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Monday,January19,2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
ROOKIE JADEJA
drafted in for Sri Lanka series
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 10
CHANDNI CHOWKTO CHINA
A review
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Ragasiya Snegidhiof Big FM inconversation withV. Haripriya
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ERGO
Monday, January 19, 2009
NAMMA CHENNAI
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MongolianFilm Festival
The South Indian Film Chambers,from Monday, January 19, will playhost to the Mongolian film festival.Organised by the Embassy ofMongolia in New Delhi, Consulateof Mongolia in Tamil Nadu and theIndo Cine Appreciation Foundation,the three-day fest will witness thescreening of three movies starting at6.30 p.m. everyday.The film festival will be inauguratedby Voroshilov Enkhbold,Ambassador of Mongolia in India.C.V. Karthik Narayanan, Consul ofSerbia and Montenegro, Chennai,will be the chief guest. Actor LekhaWashington will also be present.Venue: South Indian Film ChamberTheatre, 606, Anna Salai, Chennai600 006.Screening schedule:Date Title TimeJan 19: The Love Such a Love, 6.45p.m.Jan 20: The story of the weepingcamel, 6.30 p.m.Jan 21: Tsogt Taij / Choghtu Tayiji,6.30 p.m.
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ecently, some of us fromTrimble Navigation, an ITcompany in Tidel Park, vol-unteered to visit Hands of Compassion, a home-cum-school. The place shelters about110 children, between the age of two and 16 years, from Tamil Na-du, Gujarat, Manipur, Assam and Andaman. All these children are victims of the earthquakes, the tsunami andterrorist attacks.Preparation for the visit starteda couple of weeks ago. One of Trimble employees went to theorphanage and gathered detailson what was required for the chil-dren. We pooled in cash and essen-tials like sleeping mats, bedsheets, towels, dresses, shoes,soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes,pillows, toys, notebooks, crayons,etc., along with cash.It was an occasion to remem-ber. We spent quality time withchildren, conducted games anddistributed eatables. It was fun tosee them participate so actively. We were told that the money we contributed would be used toprovide care to children suffering from certain deficiencies. Also,for eye and dental check ups as well as to purchase medicines.If you think you would like tomake a difference in their lives,please contact Sumathy (orphan-age representative) at 9283122472. Or, visit Hands of Com-passion, Vaanian Chathiram,Redhills, Alamathi Road, Chennai– 600054.
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Contributed by Tanvi Rupa)
Helping hands
The ideal pair
These days, the husband of asenior lady police officer, who is alawyer, is working together withhis wife to make some big bucks.The man is known to be referring ‘lucrative’ cases to the wife andvice-versa. It is also known thatthe lady cop even refers complai-nants to her hubby for a compro-mise, all for a fee. Police circlesrefer to the duo as the idealcouple.
A cop’s paltrapped
A smuggler, who was out onbail sometime ago, started an ITfirm with another cyber crime ac-cused he met in prison. Recently,the former was in the news afterhe was arrested on charges of threatening a computer agent.Reliable sources say the man isgood friends with a top cop in thesuburbs. Therefore, the victim’scomplaint wasn’t accepted there.Following the victim’s complaintto the city police, a case wasbooked against the accused as if the crime had happened in thecity limits and he was later sent toprison.
Breathing a sighof relief
The present top cop of the city is a little publicity-shy comparedto his predecessor, who preferredto be in the spotlight most of thetime. As a result, the PR depart-ment staff of the CoP office isbreathing a sigh of relief – amuch-needed break from regularpress meets and camera unveil-ing ceremonies in the city.
Juvenile watch
Police have launched an oper-ation to keep track of juvenile of-fenders released from juvenilehomes to monitor their activities. An officer is appointed to keeptrack of nearly 200 teenagers. Thesurveillance system to watch for-mer juvenile offenders is on pa-per but was never implementedtill recently.
Write, delete, repeat!
Luxor has introduced ‘Pilot Frixion’ with metamocolour ink technology.The speciality of the pen is that the ink disappears when exposed to heatand reappears when kept under freezing temperature. The pens areavailable in eight colours and priced at Rs. 95.
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he is the agony aunt for many bruised souls in Chennai. No mat-ter how serious the problem is, alistener can pour out his heart toher. With no identity other than hervoice, Ragasiya Snegidhi (meaning ‘se-cret friend’) is as popular as any other RJin town. But now, to the surprise of hermany fans, this week the RJ is finally revealing her name on the show, airing between 9 p.m. to midnight.Hosting the show
Ragasiyamai
on Big FM for the past two years, this bubbly RJsays the USP of the programme wasconcealing her name. “But now I feel it’stime to reveal my name.”“The idea behind concealing my name was that no one would like to re-veal their sorrows or feelings of guilt toanyone, including their friends. So wethought that instead of making themtalk to a popular RJ it would be better if they talk to someone whose identity they don’t know. That really worked well and we started receiving around100 calls per day. Now we have com-pleted two years successfully. So it’stime for the listeners to know my identi-ty and there are other surprises, too.”“While starting the show, it was really difficult for me to handle the callers. Butnow I am used to it and know how totackle them and their problems,” shesays. “Most of the callers have problemsin their love lives. Misunderstandings,silly fights and even possessivenessmight be the reasons for the feud. I al- ways sound positive and try to makethem understand the situations. Ex-treme cases like extra-marital affairs,
Hosting the show
Ragasiyamai
on Big FM forthe past two years, thisbubbly RJ says the USP ofthe programme wasconcealing her name.
The mask is off
THIS WEEK!
pre-marital sex and puppy love alsopop up. I try my level best to give so-lutions as the decisions lie in theirhands.”Even without disclosing hername, she remains the favourite of many. “You might be surprised if Isay I have a lot of fans. There arepeople who are trying to track my details through various so-cial networking sites. Andsome have even come up withproposals to marry me. Forinstance, one personcalled me and said that Ihave a very sweet voiceand I talk so caringly thathe wants to marry me. And another even kissedme over the phone!”The RJ says thateven she is amazed by her own popularity.“Once I was quite illand after my show went to a medical shopto buy pills. Usually, Ileave office 15 minutesbefore the show ends, as we only play songs in the lastsegment. When I went to the medicalshop, the salesman was listening to my programme. He didn’t bother to ask what I wanted and when I asked him torush he was annoyed! Finally, when hesaw our office cab, he inquired about allthe RJs, especially Ragasiya Snegidhi,and conveyed his wishes to her. I wasvery happy but still couldn’t tell him it was me.” A graduate in English Literature, theRJ loves what she does. “I involve my-self in this show. Once I enter the stu-dio I switch off all the lights to getinto the mood. I believe this hashelped me a lot.”“I have three favourites in life;Rajinikanth, Silk Smitha and, of course, namma Chennai,” she adds.
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Ragasiya Snegidhi, the RJ with no name from BigFM, plans to reveal her identity this week.V. Haripriya caught up with her for a tête-à-tête recently
What’s your score?
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