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Friday, July 17, 2009A BYTE OF LIFE

BRUNI AND ASONGFor Mandela

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When the world listened to himSeventeen-year-old Samuel Venkatesan from Krishnagiri district makes

a point talking on child rights at the Junior 8 summit held in Rome.

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Learn about blood donationDo you and your colleagues want to donate blood? But, you do notknow how to go about it. Or, are looking if someone can conduct acamp in your campus? K.R. Ramesh, who is the district chairperson forLions District (324A6) for blood donation camps, is ready to offer youany assistance. Do call him at 98415 85865 to know more.

Make a differenceFour lms on climate change and environment made under theU.K. Environment Film Fellowship 2009 will be screened on July 18,

in association with Discovery Channel.The lms are: Dont Rubbish it by Chandrasekhar Reddy; TheChange-makers by Gurmeet Sapal; Indias Climate Fever by ArjunPandey and The Final Tide by Vikram Mishra and Praveen Singh.The screening starts at 6.30 p.m., followed by a discussion with

lmmakers.

Movies

Quiz bytesThe Indian Quizzing League has come out

with KnowBytes. The online quiz-letterwill be delivered every weekend andcomes with facts, titbits and the latestfrom across the globe. The letter iscustomised to the needs of quizenthusiasts and is for all age groups. Toget your copy email [email protected] orvisit http://iquiz.wordpress.comFor details call Karthik (9962070090)/ Ananthashankar (9176287344).

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Want toact?Theatre group Evaminvites you to join intheir theatre class,where variousaspects of the artincluding acting,body language,voice, creativity andstorytelling will betaught. Theworkshop will beheld on July 18 and19.For details call9940438669/ 9840281513

TheatreSpring/summerKrishna Mehtaselegant spring/summer2009 collection is ondisplay at Amethyst.Extrovert creations,mono-design shapeswith gay colours,woven silk ikats,luminous chiffons andgeorgettes, sequinsand woven gotaembroidery there islot to choose from.Shop between 11.30a.m. and 6 p.m. atAmethyst, 14 / 30,Padmavathi Road,Jeypore Colony,Gopalapuram

Sale

Sizzling delightsSociety, the casual dining restaurant at The Ambassador Pallava, ishosting a Sizzler Fest. The fest offers a variety of hot andscrumptious sizzlers. The festival is open for dinner (7.30 pmonwards) from July 18 to 26.For reservations please call 2855 4476.

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The condition of young girls inShoolagiri is pitiable. They have to do household chores before rushing to school. With only twobuses plying in the village, chil-dren are bound to miss the class and hence fail in their examina-tions. Once out of school, they are married off, then they are ha-rassed for dowry and later they commit suicide .

Samuel Venkatesan summedup the life of an average vil-lage girl in Tamil Nadu from birth to death for the

next 10 minutes. Listening to the17-year-olds talk in chaste Tamil was an august audience repre-senting the G8 summit in Rome.

On Thursday, Samuel recount-ed all his J8 experiences at a pressconference.

He is among the three Indianstudents who represented thecountry in the Junior 8 (J8) sum-mit. Sanjukta Pangi from Orissaand Narendra Kumar from UttarPradesh, his counterparts, spokeon equal rights for the girl child,school transport and quality edu-cation.

ChatterboxTwo years ago, Nalanda Way

was in Krishnagiri to select stu-dents for training in lmmaking,an initiative they did jointly withthe UNICEF. For the audition I was asked to speak on any topicof interest for a few minutes. I ama chatterbox and I spoke as

usual, recalls Samuel, who is therst person from his village inKrishnagiri district to completesecondary education.

Thanks to the training given by the NGO, Samuel already has twoshort lms Accham Thavir and

Nipped in the bud to his credit.His other credential: Samuel is astudent reporter and writes forVaandu Soundu, a newsletter cir-culated in schools, Collectorateand other government organisa-tions in the district.

Call for J8 While J8 and his meeting with

other delegates will remain a his-tory, Samuel cannot forget re-counting his rst ight journey.

When I told my mom she was worried, he says about his moth-er who is a domestic helper inBangalore. Plane la pogaatha..adhu thannikulla vizhundirum ..(Do not travel by ight. It will fall

into water), were Shantas initialreactions when Samuel said hehas to y to Rome. It is his ma-ternal uncle, Ramamurthy, a lorry driver, who supports his educa-tion. He gave him condence tocarry on.

Rome was very beautiful anthe Italian Parliament was huge. Ialso met Italian Youth MinisterShe was always smiling and liked her. My rst dinner ther was fun. I was waiting to have grand feast, but they gave me something like our snacks in smalportions. With that they said thedinner was over, Samuel jabbersaway innocently.

