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ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008NAMMA CHENNAI02

The new toll plaza that start-ed to function on RajivGandhi Salai in Perungudi(OMR) from Sunday mid-

night brought vehicular traffic onthe line to a standstill for over twohours on Monday.

Motorists, especially officer-goers heading to Perungudi andThoraipakkam, had a difficultmorning as vehicles moved atsnails pace following the intro-duction of formalities at the newtoll station.

The bottleneck situation start-ed at 7.30 a.m. and continued till11 a.m., with the line of vehiclesstranded stretching from the tollarea to as far as Tidel Park in

Taramani.

I.Praveen Kumar, a resident ofThroraipakkam, terms the Mon-day morning situation as chaotic.I had to cross the new toll gate toget my kids to school. There washeavy traffic on the opposite sidebut the problem I faced was that Ididnt receive the Residents Pass

which we had applied for threemonths ago. Therefore, I wasntallowed to pass initially, Praveensaid.

Many motorists even opted forbyroads to evade the toll, result-ing in unusually heavy trafficthere as well. The road from Pal-likaranai to OMR that connects toRajiv Gandhi Salai was alsopacked with vehicles in themorning, said M. Arun of Info-sys, OMR, who also informs that

his colleagues coming from

city turned up late to workcause of the traffic jams.The traffic situation returne

chaos on the opposite side oroad in the evening, as vehheading to the city via RGandhi Salai had to pass the toll gate.

The new toll plaza by the TNadu Road Development Coration (TNRDC) started functing from Sunday midnight collects a toll fee of Rs. 6 fortorickshaws, Rs. 17 for cars, Rfor vans, Rs. 44 for buses, Rfor trucks and Rs. 132 for maxle vehicles.

Two-wheelers and vehicleresidents of the area are said texempted from paying thefee.

Thousands of motorists piled up on Monday morning at thRajiv Gandhi Salai, delaying thousands of office-goers

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Choc-a-bloc: The first day at Toll Plaza was chaotic. PHOTO: M. KARUNAKARAN

Toll plaza takesa toll on traffic

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Christmas is not complete withoutcakes and other eats. But, just incase you have no time to bakethem yourself, these people coulddish out something for you fromtheir home kitchens

Bake me a cake

Cakes and vattayappam

Marina Thomas bakes fresh rum, raisin, andcashew nut soaked plum cakes, which sheprepares the traditional way (by soaking all theingredients for over a month). Apart fromcakes, another hot-selling item is the traditionalvattayappam prepared in Kerala homes.For orders call 99405 62353/ 2664 3875.

New Year bakesMaya Mathew has her hands full for Christmas.But if you are planning a bash post-X-Mas orNew Year, then her fruit cakes, chocolate cakesand cookies can be customised accordingly.For orders call 98410 10080.

Cakes, any timePadma and Srinivas Naik promise to let you andyour guests feast on their homemade plumcakes, mud cakes and chocolates. They are openfor orders. Call 2499 5701/ 2499 7567.

More than cakesChristmas and New Year is not only aboutcakes. Revathi Shanmugan prepares murukus,adarasam, rose cookies and kala kal. Place yourorder by calling 2434 1543/ 99401 05019.


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ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008KALEIDOSCOPE04

They are from among youand so are their stories.

Rebelz, a theatre groupstarted by IT professionals

of the city, have drawn from theirpersonal experiences in pursuitof love for their new stage pro-duction The Battle of the Sexesthat debuts at the Alliance Fran-caise this Sunday.

As Ergo caught up with the

group at their rehearsal at VidyaSagar school in Kotturpuram lastweekend, the 15-member teamwere busy running some final

checks on their props. Since theteam is small, most of its mem-bers have multiple roles to per-form. So the writers double up asactors and even handle some bitsof production work.

