009 BSense will full-fledged company.

The sparkQuizzing was a hobby for Vijay Ve

tesh and Tony Russel ever since stepped into their institute; and were good at it. A few quizzes downlane, as their winning streak continone particular incident changed outlook on quizzing. At one particcompetition, the quiz master waboring and monotonous that we almdozed off. There was absolutely no in him and his methods were so cli

It was a question and answer rothrough out and bored us to bits, Trecalls.

Though they didnt think mucthis incident then, a few months when they were asked to conduct a at ITMs National Management M

Manquest 08, where their innovamethods of quizzing made their show a

naway success. Based on this programmprofessor kindled the idea of beginning a

that would convert their quizzing abilitiesa full time career. That was how BSense c

into existence.

BrandingBSense, in the true word means, business knowl

with common sense. And that is what these youngsters wish to promote.

logo, which is a question mark in the brain of a face, has bdesigned keeping in mind, the questions that quizzers on the

seat keep asking themselves, says Ganesh Babu.

The team of six, which once undertook a project in college where called themselves Six Nuts With Guts, is divided into two departmenquizzing and management. While Tony Russel and Vijay Venkatesh

care of the quizzing, G. Ganesh Babu, S. Karthik, R. Raand P. Srikanth are involved in the backstage and man

ment work.Our main advantage is that we are amateurs in the indu

and we experiment a lot. We have two new rounds in every we conduct. All of it is programmed with lot of multimedia an

use wit and humour. After we conducted Manaquest, a guy had seen ours and the previous years performance ranked our

the best he has ever seen. And that was our very first attempt. It adoodles to our confidence level, says Vijay Venkatesh.

Though BSense specialises in business quizzes, they conduct other quizzes a And for their services, they only charge a nominal fee in order to cover

expenses. They are in the process of making this venture fully commercial at preand believe that building a USP for BSense as a quizzing firm is important.

(If you are an entrepreneur with a successful business model or know one, write to ufirstinnings@goerg

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The Tata Group has part-nered with National En-trepreneurship Network(NEN) to showcase and

tap the talents of start-upsfrom multiple sectors. Themain criteria being it should bea stand-alone company withfive or less years of experience.

The online contest has nowopened up its platform for vot-ing the best young start-up inthe country. According to a re-lease from NEN, every nomi-

nation goes to two experts one general and one industryrelated for reviews. The pool ofexpert judges includes inves-tors, entrepreneurs, academi-cians, professionals and

representatives acrossindustries.One can vote for every start-

up once. The short-listed 30companies will be selected onNovember 6, after the firstround the voting which will bebased on the most number ofpublic votes combined withthe highest expert ratings. The

top 30 companies will finallybe narrowed down to the topfive, results of which will be de-clared on December third

week.Even if you are lucky to make

it to the top 30 companies, youstill win plenty of chances toscale your business plan. Priz-es include: Business training,mentoring and incubationsupport of up to Rs. 50 lakhs byIIM-A and CIIE, Incubationopportunity to a befitting ven-ture by IIM-B and N.S. Ragha-van Centre for Entrepreneurial

Learning (NSRCEL) and Ad-mission to Microsofts Start-Up Accelerator Programme forat least one winner.

Also, all short-listed start-ups receive direct admission to

pitch to Angels courtesy Indian Angel Network and MumbaiAngels and admission to TiEsnurturing programme.

Log on to www.hotteststar-tups.in to know more aboutthe competition and also tocast your vote. You could alsosend in your votes throughSMS to 56767.

ERGO CORRESPONDENT

Vote for your favourite start-upAre youll voting for ourChennai start-ups?

Some of the Chennai-basedstart-ups nominated for theTata NEN Hottest Start-upawards include: Earn Karma(www.earnkarma.org),Vembu Technologies (www.vembu.com), AnantaraSolutions Private Limited(www.anantsol.com) Perfint

Healthcare Devices Pvt. Ltd.(www.perfinttech.com),Knowledge Base(www.funandfocus.com),Desi Crew Solutions(www.desicrew.in) andKallos Solutions(www.kallossystems.com).

CreADivity, a Bangalore-based start-up, is orga-nising a design and an essay competition to

encourage the social entrepreneur in you.The design could be just a visual or a combina-

tion of slogan and a visual, which will be ultimate-ly printed on t-shirts or coffee mugs. So if you

want to unleash the creativity in you and are be-tween 18 and 35 years of age, send your designs atthe earliest.

Or if you think you are a better writer, you couldtake part in the essay contest by sending in an800-word strategy essay on Encouraging SocialEntrepreneurship in India. One winning entry forboth the contests gets a prize worth Rs. 5,000 each.

