A BYTE OF LIFE Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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DANCING TOTS
dont underestimate them, these kids can
put reality tv stars to shame

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 2 No. 219

Vandalur Zoo will soon allow its

inmates to be adopted by animal lovers.
» PAGE 03

PHOTO : R. RAVINDRAN.
02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Antenatal workshop
LifeCell International is organising an antenatal workshop
by Rekha Sudarsan, child birth educator and lactation
consultant. The class will be held on November 23 at Hotel
Accord Metropolitan, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For registration call 24892798 / 28171385/ 99410 18210.

Guns don’t have

Dial a mechanic
Need help in changing a flat tyre
or when your vehicle refuses to
start? Some of these mobile
hearts, what
repair stations could be of help.
Kwik Fitt Motors
Address: 4th Avenue, Ashok Nagar
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Ph: 4203 3399
about you?
Software professionals join hands to condemn the
All four-wheelers

TVS Express Sri Lankan government offensive against the Tamil rebels
Address: Poonamalle Trunk Road, Porur ERGO CORRESPONDENT were sent emails over the wee- fire in the island nation. As a con-
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Ph: 2476 8818 feedback@goergo.in
kend to participate in the protest tinuing mark of protest, some of
All four-wheelers and every one had participated the software professionals have

M
ore than 200 software en- voluntarily. decided to wear the ‘stop war’ t-
gineers from different IT Among various demands, the shirts to their office on Friday.
Bike Zone companies on the IT cor- protesters urged the Indian go- Fridays are usually the days when
Address: Next to Royapettah Government ridor (Rajiv Gandhi Salai) vernment mount pressure on the non-formal dressing is permitted
Hospital joined hands on Monday evening Sri Lankan government to cease by most companies. ■
Time: 9 a.m. – 7.30 p.m., Ph: 4232 6262 to voice their support to the ‘stop
All two-wheelers the war in Sri Lanka’ campaign
that has been gaining momen-
tum over the past few weeks in
Bike Point Namma Chennai.
Address: Shenoy Nagar, Anna Nagar Actors Suriya and Karthi were
Time: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Ph: 2622 3511 there along with the software
All two-wheelers professionals, as was Ma Foi ma-
naging director K.Pandia Rajan.
The participants wore t shirts
Jains Car Shoppe with the slogans: “Stop the War.
Address: Near Kasi Theatre Bridge, Ekathutangal Guns don’t have hearts. Do you?”
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Ph: 98419 33332 One of the participants, Ra-
All four-wheelers mesh Balasubramaniam, said the
(The services of some of these repair stations are protest was strictly “non-political
restricted to a specific locality) and entirely humanitarian” in ap-
proach.
He said all the participants PHOTO: M.KARUNAKARAN

Learning from failures

Sunday’s FailCamp succeeded on many counts
ERGO CORRESPONDENT fice of Tenth Planet Technolo- s.com, writes that listening to Su-
feedback@goergo.in gies, in Anna Salai. The otherwise resh (founder of Orangescape)
lazy Sunday saw entrepreneurs was full of experiences and in-

