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The colours & cupshup of cricket Basics First
Lounge if you may
This “Cricket” is a unique culmination of sustainable design principles. The seat and back are made of material efficient ply-bent wood and rest on recycled rubber tubes (from automobile tires). Not cheap. $525.00 in England. Columbia Cricket
Big Leaper
On reasonably warm evenings — i.e. temperatures 50 degrees or higher— you’ve are serenaded by the “peep . . . peep . . . peep” of Spring Peeper frogs. The peeping peepers are accompanied by another sound—a clicking noise like two marbles being knocked together with increasing tempo: “gick . . . gick . . gick . gick-gick-gick-gick-gick.” Cricket Tick-tock
President Bush is hardly known for his deft stroke-play. For friend Musharraf — currently they appear to be drifting, though — Bush went to Pakistan in March 2006. Qaida-baiting, they said. And he failed at the real wicket, too. Cricket Circuit
Crickets have ears on their forelegs. They are joined by a tracheal tube that causes them to act as a pressure difference receiver, so they are strongly directional for appropriate sounds. Exiles’ Club (since 1857)
The Exiles Cricket Club in England have always prided themselves on their diversity and have provided a sporting home for many ex-pats and immigrants from the former colonies. Indeed Bangladesh is the only Test playing nation not to have provided Exiles members over the years. Cricket Chipmunk
Several companies make small guns for the youth market. Two of the basic are the CRICKET and the Chipmunk. They are both single shot 22 cal, bolt action but the hammer is not set when you close the bolt. You have to reach up and pull the plunger back to cock it. They are both very easy to use. Electronic Cricket Kit
Stimulate a hot summer night. Automatically comes on when it gets dark. Crickets may be fortified with Cricket Quencher. Avaialable in 8 oz bottles. Great Catcher Arguably be the most useful
collecting tool for many a cricketer, oops, crickets! Non-flying or startled ones can be beaten from plant foliage into the jar to capture them. Terminal ends of cotton plants are “beaten” in the bucket to dislodge insects where they can be counted or collected.
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Going for
a six An
everlasting itch to stay at home after dark! Abhorrence for bed with
desire to spend long sleepless nights on the sofa with feet on the
table. A constant yearning for savouring more than just action on the
television set. A fixation for the giant screen. And a longing to live
in a different time zone — the symptoms of the World Cup fever are
loud and clear! As India gets ready to tackle her rivals on Saturday, the fever is fast attaining the proportions of an epidemic with more and more people catching the bug. If you haven’t noticed the warning signs, just drive down to the arcades with pillars camouflaged under posters of cricket stars endorsing one product or another. You will find the aisles lined with temptations in form of ingeniously designed, game-centric, high definition liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma and flat TVs. As the ball gets rolling, the sales of these consumer and other items is soaring across the boundaries of expectations. “Though the Indian team is yet to enter the field, the people are already leaving the pavilion of their houses for some high-end World Cup shopping,” says manager of Philips Arena Sanjay. “Going by the response, giant LCD screens and 29 inch televisions are the hot favourites in the city”. Big Picture Right fellows, LCDs are emerging victorious in the World Cup. “For, the city crowd wants to savour the feeling of being there, instead of just watching the game on the television,” says sales manager with Sony World Jasbir Singh. “The prices have also gone down. A 32 inch LCD is now costing approximately Rs 80,000 against Rs 90,000 until recently.” Without spinning words, he says the sales of 32 inch LCD screens have, in fact, gone up by 50 per cent. “Just our showroom is selling up to four sets a day as against an average of one or two. The score will only improve once the men in blue tie up the batting pads,” he says. A senior marketing manager with another consumer electronics company agrees. Eager to watch the 11 miracle makers spin magic for making the sleepless nights all the more worthwhile, he says the manufacturers’ fortunes will improve with every match the Indians win. “India has already bowled the West Indies out in the warm-up match. An expected victory over low-ranking Bangladesh team will only place the manufacturers in a winning position,” he says. “Even now electronic companies across the country are expecting colour television (CTV) sales to bounce up by 15 per cent for touching 10.5-11 million-unit mark this year. Out of the total, 30 per cent CTV sales are expected during the World Cup”. Just in case you wish to catch the action live on a giant screen without purchasing one, go to pubs, restaurants and hotels in the city. So many of them have made arrangements for you to get a hang of the World Cup with invigorating mugs of beer! “With the Administration allowing the joints to open up till the end of the matches, cricket buffs have by now booked over 30 per cent tables,” says Ankit Gupta of Himani’s. Web Appeal If you are more into playing with computer and mobiles than television, log on to excitement with MSN. The company is giving full swing coverage on www.msncricket.com . It will be accessible on the Internet and on WAP-supported mobile phones. Along with the action straight from the Caribbean, you will get to read exclusive columns from Ricky Ponting, Stephen Fleming, Graeme Smith, Mahela Jayewardene and other stalwarts. This is not the end of the innings. In a country where cricket is worshiped and players idolised, the sales of posters have gone for a six. “And its neither Sachin, nor Ganguly! The youngsters are increasingly asking for Dhoni’s posters,” says ex-Capt Rajneesh Talwar of card and gift shop Station 14. “You too can pick up the stuff by pulling out anywhere between Rs 15 and Rs 45, depending upon the print material and the size.” You can also join the blue brigade by picking up the replica of the Indian cricket team’s uniform. Just walk down the corridors of Sector 17 and you will find so many mannequins decked up for you to complete the cheerleader’s image. Well, you don’t need a third empire to tell you that the World Cup’s late night appeal is well accepted in the city that was once bowled out at nine in the evenings.