Ladies rstBut Samuel also has an unfu

lled wish, that he missed thchance to meet Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. My counter-parts knew Hindi and they wereat ease, but everything was Gree

and Latin for me. They showeme a piece of paper and told meto sign on it. Only later I realiseSanjukta Pangi was the personselected to meet him, he smiles

However, he pacied himsesaying, Its always ladies rst our country. One thing was fosure, Samuel was everyones favourite drawing attention fohis sign language but still mingling with the guests. For instance, Samuel spoke for close toan hour to an Italian Chef, saySatish of NalandaWay, who accompanied him to the Summit.

To the pointSo, what was Samuels learnin

experiences. Many. We shared alot, I actually learnt about childright in Rome, he says. The student of vocational training, how-ever, is sad that he and manyothers like him in Indian villagecannot speak English. When thechildren of developed countriesdemand right to watch movies we from the developing countriesask for basic education, he concludes, saying he will implementhe action plan of the J8 in hivillage.

Samuel Venkatesan, achirpy Plus Onestudent of Government Higher Secondary School inShoolagiri, wasthe favourite of the delegatesat the J8 summit held recently in Rome

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The rockstarof J8 summit

All smiles: Samuel VenkatesanPHOTO: R. SHIVAJI RAO

Samuel shakes hands withItalian Youth MinisterGiorgia Meloni. PHOTO: PTI

Watch for a causeChennai Social Service, an NGO, is selling tickets for Harry Potter and theHalf-Blood Prince for the 8.30 a.m. show on July 19 at Sathyam Cinemas.The tickets are priced at Rs.150 for premium class. The proceeds will gotowards charity. For booking and more details contact,Balaji - 9884734284 or Venkat - 9841550476

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Cops arrest opium-laced hat makerThai police have arrested a Hmong hill tribe woman oncharges of embroidering opium into handicrafts for exportto the US, according to a media report.Police arrested Payia Saesong, 46, who was caught in theact of embroidering 710 grams of opium into six tribalhats in her home in Nan province, 300 kilometres north-west of Bangkok, The Nation reported.Payia, a member of the Hmong ethnic minority group,told police it was the rst time she had sewed opium intothe handicrafts on the instructions of her husbandTongpor, who was at large.

DPA

Man tries to x airbed,blows up apartmentA German who tried to x his leaky air mattress blew uphis apartment instead, the re brigade in the western cityof Duesseldorf said.The 45-year-old man used tyre repair solvent to plug a holein his airbed and left it overnight.But it blew up when he went to inate it the next day. Aspark from the electric air pump ignited it, a re brigadespokesman said.The blast pushed his living room wall into the buildings

stairwell and causedextensive damage towalls, windows andfurniture.Fire ghters evacuatedthe 12-apartmentbuilding and a

neighbouring housingblock while theychecked for structuraldamage.The man suffered burnson his arms, while athree-year-old girlsuffered rst degreeburns.

Reuters

A Swisschocolate thatdoesnt meltA Swiss company hasclaimed to havedeveloped a newchocolate that wontmelt in hands or roomtemperature, and iteyes India and China aspotential markets forthe new product,according to a mediareport.The chocolate Volcano produced by Barry Callebautcompany will only melt when the temperature crosses 55degrees Celsius, RIA Novosti news agency reported quotingGermanys Die Spiegel newspaper.This is an impressive idea! said Daniel Burki, a nancialanalyst from Switzerlands Zurcher Kantonalbank,commenting on the sales prospects for the new chocolate.The company believes Volcano will become a hit in suchcountries like India and China where chocolate melts onshop shelves, and where owners do not have enoughmoney to buy expensive refrigerators, the report said.

IANS

Carla Bruni-Sarokzy will leada glittering line-up of starsat a concert to mark NelsonMandelas birthday, in whatwill be her rst public show since

becoming Frances First Lady.Bruni-Sarkozy, a model-turned-musician, will perform forthe rst time in public since mar-rying French President NicolasSarkozy at the concert at RadioCity Music Hall in MadisonSquare Garden.

The event, which also stars Ste-vie Wonder and soul queenAretha Franklin, ends a week of celebrations for the 91st birthday of the former South African Presi-dent.

Mr Mandela is an iconic sta-tesman whose sacrice and lea-dership has had an enormousimpact on humanity, the orga-nisers said in a statement.

The concert aims to raise fundsfor Campaign 46664, named after

Mandelas former prisoner num-ber when he was jailed for 27 years under the South Africanapartheid regime before becom-ing the countrys rst black Presi-dent in 1994.

Other stars to take part on Sat-urday will include Hollywoodstars Forest Whitaker, Susan Sa-randon and Matt Damon, the or-ganisers said.