W hy I took five years to com-

plete B.Com, when my debut
venture bombed, when my part-
ner cheated me, how I formed my
company … ?
Some of these are probably se-
crets that nobody would like to
discuss, let alone bring up in
front of a gathering. But on Sun-
day, many gave way to their in-
hibitions to share what it was to
learn from their failures.
The Knowledge Foundation,
initiated by Kiruba Shankar, con-
ducted the FailCamp on Sunday,
at the aesthetically-designed of-
all charged up to talk about the
how they started out, why their
venture failed and what they
learnt from their failures.
Gogineni Kalyaan Kumar’s, VP-
Marketing of Quads IT Solutions,
first venture failed when he was
23. “For an entrepreneur failure is
nothing new, it is part of life,”
says Kalyaan. “But, what was
more interesting was to hear why
one makes mistakes and the dif-
ferent viewpoints people have to
say from one’s failures.”
Shivakumar, for example, in his
blog, www.mindinspiration-
sights. “He sounded like a reser-
voir of information, and put forth
a lot of his thoughts in very sim-
ple terms that people could un-
derstand.”
At the end of the day what most
people took home is that “many
have goofed up in life” but failure
is about fighting all those hurdles.
Though tech start-ups dom-
inated the gathering and it would
have been nice to hear from more
experienced entrepreneurs, as
many had to say, events like Fail-
Camp should only get the start-
up community closer. ■
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
My foster child is a beast!
Vandalur Zoo authorities are awaiting the state government nod on an
adoption programme for wild animals in captivity. They even
hope that the patrons will get an IT exemption.
AYON SENGUPTA
ayon@goergo.in
Y
our dreams of playing
with a chimpanzee or
feeding an elephant calf
could well become a
reality, if a proposal from the
authorities at Arignar Anna
Zoological Park gets the state
government nod. Following
the footsteps of the modern
zoos worldwide and also few
of its national counterparts,
the zoo has plans to introduce
an animal adoption
programme for the public.
A wildlife enthusiast or an
animal lover can just walk in
and adopt one of the many
lions or tigers in the zoo for as
less as Rs 350 for a day. An
elephant adoption will cost a
bit more at Rs 500 a day. The
zoo will make special
arrangements for the “foster
parents” and they can be rest
assured to get a privileged
treatment and a much closer
interaction with “his or her”
animal (as close as the safety
requirements would permit).
“We don’t want to make
money out of this,” explains
Zoo Director and Chief
Conservator of Forests (Tamil
Nadu) P.L.Ananthasamy. “Our
sole aim is to make the people
more involved and for them
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to understand how fragile our set up a specific guideline and animals. Keeping that in mind, project. “I have talked with
nature is and also the procedure for the adoption the officials have fixed the the IT department and the
difficulties conversationalists programme and are only cost for a lion or a tiger at Rs response has been positive. I
are facing to protect wildlife.” waiting for a green signal 350, with each animal think we will be able to offer
“But while introducing the from the state government to consuming seven kg of beef some tax rebate to the people
programme, we are making implement the project. An every day for six days a week. who come forward to put
sure that we just don’t hand individual or a corporate or The zoo buys around 700 kg money to provide for the
over the zoo to commercial any institution can adopt an of beef daily at a market price animals. That would be a
interests. Welfare and comfort animal for a day, a week, a of Rs 50 per kg. great step forward.”
of the animals are our main month, six months or a year. Ananthaswamy is even The Nandankanan Zoo in
priority and we will take every The money will be used in confident of getting an Orissa already has an adoption
step keeping that in mind. I only buying the feed for the Income Tax rebate for the programme and also offers a
want corporates, individuals to tax benefit to its patrons. Few
come and help us in doing our other Indian zoos that have an
duty better but I won’t allow adoption programme are
them to virtually run the show Mysore, Hyderabad, Darjeeling
for any commercial benefits.” and Ranchi. ■
The authorities have already
The
adoption
money will
go towards
feeding the
animals. So
naturally
adopting
the
elephant
will be a bit
pricey.
PHOTOS: R.RAVINDRAN
04 KALEIDOSCOPE
CHILD’S PLAY
VIPASHA SINHA
I
f you think that dance is not
child’s play, then you are in
for a twist!
You would have never
imagined the ease with which a
juvenile’s tender hands and teeny
legs could move. Don’t go by
their size, when it comes to
dance, some of them can give the
seasoned dancers a run for their
money.
Still can’t believe? Then watch
out the kids of ‘Let’s Dance’
dance studio at EVK Sampath
Road, Vepery. Here, kids right
from their kindergarten to 9th
standard train in all kinds of
dance form.
Mansoor Ahmed, Director-
Choreographer of ‘Let’s Dance,’
has been training children for
nine years now.
“Dance is an art and I want my
kids to inherit it in the best way
possible. Most of the time, im-
portance is given for the adult
performers and the kids are treat-
ed as a casual fare. Here we give
the little ones the same facilities
and the expertise that we offer
the other dancers,” says the 26-
year-old choreographer.
Strict schedule
The children follow a well-
structured schedule that is reli-
giously followed. When Ergo
caught up with the class, it found
the students dressed in tracks or
leggings with neatly made hair.
After wishing their dance trainer
Mansoor in a perfect action, the
kids set themselves for an hour-
long session.
To brush-up on the previous
ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Life of galaxy
An estimated 10,000 million of the 100,000 million stars
in our galaxy have died and produced white dwarfs.
Students from kindergarten to class Nine
follow a rigorous grind to have all the
fun at ‘Let’s Dance’ academy
class’s lesson,
the kids prac-
tice the steps for
15 minutes in the
absence of the train-
er which is followed by
a 15-minute yoga ses-
sions. The ever-energetic
boisterous kids need to
warm-up before the day’s
session, they do the stretch ex-
ercises and gymnastics to flex
their muscles for twenty min-
utes after which they shake
their body to the music with
their trainer.
They come twice a week and
all the kids are an integral part
of the Annual event by Man-
soor and his team.
Kids are hard to handle when
away from their parents but espe-
cially when they are handled
strict “being strict doesn’t mean
being harsh. I make sure that I
have good rapport with all of
them. It doesn’t limit only to
dance, my students share their
school and personal experiences
with me. I can safely say, my stu-
dents respect me and love me at
the same time," smiles Mansoor.
So much so that they have stayed
with him for several years, some
right from the kindergarten days.
In age-specified batches of 16
each, classes at ’Let’s Dance’ are
conducted twice a week which
includes a complete dance-train-
ing package. For more details,
contact Mansoor at 65367777. ■
PHOTOS: S. S. KUMAR
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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A party ’serious’ about sex

S
ex can now lead you to she said adding, “material that
climb the ladder of poli- would be classified X-rated is
tics! considered illegal content and
This phenomenon is be- that is material that is currently
ing branded about in Australia available in newsagents.”
where a political party is all set “You will not be able to opt
to be launched for all those out of that block.” Emphasising
who take sex ‘seriously’. over the need of national sex
‘The Australian sex party’ curriculum, Fiona said, “There’s
with a slogan ‘we are serious so much concern about the sex-
about sex’ would be launched ualisation of children, children
in Melbourne on Thursday. The being exposed to material. I
party, which is targeting four would have thought our first
million Australians who access action would be educa-
pornography, believes it has a tion,” she added. ■
real chance of winning seats in PTI
state and federal parliaments.
Its policies will include a na-
tional sex education curricu-
lum, reducing censorship,
abolishing government’s pro-
posed Internet filter and sup-
porting gay marriage.
Party convener Fiona Patten
was quoted in a media report
saying that the Internet filter
would put the Australian sex
industry out of business in five Calls for reducing censorship,
years.
“It’s a real step backwards to
introducing sex education at
where we’ve come. In fact it’s schools, abolishing Internet
far more censorial then we filters and legalising
probably were 30 years ago,”
gay marriages

