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Date Disasters
Do you remember the time when you took your friend or colleague to
impress them and it turned topsy-turvy when you realised that you had
forgotten your wallet or when your guy friend subtly points to the lettuce
stuck between your teeth? Well, write them in to feedback@goergo.in for our
weekend’s Big Story on date disasters.
02 NAMMA CHENNAI ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sizzler strokes
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Bake me a cake
Christmas is not complete without
Toll plaza takes
a toll on traffic
cakes and other eats. But, just in
case you have no time to bake
them yourself, these people could
dish out something for you from
their home kitchens
Cakes and vattayappam
Marina Thomas bakes fresh rum, raisin, and
cashew nut soaked plum cakes, which she
prepares the traditional way (by soaking all the
ingredients for over a month). Apart from
cakes, another hot-selling item is the traditional
vattayappam prepared in Kerala homes.
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Choc-a-bloc: The first day at Toll Plaza was chaotic. PHOTO: M. KARUNAKARAN
T
he new toll plaza that start- day morning situation as chaotic. The traffic situation returned to
ed to function on Rajiv “I had to cross the new toll gate to chaos on the opposite side of the
Gandhi Salai in Perungudi get my kids to school. There was road in the evening, as vehicles
(OMR) from Sunday mid- heavy traffic on the opposite side heading to the city via Rajiv
night brought vehicular traffic on but the problem I faced was that I Gandhi Salai had to pass the new
the line to a standstill for over two didn’t receive the Residents’ Pass toll gate.
hours on Monday. which we had applied for three The new toll plaza by the Tamil
Motorists, especially officer- months ago. Therefore, I wasn’t Nadu Road Development Corpo-
goers heading to Perungudi and allowed to pass initially,” Praveen ration (TNRDC) started function-
Thoraipakkam, had a difficult said. ing from Sunday midnight and
morning as vehicles moved at Many motorists even opted for collects a toll fee of Rs. 6 for au-
snail’s pace following the intro- byroads to evade the toll, result- torickshaws, Rs. 17 for cars, Rs. 28
duction of formalities at the new ing in unusually heavy traffic for vans, Rs. 44 for buses, Rs. 66
toll station. there as well. “The road from Pal- for trucks and Rs. 132 for multi-
The bottleneck situation start- likaranai to OMR that connects to axle vehicles.
ed at 7.30 a.m. and continued till Rajiv Gandhi Salai was also Two-wheelers and vehicles of
11 a.m., with the line of vehicles packed with vehicles in the residents of the area are said to be
stranded stretching from the toll morning,” said M. Arun of Info- exempted from paying the toll
area to as far as Tidel Park in sys, OMR, who also informs that fee. ■
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
03
04 KALEIDOSCOPE ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Driving records
In the United States, deaf people
have safer driving records than
hearing people nationally.
Gender Wars
Rebelz Theatre Group is ready with their
new play ‘The Battle of the Sexes,’ which it
says is a honest take on relationships
T
hey are from among you Man, Maiden Venture and Bride
and so are their stories. and Prejudice. Each of it explores
Rebelz, a theatre group the clash of perspectives, opi-
started by IT professionals nions and actions between men
of the city, have drawn from their and women on relationships. The
personal experiences in “pursuit core team of Rebelz – Vinodh,
of love” for their new stage pro- Harish, Bharath, Pradeep, Vipin
duction “The Battle of the Sexes” and Parthsarathy – came up with
that debuts at the Alliance Fran- the script. The group says its
caise this Sunday. main target is to get the young IT
As Ergo caught up with the crowd to come and watch their
group at their rehearsal at Vidya plays. They hope to achieve it
Sagar school in Kotturpuram last through original plays – ground-
weekend, the 15-member team ed in realities – than go for adap-
were busy running some final tations. Their motivation behind
checks on their props. Since the sticking together through all their
team is small, most of its mem- heavy duty working schedules, on
bers have multiple roles to per- site trips and deadlines, is to do
PHOTOS: R. RAVINDRAN
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gotta help somebody.
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08 SPORT ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sehwag MoM
Virender Sehwag was adjudged the Man of th
that set India’s successful run-chase. Chasing a
innings, he gave the hosts a perfect start scori
(his 83 came in 68 balls) on the fourth day eve
target of 256 in the final day.
‘‘
What happened in Mumbai was extremely unfortu-
nate. Cricket cannot lessen whatever happened... I
he Match for his blistering 83 hope this 100 will give some amount of happiness to the
mammoth 387 in the fourth
ng at better than run a ball people. I salute the NSG commandos, Taj hotel staff, police,
ening giving India a realistic public and everyone.
