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A BYTE OF LIFE

TOO GOOD FOR CRITICSChaat shops on Vepery High Road

FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 26

WINDOWSHOPPERKlothezzz for the family

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A cop was attacked and anothers brand new mo-torcycle stolen from a police station in two sep-arate incidents in the city on Monday.Inspector of Police Ganesan of New Washer-menpet had gone to control a clash between two cus-tomers and a hotel owner that had erupted after theformer refused to pay for the biryani they had eaten. A few men joined each of the two sides during the argu-ment and started pelting stones at each other. The In-spector was caught in between and suffered injuries onhis face and was later admitted to hospital.

In another incident, a policeman attached to the Po-lice Commissionerate in Egmore lost his one-week-old Yamaha motorcycle that was parked right inside the Avadi police station. The cop, who resides in the sub-urbs, usually parked his two-wheeler and boarded thetrain to the Commissionerate. When he returned from work on Monday evening, hefound his bike missing from

the police station premises.

A cop gets his nose brokenin a brawl while another loseshis motorcycle right from his

police station

PETLEE PETER

[email protected]

Wholl come

to the copsrescue?

SuperstarMOVED TO TEARajinikant effusive in praise overBala and Aarya for Naan Kadavul

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ERGO Wednesday, February 11, 2009NAMMA CHENNAI02

How often have you heard your friendrejoice at seeing his share priceincrease or overheard one of them curse,Damn it! They are crashing Well, itsmoney that one is playing with in thehope of getting quicker returns. Butthen, Lady Luck doesnt smile on allinvestors, especially those still learningthe ropes of the trade.Rediff Moneywiz, a product of

Rediff.com that provides stock marketquotes, analysis and market voices, ispopularising a new game on sharetrading called Share Bazaar.The game allows one buy stocks of BSE,with the user trading with virtual money.The risk-free trading with zeroinvestment is aimed at helping investorsimprove their strategies or encourage allthose interested in learning about theshare market try their tactics.But, with the market down, who wantsto invest? People have lost money inthe market meltdown, but they havestrategies in mind. Here, we offer them aplatform where they apply theirstrategies without actually burning theirmoney, says Zaki Ansari, vice president,product development, Rediff.com.There is no limit on how much you tradea day; you could also create teams, poolyour resources and play.Share Bazaar will also tabulate the dailyand monthly winner for the game.Log on to www.moneywiz.rediff.comand test your luck.

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Stopping at one shop for cheese lled cornau gratin, the next for spicy vada pav ormurukku sandwich and nally cooling thespice with ice gola. Is this your idea of an

evening snack? Well, then head to Vepery HighRoad, the stretch opposite G.S.S. College, as thisis probably what you would call a chaat haven.

Kirenkumar Shah opened Rangoli in 1998 ashe loves to experiment with dishes. Soon, hisfriend Keshav Dubey followed suit with SriKeshav Chats. Today, you will nd around foursmall eat-outs dotting the road, all having itsown clientele and serving a number of North

Indian dishes.Be it Gujarati vada pav or Bom-

bay bhel puri, the snacks servedare prepared in the authenticstyle. And with the Hindi-speak-ing crowd dominating this pocket,these shops open up for goodbusiness in the evenings.

The taste is what helps me re-tain the customers, says Dubey, whose best-selling items are vadapav and pani puri.

The murukku sandwich is layered with raw vegetables like tomatoes, onions, baked pota-toes and green chutney. Another crowd favou-rite is the veg hot dog with aloo masala stuffedbetween the sub rolls. Sandwiches like corntoast, grill sandwich and the like promises to ll your appetite.

As for the desserts, Rangoli has an ice golacounter, a rare nd in Chennai. The rangoli spe-

cial gola, priced at Rs. 30, is a grape avouredgola seasoned with cashews and dry fruits.However, with over 250 plates sold a day, panipuri is the undisputed favourite.

As Kirenkumar adds, South Indians in andaround the area love our pani puri.

(Too Good for Critics is a weekly column tocelebrate Namma Chennais Kaiyendi Bhavans and small eateries. If you can think of a similar

place, mail us at [email protected])

The chaat shops dottingthis stretch serve a number

of North Indian delicaciesNANDHINI RAMKUMAR

A perfect ll for the evening. PHOTO : R. RAVINDRAN.