Wanna unlock teen

daughter’s secret?
Log on to mydaughter.co.uk

T
eenage girls and their tem- launched a new website called daughters at the GSA’s fee-paying
per are some of the biggest mydaughter.co.uk. schools.
mysteries for parents, there- Created by the Girls’ School As- The site will provide tips and
fore, in a bid to solve the sociation (GSA), the My Daughter advice provided directly from the
enigma, headmistresses of Bri- website will be open to all par- GSA’s 200 headmistresses on top-
tain’ leading girls’ school have ents, and not just those with ics that include- how to realise
your daughter’s full academic po- teenage girls pass through
tential, dealing with bullying, rec- our care, as teachers and
Top tips from the site: ognising eating disorders, use of
social networking sites, friend-
headmistresses. There’s
not much that we do not
1. It is unrealistic to expect your teenage daughter to be ships and how to communicate know about dealing with
happy all the time: she’s on a journey, some turbulence is with your daughter. girls and certainly noth-
inevitable The website will be launched in ing they could do that
2. Make sure she knows you love her for who she is, not for January after a speech next week could surprise us,”
what you want her to become by Vicky Tuck, of Cheltenham La- Times Online quoted her
3. Don’t expect your daughter to tell you everything. You’re dies’ College, the GSA’s presi- as saying.
not her best friend dent. Tuck said that the advice
4. Don’t automatically believe her when she says: “Everyone Tuck thinks that Britain’s top on the website will not only
else is allowed to” head mistresses are perfectly help parents, but would benefit
5. And the parent who says: “I know my daughter and she placed to dispense such advice. the nation as a whole. ■
would never, ever lie to me,” the only answer is “Get real!” “We have had thousands of ANI
06 VILLAGE ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Unhappy meal
A Scottish man who attacked a
McDonald’s employee in Australia for
not serving him a normal meal while
only the breakfast range was on offer
has been fined and cautioned.

Infosys CEO Kris

Gopalakrishnan Australia, China to speed
up process for FTA
Australia and China have agreed to iron out their long standing
differences over market access and investment policies and
would speed up the process of forging a Free Trade Agreement
(FTA). The decision was taken during a meeting between
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Chinese President Hu
Jintao in Washington, a day after the G-20 summit on the
global economic crisis was concluded. In their hour-long
meeting, the two leaders discussed on economic matters,
including the Australia-China free trade deal. “We’ve agreed to
adopt a fresh approach to the speeding up the conclusion of
this agreement even more,” Rudd said.
PTI

Jackson sued for breach

of contract
Troubled pop singer Michael Jackson is
being sued by a sheikh for 4.3 million
pounds for breach of contract. Thesun.co.uk
reports that Prince Abdulla Al-Khalif of
Bahrain had signed a deal for an

Infosys for autobiography, two albums and a musical

with Jackson. And in return he gave Jackson
an 180,000 pound Rolls-Royce. They met
after Jackson’s acquittal on child-molesting

acquisitions in charges in June 2005. And the prince also

bailed out Jackson’s Neverland ranch. The
sheikh has filed the case in London High
Court.

Europe, Japan IANS

Colombia fires more soldiers

D
espite the global economic heat.
slowdown, India’s second Gopalakrishnan, however, said
largest IT exporter Infosys the economic crunch had not af-
Technologies on Monday fected the company’s hiring
over civilian deaths
Colombia fired 10 army officers and three soldiers
said it was looking at mergers and plans. on Sunday in a widening scandal over the killing of
acquisitions in Europe and Japan Earlier this fiscal, the software innocent civilians that threatens to further
as it would “accelerate growth”. major announced it would hire complicate a U.S. trade deal bogged down over
“We are looking at acquisitions recruit 25,000 new people this fi- human rights. The soldiers and officers are accused
and have a dedicated team work- nancial year. of shooting seven young men in the northern
ing on it. We do not make an ac- The company which signed 40 province of Cordoba and passing the bodies off as
quisition based on valuation new customers in the last quarter leftist guerrillas killed in combat. “We have taken
alone, we will invest and acquire has revised its growth rate predic- action. The cases are now in front of the attorney
in companies which make stra- tion to about 15 percent annually. general’s office,” Defence Minister Juan Manuel
tegic sense and are The CEO said he Santos said in a public address.
able to integrate in Infosys wants was not very con- Reuters
that entity proper-
ly,” Infosys chief ex-
to invest in the cerned whether the
new US administra-
ecutive officer and “right company tion led by Barack
managing director for the right Obama would intro-
Kris Gopalakrishnan
price”.
duce protectionist Taiwan nearing approval
said in Delhi. measures, offering tax
“We had two fo- breaks to American
cus areas to fill a gap in our ser- companies which do not out-
for casinos
Taiwan’s parliament is set to legalise gambling on a
vices like consultancy, business source jobs, as mentioned in the group of offshore islands as soon as year end,
process outsourcing and geogra- Democrat leader’s campaign legislative sources said on Monday, as local officials
phy-based acquisitions, typically manifesto. eye permits for three resort casinos to shore up their
in Europe and Japan, where with “I cannot make any comment economy. The passage of a bill authorising gaming in
acquisition we can accelerate on what policies the administra- the Penghu archipelago would bring Taiwan into
growth,” he said. tion will adopt when Obama competition with other East Asia gaming hotspots
He said Infosys wanted to in- takes office in January. However, such as Macau and South Korea, and upcoming
vest in the “right company for the in the past, we have seen that the casinos in Singapore. Penghu, a summer destination in
right price”. mention of outsourcing and job the Taiwan Strait which lies largely dormant during
Gopalakrishnan agreed that losses during the campaign did the winter months, wants to issue three casino
the economic situation was chal- not translate into change when permits.
lenging and companies working new presidents came in,” Gopa- Reuters
in the non-financial services lakrishnan said. ■
business were also facing the IANS
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Grave news This day, that year
Human remains in the U.K. are to be dug up It was on November 18, 1883 that
and re-buried deeper in the ground in the United States adopted standard
double-decker graves to tackle a shortage of time and divided the country into
space for new burials, according to reports. four time-zones.

