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CHENNAI
You have seen them dot the sky at the
beach. V.Haripriya follows the story of the
kite sellers on the Marina beach and the
wholesale kite trade on Waltax Road and
Washermanpet, which itself is under threat
following a police ban.
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PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR
02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009
Romania on screen
T he Oscar-
nominated
Romanian film The
Rest is Silence will
be screened at the
South Indian Film
Chamber Theatre
on April 13. The
film by renowned
Romanian director,
Nao Caranfil, has
Grigore Ursache
playing the central
character.
Grig is obsessed with making ‘the longest
film ever produced’ and joins a nascent
film academy run by a rich, half-mad
landlord Leon Negrescu. When Leon learns
that a major French company is shooting a
movie about the war with the Turks, he
gets the authorities to confiscate and burn
the footage, on the basis that it is not
accurate.
He then steals the idea and gets royal
backing for the project.
The main theme of
the film is “The
Independence of
Romania” (The War
of Independence), Camels brought from Rajasthan on Puducherry beach. PHOTO:
where it celebrates T. SINGARAVELOU
the 35th anniversary
of the war against
the Ottoman Empire.
T
wo large camels have people until old age makes
~ It is illegal to make animals become a familiar sight it difficult.
work when the temperature is on Elliot’s Beach in They are then promptly
above 37 degrees Celsius Namma Chennai and shipped off to slaughter
(Draught and Pack Animals onlookers may feel that houses where they are re-
Rules). This means most there’s something wrong paid for a lifetime’s service
summer afternoons. These with the picture of camels in with a painful death.
animals must be given water a city like ours. Rule 3 of the Prevention
urgently. Heat causes them to In Mumbai, the owners of Cruelty to Draught and
froth at the mouth. who are using these camels Pack Animals Rules (1965)
~ An obviously exhausted for ‘joyrides’ would have states that these guidelines
animal cannot be forced to
broken the law. According (see box) should be followed
give a ride. Animals may not
to the Prevention of Cruelty in the case of working ani-
be worked for more than five
hours at a stretch or for more to Animals Act (PCA Act), mals, keeping in mind their
than a total of eight hours a Section 11 - “camels and biological requirements.
day. horses may not be used on However, enforcement of
~ Camels and horses may not the beach in Mumbai. Cam- the law is a challenge.
be used on the beach in els are desert animals, and What members of the
Mumbai. Camels are desert sea air damages their lungs”. public can do is to refuse to
animals, and sea air damages Like Mumbai, Chennai is take ‘joyrides’ on these
their lungs (PCA Act, Sec 11). also a coastal city and the magnificent animals and
Source: petaindia.com same logic must apply. tell children that they be-
However, they have been long to rescue centres in de-
forcibly relocated to an en- serts like Rajasthan. ■
Thursday, April 9, 2009
03
It’s vacation time:
Children flying kite
on Marina Beach.
PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR
B
each means business for his sister Shanthi, who owns a ried after three years. The 21- Kites ban but reportedly with prior permis-
12-year-old Karthik. merry-go-round, return to their year-old says that the Rs.3,000 he sion from police. Every year, dur-
His worn out Pothy’s bag slum. earns from his full-time job is not Following a couple of accidents ing the second week of April, a
is filled with multi-col- Myriad colours decorate the enough for him to run his family. in 2007, the city police had kite flying tournament is held at
oured kites that he hawks in eve- skies of Marina around this time He starts his day at 7 a.m. and banned selling and flying of kites the Thiruporur Murugan temple.
nings for Rs. 10 a piece. During every year. works till 3 p.m. at Citi Centre. under Section XIV of the City Po- “About 128 teams participate in
the evenings, you can find him It’s vacation time, which spells After 4 p.m. he hits the sands of lice Act. For the kite vendors and the tournament, where contes-
running behind families, espe- better business for the kite sell- the Marina. manufacturers in Waltax Road tants from the age group of 10 to
cially the ones that arrive on the ers. There are around 150 of them “I do not stand in one place. I and Washermanpet, kites are the 90 years participate. We make our
sands with small kids. This has on the shores of the beach, and walk from Light House to Anna basic means of their income. own kites for the tournament,”
been his routine for the past three for majority of them this is a part- Square in search of customers,” “We know that there is a ban. says M.K. Narayanan, a 60-year-
years. During the day time, you time business. says Silambarasan who makes But we are not using the glass- old kite flyer, who has won the
can find him at class VII of the P.Silambarasan, a house-keep- around Rs. 200 a day. “I wonder coated thread. It’s just the normal trophy thrice so far.