How to get there: The place is downVepery High Road, diagonally oppositeG.S.S. CollegeMy picks : Murukku sandwich(Rs. 22), cornau gratin (Rs. 40), pani puri (Rs. 10)When to go: The place gets crowdedafter 4 p.m.

Sweet delightCakes N Bakes is offering an assortment of Valentines Day gifts. Theyinclude: sugar-coated pastries, special cakes, mousses, boxes of goodies,etc. Shop at their stores in Nungambakkam, Velacherry andThoraipakkam. For details call Gautam Nichani 9884289704

Hop, skip andeat your way

Paisa vasoolShare Bazaar works like areal stock market


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Everyday when S. Sudhakarleaves his sprawling ofcepremises, the tech lead witha software rm makes sure

he calls home or gets the menucard from his wife on the thingshe needs to shop. The stores in-side the IT Park where he worksare a bit expensive and do notstock many things, but it saveshim the trouble of nding park-ing space elsewhere and get theessentials after a busy day atwork. Convenience is how he

best denes his workplace expe-rience.

Welcome to the world of orga-nised retail in IT Parks, wheremore amenities are being addedto make life of employees easier.From the basic food court and a

good number of ATM kiosks in-troduced at the start of a businesspark, today real estate promoters

are evolving by adding more val-ue-added features. When Khivraj Tech Park, pro-

moters of Olympia Technology Park, opened their premises atGuindy, they had only plannedspace for a food court, gym andsome ATMs.

Things, however, changed a year later on the campus, whichnow houses around 13,000 em-ployees. Retail was brought inslowly.

Today, from its busy telecomand convenience stores to anOdyssey outlet (its latest addi-tion), the otherwise-busy busi-ness park has created a lot of excitement among professionals.

Ascendas International TechPark, on the other hand, has tak-

en the cake for bringing KFC andMcDonalds (both introduced forthe rst time in the city). Thereseems to be no stopping.

Besides a host of retail stores,24 Seven Express Mart a walk-in-store open round-the-clock selling all basic essentials wasopened less than a month ago.

Today, stemming from thehigh-level of security that keepsassociates cocooned inside their

campuses, it has almost becomeessential to add many such

amenities to keep employees go-ing.

Take for example, Bangaloreheadquartered real estate devel-oper RMZ Corp, which has beenpromoting the concept of TheBay in each of its properties inBangalore, Kolkata, and now atPerungudi (called Bay at Mille-nia). Spread across a self-con-tained unit of 30,756 sq ft for thefood court and 15,939 sq ft for

concourse, these zones are tailor-made for employees to relax, un-

wind and get back to work.What also makes our Ba

unique is the pricing they armore economical that an outletoutside the IT Park, says SonaLalvani, head (marketing ancorporate communications) RMZCorp.

Does retail click?

So, how viable is it for a reestate developer to keep on add-

ing amenities? Amenities provided dont necessarily pay fancy return for an investor/pro-moter, says Ajit Chordia, MD oKhivraj Tech Park. Citing the example of Tidel Park, AscendaTech Park and Olympia Technology Park, he says, The return 30 per cent less than a normal of-ce.

The only way a promoter addvalue to the place is by creatinan excitement, which has to go with the lifestyle of the peop working on the campus. Chennai, if one has 2,000 sq ft oland, one can call it an IT Park And, for a space of 5,000 sq ft anmore with a strength of 5,00people, it is feasible to add morvalue-added features.

As a far cry from the days of a few ATM kiosks, IT Parks are now studded with ne dining restaurants,recreational zones, gyms and salonsLIFFY [email protected]

All things bright and beautiful

Whats coming up~ Ascendas IT Park : With a health club, salon, gift shops,convenience store, travel agency, medical pharmacy, coffee shop,among others, this already is a mini-mall. Now, more retailoutlets are going to be added.

