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FREE CIRCULATION Vol. 3 No. 65

A chat with the

GEN NEXT MP
All of 27 years,
Agatha Sangma
is the youngest
MP of the 14th
Lok Sabha and
also the
Generation Next
face of the
North East. Ayon
Sengupta caught
up with the
rising political
star over
telephone, after
repeated
attempts and
nearly giving up
on the interview.
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PHOTO: R. V. MOORTHY
02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Mind and body

Ronit Aizenberg, founder of the Center of Yoga Advancing in Israel, will be
conducting a yoga workshop for parents and children. This workshop promises to
create better understanding between the parent and child, work on stretching,
building muscle strength and balance posture and bond better. The workshop will
be held on April 11 at Vanilla Children Place. For details call 44 45534145 / 146.

Bonding It is tough times for

bus operators, too.
FILE PHOTO: S. S. KUMAR

over cricket
T he fifth edition of the HDFC Standard
Life Cup 2009 concluded recently, with
Precision Infomatic beating TCS eServe in a
nail-biting finish. Over 64 teams
participated in the event, with participants
from Nokia, Verizon, Accenture, HP, Ajuba
Solutions, Renault Nissan, Toyota, Ford
Technologies, Schenider and Inautix
showing their skills in game of cricket. The
finals were an edge of the seat thriller with
Precision Infomatic scoring the last 4 runs
with just 2 wickets to spare.
The low total of 67 all out in 15.2 overs
made by TCS eServe was defended with
Precision at 23 for 5. But a good
partnership between Karthik and Harish
helped Precision to chase the runs
successfully.
Samuel Mathew, Zonal Manager Marketing,
HDFC Standard Life Insurance, Ravi Chikkan,
Zonal Operations Manager and Dilip,
Director, Gifts N Awards gave away the

Not a joy
prizes to the winners.

The winners: Precision Informatic
ride anymore
Companies are increasing bus fares and reducing
the number of buses in the process
LIFFY THOMAS between Perumbur and Siruseri. HCL Technologies, on the oth-
liffythomas@goergo.in Many of his colleagues have er hand, claims that they haven’t
shown their protest by either tak- hiked bus fares but instead in-

