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The supermodel and star of Hercules (and Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend) tells us what makes her tick, and what it takes to date her.

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14 REFRESH Maximindia.in is sizzling with sexy women, mouth-watering recipes, the coolest drinks, gizmos, cars... and more.

18 HOTNESS PERSONIFIED Actor Surveen Chawla drops her inhibitions for MAXIM.

34 GAMING SPECIAL These games will keep you busy for the next six months. Be ready for a cranky girlfriend.

22 THE FUNNIES Sorabh Pant takes us on a laughter trip.

38 BURGER FEST Dishes for every foodie out there. Damn those slim-fit jeans we bought yesterday.

16 INCOMING Your letters are the reasons why we take male-bonding seriously. 17 ASK MAXIM You ask, we get the answers from the far-off corners of the Earth. We deserve a drink for that. Where’s the Editor? Need money. 120 EXIT Don’t let power cuts black out your social life. The Decider helps you decode what floats your boat in the dark.

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24 SCREEN NEWS Director Seth MacFarlane reasons out A Million Ways To Die In The West. Plus, movies to watch out for this month.

40 BEER SERVED Sorry if you’re bordering on alcoholism, but these beer-moves are a must-try.

28 CUTE CRIMINALS The trouble animals have to go through because of humans. Or vice-versa.

42 THE SEX GURU Madhuri Banerjee gives us some straight advice. Take it and get it on.

30 ICON A true legend of our times, Ruskin Bond talks about books, travel and responsibility.

44 MILITARY WORKOUT REGIME Moves that will get you the physique that has been AWOL for a while.

32 HOMETOWN HOTTIES Sexy Aisha Sharma is unlike any other girl.

50 GROOMED TO BE A BETTER MAN... ... at least from the looks of it.

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54 SUPERIOR RIDE The brand new 2014 Harley-Davidson Street 750 is for every man who loves power, style and (surprise!) his wallet.

70 THE SCIENCE OF THE MOVIES We get into the nuances of some classic scenes and decode how far (or not) they are from realism. Yeah, we have a lot of free time.

98 SUITS FOR ANY SEASON Here are the best suits and fabrics for any season. Plus, shoes for all occasions.

56 POWERFUL BULL With the Lamborghini Huracán, you can bet your life on its performance.

78 GENERATION NEXT With the dangers that surround our existence, we look at the latest ammunition available to the world’s soldiers.

58 TRAVEL COMPANION For a stress-free and fun trek, take this gear along. It’ll come in handy in unpredictable circumstances, including losing your pants. 60 TECH OVERLOAD The latest gizmos from the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014 that made everyone drop their consoles and take notice.

84 THE ESCAPE ARTISTS The walls of the toughest prisons have been scaled and prisoners have fled. Here are some of the most daring escapes in history.

113 BUYING GUIDE The must-stop shops for a real man.

S T AS H 108 THE FUZZ Try our Beat This Caption and find out if you have a funny bone. If not, get the jokes. 109 SHOCK The rituals that will give anyone a scare. 110 SEXY IN PUBLIC The beautiful girls of the grass court. 111 24 HOURS: AARON PAUL The Breaking Bad actor shares his final-day plans. Find out what’s cooking. 112 AUTOPORN The Toyota FT-1 has taken a huge stride from screen to reality.

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A longtime MAXIM subscriber called to congratulate me on our 100th Issue in April. It took him almost a month to go through it, he said, and that’s after he picked up his third copy. His office mates stole his subscription copy, and his brother-in-law stole the second he’d bought. He’s tucked away the third, and gushed that he’ll really treasure it. I thanked him, urged him to send us beer—he said I ought to do that—and highlighted that he’s lucky to have his copy, given that I don’t have one. That issue was a complete sell-out, and I’m having to make do with my digital edition. We have the same expectation with all our issues, and that’s especially true for the one in your hands. We’ve taken into account that a large part of your month will be devoted to the World Cup, so we’ve segmented this issue to facilitate quick, interrupted and semi-drunk reading. There are useful insights into everything from sandwiches (the greatest invention that rests on sliced bread) and drinks (tricks to rescue flat and/or warm beer), to growing fitness concerns (because the guys on the screen ran 10 km with a ball) and halftime-commentary-relieving trivia (just because). We’re sure you’ll need our patented humour to elevate your mood if your chosen team’s been knocked out. Which, in fact, brings me to the only question: When will India go to the FIFA World Cup Finals? We have more money than some countries so we can presumably afford coaches and facilities, we have as much talent as others (presumably because there are so many of us) and there’s enough interest (presumably because it’s true). So, why can’t we qualify, and when can we hope to? As we ponder that, we present one of the world’s hottest women, supermodel Irina Shayk, in a beautiful shoot that’ll give the sun a reason to really shine. Plus, MAXIM’s resident sex and relationships guru, Madhuri Banerjee, answers some of your in-the-sack questions. Finally, we’ve just returned from the E3, so we have a fantastic gaming and stuff special to keep you updated. I’ve got my burger, beer and battery back-up in place. I’m sure you have too. Now, time to use it.

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Guys, I’ve been pissed with your cover shoots, but I have to hand it to MAXIM. I still can’t believe you got Soha Ali Khan in such a sexy avatar. I know you’ve featured her earlier (which I loved) but this shoot was out of this world. She has never looked so hot and beautiful. Sachin P., Shimla First, thank you for copying the headline off our 2008 cover. We don’t want to praise ourselves but, yeah, the shoot was damn hot. Soha is a smart and gorgeous woman, and if you read her interview (try to take your eyes off those pics) you’ll realise that she’s just awesome. We were blown away by her.

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I wanted to give your June issue to my sis to see Soha Ali Khan’s shoot but couldn’t because of the image you used in your sex article. I liked the article (of course) but the picture was a little over the top. Can you use images that are more women-friendly? Rakesh S., New Delhi We feel it is time for men and women to talk about sex openly so that there are lesser crimes against women, and more awareness. Sure, it may be weird with your sis.

two, the result should be legendary. But I found your article on the 2014 FIFA World Cup an absolute bore. It took quite some effort to finish it. What happened to all the boxes and nuggets of info? Afzal K., Ahmedabad Point taken. This year, we figured we would go long-form, and give you as much information as we could without losing you. Take a look through and a break with The Fuzz section this time around. You’ll be rolling on the floor even as you learn a few new things.

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I loved the food recipes you published, especially the 27-layer dip. Unfortunately, my dish didn’t look anything like the picture. Are you sure you guys try these before recommending them? Jaideep S., Mumbai All our recipes are created by chefs who test-drive them for us. We do try them, and that’s one of the perks of this otherwise sad job. Our advice to you: Go step by step. If it still doesn’t work, drop by our office with the ingredients. We are poor and cheap.

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The reason why MAXIM stands out from other magazines is because of sexy women. But, of late, I’ve realised you guys are getting pretty tame and there are fewer women to ogle in your pages. C’mon, MAXIM, up your game! We demand more sexiness. Akshay S., Hyderabad We love women more than anything else in the world and we feature them intensively throughout the magazine. If you don’t believe us, please flip through the issue again. Last month we had Soha Ali Khan, Aurélie Sarà Bollier, Bhavna Suri, Alex Curran Gerrard, Sara Carbonero, Jennifer Walcott, Shakira, Abbey Clancy, Danielle LLoyd… and we’re out of space.

WORLD CUP UPSETS ROSTER

By now, you already know where your team stands in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. We take a look at the biggest upsets in history. SOUTH KOREA vs ITALY, 2002 A golden goal from South Korean superstar Ahn Jung-Hwan saw the co-hosts knock out Italy from the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Lee Young-Pyo hit the ball into the penalty area where Ahn Jung-Hwan climbed over Paolo Maldini to head the ball into the net. South Korea won 2-1. 16

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ARGENTINA vs CAMEROON, 1990 Playing in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup, Cameroon shocked Argentina with a 1-0 win over the defending champions. In the 66th minute, Cameroon’s Emmanuel Kunde took a free kick. The ball met with a header from Francois Omam-Biyik and score! It was a winner.

BULGARIA vs GERMANY, 1994 The powerful Bulgarian duo Hristo Stoichkov and Yordan Letchkov proved too much for Germany. Germany took the lead in the second half. But, in the 75th minute, Stoichkov found the net and three minutes later Letchkov scored the goal that put them in the semis.

URUGUAY vs BRAZIL, 1950 The hosts, Brazil, were favourites to win the Cup. In the final, they faced Uruguay. The hosts took the lead in the second half through Friaca but were equalled by Juan Alberto Schiaffino in the 66th minute. Eleven minutes later, Alcides Ghiggia struck home the winner.

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Mate, if more than 100 kg of raging beef has it in for you, here’s what to do: Don’t piss a bull off in the first place and it won’t charge you. If it’s too late for that, quickly do this: If he looks like he’s about to attack, you’ve got a decision to make. Bulls run fast, horns down, ready to de-ball you. If you can’t reach a safe spot—behind a wall, door or fence, or down a narrow alley—in seconds, don’t run. Take off your shirt and toss it away from you. Already shirtless? Then lose the pants. Toss them away from you, and the bull is likely to follow them, giving you time to move far away and board a plane back to Bengaluru. In case you don’t get time to employ these tactics, you’re already nude so the emergency room doctor won’t have to cut off your clothes to reattach your scrotum.

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WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE HIGH-FIVE? WHEN AND HOW DID IT ORIGINATE? Sajjan B., New Delhi

Well, the exact history has been lost in the man-cave of the outgoing Homo erectus, but for all practical purposes, the highfive was first used in 1977. It seems that after a home run, a baseball player called Dusty Baker—who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, if you care to know—raised a hand to his teammate Glenn Burke, thus consummating the first recorded high-five. He did, however, miss a great chance to armpit-tickle. Then, in 1980, the term “high-five” was added to the Oxford dictionary, and is defined as “a gesture of celebration in which two people slap each other’s open palm.” It doesn’t sound as much fun when you put it like that, OxfordKilljoy-nary. In fact, the third Thursday of April is celebrated as National High Five Day in the US. Those guys think of everything!

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The longest coma ever recorded. Elaine Esposito from Chicago was in a coma for this time, before passing on at the age of 43 years 357 days.

First and foremost, are you a hairy beast? Yes? Get a full-body wax (your girl will appreciate it too). If not, bariatric and obesity specialist Dr. Kiran Rukadikar says that while hyperhidrosis (or excessive sweating) can be genetic, it is commonly brought on by being overweight. “Our eating habits can have an effect too, so avoid garlic, onions, caffeine, spicy food and alcohol. Also, up your intake of fruits, olive oil, whole grains, calcium, tomato juice and peppermint,” he advises. Most important, don’t underestimate the power of water. Drinking about four litres a day will help. Of course, your work neighbour has requested that we insist you get a good deodorant. Please. JULY 2014

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You’ve seen her on TV—a lot!—and in the movies, but you’ve never seen her like this. The pretty and sexy SURVEEN CHAWLA makes her MAXIM debut with a bang, and we’re sure this is just the beginning. She lets us in on what it takes to date her, and what she looks for in a man. If we were you, we’d be taking

How was the transition from TV to movies? I had actually moved in 2008, when I started doing films down south. But it was my first Punjabi film, Dharti, with Jimmy Shergill, where it all began. I’ve always been clear that I wanted a career in films and I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. But I was prepared for that. It took a lot of patience and perseverance after which I got Hate Story 2. Now, when I look back, it was a lot of struggle but the journey was beautiful. As they say, if you don’t struggle then you’re not really in for achieving something really great. Which cinema do you prefer? Hindi or regional? I believe that cinema doesn’t have a language. In regional cinema—specifically Tamil or Telugu— the language is alien to you. The difficulty level is higher because it’s not your primary language but then it pushes you to work harder to deliver the perfect scene, and not look mechanical on the camera. Punjabi cinema has given me so much love and appreciation but, fundamentally and principally, the effort you put in is considerable, no matter where the film is being made. What are the similarities between acting for TV and movies? Actually, there are a lot of differences. TV is storytelling over a period of episodes whereas films tell you a full story in a couple of hours. Everything has to be far more concise, so you are jumping emotions, and jumping your graph. Since I’ve begun doing films, my growth as an actor has been geometric. Television, I have to say, is a great acting school... just like theatre. It’s given me a lot of practical experience as an artiste and I must say it’s been great. 20

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Care to rate yourself on a hotness scale? Is there a scale that exists for hotness? I think people will be the best judge. But if I were to really dig deep and ask myself, it’ll be somewhere between an 8 and 8.5. That’s modest. What’s a complete no-no? Unhygienic men! Hygiene tops my list of priorities for a guy. Also, men who boast and brag and show off. I like simple men. It’s hot. How does one get you in the mood? Throw me into a pond or a pool, give me some cold coffee and put on some romantic music, like RD Burman or classic romantic music. What do you look for in a guy? Intelligence and simplicity. Those are the kind of men who last for life.

What’s the quirkiest thing about you? It’s my reaction, post my silence. Let me explain... if I have had an argument with someone and that has upset me or if I’m not in a good mood, I become very quiet. So, there’ll be silence for the longest time just when everyone feels that I ‘m going to snap at them. Then, after a while, I just react by saying, “Hey! Why is everyone so quiet?” So it’s just a little weird sometimes. I have really stunned people with this “reaction.” Who’s your top celebrity crush? For the longest time, it has been Shah Rukh Khan. I have always dreamt of doing a film with him. At the top of the charts right now is Ranbir Kapoor, because I think he is just pure and sheer sexiness. His droopy eyes take the cake. You can just get lost in them. I kind of find him to be the epitome of the innocently-sexy man.

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UPSIDE DOWN

An old couple has been married for 35 years. During one of their fights, the old man warns his wife, “If I die first, I will dig my way up and haunt you for the rest of your life!” One day, the man dies abruptly. After the burial, the wife goes straight to the bar and begins to celebrate. Her friends ask if she isn’t worried about her husband digging himself out of the grave. The wife smiles, “Let the old bugger dig. I had him buried upside down!”

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Make Us Laugh, Funnyman! SORABH PANT gives us tummy cramps.

Didn’t do well in your exams? Chill! Your parents grew up in the ’70s, if they’d done better in their exams, you’d probably be in Amrika.

Maria, a devout Catholic, had 10 children with her first husband. After her first husband’s death, she remarried and had 10 more children. A few weeks after her second husband died, Maria also passed away. At her funeral, the priest said, “They’re finally together.” Her sister interrupted, “Excuse me, Father, but do you mean she and her first husband, or she and her second husband?” The priest replied, “I mean her legs.”

JUST DEPENDS THE FOURTH HUSBAND

Anita tells her friend she is getting married for the fourth time. “How wonderful! I hope you don’t mind me asking, what happened to your first husband?” “He ate poisonous mushrooms and died,” Anita replies. The friend exclaims, “Oh, how tragic! What about your second husband?” “He also ate poisonous mushrooms and died.” In shock, the friend says, “Oh, how terrible! I’m almost afraid to ask you about your third husband.” Anita replies, “He died of a broken neck.” “A broken neck?” “He wouldn’t eat the mushrooms.”

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Two old people flirt in a bar. After a few drinks, the man asks the woman, “If I took you out for wining, dining and dancing, what would you wear?” The woman replies, “Depends.” “Depends on what?” he asks. “On my bottom—where else?”

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THE EMERGENT

Revisit the battle between species in Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.

Human beings have always been at war with nature, and this movie carries forward with this continuous undercurrent. In 2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, a drug to cure Alzheimer’s had alternative repercussions and led to the uprising of superintelligent chimps. A war followed between humans and chimps, and led to the events of this film. Now, the sparks are re-ignited when the Nation of Apes—started and led by handsome Caesar—is once again threatened by unintelligent humans who have survived the uprising and virus that spread a decade earlier. Why watch? If the earlier instalment is anything to go by, this movie has the visual awesomeness and stellar performances—actual and motion-capture—to make the two hours-plus well worth your time. And, of course, a great back-story and plot to back it all up.