Japanese whalers set sail,

says Greenpeace
Japan aims to kill some 1,000 whales a year using a
loophole in a 1986 global whaling moratorium that
allows ‘lethal research’ on the ocean giants

The Japanese whaling ship harpoons a whale in the Southern
Ocean off Antarctica in 2006.
J
apan’s whaling fleet set sail on Monday, en-
vironmentalists said, apparently on an an-
nual Antarctic hunt likely to provoke fresh
friction with anti-whaling countries such as
Australia.
Greenpeace activists said they saw the whalers
depart from a port in western Hiroshima prefec-
ture waved off by their families and whaling offi-
cials.
The Fisheries Agency and Kyodo Senpaku,
which owns the mother ship, refused to confirm
whether the fleet had left on its annual five-
month Antarctic voyage, which last year departed
on November 18.
“We cannot disclose any information on its de-
parture out of consideration for the safety of the
crew,” said a Kyodo Senpaku spokesman.
Greenpeace said the fleet left from a pier on
Innoshima Island, instead of its usual departure
point of Shimonoseki, led by the 8,044-tonne
‘Nisshin Maru’ factory ship.
“The fleet attempted to leave Japan quietly,” a
Greenpeace statement said.
During the last Antarctic hunt, activists from
the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
tracked down and hurled bottles of chemicals at
the fleet in an attempt to disrupt operations,
leading Japan to label them ‘terrorists.’
Greenpeace also has denounced the hunt but
decided not to chase the whalers this year as it
fights to clear two activists being prosecuted in
Japan on charges of stealing whale meat during
an investigation into alleged corruption.
Japan aims to kill some 1,000 whales a year
using a loophole in a 1986 global whaling morato-
rium that allows ‘lethal research’ on the ocean
giants.
Tokyo says whaling is part of its culture but
makes no secret the meat ends up on dinner ta-
bles.
As the Japanese whalers set off, Australia un-
veiled a four-million-dollar (2.58-million US) sci-
entific research programme aimed at persuading
Japan that it is not necessary to kill the mammals
in order to study them.
The package also includes money to develop
commercial whale watching in the Pacific and an
independent assessment of Japan’s whaling pro-
gramme. ■
AFP