The play is an unabashed takeof youngsters finding love.None of us are married yet, Pra-deep, the publicity manager ofthe group, says. And since weare in the process of finding ourlife partner, we thought it wouldbe a good idea to stage a play onthe subject. We are confident thatall youngsters will be able toidentify with the themes.

Battle of the Sexes is be a col-lection of three stories - The IdealMan, Maiden Venture and Brideand Prejudice. Each of it exploresthe clash of perspectives, opi-nions and actions between menand women on relationships. Thecore team of Rebelz Vinodh,Harish, Bharath, Pradeep, Vipinand Parthsarathy came up withthe script. The group says itsmain target is to get the young ITcrowd to come and watch their

plays. They hope to achieve itthrough original plays ground-ed in realities than go for adap-tations. Their motivation behindsticking together through all theirheavy duty working schedules, onsite trips and deadlines, is to dosomething different and have anidentity of their own. That is whythey call themselves Rebelz.

The Battle of the Sexes will de-but on December 21, 2008 (Sun-day) at Top Storey, AllianceFrancaise, Nungambakkam .Thetimings for the shows are 2.30PM, 5.00 PM and 7.30 PM. Thetickets are available at Fruitshopon Greams Road and Gangotree.

You can also log onto towww.bookmyshow.com to blocktickets or call 98400 95253.

Rebelz Theatre Group is ready with theirnew play The Battle of the Sexes, which isays is a honest take on relationships

KALPAGAM SARMA

Gender Wars

Driving recordsIn the United States, deaf peoplehave safer driving records thanhearing people nationally.

Since we are in the process of finding ourlife partner, we thought it would be agood idea to stage a play on the subject


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Researchers have developed anew form of psychotherapythat is effective in most cases ofeating disorders in adults.

Eating disorders are serious men-tal health problems and can be verydistressing for both patients and theirfamilies, said Christopher Fairburn,professor and principal research fel-

low at the University of Oxford.Now for the first time, we have a

single treatment which can be effec-tive in treating the majority of cases

without the need for patients to beadmitted to hospital, added Fair-burn, who led the study.

These disorders are a major causeof physical and psycho-social impair-ment in young women, affecting atleast one in 20 between the ages of 18and 30. Eating disorders are less com-mon in young men.

Three eating disorders are recog-nised: anorexia nervosa, (hunger sig-nals are ignored to control the desireto eat), accounting for 10 percent cas-es in adults; bulimia nervosa, (repeat-ed binge eating) which accounts for a

third of all cases; and the remainderare classed as atypical eating disor-ders, which account for over half ofall cases.

In these atypical cases, the features

of anorexia nervosa and bulimia vosa are combined in a different waccording to an Oxford release.

These disorders vary in their seity, but typically involve extremerelentless dieting, self-induced viting or laxative misuse, binge eadriven exercising and in some cmarked weight loss.

Common associated featuresdepression, social withdrawal,

fectionism and low self-esteem. disorders tend to run a chrcourse and are notoriously difficutreat. Relapse is common.

Three eating disordersare recognised:anorexia nervosa,(hunger signals areignored to control thedesire to eat), bulimia

nervosa, (repeatedbinge eating) and theremainder are classedas atypical eatingdisorders

New psychotherapy effectivein most eating disorders

Archaeologistsdiscover oldesthuman brain

Archaeologists have found theremains of what could be Bri-tains oldest surviving humanbrain. The team, excavating aYork University site, discovered askull containing a yellow sub-stance which scans showed to be

shrunken, but brain-shaped.Brains consist of fatty tissue

which microbes in the soil wouldabsorb, so neurologists believethe find could be some kind offossilised brain. The skull wasfound in an area first farmedmore than 2,000 years ago.

UN takes differentview away fromclimate summit

The UN climate summit hasended with delegates taking verydifferent views on how much ithas achieved. Western delegatessaid progress had been encourag-ing, but environment groups saidrich countries had not shownenough ambition. Developingnations were angry that moremoney was not put forward toprotect against climate impacts.The meeting is the halfway pointon a two-year process aimed atreaching a deal in Copenhagen.