C
all it cost-cutting or a way
for employees to show their
displeasure with the man-
agement, most IT profes-
sionals are increasingly switching
over to public modes of transport
to commute.
The headcount of those travell-
ing in company buses that ferried
employees to and from the work-
place is dwindling, along with the
number of buses plying. Reason:
the increasing bus fares have
blown a hole in many of the em-
ployees’ pockets and a way to
show the dissent is to stop com-
muting on them.
TCS, for example, has in-
creased its fares from Rs. 1,000 to
Rs. 2,500 (for those residing be-
yond 20 kms). “We cannot protest
much now when they are down-
sizing staff, so we decided to dis-
courage the system by taking
public transport,” says Balaji S.
(name changed), who shuttles
ing the MRTS or car pooling to
work. Employees say the increase
was unwarranted at this point of
time, as the fuel prices have also
been rolled back.
Equally grim seems to be the
scenario for bus operators whose
major business comes from these
companies.
Parveen Travels plies around
600 buses to 12 IT companies in
the city, but the slowdown has
meant a big blow to its business
as well. “Around 120 of our buses
are without any service. Compa-
nies are also thinking twice about
signing the three-year agreement
they sign with bus operators,”
says A. Afzal, managing director,
Parveen Travels.
To further cut the operational
cost, companies are decreasing
the number of shifts or reducing
the said number of buses that
was generally required for a cen-
tre.
creased their occupancy. “Previ-
ously, if a bus had 60 per cent
occupancy, we have now in-
creased it to 80 per cent.
So if occupancy increases the
number of buses can be de-
creased, thus cutting cost in the
process,” says a senior official
from the company.
Infosys Technologies also
hasn’t increased bus fares but has
reduced at least half-a-dozen of
its buses.
Whether these measures are
being taken due to recession or if
they are a means to drastically
cut down on company buses
needs to be seen, say profession-
als.
Apparently, the government
has offered to provide dedicated
bus service for IT companies on
the OMR stretch, which is high in
service and cheap in cost, but
companies seem to be having
mixed feeling about it. ■
 Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Go IPL
DEEPA VENKATRAMAN
C
ountdown has begun for the
Indian Premier League and
if you haven’t made any ar-
rangements to make it to
South Africa yet, there is no need
to frown. There are many packag-
es to choose from which offers –
airfare tickets, match tickets, ac-
commodation. All you need is
your pockets full and your bags
packed and you can watch and
cheer your favourite teams.
Man bites
constable’s
hand, held
ERGO CORRESPONDENT
A 23-year-old man bit the
hand of a woman police
constable who chased him
after he forcibly hugged and
kissed a young woman near
Marina beach on Sunday.
The man was caught soon
and sent to prison.
Marina police said the ac-
cused, identified as P. Sasi
Kumar of Ayodhya Nagar in
Triplicane had misbehaved
with an 18-year-old college
student while she was walk-
ing on the pavement near Vi-
vekanada House. Lady
Matches and Sightseeing
SOTC is the official tour part-
ner of the IPL-2009. The SOTC of-
fers a package of Rs 60,000
comprising—travel and match
tickets, daily breakfast at 3 nights
4 day stay at a 3 star hotel with
daily break fast. They also assure
proper and close view of all 8
teams playing in 4 matches. With
sight seeing also part of the deal,
unwind yourself at Johannesburg
and Durban. However Kashmira
Commissariat, head outbound
Constable Chitra, attached to
the 10th battalion, who was
posted nearby, witnessed the
incident and attempted to
catch Sasi Kumar. In a quest
to escape, the accused bit
Chitra’s left arm and ran
away.
Charles, Sub Inspector of
Police, Marina and party who
was on patrol nearby, nabbed
Sasi Kumar a while later. He
was produced in a city court,
remanded to custody and
sent to Puzhal Prison on
Monday, police said.
Chitra was hospitalised
soon after the incident. ■
Treat yourself to
IPL and South Africa
at one go
division Kuoni India says, “We
can also tailor make packages ac-
cording to the client’s require-
ments.”
Matches with luxurious stay
Thomas Cook has tied up with
Kingfisher Airlines which is the
official airline for the IPL has
packages for three nights and
four day stay at 3 star and 4 star
hotels for Rs 43,900 and 59,900
respectively. This package which
includes air fare, transfers, ac-
commodation, daily breakfast,
Monkey business
쒀
Wide-eyed young visitors at the Marina meet a monkey and its master.
PHOTO : R. RAVINDRAN
travel insurance, visa and match
tickets is ideal for those who just
wish to see the matches and have
the most luxurious stay at one of
the finest hotels at the cities as
per the client’s choice. Nalini
Gupta, President and head of
Marketing says, “We are expect-
ing to see good response by this
weekend.”
Twin trips
If you wish to make a trip per
person on a twin sharing basis,
Go World Holidays has some
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Budgeted
accommodation
For all those who are
planning to arrange your
trip to the IPL on your own,
here is a budgeted
accommodation at Cape
Town, Durban and
Johannesburg. Quickly,
become a member of the
Youth Hostel Association of
India and can avail hostel
accommodation comprising
single room, double/twin
room, 3 bed private room
and 6 + bed private room
or a very reasonable price.
While each bed in the
dormitory is from Rs 550,
the room with one cot
varies betwen Rs 1000 to Rs
1500 and the bed room with
two cots ranges from Rs
1300 to Rs 2000.
For further details log on to
www.hihostels.com
packages for 3 nights and 4 days
at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
from 18th to 20th April starting
with about Rs 59,500 from April.
Their other package is for about
Rs.62,500, per person twin shar-
ing basis for 4 Nights and 5 Days
in deluxe hotels – at Pretoria from
21st to 22nd April and the follow-
ing two nights at Johannesburg.
The icing on the cake is half day
sightseeing at Cape Town and
Port Blair, Pretoria and Johannes-
burg . Ram Sridhar, CEO of the
companies says, “Our package
includes air fare, airport-hotel
vice versa transfers, match tick-
ets, hotel stay and we can help in
getting our client the visa. We are
also planning a 7-day package
that would be around Rs 72,000.”
■
04 KALEIDOSCOPE ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Seal the security leak:

Install new Flash player
INQ to put
now
Internet users are advised to download
the latest version of the Flash player to
protect their computer from hacker
Facebook status
updates on phone screens
attacks. The software is available free of
charge at http://get.adobe.com/de/
flashplayer.

The latest Flash version is now required
to display the content on many web sites,
says the German Federal Agency for
Security in Information Technology (BSI)
in Bonn. Earlier versions suffer from a
security hole that could allow hackers to
gain control of external computers.
All versions of the Flash player up to and
including 10.0.12.36 are affected, as well
as Linux versions up to and including
10.0.15.3.
DPA
F
or chronic Facebook ad-
dicts, help is at hand. INQ
Mobile, the handset arm of
Hutchison Whampoa,
promises to deliver status update
messages from the popular social
network site right to its phones’
home screens.
Jeff Taylor, co-founder and
strategy director of the nascent
phone maker, said the feature
would let INQ phone users com-
municate more easily with their
Facebook friends after the soft-
ware upgrade, available in com-
ing weeks. Legions of Facebook
members constantly post status
updates as a way to connect with
large groups of people on the
popular online hangout. Now, an Taylor said in an interview at the lia. It hopes services like Face-
INQ phone user will be able to CTIA annual wireless showcase in book updates will help it win
read updates quickly, and can Las Vegas. supply deals with other operators
simply click on the update to “The phone is just screaming at this year.
send a direct message to the Fa- you - use me more,” he said. “We’re talking on every conti-
cebook member who posted it. INQ, which started offering its nent to tier one and tier two oper-
INQ hopes that if consumers INQ 1 phone in December, cur- ators,” Taylor said adding that
can use their phones to commun- rently sells its product only INQ is “having some really good
icate more easily on popular Web through Hutchison’s 3 wireless conversations” with the biggest
sites, they will be more likely to service provider arms in the UK, U.S. operators. ■
spend on mobile data services, Ireland, Hong Kong and Austra- Reuters