~ Olympia Tech Park: Plans to bring in a beauty parlour formen and women. Also, recreational facilities like video games,pool table and table games

~ RMZ Millenia : The Food Court already houses around four joints. Gangotree, Subway, Pizza Hut will soon be opening. TheConcourse will house Barista, Baywatch Travels, Kodak Studioand Odyssey Bookstore. A hospital is also expected to come up.

Love.inIf you havent gured out how to impress your loved onethis Valentines Day, log on tolove.in.com. The site offers a host of cool ways to wooyour valentine. It also has some exciting gift options bestweekend getaways, best spas...there is lot more.

Adding convenience: The Food Court atAscendas IT Park. FILE PHOTO: BIJOY GHOSH


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Finding this place is easy.Klothezzz (thats how they spell it) is just beside Park Sheraton in Alwarpet. Thisones a family store, so onshelves you will nd clothing for men, women and tiny tots.

For men, beside export sur-plus shirts and trousers, thereare those tailored in-house by Klothezzz. Vinay Vashdev of

Klothezzz says, People whobuy their shirts and trousershere once keep coming back

again and again. My tailor left usonce and for four months we

stopped production andcontinued

searching for one who could providethe same t for trousers instead of getting just anyone available. Fit isparamount when it comes to trou-sers. Besides, linen pants for men,priced between Rs, 1,100 and Rs,1,500, are also a good pick here.

Klothezzz is ve years old, thoughits been operating from the presentpremises since 2006 (The earlier ad-dress being C.P. Ramaswamy Road).

For women, there are harempants, satin printed capris, smockedoff-shouldered tops, knitted t-shirts,halters, frocks and skirts (from smartpleated to owing oral).

For children, tiny frocks that couldt into your palm (almost), rufedskirts, t-shirts, capris and the likesare some of the things available.

Moreover, the store has alsostarted stocking home goodslike bed linen and oor mats (theuffy, feet-sinking types), etc.

Klothezzz maketh a man

PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN

Address:

Klothezzz,New No. 2 (Old No. 20),Chamiers Road,Cooperative Colony,Sriram Nagar,Chennai 600 018Ph: 4203 1315/ 6513 1315Store timings: 10:30 a.m.to 8:30 p.m.

and woman and child. This store in Alwarpet is for the family



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ERGO Wednesday, February 11, 2009VILLAGE06

Boy writes iPhone codeA nine-year-old Malaysian boy has written a painting applicationfor the Apple iPhone. Lim Ding Wen created nger paintingprogram Doodle Kids for his two younger sisters, aged threeand ve, in just a few days. The software allows iPhone ownersto draw images on the handsets touch screen using just theirngers. Like an Etch-A-Sketch, the screen can be created byshaking the mobile phone. In less than two weeks, the programhas been downloaded more than 4,000 times from ApplesiTunes store. The youngster, now uent in six programminglanguages, rst started using a computer when he was two and

has since completed more than 20 technological projects.Wenn

Obama designer drops furThe designer of U.S. First Lady MichelleObamas inauguration gown has beenapplauded by animal lovers for putting his fur

plans on ice. Jason Wu won acclaimfor the off-the-shoulder number

he styled for Obama, and nowhes winning friends atAmericas Humane Society forditching fur. In a statementfrom the Humane Society ofthe United States, a spokesmanwrites, "We are delighted that

Jason Wu has put aside thecruelty of fur for now,

and hope he will adopta permanent fur-freepolicy. MichelleObama set the

sartorial tone forthe newadministration bychoosing to notwear fur at theinauguration, andits wonderful tosee Mr. Wu follow

suit.WENN

Big Bangexperiment torestart inSeptemberThe Large Hadron Collider(LHC) is to begin ring itsproton beams once againat the end of Septemberafter being shut downabruptly in the midst ofrecreating conditions in themoments after the BigBang. The new schedule foresees rst beams in the LHCat the end of September this year, with collisionsfollowing in late October. A short technical stop has alsobeen foreseen over the Christmas period, the EuropeanOrganization for Nuclear Research (CERN) conrmed in astatement Monday. The LHC has been hailed as a scienticaccomplishment but the experiment to understand howthe universe came to acquire its current shape had to behalted after the $5.4 billion machine developed a snag onSep 19, 2008 - just nine days after experiments began. TheCERN said Monday the experiment will run through toautumn next year, ensuring that scientists have enoughdata to carry out their rst new physics analyses and haveresults to announce in 2010.