SACHIN TENDULKAR
B
atting great Sachin Tendulkar hit chases in history are the 418-7 by the
an unbeaten 103 as India West Indies against Australia in 2003,
achieved the fourth-highest run 406-4 by India against the West Indies
chase in history to stun England in 1976 and 404-3 by Australia against
by six wickets in the first Test in Chen- England in 1948. India’s victory was set
nai on Monday. The hosts surpassed up the previous day by flamboyant
the seemingly improbable victory tar- opener Virender Sehwag, who
get of 387 on a wearing wicket with smashed 83 off 68 balls with 11 fours
20.3 overs to spare on the fifth and final and four sixes to leave the hosts 131-1
day to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match at the close. When play resumed on
series. Monday, India suffered a blow in the
Tendulkar, 35, swept off-spinner third over when Andrew Flintoff had
Graeme Swann to fine-leg for the win- the struggling Rahul Dravid caught be-
ning boundary that also brought up his hind by wicket-keeper Matt Prior for
41st Test century amid loud cheers from four. Dravid, a veteran of 130 Tests at
30,000 home fans at the M.A. Chidam- an average of 52.12, may find the selec-
baram stadium. Left-hander Yuvraj tors lose patience with him after ma-
Singh chipped in with 85 not out in a naging just 32 runs in his past four
fifth-wicket stand of 163 with Tendul- Tests.
kar to dash England’s hopes after Kevin 0Gautam Gambhir, who shared a cen-
Pietersen’s men dominated a major tury stand with Sehwag, put on 42 for
part of the match with both bat and the third wicket with Tendulkar as the
ball. Indians attempted to overcome the
The first Test match in India since last early loss of Dravid. The left-hander
month’s terror attacks in Mumbai pro- moved to 66, his eighth Test half-centu-
vided a thrilling finale with all four re- ry, when he flirted with a wide ball
sults – victory for either side, a draw or from James Anderson and gave Paul
a tie – possible going into the final ses- Collingwood a low catch at gully. Ven-
sion. India required 83 runs from 40 katsai Laxman made 26 in a fourth-
overs and England needed six wickets wicket stand of 41 with Tendulkar
in the last two hours of play, but Ten- when he dabbed at a ball from off-spin-
dulkar and Yuvraj survived the second ner Swann to Ian Bell at short-leg soon
new ball to fashion a remarkable win. after lunch. The second Test starts in
Tendulkar, showing the form that has the northern town of Mohali on Friday.
made him the all-time leading scorer in Brief scores
both Tests and one-day cricket, an- England 316 (Strauss 123, Prior 53 not
chored India’s chase for five hours in out, Cook 52) and 311 (Strauss 108, Col-
which he hit nine boundaries. Yuvraj, lingwood 108, Z Khan 3/40) lose by four
recalled to the Test side following the wickets to India 241 (Dhoni 53, Flintoff
retirement of former captain Sourav 3/49) and 387/4 (Tendulkar 103 not out,
Ganguly, made up for his first innings Yuvraj 85 not out, Sehwag 83, Gambhir
score of 14 by coming good when his 66). ■
team needed it most. The top three run AFP
10 FLICK ERGO Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Not so sound
During one scene in The Sound of Music, an
orange box can be clearly seen stamped with
the words ‘Produce of Israel’. The film was set in
1938, 10 years before Israel was founded.
J
iah Khan, who thinks in English, for a role in 1976 movie King Kong by
got into trouble when she was filmmaker Dino De Laurentis because he thought
asked to deliver lengthy emo- she was too ugly to fit into the character.
tional Urdu dialogues for Ghajini Streep went for an audition with the veteran
in sync sound, but says her co-star Aa- Italian producer, but Laurentis was unimpressed
mir Khan bailed her out. with her physical attributes and dismissed her
“I must admit it was a bit of a prob- crudely in Italian, not realising the actress spoke
lem. Aamir and the director got me an the language fluently.
Urdu dialogue coach, Athar Nawaz, Imdb.com quoted Streep as saying: “He said to his
who guided me. And each time I’d be son, who organised the meeting, ‘She’s ugly. Why
stuck with a line Aamir helped me did you bring me this thing?’ He didn’t realise I’d
out,” says Jiah. just graduated and studied Italian 105. When I
“My mom, who lives in London, replied in Italian, he looked like he had been
flew down during the shooting. She shot.”
speaks Urdu fluently. She ran Instead of Streep, the role went to Jessica Lange. ■
through the dialogues with me over IANS
and over again. I think I’ve done my
lines very well. To have my lines
dubbed would have taken away from
my performance. I think I managed
my lines well,” she adds.
Other than speaking Hindi, Jiah,
who debuted with Ram Gopal Var-
ma’s Nishabd, has also learned Bolly-
T roubled singer
Britney Spears is all
set to perform in
wood style dancing. London and Madonna
“Like the Urdu-Hindi, I’ve mastered is expected to join her.
the dancing to a large extent,” she According to Spears’
said. choreographer, Wade
Jiah has also shot a song titled ‘Lat- Robson, Spears is in
too’ in Ghajini with choreographer talks with Madonna to
Gita Kapoor. Ad filmmaker Ravi make a series of
Udyawar has directed it. appearances.
“I realised how hard it is to do a Thesun.co.uk quoted
sizzling song. The song is a very Jen- Robson as saying:
nifer Lopez kind of number. It’s very “There has been talk of
stylish and chic. In a week’s time, it Madonna making an
goes on air. That should answer the appearance and there’s
question why I’m not seen in the pub- so many places we
licity,” she said. ■ could take that. At this
IANS point, the main issue is
timing.”