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A first in the city, Caribbean fare is typically fishy of course, but the flavours, spices and selection of meats, are a melange of so many tastes from all over the world. Sweet-sour tamarind mixed with curry powder and coconut milk with oodles of pineapples is just a small indication of what the flavours are. So let’s begin with a ‘bottoms up’ first. Choose a heady concoction from some new-fangled choices like Master Blaster (no prizes for guessing where this one comes from)— a mix of tequila, brandy, juices and cream, Blue Billion—a mixture of whiskey, blue Curacao and cream or a Freddie’s Grunt— a mix of vodka, rum, blue Curacao and cream. Or if a soft beverage is more to your taste, there is Murali’s Doosra—a mix of cola, ice cream and chocolate or a Prince of Trinidad—a mix of juice, walnut, yoghurt, honey and Fanta among several innovative names to choose from. With a stimulating brew in hand, pick at the menu for those tasty morsels to please the palate. Boosy Lamb Steak, minced lamb cakes soaked in vodka and whiskey for 12 hours and cooked to perfection, Barbados Chicken Curry, cooked with orange and coconut juice, sole fish cakes topped with ginger and tamarind or the extra-spicy Guyanian Fish Steak with mustard and jalapenos, are just a peek at the offerings. However, vegetarians need not despair. Even the islanders may like their meat; the restaurant is not taking a chance with its veggies! Veg lovers can choose from Caribbean food curry- an assortment of exotic fruits tossed with fruit juice and curry powder or Montego Bay pumpkin curry—a preparation of cooked pumpkin curry with coconut and curry powder to satiate their hunger. Here’s to a tantalising opening of the On till the end of the World Cup.
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Small IS really smart
She finds big pleasure in small things. No wonder, almost every thing in Mandeep Sekhon’s garden is miniature.
Push open the impressive gates to her palatial Sector 9 house and you experience big pleasure – the lush grass accords a green carpet welcome, bonsais all along the garden do their bit too. It looks like a scene straight out of a fairy-tale! In fact, admiring the undersized trees with charm sticking out in form of roots, you feel like Gulliver in Lilliput. It hardly takes you a minute to realise why her wonderland with all things minute was adjudged the best by the Chandigarh Administration in the “big garden category” during the recently concluded Rose Festival. In fact, her garden was awarded last year too. Framing the garden are immaculately placed small earthen and cement pots with elfin evergreens. Full of stones and efforts, these pots wear a natural look so different from the manicured look in most houses across the city. So you have small natural huts made out of mud and cement offering the right kind of environment to the little chirping birds hovering around the flowerbeds. Even the landscaping, aimed at giving the place the look of a small world in itself, is simply breathtaking. The lawn rising towards a side; brushwood sticking out of the ground; and tiny paths running in all directions — all make it a compact unit. “Most of the things in the garden have been prepared by me with the sweat of my brow,” she says. “Look carefully and you will find even the base of the bonsais has been made by my own efforts”. Taking you around the garden, she says: “I have extensively used cement and stone to add value to the stuff. Each minute creation has taken me hours, but the pleasure and the recognition I derive out of it makes the entire process worthwhile.” It may sound incredible, but the housewife actually spends anywhere between six and eight hours daily for creating and maintaining her little kingdom. “You see, there is no substitute for hard work and personal attention. Nothing works really until or unless your sweat mingles with the soil below. It’s actually reaping what you sow,” she asserts. Aye, aye ma’am!
