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ROOMMATESFROM HELL

Dirty clothes piled onthe floor, torn and

filthy socks, papers strewnall over and a stinking ro om; if you thought th -ese are the only things aroommate is capable of,well — think again.

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COUPLE WHO KIDNAPPED9 CHILDREN HELD AGAIN

This will shock you like nothingelse has. A couple who

resorted to kidnapping babiesand selling them to childless

couples was arrested once,only to be released on bail and

change their operations totwo-wheeler lifting.

RACING TOTHE FINISH

If there are onlya handful of

books you planto read this

year, then Goldshould be right

on top of thatlist.

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LOYOLASTUDENTSPROTESTA furore started at the LoyolaAcademy, Old Alwal after students protested against thenewly-appointed vice-principal’s ‘harsh behaviour’.

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Big Cinemas, Ameerpet, 30581470; Cinemax, Banjara Hills, 44565555; Cine Planet , Kompally, 61606060; INOX, Banjara Hills, 447677770,Prasads, Tank Bund Rd, 23448888; PVR, Punjagutta, 08800900009; Talkie Town, Miyapur, 40214175; Tivoli, Secunderabad 27844973CINEMAS

Hyderabad Library servicesLibrary and librarian services offered to members and groups(institutions) at `3,650 per year (per member). It covers study,career, competition, business ofresearch. Welcome to APSETenrolled.Where: Hyderabad library

services, Sagar View Complex

When: June 9 to July 8, Contact: (040) 2322 2247,

94412 37751

House of noiseHead to Spoil pub, for a fun-filledevening as DJ Manish gets theevening grooving beats.Where: Spoil pub,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 1

When: June 30,8pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6451 3333

Dragon festivalHave an oriental experience as theGolden Dragon at Taj Banjara pre-sents its Dragon Festival Feast fromJune 28 onwards. Where: Golden Dragon,

Taj Krishna,Banjara Hills

When: June 26 onwardsContact: (040) 6629 3309

Cheating cheatersCheating cheaters is a play dealingwith two middle-aged sisters,whoset off with the idea of impersonat-ing nuns so that they would beable to send their orphaned nieceto an art school. The play is beingstaged by Masquerade YouthTheatre.Where: Nift auditorium,

MadhapurWhen: June 30,

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2311 4537

Woodcut workshopThe workshop conducted by artistM Ganghadar features variousartists and is on from June 30. Theexhibition will be on display atIconart Gallery till July 8.Where: Iconart Art Gallery,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 12

When: Ongoing,11.30am onwards

Contact: 98499 68797

Petals exhibitionGet set for yet another shoppingextravaganza. Petals exhibition willbe held on July 6. The exhibitionwhich will be held at Taj Krishna,

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PIT STOP

SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

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Banjara Hills on July 6 will featurevarious new designers.Where: Taj Banjara,


When: July 6,10am onwards

Contact: (040) 6666 2323

Light delightThis event offers children to experi-ment with different types of light.Children can bring along their ownlight experiments for an interactiveshow and tell.Where: Treasure House,


When: June 30, 11.30 am onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 0118

Madhubani workshopThe YMCA Secunderabad ishosting a madhubani paintingworkshop. The workshop is beingfelicitated by an artist fromMadhubani. A part of the feesearned through the workshop willbe used to train underprivilegedwomen.Where: YMCA Secunderabad,

West MarredpallyWhen: June 18-June 29Contact: 98490 07736

Cloth, paper, scissorsAn exhibition featuring 22 artists invarious medias is on display atIconart Gallery.

Musical eveningBoondhon ka Paigam, a monsoon musical yearly event will be held on July 12 atHyderabad Marriott andConvention centre. The musicalevent will feature sufi singerKavitha Seth and ghazal singer Jaswinder Singh.Where: Hyderabad Marriott and

convention centre,Tank Bund

When: July 12,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Creative strokesAn exhibition of paintings by artistslike Fawad Tamkanat, KavitaDuesker and Sayam Bharath Yadavtitled Creative Strokes is being heldat Arts Heaven Art Gallery. Theexhibition will be on till June 30.Where: Arts Heaven Art Gallery,

LakdikapulWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: 99495 71031

Kuchipudi recitalA Kuchipudi dance recital bySindhuja will be presented by NityaSwara at Lamakaan on July 1.Where: Lamakaan,


When: July 1,6.15 pm onwards

Contact: 964273 1329

Where: Iconart Gallery,Banjara Hills

When: Ongoing,11.30 am onwards

Contact: 98499 68797

Akruthi VasthraCrafts Council of India is hosting atextile exhibition from July 4 atKamma Sangham Hall. The exhibi-tion features artistes from acrossthe country. Where: Kamma Sangham Hall,

AmeerpetWhen: July 4-July 6,

10.30am onwardsContact: 92937 73970

Saturday nightHead to Via Milano every Saturdayfor a musical evening. Megha Girishperforms every Saturday providingthe great combination of music andfood.Where: Via Milano,


When: Ongoing,8pm onwards

Contact: (040) 6455 6677

Being eunuchBeing Eunuch, a play highlightingthe plight and problems of eunuchsin the country will be presented byNishumbita on July 13. Where: Ravindra Bharathi,

SaifabadWhen: July 13,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2323 1245

CITY 3

The CCLA, Minnie Mathew, wastoday appointed as the chief

secretary. The 1976-batch IASofficer from Kerala will succeed Pankaj

Dwivedi, who retires today. ChiefMinister Kiran Kumar Reddy, while fol-

lowing the convention of appointingCCLA as the CS, reportedly rejected

Dwivedi’s request for an extension. Thenew CS will retire in February 2013.

Minnie Mathew is new CS

In a shocking incident, biologicalremains of six infants were found at aMahbubnagar pond. Preliminary inves-

tigation by the police has indicated thatthe biological remains and body partsof the infants were not properly dis-posed after being used for medicalstudies. The police said there appearedto be no criminality involved in the inci-dent though probe is on.

Body parts of infants found

Musheerabad police raided abrothel located at PrashanthTower and arrested a broker

Anand Rao and four customers,Thirmal Reddy, Veerabhadra Rao,Rajesh and Mohd Rehan and rescued asex worker who hails from Guntur.Anand belongs to Meriyalguda and hehad allegedly turned a rented houseinto a brothel.

Cops raid brothel


This will shock you, if nothingelse will. A couple who resortedto kidnapping babies and sellingthem to childless couples were

arrested once, came out on bail andthen shifted their operation to two-wheeler lifting.

Recently, the police nabbed the man

with four stolen bikes. Mahboob Khan, 45, a native of

Siddulavai in Sircilla (Karimnagar),was arrested by the Shamshabad policethis week on charge of stealing bikes.But inspector D Durga Prasad and sub-inspector N Mahesh who had interro-gated him was told by the unfazed manthat earlier he and his second wife,Reshma Sultana, had kidnapped ninechildren from the City between 2010and 2011 and sold them to issueless cou-ples in various states. Each baby, it issaid, earned them `1 lakh.

The duo were held in March last forabduction and fortunately, the police

could locate and bring back the kidsform Maharashtra, Karnataka and dif-ferent parts of Andhra Pradesh.

Khan told the police that once theylifted a bike they made fake RTApapers with the help of one Ashok inNawabpet Mandal, RR district. He hasapparently good connections with theRTA staff. After Khan was netted by thepolice, Ashok went absconding.

Khan is a vehicle mechanic andlived in Salahuddin colony ofMadannapet. He had also worked inUnited Arab Emirates in 1992. Policefound out that he was an alcoholic butwas swift in thoughts and on foot.

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4CITYSATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

“What wouldhappen ifa surgeonconductsan opera-

tion and leaves the woundunstitched?” asked a medicalstore owner at Chikoti Gardens.His question aptly points to theofficial apathy to public safetywhen works are undertaken bygovernmental agencies.

The pre-monsoon under-ground cable works taken up bythe APCPDCL and APTranscohave been finished but themandatory restoration workshave been left incomplete. Astanding example of this is thehalf-kilometer stretch betweenPrakash Nagar and ChikotiGardens in Begumpet. Althoughthe 32KV underground lineshave been laid, the restorationworks that are required to keepthe roads intact are incomplete.

The road is one of the mostimportant arteries of the City,

connecting Secunderabad withHyderabad and bears heavy traf-fic in the mornings andevenings. The constant traffickicks up a haze of dust and sandparticles in the ambience thatblurs the vision. A store owner,whose bakery is located on themain road says, “The sand is

blown into the shop and we havea tough time keeping ourpremises clean. And when itrains, slush is also a problem. Quite a few motoristslose control of their vehicles,especially at night.”

But authorities at theAPTransco and the APCPDCL

claim that the restoration worksare in progress.

Engineer Hanuman Shastriof the APTransco said, “The 32KV line was undertaken by theAPCPDCL. Due to lack of com-munication between differentdepartments, the restorationwork at Begumpet has been

stalled. However, the roads dugup at Chaderghat have beenrestored. At Bharatnagar andErragadda, the CC patchworksare being laid down to restorethe roads.”

The lack of communicationwith the GHMC, the APTranscoand the CPDCL has proven to bethe reason behind the state ofthese roads.

When contacted, engineersat the CPDCL were unsure as towho were actually responsiblefor the restoration works. BhanuPrakash, division engineer ofthe North Circle said that, therewas no communication or coor-dination within the operationsand the planning departments.

It is mandatory that theundertakers of any such roadproject pay an advance amountcommonly called “road cuttingcharges” to the GHMC or itsTown Planning Division.Surprisingly, most authoritiesfeign ignorance of this or delib-erately ignore.

As such, there has been noimprovement of the state of theroad since the past two monthsand given the storms that hoverover the City, the end works ofthe underground cable projectneed to be looked into urgently.

Rains on Friday afternoon created a miserable situation for the travelling public and businesses alongPrakash Nagar road. Despite claims of coordination among various departments, work is done on busy

roads but rarely restored, causing avoidable trouble and accidents to the unwary

Caution: Work in regress

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It was more than what the newvice principal bargained for.Students of Loyola Academyon Friday staged a protest,

that slipped to violence, againstthe “harsh” and “uncouth”behaviour of the newly-appoint-ed vice-principal, Fr Rex Angelowho allegedly was overly finickyabout discipline. Starting at 2pm, the fracas and breaking win-dows continued till the collegecame out with a statementannouncing his suspension.

“Since day one, Father Rexhas been unreasonable andforceful. He has manhandledmany students,” says BhavneetSingh, a student who led thestrike. The trigger incidentbegan in the morning, when asecond year mass communica-tion student greeted a fellowmale student in front of the VP.The VP, who had made a previ-ous announcement regarding

‘unwanted socialising betweenthe genders,’ allegedly confiscat-ed her ID card, without which astudent is not allowed to attendclass. The student was asked tobring her parents. The VP thenallegedly verbally abused thegirl and told the father that thegirl’s conduct was questionableand might result in rape.

A protest, started by herclassmates caught on, and soonmany students gathered in frontof the PG block in a silentprotest. They demanded that the

current VP be removed andmarched on to his office. Thepolice were called.

A crowd of around 500stormed the building. Thisincluded members of theNational Student Union Of India(NSUI). Also present were TRSmembers, and media. “It has

only been a few weeks sinceFather Rex was appointed, andwe have already received hun-dreds of complaints. We havenever faced such a situationbefore,” says Janaki Ram, anNSUI member.

Meanwhile, the VP lockedhimself in his room and refused

dialogue with the students. Thevictimised student’s father wasalso present with him, and thestudents were allegedly told thathe would be let out only if theprotest broke up. The agitatedthe students resorted to vio-lence, breaking glass andattempting to break down theoffice door. The girl’s father issaid to have a cardiac condition.

“It is unorganised. Peopleare screaming, shouting slogans‘We want justice’, but I doubteveryone understands the situa-tion. Many just seem to be hav-ing fun,” says Kevin Crasta, astudent.

“We have heard severalgripes about the VP and stu-dents have lodged complaints.But no action has been taken sofar,” said a faculty member onconditions of anonymity.

The protest did not break upeven with the downpour. Thestudents only left after a publicstatement was given by the col-lege. “In an emergency meeting,we have decided to suspendedfather Rex until further deci-sion,” said the correspondentaddressing the crowd. The inci-dent is said to be the first of itskind to occur in the college in adecade.

A furore was created at the Loyola Academy, OldAlwal after students protested against the newly-appointed vice-principal’s ‘harsh behaviour’

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA

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Students in campus protest

We have heard several gripes about theVP and students havelodged complaints. Butno action has beentaken so far

Faculty member

FOCUS 5SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

Filmmakers in India have alwaysbeen at the mercy of big studios andproduction houses. It’s not enoughto make a film; a far more challeng-

ing task is to distribute the film properlyto grab the eyeballs. While big bannershave been successfully releasing filmsstarring A-list actors, distribution offilms still remains a nightmare for count-less indie filmmakers in India. Over thepast few years, the number of indie film-makers has shot up considerably and aslew of indie films have been screened atinternational film festivals. After a longstruggle to find a distributor to screentheir films across the country, finallyindie filmmakers have a ray of hope,thanks to PVR Director’s Rare initiative,the first of its kind in India. ShiladityaBora, the head of this division at PVR, isextremely happy with the response so far.The initiative was born out of the need toscreen content driven films which are

made at a fraction of the cost of a masalaentertainer. “Most film production corpo-rations today are making films that thriveon star value and entertain smaller townaudiences more than the chic urban citycrowd. It’s not that the films that wouldentertain the niche audience are notbeing made. Most content driven films arecomparatively inexpensive in comparisonto the star driven masala entertainers.But very few of these films find distribu-tors because most distributors in Indiaare still driven by star, budget and money.Remaining corporate distributors barelychoose five-six such films in a year. Sothere is a huge gap,” Shiladitya Bora says.

They have managed to release sixcritically acclaimed indie films in thepast six months in cities like Mumbai,Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennaiand Bengaluru. Most films screened sofar like The Forest, Kshay and Good NightGood Morning have won multiple awardsin international film festivals. Shiladityaagrees that it’s easier to market awardwinning films, although, it’s not thesole criteria. “We closely monitor themajor film festivals to look for the rightindie content. We have tried to keep the

process very simple. Any independentfilmmaker can approach us to release hisor her film under the Director’s Rare ini-tiative. They need to submit us a previewcopy of the film along with the other rele-vant details. The film is then reviewed bythe Alternative Programming Team atPVR and in most cases we give a decisionwithin a week’s time. Once a film hasbeen picked up for release underDirector’s Rare, we then work out a cus-tomised release plan depending on thescope of the film,” he reveals about howthe films are chosen.

Most films which are released as apart of PVR Director’s Rare are screenedfor a week or two and sometimes eventhat becomes difficult in cities likeHyderabad and Chennai, which have astrong regional film industry. “Films likeGood Night Good Morning and Kshayhave managed to do good business amongthe films we have released so far. Anotherfilm, Love Wrinkle Free did exceptionallywell as it successfully crossed over fromthe ‘independent cinema’ category to‘good cinema’ which gets acclaimfrom both critics and mass alike,”Shiladitya reveals.

