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Tuesday, July 29, 2008A BYTE OF LIFE

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FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 147

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Musee Musicals has a legacy of over a century. Rini Mukkath catches up with the landmark store inour ‘Made in Chennai’ series and talks to proprietor Kishore Das on the history associated with it.

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ERGO Tuesday, July 29, 2008NAMMA CHENNAI02

2 terror suspectsarrested in city Police on Sunday arrested twomen suspected to beoperatives of a bannedterrorist outfit.According to police sources,the men identified as Heera alias MohammedKasim (27) and Abdul Khader (26) werearrested from a lodge on Muthammal ChettyStreet in Manadi following a tip-off.Following the serial blasts in Bangalore andAhmedabad and intelligence reports onpossible terrorist attacks in Tamil Nadu,security has been beefed up in the state.Shiekh Abdul Kafoor (39) was arrested fromPettai in Tirunelveli on Saturday and electriccircuits, battery cells and plastic containerswere seized from him. Police say he had

planned to carry out terrorist attacks onIndependence Day in various towns and citiesin the states, including Chennai.The two men arrested in Manadi are knownto be Kafoor’s aides, who would have assistedhim in the August 15 plot. One of thearrested, Heera, has criminal cases pendingagainst him at the North Beach police stationhere.

Bureau-pullers strike atKolathur, 15 sovereigns gomissingBureau-pullers struck at a house in Kolathurin the wee hours of Monday and decampedwith gold jewellery and cash.Kolathur police said the house of one

Mahesh, a garment merchant on KumaranNagar in Kolathur, was targeted while he andhis family were asleep on Monday morning.The burglars pulled the bureau through anopen window and managed to slip away with15 sovereigns of gold jewellery and cash keptinside.Further probe is underway.

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ity police have arrested fivepersons on charges of spreading panic through afake message that propaga-

ted Chennai as the next target of terrorist attack. They sent outshort messages claiming that theterror network was working on

the acronymBACK (Banga-lore, Ahmeda-bad, Chennaiand Kolkata),urging residentsto stay away frommalls and otherpublic places.

Tracing theorigin of the

SMS, police have nabbed fivepersons in connection and are in-terrogating. The text messageread ‘Govt. has requested the

people to avoid going to publicplaces like Citi Centre, Spencer’s,temples, tomorrow as red alert isdeclared all over Chennai follow-ing the serious blasts in B’loreand Ahmedabad … It’s beenguessed tat they’re following de

word BACK. B – Bangalore, A –

Ahmedabad, C – Chennai, K –

Kolkata. Pls fwd this to all youcare’.

The message was being circu-lated via mobile phones to anumber of Chennaiites from Sun-day afternoon. Following this, thecity police control had beenflooded with frantic callers en-

quiring whether the text mes

was genuine. Police later sprecounter text message informthe ‘red alert’ message waprank, through various cellphnetworks in the city.

Preliminary investigationson. At this point, the identitithe five are not known. ■

ERGO CORRESPONDENT [email protected]

The text messagessuggested thatChennai was next,asked residents tokeep off publicplaces

5 questioned over‘BACK’ prank

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A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe first play for The Metro Plus Theatre Festival is a Korean play by Yohangzan award-winning South Korean theatre company who will stage ‘A MidsummNight’s Dream’.Where: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Harrington RoadWhen: 7.15 pm, August 1Contact: 9840222363, 9840612333, 9940438669

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For a greener earthThe IT ExNoRa conducted a couple of events lastweekend to orient people on the 88888 campaign. Thefirst one at TCS Vadapalani saw the participation ofaround 35 associates. The second campaign was atChennai CitiCentre, where members distributedpamphlets, briefed shoppers on global warming, etc.

Take a detour off the busy Anna Salai,to a quaint old shop that boasts of rich history, music and instruments.Musee Musicals is not only a store-

house of both Western and Indian musicalinstruments but also houses a musicschool that offers certificates authorised by the renowned Trinity College, London. Thered brick building will remind you of colo-nial India. Interestingly it was once an ele-phant stable.

The store is an inviting corner for musiclovers and one can easily find someonestrumming the guitar or playing a soulfulnote on the piano.

Hands of historyStarted in 1842 by Mr. Misquith as mu-

sical instrument and repair storeunder the name of Misquith&Co, the store launched branch-es in Bangalore, Coonoor, Ooty and Rangoon. Soon with the in-creasing popularity of the place,they ventured into a music schooland collaborated with the Trinity College, London in 1901. Today, itis one of largest centres of musiclearning in India and more than5,000 students pass out every year.

In 1935, it was bought over by French-man, E.A. Prudhomme, who named it Mu-see Musicals in the hope to make it amonument of music – Musee means mu-seum in French. “My forefathers took overthe shop from a British lady, Ms. Amy Ro-zario, a friend of Prudhomme, who ran thestore. We are trying to follow the same tra-dition of music learning with the businesson one side started over 15 decades back,”says Kishore Das. He is the 9th generationof a family from Gujarat who came here tostart a business.

You can almost trace the colonial past of Chennai through the store in the way it hasmoved from a Portuguese owner, to aFrench, then to a British and finally intothe hands of the Das family.