Government High School in Ice ing staff at the Citi Centre on Rad- why elderly people shy away from thread which is used to tie flow- “The kites sold in shops are for
House. hakrishnan Salai, sells kite to buying kites. If they did, probably ers and it won’t harm anyone,” children. It is available from 50
“I make around Rs. 100 on supplement his income. A native I would earn more. There is no says R.Rajagopal who owns C.K. paise to Rs. 20. We spent more
weekdays and around Rs. 300 of Kumulur in Tiruchi, he came in harm in elders flying kites you Kite shop. than Rs. 5,000 every year and cus-
during weekends and give the search of a job to Chennai after know.” tomise the kite for the competi-
money to my mother,” he says. he failed in class IX. He started The kites which Silambarasan Kite tournament tion,” he adds. Asked about the
When dusk sets in and visitors to out as a server in a hotel and fell sells are bought from the retailers However, there are occasions glass-coated thread, he main-
the beach thin down, Karthik and in love with a girl whom he mar- on Waltax Road and Zambazaar. when glass-coated thread is used, tains a long silence.■
04 VILLAGE ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009
“It was
shameful that
Polls take a toll
the Left joined
the BJP in
attacking the
Prime Minister.
We are
on weddings
S
fortunate to ome weddings in Madhya by the party workers of Morada-
Pradesh are going for a bad district.
have a PM like toss, thanks to the elec- Though the hall was jam-
Manmohan tions. Government ser- packed, most of those present
vants are putting off the said they had come to have a
Singh” weddings of their children as glimpse of the former Indian
Sonia Gandhi they have to report for poll duty cricket captain - and were not
and cannot go on leave. really interested in party
“Polling will take place in our deliberations!
state April 23 and 30, so I am
now looking for some other aus- A different take on UPA
United held to
Symonds gets ODI recall
Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been
included in Australia’s squad for their ODI series
against Pakistan starting in April.
Australia’s selectors also recalled
injured fast bowler Brett Lee and
draw by Porto
all-rounder Shane Watson but
omitted captain Ricky Ponting,
Mike Hussey and Mitchell Johnson
to avoid burning them out ahead
of the Ashes series in England.
Symonds has been receiving
counselling after a series of off-
field incidents resulted in him being ruled out for The European champions suffered a late setback
selection until his behaviour improved.
“Andrew Symonds has been cleared by Cricket
M
Australia to resume playing for the Australian anchester United are in their aching limbs as they re- second goal if Rodriguez had
cricket team and he has been included in the danger of losing their turned to action 48 hours later. steered his close-range header ei-
squad,” Australia’s chairman of selectors Andrew grip on the Champions He couldn’t have been more ther side of van der Sar instead of
Hilditch said in a statement. League after the holders wrong. Although they enjoying a straight at the Dutch keeper.
“At his best Andrew is a dynamic one-day player were held to a 2-2 draw by Porto record-breaking run of clean- While United laboured, Porto
with an outstanding record for Australia. It will in Tuesday’s quarter-final first sheets earlier this season, Unit- looked impressive whenever they
now be up to him to seize this opportunity.” leg. ed’s defence has sprung a few went forward and van der Sar was
Hilditch said Lee’s inclusion was subject to a fitness Sir Alex Ferguson’s side looked leaks in recent weeks. at full stretch to turn over a long-
test after he recently underwent foot and ankle to have earned a barely deserved They looked no more secure in range shot from Raul Meireles.
surgery while the injury-prone Watson was included victory when Carlos Tevez the opening minutes here. Lisan- After watching such a lack-
just as a specialist batsman. stabbed United into the lead with dro Lopez, Porto’s Argentine lustre effort from his players, Fer-
Michael Clarke will take over the captaincy of the five minutes to play at Old striker, almost took advantage as guson must have been tempted
14-man squad for the six-match series, involving Trafford. he sprinted past Jonny Evans and to give them the full ’hairdryer’
five ODIs and a Twenty20 that will be held in the But Porto substitute Mariano forced Edwin van der Sar into a treatment at half-time.
United Arab Emirates in April and May. equalised four minutes later to sprawling save. United responded at last and
Reuters
give the visitors just reward for an Porto attacked United’s soft Rooney produced a superb chip
impressive display and leave centre again in the fourth minute from 30 yards that Helton just
United almost certainly needing and this time they were able to managed to tip over. From the re-
to become the first English side to punish another sloppy piece of sulting corner Vidic headed goal-
FIA pulls up McLaren win at Porto’s stadium next week.