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Aamir Khan looks on during a promotional event for his upcoming movie Ghajini,in Mumbai on Monday. Around 100 staff of a theatre in Mumbai shaved theirheads in imitate Khans look in the film. AFP PHOTO

For Khans look


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ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008VILLAGE06

Thai opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva elected premierOpposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva was chosen asThailands third prime minister on Monday. Abhisit, a44-year-old Oxford-educated economist, has theonerous task of bringing stability to the economywhich is trying to come out of stagnation after anti-government protesters took over the airports lastmonth leading to their closure for a week. It led tomore than US$ 85 million losses a day, badly dentingtourism sector

PTI

Vietnam helmet law saved over1,000 livesA law enforcing crash helmet use for Vietnamesemotorcyclists has saved more than 1,000 lives andprevented over 2,000 serious injuries in a year, the WorldHealth Organisation said on Monday. But the WHOstressed that the law must be enforced for under 16s, manyof whom now ride as passengers without helmets becauseof a widespread and misguided belief that helmets candamage their necks. Thanks to the introduction ofmandatory helmet laws there are more people alive today

to enjoy time withtheir family andlook forward to Tet(Lunar New Year)celebrations, saidWHO country chiefJean-Marc Olive.

The alternativedoes not bearthinking about, headded in astatement, releasedone year after thehelmet law startedto be enforced withfines.

AFP

Compensation payments forwounded troops to doubleCompensation for themost seriously injuredBritish soldiers is to bedoubled after criticismthat not enough is beingdone for injuredpersonnel. The Ministry ofDefence said on Mondaythat all wounded soldierswho received awardsunder the Armed ForcesCompensation Schemewould see an increase of

between 10 and 100percent, taking themaximum lump sum up to570,000 pounds. Themoney comes on top of the tax-free monthly paymentpaid for life to the most seriously injured troops. Ourarmed forces are inspirational and they deserve the verybest support, said junior defence minister Kevan Jones.The MoD said letters had been sent to 140 of the mostseriously injured to inform about the additional cash. Intotal 10 million pounds will be paid to 2,700 injured menand women.

Reuters

An Iraqi reporter calledvisiting U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush a dog in

Arabic on Sunday andthrew his shoes at him during anews conference in Baghdad.

Iraqi security officers andU.S. secret service agents leaptat the man and dragged himstruggling and screaming outof the room where Bush wasgiving a news conference withIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The shoes missed their targetabout 15 feet (4.5 metres) away.One sailed over Bushs head ashe stood next to Maliki andsmacked into the wall behindhim. Bush smiled uncomforta-bly and Maliki looked strained.

It doesnt bother me, Bushsaid, urging everyone to calmdown as a ruckus broke out inthe conference room.

When asked about the inci-dent shortly after, Bush madelight of it. I didnt feel the leastthreatened by it, he said.

Other Iraqi journalists apol-ogised on behalf of their col-league, a television journalist.

Bush arrived in Baghdad ear-lier on Sunday on a farewell vis-it before he leaves office inJanuary. The U.S.-led invasionin 2003 to topple Saddam Hus-sein triggered years of sectarianbloodshed and insurgency inIraq, killing tens of thousands.

Reuters

An image grabshows USPresident GeorW. Bush (L)reacting as anIraqi journalisthurls one of hishoes at himduring a jointpress conferenwith Iraqi PrimMinister Nurial-Maliki (R) inBaghdad onSunday. AFP PHO

Iraqi reporter throws shoes at Bush

Greek protests to continue aslandswap scandal resurfacesAthens police were out in force Monday ahead ofa rash of protests and court appearances relatingto the police shooting of a teenager police, and asGreek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis flew toCyprus. And the release of a parliamentary inquiryinto a land scandal, which has also generatedwidespread anti-government sentiment,threatened to increase the pressure on Karamanlisembattled right-wing government.