AFP

BRUNITO SING FOR

MANDELA

Beckham gets new tattooDavid Beckham is so fascinated with tattoos that he ignored hiswife Victorias pleas to avoid another one and went ahead and

inked his body again - this time with a ring of roses on his left arm.Beckham is said to be planning a pair of tattoo sleeves coveringhis right and left arms. In December last year, he is said to haveangered his wife by adding a biblical proverb to his arm, reporteddailymail.co.uk .Victoria doesnt think David should have any more tattoos andtried to stop him having another. She likes them but wants a bit ofhis skin to be left, but David went ahead with it anyway, said asource close to the couple.

IANS

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Taking a lead from their Hollywood counterparts, Bollywood starsare getting online, using the Internet to get closer to their fans.

Actresses from Shilpa Shetty and Celina Jaitley to actors AamirKhan, Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan are posting photos,

videos and their thoughts on lms and life on personal websites.Social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut are also a preferred

medium to keep fans up to date with new releases and events. And although no Bollywood star has yet to surpass US actor Ashton

Kutchers massive 2.75 million followers on Twitter, Bollywood is alsotaking to the micro-blogging site to interact with fans without tradi-tional media lters.

Leading star Priyanka Chopra says writing is therapeutic and thatshe is now hooked on Twitter.

It started as a lark, a quest of discovery, and now I nd my ngerstwitching for my Nokia or my laptop wherever something interesting happens, she told The Hindustan Times .

I have great fun interacting with my Tweeps. At least they believeits the real me, unlike some of you guys, who still arent sure that itsme reading your mails.

Chopras Twitter feed - www.twitter.com/priyankachopra - reveals

her recent thoughts on everything from Michael Jacksons death toupdates about her shooting schedule and even the monsoon rains.Sonam Kapoor follows a similar line, tweeting on the banal, like

her favourite television shows, to her next lm project, Aisha , based onEnglish author Jane Austens 1815 novel Emma .

Mayank Shekhar, national cultural editor at The Hindustan Times ,said the switch to technology - despite the low Internet penetration inIndia - makes perfect sense given the growing hunger for Bollywoodnews.

Theres been an increase in the number of newspapers and televi-sion stations that are after the same ve people. Most newspapershave ve to 10 pages (on Bollywood) every day, he said.

Bachchan, for example, updates his blog bigb.bigadda.com daily,musing at length on life and responding personally to his many fanscomments. He also picks apart every news item written about him,giving his own response.

Most recently, the 66-year-old has been giving updates on his healthafter a recurring stomach complaint.

Reporters got the entire story from his blog. All the information was

in his post that day. It was as good as the reporter having spoken tohim, said Shekhar. Actor Aamir Khan also ew into a storm after writing on his website

www.aamirkhan.com that he had named one of his dogs Shah Rukh,fuelling the rivalry between him and his namesake Shah Rukh Khan.

But mostly, new technology is used to maintain a strong fan base.People nd it awesome that a movie star writes to them, said

Shekhar. AFP

Celebrities are now keeping followers upto date via the web

Check Shilpas posts on www.shilpashettylive.com.For latest info on Celina visit www.mycelinajaitley.com.Follow Priyanka on www.twitter.com/priyankachopra.Aaamir blogs on www.aamirkhan.com .Read Big Bs musings on www.bigb.bigadda.com.Find out more about Sonam on www.sonam-kapoor.net.Salman blogs at www.salmankhan.net .PHOTOS: S. SUBRAMANIUM, RAJEEV BHATT, AFP, PTI

Bollywood tweetsBLOGS FOR THE FANS

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TT squad announcedPromising paddler Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan have been

included in the 16-member Indian squad for the 15th Asian JuniorTable Tennis Championship to be held in Jaipur from July 22. BothSoumyajit and Sathiyan will be competing alongside Raj Mondal andHarmeet Desai in junior (U-18) boys category, while Ankita Das,Mallika Bhandarkar, Shreya Ghosh and Charvi Kavle will be vying fortop honours in the junior girls section. In cadet (U-15) boyscategory, India will be represented by Sandipan Dey, Rajeeb Sarkar,Abhishek Yadav and Utkarsh Gupta. Mallika Bhandarkar, T R Rishiya,Camila Sil and Monika Batra will lead the hosts challenge in thecadet girls section. Sunil Babras, V K Agrawal and Mantu Ghosh willaccompany the team as coaches for the ve-day tournament to beheld at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Teams

Junior boys: Soumyajit Ghosh, G Sathiyan, Raj Mondal, HarmeetDesai; girls: Ankita Das, Mallika Bhandarkar, Shreya Ghosh, CharviKavle. Cadet boys: Rajeeb Sarkar, Abhishek Yadav, Sandipan Dey,Utkarsh Gupta; girls: Mallika Bhandarkar, Monika Batra, Camila Sil, TR Rishiya.