Free burning programs

usually do the trick
Experts say there’s no need to spend a lot
of money on expensive programmes for
burning CDs and DVDs given the wide
range of free
T-Mobile gadgets
to sport Android
disc-burning
software
available on the
market.
According to PC
Professionell, a
Munich-based
magazine, there
W ireless carrier T-Mobile
is planning an aggres-
sive push into the home
soon
Android.
after, both running

A T-Mobile spokesman, Peter

are plenty of with a variety of communi- Dobrow declined to discuss any
free cation devices that will future company products but
programmes use Google’s new An- confirmed plans for several de-
available such as droid operating soft- vices based on Android, the
BurnAware, ware, the New York paper said.
which is Times said. The Android operating sys-
compatible with According to the paper, tem, already run on a T-Mobile
Microsoft’s Windows 7 system and can confidential documents cell phone, handles basic func-
also burn Blu-Ray discs. obtained from a compa- tions for mobile devices and
It can also create ready-to-boot software ny partner indicate that competes with operating sys-
and allows you to add data to already T-Mobile plans to sell a tems made by Apple, Microsoft,
copied media. Another free programme home phone early next Nokia and others. ■
with similar features is CDBurner XP. year and a tablet computer Reuters
DPA
 Tuesday, April 7, 2009
05

Viruses could
power cars
U.S. experts are using
viruses to help build
batteries that could one
day power cars and
electronic devices.
A team from MIT believes
the speed and relatively
cheap cost of
manufacturing virus
batteries could prove
attractive to industry. The
batteries, made with a
virus called common
bacteriophage which
infects bacteria and is
harmless to humans, have
the same energy capacity
and power performance as
rechargeable batteries
used to power plug-in
hybrid cars.
Professor Angela Belcher,
who led the research team,
said: “Our material is
powerful enough to be
able to be used in a car
battery. The advantage of
using genetics is that
things can be made better
and better. You are not
stuck with a particular
material; you have
selection and evolution on
your side because it can be
genetically engineered.”
Wenn

German YouTube
faces the music
Music has been pulled off
the German version of
video-sharing website
YouTube due to a
payment row with royalty
collections organisation
Gema.
Gema previously
demanded 16 cents (EUR
12 cents) for every played
video but negotiations
broke down. Gema, which
represents 60,000 German
composers, songwriters
and music publishers, said
that it offered YouTube 1
cent per stream in
exchange for data on the
most watched videos.
However, YouTube refused
to provide that data.
YouTube had a similar
dispute with U.K. royalty
organisation the
Performing Rights Society
royalty last month.
Wenn
06 VILLAGE ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Driven to protest
A British man faces arrest after protesting a lack of
pavements by following his ten-year-old son Archie
to school by driving slowly behind him in his car.

Hilton to marry Doug Reinhart Lipstick can

After constantly denying engagement rumours,
hotel heiress Paris Hilton finally opened up about help save
her future plans with boyfriend Doug Reinhart
saying, “He’s going to be my husband”. elderly
The 27-year-old socialite has been dating the actor
for some months and it seems that the couple are women’s lives
ready to tie the knot, E!Online reported. They add colour to
“We’re best friends. We’ve known each other over your face, give teeth
the past year. I was in a relationship before and we an extra reason to
reconnected. I’m really happy to be in love. He’s sparkle, and now
going to be my husband,” said Hilton. researchers are adding
PTI one more benefit
under lipsticks’ belt -
the ’god-sent’ cosmetic
item can save the lives
Osama can easily pass off of elderly women.
Boffins claim that the process of using lippy and mascara
as Winona Ryder in UK enhances balance and co-ordination by acting as a type of
stretching, The Sun reported.
airport scanners While analysing the impact of make-up on self-esteem,
A leaked British Government memo has revealed that scientists at the University of St Etienne, France, discovered
airport scanners in the country have been recalibrated to that cosmetics had a more powerful effect on health.
such an ‘unacceptable’ level, that they can’t differentiate Dr Patricia Pineau, who led the study, said: “These women
between Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Hollywood stood up straight and suffered fewer falls. They held
actress Winona Ryder. themselves differently to those who did not wear make-
The faces shown on the scanner have only a 30 per cent up.”
likeness to photographs appearing on a passenger’s ANI
passport, reports The Telegraph.
The machines, undergoing trials at Manchester airport,
have apparently been questioning so many passengers’
identities that they were
creating huge queues. Polio victim ticks off 60 years in iron lung
“Update on the calibration – An Australian polio victim confined to a
the facial recognition booths Melbourne hospital and an ‘iron lung’ respirator
are letting passengers through for the past six decades completed her 82 birthday
at 30 percent. Changes appear on Sunday.
to have been made without June Middleton, who entered the Guinness Book
any explanation [or] giving of Records three years ago as the person who had
anyone a reason for the spent the longest time in an iron lung, had 160
machines [creating] what is in well-wishers around her bedside.
effect a 70 percent error rate,” Middleton reportedly still takes pleasure in visiting
the paper quoted an official, St Kilda beach, where she swam as a child. She
as saying. travels there in a special van.
ANI DPA