Jesualdo Ferreira’s side had
defending.
When Cristiano Ronaldo lost
wards but Helton made a brilliant
stop to deny the Serbian.
Formula One giants McLaren-Mercedes have been gone ahead early in the first half the ball, Lucho Gonzalez crossed The Portuguese champions
summoned to appear before an extraordinary through Cristian Rodriguez and towards Rodriguez, but Evans kept their nerve and Lisandro’s
meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in could have been further in front should have cleared easily. In- skimming strike needed an alert
Paris on April 29 to answer charges over their before a calamitous mistake from stead he scuffed only as far as Ro- stop from van der Sar before Aly
behaviour at the opening Bruno Alves set up Wayne driguez, who drove a fine low Cissokho tested the United keep-
Grand Prix of the season. Rooney’s equaliser. strike past van der Sar into er from long-range.
Lewis Hamilton was After staging a dramatic the far corner. This was no way for United to
disqualified from third late fightback to beat As- Porto could have had a celebrate their 100th home game
place in the Australian ton Villa on Sunday, Fer- in the European Cup and Fergu-
Grand Prix last Thursday guson had expected the son made his last two changes,
over lying to the stewards momentum from Federi- opting to leave Italian sensation
at the race that he had co Macheda’s winner Marcheda on the bench and send
not been instructed to allow Jarno Trulli to pass to give his players on Tevez and Gary Neville
him during the race when the safety car was out enough adrena- instead.
on the track. line to ignore Tevez made an instant impact.
The incident earned the Italian a 25-second penalty, In the 85th minute Rooney
which saw him relegated, with Hamilton promoted flicked on Neville’s throw and Te-
onto the podium but at a hearing the FIA ruled vez showed great determination
Hamilton and his team lied about the to turn the ball home from
circumstances. close-range.
Trulli was reinstated and Hamilton disqualified, But Porto refused to accept de-
which led to the Briton apparently being so feat and staged the kind of dra-
distraught that he threatened to leave the sport matic finale that United have
entirely but was persuaded by FIA chief Max made their trademark.
Mosley not to. Lisandro swept over an 89th
Now, the FIA want a fuller examination of the facts minute cross that O’Shea could
surrounding the case and among the answers they only help on to Mariano and the
wish to know is why the team persisted even at the Manchester United’s Porto substitute stabbed his shot
enquiry in Malaysia last Thursday with the line that Wayne Rooney in action over van der Sar. It was no more
they had not instructed Hamilton to allow Trulli to during the UEFA than Porto deserved. ■
pass him. Champions League AFP
McLaren later on Tuesday issued a statement saying quarterfinal match against
they would co-operate fully with the FIA. FC Porto at Old Trafford.
“McLaren acknowledge receipt of an invitation to AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES
appear at an FIA World Motor Sport Council
(WMSC) meeting in Paris on April 29, received on
Tuesday afternoon,” read the statement.
“We undertake to co-operate fully with all WMSC
processes, and welcome the opportunity to work
with the FIA in the best interests of Formula One.”
AFP
Thursday, April 9, 2009
07
‘‘In the
This team have shown the whole season they are mentally very strong and when they have
their backs to the wall, these young players always find an answer and never give up. I believe
we have created momentum. We are a very young team, but are capable of focussing.
Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager
big league
Jeev gears up for Augusta Masters
J
eev Milkha Singh already feels like a winner at the Masters, having been paired
alongside 14-time major champion Tiger Woods for the first and second rounds of
the year’s first major.
The reigning Asian Tour number one has already enjoyed prac-
tice rounds with Australian star Greg Norman and Ireland’s
Padraig Harrington and exchanged greetings with Arnold
Palmer this week at Augusta National Golf Club.
Now Singh gets a dream draw with Woods and
US veteran Stewart Cink, even though it will
mean a horde of spectators following the trio
across the course.
“It’s a pleasant surprise,” said Singh, who has
played with Woods previously in Asia.
“I’m excited about that and looking forward
to it. It’ll be great to have the opportunity to play
with Tiger and it’ll be interesting. I’ll be a little nervous
but I’ll try to make the most of it and enjoy it.”
Singh, 37, sees himself belonging among the world’s
elite players after taking his second Asian Order of Merit
title last year and his first top-10 in a major at last year’s
PGA Championship.
“It’s great to come back to the Masters. Every time you are
here, it’s different,” Singh said. “It’s something really special.
I’m playing well and we’ll see what happens.