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MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

A lot of people dream of “making it in the big city,” and that’s precisely what this movie, directed by John Carney, is about. Gretta (Keira Knightley) moves to New York with her boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine), hoping to get a record deal, but Dave dumps her shortly after when he strikes a solo contract. Later, she’s discovered by a recently-fired producer, Dan (Mark Ruffalo), and they go around the city recording wherever they can—no, really, wherever. You just know it’s going to be a sappy ending. Why watch? Every month we try and give you a mix of flicks—movies you can watch alone and those you can watch with your girl. This one fits into the latter category. An easy-on-the-mind romance that’ll still let you chill.

This flick is about Stanley the magician, played by Colin Firth, who attempts to uncover the apparent fraud of Sophie the spiritualist, played by Emma Stone. The movie is set in the 1920s in the south of France and, as one would expect from a classic Woody Allen film, there’s the obvious tinge of quirk and wit. Since Stanley is a professional magician, he cannot fathom how Sophie keeps up her spiritual facade. What starts off as a challenge to discover the truth turns into possible love. But, is it really that simple? Why watch? All of Allen’s movies are filled with satire and situational slip-slops—a ubiquitous trait of his style—so this one is bound to be a must-watch… the cast and the setting alone pretty much guarantee it.

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BOYHOOD

Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl and it’s happily ever after. Yep, that’s a short version of the story. Okay, fine, here’s the long version: Kavya (Alia Bhatt) from Ambala travels to Delhi to shop for her wedding, where she meets Humpty Sharma (Varun Dhawan). The hate equation changes to love when they begin to spend a lot of time together. Even as Kavya heads back to Ambala, Humpty follows her there. Why watch? An out-and-out formula masala film can’t go wrong, can it? This one promises to be fun without getting you all tangled in emotions or unnecessary plot-lines. 24

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Richard Linklater’s latest movie captures the years of Mason, the protagonist played by Ellar Coltrane, as he goes from boy to man. And, may we add, in real time. Linklater started shooting this film in 2002, when Coltrane was five, and finished shooting in 2013, when he was 18. This film resembles a time-lapse video looking at the boy’s life and growing up, while dealing with his parents’ separation. It’s an organic coming-of-age tale. Why watch? This movie is a leading contender for multiple awards at the Oscars. And it won Linklater the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival. Must-watch!

WHITE SHEEP Seth MacFarlane, director, writer and producer of A Million Ways To Die In The West, sings the praises of a terrible time gone by. Why set a comedy in the Old West? I have always been a fan of the Western genre, and when I was working on the final touches of Ted, we were sitting around watching old Westerns—procrastinating when we should have been working—and I think we were watching Hang ’Em High, the old Clint Eastwood movie, and we were talking about what a romanticised time this was in film, yet what a horribly depressing, awful place and time it must have been to live in. You know, it takes you three hours to go into town, and when you get there, there’s one store, one restaurant that serves one thing; everything that’s not you wants to kill you, and there are literally a million ways to die.

TEXT STEVE NASH

How do you decide where to draw the line? Reference the “Runway Slave” shooting game. Obviously, the only way you get away with that particular reference is because it’s a period piece. It would be very hard to do that in a movie that takes place in 2014. Even with that gag existing in 1882, you still have to have someone commenting on the fact that it’s pretty despicable. And that’s a focal part of Albert’s (Seth’s character) personality, that he was born with a sort of awareness that this is not a good place and time to live in. You have someone who is the eyes and ears of the rational viewer saying, “Something’s wrong here.” And that’s both my character and Charlize’s (Theron)— that’s one of the things they connect over. The story seems to be about a man trying to find his courage. When did you find yours? About halfway through the bottle! You know, I don’t know. I have always had this attitude, going into projects and into creatively uncharted waters, that the worst that can happen is that I fuck it up, and you know, the world is still spinning. We are not curing cancer here. We are making entertainment.

Speaking of drinking, you seem to always have a character verging on alcoholism in your TV shows: Brian the Dog, Roger the Alien. Do you ever hit any obstacles when it comes to portraying that? You kind of sneak it in through the back door. You know, they don’t have a problem with drinking— thank God—or even when you’re dealing with drug usage. You can actually get away with a lot. Masturbation is the problem. The message is that it’s okay to smoke pot, it’s not okay to masturbate. You can show someone lighting up a joint, you just can’t show them inhaling. There are very specific guidelines that we have to abide by, but drinking is… we’ve never even had any eyebrows raised. How do you get everything done? Do you sleep? I don’t do everything, contrary to popular belief. I surround myself with a really fantastic team. Family Guy, while I was shooting the Western, and while I was shooting Ted, was self-sustaining... that’s a team that knows how to do that show. When I am gone, I really am just doing voices, hearing story pitches and giving notes on scripts. That’s it. I am not in the writers’ room, and I haven’t been for some time. It’s the only way I’m able to do all these things. I just have a really reliable team of people who are a lot smarter than I am, who are able to keep things going. Then you don’t have to worry about it and you can go off and make movies about teddy bears.

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GO GREEK! ZEUS The son of Cronus and dad of Hercules, Zeus is considered the Father of Gods and Men. A great fighter and a lusty dude.

POSEIDON The God of the Sea, he’s Zeus’ brother and quite the warrior in his own right and has a temper like his brother’s.

HADES Zeus’ brother, Hades is the God of the Underworld. He became Ruler of the Dead after the Titanomachy War.

WARRIOR-ED!

With HERCULES, the mythology genre gets a serious boost. ARES Son of Zeus and Hera, Ares is the God of War and represents valour and bloodshed that define war.

HERMES Another son of Zeus, Hermes is the God of too many things to list, but best known as the Messenger of the Gods.

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Okay, we’ll admit it: If a trailer excites us, we’re going to see the movie. And that’s the case with Hercules, the movie which reportedly has some of the best effects you’ve seen in a while. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Hercules, John Hurt as Cotys, the King of Thrace, and our sensational Covergirl, Irina Shayk, as Megara, the film is based on the graphic novel, Hercules: The Thracian Wars. If you’re not familiar with Greek mythology, relax, here’s a crash course. Hercules (or Heracles in Greek) is the demi-god son of Zeus, who is the son of Cronus, who is also the father of Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia and Hera. Confused? So were we, so we concentrated on the film. Hercules is based in the time after—or just as—our hero has finished the famous 12 labours, and has turned his back on

the Gods. He has chosen to come to the aid of Cotys, who’s facing destruction from a tyrannical warlord. Hercules, a warrior and half-god, is most comfortable in war and must train the King’s soldiers and raise a ruthless army. What follows are adventures, gory boss battles—like you’d expect from a movie rendition of a graphic novel—and some great characters, including Ian McShane as Amphiaraus and Adrian Bouchet as Zeus. Why watch? Johnson looks the part and trained for eight months to get in shape for the role. Hurt and McShane, of course, never disappoint. Then, like we said before, the effects are spectacular. Plus, one of the world’s sexiest ladies, Shayk, looks great in her debut. We’re looking at her without blinking, which is more difficult than it sounds.

HOT EVENTS Any movie starring Tom Cruise is bound to have film lovers standing in queues. The MAXIM Premiere of Edge of Tomorrow at DT Cinemas, DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, was no different and saw some excited sci-fi film buffs, including expats. The action-packed flick had crowds sitting on the edge and the thrill continued at the after-party at Raasta, Hauz Khas Village, the club which lets you enjoy yourself at your own pace.

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FURRY FAKERS!

Here’s a bit about identity theft and cutesy crime in the animal kingdom.

A WINGNUT & A PRAYER ARE THESE THE WORLD’S MOST CUCKOO MOVEMENTS? Remnant Fellowship Gwen Shamblin, founder of Remnant Fellowship, has some advice about getting into heaven: Lose weight, fatty! Shamblin encourages followers to replace unhealthy snacking with praying and reading scriptures, which, unfortunately, does not have a creamy filling.

In 2008, a man from Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha was fined for slapping his neighbour’s pet cat. It had reportedly eaten a fish that the man had bought for lunch. The cat, fortunately, recovered soon enough. Does it still like fish? Meow!

SNOOP LION

Visitors at a zoo in China last year complained when the “lion” they came to see looked, barked and pissed on everything exactly like a Tibetan mastiff. On the upside, if you petted the beast, it wouldn’t eat you.

PIGGY SMALLS

In 2010, Catherine Dawes purchased a “micro pig,” which the breeder promised would grow to be no larger than a small dog. But “small dog” could describe Dudley’s turds after he grew to 127 kg.

AT(ER)M(ITES)

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FLIGHT OF THE JACKAL

In 2010, the airport in Kolkata saw a few flight delays after jackals strayed onto the runway. Cages were erected to trap them, but the wily creatures wised up to them. We can’t substantiate reports about guys dressed as she-jackals to lure them away from delicious garbage.

SNAKE FAKE-OUT

A curator at the Houston Zoo in 1984 found a way to ensure his star coral snake would never die: He replaced it with a rubber toy. Visitors were unhappy because they expected to see live, breathing animals at the zoo. Whiners.

THE SHEPONKEY

In Palakkad, Kerala, a herd of goats was being instinctively tended by Mani, a monkey. He’d reportedly warn the workers in case he sensed danger or whistle to warn the herd. He’d even pick lice off their hair. And he didn’t bitch about the wage.

VANITY FERRETS

Dog lovers were surprised to find that the discounted “toy poodles” they purchased from a shady street vendor in Argentina in 2013 were actually steroid-injected ferrets.

Breatharians According to Breatharians, people get all the nutrients they need by simply breathing oxygen. Unfortunately for the devotees, the human body actually requires food and water to survive, so their spiritual journeys tend to culminate in a slow, painful death. And extremely bad breath. Church of Euthanasia Devoted to reducing the human population to restore balance on Earth, this cult encourages followers to engage in sodomy, abortion and suicide. Now close your eyes and try not to puke as you imagine how followers look. “Yes, we dig out the world’s most useful information. You’re welcome.” TEXT ADAM LINEHAN

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Writer and quintessential man of the hills RUSKIN BOND talks legacy, conservation and his love for books. Text SAMONWAY DUTTAGUPTA Photograph MUNEESH TARSEM You’ve been in the hills for over 50 years. What’s really changed? Hill stations have grown and some of them have been built up more than they ought to have been, but if you take a walk or drive out into the mountains for a few kilometres, you can still be close to the wilderness. But what perhaps has changed is the landscape. It is a good thing that tourists are going to the hills, but we have to maintain the natural beauty of a place while still getting people to visit and appreciate it. What do you look for now when you travel, considering you’ve seen almost everything? When I travel, I’m looking at people, first of all. Because, as a writer, people are what matter most. That’s where the stories come from. Someone has to be interested in people to be a good writer. I observe people and how they change from one area to the other—how they live, how they talk, their interests, their lifestyles. India is one country where you can’t get bored if you’re on the move. And I look at the countryside—what’s growing in the fields, the kind of trees, the fruits and the flowers, the birds and the animals. Then, I look at the economic variations, the expansion of towns that you can’t help but see. People of all ages love your books. Why? I guess it’s because I write about the simple lives of people and children from all walks of life. People are stories themselves. And, as I’m getting older, my stories are getting more humorous. I see life getting funnier, even ridiculous at times. Also, I am not somebody with strong political views, I am not someone who’s religious, so I don’t get into conflicts. If not a writer and journalist, what else would you have been? I would have been a footballer. I’ve got old but I can still kick a ball—although I wouldn’t be able to run after it! Besides that, I think I could have been a forester or a botanist, and that would have suited my nature. When I came home in the 1950s after finishing Senior Cambridge, my mother asked, “Ruskin, what do you want to do with yourself?” and I said, “Mum, I think I’m going to be a writer.” And she said, “Don’t be silly, go join the army!” Everyone joined the army back then. Now, the idea of a disciplined life doesn’t appeal to young people nowadays, which is quite a pity. Who are your favourite authors? In my younger days, it was Richard Jefferies, who wrote a book called The Story Of My Heart. 30

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Also, H.D.Thoreau and H.E. Bates, who was very close to nature. In Bengali literature, my favourite is Pather Panchali, written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, which is a lot about the countryside. There’s also Sudhin Ghosh, who set his autobiographical novels in the 24-Parganas’ Santhal countryside. There aren’t many modern writers who are aware of being in the natural world—there are mostly fiction stories these days and all of them are city-based. Writers live in urban areas and write about that. What are the essentials of a good journalist or travel writer? It sounds silly, but you have to enjoy travelling. You should have a certain curiosity. You should want to find out more about a place than what’s already known. You should be able to talk to people and observe the way they live, the way they dress, what they eat. You should carry a notebook because it’s important to make notes.

To make friends, the trick is to trust each other more, not be overtly suspicious of strangers, be more responsive, and be able to recognise a friendly person... You’ve also introduced a cookbook. What prompted that? It was more of Ganesh Saili’s idea than mine. I think we were all drunk one evening and that’s the origin of it. They asked me to write an introduction, but I’m actually the last person because I don’t know how to cook. So we won’t see a cookbook by Ruskin Bond? You could... only it’ll be called Fifty Different Ways Of Boiling An Egg & Other Disasters. What about your tryst with the movies? As far as being an actor goes, my cameo in Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf must have been really bad because no one offered me a role after that! But Junoon was the first work to be filmed, way back in 1978 by Shyam Benegal. It was based on my novel A Flight Of The Pigeons. Then, Vishal made The Blue Umbrella. There were some others also but they sort of vanished

into obscurity. I like the fact that stories of mine have been made into films because I am a movie buff myself. Never thought of acting, though. I could probably have done a comedy role in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi! You make friends easily. How can one develop this quality? You have to come and live in a small place. When I lived in London in my 20s, it was hard to make friends. I once wrote a piece about it and called it The Loneliest City. You could be living in a boarding house with other tenants and you never got to know them. You would pass them on the stairs and not even exchange a greeting. It can be very lonely unless you join a club or games. In India, you can interact with anybody—in the bus, in a train, in a shop or on the street. It is more natural in a small town, where people see each other more and have more time to interact. The trick is to trust each other more, not be overtly suspicious of strangers, be more responsive, and be able to recognise a friendly person. You’re a hero to kids. Do you love to interact with them, too? I don’t always love to interact with children. I want to kick them when they are disorderly! But I guess I do get along with children, in general. Perhaps it’s because I treat them as adults and they appreciate that. Plus, I had a difficult childhood and a lonely one. So that made me more receptive and sympathetic to children. I understand that they can have problems, too. That they can be lonely, upset or feel neglected, or have difficulties with their parents. You don’t have a cellphone, you don’t use email. How have you managed? I’m in the wrong century. I’m an 18th-19th century person, but I enjoy it. I’m very cunning, because I let others in the house carry cellphones and use theirs. Telephones have never worked with me. And when I try to drive, I go through the nearest wall. I’ve been at war with technology and machinery since I was a child. A couple of years ago, I became a bit dependent on telephones so I asked one of my grandchildren to get me a cellphone. I put it to my ear and was told I was holding it upside down. I then went to the other room to get reception, but it still wouldn’t work. So, I opened the window and leaned out of it. And happened to drop the cellphone. That was the end of that. I had a gramophone when I was a child and it worked properly, though. But I get annoyed with the television because I have a difficult time changing channels. Anyway, if I have constant noise, I won’t be able to work.

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TURN AROUND

Boys, brace yourselves. AISHA SHARMA is about to stun you.

A beautiful woman is at her sexiest best when she knows she’s sexy and she knows we think she’s sexy. Yes, that was a bit complicated. We’re still perspiring from Aisha’s attitude. It’s not just her in-your-face-sexiness that’s making us sweat, it’s also her love for music, films, and, wait for it… gadgets! Now, we definitely have to make a run for it before the window closes. She loves romance and mush, so start prepping your moves right now. For those who are still clueless about how to woo her, know that a handwritten letter makes her go weak in the knees, and if you can sing, then you’re golden. She finds that hard to resist.

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HOT EVENTS MAXIM Premieres are much-awaited events in the city. It was no surprise then that the launch of the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore starrer Blended at DT Cinemas in Saket, New Delhi, was a huge hit. The crowd enjoyed the rom-com thoroughly and could be heard laughing and discussing the film at the after-party at Barka Med Lounge, Garden of Five Senses. The party continued till the wee hours, of course, as expected of any MAXIM do.