So what’s the biggest challenge theyhave been facing so far? “The biggestchallenge is of the mindset. Most deci-sion makers in the industry come withthe mindset that such films won’t work atthe box office and say Aisi picturein nahichal (Such films don’t run). Hence theyare not even ready to experiment,” hesays. Several mainstream and indie film-makers and critics have begun openlysupporting PVR’s initiative on social net-working websites. How are such filmspromoted to catch the attention of theaudience? “We support these independentfilms in terms of marketing support likeTheatrical Trailer Promotion in PVRTheatres, Print, Electronic and DigitalMedia PR, Viral marketing on SocialMedia Network, BTL activities etc. ratherthan money. We have been able to supporta few films with outdoor hoardings, ads

in major publications etc.” While the ini-tiative has been lauded by movie aficiona-dos, pricing of tickets still remains anissue. Is it justified to price the tickets ofthe indie film at the same level as a main-stream film? “Except for PVR Director’sCut at Vasant Kunj, Delhi which is asuper luxury property, in all other PVRsthe tickets are priced at the regular boxoffice prices. On weekdays `110/ `125 tick-et price at PVR Juhu, `125 -`150 ticketprice at PVR Anupam Saket or `100 ticketprice in Ahmedabad etc are very afford-able prices.”

In the next six months, 13 more indiefilms are going to be screened as a part ofPVR Director’s Rare. “With technology tomake films becoming affordable and easi-ly accessible to the common man, thenumber of indie films being made in thecountry have shown a sudden jump. Alsoour big city audience at least has becomevery experimental. They want to see thenew, out-of-the-box cinema. And to makeour film industry as a wholesome indus-try, we got to have space for every voice,only then it will be able to grow. We arecertain that this platform will give birthto new forthcoming champions of cinemain our country,” says an optimisticShiladitya.

A new ray ofhope for indie cinema

PVR Director’s Rare has given a new ray of hope for indie filmmakers in the country. ShiladityaBora, the head of this division, tells us more about the initiative and the journey so far

The Untitled Karthik Krishnan ProjectJuly 13Harud

July 27Shuttlecock Boys

August 3Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Digitally Restored)

August 17Delhi In a Day

August 25Fire in BabylonSeptember 7

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NATION 6SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

For the third time in 10 days, minis-ter of state for rural developmentAgatha Sangma skipped an event

apparently to avoid media scrutiny onher father, PA Sangma, contesting the

presidential election. She was to inaugurate a conference —“Seekingour collective peace; The Northeast

India Diaspora looks into solutions forpeace and development.”

Agatha avoids media

Nearly a dozen armed menbarged into the house of oneMohammad Ali in Gangauli vil-

lage in Madhubani, about 200 km fromhere, and opened fire, killing him andhis three sons. “His wife was seriouslyinjured,” a police official said. Policesuspect an old land dispute and per-sonal enmity as the reason behind thekillings.

Four gunned down in Bihar

The Karnataka High Court grantedanticipatory bail for a week to

BJP MLA C T Ravi and three oth-ers in connection with a complaint

accusing them of abuse of officialpower for pecuniary gain. Justice

Subash Adi granted anticipatory bailfor a week to Ravi, his wife, sister andbrother-in-law on a complaint filed by

one Deviprasad.

HC grants anticipatory bail

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NEW DELHI: More than 30 peoplehave died and as many as 10 lakh havebeen displaced in the flood in Assam —the worst in more than a decade.

The Centre on Saturday reviewedthe grim flood situation and assured allassistance to the State government totide over the crisis.

Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth chaireda meeting of top Central officials toassess the unprecedented floods in theState. Assam chief secretary P CSharma and State government officialsparticipated in the meeting via video-conference.

An official spokesperson said thefloods have damaged railway lines insome parts of the State and action wasbeing taken to restore the same.

The spokesperson said there wasadequate stock of food grains in theState.

However, the Centre has assured allpossible help to the State government indealing with the situation, thespokesperson said.

The meeting was attended by homesecretary R K Singh, defence secretaryShashi Kant Sharma, health secretary PK Pradhan, water resources secretary DV Singh, railway board chairman V KMittal and director general borderroads organisation S Ravi Shankaramong others.

The Home Ministry, on Friday, haddeployed 15 teams of the NationalDisaster Response Force comprising 548personnel along with 60 boats and othernecessary equipment to carry out res-cue and relief operations in the flood-hit districts of the State.

Around 11 lakh people in 2,084 vil-lages in 22 districts are in the grip ofthe worst floods since 2004, which havedestroyed standing crops in over 43,400hectares, State government officialssaid.

As many as 173 relief camps havefar been set up so far for the succour ofthe flood victims.

An Indian Air Force helicopter hasbeen deployed for air dropping foodpackets and rescue the marooned. PTI

10 lakh displaced as Centreassures all help

Death toll crosses30 in Assam flood

GIRIDIH: A womanlodged a complaint withthe police alleging that shesuffered a miscarriageafter being beaten by a leg-islator in Jharkhand.

Tara Devi, who wasthree months pregnant,was allegedly beaten up byJharkhand Vikas Morcha(Prajatantrik) legislatorChandrika Mahta at herKhajatola village home inGiridih district two daysago over a land dispute.

The woman suffered amiscarriage following theincident, the FIR lodged bythe woman said.

Superintendent of police AB Homkar said an FIR hasbeen lodged against Mahta

in this regard.Peeved at not finding

her husband at home, thelegislator had allegedlybeaten up the woman, theFIR said.

The accused legislatorcould not be contacted forcomments.

However, JVM’s leaderin the assembly PradipYadav claimed that Mahtawas not present at the spotwhen the incident hadoccurred and demanded animpartial inquiry. He saidthe incident was beingpoliticised.

PTIAn old lady with her grandchildren climbs off a banana raft in the flood affected area ofJhargoan village in Morigoan district, 80 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of Assam onJune 29, 2012. PTI

Woman beaten up byMLA alleges miscarriageComplaint filed against JVM legislator Chandrika Mahta

AROUND 11 LAKH PEOPLE IN2,084 VILLAGES IN 22 DIS-TRICTS ARE IN THE GRIP OFTHE WORST FLOODS SINCE2004, WHICH HAVEDESTROYED STANDING CROPSIN OVER 43,400 HECTARES,STATE GOVERNMENT OFFI-CIALS SAID.

THE WOMANSUFFERED A MISCAR-RIAGE FOLLOWINGTHE INCIDENT. THESUPERINTENDENT OFPOLICE A BHOMKAR SAID ANFIR HAS BEENLODGED IN THISREGARD.

UNITED NATIONS: North Korea may haveput fake versions of a new missile on displayat a major military parade this year, UN sanc-tions experts said in a report. And the alleged-ly mock-up issiles are not the only part of themilitary pomp in Pyongyang to raise the sus-picions of the experts whose report was pub-lished Friday after being held for a month byChina. The UN experts said they would inves-tigate the giant transporter used to carry thenew missile. Japanese media has said it was ofChinese origin. The sanctions experts alsosuspect that luxury Mercedes cars seen in thesidestreets were smuggled into the country.

Romanian PM inplagiarism rowBUCHAREST: An academic panel has ruled thatRomanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta plagia-rized large sections of his doctoral thesis andcalled for him to be stripped of his doctorate.Marius Andruh, who heads the 21-memberNational Council for Attesting Titles, Diplomasand University Certificates, said today that 85pages out of the 307-page thesis were determinedto have been copied without proper attribution.The subject of Ponta’s thesis was theInternational Criminal Court. Ponta has said thathe will resign if found guilty of plagiarism. Hehas conceded that he credited sources in the bib-liography but not in the footnotes.

HONG KONG: Chinese president HuJintao was the object of sneers and ridiculefrom Hong Kongers Saturday, as he pre-pared to mark the 15th anniversary of theterritory’s handover amid unusually tightsecurity.On the second day of Hu’s visit to the for-mer British colony, which returned toChina in 1997, the official Facebook page ofthe Hong Kong chief executive was floodedwith anti-Beijing comments.“Get out of Hong Kong!” one writer told theCommunist party and the People’sLiberation Army (PLA).

Hu sneered atin Hong Kong

‘N.Korean missiles fake’

7WORLD

US, Russia worldsapart over Syria

SAINT PETERSBURG: Topdiplomats from the UnitedStates and Russia failed toovercome their differenceson the future of Syria Friday,just hours before crunchmulti-nation talks were totake place in Geneva.After a nearly three-hourmeeting in Saint Petersburg,US Secretary of State HillaryClinton and her Russiancounterpart Sergei Lavrovshowed just a glimmer ofhope that a deal could bedone to help end the blood-shed.

Describing the meeting, asenior US official said thereremained areas of “difficultyand difference” betweenRussia and the United Statesover the political future ofthe war-ridden nation.

But both powers agreedto continue talks in Genevaon Saturday, where they willbe joined by other permanentmembers of the UN SecurityCouncil and a handful ofregional powers.

“Out of respect to (inter-national peace envoy) KofiAnnan, they agreed weshould all go to Genevatomorrow to try to produce aresult,” the US diplomat said.

Clinton had threatened toboycott the meeting if Russiadid not agree to Annan’s planfor political transition, whichincluded an opaque butunmistakable call for Basharal-Assad and his governmentto be replaced by a govern-

ment of national unity.Buoyed by the removal of

that US threat, Lavrov voicedoptimism that Saturday’stalks could bring a shifttoward peace after 16 monthsof fighting. Russia’s topdiplomat said he had now“detected a shift” inWashington’s approach.

“There were no ultima-tums. Not a word was saidabout the document nowbeing discussed in Genevabeing completely untouch-able.”

“I can confidently saythat we have a very good

chance tomorrow in Genevato find a common denomina-tor and mark a path for-ward,” he told reporters.

Russia — long an ally ofSyria — has argued that for-eign powers should not dic-tate terms to Syria and hasprovided its old ally withweapons.

Russia’s Deputy ForeignMinister Gennady Gatilovearly on Saturday tweetedthat experts in Geneva hadthus far failed to agree to thewording of a final documenton Syria because “theWestern partners want to

determine the political pro-cess themselves.”

UN-Arab League envoyAnnan said “external pow-ers” have encouraged vio-lence in Syria as he issued anew plea for unity ahead ofthe key international meet-ing on the conflict onSaturday. “Many externalpowers are deeply involved.Despite formal unity behindthe six-point plan, mutualmistrust has made themwork at cross-purposes,”Annan said in a commentaryfor the Washington Post pub-lished Friday.

The marriage of Tom Cruise andKatie Holmes, one of

Hollywood’s highest profilerelationships and a subject of end-

less tabloid speculation, is over,reported the LA Times. Batman star

Holmes announced through a lawyeron Friday that she had filed for

divorce from her movie star husbandof five years.

Katie files for divorce

Former IMF chief DominiqueStrauss-Kahn and his wife AnneSinclair said today they would

sue French celebrity magazine Closerfor invading their privacy with a storyclaiming they had separated.“Dominique Strauss-Kahn and AnneSinclair have decided to sue this pub-lication for invasion of privacy,”theirlawyers said in a brief statement.

DSK, wife sue magazine


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NEW YORK: Aman suspected ofassociation with al-Qaeda has beenarrested here andcharged with pro-viding materialsupport to the ter-ror network andpossessing andusing firearms topromote violence.

The indictmentof Minh QuangPham wasannounced byPreet Bharara, theUS Attorney for theSouthern District ofNew York andother security offi-cials. In December2010, Pham trav-eled from Britainto Yemen where heshowed up at theprincipal base ofoperations for al-Qaeda in theArabian Peninsula.While in Yemen,Pham took an oathof allegiance toAQAP, carried anautomatic assaultrifle, obtainedtraining.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in St. Petersburg,on Friday on the eve of international talks in Geneva to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

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COMMENT 8

Apropos Can Green Energy solvethe power crunch? Japan’s FiT inJuly is among the highest in the

world. It’s clear that Japan’s FiT willshake the solar market. Now, US has the same options. Newsolar technology will show in Japan.This is it!

Minwoo KimVia email

Japan’s FiT: This is it!

Apropos Tagore’s Anthem. I havealways held the view that muchof what we heard of Tagore was

hype surrounding the fact that he wasthe only Nobel Laureate from thisregion for quite some time. Part of thereason why he got a Nobel was I thinkhis access to the west.

EM MuralidharanVia email

Tagore’s Nobel: The secret Determination is key

EDITORIALS

EDITORIALS

The other day, I waswatching a TV com-mercial for a car inwhich a young workingwoman drives the car

out of her office to the middle ofbumper-to-bumper city traffic.She is then inspired to take thehighway instead of continuingin the traffic towards down-town. She takes the deviationand enjoys the wind in her face,lets her hair loose and speedsaway on the free roads. Theseare quite obvious metaphors forfreedom, enjoying the simplerthings of life and exercisingfree will. But can a brand of carbuy a consumer all thesethings? Apparently, it can.

There are ads about choco-lates that can fill the emptinessin your soul with their smoothtexture and melt-in-the-mouthsoftness; cellphones that don’tjudge and only pamper you tobring out your human side;body soaps that rejuvenate youfrom within; home furnishingsthat soothe your senses; foodsthat make you see the lighterside of romantic relationships;mattresses that buy you sleepand therefore wellness, etc.Such ads start by pointing outto us consumers that suchemptiness even exists in ourlives. The marketers’ solution?Buy our product and watchyour worries go away.

It takes a large amount ofwill power for an average per-son living in a consumption-driven metro to ignore thesemessages and not, at some pointor other, give in to this need tolead a more ‘fulfilled’ existence.Since it’s so difficult to escapethis consumerist culture, manyhave found a creative middle-path and are mashing and mod-ding the two very diverse per-spectives of life.

Finding spirituality in theinescapable buying culture iscalled metrospirituality. This“devotional consumerism” asthe Beliefnet website terms it,has its roots in the desire to buyresponsibly. It means that con-sumers make shopping choicesbased on the values of sustain-

ability, gaia, savvy and thrift,with the intention of bridgingthat gap between the emotionaland spiritual planes.

A metrospiritual, therefore,is someone who buys eco-friend-ly products; he purchases goodsthat are associated with socialcampaigns; he pays a premiumfor products that promise theyhaven’t exploited child labourin their production process; heendorses products and servicesthat don’t pollute the environ-ment. All excellent ideas to sup-port, especially if it can be exer-cised by simply buying onebrand instead of another. Butwill this, at the same time, alsobuy the consumer lasting spiri-tual peace? Likely not.

That is because a metrospir-itual, through his buying choic-es, tries to take the guilt out ofshopping and makes himself fe -el better that he is helping so -me one else by shopping. How ev -er, what he may or may not real-

ize is that the good feeling lastsonly as long as his excitementand engagement with the prod-uct lasts. Once the consumer isbored of this product and iseyeing another one in the mar-ket, the feel-good feeling alsotransfers to the new product.