Winners will be featured in a unique talent onwww.creADivity.com.

Last date for submission: September 15, 2008Email: [email protected] about the challenge can also be got fromhttp://thecreADivityblog.wordpress.com

Ergo Correspondent

Calling creative talents

Websites of the dayShare your schoolyard stories.www.playgroundlaw.comAll you wanted to know about handbags:www.armcandygirl.com

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The Centre for EntrepreneurshipLoyola Institute of BusinessAdministration, IDG VenturesIndia and TiE Chennai isorganising a business plancompetition. The contest is opento any team of two who have abusiness idea and theentrepreneurial motivation tonurture in the commercial venturspace. Ideas could be in service,

agriculture, manufacturing,construction or education. So eveif your idea is in the early stagesof planning and execution thispromises to be a good platform ttest the entrepreneur in you.Who can participate: You couldbe a student, experiencedprofessional, member of a start-uor an entrepreneur.Registration: Entries should reachby September 23. The finalewhere the participant will make presentation to a jury comprisingof entrepreneurs, investors,business executives andacademicians will be held onNovember 21.Winners: The winning entry gets

cash prize worth Rs. eight lakhsand one year associatemembership in Tie Chennai.For further details, contactProfessor Jayaram K. Iyer at 944428417 or log on to www.liba.edubpc.

Ergo Corresponde

Have abusiness plan?


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ERGO Monday, September 8, 2008VILLAGE06

Zimbabwe teachers strike forbetter payTeachers in Zimbabwes public schools have goneon strike to press for higher pay, a unionspokesman on Sunday, despite a pay rise for civilservants announced by the government. Teachersare staying at home. They want a decent salarywhich can enable them to look after themselvesand fulfil their responsibility to their families,Raymond Majongwe, secretary-general of theProgressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, one ofthe two main teachers unions, told AFP.

Immigrant refuses to leave jailAn immigrant is refusing to leave jail two years after hissentence ended - because he refuses to say where he isfrom. The lag, whose stay behind bars costs Britishtaxpayers 30,000 pounds annually, refuses to tell staff hisreal name and where he was born. Without the essential

knowledge, the prisonbosses cannot releasethe bloke fromPeterborough prison,Cambs. "He has beendue for deportationsince he completed hissentence. he prison hasno choice but to holdhim until we get theinformation," The DailyStar quoted AlessioBeschizza, chairman of

the jails IndependentMonitoring Board, assaying. "He could wellbe in there indefinitelyunless someone takes hiscase up and it goesthrough the courts. But Icant really see thathappening," Alessio said

ANI

French owner of Diana death crashcar wants it backEleven years after PrincessDiana was killed in a carcrash in Paris, the companywhich owns the ill-fatedMercedes has demanded itback in a bid to exploit thevehicles history. Thewreckage of the black S280Mercedes, which hit anunderpass wall in Paris,killing Diana, her boyfriendDodi Al-Fayed and theirdriver Henri Paul, still bears

blood stains from the nightof August 31, 1997, and iscurrently in custody of theMetropolitan Police here.But now the Paris-based Etoile Limousines has demandedthat the wreckage of the car be returned to it. Its wortha great deal of money, Manager Jean-Francois Musa wasquoted by the Daily Mail as saying. The company hasalso offered to sell the car to Dodis father MohammedAl-Fayed. But the Harrods boss has turned down theoffer.However, the Royal Family has condemned the ideaof publicly selling of the car.

PTI

With depression hitting kids ata very young age, the Britishgovernment has come with aunique way to help pupils beatthe blues - by offering classes onthe art of happiness.

The government is hoping torestore the feel good factoramong children by teaching themhow to look on the bright side oflife, reports Timesonline.

In the Penn Resiliency Pro-gram, imported from the UnitedStates, 11-year-old students areto be taught how to shrug off set-backs and banish pessimisticthoughts. This will help the chil-dren cope with whatever life

throws at them.The scheme has been scientif-

ically tested and shown to pro-duce positive results.

More than 1,500 11-year-oldsin 22 schools are already on thecourses in a pilot scheme master-minded by one of the worldsleading authorities in "positivepsychology".

Dr Martin Seligman, a psychol-ogist in Pennsylvania, will meetHazel Blears, the communityssecretary, this week to discusslaunching the programme na-tionally.

In the classes, children aretaught how to deal with difficult

situations and emotions, as wellas developing attitudes and skillssuch as assertiveness, decision-making and relaxation.

They are urged not to think orreact like Chicken Little, the fa-bled hen who wrongly feared thatthe sky was falling in and insteadthey are shown how to act posi-tively in seemingly negative sit-uations.