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SUPER TIME FORCE

(Xbox 360, Xbox One) Do you love the pandemonium of a nonstop shoot-’em-up? Do you require an unfair advantage like slo-mo to help you conquer tough levels? Yes? This game is for you. Downloadable via the Xbox Live store, Super Time Force takes a cue from the arcade and gives you a game that has the kill count of games like Contra but with the spin of controlling time, and some new physics that does justice to the controller you’re holding in your paw.

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) Part noir-detective mystery, part horror story, Murdered: Soul Suspect puts you in the ghostly gumshoes of Ronan O’Connor, moments after his expiration date. A little problem like being dead isn’t going to stop you from solving the mystery of and avenging your own death, is it? We didn’t think so. Murdered: Soul Suspect is a third-person action game that blends in-game investigations with survival as you piece together all the clues of the crime across the rickety backdrop of Salem, Massachusetts. Possess cops and witnesses to learn what they know or manipulate them into seeing the truth. Explore buildings to catch what others may have missed. Do your sleuthing while avoiding a bunch of soul-sucking demons and, eventually, you’ll set yourself free from Limbo when you finger the killer and get your revenge. Great screens and you know heaven can wait when there’s a mystery to solve.

TROPICO 5

(PC) You get to be a dictator again. The game’s focus on building and trading has been enhanced with a new competitive mode. It allows up to four players to develop a single island and choose whether to work cooperatively or destroy the opposing overlords. Tropico 5 also gives you four eras of history to play through. We love the Dynasty system, where you can live forever through your heirs. LAUNCH KEY

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WORMS: BATTLEGROUNDS

(Xbox One, PS4) Billed as the ultimate in worm warfare, Worms: Battlegrounds is an indie darling of a turn-based strategy game. Best known for its arsenal of weird weapons and addictive gameplay, Battlegrounds takes full advantage of graphical upgrades and online connectivity. Some 35 levels, 65 weapons and a whole mess of console-specific bonuses make this one sweet offering. The difficulty of the higher levels can frustrate you, but it’s worth it.

ULTRA STREET FIGHTER IV

(Xbox 360, PS3, PC) It’s yet another iteration of the Street Fighter series and the only thing more mind-boggling than the list of adjectives they keep tacking onto the name is the ever-expanding roster of characters you can use to kick ass. Don’t let the title deceive you—this is actually an update to the Arcade Edition of Super Street Fighter IV. That said, it has been a while since we’ve seen Capcom throw some love in Ryu’s direction, so Ultra is adding quite a bit to the well-tread fighting game. Five new characters bring the roster well above 40 fighters, new stages give you some pretty backdrops for your beat-’em-ups, and, most importantly, two new modes make their debut: Online Training and Elimination. These are sparring settings where you work out the kinks to your style with friends online and a competitive 3v3 online battle mode, respectively. Adding some more meat, Capcom has pinged their fervent fans to mod the gameplay mechanics in an effort to fairly balance the game. So quit trying to sweep our leg all the time—that move hasn’t worked since Karate Kid, and it’s certainly not going to work in Ultra. JULY 2014

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TRANSISTOR

WATCH DOGS

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, WiiU, PC) Set in the futuristic, open-world alternative version of a Chicago where the whole city and its citizens are controlled by a central operating system, you are Aiden Pearce, grizzled hacker misfit (and, somehow, superhero), bent on finding the people responsible for turning your life upside down. It’s a solid premise that puts you on a path of gunfights, car chases, mystery, and hacking the world around you into itty-bitty pieces. All to go on your crime-solving, antiauthoritarian way. Watch Dogs follows the formula of open-world games like Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row but injects its own unique brand of gameplay, thanks to Aiden’s hacking skills. Don’t have enough cash to buy that gun you desperately need to get through the next mission? Steal the identity of the person you just walked past and clear out their account. Can’t shake the six police cars chasing you? Hack the drawbridge you just drove over and watch those cop cars plummet to the lake below. Watch Dogs has innovative multiplayer modes and stunning visuals, which is true next-gen gaming. In fact, the plot and gameplay are marvellous and more than enough to make us forgive the fact that this game was supposed to come out back in 2013.

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(Xbox One, PS4) Harking back to 3D dogfighters, the game’s space-fighting gameplay is exciting and engrossing, and simple, intuitive control scheme is a relief for those who have been killing their thumbs in FPS missions. The styling of the environments has been updated too, but doesn’t blow you away. 36

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SNIPER ELITE III

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) As WWII soldier Karl Fairburne, you are in North Africa to help the Allied forces. You go through your marksman duties and can even customise your weapons to match the setting. We still love the X-Ray kill-cam, which should come in handy with the competitive multiplayer module.

DESTINY

(PS4, OC) When you combine an FPS and an RPG, the result is something on the lines of Transistor. The good thing about this game is that playing as the hero, Red, probably won’t remind you of anything you’ve played before, even if some of the locations may seem familiar. The rendition and graphics are amazing and, given that it follows a hand-drawn style, you never seem to miss the dimensions. As you move along the game and explore the game’s environments, you begin to uncover the story, which is great because the sense of mystery really works while you plot your next move or battle your opponents. Even when it’s just the act of straight-out combat, you’re required to plan ahead and move with a certain flow that gets difficult as you scale levels. There’s plenty of action, of course, so you won’t have to worry about being stuck with exploration or planning (which is a large part of the fun). Red’s weapons and mechanics are a delight to master and, make no mistake, it will take some time for you to really get a hang of them. We loved the part where we could halt time and use that to our advantage, almost as much as we liked the fact that we could move in and out of worlds. Transistor’s a beautiful game, visually and in terms of gameplay.

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4) This FPS has been creating a lot of buzz, and with reason. The environments are stunning, and as a Guardian, it is up to you to protect the city from all kinds of freaky enemies. The physics of the game will be very impressive, given that you can move across time and space. More than anything, your weapons will rock.

FAR CRY 4

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) This fourth game in the franchise has been boosted to be larger and grander than ever. The backdrop of doom follows you as you advance to conquer and scavenge. As always, the landscape is as harsh as your enemies, but you have renewed firepower to take it all on. Hint: The setting is the Himalaya.

MARIOKART 8

(WiiU) When it comes to racing video games, there are only two kinds that should be taken seriously. One is the beefy racing sims that let you buy and upgrade reallife cars, like Gran Turismo or Forza. The other is MarioKart. The legendary racer casts an astounding number of characters from the history of Super Mario games, tosses them into karts or bikes or gliders, and lets them loose in a series of tracks that draw their inspiration from levels you’ve seen in the platforming plumber’s past. From mountains to beaches to pulsating lava pits, there are a ton of tracks on which to practise honing your skills before inviting friends over (or challenging them online) and digging into the controller-throwing competition that inevitably breaks out around games in this series. MarioKart 8 is just as accessible to newcomers as it is to people who have been playing it since the SNES days 20 years ago, and it absolutely shines on the gamepad of the WiiU... thanks to its implementation of a more standard control-style over the forced-motioncontrols of its most recent predecessor (though you can still use Wii-Mote motion controllers if that’s your thing). MarioKart 8 will let you and your friends race like it’s 1996, but you should have some beer and pizza handy. This game just draws you in. Right into the karts.

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THE CREW

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) Cock a gun to the future, which is where you’ll be battling. The brilliant franchise has employed indepth research to create weaponry, gear and tactics that will give even a couch-lover like you an idea of combat. You can also perform some amazing feats. LAUNCH KEY

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(Xbox One, PS4, PC) The game is based in Los Angeles, Detroit, New York and a number of other cities, and you play to keep up with an underground racing gang. The driving is going to be challenging, but it is the chance to take on an RPG mantle that should be real fun. Plus, you’re not confined to one location, and that has to be great.

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WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER

(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC) The 1992 classic, Wolfenstein 3D, is widely thought of as the first FPS. It’s not really, but it’s close enough to warrant that kind of respect, and it was the game designers used to sharpen their skills before releasing a little something called Doom. This “reboot” could have easily been a slight on the legendary original, but instead it pays homage to old school run and gunning, while offering some genuine next-gen visuals, immersive storytelling, and epic action setpieces. You battle through an explosive, bizarre 1960s launching a counter-offensive against the Nazis, who have taken over the world. The New Order’s story is a lot more sci-fi slanted, and the game has a neat noir-ish style. But it is the comically-grandiose villains, and first-person shooting bloodbaths that hit all the right notes, even though you will feel a bit of fatigue with the progress. Nevertheless, there’s plenty of depth for both beginners and seasoned FPS players, so get your gloves on and take on the enemy. If you’d like a more concise idea of what playing this game is like, think of it like The Expendables, just with better acting and more variation, but the same level of testosterone.

AMONG THE SLEEP

(PS4, PC) Okay, to begin with, this game is scary because you’re playing as a child. The task is to trace your abducted mother by finding things. Your quest takes you through some really freaky environments and while the game is based on innocence, it takes time to come to terms with it. Thank God you have your teddy bear with you.

DESTINATION BRAZIL

(Xbox One) A video game console simply can’t call itself next-gen unless it’s pumping you all sorts of entertainment offerings. Destination Brazil gives you all kinds of goodies overlayed on your TV’s feed of the World Cup, including tons of stats, game details, with the obligatory social media modules. JULY 2014

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Okay, if you really think about it, a sandwich is the ultimate

guy food. It has carbs, meat, cheese and a ton

GRILLED CHICKEN BURGER Get These! 200 gm Chicken breast + 20 gm Piri piri chilli + 20 ml Red wine vinegar + 10 ml Oil + 30 gm Garlic + pinch each of Oregano and Basil + Salt + sprinkle of black Pepper + 1 Burger bun + 10 gm Romaine lettuce + 20 gm Tomato + 10 gm Onion Make It! To make the piri piri marinade, take piri piri chilli and soak in red wine vinegar and garlic and blend it. In a pan, pour some oil and sauté chopped garlic. Add dry basil and some dry oregano and when the flavours blend, pour in the piri piri chilli paste and cook it. Then comes the chicken. Clean the chicken breast and rub the piri piri marinade onto it. Cook it on a grill till tender. Place this grilled piri piri chicken inside the bun, and top with grilled onion and tomatoes. Serve with wheat beer, or a mojito. If you want to posh it up, serve with a glass of Riesling or Chardonnay.

PASTRAMI SANDWICH Get These! 5 slices Pastrami + 1 Onion + 2 slices Bread + 3 slices Emmental Cheese + Garlic butter + 2 gm Salt + 10 ml Olive oil + 2 gm Pepper Make It! Apply garlic butter on the slices of bread and toast both sides on a pan. Take the onion, peel and then slice it whole and grill it with some salt and pepper. As the bread toasts, take the pastrami, rub in the olive oil, salt and pepper. Take the grilled onion and place it on the toast. Arrange the pastrami slices and place the Emmental cheese slices over the pastrami. Place it on a pan to melt the cheese. As the cheese is melting, take the meat and cheese and place on one slice, and cover with the other. Take the warm sandwich and cut it in a slant. Serve with potato wedges, grilled with garlic and rosemary. The best drink would be a stout beer, or even a rum-and-cola.

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of other good stuff. Plus, it goes with any kind of alcohol or fizzy drink. To educate you more, we list four wonders.

BAKED LAMB BURGER Get These! 250 gm minced Lamb + 10 gm Leeks + 1 Egg + 10 gm Celery + 5 gm Rosemary + 5 gm Thyme + 20 gm Bread crumbs + 5 gm green Chilli + 15 gm fresh Coriander + 15 gm Carrot + Salt and pepper + 1 slice Provolone cheese + 30 gm Mayonnaise + 2 gm Dijon Mustard + 20 gm Onion + 20 gm Tomato + Lettuce Make It! To make the lamb burger, take the mince in a bowl and mix in chopped leeks, chopped celery, rosemary, thyme, egg, bread crumbs, green chilli, coriander, carrot and seasoning. Mix well and hand-make the patty. Cook on a grill till well-done, and top with Provolone cheese. Cut burger bun in half, toast it and place the lettuce leaf. Apply some mixed Dijon mustard and mayonnaise, and place lamb patty. Top with grilled onions and tomatoes and cover. Add some sour cream crisps and serve with a Tom Collins or a Bloody Mary.

COUNTRY SANDWICH Get These! 2 kg Chicken (or 1 kg Paneer) + 30 gm Salt + 20 ml Worcestershire Sauce + 30 ml Maple Syrup + 5 gm Thyme + 5 gm Rosemary + 2 gm Paprika + 30 Garlic + 20 gm English mustard + 20 gm Brown sugar + Pepper + 20 gm Honey + 1 Orange Make It! Clean the chicken and rub salt on it. Make a mixture of the rest of the ingredients and marinate the chicken with this mixture. Cook the chicken in the oven at 160 degrees. Or, lightly fry the paneer with the marinade. Set the filling in the bread. Add lettuce, tomato and onions. Done. Serve with beer.

Jiten Singh, Corporate Executive Chef, Amour The Patio Restaurant Cafe & Bar and Amour Bistro, New Delhi, gives us four solid reasons to enter the kitchen. JULY 2014

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Get These! 1 glass Pilsner 60 ml White rum Lemon chunks Mint leaves Make It! In a beer glass, muddle lemon chunks and mint leaves together, pour white rum and top with pilsner.

Get These! 1 glass Wheat beer 60 ml Gin Honey syrup

BEER CLOVER Get These! 1 glass Lager 60 ml Irish whiskey Sweet & Sour mix

Make It! Shake gin and honey syrup with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain the mixture in a long glass over ice. Top with beer.

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Get These! 30 ml Jägermeister 1 pint Lager Make it! Pour lager into the glass and drop a shot of Jägermeister into it.

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Make it! In a cocktail shaker, mix whiskey and sweet & sour mix. Strain the mixture into a tall glass. Top with lager.

As the seasons play havoc with your schedules, here’s the tastiest way to forget your worries. (Sorry, Irina!) Text & Recipes JIMMY THAPA, BHARAT SINGH & LOVE KUMAR at 7º BRAUHAUS, GURGAON Photograph ARUN SARIN

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ORANGEER Get These! 1 pint Pale Ale 60 ml Campari Orange juice

Make It! In a cocktail glass, pour Campari and a splash of orange juice over ice. Top with pale ale.

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Get These! 1 pint Stout beer 30 ml Dark rum 30 ml Light rum 15 ml Triple Sec Sweet & Sour mix

Make It! Shake Triple Sec and sweet & sour mix in a shaker. Strain into a beer glass over ice. Pour beer, top with rum.

Get These! 1 pint Lager 60 ml Tomato juice Sweet & Sour mix 60 ml Vodka A dash of Tabasco

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Get These! 1 pint Lager 100 ml Lemonade Make It! Pour one, add the other. Done!

Make It! Rim the beer glass with salt. Add ice cubes, Tabasco, vodka, tomato juice and sweet & sour mix. Top with lager.

CIRCUS MAXIMUS SEX

THE ANSWERS

MAXIM’s sex and relationships guru, MADHURI BANERJEE, tackles your prime sexual concerns. Use her ideas to boost your relationship and, ergo, your life.

I have fantasised about having sex in the kitchen but my girlfriend doesn’t believe in experimenting. How do I convince her? Amit A., Mumbai

I’m glad you’re trying to spice things up. However, you must realise that most women have an orgasm in the missionary position on a bed, rather than being tangled in strange postures in various rooms. You should tell your girlfriend that maybe sex in the kitchen or anywhere else is not just about an orgasm. It’s about the adventure and the memories you’re creating together. Then, there are two ways to ace this: One, during foreplay, coax her into the kitchen and find a comfortable spot. (Clean the kitchen before you begin. Nothing distracts a woman more than wanting to scream at her maid for not clearing up!) Dim the lights and draw the curtains if she’s shy. She may not like voyeuristic sex. Or, second, start in other areas—the drawing room or the bathroom, and then move to the kitchen. The cold marble slab may initially not appeal to her. As Ma Sarita, tantric sex expert, claims, “Women’s needs from sex revolve around love, companionship and intimacy whereas a man seeks excitation, orgasm and ejaculation.” Give her plenty of love before the excitement.