Just Rs10,000 for Little devils

four samosas

A
Dutch couple on a visit to
Bihar paid Rs 10,000 (US$
204) for four samosas,
that usually doesn’t cost
more than a few rupees, a new-
spaper reported on Monday.
After the tourists ate the
snacks, a stall owner at the So-
nepur cattle fair last week told
them his ‘special’ samosas cost
more because they were made
After the couple complained to police, the
shopkeeper returned Rs 9,990
of herbs and had aphrodisiac
qualities, the Hindustan Times
said.
After an argument, the couple
paid the shopkeeper. But they
later complained to a police-
man.
Police forced the shopkeeper
to return the change – Rs 9,990.
■
Reuters
쒀 A pair of Tasmanian devil joeys (Sarcophilus harrisi) explore their habitat at
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo as part of an Australia-wide breeding programme to save
the species. AFP PHOTO
08 SPORT
Jeev eyes more glory
Jeev Milkha Singh, who added another feather in
his cap by winning the Singapore Open, said the
Asian Order of Merit title will
help Indian golfers in getting
recognition at the top level and
boost the confidence of young
players back home. Jeev, who
on Sunday put up a special
performance at the Sentosa
Golf Club in Singapore to claim
the Singapore Open – his third
title of the year and sixth on the Asian Tour – said
the “golfing gods helped him in the crunch
situation”. Asked that he was now assured of the
Asian Order of Merit title, he said over phone, “It
will make things easier for me as I would get direct
entries to many top tournaments and playing in big
events will give confidence to me. It will also help
me in getting my rankings below 50 which at
present is my main aim.”
On the significance of the title, he said: “It will be
another feather in the cap of Indian golfers, who
have been doing well at the highest level. This will
help us in getting recognition at the top level and
will boost the confidence of young golfers back
home.” On his stunning win at the Singapore Open
which came playing against top players Padraig
Harrington and Ernie Els, the 38-year-old Jeev who
hails from Chandigarh said: “It was an excellent
performance. I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. I
was really excited about playing against the world’s
top players and winning the tournament in the end
is a great treat for me.”
PTI
Pakistan blank West Indies
Rao Iftikhar returned career-best bowling figures
while Younus Khan struck a brilliant hundred to
guide Pakistan to a 31-run win over the West Indies
in the third and final one-day in Abu Dhabi on
Sunday.
Iftikhar took four for 59 to foil a fighting 122 by
Chris Gayle as the West Indies, chasing 274 to win,
were bowled out for 242 in 46.3 overs to give
Pakistan a 3-0 series win at the Sheikh Zayed
Stadium.
Pakistan won the first match by four wickets and
the second by 24 runs.
Gayle fought a lone battle in the lost cause, hitting
his second century in the series, but other than him
only Ramnaresh Sarwan (62) put up any resistance
as Pakistani bowlers, led by Iftikhar, exploited the
conditions well.
The 27-year-old Iftikhar broke the Gayle-Sarwan
second-wicket stand of 151 to revive Pakistan’s
chances, trapping Sarwan in the 33rd over and then
dismissing Shivnarine
Chanderpaul (three) and Xavier
Marshall (nought) in his next.
Gayle, who hit 113 in the first
match, was lucky to reach his
18th one-day hundred after
television replays showed he
edged one from Iftikhar to
wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal
on 99 but was ruled not out.
Earlier Pakistan were helped to 273-6 in their 50
overs by a brilliant 101 by Younus Khan and an
unbeaten 79 by Misbahul Haq who together added
103 for the third wicket.
AFP
China jails two Olympic ticket scalpers
Two men who tried to scalp over 500 Olympic Games tickets have
894,000 yuan (131,000 dollars) in the biggest such case in Beijing
Monday. He Yongsheng and Fu Shuiguo were sentenced to 30 an
respectively, the China Daily reported.
N
ovak Djokovic’s Masters Cup triumph
marked the end of a four-year Shanghai
sojourn for the tournament and might
also have brought down the curtain on
the Roger Federer era at the season-ending
championships. Federer had played in the pre-
vious seven Masters Cups and the last five fi-
nals, losing out only in 2005 when David
Nalbandian came back to beat the injured
Swiss in a fifth set tiebreak.
This week, though, the 13-times grand slam
winner bowed out in the group stage for the
first time when, hampered by injury and ill-
ness, he lost a titanic clash with Briton Andy
Murray. That was his 15th defeat in a season
when he lost his world number one ranking
and beloved Wimbledon title to Rafael Nadal,
prompting speculation that 2008 might have
been the beginning of the end for the Swiss
master.
“The fact is that he’s one of the best – maybe
even the best player – that this sport has ever
had,” said world number three Djokovic,
whose victory on Sunday brought him to with-
in 10 points of Federer in the rankings. “But
he’s reached a certain point when certain
players start to win against him, and then you
lose a little bit of the confidence with the loss.
The other players start believing more that
they can win. For him it’s a big challenge to
come back next year. It’s still not over. Roger is
the second in the world and he’s intending to
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get the top spot back next year.”
Back injury
Federer, who started the season suffering
from glandular fever and ended it in Shanghai
with a back injury and a stomach upset, put a
positive spin on his 11th season as a profes-
sional. “I was happy I could win the U.S. Open
for the fifth straight year,” he said. “I’m look-
ing forward to next year to go for six. It’s been
a good year. But tough to start off. And tough
to end. So obviously I have a little bit of mixed
feelings. But I think it gives me the opportuni-
ty to start over all new again next year.”
World number four Murray, who along with
his fellow 21-year- old Djokovic will be looking
to break the Federer-Nadal duopoly next year,
said talk of terminal decline was premature.
“He’s still playing great,” said the Scot. “Na-
dal’s had one of the best years in tennis over
the last 20 years and he’s still not that far be-
hind him. He’s maybe lost a few more matches
than normal but it’s not totally surprising. Nor-
mally he loses like seven matches a year,
which is ridiculous.”
Young legs are catching up
Losing finalist Nikolay Davydenko, who has
a 0-12 career record against his fellow 27-year-
old Federer, said the new generation of young
players like Djokovic and Murray were now a
threat to Federer, particularly when he was
not fully fit. “He’s already been number one
for many years,” said Russia’s world number
five. “He can’t play good for all his life.
There are some really young players com-
ing up, 21, 22 years old. They’re fast, have
very good concentration and are physically
better. Because I see that Federer is not
physically perfect at the moment. That’s
why the other players have more chance to
beat him.” ■
Reuters
BAD
YEAR
FOR
FEDERER
Tough start
and tough
finish sums
up Federer’s
2008 season
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
e been jailed and fined a total of
so far, state media said on
nd 18 months in prison
Over
and
out
‘‘
I feel like I never left. I feel the same
perfume, the same smell, the same need,
the same motivation, the same commitment.
Diego Maradona on his appointment as the Argentina coach
W
inning the T20 World Cup in
South Africa in 2007 brought
back the smiles on the faces
of Indian cricket fans after a
poor show at the World Cup in the
West Indies. It seems an unlikely
bunch of fringe players changed into
roaring tigers at the touch of a magic
wand and did the unthinkable.
Although the more established Yuv-
raj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan
Singh and skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni excelled in the championship,
it was an unknown lad from Rohtak
who snatched the final for India, sav-
ing the country another heartbreak.
After making his One-Day Interna-
tional debut against Bangladesh in