More than 100 teachers fromschools in South Tyneside, Hert-fordshire and Manchester havetravelled to Philadelphia to betaught how to give the happi-ness lessons.

ANI

See the silver liningBrit pupils to get art of happiness lessons

Bangladeshs United Airwaysto fly to IndiaBangladeshs private airline United Airways saidon Sunday it would open its first internationalroute with a daily flight between Dhaka andIndias Kolkata from Sept. 24. United Airwaysalso plans to introduce flights on theChittagong-Kolkata, Dhaka-Kathmandu andother regional routes soon, to meet fast-growingdemand for air travel, said Tasbirul AhmedChoudhury, head of the company.

Reuters

Women-only parkingA Croatian shopping centre hasintroduced special parking spaces fowomen drivers.


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olah singhar, the traditionaldecked up appearance for thenew bride is now out of fash-ion with more and more

working women shunning their goldand glitter for a more westernisedlook.

Todays hard pressed workingwomen find it a headache to wear totraditional symbols of wedded blisspreferring to flaunt the single andsmart look. The job scenario alsoseems to encourage such trend withKiran, who has been married for sixmonths, and is on a job hunt prefer-ring to dress in formal shirt-pant, sansany bangles or bindi.

If I go all dressed up as a new bridefor an interview I will never get the

job. Employers as such feel that anewly married woman will be unableto give her full attention to the job athand, she says explaining her reason

for such austere looks.There is a little discrimination toget a job if you are newly married or

have small kids. But the scene chang-es if you are married for quite sometime. There is a conscious belief thatfamily is a priority among women, this

could be a reason why women areshunning traditional wear, says An-ita, a married executive.

The metrosexual male doesnt mindhaving a hep looking arm candy wifeby his side. And he believes in givingher the freedom.

PTI

The metrosexual male doesnt mindhaving a hep looking arm candy wife byhis side

If I go all dressed up asa new bride for aninterview I will neverget the job. Employersas such feel that anewly married womanwill be unable to give

her full attention to thejob at hand,

NNOOMMOORREEMMAARRRRIIEEDDGGIIRRLL LLOOOOKK

Monday, September8, 2008

The Indonesian governmentplans to build special prisonsfor graft convicts because a risingnumber of inmates are crowdingexisting facilities, the Jakarta Post

newspaper reported on Sunday.The countrys prisons have a ca-pacity for 80,000 inmates, wellbelow the more than 137,000people behind bars across Indo-nesia, the newspaper said, citingJustice and Human Rights Minis-ter Andi Mattalata.

An increasing number of graftconvicts in Indonesia have creat-ed the need to expand facilities,the paper said.

During President Susilo Bam-bang Yudhoyonos presidency,many higher-ranking officials,parliament members, bankersand business people have beenjailed for graft, although critics

say some of the worse cases ofcorruption have yet to be tackled.

Reuters

The countrys prisonshave a capacity for80,000 inmates, wellbelow the more than137,000 people behind

bars across Indonesia

Indonesia plansspecialjails for graft

Iftar Jilapi

A Bangladeshi food vendor

makes "Jilapi" a traditionalsweet for "Iftar" - food forbreaking fast - at his roadside stall in Dhaka onSunday, during the holymonth of Ramadan.Ramadan, the ninth andholiest month of the Muslimcalendar, is traditionallydetermined by the sightingof a new crescent moon,often dividing rival Islamiccountries and sects over theexact date.AFP PHOTO/FARJANA KHAN GODHULY

Too deep!It would take 11 Empire StateBuildings, stacked one on top of theother, to measure the Gulf of Mexicoat its deepest point.

This day that yearIt was on September 8, 1945, Hideki Tojo, Japaneseprime minister during most of World War II,attempted suicide rather than face a war crimestribunal. The attempt failed and he was laterconvicted and hanged.day that year


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Blade Runnerprepares for glory

Blade Runner OscarPistorius is preparingto launch his bid fortriple sprint glory at

the Paralympics with an eye onfuture Olympic dreams. Nick-named after the specially adapt-ed carbon fibre blades he wears,the 21-year-old won a court bat-tle to compete at last monthsOlympics but failed to qualify.Despite setting his sights on theLondon Olympics in 2012, thedouble amputee is focused on thetask in Beijing: he wants to winthe 100m, 200m and 400m gold as

well as break a world record. He isthe world record holder in hiscategory in all three events. Pisto-

rius did not have the ideal start tothese Games, being involved in aspat with South Africas sportingchiefs over a number of issues,including the late arrival of theteams kit in China and travel ar-rangements to Beijing. But theman with the reputation of thefastest thing on no legs said heis focused on his bid for a cleansweep in the sprints despite jan-gling nerves ahead of his first raceMonday.

