DASHING MAGAZNE - JANUARY 2013 EDITION by Dashing Magazine

25 6

WELCOME Dear reader,

we are very glad to introduce the ďŹ rst edition of our Dashing online magazine. Kindly mail your feedback/ suggestions to editor@dashingmagazine.in Thanks & Regards, Team Dashing.

NOTICE : Under no circumstances is Online DASHING Magazine liable in any way for any content, or its impact on your and/or your personel life. This includes, but is not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, or otherwise transmitted via the product. PRINTING / SELLING/ REPRODUCING / PLAGIARISING / COPYING this online magazine is stricly PROHIBITED. All Rights Reserved. DASHING magazine part of Dashing Creative Network which provides the e-mag for FREE of Cost to support and promote budding talents. Authors of the published articles are responisble for the content written by them. For complaints / plagiarised content : Kindly write a mail to us.

www.dashingmagazine.in facebook.com/dashingcreativenetwork Mail : editor@dashingmagazine.in dashingmagazine.in@gmail.com

CORE TEAM

CREATIVE VOLUNTEERS

Sheik Mohaideen A - Co Founder

Shrihari S

Vishnu Udayan

Riyazul hussain

Siddhu S Rajendran

Vidhya Sagar V - Co Founder

Sramana Sengupta

Sathyanarayanan R

Vanethi Kathirvel

Abhishek Venkateswaran

Jaya Shree - Manager

Praveen Balu

Ragu Raman J

Santhosh

Harish Kumanan

Ashwin Raman - HR operations

Bharath Kumar Eswaran

Sindhu Manjari Kannan

Vithun Ravindhran

Sujitha rajan

Samathuva Sarathi - Research

Sanjay Sanjeev

Priyanka. R

Rathnakar

Hemanth.K

Fouzul Fathima - Talent Management

Srinidhi chandrasekar

Vidhya Vijay

Thirumalai Vasan

Suryaa

Siva Kumar - Tech & Development

S Karthik Krishna

Durga Laxmipathy

Baranidharan

Esakiyarajan

Arun Prasath - Legal Advisory

Rajesh Kumar

Anish

Nasser

Raghini

Vignesh Ravi - Public Relations

Mehavarshni Sreethar

Atma Gokulnathan Pai

Prithiviraj

Srivathsan R

Gayathiri Devarajan

Bhushan Sivakumar

Preethi Ravisankar

K Krishna Rohit

Editorial :

Niranjan

Subramanian

Ravichandran

Kirti Kiron Pai

Harish Srinivasan - Managing Editor

Krishna Prasath S

Kenneth Cyrus

Praveen Sudevan

Karthikeyan N

Sathish Kumar - Senior Editor

Arunkumar Selvaraj

Chaitanya GK

Anish GP

Ajay Kumar

Nandhini Mahalingam - Output Editor

Sathishkumar

Rabiya Jaffar

Arun Natarajan

Amarnath Eswar

Harsha Jayakrishnan - Online Editor

Varun Sanjeevan

Hassan Ali

Janani Divakar

Aafreen Nawresh A

Pavithra S

Vignesh.v

Durga Menon

Bharathi Subramanian

Photography :

Milan

Sharan Devkar Shankar

Ramachandran M R

Jegannath.B

Achuthanand Ravi - Associate Photographer

V.Preethika Lakshmi

Surya prakash

Keerthana Karunakaran

Karthikeyan p.

Aishwarya Murali - Associate Photographer

sowmya raghunath

J.B.Rini

Preethi.Mu

Karthik

Arjun S

Navin raj kumar

Nikita

S M Sundaram

Revised team details will be updated in our

Vinodh.R

Sadhana Singh

Surya Prakash

Chandrasekar V S

official website by Feb 5 , 2012.

Praveen Leo

Manoj yd

Vijay kumar P

Gokul.S

Shri Aravinth

Surya Radhakrishnan

C.Venkata Krishnan

Abhinaya Shankar

vishal jayasankar

Padmanaban Mohan

Akshara Sruthi .G

Sreeharish Prabhakaran

Nandhini Mahalingam

Abhishek Venkateswaran

Roshini Nagarajan

Prawin Kumar A R

S. Priyadharshini

Nandhini Janakiraman

Rajkumar A

S.Tharini.

Aparna M

Narasimhan N

Lavanya Oruganti

Prashanth

Achuthanand Ravi

karthik.L

Mohit Mehra

Manikandan.B

Banupriya

G.SIvaranjani

Kar mugil vannan.k

goutham.s

Sarika Selvaraj

hari nandhini

Rahul dafi

Adhiban

Sanjna Nicholas

Dinesh Chandar

R.Sathya Narayanan

Santhosh Kumar S

Raghava Sreeram

Manoj

Jayakrishnan Sureshbabu

Monica

Sathya Narayanan

A.R.Prem

Vaishakh Manojkumar

Hari Haran V C

Nanda Kumar

Kalpana Ramesh

S.Selvaganesh

Darshika Rajasekaran

Vishnu Vipin

Nivedditha

Vasanth Doraiswamy

Grishma Raj

Marin chandini

Praveen Kumar

Aiswarya Murali

Ashwini Ashokkumar

Vineeth Dayalan

Sindhu Eradi

Anisha

Sibi

SCAN THIS QR CODE TO VOLUNTEER :

SPECIAL STORY

*Models are used for visualization purpose only . There is no relation/link between the images /person in the pics with the article content. Dashing Magazine is not responsible for this. The Photographer owns the rights of the iam

........................................................................................................................................................

Keerthana Karunakaran

Creative Writer

EULOGY TO INDIA’S DAUGHTER “…All Indians are my brothers and sisters… …To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their prosperity alone lies my happiness”

ecember 16th 2012 these lines were silenced more

than it had ever been. An aspiring young girl was shredded by six heartless men and thrown into the hands of death. Now as the youth of India mourn this obscure incident, first of all an authentic salute to each and every voice that has risen to the occasion. This spontaneous spark that has grew into a forest fire shall hopefully mark the beginning of redefinition of a new era where the citizens of the country especially the youth shall no longer be dumb fold towards the lethargic reactions of the government. Instead an answer will be drawn for every innocent anguish that were so far whitewashed. The demands of these citizens portray that the youth shall no longer tolerate the mishandling of power and poor implementation of laws. We shall step up and speak for ourselves for as its true meaning, the democracy is most importantly “of and by the people”.

DASHING MAGAZINE

EULOGY TO INDIA’S DAUGHTER This rage of the nation should

She herself quoted very recently saying

be used as a fuel towards a positive

that there was and is no hope of justice for her.

betterment of laws for the future.

The ﬁght should not die along with the lit

The laws should be better enforced

candles around the nation. If the strength of

and in such a way that such a crime

just about very few portion of the whole of

shall never dare be repeated by

Indian youth can shake the government then

anybody else. This is not the ﬁrst

the whole nations voice, if put up in a genuine

time that a woman has been

manner shall not only shake but would be able

victimised to gang rape. About six

to weave a dream constitution that every one of

years ago another woman also had

us talk of as if it were a fantasy story. A happily

to go through such a horrendous

ever after might seem even closely possible

atrocity. She fought justice for a

only if the nation comes together and talks its

long time and had given up.

heart out instead of blaming the government.