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It’s a woman’s world True to its name, the exhibition is a collection of sorts with intricate jewellery pieces, designer wear, fancy footwear, trendy bags, household articles, home furnishings, linen, home furnishings and consumer goods. So the three-day event that took off today celebrates the free spirit of a contemporary Indian woman with every plausible article that a woman is associated with. No wonder today there are only a few families left in the country who specialise in Thewa jewellery making, informed Sunil, one of the exhibitor from Jaipur. Be it Thewa, kundan or meenakari, the jewellery is a combination of both craftsmanship and the latest trend. ANZ, a designer label from Mumbai showcasing the latest tote, clutch and potli
Other than the jewellery items, there is a whole range of fashion clothing, including ornate outfits to prêt lines, sports wear to casual apparels. Kashmiri silk carpets, pashmina shawls, stoles, suits in crepe, georgettes, and chiffon were quite liked by all. Specially carved dragons and lizards made of polish stone from Thailand at Chittar Kala stall attracted many a visitor. One of the major attractions was the stall put by Dimpy Anand. Well, mistaking this one for any ordinary one would be fatal for what’s available here is one of its kinds. On display are evil eye bracelets, necklaces, earrings, key chains, wall hangings, rosaries and trees to ward off the evil eye. All the articles imported from Turkey had one common element- a blue eye in glass. And with woman being the thrust of the exhibition, no wonder this one was the ultimate crowd puller.
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From coloured stones like emeralds, ruby-studded kadas to uncut or meticulously crafted polished diamonds necklaces and sets, the exhibition is a visual treat. Jewellery items with antique polish give them a traditional Indian look, reminiscent of the good old Raja Maharaja era. Apart from these, the display has some of the most trendiest chandelier earrings in gold. The main attraction of the exhibition is the latest Jadau collection—Krsala, a couture line. Krsala means the house of Krishna, is the collection starting at a whopping Rs 5 lakh with beautiful diamond, kundan and intricate jadau designs, all set in uncut diamonds, encrusted with precious and semi precious stones like emeralds, tourmalines, pearls and topaz, polki, ornate earrings, delicate bracelets and stunning bangles.
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Durries all the way Holding an in-house exhibition of durries, Puneet of Fab India says: “The stuff looks graceful and adds value to the surroundings. In fact, it can make a dull room look affluent and bright. But that’s just one of the reasons.” Spreading hand-woven durries on the floor, she says: “The durries are manageable and easy to maintain. Unlike carpets, they attract less dust and give a neat impression of the room. This is not all. The durries can be easily moved, and even removed, depending upon your mood.” As she shows you the stuff, you realise that durries have come a long way from the plain ones placed by grandmas beside the bed for offering prayers. You now have them in cotton, san, jute and even wool. Up for grabs are also the ones with designer borders in motley colours of happiness, right from peacock green to oceanic blue. The stuff is not very expensive either. A nice plain cotton dhurrie can adorn your room for as little as Rs 200. Just in case you wish to throw the carpet out of the living room and spread a nice dhurrie, go in for the one in stone wash. The six by nine feet wonder costs something like Rs 5,000.