Ready for the challengeI think nerves and pressure

are good things, but Im very ex-cited as well, he said. The vil-lage is amazing, the food is good,

the vibe is awesome, the compe-tition venues are more than what we could ask for and I think itsgoing to be a good formula for abrilliant Games and a lot of worldrecords. Pistorius believes thequick pace of the track in Beijingmakes world records more likely.If you look at the Olympics andhow many world records werebroken, thats definitely going toreflect on the Paralympics. TheSouth African, defending his Pa-ralympics 200m title, is hoping torun a world record in the 400mbut admits breaking his own200m mark is going to be a chal-lenge. In the 100m he is expectinga tough race against two-time de-fending champion, Marlon Shir-ley. Marlon and I are facing each

other for the first time since Ath-ens. In my opinion, he has beenrunning scared since then, he

said, stoking up the rivalry. Pisto-rius had both of his legs amputat-ed as a baby due to a congenitaldisorder. Then, in January 2004,he shattered his right knee on therugby field and doctors recom-mended he switch to track,launching a glittering career.

Among his many achievements iswinning the silver medal over 400metres in the 2007 South AfricanNational Championships com-peting against able-bodied run-ners a performance thatboosted hopes of Olympic qual-ification. Though Pistorius saidhis ultimate aim is to competealongside able-bodied athletes atthe Olympics, he is now focusedon the Paralympics.

If I get the opportunity one

day, which I really hope I dparticipate in the Olympics, ing that time Ill view myself a

Olympian. At the moment, Ithe Paralympics, so I view mas a Paralympian. In generalan elite sprinter and thats

way I view myself. Pistoriussaid there is a difference inapproach to the ParalymOne of the things Ive learnfrom an able-bodied backgro

you run to win, whereas fromParalympic background youto better yourself, and I tthats far better and far moreportant in sport. We often sight of that and want to wiany cost, but at the end of theits better coming second running a personal best

winning and not running a gtime at all.

PISTORIUS TARGETS TREBLE TO FORGET TROUBLES

South Africas Oscar Pistorius AFP

ERGO Monday, September 8, 2008SPORT08

Tevez sees red againArgentinas indifferent World Cupqualifying campaign continued on Saturdaywhen they were held 1-1 at home byParaguay and had striker Carlos Tevez sentoff early again. The point kept Paraguaytop of the 10-team South American groupon 14 from seven games with Argentinatwo points behind in second place followingtheir third draw in a row. The lastremaining winless and unbeaten records

ended when Peru beat Venezuela 1-0 tomove off the bottom and Colombia lost 0-1at home to Uruguay, who jumped to third.Brazil, away to Chile on Sunday,temporarily dropped to sixth and outof the qualifying places. The top fourteams qualify for South Africa in2010 and the fifth plays off against aside from the CONCACAF region.Tevez, sent off in the first half of the2-1 defeat in Colombia in Novemberfor a petulant kick at an opponent,faces a ticking off from coach AlfioBasile after leaving his team in the lurchagain. The Manchester United forward;playing only his second international sincethen, was dismissed after two bad tackles inthe first 31 minutes.

Reuters

Symonds to get full CAcontractAndrew Symonds may have tomiss next months India tourfollowing the gone fishingsaga but the volatile Australianall-rounder will still earn as muchas any other Cricket Australiacontracted player by just coolingoff his heels at home. CA willcontinue to pay Symonds hisretainer regardless of whether hetours India or not, plus match payments forgames he wont play, Sunday Telegraphreported. This means Symonds, who iscurrently seeking solace in the Gold Coasthinterland after being sent home for missing

a team meeting while going fishing inDarwin during Australias ODI series againstBangladesh, will earn a cool USD 2,00,000for the next three months by not facing asingle ball. CA spokesman Peter Youngconfirmed Symonds would receive his fullwage during his time out of the game,proof that the board is not going toabandon the maverick cricketer. Hes acontracted player and because hes goingthrough a rehabilitation programme at themoment, he will get full retainer payment.Were treating this the way as if a playerwas injured, Young said. With Symondsbase contract with CA worth an estimatedUSD 500,000, the hard-hitting batsmanstands to earn USD 41,666 a month or USD124,999 for the next three months. Symondsis also entitled to full match payments forthe upcoming Indian series as he was amember of the most recent Test side whenordered to undergo rehabilitation by CA.Australian players are paid USD 17,850 for aTest abroad.