AFP

Last ordersA English mans last wish has been honoured -when his ashes were buried in the pub wherehe spent nearly all of his life.


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Abhishek Bachchan during day four ofThe 5th Annual Dubai International FilmFestival held at the Madinat JumeriahComplex on Sunday in Dubai, UnitedArab Emirates. GETTY IMAGES

Sonam Kapoor during a portrait sessionon day four of The 5th Annual DubaiInternational Film Festival held at theMadinat Jumeriah Complex on Sunday.GETTY IMAGES

Preity Zinta during aportrait session onday two of The 5thAnnual Dubai

International FilmFestival held at theAl Qasr JumeirahHotel. GETTY IMAGES

If theres a mes-sage, its, you

gotta help somebody.Even if its somebodyscar breaking down, useyour cell phone.Something little likethat. We gotta help oneanother to get thequality of life were allstriving for.Will Smith, who is promoting his latest

film Seven Pounds said.

One look is all it takesNEWS AND NEWSMAKERS IN PICTURE

Quote of the day


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ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008SPORT08

Sehwag MoMVirender Sehwag was adjudged thethat set Indias successful run-chaseinnings, he gave the hosts a perfect(his 83 came in 68 balls) on the foutarget of 256 in the final day.

PHOTOS: K.R. DEEPAK AND AGENCIES


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Batting great Sachin Tendulkar hitan unbeaten 103 as Indiaachieved the fourth-highest runchase in history to stun England

by six wickets in the first Test in Chen-nai on Monday. The hosts surpassedthe seemingly improbable victory tar-get of 387 on a wearing wicket with20.3 overs to spare on the fifth and finalday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match

series.Tendulkar, 35, swept off-spinnerGraeme Swann to fine-leg for the win-ning boundary that also brought up his41st Test century amid loud cheers from30,000 home fans at the M.A. Chidam-baram stadium. Left-hander YuvrajSingh chipped in with 85 not out in afifth-wicket stand of 163 with Tendul-kar to dash Englands hopes after KevinPietersens men dominated a majorpart of the match with both bat andball.

The first Test match in India since lastmonths terror attacks in Mumbai pro-vided a thrilling finale with all four re-sults victory for either side, a draw ora tie possible going into the final ses-sion. India required 83 runs from 40

overs and England needed six wicketsin the last two hours of play, but Ten-dulkar and Yuvraj survived the secondnew ball to fashion a remarkable win.Tendulkar, showing the form that hasmade him the all-time leading scorer inboth Tests and one-day cricket, an-chored Indias chase for five hours inwhich he hit nine boundaries. Yuvraj,recalled to the Test side following theretirement of former captain SouravGanguly, made up for his first inningsscore of 14 by coming good when histeam needed it most. The top three run

chases in history are the 418-7 by theWest Indies against Australia in 2003,406-4 by India against the West Indiesin 1976 and 404-3 by Australia againstEngland in 1948. Indias victory was setup the previous day by flamboyantopener Virender Sehwag, whosmashed 83 off 68 balls with 11 foursand four sixes to leave the hosts 131-1at the close. When play resumed on

Monday, India suffered a blow in thethird over when Andrew Flintoff hadthe struggling Rahul Dravid caught be-hind by wicket-keeper Matt Prior forfour. Dravid, a veteran of 130 Tests atan average of 52.12, may find the selec-tors lose patience with him after ma-naging just 32 runs in his past fourTests.

0Gautam Gambhir, who shared a cen-tury stand with Sehwag, put on 42 forthe third wicket with Tendulkar as theIndians attempted to overcome theearly loss of Dravid. The left-handermoved to 66, his eighth Test half-centu-ry, when he flirted with a wide ballfrom James Anderson and gave PaulCollingwood a low catch at gully. Ven-katsai Laxman made 26 in a fourth-

wicket stand of 41 with Tendulkarwhen he dabbed at a ball from off-spin-ner Swann to Ian Bell at short-leg soonafter lunch. The second Test starts inthe northern town of Mohali on Friday.