Sarkozy schools Obama in French kiss

A
French student who gave a kiss to
Barack Obama when he greeted
an enraptured crowd said the ini-
tially reluctant US President had
to be encouraged to accept the gesture
by his host Nicolas Sarkozy.
Cecilia Dervogne, a student at the
University of Strasbourg, was among a
noisy crowd of well-wishers who greet-
ed Obama and his wife Michelle when
they arrived in the eastern French city
for a summit of NATO leaders.
As they approached the crowd to
shake hands, Dervogne called out and
asked for a kiss, but Obama had to be
encouraged by the French President be-
fore submitting.
“I said in slightly hesitating English...
’A kiss for me?’” Dervogne told i-tele tel-
evision. “He showed me his body-
guards, who were surveying everything.
I think there was a security gap we were
supposed to keep to,” she said.
“And there was Sarkozy who re-insist-
ed and said: ’What, you’re not going to
give her a kiss?’ so he offered his cheek
timidly and I gave him a kiss.”
Obama is wildly popular in France,
but he appeared slightly at sea with the
complicated customs regarding the
‘bise,’ the kiss on the cheeks often given
as a greeting even between relative
strangers.
Just before his encounter with Der-
vogne, Obama did not offer the ‘bise’ to
Sarkozy’s wife Carla, preferring to shake
hands formally. The French President
exchanged the traditional kiss on each
cheek with Michelle Obama. ■
Reuters
 Tuesday, April 7, 2009
“It has been a great
journey so far”
Ayon Sengupta
in conversation
with the
youngest MP
of the 14th
Lok Sabha
Agatha
Sangma
T
he “baby of the house” gets
taken out to coffee by the
likes of L.K. Advani and
other stalwarts of the Par-
liament. She also lives in mortal
fear of having said something
untoward or incendiary during
“Family rule is her countless election rallies in
capable of the past few days.
changing the “We all do mistakes and regret
fortune of a later. I am very tired, campaign-
family only. ing rigorously for the past 10
Nationalism is days but still I have to give an
capable of interview today. I am saying a lot
bringing a of things which I shouldn’t be
change and and inevitably I will wake up to-
improving the morrow morning and cry out
‘Oh! My god. What I have
conditions of done’,” NCP candidate Agatha
poor” Sangma says, with a tinge of
Narendra Modi mischief as she finally makes
some time to call us back one
early morning.
Our repeated efforts to reach
her earlier throughout the week
37
had fall flat, and we had almost
given up all hopes to catch the
youngest member of the 14th
Lok Sabha.
Her brief stint at the Lok Sab-
ha has been a memorable one
and Agatha says: “The whole
process of campaigning for the
last election and even this time
round is like extended socialis-
ing for me. My constituency has
a very intimate feel, giving you
the chance for more one-on-one
interaction with the people. It
has been a great journey for me
so far.”
Her first day at office is still
imprinted on her memory and
Agatha recalls: “Wearing our tra-
ditional dress, dakmanda, I took
my oath in Hindi. It was my own
way of silently supporting Indi-
an integration. And the whole
house thumped in applause. My
dad was present in the gallery
and later he told me that he had
never seen such a scene in the
parliament and it was the
proudest day of his life. The re-
mark made me grow a few inch-
es taller.”
Agatha’s gesture takes a grea-
ter dimension as the 27-year-old
environmental lawyer is well
aware of the friction between
the Indian state and its North-
Eastern subsidiaries. “”It’s very
obvious for the people of my re-
gion to feel alienated because of
both physical and cultural dif-
ferences. The North-East is also
economically far behind the rest
of the country and that adds to
the resentment,” she says.
“There should be a wholeheart-
ed capacity building pro-
07
gramme to uplift the economy
in the region. That will solve a
lot of these problems including
insurgency. We have been ig-
nored enough.”
Educated, intelligent like
many other young politicians in
the fray, Agatha has set herself
certain goals. “Vision is a very
big word and I can’t describe in
a sentence. But I want India to
follow a path of sustainable de-
velopment. Countries like the
U.S. have exploited the nature to
the hilt to fulfil short term goals.
We shouldn’t fall prey to that,”
she says about her broader vi-
sion for the country.
“We should concentrate on
renewable energy and try build-
ing small-scale industries based
on community development.
It’s a competitive world but I
don’t think India should opt for
mass based production system
like China.”
Laying stress on education,
she adds: “Education does and
should play a big role in every-
body’s life. And politicians are
no different. Leaders should
have a wholesome knowledge of
national, international and local
issues.”
Agatha has won over a few
friends in her short stint and
wants to hit back to Delhi soon
to continue her work. “I attend-
ed only 20 days of the Assembly
and didn’t get many opportuni-
ties to interact with other mem-
bers. But I have developed a
close bond with the likes of Mi-
lind Deora, Dipendra Hooda
and also Suresh Prabhu. Suresh
has immense knowledge about
renewable energy and environ-
mental issues and that common
ground sort of helped us to forge
good understanding,” she says.
“I hope to renew these rapports
once I go back and build more
bridges. I have always been
called the kid of the House and
thankfully everybody gave me
that extra concession and kept
me out of all the so-called dirty
politics.
I had a very pleasant experi-
ence and that makes me more
hungry to go back there and
make a difference this time
round.” ■
08 SPORT ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Ronaldo may move to Madrid

Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo will finally be on his way to Real Madrid as Manchester United
manager Alex Ferguson is set to snatch French ace Franck Ribery from Barcelona this summer.
According to a report in the News of the World, the Spanish giants believe Manchester United have
already done the deal with Bayern Munich.However, according to sources at the Nou Camp, Ribery is
heading for Old Trafford, suggesting that Manchester United is well prepared to face the game
without Ronaldo for life.