Metrospirituality worksonly if the consumer is awarethat this brand of spiritualityhas a short shelf life. The met-rospiritual, at some point, willhave to confront his own doubtsthat this buying behavior is

nothing but a fake front to feed,in a guilt-free manner, hisaddiction to shopping. The met-rospiritual will also eventuallyface fatigue and want realanswers to existentialist ques-tions. And those, he will realize,cannot be found in a bar ofimported chocolate or a brand-ed luxury car. Having said that,it is in fact possible to addresshigher spiritual needs evenwhen one is sitting in thatbranded luxury car or enjoyingthat imported brand of expen-sive chocolate. But to connectthat chocolate and car to a deep-er understanding of life wouldbe a basic error.

The desire for more over-takes the intent of being con-tent with what one has. Thetwain — spirituality and con-sumerism — rarely meet.

So, think again, all you met-rospirituals. What is the realintent of your purchasingbehavior?

ALL EYES ON Egypt now

Huge challenges awaitMohammed Mursi, who is set tobe sworn in as Egypt’s first freely

elected President. It will takeefforts of gigantic proportionsfrom Mursi to show his people

he is his own man and wouldnot wilt under the attempts of

the military to do backseat driv-ing. At the Tahrir square, he

promised the people, who hadthronged the place by thou-sands, a ‘civilian state’. Mursisymbolically swore himself inbefore the crowd, saying: "I

swear to preserve the republicansystem... and to preserve the

independence" of Egypt. It isonly fitting that he swore himselfin at the birthplace of the revoltthat overthrew his predecessor

Hosni Mubarak last year. Theother issue that needs assurancefrom Mursi is fears among secu-lar people and Coptic Christians

about an Islamist assumingpower.

The first step towards thatend would be to keep Mursi’s

campaign promise of appointinga woman and a Coptic Christian

as vice-presidents.

WHY WE LOVE...Laurence Gavron She is all set to contest pollsin Senegal, a country where

women are more often than notsidelined. What’s more, she is

the first white woman to do so.What works for her are the val-

ues she believes in such as;competence, morality, fairness,

good governance, transparencyand participation by citizens.Incidentally, before Laurence

moved to Senegal from France,she was a filmmaker and pho-

tographer. Despite the stark difference

in her two choices of careers,she seems to have her thoughts

in place and if going by the sup-port she has means anything

then she does seem set to winthe elections.

Apropos Starting problem, bigproblem. You should be deter-mined before you start. This you

can do at home or even at the gym.We cannot adhere to it because ofmom’s delicious cooking its better ifwe can go the gym which will help usto shed off the extra kilos.

Jayanthi.kVia email

A METROSPIRITUAL,THEREFORE, IS SOME-ONE WHO BUYS ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; HEPURCHASES GOODS THATARE ASSOCIATED WITHSOCIAL CAMPAIGNS


Soul CurrySUMAA TEKUR

You a metrospiritual?

COMMENT 9

Heartthrob Justin Bieberpacked more than 200,000screaming fans into theZocalo square in the

heart of Mexico City for a freeconcert promoted by the localgovernment earlier in June.

Paul McCartney drew a largenumber to the same place onemonth earlier. An outdoor icerink, billed as the biggest on theplanet, occupies the square dur-ing the Christmas season.

These spectacles — some-times derided as circuses —arrive often in Mexico City, andhave proved popular.

It’s also a prop in the localpolitical picture, as MayorMarcelo Ebrard and his left-wingDemocratic Revolution Party(PRD) have played ringmasterpromoted the “circus” as a way ofwinning votes among working-class and poor residents.

Ebrard cannot run for re-elec-tion, but his party and its alliesare expected to retain MexicoCity in a landslide in the July 1local elections. That’s the exactopposite of other parts ofMexico, where the once long-rul-ing Institutional RevolutionaryParty (PRI) leads polls for thepresidential contest scheduledfor the same day.

“There’s almost a bipolar sit-

uation, with Mexico City goingagainst the rest of the country,”says Jorge Zepeda, director ofthe online publication SinEmbargo. He attributes theparty’s popularity as much tocompetent governance, in a cityprone to earthquakes and watershorages, as ideology.

“The city, as immense andbrutal as it is, functions fairlywell in operational terms,” hesays. The PRD holds a hammer-lock on the Mexican capital,known locally as the DistritoFederal, or DF, and home to near-ly 9 million residents. (Another12 million live in suburbs belong-ing to Mexico state, which sur-rounds DF like a horseshoe.)

On Sunday, Mexicans will betreated to a feast of politicalchoices. They have to vote formayors, governors, lawmakers,

and the president.Mexico City’s leftist ways

have also helped move left-wingpresidential candidate AndresManuel Lopez Obrador into sec-ond-place — he packed the Zocalofor his finally rally on Wednesday— and pushed the PRI to cam-paign on populist proposals suchas freezing prices.

The PRD has dominated localpolitics since 1997 and its admin-istrations have been creditedwith beginning to turn around acity previously notorious forcrime, corruption and contami-nated air.

Its urban agenda hasinvolved expanding mass transit,curbing pollution and promotingcycling.

The social agenda has includ-ed decriminalizing abortion, lib-eralizing divorce laws and legal-

izing same-sex marriages — all tothe dismay of the local CatholicArchdiocese, whose spokesmanaccused the Ebrard administra-tion of doing more damage thandrug cartels.

“Part of the Mexico City leg-islative agenda still couldn’t bepassed in a large part of theUnited States,” says Zepeda.

The turn-around has come assome provincial parts of Mexicohave descended into drug andorganized crime violence andturned Mexico City into anunlikely refuge for those seekingsafety.

“Mexico City isn’t an attrac-tive place for criminal groups,”says Miguel Angel Mancera,mayoral candidate for the PRDand two smaller left-wing parties.

Mancera, 46, a former MexicoCity attorney general, told arecent gathering of foreign cor-respondents that having localpolice under a single command isan advantage, along with the ben-efit of 13,000 security camerasmonitoring the streets. He sayscommitting crimes and movingmerchandise in a traffic-cloggedcity is difficult for the cartels.

ut worrisome signs haveemerged. Cartel kingpins andtheir families reputedly reside insome of Mexico City’s fanciestneighborhoods and Manceracalled disputes over small-time,drug dealing “a headache.”

Three Federal Police officerswere shot dead on Monday in thefood court of the city’s interna-tional airport by two fellow copswho the public security depart-ment’s office says were in cahootswith the cartels and are now onthe lam.

Mancera notes that federalofficials are responsible for secu-rity at the airport.

The incident hasn’t hurt hispolls numbers, which havetopped 70 percent, according toMilenio-GEA/ISA. At the sametime, PRI presidential candidateEnrique Peña Nieto, former gov-ernor of Mexico state, leads pollsnationally by double digits.

Peña Nieto, 45, built enor-mous political capital through608 public works projects he sayswere promised and completed inMexico state during his guberna-torial term. Plenty of positive TVcoverage helped promote his pro-ject and image in the provinces,his rivals allege.

It’s a tough sell in MexicoCity, though, where anti-PRI atti-tudes run strong. District resi-dents are still bitter over PRI’sinept response to the 1985 earth-quake that flattened parts of thecapital, claimed thousands oflives and left even more to fendfor themselves.

Mexican WaveDAVID AGREN

Urban sketchesVISWAPRASAD RAJU

Viva la diferencia

Victory for fairness andcivil values

The decision by the US SupremeCourt to uphold the essence ofPresident Obama’s healthcare

reform legislation is to be applauded asa victory for fairness, civil values andeven sanity.

If the nine justices had ruled thatthe individual mandate – the provisionrequiring all Americans to purchaseinsurance coverage that is at the heartof the measure – violated theConstitution, it would have been anunwarranted intrusion of the judicia-ry into what is a political issue thatshould be decided by elections andCongressional votes.

More important still, they wouldhave scotched the most promisingeffort in decades to overhaul a mon-strously inefficient industry, whichaccounts for almost a fifth of the entireUS economy, yet still contrives to leavesome 50 million people without cover-age and deliver results no better –often worse – than European systemsconsuming barely half as much ofnational GDP. As for Mr Obama, he

would have gone down in history notas the author of a massively beneficialreform, but as a President who wastedmost of his first term in pursuit of achimera. The political and psychologi-cal consequences would have been dev-astating.

Even now, however, the battle is notover. Repeal of the Affordable CareAct, as “Obamacare” is properlyknown, will be a central theme of theRepublicans’ campaign to recapturethe White House and Senate inNovember. If they succeed, then themeasure will be overturned. Andshould that happen, Democrats canhave no complaints. That is what elec-tions are for.

Greens

“MEXICO CITY ISN’T ANATTRACTIVE PLACE FORCRIMINAL GROUPS,” SAYSMIGUEL ANGELMANCERA, MAYORAL CAN-DIDATE FOR THE PRD.


Global editsThe Independent (UK) EVEN NOW, HOWEVER, THE

BATTLE IS NOT OVER. REPEALOF THE AFFORDABLE CAREACT, AS “OBAMACARE” ISPROPERLY KNOWN, WILL BE ACENTRAL THEME OF THEREPUBLICANS’ CAMPAIGN TORECAPTURE THE WHITEHOUSE AND SENATE INNOVEMBER.

On Sunday, Mexicans will be treated to a feast of political choices.

Ajudge on Friday granted Apple'srequest for an injunction block-

ing US sales of Samsung GalaxyNexus smartphones made in collabo-

ration with Google to challenge theiPhone. The ruling by US District Court

was the second victory for California-based Apple this week in a fierce and

complex patent war with the SouthKorean consumer electronics giant.

Apple wins injunction

The euro shot up more than twocents against the dollar Fridayafter a summit of eurozone lead-

ers in Brussels agreed on strongeractions to reverse the spiralling crisis.The euro traded at $1.2654, up from$1.2442 late Thursday. The dealsqueezed out of tough talks betweenthe eurozone's biggest powers earlyFriday was the catalyst for the jump.

Euro jumps after summit

In order to lend a helping hand tothe MSME sector, SBH has decidedto slash interest rates. The reduction

in interest rate ranges from 100 basispoints to 250 basis points across various slabs with effect from July 1.Further, the bank has clubbed all separate interest rate slabs below `25lakh into a single slab with lower ratesof interest.

SBH slashes interest rates

BUSINESS 10SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

Gear up to be job-ready

Abusiness idea shouldevolve from a prob-lem. The objective ofthe business is tosolve that problem,

believe the founders of Mauka,a company that aims to bridgethe gap between colleges andcorporates in terms of humanresource. Co-founded bySantosh Yellajosula, G VarunReddy and MVSP Abhiram, thecompany has already placed 75students as interns in variouscompanies and have 1,400 fol-lowers on Facebook althoughthe project is in its pilot stage.

“Around 10 lakh technicalgraduates pass out every yearin the country out of whichonly 25 to 30 per cent areemployable. Many people com-plain that colleges are notchurning out employable stu-dents but most are not awareof the opportunities in theindustry,” explains Varun.

The lack of practicalknowledge is also a hin-drance and the foundersknow so from personalexperience. “There is agap between theacademia and industry.The industry is scepticalto hire freshers and pre-fer experienced candi-dates. We understood thevalue of this after ourinternships. However,

not many colleges arrange forinternships. That is when wedecided to invest `40,000 fromour pocket money andlaunched Mauka in March2011. We brought around 33companies on board to recruitinterns in less than twomonths. Students from nearly30 colleges have registered forinternships,” says Santosh.

Abhiram says, “When welaunched the business, it was tosolve the problem and notmake money. Things did nothappen easily. Many companieswere reluctant to come on

board to recruit interns. Mostof them did not offer intern-ships and the rest were scepti-cal. But once we managed toget a few companies on board,the others fell in place.”

However, providing intern-ships could only help solve theproblem to a certain extent.There was a need to scale upthe business and have a holisticapproach to solve the issue.The company got funding fromNorth Alley India to develop acomprehensive solutionthrough a new product, whichwill be unveiled in August.

The new platform is a web-site where students, universi-ties and companies can com-municate with each other. “Theplatform will showcase intern-ship offers for durations of twoto six months. It will also have

practice and final assessmenttests which will help studentssharpen their skills. It also hasvideo series where in the com-panies talk about their recruit-ment process and needs, whichwill help students equip them-selves with that knowledge,”says Varun.

Companies can carry outthe screening process on thewebsite before they call thecandidate for an interview. Thetraining module, which isavailable for students aftertheir first year, has written con-tent that enhances theirresume building, interviewskills, soft skills and knowledge

about higher studies. There isalso video content with inter-views from industry expertsand corporates.

“This will also help compa-nies to cut down their costs by25 per cent. Colleges can under-stand what the industry wantsand prepare their studentsaccordingly. It also helps stu-dents from rural India to haveaccesses to quality content andjobs. Even unpaid subscriberscan log in and access certaincontent and make their resumeavailable to companies,” saysSantosh.

Mauka will generate rev-enue by charging both the com-panies and the colleges. Nearly60 to 70 per cent of the revenuewill come from colleges, whilecompany also plans to make apremium membership avail-able to students in due time.

Mauka aims to bring 150companies and 150 colleges(75,000 students from differentstreams) into its fold by the end

of the financial year. The com-pany also aims to expand to

other cities by January2013 and is expecting to

break even in the first18 months since theproduct launch.Currently, the compa-ny has 11 employeeswho work on contentdevelopment, tech-nology and market-ing for colleges andcompanies and willsoon add four more

members.

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Realising the need for practical knowledge before stepping into the industry, SantoshYellajosula, Varun Reddy and MVSP Abhiram, co-founded Mauka, that works towards

building quality human resources for corporate companies

Santosh Yellajosula (L), G Varun Reddy and MVSP Abhiram (R), founders, Mauka

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Just naming a movie after acar, tells you all about this

beauty. This vintage 1963Volkswagen Beetle is distin-

guished by its racing colourswhich are Red, White and Blue ,

and its signature decal number 53.It has a mind of its own and is

capable of driving itself, and is aserious contender in auto racing

competitions. This car has playeda pivotal role in many movies

including animated movies.The anthropomorphic tendencies

of this car is what makes thiscar a memorable persona

on the screens.

Chevrolet has launched theupdated Cruze saloon at

a starting price of Rs13.85 lakh. This mid-life cycle updatebrings with it substantial mechanical

upgrades but not any styling. Therevised Cruze is now powered by an

updated 164bhp 2.0-litre enginedeveloping 38.7kgm of torque; poweris up by 16bhp and torque by 5.7kgm

Chevrolet Cruze launched

Arevolutionary technology isbeing developed by the engi-neers at Ford motors which can

help the car navigate itself throughtraffic at the click of a button. It is saidto be available for the markets in aspan of 5 years. The technologydepends on a camera and a radar sen-sor which are put in the rear view mir-ror of the car.