Stamped foreverIn 2001, the establishment celebrated its

Musee Musicals off the busy Anna Salai is aunique store every which way you look at it

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centenary for the relationship it has

with Trinity College and the governmentadded to the celebrations by releasing afirst day cover on the occasion. The Dasfamily is constantly trying to reach out tomore people and inspire young minds totake up music. The store now has branchesin Pondicherry, Secunderabad andHyderabad.

East meets west When the Das family took over the es-

tablishment, they realised the importanceof incorporating traditional Indian instru-ments as well. “We didn’t want to limitourselves to western music alone. To reachour immediate customers we had to pro-vide something they could relate to,” Kish-ore adds. ■

Address: Musee Musicals

67,Mount Road

Chennai 600 002

Phone Number: 8522780,8516474

Top: Kishore Das and a student atthe store. Below: Kishore Das on agerman piano. PHOTO: R. RAVINDRAN

TIME LINE 1832- E.A. Prudhomme startedMusee Musicals in Madras.

1901- Trinity College of Music tiedup with Musee Musicals.

1935- Mr. E.A. Prudhomme, Frenchcitizen buys Misquith&Co. andnames it Musee Musicals.

1964- Ms. Amy De Rozario, Britishlady, takes care of Musee Musicalstill her death.

1976- Starts branch in Puducherry.1999- Secunderabad gets a MuseeMusical store.2001- The Music school celebratesits centenary.2006- Hyderabad sees opening ofa Musee Musical store inauguratedby music director Mani Sharma

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Taking on BatmanBatman fans inspired

by The Dark Knight , orfans of any other super-hero can challenge theirfavourite comic book

characters in the first ev-er licensed, multi-playeronline comic book game.

The ‘DC Universe On-line’ was introduced last

weekend at the Comic-Con International in SanDiego, sponsored by So-

ny Online Entertainment. The game allowsplayers to go online and create their own superhero or villain and work alongside iconic figureslike Superman, Batman, and Spiderman.

There are also plenty of villains, like Lex Luth-er, The Joker, and Bizzaro. The game will morethan likely be ready for PlayStation 3 in the nextcouple of years and is part of an effort to boostcomic book sales, which have been suffering inrecent years.

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Facebook artIn a day and age where life revolves

around technology, it only makes senseart would, too.

The ‘International Symposium on Elec-tronic Art 2008,’ a week-long global mediaarts event which is under way, is show-casing some 16 artworks that transformthe technology we all use on a daily-basisinto exhibits created to get you thinking about the world in which we live.

ERGO Tuesday, July 29, 2008KALEIDOSCOPE04

A start-up led by former star

Google engineers has un-veiled a new Web searchservice that aims to outdo

the Internet search leader in size,but faces an uphill battle chang-ing Web surfing habits.

Would-be Google rivalCuil Inc (pronounced “cool”) is

offering a new search service at

http://www.cuil.com that thecompany claims can index, fasterand more cheaply, a far largerportion of the Web than Google,

which boasts the largest onlineindex.

The would-be Google rival saysits service goes beyond prevailing search techniques that focus on

Web links and audience trafficpatterns and instead analyses thecontext of each page and the con-cepts behind each user search re-quest.

“Our significant breakthroughsin search technology have en-abled us to index much more of the Internet, placing nearly theentire Web at the fingertips of ev-

ery user,” Tom Costello, Cuil co-founder and chief executive, saidin a statement.

To exploit complaintson Google

Danny Sullivan, a Web search

analyst and editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, said Cuil cantry to exploit complaints con-

sumers may have with Google __namely, that it tries to do toomuch, that its results favour al-ready popular sites, and that itleans heavily on certain author-itative sites such as Wikipedia. ■

Reuters

Former Googleers unveil Cuil, a new search engine

Cuil’s service goesbeyond prevailingsearch techniquesthat focus on Weblinks and audiencetraffic patterns

Google’s rival born?

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A fter three years of strong growth, top20 IT companies in India, a majority ofthem engaged in IT services exports,recorded a revenue growth of 24 per

cent in 2007-08, against 41 per cent growth inthe previous financial year, according to asurvey.

The top 20 IT services exporters recorded agrowth of 29 per cent compared to 45 percent in 2006-07, findings of the CyberMedia’sDataquest Indian IT Industry survey 2008 re-vealed.

These top 20 domestic IT players recorded27 per cent growth against 31 per cent lastyear. Three foreign multinationals -- Accen-ture, SAP and Dell -- entered the list. A stron-ger Rupee adversely impacted theexports-heavy Indian IT industry in FY 08when the average value of the Rupee in com-parison to the Dollar rose nine per cent, witha vast majority of IT companies still unfazedby a slowdown in the global outsourcing in-dustry.

In the listing of the Top 20 IT companiesfrom India, the top seven positions remainedunchanged, with TCS, Wipro, Infosys, HP In-dia, IBM India, Ingram Micro and SatyamComputer Services retaining their positions,from number one through number seven.

HP India and Ingram Micro derive a majorpart of their revenues from the sale of com-puter systems and peripherals, while the oth-ers make money from exports of software

services; IBM India has significant services --domestic and exports -- revenue, as well assystems sales. ■

PTI

Revenue of ITmajors drops

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If you think IT professionals think nothing but computers here is someplay for thought. Rebelz, a theatregroup formed by IT professionals,

went against their morose image andgave the audiences a glimpse of whathappened ‘Once upon a time in Arabia’.Staged at Sivagami Pethachi Auditori-um over the weekend, Once Upon aTime in Arabia is a spoof on classic Ara-bian tales.