IANS

A mazon has released a new ver-sion of its highly successfulelectronic book reader Kindle ,

just days after Google said itwould make available large partsof its vast catalogue of scannedbooks to smartphone users.

The new $359 Amazon deviceKindle 2 will hold up to 1,500books, boasts 25 percent betterbattery life than its predecessorand includes a talk to me fea-ture that reads books aloud.

Featuring a six-inch display and weighing about 20 grams, thedevice is less than a centimetrethick and comes with 2 gigabytesof memory. Amazon offers accessto over 230,000 books and thou-sands more blogs and magazines.

The buyer pays about as muchfor the electronic version as forthe traditionally bound book.

As part of the launch, authorStephen King is releasing a new novella exclusively for the Kindle

2 called Ur. Kindle 2 is everyth-ing customers tell us they loveabout the original Kindle , only thinner, faster, crisper, with long-

er battery life, and capable of holding hundreds more books. If you want, Kindle 2 will even readto you - something new we addedthat a book could never do, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder andCEO, said .

Our vision is every book, everprinted, in any language, all avail-able in less than 60 seconds, he

said at a news conference in New York. Amazon also planned make Kindle books available fomobile phones, he conrmed.

Google last week said that had converted the 1.5 millionpublic domain books it previous-ly scanned and made available oncomputers, for use on the iPhoneand smartphones running theGoogle Android software. However, the two programmes offevastly different content. WhilGoogles service offers mostout-of-print books, Kindle omany more popular titles, includ-ing 103 of the 110 books currentlon the New York Times bestsellelist.

Google last week said that it hadconverted the 1.5 million public domainbooks it previously scanned and madeavailable on computers, for use on theiPhone and smartphones running the

Google Android software.

Amazon releases new e-book reader

A F P P H O T O

Over 20 mummies found in Egyptian tombAn Egyptian archaeological team has found about two dozen mummies in a tomb dating backto the 3,000-year-old Pharaonic era. The mummies were unearthed in the tomb which lies to

the west of Zosers step pyramid in the Saqqara area. It dates back to the 6th dynasty inancient Egypt, or about 4,300 BC, said the ofcial MENA news agency. According to MENA, thearchaeological team, led by Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for AntiquitiesZahi Hawas, found ve holes with each containing four mummies, one of which was of a dog.They also found some skeletons and a 180-cm-long casket contained the mummy of a mannamed Badi Harri who lived in 640 BC, Hawas was quoted as saying. Four more caskets oflimestone were also discovered in the tomb. The mission will open it this week, Hawas said,adding the team has been working in the area for more than one year. According to the Egyptstate information service, the Pharaonic era dates back to 3,000 years BC till Alexanderconquered Egypt in 323 BC.

Xinhua

Woman makes history with record swimA 56-year-old American has become the rst woman to swim theAtlantic - crossing from the Cape Verde islands off Africa toTrinidad in just 24 days.


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Battle of the ageBible vs Science

T wo hundred years after tbirth of British naturalist Charles Darwin, the debate betweenscientists and the religious righover the origins of man remainas heated as ever in the UnitedStates. The controversy has evengained momentum in the UnitedStates in recent decades as creationists, who believe that Godcreated man in His own imagehave fought against only teachingevolution in the nations classrooms.

Last month, the Texas education board adopted a resolutionnarrowly voting to drop references in the curriculum requiringteachers to discuss the strengths

and weaknesses of scientic theories.The move, which makes it har

der to teach creationism in thestates schools, was hailed by thscientic community, although anal vote after public consultation is not due until late March.

There are no weaknesses oevolution, Eugenie Scott, director of the California-based National Center for SciencEducation, told ScienticAmerican.com.

Thats not to say we undestand everything that happenedin evolution or the mechanismsthat caused evolutionary change.But arguments about the detailsarent arguments about whetherevolution took place. The creationists make that categoryerror.

