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WEAR YOUR TATTOO
on your clothes
HIGH NOON
AT COOUM
8 DAYS TO GO
02 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
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Chennai is a place very close to my heart. The
roadside eateries and tea stalls are amazing.
K.K Nagar has a special place in my heart for its
greenery. The people are warm and friendly.
As told to Swetha Ganesan
This Sunday,
Rock Till You Drop
Rainbow Bridge and Molotov Cocktail to perform at Speed
ERGO CORRESPONDENT Srinivasan (guitars) and Jerry A. energy to alter original compo-
feedback@goergo.in John (drums) of Junkyard sitions. Benny and Sanjeev
Groove for an eclectic sound. have worked previously with
G
et ready for a smashing Some songs one can hear from A.R. Rahman on a number of
Sunday at Speed as rock this band will be covers of Deep movie soundtracks, most nota-
bands Molotov Cocktail Purple and Red Hot Chilli Pep- bly Azhagiya Tamil Magan and
and Rainbow Bridge per. Sivaji amongst others.
come together to perform their Rooted in folk music, Rain- The event Rock Till You Drop
best beats. bow Bridge has Sanjeev Tho- will be held between 7.15 p.m
Molotov Cocktail is best mas (vocals, guitar), Wayne and 12 a.m on June 29 at Speed,
known for its frontman Arjun Fernandez (bass), Shyam Rao Grand Orient Hotel on Mount
Thomas, who is known to sing (drums), Salwin Alfred (percus- Road.
jazz, funk, with a little reggae sion) and Benny Dayal (vocals). For more information, call
thrown in. Add a new line-up to The band is known to jam on Arjun on 9840955588 or email
this band, namely Siddharth stage, bouncing off each others’ alittlesong@gmail.com ■
04 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
Big Story
RAISING H
igh drama unfolded on
Thursday afternoon on
the banks of the
Cooum in Aminjikarai,
when a suspect escaped from
police custody, took a plunge
into the ‘river’ and refused to
come out. It took an agonis-
ing hour for the police to con-
vince him to come out of the
A STINK!
filthy waters.
According to reliable police
sources, the middle-aged
man, identified as Sankar of
Chetpet, had jumped off the
police van on Poonamalee
High Road while he was being
taken for investigation in con-
nection with a crime case in
Maduravoyal. To escape the
chasing cops, Sankar jumped
into the Cooum river behind
Convict escapes from police jeep, the under-construction Ampa
Centre One mall on Nelson
jumps into Cooum river and Manickam Road-Poonamal-
lee High Road junction.
holds police to ransom for As police constables tried to
get the suspect out of the wa-
more than an hour. R.Ravindran ter, a big crowd gathered to
watch the unusual cop-cul-
captures the drama! prit drama. Ergo lensman
R.Ravindran, who was in the
vicinity, was quick to get to
some shots.
Sankar stood in chest-high
waters, threatening the cops
that he would drown himself
if not let free. The cops plead-
ed with him and after almost
an hour-long drama the
khakis finally managed to
convince him out of the filthy
waters. Sankar was taken
away, given a brief shower
with clean water on the banks
to cleanse him of the Cooum
stink and whisked away.
Shankar may not stink any
more but for the police this
could be one stinking episode
that they would want to forget
in a hurry. ■
Sankar (left) whisked away by police after he A cop drags Sankar into the police van
comes out of the Cooum after a nearly one-hour-long ordeal
Friday, June 27, 2008
05
Positive Parenting Photography and Music
A parenting workshop will be held on June 28th at Vanilla On June 27, Vanilla Art and Music Café hosts a series
Children Place. The topic for the session is “How do you tell a tilted ‘Raw Nature’ by wildlife photographer, Partha
story to children?” Contact 45534145/46 for further details. Datta and also a performance by Vedanth Bharadwaj.
Touching lives Catching up with the Marriott family as they spend a month at Marriott
Home, a facility for children of the leprosy-affected
David Marriott, Senior Vice President, Global sales of Marriott International, and Becky Douglas, Founder of Rising Star Outreach
with the children at Marriot Home. PHOTOS: R. SHIVAJI RAO
DIVYA M. CHANDRAMOULI portunities for people who stay in buyers from near and far. The or- The children at Marriott Home and psychological make-up be-
divya.c@goergo.in
leper colonies,” says Douglas. To- ganisation also began a school in present a picture of happiness. fore creating a daily chart,” says
day, Rising Star has touched lives 2004, which has recently moved Fourth-graders Surya, Sathya and Taggart Grant, Managing Direc-
S
o, how does a Marriott in 44 colonies and has many suc- to a sprawling premises in Kan- Ashok enjoy the schedule charted tor, Rising Star Outreach. Grant
spend his summer? On a cess stories to tell – from the lady chipuram district, that includes a out for them by the Rising Star alongside Executive Director Amy
yacht or at a swank resort? who breeds turkeys to the car- hostel for boys and girls respec- team. “We consulted with experts Antonelli (who incidentally let go
You might be taken by sur- penter whose work fetches tively, built by the Marriotts. on the children’s dietary needs of a top-rung job at Apple Com-
prise when you hear that the puters) manages the day-to-day
Marriott family had chosen to functioning of the facility. It’s a
spend a summer month as vis- pity that there are few Indian
itors to Marriott Home – a facility volunteers, but Grant and com-
managed by Rising Star Outreach pany are looking at ways to rope
Inc. that houses 140 children of in more. “We ultimately would
parents affected by leprosy. “I like to see Indians running the
wasn’t going to miss out on a show,” he says.
chance to be here,” says David
Marriott, Senior Vice President, Nurturing ambition
Global Sales of Marriott Interna- The children aren’t short of
tional. “My grandparents started ambition at all. If Sathya wants to
with a focus on taking care of as- be a doctor and Ashok a fireman,
sociates, customers and society. Surya upstages them by wanting
We have followed suit,” adds the to be Chief Minister! The quality
heir apparent. of education and the advantage
of learning English will stand
A promising start these children in great stead.