PTI

Love allBarely a few days after her

engagement, tennis ace Sania Mirzahas returned to the courts, but thistime in the company of her anceSohrab Mirza. Sania for the rst timeturned out for practice at the L BStadium in Hyderabad on Wednesdayalong with her childhood friendSohrab with whom she got engagedon July 10. She is expected to departfor the US on Thursday night. Wehave tried to spend as much time aspossible. This is where (stadium) I ammost of the time, so he (Sohrab Mirza)decided to join me and he is alsogetting interested in tennis, Saniasaid. He can also enjoy watching mepractice and enjoy watching me play.He is a lot into other kind of sports buthe follows my career whenever I amplaying, she added.

Former India cricket captainSourav Ganguly added an-other feather to his cap when he was awarded an

honorary fellowship by the Uni-versity of Central Lancashire.Ganguly, who retired from inter-national cricket late last year afterplaying 113 Tests and 311 ODIs, was conferred the fellowship forhis unparalleled determinationcoupled with grit and talent.

It is a huge honour. When Icame to know about this a few months ago, I felt proud and Imhappy to be here, Ganguly saidafter personally receiving the fel-lowship from Dharma Kovvuri,acting dean of UCLAN manage-

ment faculty, Wednesday at Lan-cashire. I have a long-termassociation with Lancashire Ihad my rst One-day Interna-tional (after comeback) at OldTrafford 13 years ago and had astint with Lancashire County Cricket Club, the 37-year-oldcricketer said. The best thing I

remember about Lancashire wasin April 2000 when I turned up at10 degree temperature. I wasstanding in the slips and couldnttake my hands out of my pocketsas it was so cold. Luckily, Michael Atherton asked me to go at mid-on where I put some hand warm-ers in my pockets and kept myself warm, he added.

Ganguly said he would set uphis own institution for childrenfrom pre-school to college age inKolkata and build links withUCLan. Praising Ganguly for hiscontribution in cricket, DharmaKovvuri said, Its a great honourfor the university that we havebeen able to nominate Sourav

and its great he has accepted. He(Ganguly) has been a great am-bassador for Indian cricket and as we all know, he has been themost successful Indian cricketcaptain and for him to accept theaward from the university is agreat honour for us.

PTI

Lancashire University confers honorary fellowship to Ganguly

Honour forDADA

Toro Rosso re BourdaisFrances Sebastien Bourdais has been red by Toro Rosso team, the FormulaOne outt announced on Thursday. The Frenchman fell out of favour followinglacklustre performances in this years Formula One campaign and will not racefor the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26.

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If he plays to the end of the series, whether Andrew (Flintoff) wanted it that way or not, Ive beenin teams where its happened in Australia, and it can be distracting. Knowing the stature he has in

the game in England, I can see it turning into a farewell tour. The know this is his last chance to play hereand then at Edgbaston and Headingley and so on Im sure there will be a bit of a circus around him.

Ricky Pon

David Beckham says he expectsto nd another half-year loandeal ahead of the World Cupnext year to keep himself in En-

gland manager Fabio Capellos plansfor the tournament in South Africa.Beckham spent the Major LeagueSoccer (MLS) off-season and therst part of this current season onloan at AC Milan in Italy and said hehoped to nd a similar arrangementnext year.

Leading up to the World Cup, theEngland manager has made it very clear to me that I need to be playing ata European level, Beckham said

ahead of his return match for LA Gal-axy against rivals New York Red Bulls.So I will do everything possible... Illalways regret it if I didnt do everyth-ing and to give myself a chance to beinvolved in that. At the moment my priority is the rest of the season andalso playing and keeping in every squad for England and representing my country... Going forward of courseI want to be involved in the WorldCup, Ive not hidden that fact.

Beckhams extended loan with Mi-lan upset many at the Galaxy, withresentment spilling over into a publicspat with team-mate Landon Dono-van who questioned his commitmentto the team. The pair have said theirdifferences are water under the

bridge, but the prospect of Beckhamnot starting next season with theteam he is contracted to is unlikely to win over sceptical fans.

Coach unconcernedGalaxy coach Bruce Arena, howev-

er, said he was unconcerned aboutany disruption that might be causedby Beckhams movements. I think having David Beckham on our team is just a fabulous asset. It was a little bitawkward, the loan process, but fully within the conditions of his contract. And we were fully in agreement withit and signed off on it. We knew thepros and cons attributed with Davidleaving on loan, he said. Ive had a

great 30 years coach-ing. This is a high point.Not a low point. Itsfabulous to have aplayer of this calibreon our squad. I look forward to working with David the re-mainder of the season.

Beckham, who previous-ly stated he would like another stint with Milan, said re-joining the Serie A club would by no means lead to aplace in the World Cup squad, wereEngland to qualify. At the momentall Im concentrating on is being partof this team (L.A) and being success-ful with this team. Once the season isover, then I will decide and decide

what I do from then on.Aiming for South Africa

Beckham said a six-month deal wasnecessary to be in top shape for selec-tion, rather than a shorter January-to-March deal that would t in the MLSoff-season. I think it would have tobe (six months), obviously, leading upto the World Cup. But with the lastloan, it worked out pretty well, he said. Im not going to sit here and say it was ide-al and it was perfect, be-cause at the end of the day it was great for myself.