The protesting youth have clearly understood that the government is what we make out of it. If we need the best possible government then squeeze the best out of it. What is a free country if a girl cannot feel secure and utilise her freedom to the utmost! Sadder scenario is the fact that two women, including a journalist were harassed even during the protest. If this is still the case then what is the point of the whole nation mourning for so long? Leaders like Sonia Gandhi and Jaya Bachchan have said that the young girl’s death shall not go in vain and that the voice of the nation has been heard. If this was true then an immediate and an equivalent punishment alone can prove the government’s quotes. Let the sweat and pain of youth not go futile. The Police have decided to prepare a thousand page charge sheet against the accused,which is to be applauded

DASHING MAGAZINE

EULOGY TO INDIA’S DAUGHTER but then the case also

shouldn’t be a thousand day schedule. Immediate justice should be given to the soul and thus an answer to her parents and the nation. The youngsters were motivated by the boldness of the victim for even in her fragile state, she managed to place the truth to the sub-judicial not once but twice. The courageous girl fought for her life for about 13 days until she couldn’t anymore for her brain had suffered severe injury. She, through her fight has set an example and also kindled a silent revolution which is the need of the hour for the nation. The youth around the nation gathered holding candles to pay their respect to the departed soul. Processions were also held in places like Bangalore showing the deep grief that the nation is struck with. Her fight is the fight of the nation. A Fight against carelessness, ineffective laws and a warning by the nation to show its true power. This is a fight not only by girls but also by a large number of boys and men who want to

-misbehaviour by their own race. The expressions of these ﬁery bloods should be taken with utmost sincerity by those in power and necessary and threatening settlements need be made. Women everywhere should be made to feel more secure. Martial arts or at least basic self-defence should be made an integral part of any girl’s curriculum. Like in china, basic martial arts should be taught right in the childhood so that each one can save themselves and needn’t ever feel defenceless in any situation. Cameras need be installed in all buses and other transport facilities and public places. Control rooms should be set up and special police should be available on the call to attend to such emergencies at the zero hour itself. Sexual harassment should be treated equal to murder. In our present case it has unfortunately been proven right. India 2020 shall no longer be a far dream. The young voices have clearly made a point that “We the youth of India are ready to build India 2020! We shall not bear anything or anybody who try to ruin the dream of our nation. The power of youth shall no longer be a metaphor. We are no longer dormant and so shouldn’t be the government.” Once again a Proud salute to the youth of our nation. Let us not stop

assure that they would not

with a few minutes of silence but hold hands and work towards everlasting

support any kind of

peace. Then alone shall the innocent soul rest in peace. .............................................

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photographers: Vishnu Vipin, Nanda Kumar, Praveen Leo

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

........................................................................................................................................................

Darshika Rajasekaran Correspondent

... SEEK YOUR TALENT Every person possesses his own talent. That’s well known and a pretty old saying. If it must be modiﬁed let us say we are not aware about what we possess. While we admit that we are talented,

why

expressing

it?

aren’t Has

anyone

experienced what their passion has led them to? Very few among us. But those people among the few have followed their passion with a great focus and hard work. They are not the supreme, but merely people like us. But they are diﬀerent from the way they think. Thinking diﬀerentiates people. Among

them

there

are

few

inspirational youngsters who rule this

world

engulfed

the

technology, by focusing only on their interest.

Illustration courtesy: ivankuleshov

DASHING MAGAZINE

SEEK YOUR TALENT

SUHAS GOPINATH CEO, Globals Inc.

He was born November 4, 1986 at Banglore, Karnataka is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Global Inc.,an IT multinational company. In his early life he launched a web site at the age of 14, and incorporated his company the same year, becoming the world's youngest CEO Gopinath taught himself how to build websites and sold portals to bricks-and-mortar ďŹ rms in the US.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;

His achievements are umpteen. In 2005, he was the youngest among the 175 recipients of Karnataka's Rajyotsava Award. On December 2, 2007, The European Parliament and International Association for Human Values conferred "Young Achiever Award" on him at the European Parliament, Brussels. In November

He was announced as

Young Global Leader

for 2008-2009 by the

...

World Economic Forum

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photo courtesy: www.weforum.org/Photo Eric Mile

2008, he was invited to represent the World Bank's ICT Leadership Roundtable for adopting ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in Africa to increase employability and fostering ICT skills in students from these countries. He was announced as "Young Global Leader" for 2008-2009 by the World Economic Forum, Davos. In that position he would be involved in development programs across the world. He holds a diploma on global leadership and public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

SEEK YOUR TALENT SHRAVAN & SANJAY Co-Founders, Go Dimensions.

Suhas is not the only the inspired soul, but this fascination towards technology has developed a passion among two Photo courtesy: TEDX, Used under Creative Commons -Non Commercial use

brothers Sanjay and Shravan Kumar. Shravan aged 10 and Sanjay Kumaran

aged 12, from Chennai have created mobile phone applications that have witnessed over 10,000 downloads across the world already.

“

Two tech savvy brothers, from Chennai, have not yet completed school but are already the

Studying in sixth and eighth grades, the

Kumaran brothers

have created mobile phone Apps

...

co-founders and President (Shravan)/CEO (Sanjay) of Go Dimensions, a mobile applications ﬁrm. Studying in sixth and eighth grades, the Kumaran brothers have created mobile phone applications that have witnessed over 10,000 downloads across the world already. The duo has already designed four applications for the Apple store that have been downloaded in over 20 countries. According to their web site GoDimensions.com, they create applications 'primarily in the area of education, games, lifestyle and convenience.’ Some of their popular applications include Alphabets Board, Color Palette and Catch Me Cop among others.

DASHING MAGAZINE

SEEK YOUR TALENT

AMIT GROVER Founder, Nurture Talent Academy. The founder of Nurture Talent Academy on Startup and Entrepreneurship is from IIT Delhi, founded his venture on January 1, 2010 after doing his MBA from IIM Indore and working at a couple of companies. He was from a middle class family, born and brought up in Kanpur, is an individual passionate about entrepreneurship. He has worked with Infosys, Asian Paints and Onida, before starting Nurture Talent Academy, India’s 1st institute for training entrepreneurs. Started in January, 2010, with the objective of training and mentoring startups, students and professionals, it has already conducted 235 workshops,

strategies, teams etc. and also negotiate, guide,

across 80 cities attended by over

mentor, counsel, consult or ﬁght with them, with an

14000 participants. The objective is

aim to help them towards achieving their goals. He got

to enable 1000 ventures to start in

only 1-2 hours daily, as he was working full-time with

next 3-5 years, which will generate

Onida, but there were a lot more that could be done.

20000 jobs. Amit is also a member of

Entrepreneurs needed a lot of help to answer basic

Mumbai Angels, India’s premier

questions like how much money is required to start

group of angel investors, where he

and run a business, how to plan for break-even, hire

has led over 20 early stage deals in

teams, pricing, how to get customers etc. So he

past 4 years. While he met over 2000

decided that Nurture Talent would be the 1st company

entrepreneurs, he used to spend time to conduct training programs on how to start a on their business plans, DASHING MAGAZINE

venture. 9

Sanjna Nicholas

INHA

Correspondent

New year resolutions Tick tock… Tick tock chimes the wall clock, and here we go counting every second for nothing but the dawn of a new era. The new beginning is for something new, new achievements, new aspirations, new notions and a new you for the best start. Kick start, raise the gear and clinch the pinnacle of success with passion, love and desire to reach the destination.

he New Year is also set to happen

PREPARING TO BE THE BEST:

and something interesting is on the way.