Rising Star was founded in “The likes of Intel and DELL can’t
2004 by Becky Douglas, who vis- wait for our kids to graduate.
ited India after the passing away They’ve promised to give them
of her eldest daughter. On com- internships and sponsor their
ing here, she was moved by the further education,” says Douglas.
plight of lepers and their children Rising Star aims to add 50 chil-
who were found begging on the We follow a micro-lending model to create business opportunities for dren a year and perhaps even
streets. “We follow a micro-lend- people who stay in leper colonies take the model to other parts of
ing model to create business op- India. ■
06 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
Gay rights
Village
A commercial for Heinz Deli Mayo has been
pulled off the air because it features two men
kissing. The commercial was banned after
receiving 200 complaints and gay activists are
furious the ad was pulled.
PHRASES
‘We need to talk’ - tops in the list
‘W
e need to talk’ - they might be four pipped “The boss wants to see you” to bag the
simple words but the phrase is more first spot, reports The Sun.
likely to bring on frayed nerves and A thousand adults who were quizzed rated “I
a racing heart among Britons, says a had an accident” in third place, “Can I borrow
new poll. your credit card?” fourth and “There’s a leak”
According to a new survey, “We need to talk” fifth. The Top 10 Most Dreaded Phrase list was
is the Most Dreaded Phrase for Brits. The ex- compiled by deodorant firm Right Guard.
pression, which The sixth position was taken by “Did you re-
often member my birthday?” followed by “I’ve so-
means mething to tell you”; “You know that xxxx you
bad lent me?” at the seventh and the eight position,
news respectively. “You haven’t forgotten we’re go-
is to ing out tonight?” and “Now I know it looks bad
fol- but” rounded off the top ten list. ■
low, ANI
just
Shaolin online!
Technorama
Chinese famed Shaolin temple is going online, in
order to offer it’s products to fans across the world.
The temple, which is the birthplace of kung fu and
is featured in many martial arts films, has been set
up by popular e-commerce site www.taobao.com.
Dedicated or multi-purpose
Just about any colour inkjet
printer on the market today will
claim to be able to print your dig-
ital photographs. And the claim is
not unfounded. But the fact is
that an inkjet printer designed
specifically for printing photo-
graphs will do a much better job
at printing photographs than a
printer that does double or triple
duty as a text and business graph-
ics printer as well.
The additional colours of ink
typically include lighter shades of
magenta and cyan, and they may
even include different types of
black ink to allow you to print ve-
ry nice black-and-white photo-
graphs on different types of
paper.
So if you’re an occasional pho-
to printer who is not overly picky
about the quality of your printed
photographs, a multi-purpose
colour inkjet may be all you need. fading. make most of their money on front but end up saving you mon- puting environment have a lot to
But if you hope to print photo- Of course, since these inks consumables - meaning ink and ey over the long run. Printers that do with how good your digital
graphs that rival or even exceed were developed only recently, no paper - and that’s no different come with larger ink tanks also photos turn out.
the quality that you get back from one can actually verify the claims with photo printers. But by far offer greater flexibility - such as a Profiling is especially impor-
the processing lab, a dedicated that the prints will actually last the biggest cost associated with wide body for accepting larger tant - and something that few
photo printer is what you’ll need. 200 years without discolouration. photo printers is ink. Over time, papers - but they also require people budget for. Essentially,
But enough simulations have the cost of ink refills will far ex- more desktop space. So think profiling involves using special
Print longevity been run on the inks to make it ceed your initial expense for the carefully about how frequently equipment that allows you to ad-
Colour photos from inkjet reasonable to assume that prints printer itself. you’ll print before you buy. just your monitor and printer so
printers have often suffered from using the newer high-longevity In general, the less you pay for that both are speaking the same
premature fading or discoloura- ink will not suffer from quick dis- a dedicated photo printer today, Image quality language when it comes to colour
tion. Recently, those problems colouration or fading. the more you’ll pay in ink refills You might think that image reproduction.
have been addressed to varying later. That’s because the less ex- quality should be your primary In an unprofiled environment,
degrees by the major makers of Cost pensive photo printers on the consideration when looking at which is what most people have,
photo printers and ink - especial- The good news about dedicat- market typically use smaller ink photo printers. But in fact, image a certain shade of blue, for ex-
ly Epson - and today you can buy ed photo printers is that they tanks. quality is not entirely dependent ample, will appear one way on
photo printers that feature inks don’t have to cost a lot initially. Printers that use larger ink upon the printer. The paper you the monitor and slightly different
designed to provide prints that By now it’s fairly well known that tanks - such as the Canon Pixma use, the ink, and whether you’re when printed out. ■
can last up to 200 years without inkjet printer manufacturers or Epson 3800 - cost more up working in a fully profiled com- DPA
Friday, June 27, 2008
Slowpoke MS
09
6,000
new computer Microsoft Corp has recently been criticised
viruses are because it was slow to catch and correct
released every glitches in technical documentation it was
month, required to provide to competing software
approximately. makers at part of its 2001 antitrust
Source: Internet settlement.