Ford tries new technology

BMW has ended talks with motorgiant General Motors to cooper-ate on developing fuel cells. It

has entered into dialogues with ToyotaMotor Corp. Both the companies areset to work towards developing fuelcell driven cars and components ofelectric cars.

BMW in talks with Toyota

11MOTORINGSATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

Who said carswere onlymeant to takeyou from pointA to B? A fewmovies and TV

shows have completely changedthe way cars were and are beingperceived. After watching a fewshows everyone fantasises ofhaving one of these super-carsparked in their garage. Not justvisually but also in terms ofpractical uses these cars havedemanded attention.

Movies and TV shows have always been centred around protagonists.But here are some automobiles which managed to enthrall

THE TUMBLER —THE DARK KNIGHT

To call this vehicle a car wouldjust undermine its possibili-ties. The Tumbler looks like

a tank on four wheel minus the mas-sive cannon riding on top. This vehi-cle weighs approximately 2.5 tonnes

and is 9 feet wide and 15 feet inlength. It also has a jet engine in the

rear for an extra punch. The basicconfiguration of the Tumbler includ-

ed a 8.7-liter Chevy V8 engine, atruck axle for the rear axle, front

tires by Hoosier (which are actuallydirt racing tires used on the right

rear of open wheel sprint cars), rear4×4 mud tires by Interco and the sus-

pension system of Baja racingtrucks. The design and development

process took nine months and costseveral million dollars. As far as its

arsenal goes it has two twin cannonsin the front fenders. The tumbler in

dire cases of traffic also breaks apartinto the two wheeled batpod. It’s this

trusty dragon that Batman uses tofight crime in Gotham.

Artificial Intelligence and Indestructibility are two of its traits.The car is a top-of-the-line vehicle pegged with advancedtechnology and it has gadgets galore to help get you out

of trouble. The car has a voice modulator which allows it to commu-nicate with the driver. The estimated cost of building this car was

$11400000 in the TV series.

KNIGHT RIDER— PONTIAC TRANS AM

THE DELOREAN DMC-12 –BACK TO THE FUTURE

The De Lorean DMC-12 is asports car that was manufac-tured by the De Lorean

Motor Company for the Ameri -can market from 1981 to 1983 inNorthern Ireland. Invented by DrEmmett Brown, this time mac -hine / car is a plutonium-pow-ered automobile. After entering atarget date, the operator acceler-ates the car to 88 miles per hour(141.6 km/h), which activates theflux capacitor. As it accelerates,several rails around the body ofthe car glow blue. Surrounded bylarge sparks, the whole car van-ishes in a flash of blue light sec-onds later, leaving a pair of firetrails where the vehicle's tireswill pass arriving at the destina-tion time. In one of the movies'Doc' also manages to convert intoa hovercraft. The DeLorean itselfis a sleek looking car. The car hasalways managed to leave the ro -ads on fire every time it changedthe space time continuum.

Amovie packed with aliens, sophisticated weaponry and aneven more advanced car. The car is a Mercedes Benz E-classwhich is driven by the alien busting duo of J an K. Equipped

with a life-like inflatable dummy to disguise the driver ait has theability to hit warp speed at the push of a button. It also acts as astorehouse for weapons during high speed chases.

MEN IN BLACK 2 – MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASS

Show stealers

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Chitty is the vintage racing carwhich features in the book,musical film and stage produc-tion of the same name. Writer

Ian Fleming took his inspiration for thecar from a series of aero-engined racingcars built by Count Louis Zborowski inthe early 1920s, christened "Chitty BangBang. The movie is basically a musicalrevolving around the eccentric modifi-cations made to the heap of scrap lyingin the hero’s garage which gives his carthe ability to fly. The car has a set ofextendable wings which fan out to helpthe car glide through the clouds. Forthe movie, the car was built by AlanMann Racing in Hertfordshire in 1967

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12TECHNOLOGY

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radio stations and anothertwo-million programmes! Itimmediately loads yourlocal radio stations, basedon your location.

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Fact Monster is an ideal referencesite for kids ages 8-14 that pro-vides entertainment and educa-

tion. It combines the contents of anencyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas,and several almanacs loaded withstatistics, facts, and historical records.

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We all have that one eccentric friendthat has a special, not ‘someone’, rathera ‘something’! One gadget that playsthe role of a soulmate; they treat it likea member of the family, name it, love itand can’t do without it!

To gadgets,with love


For most it’s just the joy ofholding their beloved intheir hands and being ableto show it off. It’s nerve-

racking for these gadget afi-cionados to hand over their bun-dle of joy to someone else. Theyjust can’t stay away and thethought of losing the gadget-of-affection drives them insane.

It is often hard to understandthe attachment between a personand a gadget but there can bevarious reasons for the unlikelybond such as: the date it was bou -ght on, what it may have helpedaccomplish, etc. Sometimes itcould just be the attention it gotyou!

Nikhil Choudhary, an elec-tronics and communicationgraduate shares a bond with hiscamera, he says, “I got my cam-era on October 18, 2006. I got mybirthday gift almost a monthlate! My father bought it and it is

The Nikon D40x. I’m not a pho-tographer but I do like clickingpictures now and then. I’ve hadthe camera for six years now. Ilove travelling and I take mycamera everywhere I go, I can-not live without it now!”

We all agree that the adventof gadgets have had an immense

impact on our lives in the pastdecade but, these wonderfulalterations in the nature of ourrelationships with them is justsomething else!

If we are giving these voice-less and lifeless gadgets so muchlove, one can’t even begin toimagine what kind of attach-

ment we’d share with somethingthat does talk or respond (read:artificial intelligence). Why gothat far? If one has been notic-ing the sudden interest peoplehave in voice apps on phones, itbecomes quite evident that gad-gets are no longer just machinesto us. They fill in a void that

nothing else can replace in ourlives today.

Akhila Bejju, an iPhone buffquips, “My iPhone is my firstlove! It’s my baby! My parentsgave it to me on my 21st birth-day. When it’s not with me I feellike something’s missing. I amextremely possessive about it.”

Nevertheless, with the kindof things gadgets today help usaccomplish, it may be just natu-ral for us to be so in love withthem. You can’t imagine goingout without your phone, simplybecause it helps you stay intouch, guides you, helps youimmortalise memories, becomesan apt companion when youneed to kill time and of course,makes you look good too.

Sometimes it’s hard to imag-ine what our lives would be likewithout these electronic friends.They have undoubtedly madeour lives so simple and uncom-plicated; also made us a tad bitlazy, but it’s okay! They’ve giventhings at the touch of our fingerand follow our commands sowell, it seems they’re now aninevitable part of our liveswhether we like it or not.

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Headed for the Red

Discovered in 2010,Colombia’s

Caquetá tití mon-key species may already

be headed for extinctionin the wild, according to the latest

update of the International Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN) Red

List of Threatened Species, releasedthis month.

13ANIMAL KINGDOM

The world’s oldestpurse may have

been found inGermany. Excavators at a

site near Leipzig uncov-ered more than a hundred dog teeth

arranged close together in a gravedated to between 2,500 and 2,200 B.C.

The teeth were likely decorations forthe outer flap of a handbag.

Dog teeth purse

The wire fox terrier isshort-backed and

square-propor-tioned, but at the same

time standing over a lot ofground. Its conformation

combines speed, endurance and power.A true “live-wire,” the wire fox terrier is

always up for adventure. This breedlives to play, explore, run and hunt.

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Know your dog

Mascots of their speciesLonesome George, the famed Galapagos tortoise that became a symbol of the islands and their

unique ecosystem, is dead. Like it there are several other animals who became the face of their species.

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The last of the sub-species ofGalapagos tortoises,

Lonesome George lived onthe Pinta Island in Ecuador.

Despite many attempts beingmade to multiply his species,

Lonesome George just seemedinterested in living an idyllic lifeon the island. Spotted in 1971 byHungarian malacologist JózsefVágvölgyi, George soon became

the symbol of conservation ofrare species across the globe. Hisdeath in June 2012 is a testimony

to how rare species becomeextinct due to ignorance or cal-

lousness in conservation.Lonesome George is more than

just another rare species, he is alesson that is never too late to

learn.

LONESOME GEORGE THETORTOISE

LAIKA THE DOG

She was thefirst dog toorbit the

earth in the yearin 1957. Foundas a stray, shewas taken by theSoviet scientistsand put to trainwith other dogsas they believedthat a stray wasmore resilient to the harsh weather varia-tions. She was ‘a good dog who neverfought with others’, according to a Russianmagazine. The good dog may not have sur-vived for more than a few hours in orbit,but went on to become an iconic dog. Manyyears later, many dogs have attempted tograb the coveted ‘ambassadorship’, butLaika definitely set the milestone.

KEIKO THE ORCA

The killer whale in the movieFree Willy, Keiko starred inall the Free Willy movies.

His name Keiko in Japanesemeans Lucky one. Captured inIreland, Keiko was sold to themarine park industry afterwhich began his stardom in ashe starred in Free Willy movies.Many attempts were made toreintegrate Keiko with his killerwhale species, but he alwaysseemed to look for human com-panionship. He was released in 2002 into the ‘wilderness’ of the ocean,but he swam hundreds of kilometers looking for human companionship.He died in 2003, but not before becoming the brand ambassador forwhale conservation initiatives across the globe. RIP Keiko.

UGGIE THE DOG

The four legged Oscar win-ner Uggie has a tale of hisown to tell. This Jack

Russell Terrier was abandonedby his last two owners till hewas finally adopted by OmarVon Muller. He has starred inthe silent movie The Artist andWater for Elephants. After hisperformances there have beenmany petitions put up to givethe dog its due accreditation.Uggie has now put up his pawsliterally, as his trainerannounced his retirementrecently, after winning all thatacclaim in the Oscars.

CHEETAH THE CHIMP

He was the side-kick or rather thestar of the Tarzan movies, and defi-nitely not an exaggeration if he

stole the limelight on numerous occa-sions! Cheeta the Chimp was one of themost famous Hollywood animals in the1930s era. According to the director ofTarzan, Cheeta was an outgoing chimpwho loved finger painting and AmericanFootball, and loved to see people laugh.He was so smart that he could tell if thedirector was having a good day or a badone! Having outlived both the actors whoplayed Tarzan and Jane, Cheeta died in2011 at the age of 80. There may be specu-lations on his age, however, he is, and willbe adored by all Tarzan movie fans.

DOLLY THE SHEEP

The world’s first cloned sheep Dolly was bornin 1996 at the Roslin Institute in Edinburg,Scotland. Interestingly she was named after

the famous singer Dolly Parton! When asked ifshe had any objections to the name, she said,‘There is no such thing as baa-ad publicity!’Dolly (the sheep) went on to become the mostfamous sheep in the world. The victory ofcloning was however to be short-lived when shewas diagnosed with severe arthritis and lung

disease. She waseuthanised in 2003 at theage of six. She may havedied young, but not with-out captivating the atten-tion of scientists,researchers and animallovers. But having ‘mar-ried’ David, a mountainWelsh ram, she producedtwins Sally and Rosieand then to triplets Lucy,Darcy and Cotton.

Other notable mentions aren Paul the Octopus n Heidi the cross-eyed possumn Bubbles the chimp- MJ’s pet

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14BOOKS

Title: Not Taco Bell Material Author: Adam CarollaPublisher: Crown ArchetypeAdam Carolla's Not Taco BellMaterial is a laugh-out-loudmemoir about growing uppoor and awkward in the San

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Title: Between the LinesAuthor: Jodi Picoult, Samantha

van LeerPublisher: Simon PulseA clever YA romance about themagical relationship between aloner and her fictional “Prince

Charming.” Elements from Picoult’s othernovels—alternating character viewpointswith distinguishing fonts, snappy chapterendings—are present, and the story ispeppered with pop culture references aswell as comic relief .

Title: Summerland Author: Elin HilderbrandPublisher: Reagan Arthur

BooksHilderbrand captivates withracy narrative, topical refer-ences, and characters who are

both familiar and memorable' – People.He takes the chick-lit trope of reclaimedfriendship and updates it with a timelytwist. Hilderbrand throws in a handful ofplot twists that bounce the story alonglike a funky old jeep.

Title: The Prisoner of Heaven Author: Carlos Ruiz ZafonPublisher: HarperNew York Times bestsellingauthor Carlos Ruiz Zafon takesus into a dark, gothicBarcelona and creates a rich, labyrinthine tale of love,

literature, passion, and revenge in which the heroes of The Shadow of theWind and The Angel’s Game must con-tend with a nemesis that threatens todestroy them.

SHORT READS

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A n atlas of impossiblelonging happened justnaturally for author

Anuradha Roy. The novel grewout of an image of a largehouse half-submerged by ariver. It was a haunting photo-graph of an actual house thathad to be abandoned by heraunt’s family.

The book starts in 1907 andgoes right up to the 1950s. Ittraces in its pages the lives andtravails of a family over threegenerations. Amulya is quite areticent man. A visit to a smalltown of Sonagarh changes hisperception completely. He feels acertain kinship to the ruins, thelife and the atmosphere thereand decides to set base there.

But this change from Calcuttadid not go down well with hiswife Kananbala, a young brideforced to stay at home. Slowlymadness sets in and Amulyatries desperately to figure outwhere his young wife had disap-peared gradually.

The other pivotal characterin the novel is Mukunda, a boyabandoned by his parents.Amulya takes responsibility ofthe child and later on his sonNirmal does too. Growing upalongside Mukunda in the houseis Bakul, Nirmal’s daughter,whouses photographs to enter theworld of her dead mother.

The story does not feel tooambitious to begin with. In the-

first half Roy brings to the foreissues of patriarchy, the ill-treat-ment of widows, the stigmaagainst patients with a mentalcondition and life during theBritish Raj, but then a flood hap-pens and changes the wholescope of the story.

Roy’s characters are the

highlight of this book. Thewomen especially cry out forattention. Be it the madKananbala, the lost in time MrsBarnaum, the oppressed Meeraor the rebellious Bakul, eachhave a tale to tell. Roy alsoeffortlessly weaves in the historyof India, which she says is whatalso affects her characters. Forexample the riots during the par-tition, thecaste divide and thesurveys done by theArchaeological survey of Indiaetc. Though there is ambiguityin the relationshipsin the novel,Roy makes sure that it has opti-mistic ending. For by her ownad-mission, her attempt was toshow the possibility of friend-ships betweenunlikely peopleand the importance of relation-ships. For a debut Roy definitely-deserves a pat on her back.

The river that destroys

NameAn atlas of impossible longing

AuthorAnuradha Roy

Pages304

PublisherHachette India


Caring for the Caregiver

Syed [email protected]

For a woman to find a manworthy of her love is noteasy; certainly not for awoman who has gone

through marriage, hope, abuse,heartbreak and divorce. Whenshe does, it is nothing short of a

miracle. What starts as a cau-tious second coming, bloomsinto genuine love that stemsfrom unabashed respect for aman who seems to have it all —good looks, athletic body and anintelligent mind.