There is trouble in the ancient Ara-bian kingdom of Petra, where themain characters of the play, Ali (Ash- win) and Sinkbath (Bharath), pulltheir roles off to a T. Ali is the hand-

some peasant deeply in love with thevoice of a song he heard in the palaceand Sinkbath the bumbling sailor who owns a ‘ship of the desert’. Alithinks he is in love with Ayesha (Ma-hima) and tries to win her heart with the help of his sidekick broth-er. They have a friend called Jassi(Shritha), who also happens to be Ayesha’s younger sister and deeply in love with Ali and tries to help in whichever way possible. How thislove triangle is sorted out be-comes the crux of the play.

There is no story that is com-plete without a villain. In this

play Parthasarathy

plays the Vizier. Dressed in a combi-

nation of red and black, he gives aconvincing performance with histhunderous laugh and not-so-inge-nious schemes to take over the king-dom. Ayesha could have been playedbetter. And Jasmine, the youngerprincess, had certain stagnant roles

where she walks about the stage foran inch too longer than required. Butthe one character that scores a 10/10for his performance is Sandeep as the

Vizier’s bodyguard, whose ‘Hail the Vizier’ dialogues had people falling off their seats. His one-liners andlaugh stole the show.

The costumes were simple andsuited the backdrop and theme well,

with the exception of princess Ayesha’s, which did not suit the char-

acter’s pompous role. The camel alsolooked a little rugged but added tothe humour of the entire situation.

There were some scenes where thelights didn’t come on time and the lipsync for some songs was not doneproperly.

All actors did justice to their rolesbut at the end of it the schoolboy ge-nie, played by Harish (who is also thedirector of the play), added the finalcolour.

Overall, the play was a good watchand a lot more can be expected fromthis group in the future. ■

ANUSHA PARTHASARATHY &

VIPASHA SINHA

Stage artistes perform ‘Once upon a time inArabia’ at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium inMylapore on Sunday. PHOTOS: S. S. KUMAR

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ERGO Tuesday, July 29, 2008VILLAGE06

Prank callsA Montreal woman who made over10,000 prank calls to 911 has beenarrested. She will be sentenced nextmonth.

UK’s first sharia-compliantinsurance firm launchedBritain’s first sharia-compliant insurance company waslaunched on Monday, offering motoring policies in linewith the Islamic legal code. Salaam Halal insuranceuses Takaful principles, whereby the risk is spreadbetween all policy holders. In contrast, conventionalinsurance policies shift the risk from the policy holderto the insurance firm. People taking out a policy withSalaam Halal pay contributions into a pool, with thatmoney then put into sharia-compliant investments –avoiding companies that are involved in alcohol or payinterest. The policies are aimed at Britain’s 1.6 millionMuslims, who constitute 2.7 per cent of the totalpopulation, according to the 2001 census.

AFP

‘No chance’ against Bruni, says SarahPrime Minister Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah conceded inan interview Monday that she ‘didn’t stand a chance’when French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visited Britainwith her husband in March. Speaking to The Timesnewspaper, the former public relations executiveshrugged off the suggestion that she was under pressureto dress up to meet with the former Italian supermodel.“I mean, I was standing next to a supermodel. I thoughtthat whatever I wore didn’t matter. With all due respectto myself, I knew that day I couldn’t win.” Bruni-Sarkozycharmed the British public, and graced the front page ofseveral newspapers during the state visit, with onenewspaper carrying an article headlined: “Crazy forCarla: How Britian went mad for France’s First Lady”.

AFP

Women tried to open aircraftdoor at 30,000 ftA holiday jet had to make an emergency landing aftertwo women tried to open the cabin door mid-flight at30,000ft and then tried to attack cabin crew with avodka bottle. Two unnamed women on the XLAirways flight from Kos to Manchester turned finickyafter staff on the flight did not give them morealcohol. A police spokesman said that the aircraft hadto make an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport inGermany. On being denied more alcohol, the pairstarted threatening and swearing at the crew, and thescene turned wilder when they said that they wantedto open the door at 30,000 feet to get ‘some fresh air’into the plane.

ANI

Transvestites appeal sentenceafter pageant raidFour transvestites arrested in a raid on a beauty pageanthave appealed a one-week jail sentence imposed by aMalaysian Islamic court for dressing as women, an officialsaid on Monday. Islamic officials last week detained 16transvestites competing in the ‘Miss Universe Asia 2008’contest at a beach resort hotel in the northeastern stateof Kelantan, which is ruled by the fundamentalist PASparty. PAS has made headlines for banning skimpy clothesand enforcing laws on separate male and female queuesin shops. Mohamad Abdul Aziz, chief assistant director ofenforcement in the state, told AFP that four transvestiteswere found guilty by the Islamic Sharia court.

AFP

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he cafeteria tray is being el-bowed out of the US univer-sity canteens as campuseschange the way students

collect their food and look forsavings in tough economic times.

Ditching the tray at the all-you-can-eat buffet in the studentcafeteria has allowed the Univer-sity of North Carolina, for in-stance, to save 30,000 gallons of water (113,000 liters) a month, forthe simple reason that the traysno longer have to be washed.