SRK takes on Gavaskar

Kolkata Knight Riders’ owner Shah Rukh

Kiwis bank on rain

Khan slammed former Indian cricket captain
Sunil Gavaskar for criticising John Buchanan.
Buchanan, who is the manager
of Kolkata Knight Riders, had
suggested the four captain
theory for the second season
of the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
“I have great respect for
Gavaskar. I have grown up India on verge of series v
enjoying his performance. I
respect him too much. I would
like to say that please give the multiple-
captain theory a breathing space to try now.

If we fail we can always go back to the
traditional way,” Khan said.
Gavaskar had recently criticised Buchanan’s
theory saying too much importance is being
accorded to the Australian, who is a failed
first-class cricketer and is only trying to get
lucrative jobs for his Queensland pals.
Shah Rukh also expressed hope that his
team would perform much better than last
year. “All our players like Chris Gayle,
Brendon McCullum, Sourav Ganguly, Brad
Hodge, Ajantha Mendis, Ishant Sharma,
Mashrafe Mortaza are available,” he added.
ANI
Twilight racing under
review
Malaysian PM Najib Razak has waded into
the debate about twilight Formula One
racing, saying the 5 pm start time at the
chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix needs to be
reviewed.
Sunday’s race, won by Britain’s Jenson
Button, was called off after 32 of the 56 laps
when a huge storm flooded the track and
reduced visibility to dangerous levels.
While the race proved dramatic it was
ultimately a washout, short-changing fans at
the circuit. Razak, at his first race as
president said there
must be a review.
“We accept the
result. But in future
we will need to set
a more suitable
time - maybe
earlier,” he was
quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
The Australian Grand Prix the week before
was also pushed back to 5pm, with drivers
complaining there about the dwindling light
causing problems.
SIC chairman Mokhzani Mahathir said he was
in talks with the FOM’s Bernie Ecclestone and
the International Automobile Federation
(FIA).
“The decision to have it at 5 pm was not
mine. I had a chat with the FIA with regard
to safety, and FOM about the issue of
viewership in the other parts of the world,”
he told reporters.
“The major factors for this review are the
weather and lighting issues. We will review
it. As to what time we will start next year,
we do not know yet, but we will review the
timing for next year’s race.”
AFP
I
ndia were on the brink of their
first series win in New Zea-
land since 1968 after the hosts
lost four wickets still needing
450 runs for victory in the third
Test in Wellington.
New Zealand were struggling at
167 for four when bad light
stopped play almost an hour
early on the fourth day, after be-
ing set a massive target of 617 to
win the final Test.
New Zealand’s remaining bat-
smen face the imposing task of
trying to survive the final day,
with forecast rain their best
chance of salvaging a draw.
Brendon McCullum admitted
his team was eyeing the rain fore-
cast for Tuesday, but was ready to
attempt to fight for a draw.
“I guess you can’t pray for rain
or expect rain to get you out of a
sticky situation,” he said. “We got
a partnership formed late this af-
ternoon, hopefully with a couple
of batters to come we can still try
and get out of this.”
Yuvraj Singh conceded India
had both the weather and a slow-
ing pitch to contend with in seek-
ing their second win of the series.
“The wicket has become a little
slow, so if a batsman gets set he
can get runs. You’ve got to work
hard to get those last six wickets.”
The New Zealand second in-
nings threatened to fall apart af-
ter lunch, until Ross Taylor
offered some strong resistance,
Zaheer Khan points towards a cloud as
teammate Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni
look on during the fourth day of the
final Test against New Zealand in
Wellington. AFP PHOTO/DIBYANGSHU SARKAR
continuing to play his shots on
the way to an unbeaten on 69 at
stumps.
All-rounder James Franklin
was not out on 26 as the pair put
on 83 runs for the fifth wicket to
avoid an embarrassing rout after
New Zealand had slumped to 84
for four.
Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan
Singh, cut a swathe through New
Zealand’s top order in the early
afternoon, taking two for 50 and
two for 35 respectively.
Earlier on Monday, India de-
clared at 434 for seven in its sec-
ond innings to ensure a massive
lead.
India resumed at 349 for five on
Monday and added another 85
runs, with Dhoni ending unbea-
ten on 56 before he declared 75
minutes into the morning
session.
Yuvraj also helped pile on the
misery for New Zealand, scoring
a quick 40, including three con-
secutive fours and a six off one
Iain O’Brien over.
Chris Martin had the best
return for the New Zealand
bowlers, finishing with three
for 70 from 22 overs.
In reply, New Zealand lost
their first wicket before
lunch with opener Tim
McIntosh becoming pace
bowler Khan’s sixth vic-
tim for the match.
McIntosh also be-
came Rahul Dravid’s
world record 182nd
catching victim
after the bat-
sman edged
 Tuesday, April 7, 2009
‘‘
We couldn’t work out their strategy after tea yesterday (Sunday) or this morning (Monday). Possibly they were
trying to prise a wicket out of us, or were trying to lull us into some false sense of security. Maybe that was their
plan. I guess that is not the plan we thought they would come out with after tea yesterday (Sunday). But I guess when
you are in front of the game, you can always play with different kinds of game plans.
n gods
victory
Khan into to the slips in the 11th
over. Dravid eclipsed the record
for Test catches by a fielder, pre-
viously held by Australia’s Mark
Waugh.
Daniel Flynn also fell to Khan
in the eighth over after lunch,
getting an inside edge on a ball
seaming into him, which then
cannoned into his pad and on to
the stumps.
Harbhajan trapped opener
Martin Guptill lbw for 49.Jesse
Ryder suffered his second failure
of the match edging the off-spin-
ner to Dravid for a duck. ■
AFP
09
Brendon McCullum on India’s delayed declaration in the 2nd innings
Murray
masters Djokovic
B
ritain’s Andy Murray beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-2,
7-5 to win the Miami Masters and clinch his third title of
the year.
The world number four wrapped up victory after reel-
ing off the last five games of the second set having
seen Djokovic, the world number three, throw
Clinches Miami
away his chance to level the final.
The Serbian had served for the second
set leading 5-3, but a fifth double fault
title in style
disrupted his fightback and his game
quickly fell apart.
The 21-year-old Scot dominated Djo-
kovic for most of the match as the Ser-
bian fell prey to a total of 43 unforced
errors.
“If you look at the next game or so, he
started rushing me,” Murray said. “He start-
ed coming forward more, and he hadn’t been
doing that. “He went for broke a little bit and
tried to shorten the points. He hit the ball
well. I struggled a little bit, but it wasn’t just
because of the timeout he took.”
Djokovic broke Murray twice to win four
games in a row, then the Scot won a marathon
game to hold for 2-4 and regained the
momentum.
“The majority of players now play so well
from the baseline and both sides, that if you
can use some slice and drop shots, some
high balls and stuff, it just takes them out
of their comfort zone,” Murray said.
“It’s my way of dictating how the
match is getting played. A lot of peo-
ple might not necessarily think my
game looks the most aggressive or
offensive, but very few times will I
not have the points played how I
like them to be played.”
Murray said he also believed
he had benefited from his im-
proved fitness. He has an apart-
ment in the area and did pre-season
fitness training here.
“I think mentally it makes a difference,” he said. “Even if
you’re struggling, you know your opponent is going to be
feeling the same. Whereas before, sometimes you could
get tired and look over at the other side and the opponent
seems fine.”
“A match like today - it was hot out there. A few long
rallies and I would be a little bit out of breath. I could
look down the court and see him struggling, as well.”
Murray, the first British finalist here for 25 years, took
victory when Djokovic went long with a lame volley after
an hour and 42 minutes on court.
The 21-year-old Scotsman, who had raced through
the first set with two breaks taking him to 4-0 lead, has
now won three Masters titles. He was the champion in
Cincinnati and Madrid in 2008. ■
AFP
10 FLICK ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Posh wants to shed ‘miserable’ tag