When he proposes marriageand then happen three bonnychildren, it all seems like a

dream come true... until she isrudely woken up by the harshreality of life — death comesknocking. She knows that deathstalks everywhere, but that itwould descend on her lovelyfamily catches her unaware.

The only sin of the familywas that it was an ideal family.How does one summon the

courage to inform a four-year-oldthat his father was going to dieshortly? And for the parentsthemselves to do this is nothingshort of a nightmare. It couldshatter the bravest of the brave.

While Jai Pausch records herlife as a caregiver throughDream New Dreams, she movesthe reader to wanting to dosomething useful in a situationof such helpless angst. Everyonewho has known the sentimentsthat a terminally-ill person goesthrough, is inspired by this bookto want to be of some help.

Jai pushes herself to levelsshe never believed she was capa-ble of in her will to ease thepains of her ailing husband. Herinspiration in this endeavour isnone other than that husband,Randy Pausch, the man who isdiagnosed with pancreatic can-cer and has been pronounced thedeath verdict. The fact that hedeals with the upcoming eventu-ality objectively provides herwith the strength required insuch a situation.

Circumstances sometimesare so overbearing that cracksdevelop in the hitherto perfectwife-husband relationship.Inadequacies in the otherwiseadvanced medical field areexposed; that of limited studyand guidance to the caregiver,who is an integral cog in thewheel. Professional counsellingis sought and that helps tideover these testing times.

The story moves back andforth in time, much like the mi -nd of a person in absolute grief.Though warned, I couldn’t helpmyself from getting depressed. Ifwe do not use the emotional tur-moil bound to be raised on read-ing the book constructively, weare likely to stay melancholic fora long time to come.

NameBeneath the Dark Ice

AuthorJai Pausch

Pages230

PublisherHachette India

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The beauty of a book isnot in the words thatlie emblazoned on itspages. Rather, true lit-erary majesty is in the

emotions those words inspirein a reader. Chris Cleave’s Goldis majesty incarnate. Set in thecompetitive world of sprintcycling, Cleave weaves his talearound three British riders:Husband and wife Jack andKate, and their friend and rac-ing companion Zoe. Theirs isthe quest for the ultimate tro-phy…the disc of gold that bearsthe insignia of sport’s greatestmeeting, the Olympics. ButGold is about much more than

a race for the zenith of sportingachievement, it is also aboutfriendship, family, and the fineline that separates thesupremely focussed from theterminally insane.

Thrown into this mix ofthree ferociously competitivepeople is Sophie, daughter ofKate and Jack, and a girl who isstruggling with her own, verypersonal, battle. Sophie delvesinto the Star Wars universe toget away from the mundaneand the frightening that life sooften throws at you. She hidesbehind a Jedi cowl and hitchesrides on Tai fighters as she nav-igates her way through a cos-mos that is as much a life-vestas it is an imaginary playground for her

unafflicted psyche.Then there’s Tom, the hexa-

generic coach who must jugglethe roles of trainer, father, con-fidant, and above all, the rockaround which the raging seasof egotism and ambition swirlin never-ending eddies ofturmoil.

Cleave carves each charac-ter out a bedrock so sublimethat it borders on unreal. Butdon’t be fooled, this is very realindeed. As the three cyclistsrace towards qualification forthe London 2012 OlympicGames, the reader is taken on awhirlwind journey around theworld’s velodromes; sent spi-ralling down hospital corridorsand then shot into a strato-sphere thick with anguish,

despair and regret.Gold is a phenomenally

written book, and any moreinsight into the plot would haveto traverse a minefield of spoil-ers, too enriching to be set free.

The book thrives on anundercurrent of desperation; aclawing sense that life is fleet-ing and if not grasped firmly itslips eel-like from your handsonly to gasp its way to an endat your feet. But sailing overthis very desperation is also aboat built from triumph withsails of love and spurred on bya wind of acceptance. The factthat each of the characters, barSophie, is living with horrificdemons, makes them more tan-gible; more real; more You andI and less Them.

If there are only a handfulof books you plan on readingthis year then Gold should beright on top of that list. As theback jacket states: “This bookis only partly about the story,mostly it’s about how it makesyou feel”.

Racing to the finish MUST READSSIDDHARTHA, HERMAN HESSESiddhartha is among the mostpowerful novelsdealing with thespiritual searchfor meaning inone’s life. It dealswith such a jour-ney in the life ofan Indian princecalled Siddharthaduring the time of the Buddha.Written in a simple, yet powerfuland lyrical style, this story aboutthe struggle between the soul andthe flesh has resonated throughthe decades with each new gener-ation. It remains one of the time-less masterpieces of 20th centuryliterature.

TitleGold

Author: Chris CleavePages: 372

Publisher: Hachette India

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OFTHE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME,MARK HADDONChristopher JohnFrancis Booneknows all thecountries of theworld and theircapitals and everyprime number upto 7,057. He relateswell to animals buthas no understanding of humanemotions. He cannot stand to betouched. At fifteen, Christopher’scarefully constructed world fallsapart when he finds his neigh-bour’s dog, Wellington, impaledon a garden fork, and he is initial-ly blamed for the killing. The mostwrenching of emotional momentsare chronicled by a boy who can-not fathom emotion.

FRANNY AND ZOOEY, J.DSALINGERThis is a volume containing twointerrelated stories by JDSalinger. Franny is a precociousadolescent whotries to attainspiritual purifica-tion by obsessive-ly reiterating the"Jesus prayer" asan antidote to theperceived superfi-ciality of life. Shesubsequently suf-fers a nervous breakdown. In thesecond story, her next older broth-er, Zooey, attempts to heal Frannyby pointing out that her constantrepetition of the "Jesus prayer" isas self-involved and egotistical asthe egotism against which sherails.

If there are only a handful of books you plan on reading thisyear then Gold should be right on top of that list

18WOMEN

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You can identify tele-marketers and other

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iScopes: There’s a lot of

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All About EveINDIRA ATLURI

What shouldeve wear?

The Chinese government’srecent diktat on womenand appropriate dressing

in subways is very amusing.We, the neighbours too haveheard enough about how weought to dress so as to notevoke the ‘naughty’ feelings inmen, haven’t we? Well, it need-n’t always take a semi-nakedwoman for the man to getexcited I think. Let’s then dis-sect the various garments andprove how each one is actually‘inappropriate’, contrary topopular belief.

Denims – Reveals theshape of your legs and thecurvature of you derriere.Distinctly shows the gait ofthe lady, which could be apotential provocation. Howvery suggestive is this clothingright dear men?

Salwar Kameez –Heroines have danced in theirsalwars with their dupattasflying away in the strong galesof London, Paris orSwitzerland. And enough menhave seen them and recordedthem in their memories toassociate the salwar kameez tosomething provocative. Salwarkameez - ruled out!

Sari – Our heroines havelong debunked the myth thatthe sari is the symbol of sanc-tity of the soul….or whatever.And enough villains havealready tried to ‘demystify anddecode’ the sari by pulling itoff the women — literally. Howcan it be worn in public then?Nahee nahee.

Skirt – Ah! The bane ofthe corporate onslaught. Withlegs so completely revealed,what else could the ‘poor’ mando but to harass the ‘bad’woman? And yes, not to forget— an equally adamant attitudethat for many men is an ‘invi-tation for punishment.’

Burkha – Eyes they sayare the window to the soul.And perhaps, a burkha-cladwoman may not have revealedmuch of her body, but the eyesyou see? The man definitelyhas a case to put forward –‘she seduced me with hereyes’. Point taken.

What then is appropriateto wear you may wonder. Well,I wonder too.

Chores women so love

Igrew up on a daily doseof the Dagwood Bumstead

cartoon strip. The maintheme of this cartoon is

Dagwood’s love for food and hisfamily, and Blondie’s for vacu-uming; a beautiful woman,Blondie more often than nothad a vacuum hose in herhands. I took it for granted thatwas a symbol used to depictwomen. Now I realise ChicYoung who wrote those stripswas much smarter and had aninsight into the women’s psy-che that has now been discov-ered by the Zoflora Disinfectantsurvey of 2,000 women. Oneout of three women hasrevealed that she attained greatpleasure and a sense ofachievement out of cleaningand dusting. They also said thatcleaning was very relaxing, sat-isfying and therapeutic.

It is a fact that womenworkers are tidier, organisedboth in their work output andtheir work-area maintenance.Files in women’s racks aremore neatly stacked and thenoting in the files neat and tidy.Perhaps the workplace becomesan extension of their home;importance given to cleaningtheir homes is replicated attheir workplace. A boss prefersa woman for a secretary ratherthan a man because he knowsthat she would keep his deskand his appointments organ-ised and uncluttered.

Does this then make wo m ensome kind of species who oughtto be classified as better perfo r -mers in areas of cleaning anddusting and therefore relegatethem to such tasks even in anoffice? Many tasks actually ne -ed a lot of cleaning-up in a me -taphorical sense that men areprone to overlook. That is whyeven if women are fewer in nu -m bers in the higher rungs ofmanagerial positions, they ma -n age to achieve far more thantheir male colleagues. Theirnatural inclination towards

organisation and attention tometiculous detailing ensuresthat the end result is excellent.

As a little boy I always hada secret sympathy for my moth-er, who was a career woman. Isaw the juggling she did on thehome front, along with her job,as an extra burden she had tocarry that my dad was notexpected to. I never heard hercomplain. As I grew up, Iassumed that it was for the loveof us children that she madethe extra effort. I also saw anaunt always dusting and clean-ing. Her house is so neat andclean that I am afraid of step-ping in it or sitting on the well-dusted furniture, though she isa very warm and welcominghost. Despite being prone to allkinds of body aches and painsshe never ever gave up herobsessive cleaning of the house.Now wisdom has dawned on meand I realise that perhaps my

mother and aunt actually enjoythese gruelling chores.

I still would take the find-ings with a pinch of salt,because all those surveyed areadults. A reality check shouldbe made with little girls.Internalisation of societalnorms, codes and rules beginquite early — some believe even

before birth. A girl observesher mother and a boy his fatherand both learn their respectivebehaviours. So that is why yousee little girls playing housewith small pots and pans, whilethe boy plays doctor, engineeror soldier who importantlystruts about with a toy stetho-scope, tools or a toy gun.

Most little girls like to beprincesses and fairies and Iwould bet you my last rupeethat cleaning is not on theirminds at all. It is only as theygrow up that tasks assigned bysociety are absorbed in theirconsciousness and the cleverway that nature seems to have,they imagine that they love allthose dirty tasks that we, men,shirk. And women now make itout as if they are doing whatthey like and therefore weshould allow them to do it. Howvery convenient for the manip-ulating Male!

SYED SHOAIB

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A recent survey has revealed that women feel more relaxedand satisfied after spending a couple of hours blitzing their homes as they

found the experience therapeutic


19SPOTLIGHTSATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

WHAT A NIGHT!It was night of fun and a lot of

excitement at N Asian on Friday. Aspart of the Chivas Studio Spotlight,

origami artist Sachin GeorgeSebastian, DJ Whossane and

percussionist Jonqui performed atthe venue. Spotted at the event were

Nagarjuna, Rahul Dev, AsmitaMarwa, having a great time.

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20RELATIONSHIPS

Iam 22. I stay here with myaunt. Of late one of my

close friends has startedavoiding me and then I later

heard that she was telling othersstories behind my back. She

went and told them that I was abad-charactered girl. I think it

stemmed from the fact that I gopubbing a lot. Please help.

Dear disturbed kid, What are you guys in kindergarten? This is not theage to bickering over who does what and where. Ithink your friend needs a good psychiatrist. Andyou need a little waking up to do, if you havefriends such as these. Pubbing and going out withforneds does not mean anyone is bad-charactered.It just means you have a great taste and know howto enjoy life to the fullest. Either you take yourfriend along the next time you go or forget her.

People love social networks. That’s the obviousconclusion from Facebook’s 900 million activeusers and its current standing as one of the most

visited sites on the web, second only to Google. Newresearch from the University of Georgia finds whatpeople may really “like” about social networking arethemselves. According to the research, published bythe journal Computers in Human Behaviour, the 526million people who log on to Facebook every daymay be boosting their self-esteem in the process.

I AM ALL EARS LOVE FOR FACEBOOK


ROOMMATES FROM HELL

“He was a normalkid in high schoolbut somethinghappened when

we reached college. He was abso-lutely crazy about his girlfriend.He constantly said he hadmoney and that he wanted torun away with her. There wasthis one time when he wasalmost about to kill himself at 4am in the morning because hegot into a fight with her,” saysHarsha Phani, an undergraduatestudent. Harsha tried reasoning

with him but it was no good.Similar to Harsha, Rahul

Sharma too has a tale to tell. Hisroommate was a narcissist,someone who needed constantattention. He was also a suspect-ed kleptomaniac. “He alwayswanted importance. He justcouldn’t bear it if we made funof him in a friendly way. It both-ered him so much that he disap-peared for hours together,”Rahul said. Rahul tried to talk-ing to him about it but it didn’thelp.

Unlike these situations, Ranihad a different problem– herroommate was obsessed withher. “She was desperate to roomwith me from the very begin-ning. She does everything I do,”said Rani. “I have always beenallergic to garlic so I avoid any

food with it. She always enjoyedeverything but in college shesuddenly claimed to be allergicto garlic too. She made such abig scene that her father had tovisit her!” added Rani. Rani saidthat her roommate does not havea major psychological disorder,but she impersonates her inmany ways. “We have beenfriends for too long, so I don’thave the heart to say anything toher,” said Rani, smiling.

Savita Menon, a psychologistat Apollo Hospital, feels thatthese problems should be care-fully dealt with. “If your room-mate has a major psychologicalissue, you should let his or herparents know. They probably didnot notice it for a long time. Butlet him or her know before youinform the parents. If you don’t,he or she could have major trustissues. If it’s a minor problem,talk it out,” said Dr Menon. Shealso thinks that situations likethese should be given a shot. “Ifnothing works, switching roomsis always an option,” she added.

There will always be differ-ences among people. And theyare more apparent when you areliving with someone. While somepeople can look beyond the dif-ferences, others can’t. Dealing

with them in the right way isimportant. Confronting yourroommate and talking to themabout any problem is a good wayto share a healthy relationship.

NEHA ALLURI

[email protected]

Movies to watch onroommatesn The Odd Couplen Single White Femalen Threesomen Three men and a babyn Roommate

Things to do before youroom with someonen Try to meet with the per-

son before you move intogether.

n Check if your schedulesmatch.

n Make sure you have somesimilarities.

n Move in with a friend whoyou have known for a longtime, if possible.

n Confront and talk aboutany problem that arises.

Dirty clothes piled on the floor, torn and filthy socks, papers strewn all over and a stinking room, if youthought these are the only things a roommate is capable of, well — think again

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Not really the bestAll the Best is so sloppy and haphazard that itcorrodes you inch by inch as the film unfolds

Hemanth [email protected]

Ten minutes into thefilm, All The Bestseems like a prankgone horribly wrong.The jokes fall apart,

random scenes are exaggerat-ed beyond your belief, forcingyou to question the logicbehind what’s happening onscreen. It goes without sayingthat you are not expected tothink while watching a pot-boiler, but All the Best is toosloppy and haphazard todeserve our attention.