Investors, Web
addresses
beware of to get
more
ensuing data leeway
revolution
XBRL (extensible business reporting language) to get big test in Japan
A
new computer language
that will allow for the in-
stant slicing and dicing of
financial data will be put to
the test in Japan. Brokers, inves-
tors and companies everywhere
should pay notice or risk falling
behind.
Starting next month, Japanese
companies will begin reporting
their earnings in a language
known as XBRL, the first time it
will be used in filing results and
O
forecasts in real time. nline addresses would soon look a lot
XBRL, or extensible business more diversified as the organisation
reporting language, places that oversees web identities is ex-
unique tags on individual items pected to approve a proposal to cre-
of data that work like bar codes, ate an unlimited number of so-called
allowing software to download, top-level domains __ the familiar suffixes
codify and analyse time-sensitive like ‘.com’ at the end of web addresses.
financial data in a matter of sec- Under the plan, the Internet Corporation
onds. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
That might not sound like a will allow organisations to apply for any
major breakthrough to the com- top-level domain, a media report said on
mon consumer used to quick Thursday.
downloading over a broadband Businesses, for example, could use brand
network. names such as ‘.ibm’ or ‘.ebay’ in their web
But the technology is expected addresses. Cities could sign up for names
to dramatically alter the way in- like ‘.nyc’ or ‘.berlin,’ the Wall Street Journal
vestors and companies process reported.
and share data, and mean a sea It will also be possible to apply to use
change for the securities indus- more general terms, such as ‘.news’ or
try, which still does much of its ‘.sports,’ to define sites associated with
data entry by hand. groups or categories of information.
“It’s a similar change to the ICANN, a non-profit group that acts as
change from film photography to regulator for the Internet, expects the
digital photography,” said John change to spur the creation of many more
Turner, chief executive of Core- Web sites and to allow individuals and orga-
Filing and chairman of the XBRL nisations to express their identities in useful
Standards Board. new ways, the report said.
AFP PHOTO
Regulators in the United States “This is the biggest change to the way
are also pushing XBRL, with plans people find each other on the Internet since
to make filing by 500 of its largest its inception,” Paul Twomey, ICANN’s presi-
firms mandatory in early 2009. dent and chief executive officer was quoted
Several other countries, including as saying. ■
China and the Netherlands, have But the technology is expected to dramatically alter the PTI
already introduced XBRL or get- way investors and companies process and share data,
ting ready to. ■ and mean a sea change for the securities industry
Reuters
10 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
Kite flying
Backpackers
Kite flying is one of the most popular sports and festival in
India. According to the Greek literature, kite-flying dates
back to as old as 14th century and later came to India and
other Asian countries. Kite Festival in India is popular the
worldwide and celebrated with great fun and fervour.
C
ricket rules Indian sports scene. So Even the frozen Dal Lake is not left flying), which was once very com- era of change, such things were bound to
in Kashmir too, the days of Lath- alone during the winter as young mon in the valley, is also flying low happen. “Even those presently breathing
kinj-Loth or playing with the peb- Kashmiris know more about run- in Kashmiri sky these days. Simi- cricket, eating and drinking it too, are un-
bles are over. Like in other parts of ning between the stumps than larly, playing with sea-shells ( Haa- aware of the fact that few decades back, the
India, it is now the so-called gentleman’s about the playing rules of indige- ran Gindun), which was also Australians would bowl an eight ball over and
game of willow and cherry that is eve- nous games like hopping (Soza- religiously followed before and af- those playing five day cricket were provided a
rywhere, obscuring the once popular and Loung) or Tiktaar (water surface ter Shiv Ratri festival in Kashmir, rest day also during the match. Those rules
indigenous folk and rural games of this playing). Prior to the commercial- has become a thing of past. The are now no more. Surprisingly, the initial
Himalayan region. isation of cricket, these games were folk-game of Jat-tein-tein,( paying one-dayers were of 60-over match. Now we
Today, the lush green meadows, paddy played in Kashmir for generations adieu to winter) by burning the old have gone down to 20 over a game also,” in-
fields and busy streets have been con- together with a high standard of Kangris and tossing them in air in a forms Sanjeev. ■
verted into make-shift playing fields. competition and earnestness. circular motion without getting Trans World Features
hurt, is also no more in fashion.
