With more than 1,000 professional matches under his
belt \u2013 every single one of them for Milan or Italy \u2013
Paolo Maldini will make his farewell bow at San Siro.
His career has cranked on and on, past so many

found dead under
mysterious
circumstances

dead under mysterious circumstances
inside her house in J.J. Nagar near
Mogappair on Saturday night.
J.J. Nagar police said the deceased Neethu
Kumari (25), a native of Bihar, was
residing at a rented house in Papanna
Venkat Rao Street, Golden George Nagar,
in J.J. Nagar. The incident came to light
after Bhaskar, the house owner, realised a
foul smell emanating from Neethu\u2019s house
on Saturday night and thereafter informed
the police.
Police reached the spot around 11.30 p.m.
and broke open the door to \ufb01nd the
decomposed body of Neethu on the bed.
\u201cWe suspect it to be a case of suicide by
consuming poison but it can be
ascertained only after the post mortem
report comes in. However, there was no
suicide note found in the woman\u2019s room,\u201d
said K. Sridhar Babu, Assistant
Commissioner of Police, Thirumangalam.
Following preliminary police investigations
the body was sent for an autopsy to
Government Kilpauk Medical College

Police added that Neethu might have
taken the extreme step on Wednesday
night after returning from work. An
investigation is also on to ascertain if it
was a case of a well-orchestrated murder.

Police recently recovered over Rs 1.5 crore worth of computers from a fraudulent individual who purchased them from a computer sales \ufb01rm in the city. The reco- vered goods were brought to the Police

for media display. Most cops on duty were overjoyed after seeing the computer cartons, assuming that the computers meant for police personnel under a new scheme in the police force have \ufb01nally ar- rived. Their excitement was short-lived after a few Crime Branch cops told them the truth.

A senior cop had gone to meet a top politician after the latter\u2019s party won the recent elections in

the state. But sadly for the cop, the politician refused to meet him. Insiders predict it\u2019s a clear sign of big changes to come in the police force, including the trans- fer of the senior cop.

urbs is a paranoid man these days. The reason \u2013 fear of a trans- fer coming his way as he has been serving in the zone since the day it was formed. The man is desper- ately running from pillar to post in order to revoke the order be- fore it is issued.

A smart woman cop in the city is on the lookout for a matrimo- nial alliance.

However, despite a number of prospective bridegrooms ap- proaching her, nothing seemed to be working out \u2013 so far, that is. Now, things seem to have worked out with one, who is now busy calling on anyone who is vaguely acquainted with the lady cop and doing a background check on her.

Cherry is a two-month-old female pup with a
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library staff at British Council Library on Anna Salai sounds both relieved

and excited when he takes members through the working of the RFID (short for Radio Fre- quency Identi\ufb01cation) technolo- gy. Relieved, because the newly installed kiosk does away with the hassle of standing in queue to re- turn or borrow books, so he can attend to other requirements of customers.

And excited as bibliophiles seem to have accepted the tech- nology without much commo- tion.

With around 9,000 members, comprising both individuals and organisations, the library on an

average receives around 200 walk-ins a day. This count almost doubles on weekends, especially in the evenings where the crowd gets \u201cunhealthy\u201d.

Installing the two RFID kiosks comes as a boon for those pressed for time. All what one needs to do is place the book to be borrowed or returned (any number) along with the RFID card on the machine. The kiosk requests the user to follow some basic instructions \u2013 renewal, bor- row or return. An acknowledg- ment slip is generated giving details of the \u2018book issued\u2019 and \u2018date of return\u2019. One can also check their account status or whether there are any pending charges on these kiosks.

in zone of the British Council, whereby members can drop in any time of the day to return their books.

According to R. Muralidharan, manager - young audiences, BC, the work towards the RFID tech- nology started a year ago. \u201cWe started issuing the RFID cards to all the members since Novem- ber,\u201d he says.

The technology was piloted in the Delhi and Chennai libraries of the British Council, and in the city it probably is the \ufb01rst to im- plement such a technology.

If you are a regular at the li- brary, look out for more additions happening, including a refur- bished look.\u25a0

For membership and other
details call 4205 0600 or drop in at
British Council, 737, Anna Salai.

hat Simon Majumdar loves to eat comes out pretty clear. When he

quits his job and sets out to travel around the world and eat everything, one wouldn\u2019t have expected that he honestly means \u201cGo everywhere, eat everything\u201d \u2013 things that range from bowl-licking good to hor- rors he tried so that others wouldn\u2019t make the mistake of sampling.

cal, insightful and extremely funny autobiographical ac- count of the author\u2019s around- the-world adventures, with food as the beginning and end

of all. Most travellers visit monuments, Majumdar visits restaurants

people\u2019s kitchens and gets stories and photographs. Beginning in Britain and ending in Rome, Majumdar details local delica- cies and \ufb02avours with a \ufb01nesse and wit that makes you want to pack your bags and do the same.

Each chapter, chronicling the author\u2019s experience in a different country, throws up some surprisingly interesting facts. For example, did you know that in Britain for a pork pie to be known as Melton Mowbray pork pie it needs to have a minimum 45 per cent meat content in it?

Through a circle on Internet friends spread across different parts of the globe, each shar- ing Majumdar\u2019s seemingly un- natural passion for food, the author scourges the best plac- es to \ufb01nd each place\u2019s local speciality.

Places that \ufb01nd mention fa- vourably range from high-pro- \ufb01le restaurants like Sydney\u2019s Tetsuya Wakuda and Mum- bai\u2019s Bukhara to Yakitori (\u2018roasting chicken\u2019) bars in To- kyo and tacos stalls in Mexico. Homes of friends and strang- ers who invite him home also end up churning out the trip\u2019s most memorable meals.

Of course, Majumdar also gets his chance to deviate from food and make a commentary on socio-economic-political scenarios (the one on China is hilarious, scary and gross si- multaneously), but that thank- fully is just occasional. For the most part, the story is about the eating.

Stir-fried rat in China, rotten shark meat in Iceland and cod sperm sushi \ufb01nd their way down the author\u2019s throat due to his adherence to the \u201ceat everything\u201d aspect of the jour- ney.

If you don\u2019t read how it\u2019s so- mething that runs in the fam- ily,

author\u2019s Indian-Welsh roots signi\ufb01- cantly accounting for it, Ma- jumdar\u2019s obsession with food and what goes behind it would almost seem maniacal.

\u2018Eat My Globe\u2019
by Simon
Majumdar is the
tale of one man\u2019s
world trip
resulting from
his one big
passion \u2013 food