To keep up your resolution you must

So let’s gear up to create a strong bond

ﬁrst prepare your mind.

between friends and relatives, stunning and enterprising personality and many

Gear1: Sit alone in a place in union with

more and all this will be a reality if we

the elements of nature to calm yourself.

cling on to something called the New Year’s Resolution.

Gear2: Write down what you want to change about yourself to be perfect,

In the ﬂurry of activities in our day to-day life, keeping up to our resolution

this might be your attitude, behavior, character, personality and so on.

becomes a challenging task. We ﬁnd them very hard to follow and to put them into

Gear3: Make the best pick from your

practice. The other day I heard someone

list, the one that you will be able to

say “why do we need resolution?” and the

follow.

answer is “just a total transformation TO BE OUR BEST”. So let’s kick, start this brand

Gear4: After your best pick. Keep that

new era with the dash of perfect

resolution in mind and meditate for

resolution, and come what may, we are

5min and now you are all geared to

going to live up to that resolution.

reach your destination.

DASHING MAGAZINE

BITAT The most common resolution among the Gen Z is: •

Eat healthy

•

Stop smoking

•

Find a job

•

Volunteer

•

Lose 10 pounds

•

Drink Less and

•

Get organized

We have a very strong notion that resolution changes with age but that is deﬁnitely wrong. People of all age groups young or old, modest or traditional, have the very same resolution but they try to put them into practice in diﬀerent manner. New Year New Resolution, Have a dashing year ahead!!!! DASHING DOSE: Make it a resolution to read dashing magazine to “BE YOU”. Get ……..set……….go……….. .............................................

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photographer : Sowmya Raghunath

Priyanka Ravi Creative Writer

RAJNISM An ever growing fervour The world was curious about the date 12/12/2012 because of the fact that it would be the last repetitive date of the millennia, as it was just 9 days before the supposed Dooms day. But Tamil cinema fans all over the world had something more to marvel and rejoice. It was the birthday of a phenomenon, the birthday of Superstar Rajinikanth. If one signed in on Facebook, one would be sure to see his/her newsfeed overﬂowing with status updates and pictures of Rajinikanth. You would have been imprudent if you had not “liked” or “shared” the post that said “The world will not end on 21st of December, 2012 because Rajini’s birthday falls on this month!” or the one that said “Rajini has postponed the end of the world as a gift to his fans for his birthday!” Such is the passion that we all hold for this one man- Rajini. Tamil cinema celebrated its most stylish son’s birthday in grandeur. On that cloudy day, as fans gathered at YMCA for a birthday celebration, with shouts and slogans praising their beloved idol, stars poured in to wish DASHING MAGAZINE

-Superstar a very happy birthday. You could almost hear their hearts pounding with the sound of Rajini’s name making an unison anthem . It was not just the fact that it was Superstar’s birthday that made all of them gather in awe, but also for the rumours that this birthday of his was all the more special because, as Facebook posts popularly said, “12+12+12=36 Rajini’s favourite number. If you reverse that, it’s 63, his age this birthday!” It was dream come true for the hundreds of people gathered there when Rajinikanth himself graced them with his presence. The chorus bellowed by the fans was so loud that one wouldn’t be able to hear himself talking. As Rajini took his stand at the podium, the cheers died down to pin-drop silence in respect and awe as their idol spoke. Rajini thanked his fans for such an overwhelming surprise and love showered upon him. This man of simplicity yet again re established his stand as the most adhered to personality in Indian. parents to shine in life. No wonder the world loves Cinema as he asked his fans to

him.!

“quit smoking and drinking” as a gift for his birthday. He stated that his

Several other stars present in the function also

recent medical condition had led

wished Rajinikanth on their behalf and shared their fair

him to believe that truly, these

share of experience working with him and learning

things were noxious. He further

from him. This rage, unlike every other year merely did

encouraged his fans to develop

not die down in a week as; Rajinikath’s birthday was

good friendship and love their

celebrated for almost a week by his fans.

DASHING MAGAZINE

Why this fandom? What’s so curious about him? We

Prema Ravi, a home maker says,

spoke to Chennaittes to know why they thought Rajini

“His simplicity and modesty is what

was, well, the Superstar!

makes him special. Unlike many other actors, I wouldn’t mind if my

Sinduja, an IT professional says, “Thalaivar’s style

children idolize Rajinikanth because

is unbeatable. That’s why he’s the superstar!” “Rajini is

he portrays nothing but good in his

the Superstar because even after all this time, his

lifestyle!” That is undoubtedly a

superstardom hasn't robbed him of his simplicity.” says

point that many other parents are

Swathi Prakash, a Visual communication student who

likely to agree upon.

has looked up to him since childhood for more than "Beyond Rajini's unbelievable

just his stardom.

humour and his ever admired style, his versatility is what makes him a Super star!" says Ms.Rofina Subash, Senior Program Producer at Academy of Radio Studies and an ardent aof Superstar. “Thalaivar’s style, his charm and “the laugh” take us into a different world. From then on, whatever he does is nothing but, Magic!” says Kiran Kumar, an Engineering student who never misses a first day show of a Rajini Two books were released on the same day as a tribute to this living legend. One, “My Days with

movie. The release of Sivaji 3D was yet

Baasha: The Rajnikant Phenomenon”, written by

another treat that Rajini fans were

ﬁlmmaker Suresh Krishna who worked with the

given on this special day. You could

superstar in ﬁlms like Annamalai (1992), Veera

see fans crowding outside all

(1994) and Baasha (1995) and the second book,

prominent theatres screening the

“Rajinikanth – The Deﬁnitive Biography”,

movie, to buy tickets and watch the

written

movie as if it were an all new movie

Naman

Ramachandran,

London-based ﬁlm journalist. “This book is the

releasing. Although the audience

closest we are likely to get to the deﬁnitive

knew the plot, the climax, all the

Rajini story,” says the book’s description. These

punch dialogues and the tone at

books, selling at such rates now are sure to be

which Rajini delivers it, yet they went

treasured by all Tamil cinema buﬀs as there’s

berserk when Rajini delivered them

just a thin line between Tamil cinema fans and

and the roars of applause and

Rajinikanth fans.

whistle are some things you’d never ﬁnd for the likes of any other movie.

DASHING MAGAZINE

Dancer turned Actor Raghava Lawrence’s ”Idhu Rajini Song” composed by Music Director Vijay Antony and penned by Annamalai was another milestone in this Star’s super special birthday. Every Tamil entertainment channel out there had Rajinikanth movies being telecasted, every FM out there had Rajinikanth songs being played and callers wishing him, every daily newspaper had a column in their main paper dedicated exclusively to this ever young icon. What an achievement one man has done.

Mohit Mehra, a student at AAT

presence, acting, style and charisma; one

Media College proudly says, “I love

can never deny that his simplicity is what

Rajini because he is Rajini. I don’t

makes us all raise our hats in salute to this

think we need a reason to love him!

phenomenon called Rajinikanth and this is

Do you have a reason to love your

exactly why Rajini has the biggest fan

dad?” THIS is the level of adulation

following in the world.

that we have bestowed upon our Superstar. Beyond his screen

DASHING MAGAZINE

It’s a wonder Rajinism isn’t a religion yet!

............................................. Photographers: Sathyanarayanan, Praveen Balu

READER’S CHOICE

2012’S

T O P 5 TA M I L F I L M S

1 2 3

Our Facebook page survey results

16% Likes

8.5% Likes

DASHING MAGAZINE

4 5

53%

12% Likes

Likes

CINEMA REVIEW

Santhosh Krishna Creative Writer

KUMKI REVIEW

DASHING MAGAZINE

“Kumki” is an eﬀort worth being discussed and dissected. The ﬁlm may not feature any recognizable star in the lead, but with its non-conventional storyline it impresses the audience to the fullest.