In all the relationships I’ve had, it’s been a tough task to decode what turned her on. What are major turn-ons for a woman? Kunal R., Bengaluru

The scent of a man is very important. If you smell good, you’ve already won half the battle. Then, how you treat a woman: Making her feel important, giving her undivided attention, being funny and smart, not arrogant or too cool... and never jumping to have sex. Don’t talk about past relationships or hope for her to meet your parents on the first date, support her dreams and be interested in her ideas. Done this? Be gentle but firm in bed. Know when to lead and when to let her take over. In a recent survey of what women wanted from men, how a man looked or what he earned was lower than how he made her feel. I know this may be tough, but try to remember this. It’ll pay off. 42

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I am in my late 20s, and I’ve been in a relationship for the last four years. But for the past year my girlfriend has been pressurising me to be a “man.” We have an amazing sex life and a smooth relationship, so I don’t understand what she means. Priyank G., Kolkata

It takes time for a man to open up to a woman about his life and his problems. And women are always pressurising men to “share more.” But when they do, women don’t really want to hear it on a daily basis! Have you been unloading all your problems to her too often? Maybe she needs a little more listening from your side and less cribbing? Don’t hunt for a mother in her. Then, make sure the bathroom is clean and you put away your own ironed clothes if you’re living with her. Nurture her by taking her out on dates—she needs to feel protected. Drop her home if she’s working late. Take charge of both your goals and dreams and make decisions. If she has a wish, fulfil it. If she is upset, angry or hurt, listen to her. Give advice only when she asks for it and stop whining in return about how you’re hurt or upset, too. And wear a little less pink! Keep an unshaven look for a few days and try something new in bed. You’ll be man enough for her to never look at another male.

I have just gotten into a relationship with a lovely, funny woman. She doesn’t like the idea of going out and it is too soon to take her home. But I really like her and want her. What should I do?

I have been in a relationship for two years and it feels like she is the boss in bed. It was fun, but I’m a little unsatisfied of late. Any moves I can use? Andrew T., Bengaluru

Maybe she takes charge in bed because she feels she needs to. If you show her how you can please her, she won’t be so dominating. Here are a few tips: ● Experiment with role play. Tell her to wear your office shirt and nothing underneath and come to bed. Or something that fuels your combined imagination with household props. ● Don’t ask too many questions. “Do you want me to turn off the lights? Is the AC okay? Are you comfortable? Do you want to eat something first?” Stop it! ● Tell her what you want. “I want you to take your clothes off.” “I want you to sit on that chair.” “I want you to loosen your hair.” Don’t take her opinion on it. Be firm. ● Talk dirty. Ask her how she’s feeling. “Tell me how much you like it.” “Moan for me.” ● Be bold in touching her, not aggressive and rough, but firm and confident. ● Change positions. You don’t need to have sex in just one way. It’s about having fun and experimenting in weird ways that lets you connect with each other better. ● Compliment her work, choices, managing the home, etc. Some women feel they need to be aggressive in bed to prove a point that they are superwomen. You must converse with her enough to make her feel she’s great in whatever she does.

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Indian women are sometimes shy and conservative. So start by taking her out with a group of friends or on a double date—her girlfriend and a guy you may know. Do something casual like watching a movie or going for coffee. Once you get to know her better, plan an outing that includes the things she likes—trekking, going to the bookstore, a walk in the park, etc. Ask her if she would like to do it with just you. Remember, the more you converse, the closer you will get. Making yourself vulnerable, open and staying honest always goes a long way in love.

MAXIM’s sex columnist, MADHURI BANERJEE, is the author of four best selling novels. Her next books—Scandalous Housewives : Mumbai and My Clingy Girlfriend—are releasing soon. She’s also the screenplay writer for Hate Story 2. She’ll tackle all your love and lust head-busters every month. Need a (s)explanation? Write in at [email protected], with “Dear Madhuri” in the subject line.

“Is that a log in your pocket or are you just rooting for us?” said the grass.

My girlfriend is on good terms with my best friend and talks a lot about him. I recently spotted them together in a bar. They said it was a coincidence. Am I being too possessive? Aditya L., New Delhi

No, I think it’s time to confront her. There are no coincidences.

My girlfriend complains that there isn’t enough foreplay during sex. Got some tips? Mudit S., Mumbai

Here is a surefire progression of foreplay: Don’t rush to undress. Kiss a little longer. Then, play with her hair, ears and neck as you whisper sweet nothings in her ear: “You’re so beautiful.” Or “Your hair is so luscious.” Or “I love the way you kiss.” Then, gently stroke her back with the tips of your fingers, and trace down and sideways, moving them slowly to her breasts. Cup and caress them, then gently suck on her nipples. As she gets more into it, keep an element of surprise when you go down on her. Don’t rush it. You should use props if you need to, such as silk scarves as blindfolds, or ties and binds. The idea is to take time before actual coitus.

I’m 30, but older women of 50 really turn me on. I really want to get with one of them. Should I? And how can I do it? Prateek C., Pune

Try your luck, but older women always come with baggage. They’re not going to marry you, have your children or meet your parents. If it’s fun with no emotional attachment that you seek, go for it. Otherwise, stick to women your own age who will let you develop the relationship further if you fall in love.

My girlfriend gets randy while kissing, and it’s almost like she is chewing on me. It does turn me on, but she needs to slow down a bit. How can I tell her without pissing her off? Saif M., Hyderabad

First, you need to appreciate the fact that the woman loves kissing you. Tell her that you would be even more turned on if it was done slower. Tell her there’s no hurry, you’re not going anywhere and you want to please her as well. Probably she’s seen this in movies, so show her how to kiss better. Gentle criticism and soft encouragement will help in keeping your lips intact!

I’ve been married for 10 years, tried all kinds of positions and places. It doesn’t feel as good in bed as it used to, and I don’t know why. Frank M., Chennai

A 2012 all-India sex survey showed that 35 percent of women admitted to reading or watching pornography, as opposed to just 13 percent a decade ago. You can start with watching a great porn movie together! Move on to planning a hotel night where she’s not worried about her household problems, so keep a relative/ nanny at home while you’re away for the night if you have children. Or, plan a longer vacation without the children. You can also try to be more romantic and suggestive— send her a negligee with a note that she would look wonderful wearing it and plan a spa day for her so she’s relaxed. Maybe even take some time away from each other so that when you meet, the craving and passion comes back. Passion always comes from the mind. The body only follows. If you believe that you’re with the most beautiful woman in the world like you did when you married her, you just have to feel it, accept it and prove it! JULY 2014

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Get off your butt and into fighting shape.

WORK OUT LIKE A WARRIOR F R E E -W E I G H T FA N TA ST I C

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When you’re in the field, you need limbs of titanium and real basic stamina. Rope climbing is not just for your arms. It’s a full-body workout, and you really need to use your legs as you go up to lock in the rope, otherwise your upper body will tire too fast. To start off, grab the rope high and let it fall on the outside of your left leg. Kick your right foot underneath and let the rope drape over it. This creates a kind of rope ledge you can stand on with your left foot. It’s easier than it sounds. Even just wrapping the rope around your leg will create friction, reducing the effort you have to put in with your arms. BEGINNER’S ADJUSTMENT If you can’t climb the rope at first, just lie down on the ground on your back and lift your arms up to hold on to it. Use your arms to climb the rope, pulling yourself up 44

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until you’re in a full standing position. This is a great way to develop that basic strength, and it’s safe because you never leave the ground. You can also find a gym with a rock-climbing wall, preferably a rotating one you can control the angle on, which can be easier on your muscles but still a fun challenge. MENTAL MANOEUVRE: MATHEMATICS We’re not talking two plus two here. Call it marksman math. When you’re running or bored, calculate how much time it’ll take you to reach a point at different intervals or how much the incline will affect your time. Try to keep some estimates fresh in your mind. That’s the trick, no matter what you’re doing, or repetition: Think it through over and over to keep sharp.

PHYSICAL EXERCISE: RUNS AND ROPES Run one kilometre, and then climb up and down a 20- to 25-foot rope, and continue to alternate between these two exercises till you reach six-kilometres’ worth. Once you’ve mastered this, add a weighted vest (around five kg) to your runs and climbs.

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GET ALL-TIME STRONG

This gym-free workout will make you fitter than any muscle-bound moron piling on the plates.

PHYSICAL EXERCISE: PULL-UPS AS PART OF A 60-MINUTE ROUTINE You don’t have to treat a workout like it’s a job. It’s essential to have a full body of functionality and for any guy on earth, pull-ups are a particularly crucial aspect of achieving that.

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MENTAL MANOEUVRE: MAKE IT A LIFESTYLE The psychological aspect of these moves goes directly back to the physical exercise. Pushing yourself to the max with that one extra rep, and then another, and then one on top of that builds mental strength. Pushing yourself physically also works as a motivator so that when you’re beat down by life you know you can persevere. Before you head out and you’re stressing out, you can also clear your mind with a solid workout—and knowing that you’re prepared to deal with things physically helps you out mentally. By maintaining a high level of fitness, you can be confident that if something were to suddenly go wrong, you already have the experience to deal with it. Why? Because you’ve adopted this as a lifestyle. As you train over the years, months and weeks, all the way down to the last minute, you’re ensuring you’re physically strong every day, and that makes you mentally strong. 46

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PROUD AND EXTREME Stop complaining and get down to it.

PHYSICAL EXERCISE: EXTREME BURPEES The “burpee” is a demanding exercise that can be incorporated into high-intensity swimming. It’s a full-body workout that is good for overall physical mobility and can also be turned into a solid cardio routine that’ll help you shed weight.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED For a burpee, begin in a standing position. Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground. Kick your feet back, while keeping your arms extended, then immediately return your feet to the squat position. Jump up from the squat position. That’s one burpee. For this routine, have a watch or clock nearby. The first minute you do one burpee, the second you do two, the next one you do three. Continue this at the top of every minute and go on until you can’t sustain the prescribed amount of burpees within those 60 seconds. BURPEES AND SWIMMING Start in the deep end of the pool, swim 100 metres, hop

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The idea is to become ready for any challenge.

WHERE TO GO Try a varied terrain where you’ll hit hills and have to navigate through water and undergrowth. So, you can head to a park or run up steep roads or climb hills just to build your physical stamina. AND HOW FAR The idea is for you to be able to do a ruck two to four times a month as a team, and then ruck on your own outside that. It’s too strenuous to do every day, and particularly hard on the knees. So, start off with about five km, especially on your own. Rucking is also a 48

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MENTAL MANOEUVRE: AN EXTREME SOLO CHALLENGE The idea is to evolve your own insane day, like a combination of a 2,000-metre swim, a 25-km hike, a 5-km run, and a 10-km bike ride. Trying to do something that’s outside the norm of what you would do. Pushing yourself through whatever hurts and finishing will give you the mental confidence to know you can push yourself.

PHYSICAL EXERCISE: RUCKING Rucking—the slang for carrying heavy loads over rough terrain—is a crucial part of a soldier’s training. This requires a high amount of full-body stamina. If you’re into adventure or would like to get into a high-intensity hike, this routine will work very well.

great team-building exercise, so feel free to invite a buddy along. Don’t injure yourself: Start small and build up to a level you can sustain once a month, and then once a week. MENTAL MANOEUVRE: GET ORGANISED Each man usually has his own way of getting his stuff together. When you get back from a session of rucking, put all your stuff back exactly as it was before. Then, start off by cleaning your equipment and gear, and then go through the rest of the items in the same order. This basically creates muscle memory, and instils a certain amount of discipline. You’re subconsciously preparing yourself for disorder, but by dealing with it in an orderly way.

ILLUSTRATIONS REMIE GEOFFROI

WHAT YOU’LL NEED A backpack that weighs between 10-15 kilogrammes. Have a substantial amount of food and water with you.

out, and do 10 burpees, then get back in the pool for another lap. To make it more intense, you can implement a jump onto a 24-inch box before the burpee. Instead of swimming laps, you can also do sprints between burpees.

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FILL YOUR INNER EMPTINESS WITH MATERIAL GOODS

SCENE STEELER The Harley-Davidson Street 750 is the legendary bike maker’s first all-new model in 13 years.

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he brand new Harley-Davidson 750 marks the company’s first lightweight motorcycle since the 1974 Sprint. Like all Harleys, the 750 boasts of muscular, macho looks that are enhanced by the classic round headlamp and elongated fuel tank. Its 750-cc liquid-cooled V-Twin engine has been engineered to adhere to urban riding. (The liquid cooling regulates temperature even when everyone around you is losing their head in the heat.) Supplying power to this powerful engine is the six-speed transmission, which helps the hunk churn out 60 Nm of torque. Those who are not blessed with good genes (like us), don’t fret, because the 750 has a low seat ( just 25.4 inches off the ground) and a narrow frame that allows it to fit between your legs.

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SPEC CHECK Engine 750-cc liquid-cooled, Revolution X V-Twin Length 2,225 mm Ground Clearance 145 mm Torque 60 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

STUFF BOOM!

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We took the new, utterly insane Lamborghini Huracán for a test drive… and lived to tell the tale. Text Patrick Carone

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Speeding down the highway in a 325-kmph Lamborghini Huracán, passing car after car, you feel extremely special. As you sit behind the wheel of this 10-cylinder, 610-hp beast, which replaces the Gallardo, Lamborghini’s all-time top seller, the Huracán is the least expensive model in Lambo’s lineup. The styling is cleaner than the Gallardo, its profile defined by a single line

that seamlessly merges the nose, cockpit, and tail. Pronounced “oo-rah-KAHN,” the Huracán can accelerate from 0 to 124 in 9.9 seconds. The experience is utterly exhilarating, somewhat nauseating, and—despite the ludicrous speed and acceleration—only slightly terrifying. The car’s smoothness, Lamborghini’s head test driver Richard Antinucci’s skill and super cabin comfort are probably responsible. The interiors are swaddled in supple, fragrant leather (somehow Lambo interiors even smell dangerous). Aren’t Italian sports cars notoriously cramped and excruciatingly painful to ride in? No way, says Antinucci. “Just feel the side of your seat. There are inclinations, vertical and back-and-forth

adjustments, and lumbar support,” he says. Even when you’re driving the speed limit in the Huracán, you feel like you’re doing something illegal—that’s how evil this automobile is. Though the acceleration is dramatic, it’s also shockingly smooth, thanks to the Huracán’s double-clutch transmission, the first for a Lamborghini. The roar of the engine, mere inches from your head, is almost deafening. Bucking recent automotive trends, Lambo didn’t put in a turbo- or supercharger, just an old-fashioned, awesomely massive 5.2-litre engine. You tend to agree with Antinucci when, as we pull back into traffic and I adjust to strada, or street, mode, he says the car “is about as easy to drive as any car out there. The only difference is, underneath, it is a monster waiting to be awoken.” What do the folks at Lambo suppose the late Ferruccio Lamborghini—who founded the company in 1963—would think of the Huracán? See, Ferruccio started the company after getting into a fight with Enzo Ferrari about who could make the better sports car. (Yes, Lamborghini was founded out of spite.) He’d be proud and would immediately recognise the car as a Lamborghini, is the resounding answer.

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TREK When the going gets tough, these companions will get you through safely.