Texas is just the latest battleground in the conict. In 2005the Kansas education board vot-ed to allow the teaching in stateschools of intelligent design that all life including man is a divine creation alongside evolution.

But the rise of the neo-creationist movement has scientistson their guard. The American Academy of Sciences has evelaunched a website defendingevolutionary arguments whichsay man descended over millionsof years from the apes.

Charles and EmmaCharles Darwin married his rstcousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1839.They had 10 children, although onlyseven survived to adulthood.

HMS Beagle cabin goes on showAs part of a one-million pound exhibition staged at CharlesDarwins home in Kent, an exact replica of his cabin aboard theHMS Beagle has been produced. English Heritage has createdthe unusual display at Down House near Orpington to mark the200th anniversary of his birth on February 12.


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Jennings wants Pietersen tolead ChallengersFormer England skipper Kevin Pietersen could lead theBangalore Royal Challengers in the second edition of

the Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was soundedout by the teams coach Ray Jennings. The RoyalChallengers nished second from bottom in theinaugural edition of the IPL under current skipper

Rahul Dravid and owner VijayMallya, in a bid to make his teammore competitive, roped inPietersen for a whopping US$ 1.55million in the players auction heldin Goa on February 6.Mallya had already hinted at achange of captaincy after the

auction. The captaincy options are open. The teammanagement will take a decision on it, he had said.Jennings got in touch with Pietersen via mail andsounded him out as a possible candidate to lead theside for the three weeks that he will be plying histrade in India. Kevin may work really well as captainfor a short period, Jennings said.

PTI

Greene swaps spikes fordancing shoesMaurice Greenes powerful legs still keep him in thespotlight but his ballroom dancing shoes, notsprinters spikes, pay the bills these days. The formerOlympic and world champion has been travelling bybus across America for the past two monthsentertaining audiences as part of the touringcompany of the popular television show DancingWith The Stars.This is a lot more fun, Greene said during a recentstop in Raleigh. When I was competing that wasstressful. This is going out and having fun. The34-year-old American retired from athletics beforethe 2008 season, citing a calf injury, but he was notready to put away his showmanship. An agentarranged for the sprinter to team up withprofessional dancer Cheryl Burke on the televisionshow and after a fth-place nish they joined the37-city tour. Hes very good, hes disciplined and anathlete, Burke said. I thought I was okay (as adancer), Greene said, but ballroom dancing iscompletely different than dancing in the clubs. Iknew nothing about that.

Reuters

The runners-up nish in thePunjab Gold Cup has liftedthe morale of the Indianhockey team which will now chase the number six spot fromthe current 11th in the worldrankings by the end of this year,coach in-charge Harendra Singhsaid on Tuesday. After we failedto qualify for the Olympics, theteam was low on condence andmorale. Now, after their perfor-mance in the Argentina Test se-ries and the Punjab Cup, thecondence level is back and you will see results in upcoming tour-naments as well, Harendra said.

Next challengeHe said the team was eyeing

the Champions Challenge in Ar-gentina in December which would take them to the numbersix spot. After that, breaking into

top four would be the next target.I have set realistic targets for my team. It all falls within the planfor the 2010 World Cup, its a stepby step process. Now, if somebo-dy expects us to be world cham-pions overnight, I think that would be too much to ask, hesaid.

Lot of positivesHarendra said though India

lost 1-2 to European ChampionsHolland in the Punjab Gold Cupon Monday night, the result hasnot been a disappointment at all.By not playing on our own soil, Ithink we have damaged to ourhockey. People too dont get tosee their players in action back home and the support which thenational game needs from thecrowds is not there, Harendrasaid. We need more events like

the Punjab Cup, which was state government organisedevent, for which former captainand organising secretary of thtournament, Pargat Singh de-serves a lot of credit. Such tournaments and even Test series with different nations should bheld in other parts of the countryas well for revival of hockey, hsuggested.

Our hockey needs a collectiveffort by all to bring back its olglory. I dont think one personlike me or for that matter any oth-er individual alone can restorethe sports lost glory, he addedHarendra said India would beleaving for Australia on Februar11 for a two-match series folowed by another four-match se-ries in New Zealand froFebruary 19.