Getting rid of the trays has alsoresulted in less food being wast-ed, said Monica Zimmer, spokes-woman for food services giant

Sodexo.“We know that the average stu-

dent takes 1.4 entrees when they have a tray. When they don’t havea tray, it’s harder to carry. So they

take less,” Zimmer told AFP.“One pilot study we didshowed food waste was reduced

by up to 50 per cent on one cam-pus,” Zimmer told AFP.

The food services company Aramark measured food wasted

from more than 186,000 mealsserved at over 25 higher educa-tion institutions during the aca-demic year. Since trays fell by the

wayside at the University of Maine, the cafeteria has dishedout 56 pounds (25 kilos) less foodper person, per year.

The movement towards what iseloquently called ‘trayless dining’began roughly a year ago, andstudents have embraced the ef-fort to promote environmentalstewardship.

More than one-third of the 600campuses served by Sodexo arealready trayless, including reput-able institutions such as the Uni-versity of Massachusetts at

Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, andTulane in New Orleans. ■

AFP

US University denies tray to students tocut cafeteria costs

NO TRAYS,LESS FOOD

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Suffering from insomnia? It istime that you consult a doc-tor, for a new study hasfound that men who have

sleepless nights are at a high risk

of developing diabetes.Researchers at the

Karolinska Insti-tute in Swedenhave based theirfindings on an anal-

ysis of over 5,000middle-aged menand women for a pe-riod of ten years, Brit-ish newspaper the‘Daily Mail’ reported.

In fact, according tothe researchers, the risk of contracting Type 2diabetes is actually dou-ble in men.

The link with the mostcommon form of dia-

betes, held firm even after taking factors such as weight, smoking and exercise into consideration.

In the study, the participants,none of whom had diabetes at

the start, filled in questionnaabout levels of stress.

They were told symptomscluded insomnia, apathy, anxand fatigue.

Analysis showed thamost stressed-out were more than twiclikely to develop Typdiabetes. It is thostress may raise theof diabetes by disrupthe production of mones.

People worn oulack of sleep may be less likely to ecise.

However, accing to the reseaers, the link apponly to men posbecause they b

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en.The results of the study

been published in the ’DiabMedicine’ journal. ■

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British business executivescan now undergo Indian eti-

quette lessons before flying outto India – thanks to the UnitedKingdom-India BusinessCouncil which is launching a

series of ‘culture courses’. Witha growing trend of British com-panies seeking to establish apresence in India, the courses

will offer valuable tips on how to bow graciously, smile polite-ly and refrain from kissing

women, ‘The Guardian’ report-ed.

In fact, the lessons follow re-ports of business deals collaps-ing due to overly tactile salespeople, patronising chief exec-utives and British delegates of-fending their Indiancounterparts by standing withtheir hands on their hips andcalling Indian managers by their first names. ”The US andJapan are already well estab-

lished in India but there’s afeeling that if Britain does notget properly involved soonthey will be missing the boat.Business in India is all abouttrust. If you make a wrong move culturally you can throw away your chances,” UKIBC’sChief Executive Sharon Bam-ford was quoted as saying.

The organisation has drawnup a list of dos and don’ts

which include meeting poten-tial business partners with asmile and the respectful greet-ing ‘namaste’, making smalltalks and bowing slightly withpalms together. ■

PTI

How to refrain from kissing women

A clay artist works on a mural depicting the historic group photo of the 1911Mohun Bagan Football Team at a Workshop in Kumartuli in Kolkata onMonday.The sculpture is being made to commemorate the 2-1 victory of MohunBagan against the British East Yorkshire Regiment team. PTI PHOTO

Heroes of yesteryear

Boy bites backA Brazilian boy has gained mediafame for biting the neck of a dogthat attacked him. The boy bit thedog so hard, he lost a tooth.

This day, that yearIt was in July 29, 1981 that England’sPrince Charles and Lady DianaSpencer had a royal wedding at St.Paul’s Cathedral in London.

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ERGO Tuesday, July 29, 2008SPORT08

ICL training camp beginsThe Indian Cricket League on Mondaycommenced its two-week training camp forits forthcoming season under the guidanceof Jock Campbell, High PerformanceDirector, ICL.One of ICL’s chief objectives is to stress onanti-doping at the training camp at JainInternational School in Bangalore. The campaims at getting the players match fit forICL’s forthcoming busy season, ICL said in astatement.“A first time initiative will see the ICLintroduce specialised training in aspects ofthe game like throwing and sprinting, byroping in international experts Zane AllanCampbell (Sprint Coach)and Mathew JamesBuckley (SpecialistThrowing Coach),” it said.Steve Rixon, coach ICL-India, would fine tune the

cricketing skills of thedomestic players. The campwill encompass all aspectsof the physical fitnessrelevant in preparing themodern day cricketer.Kiran More, ICL ExecutiveBoard Member said:“Maintaining the highstandards of cricket whilemaintaining the spirit andintegrity of the game is ofparamount importance toICL. This is the main objective of organisingthe pre-season camp, which will be acomposite specialised camp covering allareas pertaining of fitness and cricketskills.”