The film opens in a court room and weare told that Ravi’s father has been arrest-ed for swindling `15 lakh from a bank.Ravi (Srikanth) is desperate to save hisfather and seeks the help of all his friendsand acquaintances to raise the money toget his father out on bail. When everyonerejects his request, he bumps into AmbajiRao (Rao Ramesh), who’s an expert at con-ning people. Ambaji promises to help Ravibut he informs him that he’ll be out oftown for sometime. Ravi goes to a super-market to con the cashier at the behest ofAmbaji and when he’s almost caughtChandu (JD Chekravarthy) comes to hisrescue. Soon, the duo goes on conning peo-ple in Rajahmundry and finally Chandupromises Ravi that he would help himraise `15 lakh.

Lakshmi Prasanna (Lucky Sharma),

Ravi’s sister works at aFive Star Hotel whereAbdul Razzaq (PradeepRawat) is staying.Chandu comes to knowthat Razzaq wants to buya piece of land and hebelieves that it’s the bestchance to make a lot ofmoney. How Ravi andChandu manage to conRazzaq forms the rest ofthe story.

Srikanth does anearnest job in his role;however, JD goes over-board at times. Moreover,

there’s a lot of confusion over his charac-terisation. His sister hates him becausehe’s a crook, although he doesn’t exhibitsuch traits while dealing with others.Lucky Sharma makes an good impressionin her debut film but she doesn’t get herdue despite the importance of her charac-ter in the fim. The biggest problem withthe film is that the fizz doesn’t last long tosustain the audience’s interest till the endof the film. Even Brahmanandam andKrishna Bhagawan don’t have much to do.

There are so many characters and sub-plots in the film that it’s tough to keeptrack of everything. It has its share of finemoments, but there’s no reason why thisfilm deserves to be watched, unless youdeliberately want to inflict the ordeal onyourself. Stay away from this film, but ifyou really want to watch it, then all onecan do is wishing you — All The Best.

Movie:All the Best

Cast: Srikanth, Kota Srinivasan

Rao, JDChakravarthy,Lucky

Sharma, Brahmanandam,Anisha Singh Directed by:

J D ChakravarthyRating:

MeeraChoprajoins LoveStory’scastMeera Chopra is back in

Telugu cinema after a longhiatus. She was last seen in

Nithin starrer Maaro and post thedebacle of the film, she took a longbreak from acting. The latest newsis that she has been cast in animportant role in Nagarjuna’supcoming film Love Story. Sherecently joined the film’s shootingin Hyderabad. Dasarath is directingthe film and Nayanthara is playingthe lead role oppositeNagarjuna,who’s playing the role ofan NRI. Thaman is composing themusic. D Sivaprasad Reddy is pro-ducing the film.

SS Rajamouli is a relieved man now that thecensor formalities of his upcoming filmEega have been completed. The film has

been given a U/A certificate in both Telugu andTamil. Recently, Rajamouli screened the firstcopy of the film for Suresh Babu and PrasadV Potluri, who are producing and distribut-ing the film in AP and Tamil Nadu. “Suresh

babu & PV(NAANE producer)saw the 1stcopy last night.both of them hugged me &

said they were proud 2 be a part of eegaFelt so so so so happy. Of course the

audience verdict is final.that goes with-out saying. That doesn’t mean I cannot

rejoice when my producer congratulatesme..:) (sic),” Rajamouli posted on Twitter

couple of days ago. When RGV added more fuelto the fire by stating that he expects Eega to col-

lect more than `100 crore in Telugu alone,Rajamouli replied saying that RGV was exagger-

ating; however, he thanked him for the support.The ace director has confirmed that the film’sHindi version will be released in 3D later this

year, depending on the response for the Teluguand Tamil versions. As the film is all set to take

the box office by storm on July 6, Rajamouliand his team are leaving no stone unturned topromote the film. Nani, Samantha and Sudeep

have played lead rolesin the film. MM Keeravanihas composed the music and Senthil is the

cinematographer.

Rajamouli is arelieved man

CINEMA 22SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

B-TOWN TWEETIES@realpreityzintaIt’s amazing how your bodygoes on Auto Pilot whenyou have a zillion things todo! I think I need a Quietweekend... What about u?

@iamsrkHave a persistent headache.

Tried fresh air... water...food... bubbly tablets...

music... sleep. Will try get-ting out of bed feet first.

@sonamakapoorJust saw the amazing spiderman! Andrew Garfield youare one fine looking man!

@SrBachchanT 789 - Another day and

then the final of the Euro:Spain v Italy... with so manyupsets everyday it’s becom-

ing difficult to predict result.

@RahulBose1Unbelievable the USSupreme court ruling 5-4 infavour of Obamacare. Ithought Roberts would gowith the nays. Super stuff.

@R_KhannaUpon whoever dinged my

car door while I was parkedat the gym, I wish the worstcurse: A lifetime of low flow

shower heads.

@NeilNMukeshChronicle is one of the finestsuper power films I’ve seen.Its realistic approach isrefreshing in a movie likethis. :)

@ActorMadhavanAt a Dear friends home inSan Fresco. What a lovelyhome... feels great to beamongst the dear ones.

Minimum effort &minimum results

Maximum is a case of too much effort being wasted on a talethat has been done to death

Maximum is one ofthose stories that dealwith the hunger forpower. Two cops, good

at their own games are workingin the Mumbai PoliceDepartment. One is PratapPandit, played by Sonu Sood, aleading encounter specialist inthe Mumbai police department.As goes with his job, he is verymuch a trigger happy personand goes around gunning downcriminals. Neha Dhupia playshis dutiful wife who is bumpedoff in the course of the movie byrivals. Arun Inaamdar, played byNaseeruddin Shah, who wasonce Pandit's senior is now justhis second fiddle in the depart-ment and loses no opportunity toremind Pandit of his seniorityand the number of encountershe has done till date— 56.

Now, the film is basicallyabout the battle between thesetwo egotistical men, to see whocomes out tops. Some might getreminded of the Nana Patekar’sAb Tak Chappan, but then thesimilarity ends there. Maximumis definitely not as hard-hittingas that was.

Kabeer Kaushik probablyneeds a little more research ashe has forgotten the n number of

encounter specialist filmsBollywood has of late churnedout. So what’s new? We fail tosee that. Kaushik might havetaken references from real-lifecops and incidents but he isn'table to productively put togetherthe facts to come up with a rivet-ing fictional account

While Pandit is ambitious,Arun Inaamdar is shown as con-niving and silent. Neha can bepraised for the blink and missrole in a sari which she carriesof much better than her bikiniavatar. Vinay Pathak does a con-vincing job as a politician. Andthe item number, though acatchy number , the less said thebetter.

What's more disappointing isthat the film at times leaves youclueless as in what’s actuallygoing on.

Movie:Maximum

Cast: Sonu Sood, NaseeruddinShah, Amit Sadh, Neha

DhupiaDirected by:

Kabeer Kaushik

When The AmazingSpider -Man wasannounced, it

received mixed reactionsamong the movie-goingaudiences. Oh no, notagain, how many timesshould we go back to thestart, said some. But mostothers were overjoyed.After all, Spider-Man hasbecome one of those clas-sics, whose endings wealready know but we loveso much that it doesn't mat-ter. We will loyally watch asmany spin-offs as they areready to make.

But Marc Webb'sAmazing Spider-Man winsover even the most cynicalof its detractors.UnlikeSaimi's sequel's that we'vebeing seeing for the pastyears, Amazing Spider-Manis a new take on Spider-Man origins, with one mostnotable difference —Andrew Garfield replacesTobey Macguire,and is stel-lar in his role as PeterParker. The movie openswith Peter Parker's parents(Campbell Scott andEmbeth Davidtz) who onthe run, deposit their youngson with his Uncle Ben(Martin Sheen) and AuntMay (Sally Field). It followsthe life of Peter Parker whois wading through highschool, trying to figure outwho he is and how he got tobe the person he is today.But this is no invisible nerdbut a skateboarder and

defender of the weak, evenwithout the superpowerscapable of luring the ladies,most notably Gwen Stacy(Emma Stone). But thingschange forever when, Peterfinds some of his parent'snotes which leads him toDr.Curtis Connors (RhysIfans). Prowling in his lab,Peter gets the spider bitewhile Connors takes anexperimental serum thatturns him into the mania-cal Lizard. New York is nowtheir battleground and howPeter Parker will save theday makes for the crux ofthe story.

Marc Webb (of 500 Daysof Summer)seamlesslyblends action and emotionto make a fast-paced andbrilliant entertainer, keep-ing die-hard comic bookfans in mind while keepingit meaningful. Visually, thefilm is stunning, even betterthan others in the series.Garfield, Stone and Ifans,all deliver commendableperformances. As surpris-ing as it might seem, TheAmazing Spider-Man shoulddefinitely be on your must-watch list.

Spidey’s backMovie:

The Amazing Spider-ManCast:

Andrew Garfield, EmmaStone, Rhys Ifans

Directed by:Marc Webb



TAKE YOUR PICK

THE SATURDAY QUIZ 25

1. Which well-known group hasacquired the maker of,among other things, mangodrink Fruitnik?

2. What is Research in Motion’stablet PC called?

3. The word for a clothingbrand also stands for the leg-endary sword of King Arthur.Which word?

4. As per data released byUnion Health Ministry theinfant mortality rate is lowestin?

5. Who won the prestigiousOndaatje Prize 2012 for hisbook “The Sly Company ofPeople Who Care”

6. When is the WorldEnvironment Day (WED)

observed every year? 7. Name the Italian tourist who

was released by the Maoistsin Orissa on April 12, 2012 ?

8. Asian Junior WrestlingChampionship 2012 wasorganised in which of the fol-lowing country?

9. According to the WHO’srecent report what is the

most probable cause of can-cer among the people?

10. What’s the drink thatAustrian entrepreneurDietrich Mateschitz intro-duced in 1987?

11. Lotus Software is a divisionof which company?

12. In the Subway restaurantchain, what’s a SubStore?

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

BIBLIOPHILE

1“Happy families are allalike; every unhappyfamily is unhappy in itsown way.”

2“If you really want tohear about it, the firstthing you’ll probablywant to know is where Iwas born, and what mylousy childhood waslike… and all that DavidCopperfield kind ofcrap, but I don’t feel likegoing into it, if you wantto know the truth.”

3“It was a queer, sultrysummer, the summerthey electrocuted theRosenbergs, and I didn’tknow what I was doingin New York.”

4“...light of my life, fire ofmy loins. My sin, mysoul.”

5“In my younger andmore vulnerable yearsmy father gave mesome advice that I’vebeen turning over in mymind ever since”

FROM THESE FIRSTLINES, CAN YOUIDENTIFY THE BOOK?

WHO AM I?Regarded asone of themost famousfemales ofthe 20th cen-tury, I wasdescribed byinfluentialjournalist ChristopherHitchens as hideous”...”cor-rupt”...”cynical” and “evil”

with SantoshGhule

Spot the over-flowing pen...

Answer for 21:Five and notfour!

Answers1.Amrutanjan 2. Playbook 3. Excalibur. 4. Goa 5. RahulBhattacharya 6.June 5 7. PaoloBosusco 8.Kazakhastan 9. DieselFumes 10. Red Bull 11. IBM 12. Subwaymerchandise centre

Answers1. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy.2.Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger 3. The Bell Jar, Slyvia Plath 4. Lolita, Vladamir Nabokov5. The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald1Which Indian freedom fighter

was popularly called‘Mahamana’?A. Bal Gangadhar TilakB. Jai Prakash NarainC. Madan Mohan Malaviya

2Where was the first IndianInstitute of Management (IIM)established in 1961 ? A. KolkataB. BengaluruC. Ahmedabad

3Which India born physicistinvented the ‘Optical Fibre’ ? A. CV RamanB. Narinder Singh KapanyC. Homi J. Babha

4Which Australian state wasonce known as “Van Diemen’sLand” ?A. Victoria B. Queensland C.Tasmania

5Which Indian state would yoube in if you were watchingbirds at Ranganathittu BirdsSanctuary, situated on an islandin the Kaveri river ? A Karnataka B Maharashtra C Tamil Nadu

6The author of which of theseepics also appears as a charac-ter in it?A Meghadootam B Mahabharata C Abhigyanshakuntalam

Answers1. Madan Mohan Malaviya. 2. Kolkata3.Narinder Singh Kapany4. Tasmania5. Karnataka 6. Mahabharata

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR TEMPLES

PICTUREPUZZLE 22

Answer: Mother Teresa


Answers: 1.Bahai 2. Puri Jagannath 3. Madurai Meenakshi 4. Dakshineswar

CHAI TIME 26SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

How to Play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: “How do you play Kakuro?”, wellhere are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike insudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cellslike in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the darkcells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In akakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of thedigits in the row or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle,

you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14.This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and soon...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this isdone through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as youwork out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limitthe valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two - it contains two numbers, 30and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of thenumber 11.

KAKUROACROSS1 Bit of elbow encour-

agement5 Material at a yard

sale?11 1 or 11, in twenty-

one14 “I changed my

mind” on a comput-er

15 Fermi or Caruso16 Bird’s horn?17 Constantly19 “Gimme a ___”20 Chunk of lawn21 Adopt, as a cause23 Poe’s middle name26 Tenth mo.28 “Do not open ‘til

___”29 Cosmetic31 Bad looks33 “Warm” or “cold”

ending34 “Survivor” genre36 Show disagreement,

in a way41 Misses on the moors42 ___ Grande44 Forever and ever47 Launder with chemi-

cals50 Animal’s resting

place51 ___ Moines, Iowa52 Fine-twisted thread53 Singer’s quivery

effect56 Demand payment57 Be green around the

gills58 Handyman’s storage

unit64 X-ray dose unit65 Hostile attack66 A stone’s throw away

from67 Barnyard abode68 Big name in private

planes69 “Spare me the ___

details”

DOWN1 “Aye!” sayer2 Abbr. for Jesse

Jackson3 “To Autumn,” e.g.4 ___ fin (shark feature)5 Repel (with “off”)6 So-so link?7 Sis counterpart

8 Beam fastener9 Boardwalk coolers10 Business name abbr.11 Take as a given12 “Julius ___”

(Shakespearetragedy)

13 Glut18 “... in ___-horse

open sleigh”22 Aster relative23 Had a course24 Bad outcome for the

home team25 Prefix meaning

“stone”26 Black-and-white

treats27 Poison pill contents30 Bit of hair31 “Badlands” star

Spacek32 Degree in mathe-

matics?35 More bad looks37 Bank vault installa-

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39 “Iliad” warrior40 “Don’t touch that

___!”43 Number of even

primes44 Knot-tying sites45 Wild West Show

prop46 Easy to

handle48 Collection

of mem-bers

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51 Elevatorentryways54 Ending for“psych”55 ___ Star

State(Texas’nickname)

56 “Anti-art”movement

59 “Alamos” or“Angeles” preceder

60 A finished movie is inone

61 “The one” played byKeanu

62 “... silk purse out of asow’s ___”

63 “Give it a shot!”