Victoria Beckham has had too much of her image as pouting Posh, and she now
wants to get rid of her “miserable” tag, so that her fashion label doesn’t get
affected. “Everyone thinks that I’m a miserable b***h who goes shopping every
day,” the former Spice Girls star was quoted her as telling a New York fashion
magazine.

Here’s to an Priyanka

award-filled Chopra has

seven in kitty
already. More
to follow

2009
I
t’s not even halfway down the year, but Pri- as a supermodel in Madhur Bhandarkar’s
yanka Chopra already has reasons enough to Fashion.
say 2009 has been “fantastic” for her. The star For the same film, Priyanka also bagged the
has already walked away with seven awards best actress award at the STAR Screen Awards,
including an international honour. Lions Club Gold Awards as well as the Stardust
“It’s been a fantastic start to 2009. Awards Awards.
mean a lot to me. After you work so hard, the “I feel privileged to have been given the chance
award validates your work. So every award has a to essay a complex character like Meghna Math-
very special place in my heart and gives me a ur in Fashion and I’m truly overwhelmed by the
huge sense of achievement and encouragement,” appreciation I have received.”
says Priyanka. And Priyanka can expect some
Priyanka, who scorched the screen with dis- more prizes with the Inter-
tinct roles in films like Fashion and Dostana, was national Indian Film A-
bestowed the Nielsen Box Office Award for out- cademy (IIFA) awards
standing contribution to Asian cinema at the approaching soon.
Third Annual Asian Film Awards held in Hong Till then, she is
Kong last month. She says the award is an en- busy working I have only been in
couragement for her to perform better. hard for her the Indian film
“I have only been in the Indian film industry for forthcoming
about five years now and so it was a huge surprise films – Ashutosh industry for about
and an honour to have been conferred the award.
This is my first international award and is defi-
Gowariker’s
What’s Your
five years now and
nitely an encouragement for me as an actor to Raashee? oppo- so it was a huge
perform better. It was a proud moment for me to site Harman S. Ba-
represent India at the Asian Film Awards,” she weja and Vishal
surprise and an
says. Bharadwaj’s Kaminay honour...
The 26-year-old actress, who won the Miss alongside Shahid Ka-
World title in 2000, also walked away with the pur. ■
Filmfare best actress award for her performance IANS