India targeting higher ranking by year-end: Harendra

Aiming higher

Scolari sacking could prove costly Chelseas decision to sack Luiz Felipe Scolari as their manager could cost the PremierLeague side up to 15 million pounds (22 million dollars) in compensation. Scolari,who guided his native Brazil to World Cup glory, was booted out of StamfordBridge here on Monday just eight months in to a three-year deal worth anestimated annual six million pounds.


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ERGO Wednesday, February 11, 2009FLICK10

When Paris met PaulSocialite Paris Hilton wanted to sing aduet with Paul McCartney at aGrammys post-show party andapproached him, but The Beatleslegend turned down her request.

Thesun.co.uk reports that she met

McCartney and said: Id love to do aduet with you. Im a singer too andhave had an album out.

McCartney politely declined sayingthere was no opening in hisschedule.

Sir Paul McCartney was mindinghis own business when Paris traipsedright up to him and introducedherself. He looked bemused, smiled andnodded then stumbled out that hed haveto check his schedule. I dont think well behearing the duet any time soon, a witnesssaid.

Hilton then complimented McCartney onhis hair saying: Its just like in TheBeatles. Its so cute.

IANS

Of bad memory anddancing feet

A ctress Denise Richards says she will fail inthe show Dancing With The Stars becauseshe has a bad memoryand two left feet.

According tocontactmusic.com,Richards is one of thecontestants on the showwhich starts March 9. Butshe is telling fans not toback her because she hasnever danced before in herlife.

She said: My biggest fearis just forgetting everythingright before going on live, thatswhat Im scared of. All I hope isthat I dont embarrass my girls(daughters). Im completely out ofmy element because Ive neverdanced before. Never!

IANS

Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel says that actressSharon Stone irted with him on the red carpet atthe British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA).Mirror.co.uk reports Patel saying: Sharons great, shes

been irting with me all night. She was chasing me aroundearlier, slapping me. Sharon Stone! Can you believe it?

Stone rst spotted Dev at the pre-BAFTA party andignored actor Mickey Rourke and went over toPatel to whisper, I thought you were amaz-ing in Slumdog Millionaire .

A stunned Patel merely replied,Thanks!

An onlooker said: Dev is young enough to be her son even her grand-son but that didnt seem to stop Sha-ron irting with him. As soon as she

broke away, he grabbed his mobileand said, The lads are never going tobelieve this Ive got to text themabout Sharon Stone. Mickey Rourke

looked a bit put out that this kid wasgetting all the action.

IANS

Dev Patels goldenmoment at BAFTA

Sharon Stone!Can youbelieve it?

Queen of endorsementPriyanka Chopra, who gave two bighits last year - Fashion and Dostana ,one of the most sought-after actressesfor brand endorsements, according to asurvey.


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Tuesdays Question:Of all the Indian cricketcaptains who is your favouriteand why? "Dada" Ganguly. He dared to be different,instilled condence & positive energy in his boysthrough his aggressive attitude.

Aravindhan (CTS), M.Laxmipathy (RR Donelley),T.A.Krishnakumar (HCL), Lenin, Rajeshkumar.P, Maggi

Saravanan (TCS), LM.Kaushik (Infosys), Mahi, Anandhi, Sangari, Pavi, Senthil (Wipro),

Shiva (PSBPS), Velmurugan (Ramco Systems),Sankar.S (R Systems), Asif (Ford Business Services),

Saju.H (HCL Comnet Ltd)

The great Rahul Dravid (The Wall). He is theonly one to have that eligibility to be a captain.

Vijay, CSS

Ravi Shastry, the best captain who never leadthe country.

Karthik, Ramco Systems

Md. Azharudeen because he is the coolest.Vengadavasan, CSS Corp

MAK Pataudi, he led India to some early winsand he houses three great stars in his home.