The story revolves

The villagers unanimously

Meanwhile, Bomman falls

around a ﬁctional village

decide to hire a mahout to

head over heels for the

named Aadikadu, where the

fend oﬀ any future damage.

daughter of the head of the

livelihoods of its residents

Bomman and his elephant

village. But, unfortunately,

are under constant threat

Manikam, who are not

iit’s been an ancient custom

from the attacks of wild

originally suitable for the job,

in the village that everybody

elephants. someone within

get embroiled in the plot to

is married to someone within

the hamlet. Will Bomman

save the villagers from the

the hamlet. Will Bomman

have happy ending forms the

imminent threat of wild

have happy ending forms the

rest of the story?

elephant.

rest of the story?

“The locations are out of this world and it’s very evident from the output” Though the basic

the intention of the

locations. Debutant Vikram excels in his role and

premise of the ﬁlm

director all wrong.

carves carves a niche early on in his career. With his

revolves around the

Prabhu paints a love

performance as a mahout, he’s deﬁnitely caught the

sensitive relationship

story in the most

attention of one all. Vikram and Thambi Ramaiah tag

between a mahout

unconventional

team is highly entertaining.

and his elephant,

background and yet

ﬁlmmaker Prabhu

manages to strike a

Solomon subtly

chord with the

without faults. The second half of the movie loses its

throws light on the

audience.

momentum a little, walking away from the Komban

relationship between Bomman and Valli. If

This isn't to say that Kumki is completely

storyline and focusing almost exclusively on the The locations are

romance, which seems to dilute the proceedings.

you were to come to

out of this world and

More attention to how Bomman deals with the

the conclusion that

it’s very evident from

menace of wild elephants might have been more

“Kumki” is a ﬁlm

the output that

interesting.

about a mahout and

Prabhu must’ve spent

his relationship then

quite a lot of time

probably you’ve got

exploring these

DASHING MAGAZINE

“Kumki” is undoubtedly one of the best visually appealing ﬁlms of 2012. Don’t miss it !

TALENT OF THE MONTH ........................................................................................................................................................ ..............................................................................................................................................................

Ashwini Ashokkumar Creative Writer

INEXPLICA Miss Tamilnadu & Miss Madras SRUTHI shares her experience and future plans - Exclusive interview

Sruthi was in Hyderabad. We were getting together after ages. I cannot even remember when the previous time was. So much had changed since – also that Sruthi had become a celebrity. We met at a close by café that serves the most amazing desserts. We hugged andsquealed in excitement and hugged again; it felt like meeting a long lost friend. We had so much catching up to do. But we had business to ﬁnish before anything else. I greeted her formally, as apposite for an interview; we shook hands and sat down at a table.We ordered some yum sounding stuﬀ and we began our conversation there.

DASHING MAGAZINE

BLE!

DASHING MAGAZINE

I sparked oﬀ the conversation as I asked Sruthi how she got into modeling, cause the last time I saw her she was my favorite college senior and an electrical engineering student in Amrita’s lab uniform. She smiled eloquently at my question. That told me how much things had changed and how far she had come since then. She began to recount her story. She had started with a simple performance in the fashion show as a part of the Onam celebrations at Infosys, Mysore. At that point, she had no clue about what awaited her. However,I was certain that the organizer, who Sruthi referred to as Pran, took no time to notice the talent inherent in her, because it had always been evident and conspicuous.

Rewinding to a few years back, I

expression; “it makes the world a

ardently. She ﬁnished her

remembered how all of us in

more elegant place” she said,

narration; she beamed. She left

college could associate Sruthi to

sounding like a little girl. She

meawestruck.

a model. “She would be just

told me how she had always

perfect”, people said. Sruthi told

dreamed of walking on the ramp.

me how Pran introduced her to

The ﬁtting of dresses, the

mushroomed by then. I

his friend, a designer in Mysore,

make-up, the pampering: they

bombarded Sruthi with a surge

and a couple of shows down the

were things Sruthi fancied then.

of questions, and she tackled

lane,she was actually a part of

She went on expressively, “And

them one by one.

the world of fashion. The

when it actually happened, it

excitement I sensed in her voice

was like a dream that came true,

I was curious about how it felt

was inspiring. She went on to

however hackneyed that might

the ﬁrst time she walked the

tell me how her interest in

sound. I knew this was it. I knew

ramp. I wanted to know if the

fashion was not an inadvertent

I would love it. I knew I had it in

conﬁdence is acquired or if it’s

ﬁnd or one of serendipity; she

me – the physique, the height

intrinsic. Sruthi answered in a

had always secretly nurtured a

and more than all that, the

very model like way “On the

passion for fashion right from

fervor. I had no second

ramp conﬁdence is very vital.

when she was a little girl. To her,

thoughts, no apprehensions. I

Without the attitude a model is

fashion is one’s way of

went for it”. I was listening

a nobody. The stage fright is

DASHING MAGAZINE

My curiosity had

inevitable though, initially. I

her name blared though the speakers; She had won. She felt an

experienced it too.

indescribable feeling: she was happy, proud, speechless, excited, a wee bit emotional – all at the same time. “It felt truly special” she said “This

My ﬁrst show, I was

was not something I had set my sight on earlier in life, it just happened,

quivering when I walked the ﬁrst

but when it did, it felt amazing.” She went on to tell me how thankful she

time. I faked the conﬁdence. But

was to everyone who made this possible. “Amma was by my side the

when I saw the crowd and how

whole time. She’s my manager, my PR person, my everything. She was

they cheered, I knew they loved

busy doing an FB campaign for me while I was preparing. She’s been of

me. The second time in the same

constant support throughout. It was my mom’s friend, Jayanthi aunty

show, I gathered myself

who made me enroll for this contest in the ﬁrst place. My dad, my

together; I told myself nothing

brother and my other relatives were all very encouraging too. My friends

could go wrong. I walked

Archana and Gitanjali were there for me right from day one. It kept me

without giving a damn; I walked

going.”

to believe in yourself. I started modeling with Shilpa Singh(Miss India Universe); we’ve even done

“

Amma was by my side the whole time. She’s my manager, my PR person, my everything.

shows in badly ﬁtted outﬁts a couple of times, but it didn’t

My curiosity hadn’t waned one bit. This

“

conﬁdently. All you need to do is

replied “Models can’t

matter. You just need to know

time I wanted Sruthi’s opinion on what an

take home the dresses

that you can pull it oﬀ and

aspiring model needs to do, to get where she

they wear; I thought

conﬁdence comes easy.”

is. She replied “A girl needs to love fashion

they could when I was a

and desire to be in this world. That’s the most

kid.” At that, both of us

Next, I asked Sruthi to

important thing. Nothing comes easy, not even burst out laughing. A

describe the feeling at that

good looks. When I started, I was told that I

few seconds later, she

moment when she was crowned

needed to shed weight for a show. I had to

pulled herself together

Miss.Madras. Instantly, she

starve and work out and yet stay healthy and

gracefully, and as she

responded with the word

retain the glow on my skin. I learnt the hard

sipped her café frappe,

“inexplicable”. I knew the word

way that you got to work for anything to want,

she explicated to me

was apt. I couldn’t imagine how

whatever it is. You got to be ready to give

how her mom wasn’t

she would’ve felt but she just

whatever it takes. Honestly, a model is simply

cool with the idea

narrated her happiest moment

a mannequin to showcase pretty clothes; you

initially. Her mom had

to me and the joy was very

ought to be the best mannequin in town.”

dreamt of the ideal life

evident on her face .She said her family was right at the front,

for her little girl and I probed further. I asked Sruthi if there

fashion didn’t quite ﬁt

hooting and cheering. The

were any negatives, setbacks or obstacles she

into that plan. Even

audience was screaming her

faced and if anything upset her during her

earlier, when a designer

name aloud. And exactly then

ride. Without a second for thought, she

had approached Sruthi

DASHING MAGAZINE

MEDIA SPONSERSHIP

MEDIOS - Annual creative fest by Ethiraj College for Women's Viscom dept.