Ergo Correspondent

Safina winsLos Angeles titleFourth-seeded Russian Dinara Safina wonthe 600,000-dollar WTA Tour hardcourttournament on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-2victory over Italian FlaviaPennetta. Safina, rankedninth in the world,captured the seventh titleof her career and hersecond of 2008, after hervictory in Berlin. Sincewinning that trophy inMay, Safina – youngersister of Marat Safin – hadreached the final of theFrench Open and the

grass-court event atS’Hertogenbosch. The 22-year-old reached the finalat Los Angeles with a semi-final win over top seedand world No. 2 Jelena Jankovic – endingJankovic’s hopes of capturing the worldnumber one ranking from compatriot AnaIvanovic this week. Pennetta, 26, arrivedwith two titles to her credit in 2008, but shewas playing in her first final at the moreprestigious Tier 2 level.

AFP

Last time his rifle went off at the

Beijing Shooting Range Hall, itfetched him a bronze. ComeOlympics and Gagan Narang

says he won’t have issues with thecolour of the medal. China so far hasnot let down the Hyderabadi sharp-shooter and as he leaves for Beijing via Malaysia, Gagan only hopes thathis love affair with the country con-tinues.

“I have been to the Beijing Shoot-ing Range Hall in April and it’s huge,breathtaking. I have good memoriesof the place and hope it remains thesame,” Gagan said before leaving forMalaysia. Gagan’s tryst with Chinabegan in 2006 Guangzhou ISSF

World Cup where he won the gold.In April this year, he won bronze in

the Beijing World Cup and withinfour months, Gagan returns to thesame venue hoping for an encore. “Iknow it’s not going to be a cakewalk.I have to command my mind andbody together and put my best footforward. I have to give my best andpray it would be good enough for amedal,” said the shooter, who be-came the first marksman to book hisBeijing berth in rifle events.

Form on his sideGagan’s confidence stems from

his purple patch and the world num-

ber eight just bettered the 10m airrifle world record at Hannover,Germany in an Olympic testevent earlier this month. Gaganstill remains wary of competition.“Russians, Chinese and Ameri-cans – none of them are really sit-ting back and relaxing. It’s going to be one hell of a competition.The toughest competition prob-ably comes from yourself. Youhave to completely block yourmind. Forget about the goal,

which is the medal, and concen

trate on the path only. That wibe key,” he said. “I’m particularhappy with the way my coach Lazlo Szucsak planned my schedule.

"It was worked out in such way to ensure that I peak at thright time. We have done our band I just pray things go according to plan,” said the shooter.

Incidentally, Gagan will havcompatriot Abhinav Bindra in thsame range and he says they ongoad each other to do well. “Itnot like competing with each other. We just spur each other to dbetter. I will be happy if he comeback with a medal. And will bhappier if both of us win medals

he said.

Standards are high According to him, Rajyavar

han Singh Rathore’s silver medat Athens Olympics has raised thbar for others and expectation

would be high from the shootethis time as well. “Rathore, soof, set a new benchmark for all ous and I can promise that I’ll givmy best but cannot tell you if tha

would be good enough (formedal),” he said. ■

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Gagan Narang hopes to continue love affair with China

Champions T20Unable to break the stand-off over Twenty20 ChampionPresident Lalit Modi has made it clear that the tournamfrom September 29 to October 8 at three venues – Jaipalso said England cricketers were unlikely to feature in was unreasonably objecting to various rules and regulashare-holding pattern and profit-sharing formula.

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Organizers of the Beijing OlympicGames say China’s home-growntechnological innovation is thedriving force in the preparation

of the games. They say the country’sstate-of-the-art scientific and techno-logical achievements have been incor-porated into the construction of venues and preparation of facilities.

And the Olympic Games are also a col-lective display of the country’s scien-tific strength.

Technological innovationsThe Bird’s Nest and Water Cube are

household names in China. For thegeneral public, they are synonymouswith the magnificence of the Beijing

Olympic Games. But behind the gran-deur lies the hard work of some of thebest scientific minds in the country.

A spokesman of the Beijing Munici-pal Science and Technology Commis-sion, Yang Weiguang, says the greatestwish of the venues’ construction teamis to give the world a lasting legacy of modern architecture.

He says the steel structure is one of

the hardest parts in the construction of every Olympic venue. A total of 150,000tons of steel has been used to set up theframework to support these colossalstructures. More than 50 of the latesttechnological achievements were ap-plied in the construction of the Bird’sNest alone. And the use of environ-mentally-friendly materials and cleanenergy is one of the focuses.

Yang Weiguang says the seven new Olympic venues in Beijing cover a landarea of nearly 2 million square kilome-ters. Nearly 27 percent of the venueswere built with recycled materials. So-lar-power generating units have beeninstalled at all 7 venues. And the rainwater collection system at these venuescan contribute up to one million tons

of water every year.

Safety Authorities say the safety of these

Olympic venues is also a primary con-cern. They say all venues will bewatched around-the-clock by a mon-itoring system. The structural param-eters of these venues under differentcircumstances will be recorded con-stantly. And emergency plans havebeen worked out to cope with some of the worst-case scenarios, such asearthquakes or over-loading. ■

Xinhua

Bird’s NestAtechnologicalmarvel

Hong Kong blighted by smogDozens of Olympic equestrian horses had to exercise in a blanket of choking smog in Hong KongMonday, as a dense white haze blurred the skyline of the southern Chinese city. The Hong KongObservatory said the haze had cut visibility to about three kilometres at midday. The city’s airpollution level was classified as high, although it had not yet crossed the critical 100 mark, the poat which those with respiratory or heart problems are urged to stay at home.