Brief scoresEngland 316 (Strauss 123, Prior 53 not

out, Cook 52) and 311 (Strauss 108, Col-lingwood 108, Z Khan 3/40) lose by fourwickets to India 241 (Dhoni 53, Flintoff3/49) and 387/4 (Tendulkar 103 not out,Yuvraj 85 not out, Sehwag 83, Gambhir66).

AFP

INDIA SCRIPT A REMARKABLE BATTING

PERFORMANCE TO ACHIEVE THE FOURTH-

HIGHEST RUN CHASE IN TEST HISTORY

ch for his blistering 83moth 387 in the fourthbetter than run a ballgiving India a realistic


What happened in Mumbai was extremely unfortu-nate. Cricket cannot lessen whatever happened... I

hope this 100 will give some amount of happiness to thepeople. I salute the NSG commandos, Taj hotel staff, police,public and everyone.

SACHIN TENDULKAR


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Jiah Khan, who thinks in English,got into trouble when she wasasked to deliver lengthy emo-tional Urdu dialogues for Ghajini

in sync sound, but says her co-star Aa-mir Khan bailed her out.

I must admit it was a bit of a prob-lem. Aamir and the director got me anUrdu dialogue coach, Athar Nawaz,who guided me. And each time Id be

stuck with a line Aamir helped meout, says Jiah.My mom, who lives in London,

flew down during the shooting. Shespeaks Urdu fluently. She ranthrough the dialogues with me overand over again. I think Ive done mylines very well. To have my linesdubbed would have taken away frommy performance. I think I managedmy lines well, she adds.

Other than speaking Hindi, Jiah,who debuted with Ram Gopal Var-mas Nishabd, has also learned Bolly-wood style dancing.

Like the Urdu-Hindi, Ive masteredthe dancing to a large extent, shesaid.

Jiah has also shot a song ti tled Lat-

too in Ghajini with choreographerGita Kapoor. Ad filmmaker RaviUdyawar has directed it.

I realised how hard it is to do asizzling song. The song is a very Jen-nifer Lopez kind of number. Its verystylish and chic. In a weeks time, itgoes on air. That should answer thequestion why Im not seen in the pub-licity, she said.

IANS

SUBHASH K. JHA

That should answerwhy Im not seen inthe publicity

Jiah Khan on Ghajini

Aamir and the director got mean Urdu dialogue coach, AtharNawaz, who guided me. Andeach time Id be stuck with a lineAamir helped me out

Streep too ugly for King KongOscar-winning actress Meryl Streep was rejectedfor a role in 1976 movie King Kong byfilmmaker Dino De Laurentis because he thoughtshe was too ugly to fit into the character.Streep went for an audition with the veteranItalian producer, but Laurentis was unimpressedwith her physical attributes and dismissed hercrudely in Italian, not realising the actress spokethe language fluently.Imdb.com quoted Streep as saying: He said to hisson, who organised the meeting, Shes ugly. Why

did you bring me this thing? He didnt realise Idjust graduated and studied Italian 105. When Ireplied in Italian, he looked like he had beenshot.Instead of Streep, the role went to Jessica Lange.

IANS

ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008FLICK10

Troubled singerBritney Spears is allset to perform inLondon and Madonnais expected to join her.

According to Spearschoreographer, WadeRobson, Spears is in

talks with Madonna tomake a series ofappearances.

Thesun.co.uk quotedRobson as saying:There has been talk ofMadonna making anappearance and theresso many places wecould take that. At thispoint, the main issue istiming.

Spears NorthAmerican tour Circus isdue to start in NewOrleans on March 3.She will do eight nightsat the O2 Arena inLondon from June 3.