Spears’ North
Aamir and the director got me American tour Circus is
due to start in New
an Urdu dialogue coach, Athar Orleans on March 3.
Nawaz, who guided me. And She will do eight nights
each time I’d be stuck with a line at the O2 Arena in Madonna joining
Aamir helped me out London from June 3. ■
IANS Britney, again
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
11
Playboy spoilsport Scream about this
When Michael Jackson was informed During the filming of the movie Scream,
that his Thriller co-star Ola Ray had director Wes Craven kept telling Drew
posed nude for Playboy in June 1980, Barrymore real life stories about animal cruelty
Jackson confessed that he had never in order to keep her looking scared and crying.
heard of the magazine. She is a keen animal lover in real life.
Friday’s Question:
Which pair from Indian film
industry do you think
would match perfectly the
‘Romeo and Juliet’
characters?
■ Vadivelu and Kovai Sarala would be a
perfect pair
Vijayachakravarthy - Infosys, Javid - Cognizant
■ Surya-Jyothika
Annapoorani M, Roger, Lavanya M - TCS, Jubair -
Cognizant Vel Murugan of Secude Solutions has nominated his team as Partners in Crime. This pic was
clicked at Shelter Beach Resort.
■ Shahrukh Khan and Kajol anytime the
best to match
Rahul Bhatia - TCS, Rajesh P - Perot Systems
■ T Rajendar-Mumtaj
Elampooranan A - HCL Technologies, Sripradha
Chakravarthy - Infosys Technologies Ltd,
Anandbabu N - TCS Roshind Raghavan of Sutherland has nominated his friends as Partners in Crime. This pic was clicked
at Sutherland Office.
■ Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra
Rakshita Sreenivasan, Wipro Technologies
Today’s Query:
If you win a lottery of
Rs.1crore, what would you
do with it?
By Rajee Anand, Coastal Training Technologies.
Send your mobile query suggestions to Thirumalai of Perot Systems has nominates his PBC team as Partners in Crime. This pic was clicked at
feedback@goergo.in with subject line: Mobile Query Pondicherry.
Suggestion
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Arun prasad of IBM has Wish You Many more Happy Returns
been nominated as Office ■ Hi Jill (Ever Smiling gal), of the Day!!!!!!!!!!.
Angel by Wave 12 of IBM. Iniya Piranthanal valthukkal... Indru Regards,
Arun Prasad is a very pol endrum punnagaiyodu Abdulrahim.S
helpful and enthusiastic iruppayaga... Have a great Life Ramco Systems
person who is known for his ahead... Keep smiling,... Keep
versatility. He is an extrovert Smiling... Keep on smiling... Wish you ■ Dear Joshua,
who takes special care in many more returns of the day.... happy b’day.....
enlighting and encouraging Ippadiku wishing u another gr8 year of joy n
the no voice candidates He is Muthu, Laavanyaaaaaa, Saravanan, prosperity.
a valuable asset for the Madhu, Sindil, SIva, RJPal, Some words of wisdom for u on ur
company. Laks, Gopi, Anne, Patti, b’day, "Smile while you still have
JP, Karthi(Lite House), Target, Ramya^2, teeth!"
Lavnaya, Varalakshmi, Deepti, With luv
Anbil, Vinoth^2, Venki, Beulah... Sreejith
Wipro Technologies
■ My dear Jo,
■ Hi Sudarsan.K ( MOKKAI BOSS ) May this birthday be just the
Friends are God’s way of taking care beginning of a year filled with
of us. Happy Memories, Wonderful
Thank God we’ve got you Moments and Shining Dreams!
A very happy birthday to you dear May GOD bless you with happiness
friend. all through your life!
Wishes from Ever Yours,
Gopalan, Kris, Raj, Venkat, S.Indhu ,
Balaji, Arul, Ananth, TCS
Ganesh, Karthi, shyam,
R. Bhaskar of Ramco padamaraj, Bala ■ Hi Purna S,
Systems has doodled this. "Hey ,ur 1 year older now,1 year
■ Dear Rajani, smarter now,1 year bigger now, and
A simple celebration, a gathering of now u r 1 year closer to all your
well- wishers and friends,wishing u a wishes ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY "
very happy and blasting birthday :-) Sethuraja,
God Bless you with all success and joy Saranya
:-)
Cheers, ■ Hi my Lovable 31st July C/S batch
CustomerWorld Team, mates:)
TCS. I miss U guys loads:)
Hats off 2 you ppl who made me
■ Hi Naga, surprised by your Sweet Friendship n
Many More Happy Returns of the Unconditional luv in a short span.
Day!! Really Njoid Life in Mumbai with U
May you find success in all walks of guys:)
life and all your dreams come true in Hope 2 meet u al soon:)
the days to come Mumbai Life is one of the important
Wishing you a great year ahead… n unforgettable pages in My Life
Your friends Keep Rocking:)
NK, PK , Ramesh anna, 4ever Urz..............
Nithya& Ernest Divi
sudoku
Vallatharasu of
Sella Synergy
India Ltd.
clicked this
picture in Italy.
Hobby:
Listening to
music
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