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ParisHilton has

revealed that she feelslike a grown up now, thanks

to her personal and professional

life. The hotel heiress said thather love for musician BenjiMadden and running a hugecompany makes her realise thatshe is an adult.

“I think my whole life I waskind of living as a teenager and

not really takingresponsibility,” People

quoted her, as saying.“Now I realise that

I’m an adult andI’m running a

huge

company andI’m in love. I’m in a

great relationship. I havemy family. I’m just excited

for life,” she added.

Hilton sounded optimisticwhen the notion of tying theknot with Madden was broached.

“I don’t know. We’re so in loveand so happy right now and it’sonly been like six months. Sowe’ll see what happens, butwe’re so in love and sohappy and things havenever been better. Ifinally have anice guy,”she said.■

ANI

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TIPSY LABEOUFBEHIND THE WHEE

The RoboCop franchise will hit the streetsagain and this time it will be helmed by Dar-

ren Aronofsky.MGM made the announcement that the new

instalment will be out in 2010.David Self is penning the remake about the

hero whose tagline is “part man, part ma-chine and all cop.”

MGM is keeping the logline un-der wraps, but insiders say it willtake the sci-fi vigilante classic inmore of a noir direction.

Phoenix Pictures’ Mike Medavoy isproducing the new RoboCop alongside

Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and DavidThwaites.

Original films centred on a fatally wounded cop who returns to the policeforce as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

After 1987’s RoboCop and its two se-quels hit the big screen, they have becomesolid earners for MGM’s film library, with4.1 million DVDs sold. The franchise is partic-ularly popular in Japan, Germany and the U.K.

“After making the first RoboCop at Orionmore than 20 years ago, I’m thrilled to be help-

ing to return this character to the screen withour partners at MGM and through the eyes of Darren Aronofsky and David Self,” Hollyscoopquoted Medavoy, as saying. ■

ANI

Darren Aronofsky to direct new instalment, to be out in 2010

RoboCop to return

Timberlake on ring huntJustin Timberlake is hunting for the perfect ring forgirlfriend Jessica Biel. To ensure the paparazzi doesn’tcatch him shopping for the ring at a jewellery store, as singer is shopping online. “He spends a lot of time atnight and when Jess isn’t around to try and find theperfect ring,” Hollyscoop quoted a source, as saying.

‘I finally have a nice guy’

Indiana Jones star Shia LaBeouf was arrested onsuspicion of drunken driving after an auto accident in

which he was injured early Sunday, a police official saidon Sunday. LaBeouf was driving a vehicle that collidedwith another vehicle at 3 a.m. in Hollywood, LosAngeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Wolf said. ■

Reuters

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The director who gave the Tamil audience films likeKhushi and Vaali couldn’t fare well as an actor. S.J. Su-ryah’s previous ventures as hero, Thirumugan and Vyaa-pari , were flops. Now the director-turned-actor has

pinned all his hopes on his next flick, Newtonin MoondramVidhi . An interview:

We weren’t able to spot you on the silver screen for a very long time....

Continuous flops had torn me down and I had to remainsilent till I picked up the right script. Thanks to director ThaiMuthu Selvan for approaching me with a good script.

Do you blame anyone for those failures?Earnestly speaking, I made blunders by picking scripts thatnever suited my character. So, no blame rests on the direc-

tors.

Tell us something about Puli . We wanted to start shooting for the film last month.

Due to an accident, the doctors advised me to rest forsometime and that has delayed the shooting. PawanKalyan plays the lead role of a cop and A.R. Rahmanscores the music. We are in pursuit of a heroine.

Earlier, you wanted to make Puli in Tamil with Vijay, right?

Yes, initially I wanted to make this film in Tamil with Vijay playing the lead. But due to his commitment towards other projects it got delayed and I had to opt forPawan Kalyan, who I felt would be more apt for the roleof a cop.

Something on Newtonin Moondram Vidhi....

It’s about a fashion designer seeking revenge on one of the top-most tycoons in India responsible for the death of

his ladylove. The story may seem quite cliché, but whatmakes it so different is that the protagonist does it within acouple of hours.

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Kuselan mania has hitevery nook and corner ofJapan and the masses areeagerly waiting for thefilm’s release.Rajinikanth’s Muthu was ablockbuster in Japan. Thefilm did really well,running successfully for288 days at multiplescreens. Also, Sivaji ’sgrand success has raisedtheir expectations forKuselan. R.Venkatakrishnan, ChiefOperating Officer, PyramidSaimira, has stated that

bookings are full for thefirst week and the filmwill be screened at theInternational Film Festival.Buzz is that SuperstarRajnikanth may not bepresent for the festival.

www.cinesnacks.com

Naan Kadavul

could be delayedA feud between Pyramid Saimira, theproducers of Naan Kadavul , and directorBala may delay the release of the film. It islearnt that the producers had agreed toinvest only Rs. 7 crore. But now theproduction cost has increased to Rs. 15crore. People from Bala’s camp say it isBala’s habit to ensure quality and reality inthe films he makes. Reports indicate thatthey have knocked on the doors of theProducers’ Council to settle their dispute.The movie has been in the making for along time. Bala’s last directorial venturewas Pithamaghan.

Mona Lisa SmileThe lecture hall scenes in Mona LisaSmile were filmed at ColumbiaUniversity, which maintains a 50-year-old lecture hall used in many differentfilms.