IANS

Not so soundDuring one scene in The Sound of Music, anorange box can be clearly seen stamped withthe words Produce of Israel. The film was se1938, 10 years before Israel was founded.

Madonna joiningBritney, again


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For actor Zayed Khan, who is trained in scubadiving, shooting underwater scenes for hisforthcoming venture Blue was no big deal.But he faced a real challenge when he had to

swim around sharks in the thriller.Just the idea of swimming around with these

unpredictable beasts (sharks) was difficult. We al-ways had our trainers and divers around, saysZayed.Blue, a big-budget underwater action adventure

shot extensively in the Bahamas and Thailand, isAnthony DSouzas directorial debut. Being madeat a whopping Rs. 1.29 billion budget, the film alsostars Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta andKatrina Kaif.Blue is said to be the first Indian film to have

been extensively shot underwater with a screentime of 20-25 minutes and with real sharks, al-most 40 in number.

For Zayed, shooting these action se-quences was a real adventure.

When you train as a student,you go till a maximum of 35-40feet. But when we trained forthe film, we had to dive downto 85-90 feet deep enoughto get actual shots of weedand sunken ships. It wasscary, recalls Zayed.

But the director used ad-equate safety measureswhile filming the riskyshots, he adds.

We were always sur-rounded with safety diversand all of them used to be at adistance of not more than 10metres while the shot was be-

ing taken. There were 20 otherdivers around doing someth-

ing or the other, so we were secured.Trainers instructed us not to keep long hair and

not to colour them blonde as sharks get attractedto white. Then they told us that we shouldnt haveany cuts on our body and if at all we had any, weshould bandage it well. So when we went down, itwas always with a lot of baggage in our head,Zayed says.

For Zayed, the real heroes were the stuntmen,who accompanied the actors under water and en-sured that the shooting goes on smoothly.

The stuntmen made it look so easy. They have away of dealing with fear. There were times whenthey first made me touch the sharks and slowly gotme to do the fight sequences. But it was all donevery carefully.

Zayed also recollects how stuntmen used to so-metimes ask him about his favourite song and heused to hear them through an apparatus fixed inhis ear under the water.

Once I told them I wanted to listen to Eminemsongs. In seconds, I could hear it and I believe all thestuntmen and divers could hear it on their appara-tus too because they started dancing. It was such asurreal scene. I thought I was walking on themoon, he says.

Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd,

Blue is scheduled for release next year on May 29. IANS

It was scaryZayed Khan on swimming with the sharksand listening to Eminem underwater

Trainersinstructedus not tokeep longhair and notto colourthemblonde assharks getattracted to

white


The plot to the fourth instal-ment in the Terminator fran-chise has been revealed.

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018,Terminator Salvation: The Fu-

ture Begins will release on May22, 2009, reportsHollywood.com.

The film picks up the story ofJohn Connor, son of Linda Ha-miltons character from the pre-vious Terminator films, as he setsout to avenge his mothers mur-der at the hands of the termina-tors.

He leads the human resistanceagainst skynet, which is the armyof terminators.

Directed by McG, the film starsBatman actor Christian Bale asthe new and improved grown upConnor and Helena BonhamCarter.

IANS

TERMINATORS BACKShilpa and hersunglasses

Shilpa Shettrecentlyinjured herfoot andblames her bsunglasses fothe mishap.The actresssays that ithas disruptedthe scheduleof her

international project,Desire.I hurt my foot badenough to get 15 stitchesdont ask me how. In afreak accident, thanks tomy big sunglasses and nosin the air, I overlooked asharp metal piece that slitmy foot, thankfully notbelow but over the foot,Shilpa posted on her blogwww.shilpashettylive.comblog/.

IAN

Playboy spoilsportWhen Michael Jackson was informedthat his Thrillerco-star Ola Ray hadposed nude for Playboy in June 1980,Jackson confessed that he had neverheard of the magazine.