2004, Joginder Sharma was always in
the fringes and in spite of his stellar
domestic record failed to park himself
permanently in the Indian dressing
room.
But with a never-say-die attitude
like his better-known Haryanvi prede-
cessor Kapil Dev, Jogi went on toiling
hard and his labour bore fruit when he
bowled a magical last over to win the
09
T20 World Cup for India.
“Our idea was to get (Mohammed)
Asif back on strike and I gained in
confidence after bowling a dot ball
first up, but then I was hoicked for a
six. The skipper came in to have a chat
and that soothed my nerves and I just
told myself ‘T20 is an unpredictable
game and anything can happen over
the next four deliveries’. And the very
next ball Misbah-ul Haq tried to play
an adventurous shot and I had the
wicket,” Sharma recalls. “The rest is
history.”
Twelve runs were needed in the last
over and Misbah was marauding the
Indian bowling. Dhoni had picked the
rookie all-rounder ahead of a more
experienced Harbhajan and Sharma
bowled the most important 3.3 over
spell of his life. “It was a very dramatic
and special win, since everybody had
written India off following the poor Joginder Sharma
show in the World Cup. But with the
performance and our bowl-out win on the T20 World
over Pakistan, fans slowly started sup-
porting us,” the man with the magic Cup spell he is
arm says. The team received a grand
welcome on their return to Mumbai unlikely to forget
and Sharma says: “None of us expect-
ed such a grand reception and I can’t
describe it in words.” ■
Close(d) Encounters is a column about
India’s greatest sporting achievements.
10 FLICK
GETTY IMAGES
Shilpa’s mantra
for success
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s
mantra for success is ‘Do what you
love’.
Shilpa says it is important to be
satisfied in life, and that will affect
how successful an individual is.
“If you’re unhappy at home it will
affect you in your workplace and
that will affect how successful you
are,” the Telegraph quoted her, as
saying
“We need to strike a better home/
work balance,” she added.
Shilpa also revealed that mediation
helps her to visualise what she
wants. “The process of meditating is
a great way of making sure I have
my priorities sorted,” she added.
She says her mantra is “you should
do what you love and the money will
follow.”
ANI
ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Bond breaks records
The new James Bond film, Quantum of
Solace, brought in $70.4 million in its
North American debut weekend, a
record for the 47-year-old series
detailing the adventures of British
secret agent 007.
Brook
revealed that
her secret to
Kelly
Brook’s
instant
glamour was
red lipstick,
nails and a
dress, and her
style icon is
Sophia Loren.
beauty
secrets
E
nglish model Kelly Brook, Loren.
who has been known to Brook also revealed that her
be a favourite with the favourite nail polish was Fish-
British public, has in an net stockings by Essie or Mala-
interview revealed the secrets ga Wine by OPI, when asked,
of her beauty. and that she maintains her lus-
Brook, who launched her cious locks by using vegetable
own fragrance called Vivacious treatments at Daniel Galvin.
this week, revealed what her Her weight ? Brook stated
fragrance is all about, and how that she has never checked.
it reflects her personality. On the beauty products that
“It’s fun, sexy, demure and she uses, Brook revealed that
sophisticated. I like to think I Soap And Glory scrubs are
can be those things when I great and that on a date she
wear it,” the Sun quoted her as always wears Chanel lipgloss.
saying. With the accessories to make
She also revealed that her se- her beautiful, Brook revealed
cret to instant glamour was red that the one thing that makes
lipstick, nails and a dress, and her feel sexy is her boyfriend. ■
that her style icon is Sophia ANI
My manager misled me
about signing films:
Eesha
Eesha Koppikhar has lashed out at her
manager for misleading her and blames
him for having signed up for an
insignificant role in 36 China Town and
B-grade films like Haseena. “I trust people
very easily and I trusted my manager,
Babubhai Thiba, too, but he misled me on
several occasions,” Eesha, who was seen in
recently released family drama Ek Vivaah...
Aisa Bhi, told IANS. Haseena, which also
starred Raj Babbar, Preeti Jhangiani, Tara
Sharma and Kiran Janjani, was released in
February 2007 and was a box-office dud.
Eesha was also not happy with her small
role in Abbas Mustan’s 36 China Town. “It
was again Babubhai who made me sign
this film in an insignificant role,” she said.
When contacted, Babubhai refused to
comment on her allegations.
IANS
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Film festival
Veteran actors Rekha and Kamal Haasan will grace the
opening and closing ceremonies respectively of the
forthcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI),
starting on November 22 in Panaji.
Paathshaala different from
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
"Aamir was dealing
with one child who
was dyslexic, but
Shahid deals with
many kids and
basically with the
whole education
system in
Paathshaala"
S
hahid Kapur’s role as teach-
er in upcoming film Paath-
shaala is very different from
Aamir Khan’s in Taare Za-
meen Par, says choreographer-
turned-producer Ahmed Khan.
“There is no similarity between
Shahid’s role in the film and Aa-
mir’s character in Taare Zameen
Par. In his film, Aamir was deal-
ing with one child who was dys-
lexic, but Shahid deals with
many kids and basically with the
whole education system in
Paathshaala, Khan told IANS.
Paathshaala, directed by Mi-
lind Ukey, is Khan’s production
debut and revolves around a
group of troubled young stu-
dents. And Shahid has not
charged any fee.
“Shahid and I are very good
friends. We share a great rapport.
When I told him about the film,
he said he wanted to be a part of
it even though the role wasn’t
long enough. He treats my wife
like his sister; so as a goodwill
gesture he decided not to charge
any money for the role,” Khan
said.
Along with Shahid, the film al-
so stars Nana Patekar and
Ayesha Takia in pivotal roles.
Child actors Swini Khara, Dwij
Yadav, Ali Haji and Balika Vadhu
star Avika Gor are also part of the
cast.
Paathshaala is primarily a
children’s film, said Khan, add-
ing that working with children
was a great experience.
Khan, known for his choreog-
11
Cine City
Villain
from
Hollywood
If internet buzz
is to be
believed, Roland
Kickinger, the
star of the to-
be-released
Terminator 4,
will play the
villain in Jayam
Ravi’s upcoming
flick Peranmai.
Kickinger is the
replacement to
the famous
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
for the now
legendary
Terminator
series. An
Austrian by
birth, Kickinger
had won the
Mr. Universe
title in the year
1995 after which he worked for about 20
Hollywood films. Peranmai is produced by
Ayngaran International.
raphy in films like Rangeela,
Ghulam, Taal, Salaam Namaste
and Jab We Met has tried his
hand at direction as well. He
wielded the megaphone for La-
keer and Fool N Final, but both
the ventures bombed. However,
he is optimistic about Paath-
shaala, saying it is very
appealing.
Khan has been keeping really
busy these days. Apart from pro-
ducing Paathshaala, he has also
choreographed songs for the
much talked about Aamir Khan-
starrer Ghajini.
“I enjoyed doing the choreog-
raphy for the song Guzarish. It
was done in the exotic locales of Ranjitha acts as
Namibia. Another song that re-
quired Aamir to do totally west- Vijay’s mom
ern steps is my best work ever. Yesteryear heroine Ranjitha, who made her
The song is great and I’m sure it debut in Nadodi Thendral, plays Vijay’s mother
will be highly appreciated,” Khan in Villu. The actress, who had been part of
said. several films in the early 1990’s, ventured in to
Khan is teaming up with Aamir the small screen after her marriage. At present
and music director A.R. Rehman she is also acting in a mega serial for Kalaignar
after 13 years in Ghajini. The last TV under the direction of Bharathiraja, who
film they worked together was introduced her to the film industry.
Rangeela. ■
IANS
12 ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Monday’s Query: Kandaswamy