TransformersFor the scene in Transformers (2007) where Megatroncorners Sam at the top of a tall building and Samclings on to a statue out of sheer panic and fright,Shia LaBeouf was actually on top of the buildingwearing a safety harness, but with no safety netbeneath him, and so his terror was real.

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The actor strikes back

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Star Movies

The Last King of Scotland– 9 pmIn the early 1970s, Nicholas

Garrigan, a young semi-idealisticScottish doctor, comes to Uganda toassist in a rural hospital. Once there,he soon meets up with the newPresident, Idi Amin, who promises agolden age for the African nation.

Zee Studio

Sweet Home Alabama– 10-30 pmNew York fashion designer Melanie

Carmichael suddenly finds herselfengaged to the city’s most eligiblebachelor. But Melanie’s past holdsmany secrets, including Jake, theredneck husband she married.

Travel and Living

Hell’s Kitchen – 10 pmNine compelling episodes, endingwith a Grand Finale where ordinary

people aspire to be a top chefcompeting against each other towin the amazing prize of their veryown restaurant.

KTV

Sirippu Vedigal – 11 pmHave you felt that comedy in tamilfilms deserves a special place all its

own. Sirippu Vedigal is a sidesplitting comedy program.

From being thelong-leggedboy in Rocky toplaying ACP in

Shootout at Lok-handwala, the ma-cho man of Bollywood hascome a long way. Tocelebrate Sanjay Dutt’s birthday onJuly 29, Star Goldpresents ‘JabardastJanamdin’ from 9.45a.m. to 11 p.m.

Ups and downsSon of Sunil Dutt

and Nargis, Sanjay

Dutt began his act-ing career at the ageof 12. He has en-dured several upsand downs in his ca-reer span of 27

years.So all Sanjay Dutt

fans tune in to StarGold and watchsome of the bestperformances of theactor. ■

Watch a bouquet of movies on Star Gold

From Jodi No. Iand Shabd

It’s Sanju baba’s b’day

Oops!Radio City RJ Gobinath is the host of‘Whatte fun mornings’ and not asmentioned in the article published onJuly 17, (“Jack of all Trades...”).

A my Winehouse may get a

whopping one millionpounds if she agrees to per-form for oil-rich Azim of

Brunei, known for his playboy charms. And from what her palssay, the rehab singer is most like-ly to accept the offer, as she wantsto give hubby Blake Fielder-Civila new start in life after he’s re-leased from jail. While the suffer-ing singer had declared that she

won’t take up more assignmentsafter a booking on September 6, itseems that she may green lightthe lavish November bashplanned by music lover Prince

Azim.“The offer comes at a time

when Blake is very much on Amy’s mind. Things still need tobe worked out, but if she does thegig, she will hand the fee straightto Blake who should be free soonafterwards,” The Daily Star quot-ed a pal, as saying.

The friend added: “She thinks it will give him something to makea clean start with. And he canplan how best to use the money during the rest of his sentence.One idea is that he could use thecash to set himself up in busi-ness.”

Amy was earlier hoping thatBlake would be released this

week, but she came to know a few days back that he will have to stay

inside until December.

The pal said: “Amy genuibelieved Blake could be outshe is very upset. She desperneeds a rest and her dad Mitdetermined she won’t perfagain after the summer. Butcould well accept the prince’vitation now.”

London-based Azim, 25, isson of the Sultan of Brunei

will inherit a slice of his fath25 billion pounds oil fortunehas a reputation for lavisgifts on his favourite music TV stars. ■

WinehouseOFFERED 1M POUNDS

To perform for Sultan of Brunei’s son

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5 p.m. Kurukshetra

8 p.m. Shootout at

Lokhandwala

11p.m. Shabd

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A person could be scared every moment of her life. Sure eating,sleeping and all the other fearson this list could cripple peopleon a daily basis, but not poten-tially for every moment of your

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Decidophobia

You just did it! You just made thedecision to continue reading thislist, which includes the phobia of making decisions, decidophobia.

A person who cannot make a de-cision is likely to be eternally stuck in a rut. Unless something becomes second nature such aseveryday routines, a person couldbe crippled by the simple deci-sion of what to eat for breakfast.

However, a person with stasiba-siphobia, the fear of standing upand walking could very well neverget anything done in life, unlesshe was confined to a wheelchair.But what happens if that personis afraid of someone else standing up and walking? Does that meanthe phobic must live in isolationin a sitting position for the rest of his life?

The fear of clocks might easbe overcome; however chronphobia is the fear of time. Timsurrounds us, it binds us.chronophobics were to themselves of all reminders time, such as clocks, that woube one thing. But as soon they think about the fact thtime is slipping away, their saity might slip as well.

A person with somniphobia fears sleep. Humans need the REM cycles of sleep to help digest their everyday thoughts and activities Without sleep, a person could, potentially, slowly go insane due to fatigue and too many screws loose in the noggin. We all havenightmares, but can you imagine having a waking nightmare about going to sleep?

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A good day if you are working on softwares andyou have plans to combine two softwares. Ganesfeels that at work you might have logicaldiscussions which may have no fruitful conclusioLovers may enjoy intellectual discussions.

All verbal communications will be fruitful andmeetings too will bear good results. The grace oGanesha will please lovers as they day will be fuof charm. An essential element to wind up the d– go for a romantic dinner with your beloved.