“My next goal will be to win a major. I think I’ve got the
game to win a major. I feel it all depends on the mind-
set and how you deal with the pressure.
I feel I do have the game and hopefully before
my golfing career is over, I will have a major
under my belt. “One day you never know
what will happen.”
Singh, ranked 31st, has six Asian
Tour wins plus four in Japan and
two triumphs in Europe.
“I’ve worked hard and there
is more trust in my game and
more trust in my golf swing,”
Singh said. “I’m always look-
ing forward to the bigger
events.
That’s why we play golf for, to prove myself at the
highest level.” Practicing with Norman gave Singh a taste
of what he might experience in October as a member of the
Internationals at the Presidents Cup, when Norman will cap-
tain the non-European side against a US squad.
“I’ve always looked up to him and often watched him play,”
Singh said. “I had a good nine holes and we talked about general
stuff but didn’t touch anything about the Presidents Cup. I guess he
wants to get to know the International players and I was fortunate
enough to play with him.” ■
AFP
08 ROADSTER ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009
T
he much-awaited people’s good ground clearance of 180
car, the Tata Nano is finally mm,” he adds.
here. On display at Tata car Sporting a chic dash board and
dealer showrooms in Chen- comfortable seating for four, the
nai city, the Nano is attracting Nano LX comes with an air-con-
festival crowds. Two-wheeler us- ditioner with heater and power
ers who were looking forward to windows only in the front.
upgrade to a car see the Nano as “Initially people had doubts
the light at the end of the tun- about the car.
nel. Ergo checked out the Nano After seeing the car on display
LX (hi-end model) on display at many are convinced,” says P.A.
TAFE Reach Ltd on Anna Salai re- Krishnan, senior manager, TAFE,
cently. Quite a sleek and stylish accounting for the booking ap-
looking car, the Nano is the first plications for the car pouring in
Indian car with a rear engine. So at his showroom.
the front interestingly makes More than a lakh applicants
room for the stepney tyre, tool from across the country will be
box and little luggage room. lucky enough to be allotted the
Nano has a 624 cc rear engine car in the month of July, 2009.
boasting 35 bhp with a top The first car is expected
speed of 105 kmph and a mi- to hit the roads The front area
leage claimed to be over 20 kmpl by Octo- holds the
in city-riding conditions. ber. ■ stepney tyre
C R N Prasad, GM operations of and luggage
TAFE, claims the Nano would room as the
revolutionise the Indian car Nano has a
market. “The Nano is the 624 cc rear
most fuel-efficient engine.
car and is easy to
manoeuvre
on city
roads. It
is al-
so
Booking
PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN R.Ravind
Thursday, April 9, 2009
09
New Merc
Mercedes Benz launched its limited edition E-Class
cars in India. The luxury car priced at Rs 43.4 lakh
(ex-showroom, Delhi) would include double-spoke
light alloy wheels, LED technology tail lights and six
different colour options.
Nano merchandise
The people’s car has also merchandise like phones,
pen drives, clocks, mugs, key chains, mouse pads,
magnets, pen sets, pencil boxes, water bottles, T-
shirts and caps that are on sale at all Tata Motors
car showrooms and Westside store from today.
Merchandises can also be bought online on
www.tatanano.com
s have opened for the Tata wondercar. Petlee Peter and photojournalist
dran capture the best parts of the vehicle at a showroom in the city
10 FLICK ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009
Attention please!
Hollywood studio Warner Bros has warned
Indian movie makers against remake or
adaptation of the Oscar-winning film The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
H
ugh Jackman, who plays month.
superhero Wolverine in He then delighted hundreds of
the new X-Men movie, invited guests and media by
said Wednesday he was swooping down from a cliff top
“heartbroken” that the film was on a cable before unveiling 20
leaked on the Internet a month minutes of completed footage.
before its official release. Jackman said he was heartened
The Australian star of “X-Men by the fact that most people had
Origins: Wolverine” said the US condemned the leak and thought
Federal Bureau of Investigation fans would still go to see it at the
(FBI) was on the case and he be- cinema.
lieved the culprit would be found. The leak has already claimed at
“It’s a serious crime and there’s least one casualty – a US enter-
no doubt its very disappointing – tainment columnist who was
I was heartbroken by it,” Jackman fired for reviewing a stolen copy
told reporters at a promotion for downloaded from the Internet.
the movie in Sydney. Rupert Murdoch’s News Cor-
The leaked version of the 20th poration, which owns both 20th
Century Fox action movie was re- Century Fox Films and Fox News,
portedly downloaded tens of said writer Roger Friedman had
thousands of times within a day been “promptly terminated” after
of being posted on file-sharing posting his column on the Fox
websites at the end of March. News website last week.