Selvaraj from
HCL has
What Friends nominated his
friends as
character would you Partners in
Crime.
like to be and why?
■ I would like to be like my friend
Mathi. He is straight forward and
will not hide any secrets, he is my
best pal.
Venkat.S, Sutherland

■ Joey of course. He gets all the

girls.
Kannan S, TCS

■ I would like to be in Monica

character because she’s a perfect
homemaker obsessed wit a spic
and span mania. She’s beautiful
and career minded too.
Sandhya, Wipro Sekhar VG
from TCS has
■ I would like to be more helping nominated
tendency person like my friend his friends as
Senthil.. He’s having extreme Partners in
helping mind. Crime.
Vasanth, Wipro

■ I like the dedicated and

hardworking nature of my friends
Kenchani and Aarthi... No matter
what the obstacles they break
through it and emerge
successfully.
9994156164

■ My best friend Sasi guided me

much more when I was looking
for a job and she gave the way to
decide the offer when I got from
two concerns, now I met the
chance for an on site to, so I
would like to have the heart to
make others to come up in life.
Murugan, RSI K.Sheik Meerasa
from Wipro has
■ If I want to learn something nominated his
from one of my friend would be team members
patience. Patience and myself are as Partner in
quite a big extreme guess I need Crime. This pic
at least a little of that. was clicked at
9962312435 Wayanad.

Today’s Query:
If you were to ask
the genie in the
bottle a wish, just
one wish, what
would it be?
 Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Balajee G. V. of Satyam
has nominated his Office
Assistant Vijay as Office
Angel.
He completes all the
work assigned to him on
time. A caring and hard
working person, he comes
to office before others and
keeps the place very clean
and tidy. And does all the
ground work for the day
before we reach the office.
His support helps us in
finishing our work on
time.
Srimathi Y of Tata
Consultancy Services, Tidel
Park doodled this.
1. Innaiku thoonguna nalaiku enthirikalam.
Aana naalaiku thoonguna inaiku enthirika mudiyuma????
2. Thanneera Thanninnu sollalaam; Panneera panninnu solla
mudiyuma?
Manonmani Kesav,
HCL
Osama bin laden ku “BAYAM” na ennanae theriyadhu.
Why??
Yenna.. Osamaku “Tamizhae” theriyadhu..
Thanks and Regards
Lakshmi K
Satyam Computers
Ritu :Hi… Hw r u .. Wassup ??
Ram: Wassup ? Sky …sun …star…clouds…
Ritu: appa !! Mudila…
Ram: hey !! talaila mudi irruku la vunnaku..
Thanks
LaN
■ Dear Mansoor Siraj
Wish u Happy Birthday. We wish u all
success in ur life, may all ur desires
come true. Have a great year ahead.
With lots of love,
Ganapathi, Thiru Arul, Hanumantha
Reddy, Karthick, Navasingam,Rajeshkhanna
Shivakumar, Suresh, Selva, Sriraman
Financial Software Solutions
■ Hi Uma Maheswari
Wish you many more happy returns
of the day. Happy Birthday:) Wish
you the best of health & happiness
and hope all your wishes get fulfilled
forever.
Endrum Natpudan
TSJ Praveen, PCI_PD and SVCE_chem04
■ Dear Prakash
It’s ur special day today! The day to
celebrate! Wishing u a fun-filled
birthday Prakash!
Friends,
New Age Software and Solutions.
■ Dear Manpreet
Kick off ur shoes, take a break,
Crank the tunes, dance & shake, light
the candles, cut the cake. Make it a
day, That’s simply great! May ur
dreams and wishes come true.
I wish you a very happy birthay!
With lots of gud wishes from
Rohit urf Chasmish,
UST global
■ Dear Neeraja Chowdary
Wish u many many happy returns of
the day. May u have all the joy.Enjoy
the day with lots of fun.
Wishes from,
Rajendraprasad & Vinitha,
TCS
■ Dear Bhuvana
Wish u a very Happy and Joyful
B’day. May God showers his love and
give great strength, and blessings on
u throughout ur life. We feel very
proud and happy to be ur friends.
With Lots of Love
Rosh & Jay, Elnet Tech Ltd
■ Hi Naresh Kumar (Naree)
Wishing u many more happy returns
of the day, Bright future Ahead !!!
Your Friend, Mani,
Wipro Tech.
■ Dear Shrimathi
We just want to say, Happy Birthday
to u, our dear friend. U have always
been there for us and our friendship
will never end! God bless u:)
With Lots of Care and Affection, Geetha,
Sathya, Pradee
■ Dear Uma
Wish you a very happy birthday.
Many more happy returns of day.
13
Wish you the best of health and
happiness and hope all your wishes
get fulfilled forever.
With heartfelt wishes, and waiting eagerly
for your treat(s) :-) HB Team,
Wipro Technologies
■ Dear Kamuru
You are my sweet heart I could tell
from my heart, You made me realize
we could never be apart... The things
you do to make me smile, I love
being with you, You make life
Worthwhile… A Warm Bday Wishes
da...
Yours Ever Lovable,
Puppy, TCS
■ Dear Lavanya
Many more Happy Returns of the
day. May god give all success in your
life. Have a Bright and Flourishing
Future.
Best Wishes,
DCMS –Team,
Financial Software Solutions
■ Dear Juju
Many more happy returns of the
day... Wishing you all success as you
add one more petal to the Rose of
your Life...May you turn all thorns
into rose bed and shine like a sun...
May all your dreams come true...
Rock on!Happy B’day!
From,
Appu, Jillu, Minnie and Saro.(WT)
■ Dear Srikesh
Here is a Lovely message for a Lovely
Person from Lovely Friends for a
Lovely Reason at a Lovely Time from
a Lovely Mind in a Lovely Style to
wish you Have a Lovely Birthday. A
birthday is just the first day of
another 365-day journey around the
sun. Enjoy the trip!
Cheers,
CAT Mfgpro Team
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
■ Hai Rasa, Chellam, Dear Pandian
"Happy Birthday" to you...:)
Bhoomi Ethirparthirupathu Suriya
Ozhi Kaga, Nangal
Ethirparthirupathu Un Anbana Treat
Kaga...! We all Wish You A Happiest
Birthday :-)
Un Treatukaga Kathirukkum........
Chantigadu Local (Tadi), Kundavai
(SCMT), Swetha (SCMT), Narsi Reddy(TCS),
Arunachalam(Anja singam),
Thirumoorthy(Wind), Krishna(Wind),
Subbu(Lloyds Road King).
■ Dear Lavi
We wish u a very happy birthday
with lots of fun and happiness.
Have a fun filled birthday.
With lots and lots fo love
Dad, Mom, Sowji, Baby
14 TRAFFIC JAM ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Whatever he wants
A conman convinced a whole English
town he was the Status Quo frontman
Francis Rossi, earning himself free
meals and trips in the mayor’s
limousine for almost a year.