Your energy will be charged up and will keep yo

active. The day favours important discussions annew development. Speaking of development, youwill be able to develop good logic for softwaresLove life will be equally energized and intense.

Frustration might rule your mind when you feel yare wasting your time on useless things. Controlyour temper today. However, your beloved may you cool down by showering you with affection. for the day – take care of your health.

Persistent hard work might not solve certain issuat work today. On the positive side, you will beable to impress others. Intelligent discussions arethe cards. On the romantic front, Ganesha feels may have to take the back seat.

Put on your thinking cap. Ganesha finds youcompletely focused on career progress. In this

process, you might end up ignoring vital thing. Pequal attention to everything. Love life mayexperience tremors if both hesitate to compromis

A lucky day for you, where you can negotiatepromotion or salary hike. You will experience jobsecurity and a strong desire of quick progress.Intellectual hard work is on the cards. You will eday with memorable moments with your beloved

Projects that you are working on might get delaThese delays might upset your mood today, saysGanesha. Precisely, it’s an average day at worktoday. In your love life, you might remain physicattracted towards your beloved.

In the office, you will have to put in a lot of effoPlease keep a check on your energy levels. Ganeforesees you giving more time and importance th

required in your love life. Again, please keep acheck so that it doesn’t work against you.

Today you will not be in a mood of repeating pamistakes. So you may not take the responsibility the past goof ups. Handle the ‘blame game’ vercarefully. Take care of health. Lovers may spendlittle, but high quality time with each other.

Ganesha feels it’s the best day to hone yourprofessional skills. Working under a senior’sguidance will be beneficial. You might want to wup the day watching some entertainmentprogramme with your lover, foretells Ganesha.

It is the best day to review the pros and cons ofthings in your life. Ganesha finds you in a confustate of mind. Kindly avoid negative thoughts. Apleasant evening to end the day is on its way.Spend it with family members or your sweethear

Word’s worth"Gaberlunzie" (gab-er-lun-zee) an old Scottishword for a beggar, found frequently in Scottishliterature of the early 19th century. It was alsoused to refer to a beadsman, who was someonepaid to pray for the soul of another person. Theorigin of the word is unknown.

Smugglers tunnellingPolice in China have discovered a 600-metre underground tunnel connectingtwo homes that officials suspect havebeen used for smuggling.

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The Big FM busfeatures somevintage and rarephotographs ofsuperstarRajinikanth, whichwill tour various

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Mown-a-lisaAn art loving English gardener hasmown the famous Mona Lisa into hlawn. Tania Ledger, employed a 3-Dexpert to reconstruct the famouspainting on her front lawn.

Nayantara poses with director P. Vasu at the Big

Who doesn’t want to sight a star? ActressNayantara was at the Big FM station onKodambakkam High Road on Monday,amidst a flurry of photographers who had

climbed on the walls to get a better shot of the star.Nayantara had been invited by the station to

flag off a mobile photo exhibition on the Big FMBus, which contains vintage and rare photographsof superstar Rajinikanth.

The actress refused to speak to the media, andeven to the Big FM RJs. She was scheduled to talk to RJ Dheena, but is reported to have refusedbluntly, saying that she is uncomfortable answer-ing any questions on the day. Nayantara wasdressed casually in black shirt and jeans, sporting

Versace sunglasses and a Guess snakeskin belt.Especially striking was her fingernail art, which

was a combination of stick-on stones and blue nailpolish.

The exhibition is part of the ongoing promo-tions for the much-awaited release of Kuselan. Inaccordance, director P. Vasu, was also present atthe venue, who was heard exchanging praisesabout Nayantara’s no-nonsense attitude about at-tending pre-launch publicity events.

Meanwhile, P. Vasu spent some time speak-ing to RJ Sangeetha, after the media frenzy had died down. He promises that the moviedoes not follow a superstar formula as per hisprevious films, and promises viewers candidmoments of Rajinikanth in the film. Log in

www.goergo.in to listen to an interview withKuselan director P.Vasu, and what he has to say about how this superstar film will be different. ■

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Gadget watch

The rather petite Nayantara was

Believe it or not, as ‘Kuse-lan’ gets ready to hit 900screens across the worldthis Friday, each show

will have a cumulative au-dience capacity of 5 lakh.

A press note issued by Pyra-mid Saimira, which holds the

worldwide release rights forthe movie, said they estimatedat least 10 million peopleacross the globe to watch themovie within the first 60 daysof its theatrical run. P.S.Sam-inathan, chairman and manag-ing director of the PyramidSaimira Group, said: “PyramidSaimira distributes/ releases

around 100 films a year, but ev-ery year there will be one ortwo films which will convert afilm release into a great festiv-al. Superstar Rajni’s films arealways about celebration andclean family viewing and of course, great fans. This is easily the most-awaited film of the

year and like Sivaji, may be-come Indian film’s highestgrosser this year. The fact thatRajinikanth plays his true roleis bound to excite all the au-diences, as this will give theminsights into the real Superstar.The audiences also look for-

ward to his movies, becausethey know that the Superstar’s

Make wayfor the King

Nayan speaks to none

Nayanthara’s lips may havebeen sealed but our reportercaught up with director P.Vasuon the movie. Listen to thepodcast on our website.

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