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Designed to withstand gruelling conditions, the Casio G-Shock Rangeman GW9400-1 is the watch you wanna have while climbing those peaks or going underwater. The Rangeman collection has a shock-resistant triple sensor, which shows altitude, barometric pressure, temperature and direction at the touch of a button. Plus, it is more durable than your virginity in high school. 18,000, gshock.com

True, point-n-shoots can’t compare to the picture quality of DSLRs, but the latter cost a bomb. The entry-level Nikon D-SLR D3300 could be the answer: It comes with two lenses, 18-55 mm and 55-200 mm, and packs a mighty 24.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor and the EXPEED 4 image processing system. It’s also equipped with a variety of special effects for images and videos. Thinking of using the effects to hide those flaws? Us too. 46,950, nikon.co.in

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The Sony XSP-N1BT cradle receiver is a handy gizmo that turns your smartphone into a car stereo. It also has a one-touch NFC connection feature that lets you connect your phone and have complete control of music, navigation, phone calls and text messages... with the car’s tuner. It also works well as a standalone car radio with CD, USB and radio functions. The best bit? Its smart docking mechanism can accommodate almost any smartphone, and still have room for your ego. 12,990, sony.co.in

5 COSY UP The outdoors a bit harsh for you? Try the Macpac Latitude 700 XP sleeping bag, which traps warm air (heated by your body) and cocoons you even in extreme weather. The outer shell is water-resistant, wind-proof and breathable, and it weighs a feathery 1.45 kg. Can it take the boy-girl action wear and tear? We can’t tell. Yet. 44,500, macpac.co.nz

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2 LIGHT IT UP The killer flashlight, the LED Lenser P7.2, just got better. Powered by only four AAA batteries, it has a range of over 260 metres and is now 60 percent brighter. It also boasts of a number of new features, such as a larger switch—which comes in handy when operating wearing gloves—and a “recalculated” lens. Plus, improved ergonomics will impress demanding pointers. Just keep it away from our eyes on a dark night, will you? 6,000, amazon.com

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6 DO IT LIKE BUGS There are some great high-end cans, but the NoiseHush BT500 Bluetooth earmuffs could be the perfect coldweather headphones. Made with 100 percent wool and genuine suede, they keep you warm while churning out high-quality sound, thanks to 27-mm neodymium drivers. These cans work with any Bluetooth device and we’re sure girls will find them cute. You? Sorry, we offer no such guarantee. 5,500, noisehush.com 7 GET IT ON

You don’t need to carry several jackets and inners to keep yourself warm, because The North Face Anden Triclimate lightweight jacket will take the weather on, on your behalf. It consists of a multilayer formula for waterproof protection, moisture permeability and durability. Its HyVent tech utilises a polyurethane coating that maintains breathability while keeping you toasty. 13,000, thenorthface.com

The BioLite BaseCamp is one solid solution—it’s just not an easy-to-carry grill... it also turns wood heat into electricity. Yup, yup, we couldn’t believe it either. It converts heat from fire into usable power (called “electricity,” you Luddite) via a thermoelectric generator. Even better, it produces enough energy to charge most of your devices. But, then again, why are you trekking if you want to stay constantly connected? Missing your boss, are you? p.o.r., kickstarter.com

9 PUT A BAG ON The Boreas Sapa Trek is not just a bag, it is your mess being sorted for you as you fill stuff in. The organiser travel pack is built like a back-country pack, with extra pockets—a tri-zip opening, two stretch side-pockets, an internal segmented pocket, a waterproof pocket and a hydration port. To boost carrying comfort, it has a removable frame and a moulded EVA foam back panel. And in case you’d like to travel light, you can use the compression straps to make it slimmer. Finally, a place to systematically hold all your accessories as you pile stuff into one bag. 12,000, boreasgear.com

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10 THINK WET The Klean Kanteen Insulated bottle triples as a splash-proof mug, a thermos and a bottle. Durable, double-walled construction and vacuum insulation assures that beverages stay hot for up to six hours, while iced drinks stay frosty for more than 24. Equipped with a leak-proof cap, you can clip it onto your bag or painlessly throw it in. Plus, rounded corners make the bottle easy to clean and the stainless steel interior won’t retain or impart flavours. 1,700, kleankanteen.com JULY 2014

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E3’S BOSS HARDWARE

E3 2014 wasn’t just about updated franchises. Game-changing tech was everywhere, a celebration of new platforms, accessories and modifications. Here’s a look at the best stuff on the expo floor.

1 1 PlayStation TV Sony confirmed its existence at E3, but gave no specifics on rollout. The PSTV is a shot across Apple’s bow, a device that provides the exact same services as AppleTV and allows users to play games. PSTV hinges on the PlayStation Now service, and if all goes well, this should come out before 2015.

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6 PlayStation’s Project Morpheus The prototype VR device promises to deliver some of the biggest PS first-party games in a way that you’ve never seen (read: a way that the Oculus Rift might have done, had it not been acquired by Facebook). It may not have a price or a release date yet, but with Sony behind it, Project Morpheus has the potential to dominate as immersive gaming hits the mass market.

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5 Nyko Charge Base Pro These guys stumble on some great ideas, and their best new offering is this next-gen controller charging station that looks like part of the console and makes those latenight AA battery runs a thing of the past.

Shayk IT UP

She’s one of the most successful supermodels on Earth—a globe-trotting goddess whose boyfriend just happens to be one of the world’s most celebrated athletes. Now, with Hercules hitting the big screen, Irina Shayk stakes her claim as the ultimate girl of summer. Text LOGAN HILL Photographs RUSSELL JAMES

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“ODAY I’M JUST EASY-BREEZY,” SAYS IRINA Shayk, with impossibly full lips and a thick Russian accent to rival that of any Bond girl. “No make-up, no hair: I don’t want to look like a model when I’m in New York City.” Of course, that doesn’t stop everyone from rubbernecking as she plops down on a couch, fresh from Pilates class, tendrils of dark hair trailing in the wind, her endless legs extended in skintight yoga pants. Most New York models are so freakishly thin, they appear to be stretched fun-house-mirror reflections of pretty people. Shayk, who just arrived from Brazil and fl ies off to China in two days, is an old-school, unapologetic bombshell—one with a chip on her shoulder. “People don’t realise that models are not just size-zero clothes hangers,” she says, gesturing to the curves of her hips and noting that the mean-girl roommates of her youth told her she’d

never make it in the business. “I’m not a size zero. Thank God, because that’s how I got my apartment!” Being able to afford that condo is more than a matter of pride. “A lot of girls say, ‘I was seven years old; I wanted to dress up,’ ” Shayk notes, affecting a baby voice. “My story is different because we had nothing to eat!” Shayk’s father, a coal miner, died when she was 14 and left her music teacher mother to provide for the family on $25 a week, in Yemanzhelinsk, Russia. A few years later, a bus-stop ad led Shayk and her sister to beauty school, where Irina was discovered by a local scout. Then she hustled her way from Miss Chelyabinsk 2004 to highfashion Parisian model to Sports Illustrated swimsuit babe in just three years. She made the cover in 2011, the fi rst Russian to do so. “For me, it’s business, not a hobby, like, ‘Oh, I got $20,000 and I’m going to spend it on shoes,’ ” she says confidently, all eye contact, no hiding behind her hair, no cutesy fl irtation. “What’s the part I enjoy the most? The fi nancial part. The independence.” Sure, Shayk says, the international travel and glamorous parties can be fun, but all that dressing up is gruelling. She skips red-carpet movie premieres because it’s “so much work getting dressed up!” She avoids hanging out with models because “fashion is the last thing I want to talk about.” She prefers events like the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where she can mingle with politicians, writers and TV stars from her favourite show, Scandal— anyone but the people she’s surrounded by every day. “A lot of models go cuckoo: They cry, they have breakdowns and talk about what they had for lunch, how many pictures they took. And I just want to kill myself! I see it as my work: Once it’s done, it’s done.”

Shayk has made her screen debut opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Brett Ratner’s Hercules. “Every time I get a script, it’s, like, bartender… stripper… and I don’t think I would make a bad bartender or stripper, you know?” She sashays a little in her seat. “But Greek mythology! Irina is a Greek name, so I think: Maybe it’s destiny?” In real life, Shayk is half of an even more mythic couple. She dates the frequently shirtless football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is averaging a goal per game this year with Real Madrid, and is the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year. Ronaldo once said: “Because I am rich, handsome and a great player, people are envious of me.” Another woman might fade into the background, but Shayk is nobody’s arm candy. “I never take the backseat,” she says. “Maybe if you’re lucky, you can have a front seat, too.” Shayk says she and Ronaldo, the son of a Portuguese cook and gardener, are strivers who share the same drive to achieve. “He’s very competitive; I’m defi nitely very competitive,” she explains. “I’m not a person who cares about people’s opinions, and neither is he. Some people like you; some people hate you. You have to be strong.” This summer, the power couple could be the unofficial king and queen of Brazil’s World Cup. Ronaldo suits up for Portugal in what’s being called the “Group of Death” opposite three-time champs Germany, Ghana and the US. The Russian model doesn’t even pretend she’ll be rooting for the US. “There’s no team I hate,” she says, smiling serenely. “But I support my boyfriend.”

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THE SCIENCE OF THE MOVIES

COULD THAT REALLY HAPPEN? Ever watched a movie and thought, “I wonder if I could use my foe’s guts as a rope?” If so, please seek help immediately. But also check out what our experts have to say about the realism (or complete lack thereof ) in these 10 classic movie scenes. Text NICK LEFTLEY and ADAM LINEHAN

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Illustrations JOE LERTOLA for BRYAN CHRISTIE DESIGN

JAWS 1975

Could a shark sink a boat?

Great white sharks can exceed 40 kmph when hunting or breaching.

THE SCENE Aggravated by having barrels repeatedly harpooned into him, the shark leaps out of the water and crushes the back of the boat, sinking it. Take that, puny land dwellers! THE SCIENCE Frighteningly, it’s possible, but it is highly unlikely. “The shark in the movie was supposed to be 25 feet long. Are there really sharks that big out there? I personally believe yes,” says marine biologist and creator of the first protective “sharksuit,” Jeremiah Sullivan. “I’ve swum with sharks about 18 feet, and on Guadalupe Island in the ’80s, a group of professional shark guys and I saw a great white that we conservatively guessed to be just over 20 feet. The bigger they are, the more cautious they are—they don’t come around people much. But if a shark that big jumped onto a boat that size—which sharks sometimes do, especially if people are trying to fish them and they’re in distress—it could sink it.” You really are going to need a bigger boat. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR Kind of, sort of possible!

If blood from a lacerated artery leaks into the space around the heart, the result can be fatal.

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What would an adrenaline shot to the heart do?

THE SCENE John Travolta revives a heroin-overdosed Uma Thurman by stabbing her in the heart with a shot of adrenaline. THE SCIENCE Turns out we should not take medical advice from Quentin Tarantino. First, injecting anything into someone’s heart is a no-no, according to Dr. Eric Newman of Mercy Medical Centre in Baltimore, the US. “An intracardiac injection is very dangerous and can result in severe bleeding in and around the heart, which can be fatal.” That’s mistake number one. Mistake number two: Adrenaline isn’t even used to treat heroin overdoses—a drug called Narcan (a.k.a. Naloxone) is, and it’s typically administered through the vein and should never, ever be shot through the heart. Why? Because (a) you’d kill the person, and (b) you’d give love a bad name. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR No chance in hell.

DIE HARD Will an electromagnetic safe open if the power goes off?

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THE SCENE Having reached the final, impregnable level of the safe-cracking process—the electromagnetic lock—the crooks are delighted when the FBI cuts the power, opening the vault. THE SCIENCE “Electromagnetic locks are used just for access control,” says Lynel Berryhill, vice president at Brown Safe Manufacturing. “Never as the final lock. The most secure thing would be a mechanical lock, because there’s no way to hack it the way you could

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with, say, a biometric one. All the high-tech locks would be in the early stages, and a mechanical one would be last. The vault in Die Hard isn’t even close to anything I’ve seen on a real vault, but even if you had a situation like in the movie, it still wouldn’t have worked, because they would have had to wait four or five hours for the battery backup to turn off.” Maybe we’ll see that version in the seven-hour director’s cut in a couple of years, with Die Hard 31. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR Pretty impossible.

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Could a penny-shaving virus make you money? THE SCENE Peter, Samir, and Michael Bolton nearly wind up in a federal prison after infecting their company’s accounting system with a computer virus that makes them suddenly rich. THE SCIENCE According to Scott Shellady, CEO of Bradford Capital Management, penny-shaving schemes are ridiculously easy. Let’s say you have a rupee in the bank with an interest rate of 2.25 percent. Over time that rupee will grow into a less and less round number. “At some point you’ll have, say, `11.32, but it’s actually `11.32486598,” says Shellady. That’s where crooks “shave the penny,” which in this case means using a computer virus to discreetly snatch the last digit off that fraction and redirect it to another bank account. With enough accounts, all those little fractions could eventually add up to millions. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR Uh-oh, this could totally happen!

TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE Can you chop someone up with a chain saw?

THE SCENE A deranged dude hacks up a bunch of people with a chain saw. THE SCIENCE The short answer is yes, but some appendages are easier to lop off with a chain saw than others. “If you were going to cut someone’s head off, their carotid artery would be severed immediately,” declares professional lumberjack and Timbersports competitor Dave Jewett. “They’d be spraying all over. And it will go through muscle easy.” But what about sawing off limbs? “I don’t

THE BREAKFAST CLUB Can the human voice actually shatter glass?

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think it’s going to go through bone. Maybe through one of the smaller bones—the wrist—but the chain would be fried after the first appendage.” And if the victim is wearing clothes? Well, that’s going to be a problem, too. “If they hit somebody’s clothing, it will just go around and get up in the sprocket and stop the saw.” As with most things in life, the key to defeating a chain-saw-wielding maniac is to remember to put your pants on. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR Definitely possible!

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THE SCENE Emilio Estevez shatters a window with a powerful banshee scream. See that, Dad? THE SCIENCE According to Jean-Baptiste Blanc, senior noise and vibration engineer at the Dyson company, no amount of teenage angst, weed or ’80s rock can enable someone to perform such an extraordinary feat. While the human voice can, indeed, shatter glass, it has to be very thin and brittle, and the singer has to match the resonant frequency of the glass, which is easier said than done. “In order

to break a crystal glass, one would have to produce a sound in excess of 100 decibels. Assuming we’re considering a fairly thin, brittle glass window, we would have to reach amplitudes of 130 to 140 decibels to shatter it. Such a high sound level would cause serious injury to someone’s ears and is way beyond what a singer could produce with their voice.” Emilio’s wrestling takedowns may be strong (ask Judd Nelson), but his vocal cords won’t bust glass. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR No chance in hell. JULY 2014

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Colossal tsunamis break hundreds of kilometres inland. Strain on the Earth’s crust and upper shell results in mega-earthquakes.

Oil and gas pipelines burst, causing massive fires.

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What would happen if the Earth’s rotation were reversed?

THE SCENE Aghast at Lois Lane’s death, Superman rage-flies around the world so fast, it rotates the wrong way, reversing time. Because that’s how physics works, right? THE SCIENCE We all know that reversing the rotation of the planet wouldn’t turn back time. But what would happen? We asked Aleksey Smirnov, geophysics professor at Michigan Technological University, and his reply was terrifying. “Any object on the surface—you, for example, and the building you’re in—will continue to rotate in the initial direction due to conservation of momentum. This effectively means that everything will be launched in the horizontal direction at 1,600 kmph, which is an ultrasonic speed.” Doesn’t sound too good, but wait—it gets worse. “Think what happens to the water in a glass if you’re driving and hit the brakes suddenly. That’s pretty much what would happen with the oceans. Large tidal waves would produce mega-tsunamis that would reach hundreds of kilometres inland. There would also be global fires due to all the broken oil and gas pipelines, and mega-earthquakes from the strain on the Earth’s crust and upper shell.” So, any good news? No. “It would be a super-mass-extinction event, dwarfing all previous ones, including the end of the dinosaurs. Everything living on land would be killed, including all of humanity—some things in the ocean might survive, and microorganisms, of course, but it would set evolution back by half a billion years.” BELIEVABILITY FACTOR No chance in hell. Whew! JULY 2014

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BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989

Will we ever see a real-life hoverboard?

Superconducting hoverboard levitates along a magnetic pathway.

THE SCENE Marty McFly time-travels to October 21, 2015, kicks a guy in the nuts, and then flees on a hot pink hoverboard. THE SCIENCE Sorry, but the concept of antigravity is bullshit. “When we talk about antigravity, what I have in mind is weird mathematical models, where if you have negative masses, you could produce negative gravitational fields,” says Pablo A. Rosado of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. “That is mathematically possible, not physically: Mass is always positive.” Rosado says superconductors could possibly float a hoverboard, as they levitate atop other magnets. But superconductors function at around -150°F, and the discovery of a superconductive material at inhabitable temps is a long way off. For those unwilling to wait for this important breakthrough, we recommend alcohol. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR No chance in hell.