Reuters

Beckham eyes another

half-year loan in Europe

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Ever since Prabal Gurung lefthis employer in the gar-ment district, last winter,and sank his savings into

his own label, at the worst pos-sible time, he has been moreaware of the silly and duplicitousnature of fashion. It may just behim, or the economy, but hedoesnt think so.

Gurung learned to make beau-tiful clothes at Bill Blass. Therewas really no reason for a youngman to work at a dusty rm likeBlass except to learn things thatonly old tailors knew. He stayedve years. But when friends inthe industry heard of his plans tostart a line, they seemed to for-

get about tailoring and craft.They told him he should makeclothes like Balmain.

Gurung wanted to laugh. Bal-main was hot, but he couldntsee how it beneted anyone tohave another designer do torn

jeans and $12,000 beaded mini-dresses.

Its not my voice, he said.Before the recession hit, the

sophisticated voice was someth-ing that American buyers andeditors said they wanted to see.It was as though the system, atleast in New York, had becomeawash in brand-spouting hip-sters, trust-fund kids with hand-bag lines and Project Runway

rejects. Where were the smartgrown-ups?Gurung, a calm, observant 30-

year-old who grew up in Kat-mandu, in Nepal, impressed peo-ple at his debut in February. Hisclothes had conspicuous polish,both in sensibility and cut. No-body uses the word chic much to-day, but thats what they were.His lanky cashmere jackets, mas-culine trousers in wool or leath-er, and splashes of feathersrecalled Saint Laurent. The pro-portions were modern.

Womens Wear Daily put hisone-shoulder red silk faille dresson its cover. Four stores boughtthe line, including Blooming-

dales and DNA, a boutique in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, owned bPrincess Deena Abdulaziz, whosadvance payment helped Gurung pay some bills.

Young and goingAlthough sexier, the clothes o

Joseph Altuzarra, another newdesigner (he spent two years atGivenchy), have also shown uusual nesse. Altuzarra, 25, whdesigns and produces his clothein Europe but lives in a smaone-bedroom apartment on Lex-ington Avenue, admits he ipushed by the creativity of European stars like Nicolas Ghequiere of Balenciaga. Yet th

designer he probably admiremost is Tom Ford, the formeGucci creative director, becaushe knew what women wantedat a certain moment.

Altuzarras draped dresses iivory or lilac georgette dressewith ruched details express thabalance between extreme mo-dernity and feminine practicality. In business for two seasonhe picked up half a dozen newstores for fall, including HoRenfrew and Colette in Paris, iaddition to Barneys and Ikram iChicago (the pipeline retailer toMichelle Obama).

Despite the terrifying economic news of last winter and then

the broad reappraisal of luxuryspending, Gurung and Altuzarrawhose prices are $1,500 t$2,500, have done pretty well fothemselves.

Yet it is clear from talking tthem that their main strugglehas been with the expectationsof an industry that has enjoyedtoo much money and celebrity, iprone to mystication and is faslosing the ability to recognizwhat makes a design original omodern _ and not.

Ive certainly been told whoneed to be hanging out with,Gurung said one afternoon in hitiny studio apartment on EasFourth Street. Although th

The story of fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Joseph Altuzarra

On their own,and making it work

An invitationJapanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, who survived the atomicbombing of Hiroshima, has urged the U.S. President Barack Obamato visit the city on the anniversary of the attack as part of his driveto rid the world of nuclear arms.

Prabal Gurung withone of his works (right)

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place was clean and neat, withroom for a bed, a bookcase, atable and an area for ttings, hetypically shows his clothes tobuyers in an apartment that be-longs to a rich friend.

Five or six years ago buyers ex-pected to nd a young designersleeping in a hole next to his fab-rics. Thats where they found Mi-guel Adrover. He had evenstopped paying the rent, he wasso down and out. Now, though,they expect to see a designer in aluxury apartment he cant pos-sibly afford.

So Gurung obliges. Thats thegame.

I like being frugal, he said.It limits you; it makes youthink. Because of the recessionhe has been able to get deals onfabrics. And because of his back-ground on Seventh Avenue, hehas been able to negotiate with

local factories eager for extrasewing to keep their workers bu-sy. You have to go to Nepal tounderstand what real difcultyis, he said. The East Village its not that bad.

Both Gurung and Altuzarrasaid they had received good ad-vice from retailers. Altuzarra,who started his business withmoney from his father, an invest-ment banker, and recently need-ed a new injection to coverproduction costs said buyerswanted to see more variety in hisline. They said American womenwouldnt wear dresses without abra.