In oblivion Avtar Krishen Chetan, 65, recalls
Today these games seem to have how all these games were very pop-
become grist for folklores. Even ular in Kashmir just two decades
then, it is interesting to explore ago. “Children would often take off
some of these indigenous games. to the banks of Jhelum to play in-
Games like tying a straw to a living digenous games of Tiktaar, Lathi-
dragonfly, Auks Bakus (playing kinj Louth or Souza Loung. Now
with hands and fingers) or Aantali children talk of funny games like
(hide and seek) Yo-Yo and Bey-blade which they
The “lost games” had, in fact, carry in their hands most of the
much in common with those in the time.”
rest of India. Soza-Loung is the Hilal Ahmad Bakshi, a college
Kashmiri version of Paandi in teacher at Sopore remembers the
South India; the Lathkinj-Loth is days when he and his friends
the Gilli Danda of this vast country. would tie straws to dragon-flies in
Had they been provided some at- the paddy fields. A player whose
tention, they would surely have dragonfly would fly farthest and
carved a niche for themselves highest was traditionally declared
along with cricket and baseball. the winner. Today, the post-har-
Similarly Trupas, a game of five vest scene shows tiny cricketers,
pebbles once exclusively played by not the dragon-fly catchers. Buzz-
teenage girls with their delicate ing over their heads, the flies, how-
hands, amidst the humming of folk ever, seem to welcome the
songs, now seems to have been lost changing tastes.
forever Sanjeev Sharma, a sports jour-
The game of Ganta-Breir (kite- nalist, however, argues that in an
Friday, June 27, 2008
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A little paradise on earth,
Manipur is the home of a
host of rare species of
Flora and Fauna with
exotic scenery of fertile
plains surrounded by
green hills.
MANIPUR
districts of Bishenpur, Senapati and Churachandpur.
Haokip said the process for formation of a society to
run the institute was also on.
Official sources said foreign tourists needed permis-
sion from Union Home Ministry for entering Manipur as
per provisions of the Restricted Area Permit system.
TO WOO TOURISTS
They said the state government had earlier urged the
Centre to lift this RAP system so that foreign tourists
could visit Manipur freely and if this happened, the
state’s economy would improve. ■
PTI
T
o improve its sagging economy, the government of state, at Nungsai Chiru in Bishenpur district with the
insurgency-hit Manipur has decided to implement Centre’s help, Tourism Minister T N Haokip said.
various schemes which will promote tourism in the Pointing out that Manipur has potential for develop-
state. ment of tourism industry; Haokip said he has submitted
As a part of the plan, the government would set-up a 17 projects to the Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni
hotel management institute, the first-of-its-kind in the recently.
Portfolio
Thanks to Ed Hardy, tattoo wear has become the world’s new favourite clothing
SHALINI SHAH
shalinishah@goergo.in
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hat’s common to Lind- Don Ed Hardy’s unique designs,
say Lohan, Larry King, the result was a line of t-shirts,
Samuel L. Jackson, intimates and accessories that
Snoop Dogg, Britney are now coveted the world over.
Spears, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Don Ed Hardy allowed Audi-
Sylvester Stallone, Geri Haliwell, gier exclusive rights to his tattoo
Mick Jagger, Miley Cyrus, Sanjay designs and slogans like ‘Love
Dutt, Amrita Arora and Salman Kills Slowly’, ‘Love is a Gamble’
Khan? Ed Hardy. The global phe- and ‘Death before Dishonor’
nomenon that has made tattoo were sprawled over art that could
clothing the thing to be seen in. well have been etched onto one’s
The Ed Hardy range of tattoo skin, albeit more painfully.
wear has become a favourite Beside Ed Hardy, Audigier’s
among celebrities and non-ce- company Nervous Tattoo has
lebs the world over, also spawn- six other designer lines, name-
ing millions of rip-offs in the ly, Christian Audigier, SMET,
name of inspiration. The designs Crystal Rock, C-Bar-A, Chuck
are tattoo designs. Only, here Boyd and Paco Chicano.
clothing and not your skin be- Recently, India got two Ed
comes the canvas. Hardy stores, in Mumbai and
Christian Audigier, the French- Delhi.
born designer who at present So, laying your hands on a
lives in LA, California, launched piece isn’t that difficult
Ed Hardy in 2004. Prior to this, anymore.
he had also worked with com- By the way, in Namma
panies like American Outfiters, Chennai you can check out
Diesel and Levi’s. Ed Hardy replicas that are
So, when he combined his available for as little as Rs.
own business and marketing 450 a t-shirt! ■
acumen with tattoo artiste
GETTY IMAGES
Friday, June 27, 2008
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Available at Lifestyle, Citi Centre, and other
g Lindsay Lohan leading departmental stores across the city.
Larry King
Samuel L. Jackson
Snoop Dogg
BULLETIN
1. Tommy Hilfiger is adapting the
Britney Spears photographic book he
Paris Hilton released last year with
George Lois, Iconic
Madonna America: A Roller-
Sylvester Stallone Coaster Ride Through
Eye-Popping Panorama
Geri Haliwell of American Pop Culture,
Mick Jagger for a one-hour television
special to air on Bravo
Miley Cyrus this autumn, according
Sanjay Dutt to
WWD
Amrita Arora reports.
Salman Khan 2. After her denim line,
Victoria Beckham will now
be launching a full ready-
to-wear collection for
women. The collection,
which is yet to be named,
will make its debut at the
New York Fashion Week in
September this year. Each piece is likely to
be priced at $1200 or above.