COMMANDO Can one man kill a whole army?

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THE SCENE Arnold Schwarzenegger arms up and takes out an entire private army by himself—with the help of a few gardening tools. THE SCIENCE “This scene is so terrible, it’s good,” says former US Navy SEAL Brandon Webb. “He kills a guy by stabbing him in the gut, which is not even a kill shot. He sets up three Claymore mines—which are 700 gm of C4 packed with metal pellets—and it looks like 20 kg of fucking C4 going off. There’s a complete disregard for magazine capacity.

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I counted 50 shots out of a 30-round AK magazine! When he does switch to the belt-fed M60, they leave in a close-up where you can see the blanks in the belt.” So what did Webb think about Arnie taking out five guys from inside a toolshed? “That was my favourite. He pitchforked a dude, took off a guy’s head at a 30-degree angle with a saw blade, lopped a dude’s arm off. But that’s Spec Ops rule number one: Never bring a pitchfork to a gunfight.” BELIEVABILITY FACTOR No chance in hell.

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He not only had a 167-foot yacht with a chopper pad on top but also named it after his wife, just like in the film.

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High on vintage quaaludes, Belfort must drive his Lamborghini from his country club to his house.

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It wasn’t a Lamborghini. It was a Mercedes.

Belfort curses. A lot. (The film arguably has more F-bombs—544—than any other in cinematic history.)

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Just take a listen to some of his motivational speeches on YouTube.

A broker at Belfort’s firm is paid to shave her head.

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A Stratton Oakmont employee let her coworkers shave her hair off in return for a $10,000 boob job.

There’s a chimpanzee in the office.

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According to Danny Porush (the basis for Jonah Hill’s character), you’d be a monkey’s uncle to believe this.

Belfort’s yacht is so big a helicopter can land on it.

Belfort has an insanely huge mansion on Long Island.

Donnie eats a coworker’s goldfish.

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{However, Porush isn’t exactly known for his truthfulness.}

There’s an in-office dwarf-tossing competition.

Depends on whom you ask. Belfort says yes. Porush claims that while the firm hired little people, they were never abused. But why trust either?

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“I said to one of the brokers, ‘If you don’t do more business, I’m gonna eat your goldfish!’ ” Porush has said. “So I did.”

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THE SCENE Danny Trejo slices a man open and uses his intestine as a bungee cord to swing out the window to the floor below. THE SCIENCE Surprise! This is completely impossible, due to the extensive amount of connective tissue keeping the intestine connected to itself and the abdominal cavity. “It isn’t very strong, but it would take a bit more effort to pull it out like a fire hose,” according to Dr. Richard Desi, a gastroenterologist at Mercy Medical Centre.

“You also wouldn’t get very far, since the small intestine is only about 20 feet in length and has neither the elasticity nor the tensile strength to pull off this stunt. If you attempted it, the intestine would most likely tear free from the rest of the bowel.” In other words, you’d probably end up drenched in another man’s poop and digestive juices, which is pretty much the worst thing imaginable, even worse than actually getting your insides pulled out. BELIEVABILITY FACTOR Never gonna happen! JULY 2014

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WHEN IT COMES TO WEAPONRY, REAL LIFE CAN’T MIMIC GAMING AND, ON THE BATTLEFIELD, A CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS IS ACCURATE FIRING CAPABILITIES. YET, NEW TECH IS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARMS.

Belted Nammo 7.62 x 51 BNT 6 RR ammunition, a round that was developed on request as reduced range ammo for machine gun training on board vehicles.

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WILL THE REVIVAL OF THE 7.62 X 51 MM CALIBRE, BETTER SIGHTS OR A HEAVIER WEIGHT OF AMMO BE GOOD ENOUGH IN THE FUTURE? MAXIM GOES INTO THE ACTION.

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he pressure for more efficient ammunition solu20-in barrel. The intention, of course, is similar to the bullet made tions—especially in terms of weight and volumes—is across the Atlantic, the much-talked-about M855A1 ammunition. a prime determinant for LSAT (lightweight small arms According to IMI, the price of the new round will be much closer to technologies). That’s where all the new tech comes in, that of a standard 5.56 than to armour-piercing rounds. and each nation is focusing on evolution... with a touch Another improvement to IMI’s 5.56 mm ammunition family of legacy. In 2012, for instance, Israel Military Industries (IMI) is the 77-grain, 835 m/s muzzle velocity version of the round. It introduced a 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge that sought to provide high is significant that this has happened when many thought the accuracy, and the company says that dispersion (the area to efLSAT programmes were closing in on a dead end. In 2013 itself, fectively target) is reduced by half when compared with standard IMI wasn’t the only outfit that was concentrating on it. Textron ammunition. In this case, the 42-grain ball is made of sintered Systems, Alliant Techsystems, Veritay Technology and St. Marks copper and tin powder, which makes it ideal not just for training Powder have all been pursuing LSAT with renewed focus. but also for use in enclosed area operations where the risk of ricoThe thrust is towards the testing and the characterisation chet is normally high. If you’re a gamer, you probably know what of prototype 5.56-mm case-less ammo. Paul Shipley of the LSAT we’re talking about. Any soldier will vouch for the importance of Programme at Textron Systems says that the original rounds accuracy and lower recoil in small arms. developed by the LSAT team leveraged the expertise of Heckler Another new round emerged & Koch G11 from the late ’80s. fresh out of development in “The propellant formulation mid-2013, based on a 54-grain was giving problems in terms harder-core cartridge that proof cost and environment issues. vides much higher performance Therefore, we came up with a JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, LIGHTWEIGHT than standard ball ammo. new formulation that solves SMALL ARMS TECHNOLOGIES WERE Being capable of penetrating those problems and considerTHOUGHT TO BE DEAD. TODAY, A NUMBER over 5-mm steel, it challenges ably improves manufacturabilOF PROTOTYPES ARE READY TO BE TESTED 7.62-mm ammunition and its ity,” Shipley says. accuracy. Its muzzle velocity The LSAT team is also reaches 970 m/sec when using a looking to demonstrate the JULY 2014

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accuracy are among the main advantages. This, eventually, will determine the direction of future small arms requirements, which would need to come in the form of an individual weapon and a squad weapon. As of now, the US military and NATO forces are defi nitely one of the major users of small-calibre ammunition. The decision to move to a new higher performance round compared to the M855 was coupled with the “green” need to get rid of lead as much as possible. The new M855A1 EPR (enhanced performance round) has solved both these concerns The LSAT machine gun with the telescoped ammunition that it uses. to a certain extent, with increased efficiency and reduced pollution. The lead slug used on the 62-grain projectile has been replaced by a copper one, the steel penetrator now adopts an arrow head, scalability of the cased telescoped technology with a 7.62 x 51 mm while a flash suppressant and de-coppering agent were added to version of such a round. “We aim at a weight reduction of about 35 the powder. Though there is still some more data to be compiled percent while volume should decrease by 10–15 percent compared about the muzzle velocity and chamber pressure of the cartridge, to current rounds,” Shipley underlines. This could mean an overall it has been declared that this round can penetrate 9.5-mm mild reduction of about nine kg for the gunner and four kg for the assissteel at 350 metres (the M855 could do the same at only 160 tant gunner. At the end of the day, the aim is clearly not to develop metres). Technically speaking, this is due to the fact that the new a full-scale weapon, but to verify ballistics using test barrels. M855A1 is not yaw dependent. Yet, its trajectory remains identical The weapons do come to be counted in the refi nement of the to that of the M855, which was a highly-successful round. 5.56-mm cased telescoped ammunition and LMG (light machine ATK, one of the most well-known aerospace and defence gun) development, where besides obvious weight and volume recompanies in the US, has been at the forefront of the M855A1 EPR. duction, the improvements in terms of recoil, controllability and The change to this new ammo has had positive effects on the en-

CARTRIDGE CENTRAL These four rounds have attracted a lot of attention at defence expos.

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This picture clearly shows one of the vertical grooves—or dimples—in the Nammo 7.62 x 51 BNT 6 Reduced Range ammunition that increase drag and reduce spin, causing the bullet to tumble.

To considerably reduce the safety area when using its 12.7 x 99 mm short range ammunition, RUAG Ammotec worked on the aerodynamic shape to considerably increase the drag factor.

The RUAG Ammotec family’s 12.7 mm reduced range series of ammunition has been successful at the testing stage. Its accuracy and efficiency in combat usage has led to a number of armies using it for trials.

A close-up view of the 5.56-mm telescoped ammunition gives you a clear idea of the round’s configuration. New R&D is expected to lead to the development of a 7.62-mm telescoped cartridge.

vironment. According to reports from mid-2013, the switch to the emissions. The R&D phase was strenuous, with numerous alternanew cartridge has allowed the elimination of around 2,000 tons of tives being considered. The development of ammo is, to be sure, lead from the waste stream. Buoyed by this, ATK is now applying as intensive as that of any large machine, but it is dangerous and the same tech to improve M80 7.62-mm ball ammunition. In fact, needs frequent testing. a new round called the M80A1 EPR is lead-free and ready to be supNammo tried three different powders and four different nonplied. This could further take the elimination of lead to over 3,600 toxic primers with varying compounds, as well as nine different tons by 2018. projectile variants. Apart from surface coatings and geometrical When it comes to environmental-consciousness, Nammo was shapes, the cartridge went through a number of evolutions. the fi rst company to develop a full family of nonhazardous or Finally, in 2011, the new 5.56 x 45 mm round was qualified by the nontoxic (NT) small calibre ammunition in the 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm Norwegian Defence Forces and designated BNT 4 HP Mk2 (ball and 9 mm calibres to meet the NATO Stanags (standardisation nontoxic 4 high-performance). Norway has to undergo the proceagreements). Since 1999, the fi rm has delivered over 400 million dure of getting full NATO qualification for this round. rounds, saving Mother Nature the burden of having to cope with For its part, Nammo has explained that it has sought to offer more than 1,800 tons of lead. In the 5.56-mm and 7.62-mm ball improved lethality, maintain penetration and avoid projectile projectiles, lead was replaced by a gilded metal jacket surroundfracture in soft-targets. The Mk2’s increased penetration (NATO ing a steel core and a steel penetrator. Lead-free primers helped 3.5-mm steel plate at more than 700 metres), is not only attributturn this into a truly lead-free able to steel core improvecartridge. It has helped reshape ments, but also to a lower-drag the thinking in ammunition design that allows the delivery development and tech. of higher kinetic energy on the Nammo undertook the detarget. Its four-gm (62 grains) QUALIFIED NONHAZARDOUS OR NONTOXIC velopment of the Nammo 5.56 projectile has a muzzle velocity SMALL CALIBRE AMMUNITION THAT MEETS mm lead-free ball cartridge in of 930 m/s and a standard deCURRENT NATO STANAGS IS BEING USED mid-2009, looking to improve viation of less than 25 mm. BY A NUMBER OF ARMIES accuracy and in-target effect, The Nammo 7.62 x 51 mm while at the same time reducBNT 9 HP’s performances, for ing barrel erosion and cartridge their part, stand well beyond JULY 2014

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those of the standard M80 7.62 x 51 mm RR rounds are round. This does not mean, being developed, a tracer and however, that the Scandinaa dim tracer version, which THE LSAT RACE HAS LED TO DEVELOPMENTS vian company does not have are likely to be fi nalised soon. IN AMMUNITION THAT WILL LEAD TO LESSER anything new on its 7.62 mm Nammo, considering its learnCOLLATERAL DAMAGE AND A LESS TRAUMATIC drawing board. With experiings, is likely to employ the ence gained a few years ago solution to the common 5.56 x EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT with the development of the 45 mm calibre. larger calibre 12.7 x 99 mm RR Like any other defence (reduced range) family, Nammo product, the price is one of the developed the 7.62 x 51 BNT 6 factors that makes armies conRR with a view to reducing the danger zone during training and sider alternatives, or look for evolutions in an existing product. in urban warfare operations, since the round is fully apt for use in This was, perhaps, one of the reasons Thun-based RUAG Ammocombat operations at a 200-metre range. tec began the development of a 5.56 x 45 mm round with improved The problem is that a standard 7.62 mm can fly as far as penetration capabilities for machine guns. The company’s LF HC+ 4,000 metres at almost full energy throughout its trajectory, so SX Horizon has been on the market for nearly three years and is Nammo looked into solutions to solve the problem. It developed now attracting considerable interest from armies in the Middle a family of 100 percent lead-free 7.62 x 51 mm RR ammunition that East. Its 62-grain projectile is made of a hardened steel penetrator has full combat performance and still matched the trajectory of that is able to drive through a seven-mm HB 350 steel plate at a the M80 by at least 200 metres. range of 300 metres, while the brass shoe, which makes for oneNo mean feat, and it took a while to evolve a solution that did third of the bullet’s weight, ensures optimal twist and maximum not compromise the efficiency of the cartridge. In the end, this accuracy. The particular round uses Sintox priming technology was obtained thanks to groovings—or, simply put, dimples— which de facto makes it a lead-free round. along the 6.2-gm (96 grains) projectile. This seemingly-small In fact, pollution-free rounds are becoming a standard process increases drag but, more importantly, reduces spin rate feature for Swiss major RUAG Ammotec. In May 2013, it oband induces tumbling past the 200-metre mark. Tests were untained full NATO certification for its 5.56 x 45 mm LF HC SX, dertaken to determine the efficacy of this cartridge in actual a fully lead-free cartridge that can be produced either with combat situations, and they were satisfactory. Two more the SS-109 or with the M-855 ball. The qualification for this

ATK’s M855A1 EPR has produced close to one billion units, yet this new round’s noxious impact on the environment is close to nil.

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RUAG Ammotec’s 5.56 mm x 45 LF HC SX obtained full NATO certification in 2013, and lead-free rounds are also available in larger calibres.

cartridge was carried out in the UK, at NATO’s European Regional Test Centre in Pendine. Certified with the Luxembourg Armed Forces, the LF HC SX is totally lead-free, featuring heavy metal-free primers, a lead-free bullet and optimised propellants that generate no harmful emissions. RUAG Ammotec has extended its lead-free technology to bigger calibres and is now offering the 7.62 mm lead-free tracer round and the 12.7 x 99 mm lead-free armour-piercing incendiary. In the latter, two rounds aimed at reducing training problems are also in the offi ng. These come in the form of the SRS (short-range solid) and SRST (short-range solid tracer), and the all-metal copper-zinc projectile is purposely designed with a high-drag shape and does not feature a plastic tip, which ensures safe use from helicopters, where discarded tips are prone to being sucked in by engines which, as you’ve guessed, can be deadly. Effective up to as much as 800 metres, the SRS family could decrease the range danger zone.

The Israel Military Industry’s Yitzhak Division, specialising in small calibre ammo, launched its 77-grain 5.56-mm round, and named it Razor Core.

The company’s 5.56 x 45 mm LF HC+ SX Horizon is now attracting interest from numerous nations as it provides near-AP performance.