RENKLER 2012 - Inter College cultural conducted by the Rotaract Club of St.Thomas college

DASHING MAGAZINE

Adv. Adver tisement Tariff Premium Tariff: INR 5000/-

Budding Entrepreneur Tariff: INR 3200/-

Only Full page advt.

Advt. will be placed between 1 - 10 pages.

Advt. will be placed between 20 - 36 pages.

50% Off on professional design.

100% Off on professional design.

7 days free 250 X 150 banner advt. at Dashing website.

mail us to : dashingmagazine.in@gmail.com

while she was still in school, for

-“I haven’t thought of it yet. I

solid career, one that will make

a shoot, her mom did not

would love to take part, but it

them proud and happy.”

approve. But after Sruthi’s ﬁrst

would require a lot of prep.

“What has this not-too-long but

show in Infosys, her mom saw

Maybe next year. But before that

very fruitful ride taught you?”

how happy it made her. She let

I have to deal with my mom’s

-“There’s one thing I learnt from

go of her inhibitions and on the

restrictions relating to clothes.

my mentor, Pran. Career and

contrary, began to support

Let’s see!”

passion can stay separate and

Sruthi. Her mom had some

“Ever thought of making a career

yet alive. I learnt that when you

reservations about skimpy and

out of this?”

start loving what you do, you’ll

revealing outﬁts, but Sruthi felt

do really well.”

that if someone had to draw a

-“I want a career in fashion,

line, whocould be better than

surely. Not as a model though. I

her mom!

want a future in Fashion

ordered another round of

Management. I want to go places I had one ﬁnal question. As

I had nothing more to ask. We

and learn so much. I did

desserts, began our round of mad talk and gossip, just like

we tried to grab the last chunk

modeling as I was passionate

of chocolate in the dessert on

about it. I had my share of fun.

the table, I said “So Sruthi, what

It’s my turn to live a bit of my

next? Miss India?“

mom’s dream for me. I want a

good old times.

.............................................

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photography Courtesy : Irfan Ahsan

EDITORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPECIAL Harish Srinivasan Managing Editor

WOMEN The Real Beauty India is in shock of the gang rape incident and the people have started to raise their voice against this heinous crime through different platforms like protest, social media etc.

The very thought of this crime is very disturbing to an extent that it instills in the people an urge to avenge the accused by giving the maximum possible punishment and if possible a new trend setting one such that it instills a sense of security to the vulnerable and fear in the criminals. What I personally think is an eye for an eye is not the answer to this situation .I do not mean the accused must not be hanged or jailed and I am in no position to pass such judgment for those responsibilities lie with the most sacred place called court.

DASHING MAGAZINE

A 23 year old medical college girl along with her male friend boarded a charted bus at Munirka for Dwarka around 9:30pm on 16th Dec. 2012. The male friend was beaten up and knocked unconscious with an Iron rod when he became suspicious as the bus deviated from normal route. The girl was brutally gang raped by six men in the bus. After the beating and the rape ended both were thrown out of moving bus. This has created a mass movement among the people of India demanding justice for the girl, to fast track the court proceedings. Sadly on 29th December the victim lost a brave ﬁght for survival due to several injuries and complications including brain damage, pneumonia, abdominal infection . Her body was cremated on 30 December at Delhi under high police security. The movement for justice is still going strong and people ,organizations from all over the globe has rendered their support for the girl and girls family.

Taking my point “an eye for an eye is not an answer” is because for now we the people of India are driven by the thought of vengeance, anger and frustration which is clouding our ability for clear vision. The gang rape is just a result of a core problem in our society. What is the use if we just erase the wrong line of the program when the whole program

this idea of women as an object of desire. These are not only the reason for the core problem in this society but just a starting point to clean the society of the inner cause. As we dig deeper more reasons will arise which should be addressed.

is logically, technically and practical faulty and outdated?

Also, let us not forget the impact these things have in the mind of a women.

Such is the situation in our

She is hidden from her true potential of inner

society. This is a wakeup call for

beauty, ambition, thoughts and every good thing which can come out of her. In

all of us to address the core

short she is not exposed to situations where she is able to know her strengths and

problem .

is kept in a tailor made environment where she is just lives, dies suppressed of her powers. This is similar to a situation where a new born elephant is tied to a strong

Now ,let me try to address

pillar. How much ever it tries it cannot free itself from the hold of the pillar. When

few core problem from my view.

the same elephant gets old a mere stick is enough to keep it in a place. Knowingly

The ﬁrst and for most reason for

or unknowingly we have created such a situation and this is a call for women to

this is hatred against women. It all

come of their inhibitions, come out of small thoughts (for both gender) and

starts with preference to male

eventually unleash her inner beauty to transform this world.

child to the females that puts in the seed inside the child(male)

Finally, the short term measures of passing an act or making a protest or even

that women are inferior beings

banning tinted windows will help to satiate the frustration stirred in the society.

who are just a object of desire

Rape is not something which occurs naturally. We are also in some way or the other

and nothing more. This seed is

responsible for it. Let’s ﬁnd out that reason rather than pointing our ﬁngers on

nurtured by the surroundings

others. We have a problem in our society and let's address it. Let’s think for

around that child. Surroundings

ourselves how we contribute towards the wellness of this society rather than

like ﬁlms, advertisements ,family

assuming punishment to the accused is the solution. So let's raise our voice not

too. Majority of the ﬁlms released

only for the 23 year old girl but for all woman. It is good to see youngsters raising

in India shows women as an

their voice for stricter laws and protection to the woman. Let’s not stop there, let’s

object of lust, entertainment.

teach our sons how to respect woman and let’s start that process from out homes.

People’s thoughts are reduced by

Let’s act on the words “treating women as equals”.

these ﬁlms to such extent that they cannot think, see beyond the

Now, the time has come for the government and the people to start taking

lascivious eye. Even some ﬁlms

responsibilities for this hideous crimes and strive for the betterment, safety and

are marketed to the people by

harmony of this society.

.............................................