PTI

US Open to get a roofUS Open organisers say that they are more committed than ever to putta cover over Arthur Ashe Stadium to prevent future washouts at the GraSlam tennis tournament. Tournament chief executive Arlen Kantarian sathey just completed a third study on a new roof but declined to give deon what the cost would be or when the roof would be built.


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Australias cricket stars said theywere fit and raring to face India af-ter their leisurely one-day cleansweep against Bangladesh. The

worlds top team embark on a gruellingtour against their fierce rivals in a fort-

night, just months after Indias tour ofAustralia flared into controversy. Stand-incaptain Michael Clarke said Australiawere super-fit and acclimatised to the ex-pected heat after the 3-0 series win intropical northern Australia. Its beengreat preparation. Its been so warm up

here, the guys have had a great time,weve had brilliant training facilitiesand weve been doing plenty of fit-ness, said Clarke. I think all the boysare in pretty good shape and lookingforward to getting over to India and

having a good Test series. Our perfor-mances have been spot on and I thinkour preparation has been unbelieva-ble, really good. Ricky Ponting is ex-pected to recover from injury tocaptain Australia with fast bowlerBrett Lee and opening batsman Mat-thew Hayden also back in the side.

Volatile series

Haydens description of HarbhajanSingh as an obnoxious weed was oneof many low points during Indias visit,with other controversies centring on

race and bad sportsmanship. Troubledall-rounder Andrew Symonds, whowas also involved in a bust-up withSingh, has been ruled out and told toget psychological help after missing ateam meeting to go fishing. BatsmanMike Hussey said Australia had gainedplenty of confidence and valuable

match practice against BangladeshIts important to be positive, youvegot to know where you can get ofstrike, he said. If theyre just bowlingball after ball at you and youre lookingto survive, theyre going to get you

out, theres no question. So you needto be able to tick it over, need to beable to score and put the pressure backon them a little bit. Australia are expected to name their squad next weekThey depart for India on September 21with the first Test starting in Bangaloreon October 9.

AFP

Tourists to arriveon September 21

AUSTRALIAfit and ready for India

Australia in India (Test)Matches Won Lost Tied Draw36 12 11 1 12Most successful batsman: MathewHaydenMatches Innings Runs HS Avg7 14 793 203 61.00Most successful bowler: Richie BenaudMatches Innings Wkts BBM Avg8 16 52 11/105 18.83


I spent four days with Warnie before I came (to Darwin) and did a lot of talk-ing and going through field placements for my type of bowling, which I

found really helpful. I will be on the phone to him continuously and I think my part-time spin will be handy in those (Indian) conditions.

Michael Clarke

TheAustralianteam posewith thetrophy aftwinning tone-day sagainstBangladesDarwin. A


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Benny Dayal, whose love for musicbegan way back in childhood, al-

ways wanted to become a singer. After his schooling he came to

Chennai to become one. During gradua-tion in MCC, Benny got his first chance tosing. Beyond my graduation, I wanted to

be a singer, which is why I came to Chen-nai. Coincidentally, there was a voicehunt happening and I got selected for it. Aband called S5 was formed by SS Music.

We made an album, did shows outside,but once that was over it was back tosquare one, Benny explains.

After S5, Benny hit a dead end for a while. During this break, he finished hisPost Graduation and went on to work foran IT company. This was when he beganhis tryst with Tamil playback singing.

I was completely shocked when I got achance to sing in the chorus of the Balle-laka song from Sivaji. After this I sang forChakkarakatti.

When most singers who enter the sing-ing industry aim to sing for A.R. Rahman,Benny had a dream debut that many

would envy. His first solo number, alsocomposed by A.R. Rahman, MaduraikkuPogadhadi from Azhagiya Tamizh Ma-

gan, topped the charts, following whichthere has been no looking back.

Benny is all praise for the music maes-tro. Working with a man like Rahman is achallenge. I want to sing as much as pos-sible, especially for him. His songs alwaysleave a trail behind. Something alwaysclicks. Its not normal. Its somethingmagical. Rahman has some kind of magic

in him.Benny, who was a product of one of

the earliest forms of reality shows, dis-agrees with what has now become anoverdose of reality and melodrama.

I wouldnt call the show I waspart of, a reality show. There wasnt

any melodrama like there is now. Ijust auditioned and I got through.The reality shows that come onTV now have a high dose ofmelodrama, he exclaims. Itseasy to tell that this vibrant

youngster is extremely pas-sionate about what he is do-ing. Though Rahman isalways on top of his list ofinspirations, Michael Jack-son and Shankar Mahade-van, too, have caught hisheart.

Shankar Mahadevanis the greatest singer Ihave ever heard, he says,adding, I feel I fit any kind of sing-ing. Especially, after S5, where there

were a lot of hectic studio sessions, Ihave now learnt to perform. If itcould happen, it would be great tobe a part of S5 again.