Who is Don Hardy? 3. Cosmetic major Estee Lauder plans to
open four outlets in the country. The first
Born in Iowa in 1945, Don Ed will be Mumbai, while Bangalore and Delhi
Hardy has over 40 years of experi- will get standalone stores in the next six
ence in tattooing and is known as months. The company intends to open 20
the ‘Godfather of Modern Tattoo’. stores in locations including
He draws from life experience to Hyderabad, Pune and
meld American, Japanese, Cholo, Kolkata in the near future.
tattoo, surf and hotrod iconogra- 4. Calling U.S. presidential
phy. In 1982, Hardy and his wife hopeful Barrack Obama
formed Hardy Marks Publications. “the man of the moment,”
Under this marquee, they began Donatella Versace dedicated
publishing the five-book series, her Spring-Summer 2009
Tattootime, which played an im- collection presented last
portant role in popularising tattoo Saturday at Milan to
Obama, creating a style she
among the uninitiated.
said was designed for “a relaxed man who
Source: Wikipedia doesn’t need to flex muscles to show he has
power.”
14 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
Good oregano
Wellness
Apart from making your pizza more delicious, oregano
seasoning can help cure inflammations also, suggests a new
study. Oregano contains a substance called beta-
caryophyllin (E-BCP), can be effective against inflammations.
ANI
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f you make a list of all the
things that you consider sin,
in let’s say, the five major reli-
gions of the world; take the
top five religions in the world, Are you ready for the conse-
make a list of all the things that quence? Being a human being,
you label as sin, then you will un- you must have that much fore-
derstand, to be alive is a sin. Isn’t thought, isn’t it?
it? There is no sin. So does it mean
So, if you don’t feel guilty about everything is punniya? No. No
something you will not go to the papam, no punniyam. It’s all
temple or church or mosque? made up by people to keep you
Fear and guilt have been two under check and control. Your
tools with which religion has sense is the best control, not
been running for a long time. If guilt. I believe human intelli-
there is no fear in people, there is gence is able to control itself.
no guilt in people, very few would There is no need for some other
go these places. Most of the peo- God to control all of you. If you
ple are going only because there that you will always feel guilty. whatever you want, but please you are the kind, no matter what allow your intelligence to func-
is fear, guilt and greed. These are So, always you must be going to understand for every action that happens to you; if you are going tion it will control you, isn’t it? It
the three forces which are driving the temple or church or mosque you perform there is a conse- to be hanged tomorrow, you will will bring sense to your life. ■
you. Look at the prayers, ‘Dear and pay the necessary money and quence. If you can bear the con- still go blissfully; do whatever you To learn more about Sadhguru
God, give me this, give me that, respects and works and everyth- sequence joyfully, do whatever want. What is the problem? Jaggi Vasudev and the Isha Yoga
save me, protect me.’ What is ing, this is how the whole damn you please. If you are the kind Every single action: whether Foundation, visit
this? Greed, guilt and fear, isn’t thing has been running. Isn’t it who will cry when the conse- physical, mental, emotional or www.ishafoundation.org. To find
it?They have made the funda- so? quence comes, right now, you the energy action, whatever you out about Isha Yoga programmes in
mental processes of life as sin, so What I am telling you is - do need to calibrate your actions. If perform, has a consequence to it. Chennai, call 2433 3185
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ecently, a 25-year-old adult anything in moderation is good. If
came to my clinic for con- a man masturbates five times a
sultation. He was getting day, his focus will be diverted. He
married the next month and gets tired soon and it is also a
his major problem was masturba- waste of time. Later, due to the
tion. He started masturbating at myth surrounding masturbation
15. His main fear was whether he that one drop of semen is equal in
can lead a sexual life with his wife. number to the blood drops, he be-
It is a common query which many comes conscious fearing that he
men have, as there are a number will turn sexually impotent and in-
of cultural myths surrounding fertile. This will lead to depression
masturbation. and fear of sexual intercourse.
But the truth is masturbation is
Growing up in no way related to sexual dys-
Masturbation is the erotic stim- function. It is a healthy way of sex-
ulation of one’s own genital orga- ual gratification and there is no
ns commonly resulting in orgasm, chance of contacting any sexually
achieved by manual or other bod- transmitted diseases. Masturba-
ily contact. There is also a myth tion is not unhealthy and there is
that only men masturbate, but nothing to feel embarrassed. It is
that is not the case. Though male actually an important part of
maturbation is seen predominant- growing up. ■
ly, female masturbation is also Dr Amudha Hari is a leading
possible. gynaecologist and founder of Mithras
Masturbation is very common foundation. E-mail your queries to
among adolescent boys above 12 mithrasfoundation@yahoo.co.in.
years. They form close friendships Taboo is a weekly
with same sex peers and may ex- column on sexual health.
S
o you plan to meet the girl on your 6:15 – Relax. Get a nap for 20 minutes.
first date out. You’ve set a time and Hey, don’t forget to put on your alarm
place and you want to make sure eve- clock.
rything’s just perfect. Oh yeah sure, 6:35 - Energize. Eat a light sandwich to
you want to flatter her with your looks. satiate your appetite.
Wait.. Getting ready for a hot date isn’t as 6:40 – Spray cologne. Back of the neck
easy as you thought it to be. Men need to and ears, under arms and shoulders.
take as much care and trouble about their 6:45 – Comb. Use a styling gel for setting
looks as women do. Here is a short and up your hair.
quick guide on how to get ready for that 6:50 – Dress up. Casual if she is casual.
exciting evening. Short sleeves or even T’s will do. Long
sleeves or that Armani shirt works if she is
One day before the date: known to go all out.