Scream about thisDuring the filming of the movie Scream,director Wes Craven kept telling DrewBarrymore real life stories about animal crueltyin order to keep her looking scared and crying.She is a keen animal lover in real life.

The film stars Christian Bale as thenew and improved grown up Connorand Helena Bonham Carter


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ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 200812

Fridays Question:

Which pair from Indian filmindustry do you thinkwould match perfectly theRomeo and Julietcharacters? Vadivelu and Kovai Sarala would be aperfect pair

Vijayachakravarthy - Infosys, Javid - Cognizant

Ajith & Trisha will be a perfect pair forRomeo & Juliet characters

Kalyan, Infosys

Surya-Jyothika

Annapoorani M, Roger, Lavanya M - TCS, Jubair -Cognizant

Shahrukh Khan and Kajol anytime thebest to match

Rahul Bhatia - TCS, Rajesh P - Perot Systems

Koundamani and Kovai Sarala

R Vijay - TCS, Hariharakumar - Zylog Systems Ltd

Kamal Hassan and Sridevi

Sajini - TCS

Superstar and SrideviBrooklin, Wipro

Sivaji Ganesan and Saroja Devi

Karthikeyan.R - Infosys

Pawan Kalyan and Sneha Ullal

Gowtham, Ramco Systems

T Rajendar-Mumtaj

Elampooranan A - HCL Technologies, SripradhaChakravarthy - Infosys Technologies Ltd,

Anandbabu N - TCS

Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka ChopraRakshita Sreenivasan, Wipro Technologies

Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai

Anusha, Sree Hari, Asath Kani M - TCS

Cute Shalini and smart Ajith

Hariharan - Ford, Jeya Krishna - Perot Systems,

Vetri - HCL Technologies Ltd

Best pair would be Genilia and SidharthRajee Anand, Coastal Training Technologies

Todays Query:

If you win a lottery ofRs.1crore, what would youdo with it?

By Rajee Anand, Coastal Training Technologies.

Send your mobile query suggestions to

[email protected] with subject line: Mobile Query

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Vel Murugan of Secude Solutions has nominated his team as Partners in Crime. This pic wasclicked at Shelter Beach Resort.

Roshind Raghavan of Sutherland has nominated his friends as Partners in Crime. This pic was clickedat Sutherland Office.

Thirumalai of Perot Systems has nominates his PBC team as Partners in Crime. This pic was clicked atPondicherry.


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Question : Can you tell me a male story that everyone haas readduring school?

Answer : Its His Story (History)Nixson, Infosys

Person1: Yean unga TV screen-la night 8.55 manikku thanni

thelikiranga?Person2: Sun TV la 9.00 maniku KOLANGAL

podaporangallam Manomani Kesav, HCL

Hi Jill (Ever Smiling gal),Iniya Piranthanal valthukkal... Indrupol endrum punnagaiyoduiruppayaga... Have a great Lifeahead... Keep smiling,... KeepSmiling... Keep on smiling... Wish youmany more returns of the day....

IppadikuMuthu, Laavanyaaaaaa, Saravanan,

Madhu, Sindil, SIva, RJPal,

Laks, Gopi, Anne, Patti,JP, Karthi(Lite House), Target, Ramya^2,

Lavnaya, Varalakshmi, Deepti,

Anbil, Vinoth^2, Venki, Beulah...Wipro Technologies

Hi Sudarsan.K ( MOKKAI BOSS )Friends are Gods way of taking careof us.Thank God weve got youA very happy birthday to you dearfriend.

Wishes fromGopalan, Kris, Raj, Venkat,

Balaji, Arul, Ananth,

Ganesh, Karthi, shyam,padamaraj, Bala

Dear Rajani,A simple celebration, a gathering ofwell- wishers and friends,wishing u avery happy and blasting birthday :-)

God Bless you with all success and joy:-)Cheers,

CustomerWorld Team,

TCS.