“Obviously, people are seeing “We, along with 20th Century
an unfinished film,” Jackman Fox Film Corporation, have been
said. “It’s like a Ferrari without a a consistent leader in the fight
paint job.” against piracy and have zero tol-
The 40-year-old Hollywood erance for any action that en-
heartthrob, named Sexiest Man courages and promotes piracy,”
Alive by People magazine last News Corporation said in an
year, said he was convinced that emailed statement.
whoever had posted the copy “When we advised Fox News of
would be tracked down. the facts they took immediate ac-
“The FBI are on to it and tion, removed the post, and
they’re taking it very, very seri- promptly terminated Mr Fried-
ously,” he said. “Rest assured that man.” The X-Men film, based on
person will be found.” the eponymous comic book char-
Jackman arrived by helicopter acters, was apparently spread
on Cockatoo Island in Sydney with Bit Torrent file-sharing tech-
Harbour, where some of the mo- nology that lets people exchange
vie was filmed, for the first stop of large data files between comput-
a world promotion tour ahead of ers. ■
its official release at the end of the AFP
Thursday, April 9, 2009
11
Tom Cruise
spends $1 mn on
daughter’s education
H
ollywood actor Tom Cruise wants his two-year-old daughter
Suri to have a well-rounded upbringing. So he is spending $1
million on her education.
Suri will turn three on April 18 and both Tom and his wife
Katie Holmes, who want her to be an all rounder, have made
arrangements not only for her basic education but have also in-
vested in dancing, foreign language and art classes.
“It doesn’t matter what Suri is doing, Tom wants her to be able
to do it better than any other child. All parents think their kids
are special, but Tom and Katie firmly believe that their daughter
is gifted,” chinadaily.com quoted a source as saying.
“Suri has shown interest in dancing, so Tom and Katie are
encouraging her as much as possible. She practices ballet,
tap and modern dance for hours every day. She also has
private gymnastics lessons and is learning soccer,” he added.
Cruise is also planning to send Suri for music classes to
improve her musical aptitude.
“Piano and violin lessons are on the to-do list. Tom and
Katie just have to find time in Suri’s busy schedule,” the
source said.
Holmes also likes Suri to mingle with her friends - Vic-
toria Beckham’s two kids Romeo, six, and Cruz, four -
because she believes that socialising with older kids will
benefit her daughter’s development.
The source said: “Katie likes to have the Beckham boys
around, since they are older. She thinks Suri will emulate
what they do and learn even faster.” ■
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14 TRAFFIC JAM ERGO Thursday, April 9, 2009
Record broken
A German DJ has smashed the world record for the
longest continuous radio show after broadcasting his
show for 169 consecutive hours - beating the previous
record set by an Indian DJ by one hour.
sudoku
T.C.Vaideky from
R System clicked
this picture on
the backwaters of
Kerala. Her
hobbies include
watching cricket
and movies.
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Doll", studded with a
1.027ct diamond on its
ribbon, 403-piece pink
sapphires on its body,
a citrine on its yellow
nose, black spinels on
Paper models of the Nano car with pictures of BJP leaders, to be its eyes and a total
used in election campaigns, at the party headquarters in 1,939-piece white
Ahemedabad on Monday. PTI PHOTO topaz on its head on
the platinum 900
made body in Tokyo
on April 8, 2009.
Swarovski, Japan’s
character giant Sanrio
and Japanese jewelery
maker I.K. unveiled
the 15 million yen
(150,000 USD) hello
Actress and owner of Rajasthan kitty doll, 10.5cm tall
Royals Shilpa Shetty holds the and weighing 569g at
new jersey of the team at a the Baselworld watch
press conference to announce and jewellery show in
the tie-up between Rajasthan Switzerland last
Royals and the Ultratech month to celebrate
Cement in Mumbai on Tuesday. Hello Kitty’s 35th
PTI PHOTO BY SHIRISH SHETE anniversary. AFP PHOTO /
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO
A Russian Soyuz
TMA-13 space capsule
lands near
Dzhezkazgan, in
central Kazakhstan on
April 8, 2009. The
capsule carrying US
astronaut Mike Fincke,
Russian cosmonaut
Yuri Lonchakov and
US billionaire space
tourist Charles
Simonyi returned to
Earth. AFP PHOTO / POOL /
MIKHAIL METZEL