Benny, who comes from theGulf, had to read and write Arabictill class X and hence is fluent inthe language. With Tamil, Hindiand Malayalam offers alreadypouring in, Arabic might just bethe right note that gives him anedge above the rest.

ANUSHA PARTHASARATHY

Michael Moores next free on InternetFirebrand filmmaker Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusiveon the Internet for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical rollhe said on Thursday. Slacker Uprising documents Moores 62-city tour of key swstates during the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, when he tried to convince younnon-voters to give voting a shot.

A few years ago, he made his way from the Gulf to namma Chennai in search of a promising future in music. Today, his voiceis topping the charts all over the country and he is one of the most sought-after singers here. Pudhu Pudhu and DhikkiDhikku from Dhaam Dhoom, Taxi Taxi from Chakkarakatti and Pappu Cant Dance from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na are just a

few of the songs that have made 23-year-old Benny Dayal popular among the youth.

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Shakthi turnsto actionAattanayagan, the27th movie of V.Swaninathan andL.M.M. Murlidharan,under the banner

Lakshmi Movie Makers, will see P. Vasus sonShakthi doing an action role. RamyaNambeesan plays the female lead. KrishnaRaman, who has been associate director toVikraman, is directing this film. Srikanth Deva iscomposing the music. There will be six songs,including two melodies. The film launch washeld last Friday.

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PICK OF THE DAY

HBO

Big Love 11 pmBarb finds herself a finalist for aMother of the Year award, while

Bill is asked to become the newestmember of the Salt Lake CityLeadership League.

PIX

Saving Silverman 8 pmThe comedic misadventures ofbuddies J.D. and Wayne, who begin

to suspect that their best friend,Darren is going to allow himself tobe badgered into marrying Judith, awoman he doesnt love.

Star Vijay

Airtel Super Singer 2008 9 pmA Mega talent hunt for the Best

Voice of Tamil Nadu. 9 pm

Discovery Channel

Man vs wild 10 pmBear Grylls tackles extreme survivalchallenges as he shows you just

what it takes to get out alive evenwhen it means eating one of theworlds deadliest scorpions

Dear Diary,My journey as choreographer

started off with Pudhu Pudhu Ar-thangal (1989). It was this film

which brought a new meaning tomy life. Though I liked dancing, I

was not really interested in chore-ography. K. Balachander Sir, who

was the director of the film, andRaghu Master encouraged me totake up this chal-lenging responsibili-ty. I was the

youngest choreogra-pher then but wasvery keen on tryingout new ideas. Tillthen I was an assis-tant under Raghu. I

was proud to be theyoungest choreogra-pher around and Itook up choreogra-phy as my career with full spirit.

One of the most unforgettabledays of my life as choreographer isthe 1996 Miss World extravaganza. Ihad to train nearly 350 dancers andmore than half of the girls werefrom colleges of Chennai. The for-eign choreographer who was totrain the girls backed out due tosome reason and I had to managethe ballroom dance, ballet and clas-

sical. I, with the help of my sisters,managed it and the show took us togreat heights. We were appreciatedfor the show, with a special mentionfor the ballet.

Then it was my National Award inthe year 2001 which gave me heapsof happiness. During the rehearsal,Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali acted as thePresident of India and she called me

and introduced me toothers. It was a proudmoment of my life.

After the birth ofmy son Vidhyuth, myhappiness saw nobounds. Six monthsafter the delivery, I

was a little hesitant totake up the Maanaa-da Mayilaada projectfor Kalaignar TV but I

went on with it. Andnow, when I hear that it is one of thetop 50 reality shows in India, I feelquite happy for having taken up thisshow.

My journey as a choreographerwas not full of roses. I had to crossmany thorns to reach those roses.But the pain changed into happi-ness when my work got recognised.

As told to Monisha Mohandas

One of the mostunforgettabledays of my lifeas choreographeris the 1996Miss Worldextravaganza

Man of many voicesAccording to IMDb, most of thepredominantly robot cast ofcharacters in WALL-E is voiced byBen Burtt through mechanicalsounds of his creation.

Dear DiaryKALA MASTER


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A biologist was interested in studyinghow far bullfrogs can jump. He brought abullfrog into his laboratory, set it down,and commanded, "Jump, frog, jump!"The frog jumped across the room.The biologist measured the distance, thennoted in his journal, "Frog with four legs

jumped eight feet."Then he cut the frogs front legs off.Again he ordered, "Jump, frog, jump!"The frog struggled a moment, then

jumped a few feet.