Sridhar R, STG

Kapil Dev. Today Indian cricket is at its peakbecause of this legend who made the wholeworld look at team India since the 1983 World

cup. Joseph Judy, (CSS Corp),Tyagu,Vasu, Uma, (Zoho Corp)

Shiva, Prabahar Raj P, Fahad (Perot Systems)R.Nagarajan, (InfoView Technologies)

KM.Sudharshan (HCL),S.Ramesh (Wipro),

Jegannath, Mathimukilan (Technip)

Dhoni for his charisma, maturity, ability to staycalm in pressure situations and the immense faithhe shows in his bowlers by not interfering in their

eld set up. Ahalya, D.J.Roger, Kani, Indu,

Suree, PK, Mahesh, Sara, Mohan,Saran, Arun, Arivu, Ganesh, (TCS),

Revathy, Chris Ganesh,Prakash, ARS (Perot Systems),

Lakshmi NarasimhanParthasarathy (TCS-Eserve),

Anand, M.Karthik, Varun, Nari,Subash, Surendar (CTS),

Venkatesh, Prasanna Chakravarthi (Wipro), Nataraj (Changepossnd Technologies)

Siva Caritor, Nirosha (Ford)Prakash, Srinivasan Srikanth (PMC)

Todays Query:Express your feelings for RamSena for Valentines Day in twolines.

Devendiran from Caliber Point Business Solutions Ltd has nominated his friends aspartners in crime. This pic was clicked at Pondicherry.

Jayachandra from MindTree has nominated his friends as Partners in Crime. This pic wasclicked at Mahindra city campus.

Prakash from Perot Systems has nominated his friends has Partners in Crime.


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Kaasu illana yetayum vaanga mudiyathunnu solranga!But kaasu illana KADAN vaangalam.Itha sonna nammala oru maathiriya paakaranga pa.

Vinoth Kumar Wipro Technologies

Dear Purush,Dont be dismayed at good-byes. Afarewell is before you can meetagain. And meeting again after amoment or a lifetime is certain forthose who are friends.

Yours Everloving TeamBBC - O2C

Rudra, Naveen, Vero, Anitha,Chandru, Lalitha, Prasad, Dinesh,

Madhu, Revathy, Sheela & Rajiv Steria - Siruseri

X-QA Thalaivi Hema avargaluku,

Iniya pirandha naal nal vaazhthukkal!With Best Wishes from ur X-Teammates (Team WorldSource)

Regards, Madhumathi Subramanian, TCS

Dear Brother Raq,Wishing You a Happy Married Life.Vazhga Pallandu.

A.Mohamed siddiq,F.Sabir Ahamed, Abdulla, Sahul, Jalal, Mathar, Syed,

Kadhar (Dindugul), Family & friends- Melur. Tata Consultancy Services.

Mr. Married Kuzanthai (School BoyIyyappan)Wish you a very happy Birthday..May god bless you.. J

With cheers, MI2 Team, HCL Technologies

Dear Iyappan,Many more happy returns of theday!!!The good Lord will shower you withall his blessings on your special day.All your wishes will come true.

From, Madhu, Kothai, Krishna, Revathy

HCL Technologies

Dear Peter (Doing M.S in Dublin),On this Special day we wish you avery Happy Birthday.May it bring uwith loads of joy .All the Best for urdelightful Journey.Keep Rocking.

Best Wishes fromiRonicz Spiders Team

TCS, iNautix, delity-Chennai & Mumbai . Musigma, NSN, Tata Elexi, EMC-Bangalore

Juno, Deshaw, Commvault-Hydrabad.

Dear Mani [A NRI],A warm happy birthday to a young,energetic, tall, sweet, smart, clever,chatty guy, TAMIL MANI [Friends callhim as the Romeo of Guduvancheribut now rocking in Australia] U r 1year older now, 1 year smarter now,1 year bigger now, and now u r 1year closer to all your wishes. Wish ua many more happy returns of theday. May all ur dreams come true.

Hearty wishes from Mohan [Aeronautical Engineer],

Srini, Sathyaraj, Hemaraj, Lakshathipathis Vel [Business man], Shajahan, Rajendran, Ashok, Shanmugam, Louis, John, Rathna,

Ram, family & friends.

Dear Dhivya,

Here comes a very special and adelightful birthday wish all your wayfrom the bottom of our hearts. Maythis birthday be a whole newbeginning for you and all thats goodcomes your way. Have a fantabulousyear ahead!!!