Get a nice hair cut 7:00 - Take as much cash as you can so
Give your self a manicure, cleans make that you needn’t order the cheapest thing
for a good first impression. in the menu at the restaurant, a big turn off
Give a water service for your car/bike. for her.
You can’t take her around in a dirty 7:05 - Check fuel in your vehicle. If you
car/bike. are doubtful, fill a few litres at the nearest
Book a table at your favourite restaurant fuel station.
where people know you and offer good Isn’t she special? Buy her a bouquet of
service. flowers on your way.
7: 20 - Good that you arrived at least ten
Couple of hours before the date: minutes before her.
5:00 - Get a healthy glow. Workout in the Take a deep breath. Smile. Ready? You
gym or indulge in sports for at least 45 min- are all set to meet her. ■
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Sport
nior. I have a lot of respect for him and maybe
that played a role during the match.
WORLD NUMBER 3 NOVAK DJOKOVIC AFTER LOSING TO WORLD NO. 75
MARAT SAFIN IN THE WIMBLEDON SECOND ROUND
W
dramatic one-wicket win here at hat they did 25-years back is what now Ka- “We can definitely win in 2011 and we were very
The Oval which left them 2-1 up in the pil’s Devils want to witness at the next close to winning more than once. Beating West In-
series ahead of Saturday’s fifth and final World Cup in 2011 – watching an Indian dies was a glorious moment,” he said. “Now we
match across London at Lord’s. But New captain holding the most coveted cricket have started believing that we have that capacity
Zealand might have got home with World Cup Trophy. The World Cup winning team and I am sure we can win another cup.”
something to spare had not all-rounder members on Wednesday relived their glorious mo- The legendary Sunil Gavaskar, for whom the
Grant Elliott been run out in the 44th over, ments at the Lord’s – the Mecca of cricket – as they greatest moment in his career was watching Kapil
with 26 more runs still needed for victory, celebrated the silver jubilee of their historic win in Dev lifting the Prudential Cup, echoed the same
after a mid-pitch collision with onrushing 1983 when they defeated dreaded West Indies in the sentiments. “Yes, we have very good chance. We
England quick Ryan Sidebottom. Elliott, final. The cricketers, led by Kapil Dev, visited the have now plenty of options. In 2011 India will be
who’d made 24 off 28 balls, was left on the Lord’s ground and spoke optimistically about India able to win the trophy and break the jinx of coun-
ground after what appeared to be an winning the next World Cup. tries not winning the World Cup as hosts,” Gavaskar
accidental shoulder charge by Sidebottom, The winning captain Kapil Dev opened a cham- said.
going for the ball, following Kyle Mills’s call pagne bottle as he did after the 1983 win and said On being asked how he got the idea of this cele-
for single. The South Africa-born all-rounder the Indian team has it to em- ulate the feat. bration, Gavaskar said when he came across a table
was then run out after Ian Bell threw the plan at the Lord’s then he decided that they should
ball to Kevin Pietersen at the bowler’s end. have a silver jubilee celebration of the World Cup
Elliott received treatment on the field for victory.
several minutes. But during that time,
Collingwood who said he only had a “split- Padded for T20
second” to make up his mind, chose not to The heroes of ’83 also feel that their side would
withdraw the appeal and umpire Mark have been comfortable playing the new T20 format.
Benson gave Elliott out. But with two Gavaskar and all-rounder Ravi Shastri both said the
needed off the final ball, Graeme Swann’s team would have adjusted to the more frenetic style
overthrow allowed last man Mark Gillespie of Twenty20. “I think we would have done well,”
to come back for the winning second when Gavaskar said. “The biggest advantage of the 1983
he might well have been run out as New side was the all-rounders. If you have a look at the
Zealand reached their target of 246. all-rounders we had – Mohinder Amarnath, Kirti
Reuters Azad, Madan Lal, Roger Binny and above all, Kapil,
it gives you a very flexibility bowling option.”
“It was Amarnath and Lal, in particular, who res-
cued India in the final against the West Indies, with
More players may each taking three wickets – Lal snatched the prized
scalp of Vivian Richards, while Amarnath was
quit for IPL named man-of-the-match. That depth and flexibil-
ity would have served the team well in Twenty20,
At least half of world-class players say they
would be prepared to quit mainstream Gavaskar said.
international cricket to appear exclusively in Shastri, meanwhile, said he believed the best
the lucrative Indian Premier League, sides would always emerge, regardless of the for-
according to a survey. In the Federation mat. “A good side is a good side,” Shastri said
International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) describing the World Cup-winning XI as “one of
report released on Thursday, 52 percent of the greatest teams ever”. ■
those polled said they would be willing to PTI &AFP
quit the traditional forms to pursue IPL
riches. The FICA findings are in line with a
recent poll conducted by the Professional
Cricketers’ Association that half of England’s
leading players would consider quitting
international cricket early to play in the IPL.
FICA chief executive Tim May said the
emergence of IPL and the “rebel”
Indian Cricket League (ICL), and the
potential conflict of fixtures, could
result in leading players leaving the
international game. “It is important
that such conflicts are avoided by the
creation of a window in the
international programme,” May said.
