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Friday, April 17, 2009
ABYTE OF LIFE
FREE CIRCULATION
Vol. 3No. 72
Climate changewas a majordebating pointduring theAmericanelections. Whatdo themanifestos ofthe politicalparties herehave to say onthe topic? Acomparison.
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ERGO
Friday, April 17, 2009
Namma Chennai
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Summer Collection
Amethyst presents Alecca Carrano’s SummerCollection 2009. The collections are inspiredby Art Nouveau and Jugendstil. The coloursare earth-inspired and toned down jeweltones. The prints and embroideries havebeen influenced by motifs of the ViennaSecession artists. They have mainly usedcottons, linens and silks for the collection,which is overall feminine.
Where
: Amethyst, 14 /30, Padmavathi Road,Jeypore Colony, Gopalapuram
Fashion
French is child’splay 
The Alliance Francaise of Madras isproviding a rare chance to learnFrench, especially for children. Acrash course and special class onFrench for children is conductedfrom April 13 at theNungambakkam centre and fromApril 20 at the Adyar centre.
For details call 28279803 or 9940162773
Workshop
 The Pregnant King
Theatre Nisha presents
The Pregnant King
, anEnglish play directed by V.Balakrishnan.Interestingly,
The Pregnant King
is adaptedfrom Devdutt Pattanaik first work of fictionof the same name, which retells theYuvanashva tale to examine gender roles, theblurring of lines between parental duties andthe malleability of Dharma to fit a givensituation. According to Mahabharata,Yuvanashva was the King of Vallabhi wholived generations before the Kurukshetra war.
Where
: Top Storey, Alliance Francaise of Madras
When:
April 23 -26 (Daily show 7 p.m; Weekends 3 p.m.)
For booking call 9840098396 
Theatre
Music of theMatinee Idols
The Rotary Club of Madras is organising afund raiser, in the name and style of “Musicof the Matinee Idols” on April 18 at the TajCoromandel. The proceeds will be used forthe various medical camps being organisedby the Rotary Club of Madras for theeconomically weaker sections of society.Melodious songs from the 60s and 70s willbe performed by Satrangi Group. Donor passes are priced at Rs.1,750 per person and Rs. 3,000 per couple (includes dinner).
Where:
Taj Coromandel
When:
April 18
For details contact 2452 7941 or Ravi Katari at 98410 17173.
Fund raiser
Dev Anandretrospective
In association with NavketanInternational Films, Mumbai,Indo Cine AppreciationFoundation (ICAF) is organising aDev Anand retrospective fromApril 22 to 26at the South Indian FilmChamber Theatre. The movies tobe screened are Guide, Kaala Pani, Jewel Thief, Hum Dono and HareRama Hare Krishna.
When:
April 22- 26
Where:
South Indian Film Chamber, 606 Anna Salai
For details call 98401 51956 
Cinema
Dinnerspecial
The name Hyderabadreminds mouth-watering, aromaticbiryanis and every thingelse in food. Smallwonder that the foodiesworld over rateHyderabad among thetop destinations in food.Rainbow, the multi-cuisine restaurant at TheRaintree will host aHyderabadi Food Festival. Buffet charges would be Rs. 700 plus taxesfor adults and Rs. 500 plus taxes for kids below 12 years.
When:
April 17 to 26, between 7.30 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Where:
Rainbow restaurant at The Raintree
For reservations call 4225 2525
Food
 
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Friday, April 17, 2009
P
opular actors and otherTelugu film personalitiesmade a beeline to polling booths here to cast theirvotes for the first phase of Par-liamentary and Assembly elec-tions on Thursday.Leading the list was superstarChiranjeevi, who is making hisdebut in state politics. Accom-panied by wife Surekha, sonand actor Ram Charan Teja anddaughter Sushmita, the founderand president of Praja RajyamParty (PRP) cast his vote.“People want a change and Iam sure they will support PrajaRajyam,” Chiranjeevi told re-porters outside the polling booth.His children were excited toparticipate in the poll process.“This is a special feeling as we are casting our votes for aparty founded by our father,”said Teja. Young actor Allu Arjun, theson of PRP general secretary and Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Aravind, also cast hisvote. “Vote, vote, vote” was theslogan written on his T-shirt.N. Balakrishna, a popular ac-tor and leading campaigner forthe Telugu Desam Party (TDP),also exercised his franchise in apolling booth in upmarket Jubi-lee Hills.Balakrishna, son of TDPfounder N.T. Rama Rao, cam-paigned for the party across theState.NTR’s grandson and TDP’sstar campaigner Junior NTRcame to the polling centre on astretcher as he is yet to recoverfrom the injuries he sustainedin a road accident during cam-paigning last month. Another popular actor Nagar- juna and his wife Amla stood inqueue at a polling booth in Ju-bilee Hills to cast their votes. Another popular face was actor Venkatesh. Well-known producer, actorand Congress leader Dasari Na-rayan Rao and famous filmmak-er D. Rama Naidu were among other prominent personalities who came out to vote.
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IANS 
 Junior NTR comes on stretcher to vote
VOX POP
send your views to voxpop@goergo.in“All thebravado isgone. Allclaims ofmartyrhood isgone. This isnothing butabjectsurrender forparole”
Congress onVarun’s release 
So what good will an IIM graduatebring if elected to Lok Sabha? Shootyour queries to Sarath Babu,Independent candidate, SouthChennai and Ergo will reach them tohim and get them answered too.
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Tollywood starsmake a beeline topolling booths
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