RUAG Ammotec, Textron Systems, Nammo and IMI are not the only arms companies evolving their ammo offerings. Metallwerk Elisenhütte of Germany—better known as MEN—has also developed a new 5.56x45 mm round that seeks to tackle operations in crowded areas. Known as the LPB (low-penetration bullet), its 56-grain round features a compressed tungsten powder core that ensures a very high energy transfer and a low over-penetration. With a muzzle velocity of 1,025 m/s and high precision, the round is essentially intended for use by marksmen. In the 7.62 x 51 mm arena, too, MEN has developed a HPC (high-performance core) high-penetration round that can beat the standard NATO steel target plate at 1,100 metres. Its ball is made of hard steel, with some lead in the back area to increase weight up to 150 grains, close to the 151 grains of the DM151 armour-piercing ball. The use of hard steel rather than tungsten carbide, as used in the AP round, brings a marginal reduction in penetrating capacities. The thing is, no matter how the scenarios of modern combat develop or how tensions decelerate, the LSAT race has led to developments in ammunition that will lead to lesser collateral damage and a less traumatic effect on the environment. In a world where confl ict is still a reality, every soldier needs the tools to ensure he or she achieves the mission. These new cartridges, with higher accuracy and less chance of unintended loss, are a step forward. In fact, the deployment of new technology also lets scientists and engineers pass on knowledge of new materials and processes to other civilian industries. JULY 2014

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Wrongly W gl ((or rightly) ightl ) imprisoned? As history shows, time plus creativity plus a good spoon equals freedom. Take a look back at the most death-defying, audacious, and insane ways prisoners have busted through their cells. Text ADAM LINEHAN Illustrations KAGAN MACLEOD

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1962

ESCAPEES

FRANK MORRIS, CLARENCE ANGLIN, JOHN ANGLIN PRISON

ALCATRAZ, CALIFORNIA, THE US Situated on a tiny island in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was notoriously called the US’s most inescapable prison, housing legendary gangsters, including Al Capone, “Machine Gun” Kelly, and the Birdman of (wait for it) Alcatraz. Before Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers fled, 31 inmates had attempted escape, all resulting in death or recapture. Using spoons to tunnel into the cell vent (1), Morris and the Anglins executed the prison’s most brazen escape attempt ever. On the night of June 11, after six months of immaculate planning, they placed papier-mâché dummies in their beds (2), climbed to the Alcatraz roof and over a security fence (3), and then took to the frigid bay waters in a raft made from prison-issue raincoats (4)… only to vanish. A 17-year investigation concluded that the men had drowned. Their bodies, however, have never been found.

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YEAR

1941

ESCAPEE

SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE PRISON

38/2, ELGIN ROAD, KOLKATA, INDIA In 1939, afraid of Netaji’s growing popularity, the British put him in Presidency Jail, Kolkata. He refused to eat or drink, and was then put under house arrest as his health had deteriorated. That’s where he planned his flight. A few days before he was to escape, he declined to meet British officers and grew a beard. Dressed as a Pathan, he slipped

out of his house at night and, with the help of Sisir K. Bose and Bhagat Ram Talwar, escaped to Bihar. From there, he moved west to Peshawar. He then began his journey to wintery Russia via Afghanistan, with the help of Abwehr. Once Netaji reached Moscow, he was flown to Berlin in a special courier aircraft. He arrived in Germany and met Adolf Hitler, and the radio station announced his presence there. The news stunned the world, mostly the British who were searching for him on India’s eastern border.

Choi slithered through a food slot in his cell—measuring just ESCAPEE 6" high and 18" wide—before CHOI GAP-BOK slipping past three sleeping PRISON prison guards. After his escape, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA an investigator reviewed footage of the incident and, Choi Gap-bok combined his pretty much amazed, told criminal cunning and advanced reporters that Choi escaped “in yoga skills to escape jail, less than a minute after moving earning himself the nickname, flexibly like an octopus.” The the “Korean Houdini.” How he speed, of course, was just half did it can defy biology but, then of it. The slot was a fraction of again, who can’t? After lubing his body. The human octopus up with skin ointment, the 5'4" was recaptured six days later. YEAR

2012

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2013

ESCAPEES

JOSEPH JENKINS, CHARLES WALKER PRISON

FRANKLIN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, FLORIDA, THE US On September 27 last year, convicted murderer Joseph Jenkins actually walked out of a Florida prison using forged documents stating that his life sentence had been reduced. Unbelievable? Wait. Eleven days later, another criminal from the same prison, one Charles Walker, did exactly the same thing. Luckily for the Floridians, alert US Marshals found the duo shacked up in a Panama City motel. Here’s something we figure fugitives should know: If you’re going to flee, plan for distance. 86

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ESCAPEE

JOHN GERARD PRISON

TOWER OF LONDON While incarcerated in the Tower of London for the high crime of being a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England, John Gerard was repeatedly tortured but never divulged the whereabouts of his fellow clergymen. He endured the torture so well, in fact, that his

captors eventually threw in the bloody towel. All the while Gerard was orchestrating his escape, even communicating with his confederates using invisible ink made from diluted orange juice. One night, he hacked through his cell door and made his way to the outer moat, where a boat was awaiting him. Despite his hands mangled from the brutal torture, Gerard managed to climb down a rope and into the boat, then rowed down ye olde Thames to freedom.

YEAR

1944

ESCAPEES

RUDOLF VRBA, ALFRED WETZLER

PRISON

CONCENTRATION CAMP AUSCHWITZ, POLAND Determined to tell people of the atrocities of Auschwitz, Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler hatched a plot to escape, hiding for three days beneath a woodpile located between the inner and outer fences encircling the camp and using gasoline-soaked tobacco to throw dogs off. Knowing that once news of their escape broke, guards would sound the alarm, the pair waited in total silence. On the fourth day, they emerged and fled to Slovakia, where they wrote the VrbaWetzler Report, alerting the world to the Holocaust.

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1944

ESCAPEES

76 ALLIED POWs PRISON

STALAG LUFT III, GERMANY When the Nazis constructed Stalag Luft III, the goal was to make escape virtually impossible. Barracks were set on stilts to discourage tunnelling through the floors, and microphones were used to detect the sound of digging... apart from constant patrolling, more guards and layers of fencing. But that didn’t stop 200 Allied POWs from taking a stab at it. The Great Escape, as it’s famously come to be

known, famously involved the digging of three tunnels: “Tom,” “Dick,” and “Harry.” Harry, the only one to reach completion, was fitted with air pumps, rail systems and electric lights, all made from materials scavenged from the prison yard and associated areas. Two hundred POWs made a break for it—76 escaped, 73 were recaptured and 50 were executed. Ultimately, only three POWs made it back to Allied territory, away from Nazi Germany. However, two of these escapees were so enraged with what they’d gone through and the aftermath that they headed right back into active military service.

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ESCAPEE

CASANOVA

PRISON

THE LEADS, ITALY When he was finally arrested for his wicked ways, legendary Italian cocksman Giacomo Casanova was sentenced to five years in the Leads, an “inescapable” prison atop the Doge’s Palace in Venice. But, of course, Casanova was not one

to be easily deterred. With spit and a stone, he fashioned an iron spike, which he smuggled to a fellow inmate in a Bible topped with a plate of pasta. After tunnelling through the ceiling, the pair came upon one last impregnable door. Luckily Casanova could impregnate anything, and after being mistaken for civilians they were released back into the world, where Casanova spent the rest of his life making sweet love to everyone and everything. JULY 2014

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2001, 2003, 2007

ESCAPEE

PASCAL PAYET PRISONS

LUYNES AND GRASSE PRISONS, FRANCE Ever since he was first incarcerated in the late ’90s, prolific French criminal Pascal Payet has taken part in three spectacular helicopter-borne escapes. In 2001, while doing time for murder, Payet and a fellow inmate were plucked from prison in a helicopter his buddy had hijacked at gunpoint. After two years on the lam, Payet headed back to the same prison—aboard a helicopter—to pick up some pals he’d left behind, using a power saw and a rope ladder to extract them from the prison yard. Payet was subsequently captured, reincarcerated, and placed under heavy surveillance. Then, in 2007, a group of gunmen descended on the prison in yet another copter and snatched Payet up again. Two months later, authorities found him in Spain and jailed him in a secret location, hopefully not next to a helicopter store. YEAR

1864

ESCAPEES

109 UNION ARMY OFFICERS PRISON

LIBBY PRISON, VIRGINIA, THE US

YEAR

1910

ESCAPEE

VINAYAK DAMODAR SAVARKAR PRISON

MERCHANT VESSEL MOREA Veer Savarkar was implicated for alleged anti-British activities and arrested as soon as his train from Paris pulled in at London’s Victoria Station. The British sent him back to India to be tried, on the merchant vessel Morea. On July 8, 1910, when the ship reached Marseilles, Savarkar 88

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went to the lavatory at 6 am, as guards waited outside. He removed his dressing gown and hung it so that the guards—if they peeped—would think he was still inside. Savarkar jumped into the sea from a porthole at least 20 feet high and swam to shore, which was French territory. He then scaled a wall and ran towards a French officer named Brigadier Pasky, thinking he’d seek asylum. Call it linguistics or plain bad timing, Pasky did not understand and handed Savarkar back to the Brits.

During the US Civil War, 1,000 Union Army officers were incarcerated at the Confederate-run Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. A converted warehouse on the banks of the James river, Libby

was infamous for its squalid conditions and high mortality rate. The escape began when 109 inmates chiselled a passage into an abandoned, ratinfested section of the prison’s basement, then tunnelled through the floor, resurfacing 17 days later under a nearby tobacco shed. They hit the streets of Richmond, and 59 made it back to Union territory, where they presumably smoked victory cigars.

YEAR

1983

ESCAPEES

38 IRA PARAMILITARIES PRISON

MAZE PRISON, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND During the “troubles” of Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century, Maze Prison housed those convicted of paramilitary activity, most of them members of the Irish Republican Army. Heavily fortified, the Maze was considered one of the world’s most escape-proof penitentiaries. But in 1983, a group of IRA prisoners pulled off the biggest escape in the UK’s history. After accumulating a small arsenal of weapons, the inmates jumped the guards and took them hostage. A hijacked food truck then ferried the inmates to the main gate. In the end, 38 prisoners successfully escaped, leaving seven guards wounded—one fatally, unfortunately—in their wake. YEAR

1868

ESCAPEES

238 FREEDOM FIGHTERS PRISON

CELLULAR JAIL, ANDAMANS In March, 238 prisoners of the infamous Kala Pani escaped after intense climbing, hiding in the far reaches of the island and eventually swimming for miles through high tide. They were all caught, however, and 87 of them were hanged. YEAR

1934

ESCAPEE

JOHN DILLINGER PRISON

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After a string of bank robberies, infamous gangster John Dillinger found himself in Lake County Jail awaiting trial for murder. Authorities boasted that the facility was inescapable, but that didn’t stop the wily Dillinger. As the story goes, he carved a fake Colt .38 revolver from wood (see the replica) and used it to scare a guard into releasing him from his cell. He then proceeded to lock up the rest of

TIM JENKIN, STEPHEN LEE, ALEX MOUMBARIS

LAKE COUNTY JAIL, THE US

1979

ESCAPEES

PRISON

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

the guards and fled to Chicago, where he plunged right back into criminal life. Well, for a few months anyway: He was gunned down by a team of special agents later that year.

In apartheid South Africa in the ’70s, Pretoria Central Prison was the official site of capital punishment, and it’s where Tim Jenkin was serving 12 years for distributing anti-apartheid literature. To break free, Jenkin and fellow inmates Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris spent

18 months carving 10 wooden keys, one for each steel door that stood between their cells and freedom. To ensure the keys properly fit the locks, the trio made countless dry runs. And it paid off, at least until they came to an 11th door. Using a chisel, they managed to break it open and, once outside, escaped SA, eventually settling in England. JULY 2014

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THE SIREN & THE ATTRACTION The lady with the look, Nathalia, gives us new reason to love the colour scarlet. Photographs ABHAY SINGH

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You know you’re in for a fantastic shoot when the subject in question is Nathalia. The Rio de Janeiro-born model is no stranger to sexiness, having been the main girl in Kingfisher’s 2012 Calendar. As she embarks on her Hindi movie innings, MAXIM meets the bombshell with the twinkling eyes.

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Hi, Nathalia. This is your MAXIM debut. How was the experience? It was a great experience. Everybody was extremely professional and kind, and that made me feel very comfortable. You’ve been in modelling forever, and been gearing for films since 2012. What have been the highlights? We all have ups and downs. I never thought I’d become an actress because even though it may not come across, I’m very shy and reserved. I’m a bit of a loner and I like to spend time with myself. I guess destiny guided me here. I’ve genuinely begun to love this and have a passion for the art. I’m very dedicated and it’s taken a lot of hard work to get here. At the end of the day, I’m happy and that’s what matters the most to me. What kind of movies do you like to watch? I like the oldies, the noir fi lms. I’m a big fan of Marilyn Monroe, but I also love action dramas, including classics like Scarface. I’d love to do such roles too, and a hardcore action movie such as Resident Evil. As somebody who doesn’t come from a fi lmi family, what advice would you give people who want to make it in show business? The only person stopping you from what

you want is you, and you should never give up on your dreams. And, as my granny would say, “Hard work doesn’t kill anyone,” so focus and work hard. You’re gorgeous and strong, so what do you say to men who are intimidated by strong women? First, thank you for calling me gorgeous. Strong? I’d say I’m very determined and I do have strong points of view, but when it comes to relationships, I’m gentle and giving. I’d sell my soul for the man I truly love. I’m a shy and feminine woman so, honestly, there’s no advice I can give you, because that’s not my personality. What turns you on in a man? His brains, his capacity to take control and the way he smells. What is the craziest thing a man has ever done for you? A guy said he’d jump off a plane if he couldn’t see my face again one last time. What must a guy do to go on a date with you? And what would make for an ideal date? First, I’d have to know the person for some time, because I’m not the kind of person who gets attracted to someone straightaway, or falls in love at fi rst sight. I take my time. So, it’ll help to start as a

friend, share conversations and surprise me. I love to be surprised. This would maybe get my attention and I’d consider a date. For it to be perfect, it can be just me and the man I love in a quiet place in the night... like on a beach under a full moon. What are things you like about Indian men? What makes them different from others? They are romantic, extremely fl irtatious and like to build up to romance. I take my time, so that is something I really like about Indian men. You have global genes. Which country has the best attitude to dating and women in general? I think everywhere is different, and it basically depends on what you’re looking for in a relationship. How would you ensure safety for women if you were given the right tools? It would depend on what tools you were providing me with. Safety for women is very important for any country and it shouldn’t be pushed aside. Women are equal to men. In fact, at times I feel nothing can beat girl power! Amen to that. Before we take your leave, complete this sentence: “I think MAXIM is...” Marvellously sexy. JULY 2014

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A deacon is in the hospital and his good ffriend, a preacher, goes to visit him. The p preacher notices all the medical equipment a attached to the deacon. He kneels by the b bed. The deacon motions to a pad and pen on the night stand. The preacher hands his friend the pad and pen, and the deacon begins to write. Suddenly, the deacon dies. At his funeral, the preacher delivers the service. He says, “I was with him when he died, and as a matter of fact, I have his last thought in my coat pocket here.” The preacher pulls out the paper and reads, “Please, get up. You’re kneeling on my oxygen hose.”

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“The mask is only to protect the ones you love.” TEJAS S. Mumbai

A man goes to check on his mail. Next thing he knows, a beautiful woman is standing in front of him in a robe and she slowly unties the knot. The man notices she has nothing on underneath. He tries to maintain eye contact with the girl while she is talking to him. All of a sudden, she says, “I hear someone coming, let’s go to my apartment.” When they get inside her apartment, she lets her robe fall to the ground and asks the man, “Which part of my body do you like the most?” The guy replies, “Your ears.” So she gets mad and asks, “Why my ears? Look at this body! It’s perfect! Look at these breasts— they’re real and they’re mine! Look at this butt—it’s hard and firm! So why my ears?” The guy says, “Well, because the person you heard coming was me!”

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Knock, knock.

It’s open.

Oh, shit.

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KARMA CALLIN’ Keep a tab on those sins, or contemplate serious penance.

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A man kicks up fire during the annual “Mesabatan Api” ritual ahead of Nyepi Day in Bali, Indonesia. Mesabatan Api symbolises the purification of the universe and human body through fire. Hoping you didn’t commit those sins now, aren’t you? Don’t worry. Actually, do worry.

PUT THE LIGHTS ON

A few rituals that seek to take you closer to the higher power.

GARUDAN THOOKKAM Garudan Thookkam is dedicated to Goddess Kali and celebrated across temples in south Kerala. According to the ritual, devotees perform a dance for the goddess, after which their backs are pierced with sharp hooks. They are then lifted off the ground using ropes and made to go around as an offering to the deity.

SKY BURIAL Practised in some provinces of China and Tibet, “sky burial” is a ritual where the corpse is left on a mountain top. Several incisions are made on the body before it is placed on a mountain top for birds and animals to eat and for it to decompose naturally. Why? The ground is rocky and it’s not possible to dig a grave.