After measuring the distance, thebiologist noted in his journal, "Frog withtwo legs jumped three feet."Next, the biologist cut off the frogs backlegs. Once more, he shouted, "Jump, frog,

jump!"The frog just lay there. "Jump, frog,

jump!" the biologist repeated.Nothing.The biologist noted in his journal, "Frogwith no legs - lost its hearing."

JOKE

Fitness One, is organizing a fund raising workshop Gymnastics for children The Italian Way atFitnessOne. The workshop offers, Warm Ups, Potenziamento, Stretching for Gymnastics, andFoundation Exercise for Gymnastics. The course fee which is suggested donation is Rs.500 forthe class.

Where:FitnessOne, New Avadi Road, KilpaukWhen:13 Sep, 3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

For registration contact: 26471222

THE ITALIAN WAY

If you are one among those passionate womenwho wants to learn a little more in life, thenhead towards the exquisite workshopcalled "Ladys Passion". The workshop

will suffice to teach an individual theskill of creating exquisite traditionalbridal jewellery, pearl jewellery, party

jewellery, Funky jewellery etc. The par-ticipants would get the twin benefit oflearning the art as well as take back homethe fine-looking pieces of jewels madeduring the workshop.

Register immediately!Where: Abhirami Krishna Tulasi

Apartments, Kasturaibai nagar, AdyarWhen: 13 SepFor details contact: Arva 9884049371, Zaitoon - 9381059721

FEMINITY DIVINE

Mozart to inspire schoolchildren?School heads in Croatia are to play Mozart toyoungsters before lessons to make them less rowdyin the classroom.

GreetingsHi Mentor Manju,Wish you many more happy returns of the day. Mayall your dreams come true.

Regards, Alcatel 5620 Team, Wipro Technologies

Hi Baskar,Wish u many more happy returns of the day. Maygod bless u with happiness, health, peace and letall your dreams come true on this wonderful day.

With Love MES Team, Changepond Technologies.

Dear Ganesh,Many more happy returns of the day. May thecoming year be the best in your life, to achieve allyour success. A Warm Birthday Wishes from All ofus!

Regards, PM Smart & Quality Team (AMB-6) HCL

Technologies

Hi Meghna,Smile is a curve that sets straight and wipes wrinkleaway everything. Hope YOU share a lots andreceive a lots for days 2 come HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Best Wishes from Team GIT Cognizant

Dear Chaitu,Wishing you many more happy returns of the day.Happy Birthday. God bless you.

With lots of Luv & Prayers, Sharmila Mohan, TataConsultancy Services

Hi Viji,Belated birthday wishes.( Looking forward for thetreat)

From all of us at Altrion Technologies

Hi Vidya,Some things r left undone, some words r leftunsaid, some feelings are left unexpressed, butsome ones as nice as you could never be leftunwished, Happy Birth Day Dear!

With Lots Of Love, Aishu,Yoga,Kanag,Esakki,Rekha,Renga,CGSL

Dear Santhu(Gandhu),Happy Birthday dear. Within these words lie lot ofthings, but most of all, it means However long welive, Ill be with you. Many more happy returns ofthe day!!!!!!!

With Luv, Remya, TCS

Dear Smitidhara,We wish you belated birthday wishes and a greatyear ahead.

From BI&A (Unisys), Hexaware Technologies (HT-5)

Dear Manoj,We wish you many more happy returns of the day.May your birthday grow happier by every minuteand give you reasons to smile all year through.

Loving sisters, Malathi(Wipro Technologies), Mano

(Cognizant Technology Solutions).

Dear Deepa,We wish you a very Happy Birthday! May God giveyou a prosperous and healthy life throughout theyear. Let all your dreams come true!!

Hearty wishes from Aishwarya, Anantha, Anitha, Arun,

Balaji, Bhyravi, Deepthi(CTS), Ganesh, Guru, Hansraj, Hema

(CTS), Jayashree, Mani, Morgan, Pippu(Wipro), Praveen,Raja(CTS) Ramya, Sandeep, Suna, Suresh, Swapna,

Vijayendar, Vimal, TATA Consultancy Services (Ignite

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Hello Gang,Send your greetings to [email protected], with theword greeting and the preferred date ofpublication in the subject line. Example: greeting:September 15. This will help us organise thecolumn. Also, those who want to dedicategreetings, please send your full name, companyname and contact number for verification.

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B.C

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

You may feel bored and dull when you enter theoffice, but you will catch up routine work as thehours pass by. Grace of Ganesha will make the end on a positive note. The evening spent with beloved will be memorable.

You may feel as if fate is against you today.Focusing on the right targets will help you regaiyour confidence. Ganesha foresees you spendingwonderful time with your partner or family in theevening.