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Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo VirgoThe High Priestess

Work – Use creativeways to make your

work more fun. Use wordassociation games tomake interesting connec-tions. Romance – Thereare times when you can-not believe that you andyour partner have comethis far. Keep working at itand don’t take it for grant-ed ever. Health – Stayaway from the heavychemical stuff and takeonly that medication thatmakes you feel refreshedand confident about yourhealth. Money – If moneyis your priority you maydo well by trying yourluck in creative jobs thatrequire you to use yourinstinct more than logic.Tarot message – Go withthe flow and try not to dis-rupt it by coming toomuch from the head. Letyour heart lead you.

Ten of Cups

Work – Work-lifebalance has been

hit in the last fewmonths. You need towork actively towardregaining this balance.Romance – Family time!Go out on a shortvacation to get qualitytime with each other.Reconnect. A naturetrip will be good.Health – There areminor issues that can betreated efficiently ifyou do the right thingslike follow a diet and takethe right medicines.Money – You are finan-cially settled and feel thatthere is enough for allyour needs. Don’t take toomany risks.Tarot message – Thereare times when you feelinadequate and feel youcan do more. Not a badtime to try the new.

King of Swords

Work – Colleaguesenvy you your posi-

tion and also ability to dostuff really well. Be onyour guard and don’t gettoo close to anyone.Romance – You needto feel more and thinkless in relationships. Youcannot have a route mapfor the way a romanceshould work.Health – If allopathy isnot working for your ail-ment, go natural. This is agood time to try some-thing completely different.But you need to havefaith. Money – Financesare in control as long asyou don’t make rash deci-sions. Do not lend or bor-row money. This will ruinyour plans. Tarot mes-sage – You are an intellec-tual genius and handlingthat can be quite a taskfor you.

Four of Pentacles

Work – A strongplan of action with

specific timelines willtake the stress out of awork project. You canfeel more secure aboutworking it. Romance –You come from a tradi-tional viewpoint that youneed to be financiallysound before you suggesta romance or date.Health – Sleep hygieneneeds attention. If you’rehaving trouble sleeping,don’t ignore it. Get helpand do the right things.Money – Keep somemoney aside to do thethings you like – like trav-elling, gardening, reading,etc. it will make your freetime more worthwhile.Tarot message – Moneyis the foundation of allyour thoughts andactions. Let it not lead allyou actions.

Eight of Pentacles

Work – Take up acourse to further your

career prospects. It willmake you more confidentabout dealing with biggerresponsibilities.Romance – You feel like anewcomer to the world ofromance every time youfall in love or meet some-one interesting.Health – Exercise needsattention. Are you doingthe right exercises and theright way? Better to consulta fitness expert before youget on a programme.Money – All is well andyou have saved for a rainyday. Now you have the free-dom to do what you likeand spend on thingsyou enjoy.Tarot message – Workon the tomorrow. Plan forthe unknown and makesure there’s space forthings you like.

Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

The Fool

Work – Don’t shy awayfrom taking up any

new assignments. It willopen you up to new possi-bilities. You may eventhink of a career switch.Romance – It is importantto keep the romance aliveand do what’s needed tomaintain a good relation-ship. Do your bit. Health –Natural medicines may bethe key to achieving a mo -re holistic approach to bal-ance of mind and body. Do -n’t get anxious about any-thing. Money – New inve -stments may work well foryou and you need to shoparound for real estate dealsbefore you decide what youcan and cannot afford.Tarot message – There’sno point waiting for tomor-row to live a little. You cando just as well by doingwhat you love, today.

The Emperor

Work – You’re in con-trol and need more

confidence to go aheadwith your plans. Yourbiggest weakness – worry –needs to be tackled.Romance – You have theupper hand in the relation-ship but you soon realizethat it means little in love.Health – Research on anillness before you give upand go through one treat-ment option. There may beother options available toyou. Money – The tempta-tion is to shop around a lotand do what’s needed tofeel better about your ownfinancial health. Let it notovertake your own desirefor peace of mind.Tarot message – Beingin control comes withhuge responsibility – espe-cially to know how to usethat power.

The Hanged Man

Work – You are un -aware of some things

that people talk about youat the work place. This isnot a nice place to be in.Tune in to the office gossipa little. Romance – Youdesire a spiritual connec-tion with your better halfbut remember that any oneperson cannot fulfill all ourneeds at the same time.Health – Diet needs atten-tion. You may come acrossa natural ingredient whichyou can use in cooking forbetter digestion. Money –You are financially stableand this is the good part.The part where you need tobe cautious is to know thatmoney will eventually runout. Tarot message –Awareness is the key togrowing and getting a bet-ter understanding of theworld around you.

Knight of Wands

Work – There aretimes when you have

doubts about your ownabilities. These doubts, infact, work in your favourand give you the energy todo extraordinarily well.Romance – You are in awonderful place and havefound a person who under-stands you really well.Enjoy this time while itlasts. Health – Sleep is keyto determining how youfeel throughout the day.You need to cultivate bettersleep hygiene. Do what’sneeded to achieve this.Money – All is well on themoney front. A few unex-pected expenses may havehurt your pocket but it cer-tainly doesn’t go waste.Tarot message – Thistime of smooth sailing isperfect to ruminate on lifeand love.

Queen of Pentacles

Work – You lookat everything from

the point of view of mone-tary benefit and this isnot necessarily a goodthing. Be careful aboutyour choices. Romance –A little distance does aworld of good to marriedcouples. You get the timeand space to reprioritizeand understand your ownneeds better. Health – Youneed to listen to your body.Stop eating when yourbody says enough and startexercising when it feelslethargic. Money –Finances are looking up.You have been feeling a lit-tle low lately and need totake stock of what youhave and how much youlost. Tarot message – Allis well, or not, dependingon which side of the coinyou look at.

Four of Swords

Work – There aretimes when you don’t

want to take up anythingnew and all will go well justby knowing that nothingmuch has changed.Romance – You seekstability in romance anddon’t want the ups anddowns of a volatilerelationship. Health – Bycontrolling your diet you doyourself a favour and getrid of all the health prob-lems that may have comeup. Continue to controlwhat you eat. Money –Finances are in great shape.You have the confidence totake risks in new invest-ments. All will go well.Tarot message – Havefaith in yourself and yourthoughts. It is alright to notwant to change. But recog-nize the time when it’simportant that you do.

Queen of Wands

Work – Not everyoneis going to be

happy with your positionin the office. There aresome people who willwant to take your place.Watch out! Romance –Alone together! This sumsup what you need in arelationship. You like yourown space and are willingto wait for someone whounderstands this. Health– You need to let go. Bytrying to control thingstoo much you run the riskof making everyday sim-ple tasks difficult for your-self. Money – Don’t holdback too much. If youreally want to buy some-thing, take the plunge butalso ensure you can affordit. Tarot message – Bybeing an over-the-top con-trol freak, you make lifeboring for yourself andothers, too.

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Agame similar totrampolining wasdeveloped by the

Inuit, who would toss eachother into the air on a wa-lrus skin. There is also so-me evidence of people inEurope having been toss-ed into the air by a num-ber of people holding a

blanket; Mak in the Wakef-ield Second Shepherds’ Pl-ay and Sancho Panza in D-on Quixote are both sub-jected to blanketing –however, these are clearlynon-voluntary, non-recre-ational instances of quasi-judicial, mob-administeredpunishment. The trampo-

line-like life nets onceused by firemen to catchpeople jumping out ofburning buildings wereinvented in 1887.

The 19th-centuryposter for Pablo Fanque’sCircus Royal referencesperformance on trampo-line, though the device is

thought to have beenmore like a springboardthan the fabric-and-coiled-springs apparatus present-ly in use. These may not bethe true antecedents ofthe modern sport of tram-polining, but indicate thatthe concept of bouncingoff a fabric surface.

TRAMPOLINE:The Trampolinecompetition atthe 2012 Game-s, the newest of

the three Gymnastics discipl-ines on the Olym-pic progra-mme. Devised in the 1930s atthe University of Iowa, thefirst modern trampoline wasinitially used as a trainingtool for tumblers, astronautsand athletes. However, it gre-w in popularity to such anextent that in 1964 the firstever Trampoline World Cha-mpionships were held. Sinceits Olympic debut in 2000,the sport has consiste-ntlyfeatured awe-inspiring dis-plays of acrobatic excellence.

Field of playThere are two trampolinesnext to each other, 2m apart

and both just 10m awayfrom the judging panel. Eachtrampoline is 5.05m long,2.91m wide and 1.155mhigh. The bed has strips that

are less than 6mm thick, andis attached to the frame

Trampoline at GamesTrampoline Gymnastics is arelative newcomer on theOlympic programme; itmade its debut at the Sydney2000 Games.

The basicsGymnasts perform a series of10 skill routines, with a varietyof single, double and triplesomersaults with and withouttwists. Precise technique andperfect body control are vitalfor success, with judges deliv-ering marks for difficulty, exe-cution and time of flight,minus penalties

Competition formatEach competition for menand women features two

phases: the qualificationround and the final round.Athletes perform two volun-tary routines in the qualifi-cation round: in the qualifi-cation round, the first rou-tine (with two skills countingfor difficulty) focuses onsimplicity and excellent exe-cution, while the secondexercise has no difficultylimitations. The eight ath-letes with the best scoresadvance to the final for onemore voluntary routine of 10different skills, which deter-mines the results of the com-petition

OfficialsEleven judges watch the rou-tine and award scores for dif-ficulty, execution and time offlight. Marks are taken off forinfringements and errors.

Barania front somersault with ahalf-twistFliffusa doublesomersaultwith atleast ahalf-twistTriffusa triple somersault with atleast a half-twistRudolpha front somersault with 1½twists, sometimes known asa ‘Rudy’

THE LINGO

THE BIG BOUNCE

Alexander Moskalenko (born November4, 1969) won the first gold medal in men’sTrampoline when the Gymnastics discipline

was added to the Olympic programme in2000 — despite having retired four years

earlier. When the decision to featureTrampoline at the Games was made in

1997, Moskalenko came out of retirementfollowing an already-glittering career.

Karen Cockburn (born October 2, 1980)has won a medal at every Olympic Trampolinecompetition since its introduction in 2000. Shebegan athletic pursuits as a diver and usedthe trampoline as training for her dives. Whenthe event made its Olympic debut in Sydney in2000, Cockburn was not considered a medalfavourite but performed well and earned anunexpected bronze medal.

LEGENDS OF THE SPORTDID YOU KNOW...?n The word gymnastics comes from the

Greek adjective gymnos, meaningnaked: early gymnasts used to performwithout any clothes.

n A total of 324 gymnasts will competein the three disciplines in the Olympicsport of Gymnastics – Artistic, Rhythmicand Trampoline.

The TrampolineThe frame of a competitive trampoline ismade of steel and can be made to fold upfor transportation to competition venues.The trampoline bed is rectangular 4.28 by2.4 metres (14 ft 0.5 in × 7 ft 10 in) insize fitted into the 5.2 by 3.05 metres (17× 10 ft) frame with around 110 steel spri-ngs. The bed is made of a strong fabric,although this is not itself elastic; the elas-ticity is provided only by the springs. Thefabric can be woven from webbing, whichis the most commonly used material.However, in the 2007 World Champion-ships held in Quebec City, a Ross (or“Two-String”) bed, woven from individualthin strings, was used. This type of bedgives a little extra height to the rebound.

MEDAL EVENTS

TALLY 2008

August 3 Men’s TrampolineAugust 4 Women’s Trampoline

HISTORY OF TRAMPOLINE

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Ryan Lochteoutswims Phelpsin 200m medleyRebecca Bryan

O M A H A ,NEBRASKA: RyanLochte came out on topin another semi-finaltussle with Michael

Phelps Friday at the US Olympicswimming trials as he set himself upfor a tilt at a 200m backstroke-med-ley double.

Lochte settled for bronze in the200m medley at the BeijingOlympics behind Phelps andHungary’s Laszlo Cseh, but hassince claimed the world record andbeat Phelps at last year’s worldchampionships in China.

He signalled his intentions forthe final with a victory over Phelpsin the first semi-final in 1min55.51sec — the fastest time in theworld this year.

Phelps was second, and second-fastest overall into the final, in1:56.66. The clash was part of a busynight for Lochte, who led the wayinto the final of the 200m backstrokein 1:55.73. “I knew he kind of tookoff, so I was like I probably shouldsave something for tomorrow,”Phelps said.

Europe laysclaims fourbasketball spots

ANKARA: Turkey,France, the CzechRepublic and Croatiabooked their berthsin the women’s bas-

ketball competition at theLondon Olympics by winningtheir quarter-final matches hereon Friday. The four losers —Argentina, South Korea, Japanand Canada — will compete forthe fifth and final qualfying spotthis weekend. The fourEuropean teams join alreadyqualified Britain, Russia,Australia, Brazil, China and US.

E U G E N E ,O R E G O N :S a n y aRichards-Ross(pictured right)

moved closer to a LondonOlympics 200-400 doublewhile injured sprinter WalterDix lost a chance for a sprintmedal repeat at the USOlympic Track and FieldTrials on Friday.

Richards-Ross ran thisyear’s world second-besttime of 22.15 to lead eightfinalists into a women’s200m showdown that alsofeatures 2004 and 2008Olympic runner-up AllysonFelix, world 100 championCarmelita Jeter and JenebaTarmoh.

“This is going to be thehardest sprint spot to make,”Richards-Ross said. “You canrun a great race tomorrowand come anywhere fromfirst to sixth. It will take 22flat, maybe even 21 to winit.”

Jamaican-born Richards-Ross, who became a US citi-zen in 2002, ran the year’sbest time of 22.09 threeweeks ago in a DiamondLeague triumph in New Yorkand qualified last Sunday forLondon by winning the trials400 in 49.28 seconds.

“My body felt good,”Richards-Ross said of hersemi-final sprint. “I wantedto win so I got a good lane forthe final. I’m happy I didthat. I was really pleased tosee that time. I hope I runfaster tomorrow.”

Felix and Tarmoh, train-ing partners coached by BobKersee, won their heats in

identical times of 22.30 sixdays after finishing in a still-unresolved dead heat forthird place, and the finalLondon berth, in the 100.

With a coin flip or run-off due by Sunday unlessone declines the spot, theissue will not be settled untilafter Saturday’s 200 final. Ithas kept them silent toreporters, Felix uttering only“feeling good” about hersemi effort.

Jeter and TiannaMadison, trying to set up aLondon 100-200 double oftheir own, joined Tarmoh inmaking no commentsFriday.