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photographer: Nivedditha Elangovan

A Brighter Future? I doubt it…

Karthik Krishna

Journalist

Today is the 1st of January, 2013. The start of a new year. We

One of the reasons I’m talking

should be happy, right? Celebrating on the streets, partying and

about this today is because of how

what not. Except, I don’t really have it in me to do that. Let’s take a

prominent this apathy has become.

moment of silent introspection about what took place in our

For all the protests that have

country last year. We have had quite a momentous year and each

happened (and are still happening)

person will have their own perspective on what was the highlight.

in Delhi, people have started to let

My cricket – crazy friend believes that Sachin’s retirement is the

go of it. One visit to Facebook,

only news worth remembering, another thinks that the political

Twitter or even Orkut for that matter

landscape has undergone massive change and has deﬁned news in

and all you can ﬁnd now is “Happy

2012, and soon and so forth. But for many of us, what can we last

New Year”, “Had the best time ever”,

remember of the year 2012? A young girl, named ‘Nirbhaya’,

“Party on!”, etc. One might argue

‘Damini’ and many other pseudonyms by the press was brutally

that this is merely a diversion to

violated who later succumbed to her death on 29th December in

keep a positive outlook on life. Is

Delhi. Her death was unwarranted. No one deserves a death like

this India’s reaction the day after

that- at least no one innocent. Every year, we look to the

the poor woman’s death? We were

government for hope and ask them to protect our women, our

more worried about India being

family members. Every year, we are disappointed. After each failure,

humiliated in cricket rather than

more and more people lose hope. This loss of hope eventually

ﬁnding justice for her. This is not a

redirects and manifests itself as apathy.

solitary incident.

DASHING MAGAZINE

A BRIGHTER FUTURE? I remember being at home in Mumbai during the 26th

we are without purpose. We lack

November 2008 terrorist attack. I watched on the TV all day long

either the unity or determination or

as the terrorists swept through with devastatingly chilling eﬀect.

maybe both to stand up and do what

All I could think was, “I visit those places regularly”. I remember

is right, to take our safety and our

the furor over the incident and how heads rolled in the

future prospects seriously.

government (ﬁguratively speaking, of course). But now, a few years ahead, despite all security measures being implemented

The movie Matrix Reloaded had

on paper, execution is still lacking. Go up to a policeman and

a scene that was etched into my

he’ll say “Mererkomerakaamsikharahahaikya?” (Are you teaching

memory. The essence of the dialogue

me my job?). People still come and go with dubious luggage as

goes like this- “We're here because

they please, without any hindrance, if they know when and

we're not free. There is no escaping

where to go. The public, can only react by saying “Chalega,

reason; no denying purpose. Because

kyakarsaktahaiabhi?” (It’s ok, what can you really do about it?) .

as we both know, without purpose,

It is this sort of chalega attitude that empowers criminals ranging

we would not exist.It is purpose that

from thugs to maﬁa bosses and terrorists. Despite the global

created us. Purpose that connects us,

outcry, our leaders in the government are content to sit aside

that pulls us, that guides us, that

watching as top oﬃcials play the blame game to save their hides

drives us. It is purpose that deﬁnes us

rather than helping the public, no matter what the incident.

and it is purpose that binds us.” If we come together, for the sake of

Let’s make the introspection a bit more global. During the

humanity, overlooking caste, creed,

recent shootout in the United States of America, The National

race, age and gender, we just, maybe

Riﬂe Association, the strongest supporters for liberal gun laws

just have a chance at saving the world

suggested that armed guards be put at every school to deter

that we were originally born into. But

gunmen from inﬂicting violence. Who will monitor those

seeing as to how fragmented and

people? What about the Syrian civil war that’s been tearing apart

alone so many of us are right now,

the region this past one and a half years? The end result of all

even hope seems far – fetched. It is

this leads to what- a better future? For whom?

here where I pray that history repeats itself. We, as a race have survived

People tend to think that being a new year, the simple

horrors worse than this. And a man’s

action of the earth rotating about its axis takes on a whole new

true worth is determined in the face

signiﬁcant meaning. They think everything will be okay, and

of true adversity. Let’s hope that this

move on. I just want to tell those sort of people- NO, it will NOT

is true for whatever the future holds

be okay. Since the day I’ve actively started analyzing the world

for us too.

around me, all I can conclusively say is that the entire world is moving slowly but irrevocably towards a cliﬀ.

Because, let’s face it – “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no

We say that the good we do overshadows the bad done to us. But we’ve crossed that line of imbalance long ago. Right now,

DASHING MAGAZINE

good thing ever dies. “ (Shawshank Redemption)

BUSINESS & TECH

Roshni Nagarajan Special Correspondent

RAPIDLY TRENDING

ONLINE SHOPPING If internet was to fetch anything that one would want to infer

about; well then think ahead .Nowadays the internet not just helps to be aware of the limitless goods and services outside your door step it also caters to avail them with just a click away. Yes, it is the boom of e-shopping era that has geared up our nation’s economy rate that we are talking about. Shopping online is becoming more popular

“We typically do not see such heavy spending

than ever according to market research ﬁrm

this late in the season, but the fact that Free

comScore.The company’s latest report shows

shipping day occurred on a Monday, combined with

consumers spent $38.7 million online during the

the fact that so many retailers extended their

ﬁrst 51days of the “November-December holiday

promotions into the middle of the week – with

season” – a 16% increase over the same period last

guaranteed shipping by Christmas – helped deliver

year. ComScore says December 17th a.k.a. “Free

an encouraging late-season surge,” said comScore

Shipping Day,” saw 76% in growth compared to last

in its latest report. “The result has been a signiﬁcant

year with “a strong $1.01 billion in spending.” A

uptick in the season-to-date growth rate, which now

53% growth rate in spending was also recorded on

stands at 16 percent.”

December 21st over the same period from last year, which comScore calls “a notable accomplishment this late in the season.”

DASHING MAGAZINE

When asked the youth about why shop online ?,

“ I can go beyond the geographical boundaries

“I love to read books and I would wish to buy

to reach to the best products which are of advance

them as soon as they are released, so by making pre

technological use and also get them shipped to my

orders online I can receive them at my door step

door step for my use as I cannot aﬀord to waste time

immediately after its release” – says Jyotsna

looking out for the product in my city “- says Varun

Hariharana student of MOP Vaishnav college for

Haridas, MNC Employee, Bangalore.

Women Chennai

“ My course requires a lot of machinery

“ I prefer certain global brands when it comes to

parts and tools for various projects which I can only

shoes and handbags which are hard to ﬁnd in local

get Through e bay for best results in my project “ –

market so I prefer to shop online “ - says Deepthi

says Abishek a Mechatronic student from

Nagarajan, MNC employee ,Bangalore.

KumaraguruEngineering College, Coimbatore.

So thus online shopping gives us

might face with issues with the product after

access to global

delivery, many online stores oﬀer exchange

brands with easy

and cash return thus making the customers

payments,door step

loyal consumers. So looking ahead at 2013

delivery and lot of

mobile shopping seems promising because of

sample space to

the advent of high speed mobile internet

choose from. Also we

makes shopping more feasible for a customer

can easily get the

because he /she can shop when and where

reviews of the related

one wishes as the world is racing ahead and

material in the same

there is no time to catch up .

webpage itself. What more can you ask

DASHING MAGAZINE

when you shop.? Even though the consumer

So move on ! ............................................. Photographer: Ragu Raman

EVENTS

Ramachadnran M R

Photojournalist ........................................................................................................................................................

“Third Eye”

photography exhibition On 15th celebrities like Daniel Balaji , Krithika Udhayanidhi (Chief editor of Inbox 1305) , Actor Vishnu and BagsBagavathi Perumal ( writer of “Naduvula Konjam Pakatha Kanom” move ) visited and appreciated the stunning photographs that portrayed Chennai in diﬀerent angles.