Farah almost gives Robbie’ lays down

Kylie the blues
K ylie Minogue reportedly had a first-
hand experience with Farah Khan’s
infamous temper after she was
shouted at during the choreography
for Blue. The Aussie singer, in a
stunning silver mini dress with sequins,
was allegedly told off by the
choreographer while she shot with
Akshay Kumar and 100 extras to the
tunes of her song recorded with Sonu
Nigam.
“Kylie, I want to see those tassels
move now!” the Daily Telegraph
quoted Farah as shouting. The
stunning superstar, wrapped in the
Manish Malhotra creation, just nodded
her humble head in return, according
to reports. A sequence allegedly sees
Kylie tossed up in the air by a dancer
before she runs off the stage. ■
ANI
‘condition’ for Take That
reunion
Robbie Williams will rejoin Take That on
one condition – if rest of the members of the
band agree to dress up in embarrassing kinky
stage outfits, according to sources.
The group built up a huge fan following in
their early days, playing gay clubs across
Britain. One of the main highlights of their act
was the S&M-style leather stage costumes that
sent camp male fans wild. Now, friends have
said that Williams has suggested bringing back
the outfits one last time when he rejoins the
band later this year.
“They have often laughed about those old embarrassing outfits and
how awful they were to wear,” the Daily Star quoted an insider, as saying.
“But it looks like Robbie and the rest of the guys might dust them off
for one last time just to give their fans a thrill.
They have all got a great sense of fun so, if they can still squeeze into
them, they’ll play along,” the insider added. ■
ANI
 Tuesday, April 7, 2009
11
Born wearing high heels
Pop singer Jessica Simpson has revealed that she loves to wear high heels. The 28-year-
old singer believes that she was born wearing high heels, reports the China Daily. “My
mom has great legs - they are hereditary,” she said.

T
om Cruise is planning a re-

Cine City
make of the 1969 classic
Butch Cassidy and the Sun-
dance Kid, starring himself
and close pal John Travolta.
An associate has revealed that
Butch
Cruise got the blessing of Paul
Newman just months before the
actor died of lung cancer last Sep-
tember.
Cassidy and
Cruise (46) wants to cast him-
self as Sundance, played by Ro-
bert Redford in the original, while
the Sundance
Travolta (55) will follow in New-
man’s footsteps as Cassidy.
The film about two lovable Wild
West bank robbers charmed a
Kid, again
generation and garnered four Os-
cars. Cruise intends to produce
the remake through United Art-
ists, the “golden era” studio he
jointly owns after helping resur-
rect it as an MGM subsidiary in
2006. A senior executive said that
Cruise is in talks with screenwrit-
ers capable of recapturing the es-
sence of the original.
“It has been a pet project of his
that has been on the back-burner
for years. But now he’s ready to
go, and will most likely happily
eschew the enormous salary
that he normally com-
mands,” the Daily Express
quoted the executive as
saying.
A source said: “Butch
and Sundance is a labour of
love for Tom. He was eight
years old when he saw the
original and it made an im-
Karunas back as hero
pression that has stayed After the success of Dindigul Sarathi, comedian
with him all his life. He can’t Karunas is donning the lead role again. The
wait to get to work.” story, screenplay and direction of the movie,
Travolta is also said to be keen tentatively titled Ambasamudram, are handled
to start shooting, despite still by Ramnath, who has been writing the comedy
mourning his 16-year-old track of Karunas for quite a while. The music is
son Jett, who died in the by Karunas himself and this is the second film in
Bahamas in January. ■ which Karunas turns composer after the Raghava
ANI Lawrence starrer Rajathi Raja.

Sallapam to be
remade in Tamil
Sallapam, the super hit Malayalam movie that
catapulted actors Dileep and Manju Warrier to
stardom, is being remade in Tamil as Rayilu.
Actor Ranjith and Anglo-Indian actress Caroline
will play the lead roles in the movie, to be
directed by Ranjith himself. The
shooting of Rayilu,
to be produced with a
medium budget, is
on.

Butch Cassidy and the

Sundance Kid
12 ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Monday’s query:
You are shuttling Karthik
between Panneerselvam
from UST Global,
meetings and a ASV Suntech Park,
Thoraipakkam has
line of nominated his
friends
assignments to Balamurugan,
Mahindran and
meet, with no Nirmal as Partners
in Crime.
time even for a
break. How
would you
control your
hunger pangs?
My first appointment is to
the nearest non-veg hotel,
then only others bcoz
energy is very important. Palanivel
Hashim Allsec Elayaperumal
By chewing gums and from Tata
drinking water Consultancy
Ramanan Chandramohan RRD Services has
I can’t control my hunger nominated his
in any way. But I express it team members as
by scolding others severely Partners in Crime.
if anybody comes to talk This picture was
with me clicked during
Manoj, TCS their Kutralam
By seeing my girlfriend’s trip.
photo
Kausik Srinivasan CSS
Ask my friends to get some
snacks for me, keep it at
my desk and eat whenever
I feel hunger
Sureshkumar, Ilango TCS (PPS
Team)
A quick meditation amidst
shuttling to keep off stress
and two cups of butter
milk or sweet lassi can
work great wonders. Bharath from Sify
Deepak Vasudevan Verizon Technologies has
nominated his
friends as Partners
Ergo pick: in Crime. This
I will just bite my nails picture was taken
Srikanth Technip just before the
capture of jamal
Today’s query: pandi jaggaya at
Paint Ball in
One good reason Kotivakkam.

