Susan Boyle singing in Reality TV Show Britain’s Got Talent Today Amrit showed me this video and I was stunned for a while. PLEASE DO CLICK on this video and I promise you that you will not be disappointed. You will start believing that external beauty really doesn’t matter after few minutes and what counts… Continue reading Dreaming Your Dream!
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Wave Your Hand and Recharge Your Mobile
No, no I am not hallucinating. It is true. Scientists are hopeful that in near future our body movements or blood movement inside our body will be enough to recharge our mobiles or i-Pods! Researchers are banking on nanogenerators that will do the unthinkable. You can see details here: A light breeze, a beating heart… Continue reading Wave Your Hand and Recharge Your Mobile
Grow Your Own Fresh Air
Its a fantastic suggestion by Kamal Meattle. I am definitely going to try this out. If possible, follow these simple suggestions and live healthy and lightly on this earth. When doctors told Kamal Meattle, SM ’67, that the air in New Delhi was killing him, he was not persuaded to leave his lifelong home. Pollution… Continue reading Grow Your Own Fresh Air
Dignity, Grace, Optimism and Love
Elisabeth Fritzl What can one expect from a person who is raped 3000 times for 24 years by her own father and kept in a dungeon when she was just eighteen years old and escaped from that underground hell when she turned 41? Elisabeth Fritzl bore seven children from her own father. Three of her… Continue reading Dignity, Grace, Optimism and Love
Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon?
When I heard this song, “Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon” and these lines, “Kal aur aayenge nagmon ki Khilti kaliya chunne waale Mujhse behtar kehne waale Tumse behtar sunne waale!” I used to think how true! Well, Sahir Ludhianvi was wrong on that account. We don’t have a genius like you till now.… Continue reading Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon?
“Gunmen” Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team
When I first heard the news at BBC, my first reaction was extremely selfish. thank God! Our cricket team had canceled the Pakistan Tour!!!! Our Sachin Tendulkar and team members are safe. But soon my human element took over and I begin to find out the damage. But it was a huge relief that Sri… Continue reading “Gunmen” Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team
JAI HO!! A. R. Rahman Wins Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire!
Music maestro A.R. Rahman has added another first in his cap. Rahman has become the first Indian composer to win an Oscar for his music in Slumdog Milllionaire. Rahman was nominated in the Best Original Score and the Best Original Song categories for the Oscars and he won both. He has won best original score… Continue reading JAI HO!! A. R. Rahman Wins Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire!
$10 Laptop? Really?
I was ecstatic while reading about $10 laptop at International Business Times. After all, this $10 laptop will spread the use of technology and internet to common man . We were going to challenge MIT who developed a laptop at the cost of $100. India showcases low-cost laptop to bridge digital divide The low-cost device,… Continue reading $10 Laptop? Really?
Blogger Silenced by NDTV
I read this post here. Here’s the apology published by Chyetanya Kunte, and here is how different bloggers have responded. I’m reproducing here a part of his unconditional apology: Consequently, I hereby repudiate and withdraw my post dated November 27, 2008 titled "Shoddy Journalism" and, more specifically, the following allegations / statements made in the… Continue reading Blogger Silenced by NDTV
Cool Dudes?
I read this screaming headline. Girls assaulted at Mangalore pub The activists of Sri Rama Sena entered the Amnesia Bar and Restaurant on Dr Shivaram Karanth Road on Saturday evening and threatened the women sitting inside. The men, who took objection to women drinking alcohol, pushed them outside, many women falling to the ground while… Continue reading Cool Dudes?
Excellent Suggestions!
Tanmoy has some real good suggestions for us. Terror attack in Mumbai has left us all dazed and shaken. But this time it will be good if we don’t move on and pretend if nothing has happened. What is community service? What to my mind we can do instantaneously? First, ask ourselves do we know… Continue reading Excellent Suggestions!
Women find men with scars ‘attractive’ for a fling!
When I was reading this piece, I made two conclusion that adventurous women (or women with low self esteem, I am not saying this, psychiatrists say) seek adventurous men and having scars make you macho and brave! Wow guys, look- its so easy to be macho and brave. So guys, if today you are in… Continue reading Women find men with scars ‘attractive’ for a fling!
Dehradoon is in Mumbai!
I just realized that Dehradoon, Bangalore, Kozhikode and countless other towns are suburbs of Mumbai and each and every member of NSG, Army, Navy, ATS, Air Force and each and every MARCOS are Marathi and Marathi only. Actually they all reported to this lady Sharmila Thackeray, wife of Raj Thackeray and registered their hometown in… Continue reading Dehradoon is in Mumbai!
What Our “Leaders” are Saying/Doing
Futrure Hope of India, Prince of Congress, Rahul Gandhi: He is our only hope, Congressmen told us repeatedly. Read here, what he was doing. The Prince partied hard, till 5 in the morning, on Sunday at the ‘sangeet’ for the forthcoming wedding of Samir Sharma, his childhood friend. They were at a sprawling farmhouse at… Continue reading What Our “Leaders” are Saying/Doing
We Respect Our Security Personnels
Kerala CM Achuthanandan: He broke in into the house of Major Sandeep Unnikrishanan to offer his condolences. What a way to empathize with a father. Later on what he said about this whole incident? “If it had not been (Major) Sandeep’s house, not even a dog would have glanced that way,” he said when turned… Continue reading We Respect Our Security Personnels
Problem with Lipstick!
See if you want to be the champion of a cause don’t try to look good. Your cause will suffer. Applying make up is a crime if you are carrying out a march. You don’t represent India. That what BJP’s Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi thinks. “Some women wearing lipstick and powder have taken to… Continue reading Problem with Lipstick!
Mumbai cemetery won’t bury gunmen!
I read this today. I wonder what would be and current jihadis will say about this. A Muslim graveyard has refused to bury nine gunmen who terrorized Mumbai over three days last week, leaving at least 172 people dead and wreaking havoc at some of its most famous landmarks. The men are not true followers… Continue reading Mumbai cemetery won’t bury gunmen!
Can We Do This ?
I read this at blogbharti. We follow lifestyles of westerners and Americans when it suits us.We can copy the following from them too. Its not that difficult. For the protectors of Mumbai / Bombay With respect and gratitude. Our brave police, armed forces and firefighters have been putting their lives at risk to bring our… Continue reading Can We Do This ?
Where are the Thackerays?
You might have read this on net or as sms. I find this sms in TOI. "Where is Raj Thackery and his `brave’ sena? Tell him that 200 NSG commandos have been sent to save Mumbai and fight terrorists so that he can sleep peacefully. The Indian army has Indians and not marathis, UPites or… Continue reading Where are the Thackerays?
Where is my country?
Update: I realized it a bit late. At least the green color in my blog post doesn’t represent a particular religion. Here I want to say that same chaos and anarchy that Kashmir is facing is spreading and enveloping the rest of India. Old Post: I get this at Barbarindians blog. It is really true… Continue reading Where is my country?