“This is not to say the introduction of
Twenty20 cricket is all negative – it is far
from that. Cricket’s biggest challenge is to
find a satisfactory balance between the
established forms of the game and Twenty
20.”
AFP
AFP
Friday, June 27, 2008
17
German vandals attack kebab shops
German police said on Thursday that vandals had attacked two Turkish kebab shops in the
eastern city of Dresden shortly after Germany’s Euro 2008 victory over Turkey, injuring several
people. No other incidents were reported in the country with the game passing off peacefully
between Turkey and Germany, home to almost three million Turks and people of Turkish
descent, the country’s biggest minority.
G
ermany beat Turkey 3-2 in an- we are leaving as the most colourful
other Euro 2008 thriller on team of the tournament.”
Wednesday to line up a final on
Sunday against either Russia or Dangerously casual
Spain and end their opponents’ roll- Turkey took advantage of Germa-
er-coaster ride through the tourna- ny’s dangerously casual start and de-
ment. Turkey, who saved themselves servedly went ahead after 22 minutes
with late goals in three previous through left-sided midfielder Ugur
matches, appeared to have repeated Boral. He fired the ball through goal-
the feat when Semih Senturk equal- keeper Jens Lehmann’s legs after a
ised to make it 2-2 in the 86th minute looping effort from Kazim Kazim
and seemingly force extra time. came back off the bar – the second
But Germany, who had been sec- time Kazim shot against the bar in an
ond best for most of the match impressive 10-minute spell. Germa-
against a side ravaged by suspensions ny, with captain Michael Ballack hav-
and injury, took a leaf out of Turkey’s ing a largely indifferent match in
book and came back themselves in midfield, then equalised against the
the final minute of normal time to run of play after 26 minutes. Midfiel-
snatch victory at St Jakob Park. De- der Bastian Schweinsteiger powered
fender Philipp Lahm, who had failed through the Turkey midfield, lost his
to stop the cross that led to Turkey’s markers and deftly flicked a cross
equaliser, emerged as the match-win- from Lukas Podolski wide of Recber
ner after playing a one-two with Tho- to make it 1-1. Germany continued to
mas Hitzlsperger and lashing the ball be outplayed for long periods in the
high into the net past goalkeeper Rus- second half, though, as Turkey, in-
tu Recber. “It was one of most beauti- spired by Kazim and German-born
ful moments in my life, getting into Hamit Altintop, dominated them with
the final,” Lahm said. “That’s always a fearlessness of spirit and a precision
beautiful. We missed that at the in their passing that Germany rarely
(2006) World Cup. Today it worked matched. Yet it was Germany who
out. We want to win the title,” he said. stole into the lead 11 minutes from
time when Miroslav Klose headed
Loew ecstatic home a Lahm cross after Rustu came
Germany’s delighted coach Joa- flying out of his goal but missed the
chim Loew said: “It was an insane clearance. True to form, Semih lev-
battle, incredible tension up till the elled for Turkey seven minutes later
last second. That makes me obviously with some near-post opportunism af-
very happy.” Turkey coach Fatih Te- ter Sabri Sarioglu got the better of
rim congratulated Germany and add- Lahm. Four minutes later, Lahm was
ed: “I am proud of my players and rejoicing at the other end after scor-
think their will to play well, and the ing the winner and giving Germany a
technical support, all came together victory that for long periods had
and they were able to show the world looked unlikely. ■
what a good team they were. I think Reuters
16 SHOTS WERE ON TARGET FOR TURKEY FOR THEIR EURO 2008 SEMI-FINAL AGAINST GERMANY, WHILE THE GERMANS HAD 6
SHOTS ON TARGET. GERMANY COMMITTED 14 FOULS AND THE TURKS WERE CAUTIONED FOR INFRINGEMENT 15 TIMES.
18 ERGO Friday, June 27, 2008
Flick
‘‘
In Beverly Hills...they
don’t throw their
garbage away. They make it into
television shows.
Director Woody Allen
The King of romance now join the likes of late Satyajit Ray, Lata Mangeshkar and
Amitabh Bachchan to receive the honour
B
ollywood filmmaker Lata Mangeshkar and Amitabh of France to India.
Yash Chopra has been Bachchan among other Indian Bonnafont would confer the
conferred with the ‘Of- film personalities to be hon- award to Yash Chopra at the
ficier de la Legion oured by the French government French Embassy here during an
d’Honneur’, the highest with the Officer of the National official ceremony. Chopra ,
French distinction, for his Order of the Legion of Honour. known for making romantic mo-
contribution to the Indian “France has a tradition of sup- vies has delivered hits like ‘Dee-
cinema. porting artists from all over the war’ ‘Kabhi Kabhi,’ ‘Darr,’
The ‘King of romance’, world. Bestowing the insignia of ‘Chandni’ and ‘Silsila.’ He has so
whose films have also the Legion of Honour on Mr far been associated with around
been released in French Chopra, is a recognition of his in- 40 films.
cinema halls will be dec- ternational artistic career, and PTI
orated in a special cere- his notable efforts in the promo-
mony at the French tion of cultural exchanges and
Embassy in the nation- Indian cinema in the world,” said
al capital on July 5. Jerome Bonnafont, Ambassador
With nearly 50
year old association
with Bollywood,
Yash Chopra would
join the likes of
late Satyajit Ray,
Brangelina donate
one million dollars
to war children fund
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated one
million dollars to support the education of 8,000
children in Iraq and the United States
affected by war, a charity said Wednesday.