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Dirty mail
A crafty German inmate escaped from
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Word’s worth
"Balbutiate" (bal-byoo-shee-ate) to stutter or stammer.
From a Latin wordmeaning ’to stammer.’ Someone who
is balbutient is stammering. Balbuties is the medical term
forstuttering or lisping,or, as one citation has it, "vicious
pronunciation."

B.C

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Ganesha advises you to be as inquisitive as
possible. The more questions you ask, simpler life
will be. If in case you have to deal with crisis, don’t
panic and seek help. On this tricky day, you may
also have minor conflicts with your beloved.

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

You will be able to get rid of the pending work
today. Ganesha things you will be able to manage
routine tasks very effectively today. In matters of the
heart it will be better if you don’t dominate today.
Try to woo your beloved in a creative way instead.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

Ganesha stresses on the fact that you should work
BORN LOSER towards sharpening your skills at work. If you are
able to do that, your professional life will bloom
amazingly. Work life is peaceful on the whole. For
lovers, the time is good for future planning.
CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20
The sure way to succeed is to believe in your own
self. Ganesha wants you to be more confident and
aggressive towards your approach at things in
office. Once you gain control of events at office,
your zest for other things will automatically increase.
LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20
It could be an action-packed day. You may enjoy R
and D activities. Important meetings may be
arranged. In personal life, you will not be able to
pay due attention. However, your partner may be
supportive and understanding.
VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20
Life is indeed fast these days and if there is no
FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT proper planning, you may have to face a lot of
problems. If not a weekly timetable, try to make
daily schedules. In the evening you may feel like
going to a theatre or an art gallery.
LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20
New ventures might achieve fast success or progress
rapidly today. You tend to be innovative and
creative today, making it a good day at work. In
matters of love or office, Ganesha believes you will
use your head more often than the heart.
SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20
Knowledge has no horizons, they say, and you tend
to agree whole-heartedly today. Ganesha thinks you
will be in an exploration and learning mode in your
work area. Since you are feeling bright, you might
want to carry this of further with beloved as well.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20
You may come across accidental joy by meeting an
old friend. At work, things will be smoothunless
some technical error arises. Do not try to woo the
opposite sex too much today, it might just not
work. Married couples may have good times!
CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20
Trees of Patience bear the sweetest fruits. At work
you might feel underestimated, unappreciated and
underpaid! This is a temporary phase, patience is
the best virtue. Your partner will shower you
affection making the evening pleasant.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20
PREVIOUS Ganesha finds you in a dull mood towards the
beginning of the day, but energy will pump up as
ISSUE’S the day progresses. At work you will be noticed for
taking initiatives. On the romantic front, high level
SOLUTIONS of sensitivity and intensity is expected from you.
PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20
The day today can be bifurcated in two sections;
the earlier part of the day involves technical and
administrative work. Whereas the second part might
leave you brooding over professional and personal
issues. This is not the right time to take decisions.
Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pattni
16 ! ERGO Tuesday, November 18, 2008

ONE LOOK IS ALL IT TAKES

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Belarussian
design group
"Pank-M" during
the Vanguard
fashion festival
"Mammoth-2008"
in Minsk on
Sunday.
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