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Couture brought mehappiness, they were the best yearsof my life, Madame

Carven recalls with a smile ata celebration to mark her ap-proaching 100th birthday.

Only a diminutive 1 metre55 (ve foot one) in her stock-ing feet, for half a century she was the favourite designer of petite women.

In recognition of her contri-bution to fashion and immi-nent birthday on August 31,the French Federation of Cou-ture threw a party for her inthe gardens of the Musee Gal-liera at the end of the haute-couture shows for next winter.

I know this place very well.This is where I always showedmy collections, she told AFP.

Frustrated by the lack of clothes suitable for small women like herself, Carmende Tommaso dropped plansto become an architect or in-terior designer and took theremedy into her own hands.In 1945, she opened her ownhouse under the name Car-ven. Her fresh and carefreestyle was an immediate hit with actresses like Leslie Ca-ron and Martine Carol and young girls around the world,including the future wife of President Valery Giscard dEs-taing, whose wedding dressshe designed.

Couture brought me greathappiness, the joy of creating.I did everything I could tomake women beautiful, shesays, still immaculate herself in an elegant green suit, herfavourite colour, with a pearlnecklace.

I started out withoutanyone. Now you need a

sponsor, everything is very ex-pensive, very difcult.

Culture Minister FredericMitterrand, nephew of thelate Socialist President, paidtribute to her as one of themost eminent creative forcesin French and internationalfashion.

On a more personal note,he recalled that his motherwas always dressed by Mad-ame Carven and that for himshe felt like part of thefamily.

For all agesI sold Carven Junior dress-

es and took the Carven Juniorcollection to the United Statesin 1964, he admitted. In theimmediate post-war years,marked by the return toprominence of male designerslike Christian Dior and Jac-ques Fath, Madame Carvenwas something of an excep-tion, according to FlorenceMiller, who teaches at theFrench Fashion Institute.

She had the intuition toappeal to young girls at a time when the couturiers mostly dressed older women.

Her style was practical, at-tering, very feminine, very close to what women actually wanted, she explained. She wasnt into building a spec-tacular image for her label,like Dior, for example.

Madame Carven only nal-ly gave up designing in 1993,in her 84th year, to concen-trate on her passion for oldfurniture and antiques. Today her house is owned by the Pa-ris group SCM and has aban-doned hautecouture to focuson ready-to-wear.

AFP

Madame Carven, petite womensfavourite designer, turns 100

Littlewonder

Couture brought me great happiness, the joy of creating. I did everything I could to

make women beautiful

Chinese touchGerman designer Michael Michalsky is to design clothing for a Chinese fashion brand, dailyFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.

Joseph Altuzarra

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Shakira sheds clothesin new video

After pop star Britney Spearsstripped for her song Toxic , nowsinger Shakira does the same forher new track She wolf . TheColombian singer will be seendancing provocatively in a cage forthe video. Flicking her blondelocks around, she hangs upsidedown as she warbles along in hertrademark sound, reportedthesun.co.uk.

She Wolf is the rst single takenfrom Shakiras forthcoming Englishlanguage album of the samename.

IANS

Y et another foreign directorhas set his sights on Mum-bais slums. After Danny Boyles dark and passion-ate look at the city in Slumdog Millionaire , it is American di-rector Paul Schraders turn tomake a lm in Mumbai.

Schrader is set to direct Ex-treme City , a Mumbai-based un-derworld drama. Produced by Anubhav Sinha, the lm will beshot in and around the slums of Dharavi and will star both Hol-lywood and Bollywood stars.

I cant deny theres tremen-dous interest in another Mum-bai slum saga after Slumdog Millionaire . But our project wasrmed in much before Dannyslm released, said Sinha, whohad a hush-hush meeting withthe director-producer.

Mumbai, already under muchglobal scrutiny after Slumdog Millionaire , is expected to getmore tourist boost with Schrad-ers lm.

To have Schrader agree tomake a lm for me is a dreamcome true. Paul came down toIndia rst in July. When I sug-gested he make a lm for me, he was surprised. Paul Schradermaking a lm for an Indian pro-

ducer does sound strange,doesnt it?

He didnt give an immediateanswer. But at the Toronto FilmFestival in October 2008 he -nally agreed. Hes writing anddirecting a drama-thriller tenta-tively titled Extreme City for me. Weve otherwise been interact-ing for two years, said Sinha, who has directed lms like Cash(2007) Dus (2005) Tum Bin(2001).

Schraders scriptural collabo-rations with Martin Scorsese formovies like Taxi Driver andRaging Bull and his hugely in-uential directorial projects like American Gigolo, Cat People Mishima and Hardcore havemade an impact on several lm-makers.

Extreme City will be shot lar-gely in Mumbai and Schrader will soon nalise his script forthe lm.