Hi Naga,Many More Happy Returns of theDay!!May you find success in all walks oflife and all your dreams come true inthe days to comeWishing you a great year ahead

Your friends NK, PK , Ramesh anna,

Nithya& Ernest

Dear Avinash,Many More Happy Returns of the

Day.Hope your special day brings all thatyour hearts desires.

With Luv,Shirley, Govind, Kavishree, Bharath,

Nandhini, Lakshmi , Jacklyn , SivaKumar,

AC-UAT Team ,Hexaware Technologies

Dear Ramachandran (RC)May lifes brightest joys illuminateyour path, and may each days

journey bring you closer to yourdreams! Happy Birthday

With Regards

Team DTCC(Tata Consultancy Services)

Dear Rajesh.R ,(Belated wishes)

Wish You Many more Happy Returnsof the Day!!!!!!!!!!.

Regards,Abdulrahim.S

Ramco Systems

Dear Joshua,happy bday.....wishing u another gr8 year of joy nprosperity.Some words of wisdom for u on urbday, "Smile while you still haveteeth!"

With luv

Sreejith

My dear Jo,May this birthday be just thebeginning of a year filled withHappy Memories, WonderfulMoments and Shining Dreams!May GOD bless you with happinessall through your life!

Ever Yours,S.Indhu ,

TCS

Hi Purna S,"Hey ,ur 1 year older now,1 yearsmarter now,1 year bigger now, andnow u r 1 year closer to all yourwishes ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY "

Sethuraja,

Saranya

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BORN LOSER

FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

PREVIOUS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20

LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20

VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20

LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20

SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20

PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20

Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pa

You may remain highly creative today. Pace of wmay slow down as you may be in a mood to tathings very easy. You must avoid ego conflicts wsuperiors. You will be able to express your love dramatically in front of your beloved or spouse.

Although it is a favourable day for you, Ganeshadoesnt find you in a mood to do the hard workYou may just try to maintain pace of routine woOn the personal level, your relations with belovespouse may get strained if you display inflexibilit

Ganesha finds you communicating with higher

authorities today. You may need to be extra careabout language. You need to be very careful ofmisgivings on professional and personal fronts. Syou will be able to please your life partner.

Others may find you acting authoritative today. Tcould be because of the language that you usetoday. Ensure that your relations do not get spoiBesides this, it is a smooth day at work. You mawish to enjoy spicy dinner with your life partner.

You may be assertive, creative and over-enthusiatoday. Others may count on you for importantdecisions. In personal life, your partner may find very charming which will make you feel very gooYou may remain in a very romantic mood today.

Ganesha finds you running after a mirage todayYou may not be able to judge whether you are

working in right direction or not. Technicaldifficulties at work may pull your nerves. Lovers spend money lavishly for the partner.

Group discussions and important meetings shoulgo well today. You are in a mood to showcase talents and you will be rewarded well for the hawork. You may need to control your ego while yare talking to spouse or beloved one.

Ganesha finds you taking your day to day work veasy today. You will be focussed while youre atdesk so there are least probabilities of goof ups.you are at a higher position, you may not allowindiscipline. Love life may take back-seat.

You will be full of energy and vigour today. Yourelations with superiors may improve. Personal limay remain cool. Ganesha finds you in a mood

treat your life partner or beloved very nicely. Its good day to gift something to the beloved one.

Ganesha finds you getting frustrated over pettymatters at office. Ensure that your outbursts do create problems at office. You will need to contranger. You may remain romantic hence may wisspend time in quite environment with beloved on

Ganesha suggests you not to waste time andenergy behind false arguments at office, withanyone. You are very friendly by nature so you cwin peoples heart. On the personal front, you mavoid conflicts with spouse or beloved.

It is day to put in more efforts to prove yourabilities. While you are in process to finish off yowork even by staying back at office till late, ensthat your health doesnt suffer. Your love life marequire nurturing and due attention.

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