Chennai Weekend Clickers has organized its 3rd

On the last day of the exhibition , National

photography exhibition titled as “Third Eye” , from

award winning director Seenu Ramaswamy and

December 10th to 16th at Lalit Kala Academy , Chennai.

actress and director Lakshmi Ramakrishnan visited

The exhibition was inaugurated by cinematographer

the exhibition gave their appreciations. The

Chezhiyan who is known for his works in movies like

exhibition also had sessions from experts in

“Kalloori”, " Rettai Suzhi" and the upcoming movie

diﬀerent areas. We had sessions from the following

“Paradesi”. The exhibition featured works of 43

persons

photographers under 5 themes ( RGB , Street , People , silhouette and Black and White) which brought a collection of more than 200 photographs for public view.

Following Chezhiyan and Gopinath’s ( Designer/

A wide range of audience from school children ,

visualizer) visit on the ﬁrst day, many other celebrities

college students ,students from design schools ,

also visited the venue. On 14th December , veteran still

photography clubs etc came to visit the exhibition

photographer of Tamil ﬁlm industry Mr.Stills Ravi visited

throughout the week.

the venue and shared his experiences.

DASHING MAGAZINE

BOOKS

Karthik Krishna

Creative writer ........................................................................................................................................................

It’s been quite some time since I’ve read a book as intriguing and enchanting as Amish Tripathi’s “The Immortals of Meluha”. We as children, have all grown up hearing stories about Lord Shiva, ‘The Destroyer of Evil’. To me, he was my own

will and determination ascends in the eyes of people to become a God. The

superman for quite a while

plot is well thought out and the storyline is never found lacking thanks to

during my childhood and

the brisk pace. The story introduces many of the traditional characters as

then comes this. First time

one would expect. But where the author’s brilliance and ingenuity lies is in

author Amish (as he prefers

the woodworks. Every mythical character reference has an explanation that

to be called) has taken a

alludes to the stories that we can connect with. For example, Nandi, as we all

religious legend and turned

know was Lord Shiva’s companion and a bull. In the story, we ﬁnd that the

it into the stuﬀ legends are

bull signiﬁes the tribe of the Kshatriya captain Nandi, who swears allegiance

made of. The protagonist

to his Lord, our very own Shiva.

Shiva is a simple man. He is the leader of a small tribe

The story goes on to see Shiva meet Brahaspati, a Meluhan scientist,

who spend life trying to

who quickly becomes one of Shiva’s friends. He then meets Sati (or Parvati)

survive and fend oﬀ enemy

whom he instantly falls for. We’re taken for a spin here as we see Shiva woo

tribes. All that changes

her and do all he can to get her to like him. As the story progresses, he earns

when one day, their tribe is

the respect of his contemporaries and eventually, ﬁghts the battle of Good

invited to live with the

against Evil. Or does he? Without giving away any spoilers, all I can truly say

Meluhans, the clan of the

is that intended or not, Amish Tripathi kept the juiciest twist for the end. And

Suryavanshi’s and the

he executes it in a most Bollywood-esque fashion. The ending of the story

descendants of Lord Ram

was such that I could not resist running down the street and getting my

himself.

hand on the next book the very next second!

Circumstances cause

It’s been quite long since I’ve recommended any books to others, but I

Shiva to be thrust into

cannot resist myself right now. Amish Tripathi has done a great job of

situations he fully doesn’t

providing a story that will appeal to the young and old, irrespective of their

understand. The story goes

religious inclinations. The writing may seem amateurish at times, but apart

on to show how a man,

from that I can ﬁnd absolutely no ﬂaw whatsoever in the book. Go read this

forged by circumstance,

one, people. I guarantee you won’t regret it.

DASHING MAGAZINE

FESTIVAL

Samathuva Sarathi

Grishma Raj

Associate - Film & Theatre Creative Writer ........................................................................................................................................................

LIVING INSIDE THE HISTORY OF MAGICAL CINEMA

was glowing with serial lights every evening on those eleven days. Stalls rushed up with the gala mood. The celebration made a flow Media have been dominating the society for years together. No doubt Film media has been contributing its lions share in capturing the people’s mind. They have now become a part of our life as some films are the replica of our own life. As every year, the festive season for films

of involvement in understanding the art of ﬁlm making and ﬂexing it with some wonderful genres of the International Films.

went on with the usual festive gala. Film festival is the real festival for all those who would like to emerge themselves to be stars in the ﬁlm industry.

Movies from more than 15 countries including India, Srilanka, USA, France, Jordon, Sweden, spain,

The ﬁrst IFFI in India dates back to 1952 organized by the Films

New Zealand, Finland were

division in Mumbai. The International ﬁlm festival of India 2012 (IFFI)

showcased. Some of the ﬁlm

organized by the Government of India was again this time in Goa. This

makers of the respective ﬁlms ﬂew

was the 43rd consecutive year for this event here. The grand dates were

to Goa particularly to study the

from 20th Nov to 30th Nov. It was a full-ﬂedged festive occasion. Large

audience responses. Out of the 15

number of ﬁlm buﬀs, directors, producers, media persons jostled making

ﬁlms participated in the

it yet another remarkable event in India. It was inaugurated by the Film

competition ” 7boxes” is the only

Actor Akshay Khanna in the presence of Industry’s eminent personalities.

thriller movie that got a good

IFFI is jointly supported by FTII Pune and Entertainment society of Goa

response. The famous Polish

(ESG). Even though IFFI Goa has been held for the past 8 years, there

ﬁlmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was

were still lots that had to be done to further promote it as a truly

awarded the prestigious lifetime

international event. Moreover, Goa is composed of great tangible and

achievement award at the event. A

intangible heritage making it an adorable destination. World movies as

large number of Indian and foreign

well as legendary Indian movies were screened in six screens in i-nox

movies were screened on those

complex and the kala Academy which is 500 m away from the i-nox. Even

eleven days of blissful

the organizers blocked some shows for celebrating “100 years of Indian

extravaganza. It was a cultural

cinema”, in those show timings, they showcased many of the path

cocktail of artistic rhythms creating

breaking Indian feature ﬁlms such as - kannathil muthamitttal. DB Road

a wonderful memory of good art.

DASHING MAGAZINE

YOUTH

A few years back, only men wearing black coats carried laptops with them for business. Approaching 2013, we notice teens or pre-teens carrying a smartphone,a PSP,an ipod and laptop for personal use. Teenage in itself is taking a new deﬁnition by diversifying the modes of interaction for teenagers. This keeps getting interesting as technology is developing to meet present day needs. Teenagers want the gizmo to smoothen their lives. They are very much attracted by these gadgets as it keeps them occupied and makes life cool and interesting..But their parents are not happy about this development.. Parents feel that more than the money, the time teenagers spend on gadgets and games can be put to better use by studying or enduring a physical activity. More number of teens wear spectacles due to aberrant vision. Teenage, being the transition period from childhood to adolescence, plays a major role in understanding themselves.

Living in the internet age, we appreciate its importance. While browsing for hours together, we have completely ignored the ill eﬀects of internet addiction. Internet addiction is becoming a common phenomenon among teens. It is very essential for both parents and teenagers to understand the merits and demerits of the virtual world. I really don't understand why teenagers are so obsessed with social networking sites. Remaining online for hours, parents complain that their wards do not spend enough time with them. Their social life revolves around Facebook and Twitter and very less on outdoor activities, leading to social detachment in real life. While it is accepted that internet is important aspect of one’s life the need has arisen for us to know the art of balancing real life and social life especially for teenagers. Now, let’s see some points which will help one achieving the much needed balance in life.