Paul has started work on thescript. Itll be an English-lan-guage lm. But the Indian char-acters will speak their naturallanguage. The Mumbai under- world is familiar to Hindi lm-goers but not to a global au-dience, said Sinha.

IAN


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Robert Redford tiesthe knot with long-time girlfriend

Hollywood actor RobertRedford has married his longtime girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars.The wedding ceremony visitedby around 30 guests took placein Hamburg, Germany.

The pastor revealed that theceremony was carried out in thelocal language, as the actorunderstood German.

According to the HamburgerAbendblatt daily the couple nowplan to celebrate in an ofcialwedding party in Mexico inSeptember.

The pair had been seeing eachother since 1996.

ANI

MJ danced for hours to beat insomniaA friend of Michael Jackson has revealed that the late King of Pop tried to beat hisinsomnia by dancing for hours. Publicist Rob Goldstone has revealed that during hisBad tour in the late 80s, Jackson used to have a dance oor installed in hotel rooms.

Hollywoods Paul Schrader to make the lm

Extreme City, another lm onMumbai slums

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Hollywood actress Ca-meron Diaz credits herparents 39-year mar-riage for her success in

Hollywood. The 36-year-oldstar, who lost her father topneumonia last year, still be-lieves that the long-lasting love her parents shared is oneof the key contributors to hersterling on-screen success to-day.

Its a bond that is so true,so pure, and so powerful, it isthe most beautiful and inspir-ing thing that I have ever wit-nessed the eternal love thatmy mom and dad shared,Fox News quoted Diaz as say-ing.

It was what has given methe strength and courage tolive this extraordinary life andit is what powers the lightthat burns inside of me, sheadded.

Meanwhile, Diaz is report-edly in talks to star in comicbook movie Green Hornet.

According to EW.com, theCharlies Angels star has beenoffered to play the lead, op-posite Canadian actor SethRogen.

The lm to be directed by

Michel Gondry is set to go be-fore cameras later this sum-mer.

ANI

Diaz owes itto her parents

AFP


Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse di-vorced from her estranged husband, BlakeFielder-Civil, in London on Thursday after two years of marriage, her spokesman said.

The 25-year-old won ve Grammy awards off the back of her debut album Back to Black andthe hit single Rehab, but has since been en-gaged in a well-documented struggle withdrugs.

Fielder-Civils spokesman said in January that the 27-year-old had begun divorce pro-ceedings against Winehouse on the grounds of Amys adultery.

The couple married in Miami in May 2007,but have had a tempestuous relationship, whileFielder-Civil spent much of last year behindbars for a vicious attack on a pub landlord and asubsequent attempt to cover it up.

AFP

Amy Winehousedivorces

Keen to work with Kareena,not AshImran Khan says he would rather share screenspace with Kareena Kapoor than Aishwarya Rai.

I am most keen to work with Kareena. Both ofus shot for a chat show last week and I hadgreat fun, Imran told reporters. Imran was athis wittiest and generous best at an event tocelebrate the success of FM Radio Mirchis show18 Hamesha along with RJ Stutee.

IANS

Katrina concernedabout global warmingBollywood actress Katrina Kaif, who is ridinghigh on the success of her recent hit New York ,may not be worried about her career graph, but

is sure concernedabout global

warming. Globalwarming isbecoming a veryserious issue. It iscrippling theworld and asindividuals it isour responsibilitythat we make aconscious effortto deal with it inour own littleway and makethe world abetter place tolive, Katrinasaid in a

statement. -IANS

Anne Hathaways pizza treatAnne Hathaway has apparently shown how much she cares about her fans, for shetreated people waiting in line to see her nal performance in Shakespeare playTwelfth Night with pizza. According to reports, fans had to wait overnight fortickets to see Hathaway close her run in New Yorks annual Shakespeare in the Parkevent last week, as the tickets were available on a rst-come, rst-served basis.

Cine City

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Atul Kumar form Verizon Data Service India Limited has nominated histeam as Partners in Crime. This picture was cliccked during their teamlunch at Rain Tree, Chennai.

Alston Daril Alex from Wipro has nominated his friends for Partners inCrime. This picture was taken at Mayajaal.

Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy from HCL Technologies has nominated hisfriends as Partners in Crime. The picture was taken at Queensland.

Sakthivel S. from Mindtree Ltd has nominated his friends as Partners inCrime. This picture was taken at the Paranur Railway Station.

Stanley Davidson from Hexaware Technologies has nominated his teamas Partners in crime. This pic was clicked at Bala Gurukulam orphanage.

M. Ramachandran from TCS E-Serve Ltd has nominated his friendsas Partners in Crime. This picture was clicked at Valparai.