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Naomi’s temper management
Fiery supermodel Naomi Campbell is resorting to yoga and meditation to get a hold on her temper. The supermodel believes meditation will help her to manage her angry outbursts. “It’s a part of recovery. I’m trying to stay at a peaceful place inside,” quoted The Daily Mail. Next week Campbell will be sweeping floors at a New York car park as punishment for throwing a mobile phone at her maid, injuring her badly. Campbell, who has earned millions as a model, said she was not afraid of working as a cleaner during her community service. “I’m from a Caribbean family. My grandmother raised all of us. I had to wash my underwear and my socks after school. I had to clean the table,” she said. — ANI
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Acer ranks as the world’s No. 4 branded PC vendor that empowers people to reach their goals and enhance their lives. In an inspiring move that is bound to capture the imagination of today’s tech-savvy and brand-conscious youth, Acer announced that youth icon, Hrithik Roshan, would endorse Acer Brand & its products. The products are equipped with a suite of friendly and intuitive interfaces called ‘Empowering Technology’ that give users fast and easy access to cutting-edge hardware and software solutions. Dukes ‘Desire’ Dukes Foods Ltd, a key player in south India in biscuits, has launched Desire - Premium Danish Cookies. Desire would be available in delicious choco-chip, butter and cashew variants. It would be available in two sizes one of which would be a 75g individual flavour pack and the other would be a 225g assorted flavours pack. Desire cookies are baked in automated imported ovens, with less sugar than most biscuits to melt deliciously in your mouth. The cookies are available, packed in a tray, wrapped, and then carton packed specially to preserve the freshness, flavour and the premium quality. Priced at Rs 15 for the 75g pack and Rs 50 for the 225g pack Mochi’s ‘Opulence’ Mochi, the upcoming national chain of footwear for the young and trendy, has launched its ‘Opulence’ collection. With this collection, Mochi brings along international quality footwear for the style conscious fashion people. The entire Opulence range is geared to satisfy the distinctive taste of the Indian consumers as well as reflect the individuality of the wearer. Range starts at Rs 400 to Rs.5 000. Pepe’s spring summer collection Winter chills have simmered down; summer delights are on its way with the quintessential scent of summer greeting. Pepe Jeans London brings to you its Spring Summer collection-2007, which promises loads of freshness. West Coast Retro inspired from key looks of the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. The look is very young at heart, clean and very feminine. The fabrics are cotton, clean and crispy or soft and airy. The colour palette balances pastel peaches, lilacs, pinks and blues with neutral mild tones of green, rosy, pink and aqua. Summer classic tones of navy, green and true red along
with Ecru and white.
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Health tip of the day
Heart pain is usually consrticting and is aggravated by activity, heavy meals etc. whereas pain due to muscles is increased on deep inspiration, coughing or on rotation of the trunk. — Dr Ravinder Chadha |
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The cricket ground is an oval grass field (as opposed to a baseball “diamond”) with a thin rectangular area in the middle called the “pitch”. The entire ground is symmetrical about the pitch. 
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Calypso cuisine is all set to hit a six, courtesy the World Cup fever! The city—never one to be left out of any excitement—even ‘curries’ sports into its food! So, get ready to sample Caribbean cooking accompanied by a swig of ‘Inzy’s Sweep’ (a slow moving yet potent cocktail) along with all the cricketing fever on a big screen at Manor, Sector 26. 
“People tend to paint pots in their own colours. And in the process, they unknowingly take away the natural beauty of these containers. But at my house, you will find everything smooth in its natural rough shape,” says Mandeep. 
It’s a woman’s world and what better way to accept it than having an entire spread dedicated to women. No, we are not referring to any museum that houses all that a woman wants but the ongoing exhibition “Woman 2007” at Hotel Shivalik View. 
To start with perhaps the most essential of all the things is jewellery, for any woman. And that is one thing that the exhibition has it in abundance. If Alta Auro from Thailand that had exquisite bracelets, earrings, neckpieces, hair accessories, brooch studded with diamonds, emeralds and even Mediterranean corals in sterling silver then Thewa’ jewellery of Jaipur was unmatchable. Thewa meaning setting is a combination of 23-carat gold and glass available in five different colours dates back in the year 1767 under the patronage of Maharawat Samant Singh Singh of Rajasthan.
handbags embedded with sequins and zari work were hot favourites among all the visitors. Apart from the latest accessories, they have brought in exclusive mobile covers with beads, zardozi work, unstitched and stitched kurtas etc.
It’s the collection that perhaps every woman desires to own. Yes, for the first time in the city, the most sparkling, sunshine yellow, gold jewellery pieces are on exhibit, courtesy Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri of Mumbai.
The exhibition that opened at Hotel Aroma has brought in some of the most exquisite gold and diamond pieces. With more than 20 in-house designers, the exhibition has literally everything that one can think of.
Cheerful cotton and woollen durries in shades and styles to match your room’s décor and mood are fast pushing the concept of carpets under the rug.
Going by the sales volume of durries, more and more residents nowadays prefer them over carpets. At the Sector 9 home décor and garment house, Fab India, the number of residents picking up durries to replace carpets has increased by over 20 per cent during the past one year.