MORMON BAPTISM OF DEAD Practised by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the rite refers to baptising a person on behalf of one who is dead. Many believe baptism is a major requirement to enter the Kingdom of God after death. The living person acts as the dead person’s proxy who couldn’t be baptised during their life due to some reason or the other.

KAPPAROT Some Jews perform Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur. The ritual consists of shaking a chicken or coins over one’s head three times while reciting from texts. This is said to transfer one’s sins to the chicken, which is then slaughtered and donated to the poor as charity.

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STASH 24 HOURS

AARON PAUL

Listen in on what Breaking Bad’s loyal sidekick has got cooking for his final day... bitch! How do you want to go? I would like to go peacefully. Maybe lying in a hammock on an island somewhere after eating a bunch of coconuts. Do you have any deathbed confessions? I hate musicals. There, I said it.

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Will you be going to heaven or hell, and why? I’m not really sure about all that—I’m getting cremated. What if you had to spend eternity in an RV with Bryan Cranston in his tighty-whities? Is that heaven or hell? Is that a serious question? Heaven, of course. What’s your last meal? Pizza and root beer.

What’s the wildest thing you ever did while you were alive? I rode a shark once. I wouldn’t recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don’t think we are meant to ride them. If you could come back and spy on someone, who would it be and why? I’d spy on my wife and make sure she’s mourning just enough but not too much. And

then I would come back and haunt her—not in a bad, scary way, but in a good way, like, “Hey, babe, I love you so much and miss you, but don’t get scared and judge me… because I’m dead!” Who’d be a more irritating partner for all of eternity, Badger or Skinny Pete? Man, that’s a tough one. I think maybe Badger would be more annoying. I find Skinny Pete

to be kind of charming and endearing. Breaking Bad fans, you guys know what I’m talking about, right? What woman did you always want to sleep with? I’m not going to answer that question. What are people saying over your casket? Hopefully anything but “finally” in a soft whisper. Got any last words? I would say, “It’s been a fun ride. Thanks for having me to the party.” And to my beautiful wife, “I will miss you forever, my pretty little bird. I can’t wait to haunt the shit out of you!”

Name one thing you’re glad you’ll never have to do again on Earth. Pay for gas.

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First designed for Gran Turismo on the PlayStation, the Toyota FT-1 has leapt from the screen to reality in a spankin’ race-inspired avatar. The Toyota FT-1 stands for “Future Toyota” while the number 1 represents the “ultimate.” This blazing speedster takes inspiration from 2007’s FTHS and 2012’s Lexus LF-LC, with a muscular, expressive body that’s seemingly shaped by the wind. The

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marque has been created by Calty Design Research, and inlets, ducts and vents on the exterior help reinforce its track-ready nature, while serving the critical function of purposeful airflow management. At higher speeds, a retractable rear wing deploys

automatically and tilts forward to create additional downforce. The car’s frontengine rear-wheel drive configuration required that the cockpit sit rearward within the wheelbase to optimise weight distribution and ensure stability and safety on tight turns.

BUYING GUIDE

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CALVIN KLEIN Shop No. 38, Ground Floor, Select CityWalk Mall, Saket, New Delhi–17. CANALI Shop No. 10 & 11, City Centre Mall, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai–04. CLEAR MEN www.clearhaircare.com COLGATE Available at all departmental stores nationwide. CONAIR FOR MEN www.conairformen.com CORNELIANI The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Lobby Level, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai–01. DC SHOES www.dcschoes.com DIESEL UB City Mall, Ground Floor, Vittal Mallya Road, Bengaluru–03. DIOR Taj Mahal Hotel, Opposite Gateway of India, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai–05. DRVV www.facebook.com/DRVVofficial DOLCE & GABBANA www.dolcegabbana.com DOVE MEN Available at all departmental stores nationwide. ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA The Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, Khan Market, New Delhi–03, Ph: 011-43573970. FAN DI FENDI www.fendi.com FLAGPOLE SWIM www.flagpoleswim.com FRATELLI ROSSETTI www.fratellirossetti.com GEISHA DESIGNS B-147, Sector-6, Noida–01, Ph: 0120-2425009. GEOX Shop No. 20, DLF Promenade Mall, Vasant Kunj, Delhi–70. GILLETTE www.gillette.com GUCCI The Oberoi, Dr. Zakhir Hussain Marg, Khan Market, New Delhi–03. HANZ DE FUKO www.hanzdefuko.com HEEL & BUCKLE The Palladium Mall, High Street Phoenix, T-24 A, 462 Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai–13. HEIDI KLEIN www.heidiklein.com HERMÈS The Oberoi Hotel, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi–03, Ph: 011-43607780. HOOK + ALBERT www.hookandalbert.com ISHARYA Ensemble, DLF Emporio Mall, New Delhi–70. INTIMATE STREET Shop 4, Main Market, Lodhi Road, New Delhi–03, Ph: 011-246 44 727 JACK & JONES Shop No. G 42/43, Alpha One Mall, Vastrapur Lake, Ahmedabad–15. J. CREW www.jcrew.com JEROME C. ROUSSEAU www.jeromecrousseau.com JOHN MASTERS ORGANICS www.johnmasters.com JOLIDAN at INTIMATE STREET Shop No. 4, Main Market, Lodi Road, New Delhi–03, Ph: 011-24644727.

LA SENZA Pacific Khayala, Community Centre, Najafgarh Road, New Delhi–70, Ph: 011-43686327. LAB SERIES www.labseries.com LENNY NIEMEYER www.lennyniemeyer.com LOUIS VUITTON Taj Lands End Mumbai, Bandstand, Bandra, Mumbai–50. MAGNANNI at HEEL & BUCKLE The Palladium Mall, High Street Phoenix, T-24 A, 462 Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai–13. MEN’S ROGAINE www.rogaine.com NIVEN MORGAN www.nivenmorgan.com OBI CYMATICA www.obicymatica.net OLD SPICE Available at all departmental stores nationwide. PAUL & SHARK Shop No. 8, Taj Krishna Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad–34. PAUL MITCHELL www.paulmitchell.com PECCATO www.peccatoonline.com.br PILYQ BARCELONA www.pilyq.com/site PLUMA JEWELLERY www.pluma-italia.com PUMA Shop No. 68, DLF DT City Centre Mall, Chandigarh–01. POND’S MEN Available at all departmental stores nationwide. RECIPE FOR MEN www.recipeformen.com SALVATORE FERRAGAMO Shop No. 121-221, Nelson Mandela Marg, New Delhi–70, Ph: 011-46609082. SHRUTI SHETH Hill Crest, 10th Road, Juhu, Vile Parle West, Mumbai–49, Ph: 022-26244838. STEVE MADDEN F 18, Phoenix Mall, 462 Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai–13. TRÈSMODE Available at all SHOPPERS STOP and LIFESTYLE stores nationwide. TORI PRAVER www.toripraverswimwear.com TRUMAN’S www.trumans-nyc.com V76 BY VAUGHN www.v76.com VALENTINO www.valentino.com VANS E-43, South Extension Part 2, New Delhi–49. VICTORIA’S SECRET www.victoriassecret.com VINCE CAMUTO www.vincecamuto.com VIX PAULA HERMANNY www.vixpaulahermanny.com WOODS 3/4, York Hotel, S.B.S. Road, Colaba, Mumbai, Ph: 022-22822317. ZADEH www.zadehny.com

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& Child’s 6th Anniversary Celebrations Child, India’s largest selling parenting magazine, hosted the 2nd edition of its Child Most Popular Awards 2014 on May 19 at The Radisson Blu hotel, New Delhi Dwarka, in Delhi. The awards honoured the most popular products and services operating in the baby and children’s space, as voted by readers. The evening saw many award winners representing companies such as Mothercare, Cordlife, Bata, Sony, Kellogg’s, Nikon, LIC, Pigeon, Giny & Jony, Kent RO, Mom & Me, Fortis Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals and so on, come together under one roof. Mrs. Shallu Jindal, renowned Kuchipudi dancer, and Chaiperson of the National Bal Bhavan, was the Chief Guest for the evening. Two child artistes enthralled the audience—Aditi Iyer, a 9-year-old singing sensation, and teenager Gaurang Jhalani who rendered two songs on the keyboard. With close to 50 awards across several categories covering apparel, retail, food, healthcare, entertainment, personal grooming, and more, the awards are the most comprehensive awards for the baby and childcare category in India. The polling for the awards was conducted as a reader’s poll both through the magazine and online. The questionnaire was open ended, with no nominations, and the awards are a reflection of readers’ choices. Some of the awards were: Most Popular Quick Meal for Busy Moms: Maggi Bhuna Masala; Most Popular Kid’s Shoe Brand: Nike; Most Popular Retail Store: Big Bazaar; Most Popular Family Restaurant Chain: McDonald’s; Most Popular Lunch Box Brand: Tupperware; Most Popular Gaming System: Sony Playstation; Most Popular Family Breakfast Cereal: Kellogg’s. Also featuring on the list were Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan as readers voted these two celebrities as The Most Popular Celebrity Ambassador for Social Cause (Kids). Most Popular Child Artiste of the Year was won by Faisal Khan (of Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap). The Runner-up was Sonali Majumdar, the child dancing sensation who partnered with Sumant for India’s Got Talent and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. The result for the entire poll is being run in this issue. Child is the Indian edition of the US iconic parenting magazine Parents, and is published in India by the Media Transasia Group. Having recently completed six years in India, it is widely regarded as a credible and authentic source of information and is every urban parent’s go-to guide for everything to do with parenting.

Our Chief Guest for the evening, Mrs. Shallu Jindal, renowned Kuchipudi dancer and Chairperson of the National Bal Bhavan.

Aditi Iyer sang two songs and had everyone captivated with her voice.

Gaurang Jhalani rendered a medley of songs on the keyboard.

(L to R) Sudhalika Verma, Apeksha Bhateja, Kanika Suri Arora, Payal Kohli, Geetika Sasan Bhandari, Ragini Singh, Saswati Sarkar, Ritika Jain, Kaustubh Fuloriya, Varun Arora

W I D EN Y O U R W O R L D Turkish Arilines sponsored 4 tickets for 1 winning reader whose name was picked by a draw of lots. The winner was Ms. Nishi Kiran of Ranchi. Her brother, Nitish Chandra Prasad (right) attended the ceremony and collected the prize on her behalf from the Turkish Airlines team.

Shallu Jindal and Geetika Sasan Bhandari, Editor, Child, handing the award to Priyam Mehrotra, Senior Brand Executive, Sunsilk

Geetika Sasan Bhandari felicitating Swapnali Shetye, Programming Head, 92.7 Big FM

Anjori Kumar, Director, Communications, and Alok Choudhary, Director, Sales & Marketing, Shangri-La, receiving the award from Runa Sinha, Senior Associate Publisher, Child, and Geetika Sasan Bhandari

Gaurav Shukla, Senior Vice-President, Sales, Sony Entertainment Television, accepting the certificate

Payal Kohli, Editorial Director, Child, and Geetika Sasan Bhandari felicitating Rohit Bajpai, GM, Radisson Blu, New Delhi, Dwarka

Alphonso Dass of Indigo won the Mercedes Drive For A Day prize; with Suchana Sharma, Marketing Head, T&T Motors, and Runa Sinha

Kiran Prajapati, Operations Head, Babyoye.com, receiving the certificate from Geetika Sasan Bhandari and Rohit Bajpai

Geetika Sasan Bhandari handing the award to Abhishek Anand, Marketing Manager, ITC Classmate

ALL ABOARD!

MAXIM sent writer and editor Vanessa Fitter to get a first-hand experience of fun AND fans at India’s first AXE BOAT PARTY in Goa. She was blown away! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I got to know I’d actually be attending the much-talked about Axe Boat Party as a special guest. I kept referring back to the adverts on TV for some leads, and even asked the MAXIM staffers. But I got no clues, and all I managed was a “Wait for it!” When we reached Goa, I was given a place next to the brother of one of the winners from Delhi. The bus from Dabolim airport to the hotel was full of the winners and their plus-ones... who in most cases were brothers and friends, but some good fellas even brought their wives along. At least they weren’t their moms, right? The itinerary was pretty straightforward. We were all supposed to congregate atop the Deltin Royale yacht for a night we wouldn’t soon forget. As you’d expect from an Axe event, the entertainment was all-female. The evening started off with a famous South African DJ punching the tunes, as she enthralled the crowd with her funky moves and quirks. The atmosphere was light and fun, with cocktails and snacks and the omnipresent Axe deo. Many of the girls present obliged the winners and their friends with a dance or photographs, and it was as if it were a carnival... atop a boat! One of the main attractions of the evening was a mermaid who was carried out in a giant champagne saucer. She was left there to frolic around and show us some moves, while those around popped over to her tank for a quick photo-op or to mingle. The highlight, though, was the hottest Indian DJ duo act—The Elektrovertz. While they looked like they’d just come away from the latest Fashion Week, boy, do they know how to keep a party going. They got everyone grooving to the beats and even mashed in some Bollywood tunes to good effect. The party thumped on. After a good few hours of dancing the night away, dinner was served and everyone moved below deck, after which the music continued to play late into the night. The organisers had one final surprise up their sleeves as everyone was dropped back in style... in a chauffeur-driven BMW, no less. I had quite the night and, needless to say, the contest winners had a night they wouldn’t soon forget. Watch this space for more on how you can be a part of the next party, or how you can get a pass to one of the hottest parties ever. You definitely don’t want to miss it!

LIGHT UP YOUR PARTY

BECOME THE MOST STYLISH HOST BY DECORATING YOUR DINING AREA WITH BUONA LUCE FROM TISVA. How you present food is as important as how it tastes. The former becomes even more crucial if you are playing the host. Tisva brings you its tastefully-designed Buona Luce range of lighting, which will add a lot of style and elegance to your home decor. With Buona Luce’s perfect combination of premium wood and opal glass, your dining space will never be the same again. Diffused lighting, easy height adjustment, and energy-saving lamps add to its technical beauty, while ensuring you’re doing your bit for the environment.

TRAVEL COMPANION THE LATEST RANGE FROM CASIO IS INCREDIBLE. Known for its reliability and innovation, Casio’s latest range of watches, EDIFICE, is ideally suited for people looking to blend technology with functionality. EDIFICE ERA-300 is one of the most technologically advanced as well as stylish timepieces you’ll find. With features such as a compass and temperature indicators, the watch enables wearers to check outdoor conditions at one glance. Plus, the neon illuminator displays information vividly at night, so you don’t have to worry about finding a place to get your bearings. The new multifunction EDIFICE is very appropriate for globe trotters, too. The watch is also equipped with a bearing memory that indicates the starting point of a destination, which allows you to quickly ascertain if you’re on course. The latest range is available at all major multi-brand stores as well as Casio’s exclusive stores across India.

FEEL THE AIR

USHA’S NEWEST RANGE OF FANS WILL ADD A SPARK TO YOUR PAD. Usha International, a trusted name for consumer durables, has unveiled its unique, automotive-inspired E-series fan range. The new range not only boasts of a large motor and sleek designs but is also a perfect blend of cutting-edge technology and superior aesthetics. The range includes two models, EX1 and EX3, and is available in three sweep sizes for efficient air circulation and cooling. The contemporary and sleek canopy with a three-layered, automotive-inspired metallic finish for a stunning glossy look, coupled with a twin-tone body and trims, are suitable for your contemporary décor. The models are available in various colours, with the EX1 featuring five metallic shades, and EX3 featuring six metallic shades. So, now you can add colour to every room and office area with these stylish fans.

TIMEKEEPER

TISSOT’S LATEST RANGE IS A TREAT FOR FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 FANS. Tissot, the timekeeper for many of the world’s top sports events, has launched a World Cup range of watches for the true football fan. The Quickster displays the date prominently, which ensures you are well aware and don’t miss out on any crucial match. The design has been inspired by football jerseys that are seen on the players, and showcase colours from around the globe. This Swiss-made beauty comes with a number of important features, including water-resistance, scratch-resistance, a sapphire-crystal front, and leather straps with a sturdy buckle. This will also make for a very memorable World Cup gift.

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