Dix, third in the 100 and200 meters at the 2008Olympics and second inboth events at last year’sworld championships,

scratched from his 200 qual-ifying heat after suffering aleft leg injury in the 100msemi-finals.

With his left leg ban-daged, Dix was eighth in lastSunday’s 100 final. His pull-

out in the 200, where heranked fifth in the world thisyear, means he will missboth sprints at London, buthe could be selected for arelay spot.

Also out of the 200 isJustin Gatlin, the 2004Olympic 100m championwho won the event at the UStrials last Sunday. Gatlinscratched from the eventafter securing his Londonberth in the 100.

Wallace Spearmon, whowas disqualified from abronze medal spot at the2008 Olympics for a late-racelane violation, had thefastest qualifying time in the200 at 20.17 seconds.

“It was a good run,”Spearmon said. “We weren’tsupposed to run that greatbut it is the first round.”

Yohan Blake serves notice to BoltKINGSTON,J A M A I C A :Yohan Blake( l e f t ) s e r v e dnotice he will

be ready to challenge forthe Olympic 100m title byupstaging world recordholder Usain Bolt to win in9.75 seconds at theJamaican Olympic AthleticTrials on Friday.

“Coach [Glen] Mills toldme I can do it and Ibelieved,” said an elatedBlake. “The Olympics is thefocus right now.”

Blake became thefourth-fastest man ever inthe event as he ran a per-

sonal best and the fastesttime in the world this yearwith a legal wind of +1.1m/sec. Bolt was second in9.86 seconds after a poorstart and Asafa Powell wasthird in 9.88 seconds.

“He’s a class runnerwithout a doubt and I havesaid it over the years that heis one of the best. So for meit’s just one of those things,”Bolt said. Bolt said he wasdistracted in the blocks andit affected his start.

“In the finals Nesta[Carter] moved beside meand when the gun went Iwas not focussed,” Boltsaid.

My body feltgood. I wanted towin so I got agood lane for thefinal. I’m happy Idid that. I wasreally pleased tosee that time.

Sanya Richards-Ross,athlete

ROSS INCHES TO LONDON

Phil Hazlewood

WARSAW: Euro 2012reaches its climax onSunday, when holdersSpain take on Italy in thefinal. But as the tourna-ment draws to a close,success is not just beingmeasured in terms ofwho is crowned champi-on.

The sport’s governingbody in Europe, UEFA, isalso assessing how thethree-week competitionhas been seen both with-in and beyond the conti-nent’s borders.

Television viewingfigures have surpassedexpectations, after whatthe organisation saidwere “exceptional” audi-ences in Europe and incr -e ases in “non-traditional”markets such as theUnited States and Asia.

The match betweenEngland and Italy is set tobecome the most-watchedquarter-final in the tour-nament’s 52-year historyand had a record 20.3 mil-lion viewers in Britainand 21.8 million in Italy.

The British figureswere more than forPrince William’s weddingto Kate Middleton lastyear or Queen ElizabethII’s jubilee concert earlierthis month.

Over 18 million inSpain watched the semi-final against Portugal.

UEFAsaysEuro isbig hitTom Williams

KIEV: Amid all the surprisingcriticism that they have attract-ed during Euro 2012, finalistsSpain can at least reflect happilyon the universal admirationshown for Andres Iniesta.

In a team of compulsivepassers, Iniesta is the one playerwho can be relied upon to pro-vide the dribble or the suddenforward dash that can tear oppo-sition defences asunder.

A shimmying, shimmeringpresence in the group phase, theBarcelona midfielder has beenslightly less influential duringthe knockout rounds, but heremains Spain’s most consistentattacking midfielder.

In the quarter-final againstFrance, it was his carefullydelayed pass to Jordi Alba in the19th minute that allowed XabiAlonso put Spain ahead.

Iniesta isa goodfighter

Barnaby Chesterman

KIEV: His coach may notbelieve he has even an hour inhis legs but however long heplays, Antonio Cassano could

easily make the differ-ence between Italy

returning fromUkraine as heroes

or nearly men onMonday.

Back in October of lastyear the AC Milan forward’s

very participation in the Euroswas cast into doubt as he wasfound to have a heart defect.

Coming back from a gamein Rome he suffered anischemic stroke that requiredsurgery to repair a hole in hisheart.

Thereafter he faced a longand uncertain wait on the side-

lines to recover before doctorswould give him the all-clear toreturn to the field.

It was a tragic blow for aplayer who had long struggledwith a ballooning waistline, fit-ness issues, temperament prob-lems and the lack of faith fromnational team coaches.

Marcello Lippi had over-looked him entirely for the 2010World Cup campaign, while the29-year-old has rarely enjoyedlong stints as a first team regu-lar since making his debut in2003.

But two years ago, withCassano showing great formfor Sampdoria and a new coachin Cesare Prandelli leading thenational team, suddenly thetroubled but talented strikerfound himself an integral partof the Italy set-up.

Prandelli hints atItaly departureWARSAW: Italy coachCesare Prandelli hinted onFriday he may not look tostay at the helm afterSunday’s Euro 2012 finalagainst holders Spain, say-ing he had found the jobgruelling against a back-drop of match-fixing alle-gations in his homeland.

“These past twomonths have been difficult— aside from my excellentrapport with the team andthe Federation. These twomonths have weighedheavily on me,” Prandellitold a news conference.

Cassano to givehis all in final

BEAUTY & THE BEST


30Spanish stay loyal to tiki-takaSpain have done admirably to please most of the peoplemost of the time since their upbeat, possession-dominatedtiki-taka style came into vogue on the way to their Euro 2008.La Roja reaped further plaudits when they lifted the WorldCup and now they stand on the verge of the unprecedentedagainst Italy on Sunday in Kiev — a third straight big success.

Italy add to football’s rich glossaryItaly’s return to the top ranks by reaching the final of Euro 2012has added a few more words to the world’s considerable foot-balling lexicon. ‘Calcioscommesse’; Italy’s tournament started

under a cloud, with betting (scommesse) scandal in football (cal-cio) once more sullying the country’s reputation. Domenico

Criscito had to drop out after his room was searched.

Dave James

LONDON: Roger Federer kepthis dreams of equalling PeteSampras’s record of sevenWimbledon titles narrowly aliveon Friday as top seeds NovakDjokovic and Maria Sharapovaalso reached the last 16.

Six-time champion Federersurvived a huge scare, comingwithin just two points of crash-ing to his worst Wimbledondefeat in 10 years before battlingfrom two sets down to beatFrench 29th seed JulienBenneteau.

Federer clinched an eighthcareer fightback from two sets inarrears to win 4-6, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1 and will face unseed-ed Belgian Xavier Malisse for a

place in the quarter-finals.The Swiss star, who won the

last of his record 16 Grand Slamtitles at the 2010 AustralianOpen, was staring at his earliestdefeat at the All England Clubsince a shock first round exit toMario Ancic in 2002.

Defending championDjokovic avoided another CzechRepublic Centre Court ambushwith a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over

veteran Radek Stepanek.French 18th seed Richard

Gasquet, a semi-finalist in 2007,beat 12th seed Nicolas Almagro6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to claim a first winover the Spaniard in four meet-ings.

He will tackle German 31stseed Florian Mayer who edgedPolish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Xavier Malisse of Belgium,

who reached the last four in2002, defeated Spanish 17th seedFernando Verdasco 1-6, 7-6 (7/5),6-1, 4-6, 6-3 to set up a date withFederer.

Denis Istomin became thefirst Uzbek to make the last 16when he defeated AlejandroFalla of Colombia 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7/5).

He will face Russian 26thseed Mikhail Youzhny who saw

off Serb eighth seed JankoTipsarevic 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Women’s top seed Sharapovacruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory overTaiwain’s Hsieh Su-Wei as theworld number one set up aWimbledon rematch with SabineLisicki.

Sharapova breezed pastworld number 63 Hsieh despitesome serious issues with herserve in the windy conditions onCourt One.

The French Open champi-on’s reward for a typically grittydisplay is a last 16 meeting withGerman 15th seed Lisicki in arepeat of last year’s Wimbledonsemi-final clash which theRussian won in straight sets.

“Playing Lisicki will be atough one,” said the Russian.

WIMBLEDON 2012 31SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012

Results — 3rd roundMenRoger Federer (SUI x3) bt JulienBenneteau (FRA) 4-6, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt RadekStepanek (CZEx28) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2Richard Gasquet (FRA x18) bt NicolasAlmagro (ESP x12) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

WomenMaria Sharapova (RUS x1) btHsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-1, 6-4Kim Clijsters (BEL) bt VeraZvonareva (RUS x12) 6-3, 4-3 —retiredAngelique Kerber (GER x8) btChristina McHale (USA x28) 6-2, 6-3Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) btHeather Watson (GBR) 6-0, 6-2.

Federerfights back,Sharapovamarches on The six-time men’s champion survived ahuge scare, while Djokovic recovered frombeing a set down to beat Radek Stepanek

LONDON: Former worldnumber one Kim Clijsterswarned Wimbledon giant-killer Lukas Rosol to keep hisfeet on the ground after claim-ing the Czech was “a little bitarrogant” during his shockwin over Rafael Nadal.

Like the rest of the tennisworld, Clijsters was stunned tosee world number 100 Rosolbeat two-time Wimbledonchampion Nadal on Thursday.

She felt Rosol had showedsigns of arrogance during theepic Centre Court tussle andshe is fascinated to discover ifthe 26-year-old journeymanlets the victory go to his head.

Rosol faces German 27th

seed Philipp Kohlschreiber inthe last 16 and four-time grandslam champion Clijsters willbe watching to see if he canstay grounded.

“I’m curious to see howhe’s going to play because tome he looked a little bit arro-gant out there, so I wonderhow he’ll react in his nextmatch, if he can stay ground-ed, keep his feet on the ground,and try to keep that resultgoing,” Clijsters said after herthird round win over VeraZvonareva on Friday.

“You can beat Nadal, but ifyou lose the next round thennobody cares too much. I’mgoing to watch him on Satur -

day to see how he will play.”Clijsters is big fan of Nadal

and had hoped the Spaniardwould mount a comeback inthe final set, but she admitseven the 11-time grand slamchampion had no chance in theface of an inspired displayfrom Rosol.

“I just wanted Nadal to winand come back. I think he dideverything right to try to stayin the match, especially in thefifth set. But the guy playedincredible,” she added.

“It’s adrenaline. Somebodysaid during the commentarythat it was his first time play-ing at Wimbledon? It was unbe-lievable.” AFP

Federer fears roof makes Wimbledon a lottery

Roger Federer believes the £80 million roof on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court has made alottery out of the pursuit of the championship title. Federer’s struggle against France’s JulienBenneteau was played out under the roof, as was the final set of Rafael Nadal’s historic loss to

Czech world number 100 Lukas Rosol in the second round 24 hours earlier. Earlier on Friday evendefending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic struggled in the hothouse conditions, drop-ping the first set to veteran Czech Radek Stepanek before reaching the last 16 in four sets.

Clijsters warns ‘arrogant’ Rosol

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COLORADO SPRINGS: TheUS Anti-Doping Agency(USADA) announced on Fridayit has filed formal dopingcharges against LanceArmstrong that, if proven,would strip him of his sevenTour de France titles.

A review panel evaluatedevidence gathered by USADAand a reply from Armstrongbefore unanimously voting toturn the allegations revealed onJune 13 into formal charges.

The next step in the processwill be a hearing before an arbi-tration panel. Their verdictcould be appealed and the mattercould be pushed to the Court ofArbitration for Sport (CAS) for afinal resolution. USADA claimsit has witnesses to the fact thatArm strong and five formercycling team associates engagedin a doping conspiracy from1998-2011. AFP

ChargesweakenArmstrongBETHESDA, MARYLAND:

Hunter Mahan birdied fiveholes on the front nine to shoota six-under 65 and take a two-shot lead after two rounds ofthe PGA Tour’s $6.5 millionAT&T National tournament onFriday.

With temperatures hoveringaround 103 degrees Fahrenheit(40 Celsius) at theCongressional course, Mahanhad the hot stick.

The American finished 36holes at seven-under-par 135after shooting an openinground 70. The 2009 runner-upwon twice earlier this year, giv-ing him a total of five careerUSPGA Tour victories. He isalso fresh off a closing-round 61at the Travelers Championship.

He birdied two of his finalthree holes to record the bestround of the day.

Mahan kept it going on theback nine with six-straight parsbefore a birdie on the par-five16th followed by another on the

par-four 18th. “When the condi-tions and the weather comeinto play, it’s a whole other fac-tor,” Mahan said.

“I’ve got to stay mentallytough. Once your mind goes,the body is going to go with it.It’s very important to be men-tally strong.

“We’ve got two more days ofthis, so it’s going to be impor-tant to take care of yourselfevery night and every day whenyou’re out on the golf course,or it’s going to cost you shots.”

Brendon de Jonge andJimmy Walker are tied for sec-ond place at five-under afterboth shot two-under 69s. Theywere joined by RobertGarrigus, who posted a four-under 67.

Former major winnerStewart Cink shot a three-under 68 to move to four-under-par 138. He shares fifth placewith Fiji’s Vijay Singh (70),Australia’s Rod Pampling (67),American Pat Perez (69) and

South Korea’s Noh Seung-yul(68). First-round leader Bo VanPelt dropped into a tie for 11that two-under-par 140 after atwo-over 73.

Tiger Woods moved up theleaderboard with a three-under68 to join Van Pelt and two oth-ers at minus-two.

Woods, who had an eagle,bogey and two birdies, said hedidn’t mind the heat.

“I live in Florida where it isnot quite this hot but it is defi-nitely more humid every day. Iplayed in other places likeMalaysia where it is definitelymore hot,” said Woods, whosemother is from Thailand.

Woods faced similar condi-tions when he blitzed the fieldat the Southern Hills CountryClub in Tulsa to win the 2007PGA Championship.

“It’s one of the reasons whyI had success at Southern Hills,because I felt physically fit, did-n’t have a problem with it(heat),” Woods said.

Tim Collings

LONDON: London’sprospects of hosting astreet circuit Formula OneGrand Prix around thecapital’s most iconic land-marks were given a tempo-rary boost this week whenSpanish bank Santanderunveiled a video of itsplans.

To much fanfare in theBritish capital, and withthe support of two leadingBritish drivers whose

team just happens to besponsored by the Spanishbanking giant, the storywas given a widespreadairing.

But behind the hypeand the gloss, there waslittle of substance to sup-port the long-held viewthat a London Grand Prixis anything more than adream - a fantasy thatwould need political sup-port and great financialbacking to become estab-lished and permanent.

Support of BritonsLewis Hamilton and Jen -son Button of McLarenwas as predictable as theover-hyped presentationand left few seasonedobservers, many of whomhave been cynical foryears, with much doubt.

The logistical chal-lenge and level of disrup-tion is both long-term andcostly, not to mention like-ly to lead to many parts ofLondon being closed totraffic for several weeks.

Now, a London GP

Mahan hits purple patch

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