Do not worry if you think you are working in the

wrong direction. The right direction and proper pwill catch up with you as you keep working. On personal front, you will be paying more attentionyour personal life today.

The day is full of mixed feelings. As the day staryou will feel emotionally attached to your work.However later on you might be more practical. Llife may not be very happening as you may be tbusy with office work.

Ganesha thinks you may enter into arguments wyour superiors or colleagues. Nevertheless, in thelater part of the day you will be more motivatingand may feel like inspiring someone. You mighteven feel like taking responsibility of a new proje

You may be uncomfortable at work today, howeyou will be able to work with ease post your lun

break. You may not be in a very good mood totake up difficult tasks. If you are in love, you mahave philosophical conversations with your belov

You may be focussed on achieving success todaybut that might happen only after the first part ofthe day is over. You may spend the first part of day in routine communications. Grace of Ganeshwill shower lovers with blessings today.

You may feel optimistic and determined today. Lin the day, you might do things just to grab otheattention. Dont try too hard as your workproficiency will get you the desired attention easIf you are single, someone might steal your hear

You may feel over burdened in the morning butthings will start looking different as the day movahead. Ganesha feels you will be only focussing

your targets. Love life may strike a betterunderstanding between lovers.

Just a positive beginning of the day may not resinto a successful day. Ganesha thinks you shoulddetect and rectify at the earliest. In this process, may have to rely on other, regardless of your likit or not.

You will be working very hard till lunch time butyou may focus only on the gains. Ganesha suggyou to be patient and persistent to achieve desirgoals. The evening may be spent in the companyfriends or someone special.

You may feel emotional and sensitive aboutdomestic matters. You may feel touchy throughothe day. As you start working you will be justconcentrating on work. Lovers can expect a soununderstanding between them.

Words worth"Ichnography" (ick-nog-ruh-fee) a floor-plan for abuilding. From Greek words meaning track andwriting.

Alligators seizedBrazilian police say they have seizedtwo alligators during an operationagainst drug traffickers in Rio deJaneiro.

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But the catch here is in the after-care. Extra precaution has to betaken while combing and wash-ing.

Bounce, a popular salon in Is-pahani Centre, Nungambakkam,specialises in hair extensions andhas trained professionals fromDubai for the same.

With fashion followers experi-menting with looks, the fad iscatching up with the city crowd,especially women. Over the pastone year, hair extensions havecaught on in the city. As theawareness spreads we expectmore people turning up for this,says Vikram Mohan, Salon Direc-tor, Bounce.

The hair strands used for ex-tensions are human hair broughtfrom Dubai. They are sterilisedand chemically processed before

putting to use.K.G. Wasnatha, a hair exten-sion specialist who has been inthe business for 20 years, explainshow each kind of extension isdone at Bounce.

SewingIn this, the hair is carefully

parted in a semicircular shapeand the hair strand is tactfullysewed with the natural hair usinga fish-hook-like needle. The ex-tension is then strongly attachedto the natural hair with the helpof beads.

It is done in such a way that thebeads are not visible and it looksnatural. This method adds vol-

d h l h I

E

ver wondered how BipashaBasu appears in movies

with long voluminous hairdespite having a classy bobin real life?

Thanks to the latest trend ofhair extensions, using which youcan change your hairdo in a mat-ter of minutes.

Hair extensions are synthetic

fibres or real human hair that issewn or braided into existing hairto enhance length, volume orcolour.

Often people mistake hair ex-tensions for wigs. But, unlike wigs, extensions are hair strandsblended into the natural hair.They are easy to carry, natural-looking, safe and dont hurt. Ifdone properly, its hard to makeout extensions from natural hair.

months and costs around Rs.35,000.

Coloured extensions

This is most popular amongyoungsters as it gives them a fun-ky look.

The coloured strands are gluedto natural hair with the help of asealing machine.

You can choose between col-ours like yellow, red, green,

blonde, red-orange, natural our and purple. This costs Rsper strand and lasts for a time.

Disco HighlightsThis is the simplest of all.

tered highlights like bright-psilver or bright-blue are tiethe natural hair and fixed the help of a knot. It costs Rper highlight.

Play with length using hair extensions

VIPASHA SINHA

Hair today, gone tomorrow(Left) In sewing, the extensions are sewed to the natural hair using a fish-hook-like needle. (Right) Disco highlights are the simplest of the lot. PHOTOS. R. RAVINDRAN

(Left) Before the extension. (Right) After

In colouredextensions, thestrands are gluedto natural hairwith the help of asealing machine.Cost: Rs. 300 perstrand.

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