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Hi Lavy,Wish U many many more Happyreturns of the Day.... May God bless uwith all His Grace throughout urlife... Wish U a Happy and ProsperousLife ahead... Enjoy the Day... andKeep smiling.. Hope U will get a newmob from ur dad atleast for thisbirthday...:-)Regards, Testing-29 Batch mates, Cognizant

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Dear Malathy,May you have all the joy your heartcan hold, All the smiles a day canbring, All the blessings a life canunfold, May you have Gods best ineverything. Wish you many morehappy returns of the day

Best wishes, Shanthini, CTS

Dear Sowmiya,Wish you a happy birthday .May yoube gifted with lots ofhappiness,health,love and joys to lastall year through.May you have all the

joy your heart can hold.All the smilesa day can bring.All the blessings a

life can unhold..Stay happy &stay young!!!!!.

With tons of love, Maria Vinita, Rashma, Infosys.

Dear PrincyWish you a happy and joyful birthday.your all wishes be granted by god inthe upcoming years and may youhave a bright .successful futureahead.wish you fantastic birthday.cheers! god bless you...

By Vinoop, Sanumon, Gladson,Sruthi, Sinuver, Riya .

Hi Prasanna,Wish you many more happy returnsof the day!!!

Special wishes from: Sangeetha, Chintu,Sathya and Dhivya, Infosys

Hi WINGS (sivagami),ADVANCE many more happy &prosperous returns of the day. Ishould denitely say this, we accept aperson as a friend when he/she goodto us, but sivagami is an exceptionbecause she is too good to all. Havea long life darling.Saranya Mahadevan, HCL TECHNOLOGIES

Dear Suganya Sekar,This special Birthday greeting is beingsent your way, With may happywishes For a truly perfect day. Hereshoping that Your birthday Will bring,All you really do deserve The bestof everything. Happy Birthday Sugan! Ammu, Dhiv, Nivi, Sasi, Suji, Sumi, Wipro

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joy. Wish you a advance happyBday!!!

With Love, DhivyaInfosys Technologies Ltd

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May this special day be lled withsweet memories and happy hours.Wishing you all the fun andexcitement that only birthdays canbring!

With Cheers, Human Resources, Coastal Training Technologies

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Regards, Shanmugam B HCL Technologies

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FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT

PREVIOUS ISSUES SOLUTIONS

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Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pattn

Your mood may play tricks on you. Try to refocused, all will be ne. Ganesha feels that tahead may be dull with not much excitemenwill be occupied with work. On the love fronday to solve some old issues with your partn

Your condence and decision taking ability wtoday. Ganesha feels that you will be able tocorrectly judge things long before they happwill be helpful not only on the professional it may also help your relationship with your

Today you may have to prioritize out of the most important things; work, home and frienpositive part is, you will feel wanted and thiboost your spirits. Thanks to your good mooyour efciency at work may double!

There is no end to learning, but you seem toa mood to overdo it. Make sure it is one thtime, advises Ganesha. Also, do not forget tdown all the important information you mayacross. The day will end on a happy note.

You may need to be vocal about everything be it at ofce or at home. So stretch your vochords a little. However, dont let your wordanyone, warns Ganesha. The easiest bet wouto choose the right words.

You need to schedule your timetable accurattoday. Ganesha predicts a busy day for you, professional as well as domestic front. Do nthis busy day affect your relationship with clfriends. Haste makes waste, advises Ganesha

Investments if made for a long term may proprotable, feels Ganesha. Other than that, thmay be spent discussing money matters withexperts, friends or colleagues. You may nd difcult to solve issues associated with dome

Everyone has to face rivals in life, in one fothe other. Ganesha warns you against rivals disguise, some of your colleagues. The only to lead the rat race is to work with honestydevotion. Hard work pays, says Ganesha.

A pretty dull and vapid day, feels Ganesha. spice it up with some fun lled activities wifamily, friends or better yet, your beloved. A

nothing special is expected to happen, so it iperfect time to wrap up any pending work.

Be prepared for surprises as luck maybe on side today. Ganesha feels it is the day to taknew responsibilities. You may spend a lot ofmeetings and discussions for the betterment company today.

Your health may be at its best, but Ganesha you against health problems of a family memHowever, there are very little chances of anymajor. At ofce, domestic issues may rule ymind. If the need be, take an off.

Let the mind take over all matter. Simple meexercises may help you ght stress effectivelsuggests Ganesha. Your being emotional orsentimental might not help today. On the briside, you may get a lot of support from frien

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Cocaine golfer arrestedA woman who tried to smuggle cocaine in golfclubs through Manchester airport was caughtby security staff when she didnt understandany golng terms.

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ERGO Friday, July 17, 2009!16

Cool and Cosy: Dhanush and Aishwarya

Pep-talk: Parthiban and Silambarasan

Charlie Angels: Akshara, Subbulakshmi and Gowthami

Back fromMumbai:Trisha.PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN

All alone: Vivek

Snapshots from the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince held at Sathyam Cinemas onWednesday night

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