why you will

take home the
Nano!
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13

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Two more mouths to feed

A Chinese farmer was stunned when his sow gave
birth to a piglet with three eyes and two mouths.

sudoku

At Venkat’s
home when his
kittens were a
month old.
Venkat works
with HCL.
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Word’s worth
“Qualtagh” (kwahl-tuhkh) the first person you meet after leaving your house on some special occasion. Also, the first person entering
a house on New Year’s Day (Often called a first-foot). The new year’s qualtagh, for luck, is supposed to be a dark-haired man. A red-
headed or female qualtagh is unlucky. Other things to bring luck to the house on New Year’s Day include serving black-eyed peas,
having the qualtagh bring shortbread and whiskey (sounds fine for any day of the year), and sweeping all the garbage in the house
out through the front door before midnight on New Year’s Eve (so that any of the misfortune of the past year is gone, not to return).

B.C

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

You may remain practical, calculative and analytical
at workplace today. This can help you in handling
the routine work. In love life, you may be less
emotional and more pragmatic so your lover may
find it very strange.

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

Ganesha finds you very decisive and confident
today. You will be able to judge things well in
advance which will help you quicken up routine
office-work. Lovers may remain practical in their
approach towards matters related to heart.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20

Domestic requirements and demands may rule your
BORN LOSER mind today. Being logical and practical by nature,
you will be able to handle these things well along
with your routine office work. Ganesha suggests you
not to get into conflicts with superiors.
CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 20
You may be in a mood to do research and
development today. Your mind would be so active
that you will not be able to think about anything
else then work. You would not be able to pay due
attention to love life.
LEO JULY 21 - AUG 20
You may be very verbal while at work so Ganesha
finds you giving suggestions to everyone around
you. Ensure that you are not hurt if your
suggestions are not accepted by others with due
grace.
VIRGO AUG 21 - SEPT 20
You may wish to establish proper work routine and
FREE RANGE WORKING IT OUT schedule in order to perform better at workplace.
Another reason for this is, you may want to devote
equal time to your life partner too. You may be very
judgemental and precise while at work.
LIBRA SEPT 21 - OCT 20
Ganesha finds you investing time behind problem
solving at workplace today. Your capacity to solve
everything is generally good being a Libran but
today you may feel frustrated as you may not be
able to find solutions of some burning issues.
SCORPIO OCT 21 - NOV 20
Your colleagues will be favourably disposed today
so it will help you finish off routine office work very
fast. Support from superiors may also encourage you
to take a call on something which was pending
since long.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 21 - DEC 20
You will be less enthusiastic and more pragmatic in
your approach towards work and related matters.
Main reason behind this is, you now exactly know
that some pending activities need to be given high
priority. Your love life may remain demanding
CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20
Although you may depend a great deal on luck
factor, today you will be in a mood to give due
importance to other people’s opinions. Ganesha
finds you calling for or attending important
meetings, which may be for future development.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 20
PREVIOUS It is best day to have a look at past and finish off
pending social and official work. At office, you may
ISSUE’S interact with others in order to find solution to
some long-pending issues. Love life may remain
SOLUTIONS almost uneventful today, feels Ganesha.
PISCES FEB 21 - MARCH 20
You may find yourself agreeing to what others feel
and believe, be it home or office. As you are very
emotional by nature, if someone tries to point out
your mistakes, you may feel hurt but Ganesha
suggests you not to feel offended.
Predictions by Bhavesh N. Pattni
16 ! ERGO Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Singer Fergie performs on day 3 of The Big Dance
free concert on Sunday in Detroit, Michigan.
PHOTO: BILL PUGLIANO/GETTY IMAGES/AFP
Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara (L) hugs Pakistan bus driver
Mohammad Khalil during a felicitation ceremony at The Sri Lankan Cricket office
in Colombo on Monday. Sri Lanka has rewarded Khalil $21,800 for his role in
protecting the island’s cricket team during last month’s gun and grenade attack
in Lahore. AFP PHOTO/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI

Gabriel Garcia
Marquez denies
he has stopped
writing
Nobel literature laureate
Gabriel Garcia Marquez has
denied reports that he had
stopped writing, Colombia’s
El Tiempo newspaper re-
ported on Sunday.
The newspaper asked the
author of One Hundred
Years of Solitude if it was
true that he would not write
again, as his literary agent,
Carmen Balcells, had re-
cently told the Chilean daily
La Tercera. “Not only is it
not true, but the only true
thing is that I do nothing
else but write,” Garcia Mar-
quez told El Tiempo by tele-
phone from his home in
Mexico, responding to the
first of two questions he
agreed to answer. In re-
sponse to a question about
whether he “will publish
more books”, the author
said “his trade is not to pub-
lish, but to write”.
“I will know when the
cakes I am baking are ready
to eat,” Garcia Marquez
said. The 82-year-old writer
has not published a book
since 2004, when ‘Memoria
de mis putas tristes’(Memo-
ries of My Melancholy
Whores) came out.
IANS