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‘SEND ME
YOUR Cine City
SCRIPTS,’
JACKIE
TELLS
TIMOR
Villu story re-drafted?
Pokkiri team is back with their next flick- Villu. We
heard that Prabhu Deva had a different story in the
beginning and then he had to change since Vijay
demanded for it. The previous story seems to have
carried the traces of Vijay’s yesteryear movie Aadhi. It’s
about a rich man who gets killed in an accident, but
his son survives it. Later, the little boy grows up and
gets to know that his father was intentionally bumped
off by the opponents and he plans to seek vengeance.
On this course, he falls in love with Nayanthara who
happens to be the daughter of the same baddie who
killed his father. He gets perplexed on the thin line
between love and vengeance. It is said that though
Prabhu Deva had drafted the story very well, Vijay and
his father SA Chandrashekar together with Director
Prabhu Deva went through several discussions in re-
drafting the script. The movie will be produced by
Ayngaran Films International.
Madhavan’s
Leelai gets life
Madhavan’s upcoming
flick Leelai has been
halted down on its
shooting over for a
long time due to the
JACKIE CHAN FEELS TIMOR WOULD MAKE A GREAT BACKDROP TO ONE OF HIS ACTION FILMS
financial crisis. Ram
Gopal Varma before a
year had made the film
K
ung fu film legend Jackie Chan in- Chan demonstrated his latest moves in
vited the people of East Timor to front of about 5,000 fans at Dili’s national ‘Darling’ and he joined
GETTY IMAGES send him their scripts for action stadium on Wednesday. hands with some well
comedy films as he wrapped up a UN Martial arts are extremely popular in defined financiers to
goodwill visit Thursday to promote peace East Timor, which has one of the youngest produce the remake
in the young nation. populations in Asia but an unemployment version. The film
“I already told the government people rate of around 50 percent. Police and anal- featuring Madhavan,
and my friends (to) please send me some ysts say violence by some martial arts Sadha and Samitha
scripts,” Chan told reporters before leaving groups, which often double as street Shetty in lead roles is
the country at the end of a two-day trip. gangs, are a potential threat to stability. directed by Kona
He said Timor would make a great back- East Timor, which gained formal inde- Venkat. Now, producers of this film are on the urge of
drop to one of his action films. “All these pendence in 2002 after 24 years of Indone- bringing out relief to this half way canned project.
years I see Timor is fighting, fighting,” he sian military occupation, still relies on Madhavan on the other hands is busy with Guru En
said, adding that he wanted to use the me- foreign troops and police for internal Aalu that is also a remake of yesteryear Bollywood
dium to send “smart messages” about security. blockbuster Yes Boss starring Shah Rukh and Juhi
peace. AFP Chawla in lead roles.
www.cinesnacks.com
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Deepika’s debut
Play proposal
21
Tractor ticket trouble A Ukrainian man wanted to propose to his girlfriend
A Derbyshire, England farmer who hasn’t been to London in a way she’d never forget - by starring in a play
in 45 years was fined for parking his tractor in the British that ends with a proposal. Gennady Zaleskiy, 38,
capital. Eric Smart, 74, said he had only been to London paid US$ 20,000 to be apart of the play The
once before and his tractor hasn’t left the barn in 14 Romantics, and after seeing his performance, fiancé
months, insisting someone has a clone plate. Victoria said yes.
Hi Palani,
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In Poland, a town hall’s staff has added a rather
unusual co-worker - a chimp. The 17-year-old chimp
named Bobby is being paid US$ 140 a month to
promote a local tourist attraction. Bobby’s bosses
reveal he’s already being considered for a promotion.
sudoku
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Mind your face
In Oklahoma, people who make ‘ugly
faces’ at dogs may be fined and/or
jailed.
Paddington Bear is
50!
Paddington Bear, the bear who’s
fond of marmalade sandwich and
is kids’ most loveable character,
celebrated his 50th birthday on
Thursday.
Paddington, who was brought to
life by author Michael Bond, has reached his
fiftieth milestone – but luckily for him he hasn’t
aged a bit.
The first Paddington story was published in
1958, when the bear was found at Paddington
railway station in London by the Brown family,
with a note attached saying: “Please look after
this bear. Thank you.”
To honour the occasion, the politely spoken bear
partied the afternoon away in London with
more than 200 school children.
ANI
Potter’s ‘invisibility
cloak’ almost within
reach
Your dream of having a Harry
Potter ‘invisibility cloak’ could
soon turn into a reality, thanks to
researchers at the University of
Illinois, who have developed a technique using
computer simulations that results in the nearly
total cloaking of an object.
Researchers say that the mathematical proof
brings scientists a step closer to a practical
solution for optical cloaking.
“This is much more than a theoretical exercise,”
said Harley Johnson, a Cannon Faculty Scholar
and professor of mechanical science and
engineering at Illinois. “An optical cloaking
device is almost within reach.”
In October 2006, an invisibility cloak operating in
the microwave region of the electromagnetic
spectrum was reported by researchers at Duke
University, Imperial College in London, and
Sensor Metrix in San Diego.
ANI