DASHING MAGAZINE

Rathnakar Sundaresan

Creative Writer

................................................................................................................................................................

D I F F I C U LT

TEENAGERS Treating the Y eﬀect Living in generation Y is acceptable,

The art of parenting Parenting plays a very crucial role during teens.

but teens are teens. They have to do what

Parents need to understand what teenagers need and

has to be done during teens. Teens alone

make them understand what is important for them.

are not to be blamed. Parents must also

Teenagers often feel insecure living life with

understand that their children experience

responsibilities. Proper parental guidance restores

a diﬀerent social life. A life which expects

conﬁdence in them. Parents need to teach children the

technological enhancements to cope

value of time and money. Opening out is very

everyday pressure. Parents can limit the

important while demanding and fulﬁlling needs. Teens

access of gadget use for their children or

must also share their needs to their parents so that

set time constraints for gadgets. This will

they can suggest what is best. A healthy parent-teen

increase time eﬃciency and will do less

relationship should be established which will solve all

harm to their health.

day to day problems teenagers face.

Understanding peers Peers decide the exposure teens get. By interacting with peers, teenagers understand the importance of sharing, caring and understanding. Teenagers are mostly found engaging themselves in group activities. I admit, being in a group is more fun than living alone but getting aﬀected by peers might lead to disturbance. Teens are never aware that they are aﬀected by peer pressure. Parents and teachers have to make the teenagers understand that nothing is gained by doing what others do. They must help them cope up with peer pressure and develop in their wards an art of saying NO to their peers when they are not really willing to do something. I call it an art because one cannot simply say NO in a group unless he is very tactful, diplomatic and cool. Such is the quality the parents, teachers must strive to develop.

.............................................

DASHING MAGAZINE

Photographer: Prashanth Mahadevan

SPORTS

DASHING MAGAZINE

SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................

Hassan Ali Creative Writer

THE DON OF THE

DECADE Ricky Ponting

rom a country where Sachin

Ricky made his debut in the International

is considered as God, I am writing

cricket - Feb 1995 against Proteas at the age of 21.

an article on A Legend who

Debut at the age of 21 may be normal in Indian

recently faded into the shade. Yes

team but by Australian standards it was too early.

this article is about a legend in

The onus fell on him to perform right from the

Australian cricket called “Ricky

beginning of his career and he became the talk of

Ponting” . When you take the game

Australian cricket world. Then captain Mark Taylor

of cricket it always has legends for

considered him as their pocket dynamo and a live

each and every generation and

wire on the field. In just a year’s time Ponting

easily Ricky can be called the Don

made his first World cup appearance in 1996 ‘Wills

of this Decade. Words do lie but

World Cup’ and the Aussies were the runner up

status never lies. From the year

with Ricky playing many crucial knocks including

2000 to 2010 Ricky virtually ruled

a half century in the final. Then started the Ricky

the cricketing arena. It is not an

revolution in Aussie Cricket. He was a wrath for

exaggeration. As a player and as a

most top bowlers in the world with his trademark

Captain he made oppositions look

pull shots. He was a regular fixture in the

so puny in front of the Australian

Australian squad and was a part of the 1999 WC

team.

winning team under the leadership of Steve

DASHING MAGAZINE

THE DON OF THE DECADE

........................................................................................................................................................

Waugh with Ricky scoring heavily throughout the series. Ricky was soon looked as a captain who

“Under his captaincy, Australia

should ascend the captaincy from

attained No.1 position in both

Waugh.

Test and ODI’s”

In the year 2002, with growing pressure,

Waugh

retired

from

International cricket leaving a big

There were also some major blips in the

void to fill up in terms of captaincy

illustrious career of Punter. During his captaincy

and Ponting took over Captaincy in

tenure, Australia lost the Ashes Series after 18 years

Feb 2002. With the added pressure

and also he holds a dubious record of being the only

of captaincy the Punter (Which he

Australian captain to lose the Ashes thrice and during

was named by Warnie) started

the third Ashes loss. He suffered a rare slump in form

evolving more and more. Under his

and drought for runs which made his Captaincy and

captaincy he started building an

place in the team a doubt but with such an

Australia that was invincible. Under

unmatchable record Punter headed for his Hatrick

his captaincy, Australia attained

world cup title as captain. But in spite of an inspiring

No.1 position in both Test and ODI’s

ton against India Aussie lost the match and had to

and it struck a winning streak of 16

exit the world cup making him quit his captaincy.

matches in Test - a record that stands for ever.

Punter played his final series against the Proteas on Dec 2012 and the whole of the SA team giving him

Under his captaincy, Aussies won the 2003 World Cup in South

a guard of honour in his final innings sure proves his respect from the opposition. A legend on his own.

Africa defeating India in the finals and Ricky outplayed India in the

In the year 2002, with growing pressure, Waugh

finals with a stunning 140 off 121

retired from International cricket leaving a big void to

balls. This didn’t stop him, he came

fill up in terms of captaincy and Ponting took over

back with a stronger and virtually

Captaincy in Feb 2002. With the added pressure of

impeccable team in 2007 to win the

captaincy the Punter (Which he was named by

World Cup against the Windies for a

Warnie) started evolving more and more. Under his

consecutive time, making him still

captaincy he started building an Australia that was

the only captain ever to do it. The

invincible. Under his captaincy, Australia attained

Australian team under him was

No.1 position in both Test and ODI’s and it struck a

regarded ruthless but there was no

winning streak of 16 matches in Test - a record that

way to stop Ricky and his team.

stands for ever.

DASHING MAGAZINE

MUSIC

Grishma Raj Creative Writer

Embodied with pleasant feel

The major sensation is the aggressive “Mudhai Murai..” delivered by the bold singer Sunidhi Chauhan. Her solid voice

“Neethane En Pon

expresses the shift in situation and build up

vasantham” is a total

a diﬀerent framework. It is a perfect foot

classy chartbuster and is

tapping number with husky tone. Meanwhile,

a pleasant musical treat.

Karthik’s “Kantrai Konjam..” gives the

It is Gautham Vasudev

nostalgia of 80’s beat. Listening to this song

Menon’s ﬁrst venture

on a headphone gives the best eﬀect. The

with the maestro

ﬂow of the rhythms makes us engage in the

Ilaiyaraja , the king of

tune and sometimes we ourselves may tend

melodies whose romantic

to relate and portray the scenes along with

metres are always a

the music.

fascination. He has produced an excellent

“Pudikkala Maamu...” is a thorough

blend of music with the

campus experience giving us the feel of

crisp lyrics of Na.

youngster or taking us back to the good old

Muthukumar.

days sensing the smell of books , exams , friendship. More than entertaining , it is a

“Saindhu Saindhu..”

good recreation of edulife. The songs

kicks oﬀ with Yuvan

“Pengal Endraal..” a seethe against women is

Shankar Raja’s soothing

little emotional but good to ears and

Voice, the lyrics that lifts

“ Satru Munbu..” sung by Ramya NSK is

us to the splendours of

brilliant.

our loved one making us fall in love with the great

DASHING MAGAZINE

Certainly , the songs bring up intelligent

music once again! The

amalgamation of instrumental arrangement

mixed vibrations of guitar

though less compared to Raja Sir’s usual

and violin create a

magnetism of composition , but is deﬁnitely

special feeling.

credible.

WWW.DASHINGMAGAZINE.IN

DASHINGMAGAZINE.IN@GMAIL.COM

ADVERTISE WITH US : 9677267971 , 98410 65337