With lots of love and best wishes,Shanmu, Dhava, Sow, Muthu, Mythili

Dear Rani,Many More Happy Returns of the

day. May this year bring u a lot ofhappiness and success in ur life.Udane sirikatheenga. ungaluku idhukonjam over dhan. enna panrathufriend ah poiteenga. Ok then atleastoru treat avathu kudunga. Wishing ua happy married life in advance.

With Love, Anitha & Latha , TCS

Hi Bijuboy,We wish you Many More HappyReturns of the day!!.May all your dreams come true!!Have a Delighted Birthday!!!Make this Birthday unforgettable bygiving us a very Big Treat!!!.

Best wishes from ACF Team, MphasiS an EDS Company

Hi Melbin,On this special day we wish u a very

happy birthday.may it brigs loads ofhappiness and joy in your life.have agreat ahead

regardvibin, Allsec technologies ltd

Dear Monu,Here is wishing you a fun lled Bdayn a Fabulous year ahead..May all ur dreams come true in theyear tat blooms out new..

With LuvShaji, TC

Dear Sai Kalyan,We wish you a many more happyreturns of the day. May God blessyou & Your family a good health ,Wealth and Happiness.

Best Wishes FromContainer Centralen Team,Tata Consultancy Services.

Angu & Priya,Congratulation. Will become anexcellent pair in next few months.

Cheerful wishes from Sekar alias Gilli,Vinoth alias Kuruvi, Arjun alias Billa,

Kishore alias Villu, Karthik alias Perarasu,Prasanna alias Durga

Dear Dhana,Wish you belated birth day wishes.May God showers his blossoms onyou...

by ever lovingUsha & Vidya, TCS

Vivek Madhavan from TATA Consultancy Services hasbeen nominated as Ofce Angel by his Teammates.

He is the man who canimpress anyone with his smile.

He is an example for how aprofessional as well as humanbeing should be. He is always

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Ganesha nds this to be a good day if you pwork on softwares. Logical discussions mighlead to a specic goal, but will provide a lotlearning. You might start intellectual discusswith your beloved, says Ganesha.

You vocal chords seem blessed today, wherewill see all your work getting done just by gcommunication. Important meetings too will successful. The evening might be spent in gocompany of your beloved over a quiet dinne

Deep logic and renewed energy will make yvery active today. Hence you might be able develop new softwares. On the romantic fronmay feel bliss as you and your partner sharesame intense feelings for each other.

You may feel frustrated at the ofce becausefeel that you are wasting a lot of time and ebehind some things. However, your sweetheahelp you to cool down by showering you witassures Ganesha.

Ganesha warns you against stubborn issues wnever seem to get solved. You might try to iothers with your skill or try to negotiate at wtoday. Ganesha feel your partner will be morexpressive than you today.

Today all your actions mean business. Yoube wasting time in futile matters which donvalue to your current prole. In short, Ganesthinks your focus will be career and progresproper attention to love life.

Have you been waiting for a raise since agelucky day is nally here.Ganesha feels that yexperience job security as well as a strong dquick progress. You will end the day with abeautiful company.

You might feel frustration due to delay of yocurrent projects. Precisely, the day is not so gfor you today. On the romantic front, you wiremain physically attracted towards your belosays Ganesha .

Even though the day will be busy today, youenergy levels might not be able to match wiwork pressure. Dont take up important softw

designing or code- planning today. In personrelations, you will remain more exible.

Ganesha feels that some of your colleagues try to compete with you today. You are advisbe careful and alert. On the same lines, beinand careful will help you in your personalrelationships as well.

You might have frequent mood swings todayresulting into inattentiveness at work. You wto do multiple things today. On the relationsfront, you will have a smooth time says GanNevertheless, arguments should be avoided.

Ganesha feels that your mind will function icomplete form, allowing you to nish off yoeasily. You may work on your priority list tAfter the day ends, you are likely to make hmeet your beloved.

Words worthFiant (fee-unt) an obsolete wordmeaning (of an animal, especiallybudgers and foxes) to castexcrement.

Call for helpA Polish student called the cops toreport his mother for psychologicaltorture after she told him to take abath and tidy his room.


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