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Most developing countries are plagued with one common problem “BRIBERY”. Wherever you go and whatever you do – you’ll need to shell out some bribe to get your work done. It gets more rampant in countries that have a less stable economy. Though India and China boast of stable economy but they beg to differ on the issue of Bribe. Atleast in country’s like India and Sri Lanka I find some
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Image by graphicnoize via Flickr 3rd Digicel ODI, Beausejour Ground, St Lucia Having surrendered their lead by losing the 2nd ODI to the West Indies, the Indians find themselves under pressure to win the 3rd match. A loss here will make the 4th and final ODI on Sunday more crucial. Ideally, the Indians would want to win this match and ensure that they do not lose the series, but can they do i

François Truffaut’s “Day for Night” finds time for the ant workers dedicated, laborious and loving to work for the film they are shooting. That involves François Truffaut himself playing as a director in this film and how surreal it would have been for him. His films are a desperate attempt to match the life. I have not seen many but of the two before this, I did not become a great fan of
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London, UK                                   July 2, 2009                                Thu 11:45 PM     “Being a good person is like being a goalkeeper. No matter how many goals we may save, people only remember the ones that we missed.” “Blowing out the other person’s candle will not make yours shine any brighter.” ” You cannot do a kindness too so
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I'll admit to not following the recently concluded Sri Lankan civil war very closely but other SM bloggers have been. Still, I found this interview with noted Atlantic Monthly correspondent Robert Kaplan quite enlightening about many aspects of the conflict. Kaplan is noted for his relatively unorthodox approach to understanding conflict and in discussing Sri Lanka, he comes out swinging - MJT:

Here’s a common reprimand parents give their errant children: Is this what they teach you in school? Let’s recall Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud. This path breaking book not only unmasked the eminences but awoke an entire generation of thinking Indian youth. In a way, it was a work that can rightly be termed as an effort in course-correction. In retrospect, the e
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Adventure travel is becoming more fashionable all the time. It can comprise really expensive plans , though the all inclusive resort are simply too good , and can become even a little too unsafe for some of us. It does not have to either, though when you go for vacations at Runaway Bay Jamaica or beter still any other Bahamas resorts. Here are a couple of thoughts for modest adventures you can aff
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I realized that I mentioned board games in my last post but never ended up getting to it, so a quick followup was in order. I have always had an unhealthy obsession with board games. Having grown up learning chess at a very early age from my grandmother (She called the Rook “Elefend” and the Queen “Kyoon”), I soon developed a taste for turn based dice games, after realizing that cheating a
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The iPhone 3G S was launched a couple of days ago and it has surely turned a lot of heads. Here is a comprehensive list of features that the iPhone 3G S has.16GB or 32GB Storage3 MP camera with auto focus, tap to focus, photo and video tagging3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch displayFingerprint-resistant oleophobic coatingAssisted GPSUMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 180
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Remember Gary Coleman? Little Arnold from Different Strokes? The little kid who, like Peter Pan, always stayed the same age because of a kidney disease, and even now in his 40s, could pass off as a kid with some make-up? Well, I have been wondering - is Michael Cera the teenage Gary Coleman?I am a big fan of Michael Cera. He has that understated yet engaging screen presence of Amol Palekar, withou
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This is just to say a big and cheery, "Hello!" even though I'm feeling like the bottom of a bird cage. Let's put it another way - I'm all cruised out.More travel stories later. But first, I came back to the great news about Section 377. To all my gay friends - let the party begin. Finally , India woke up and discovered the 21st century - at least when it comes to same sex relationships. It's a com

Dilip says – today gives reason for every Indian to celebrate: Well, the best news of I don’t know how long is what transpired in the Delhi High Court today. The judges there did overturn Section 377. No longer are our gay brothers and sisters breaking the law by doing what the rest of us do with not even a thought of the law. Gaybombay says the next step is to party! Its a not just a victory
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Prabin tells you why he is proud of Mayawati’s statues: So I believe, what is disconcerting to the political parties about the statues that Mayawati unveiling and the Memorials she is constructing is not the wastage of precious resource - there are a lot many instances of govt. squandering revenues and tax payers money- but the fact that by doing so she is fortifying a political space which will
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Jan Arogya Abhiyan, an NGO working to defend and foster people’s right to health care in Maharashtra addresses a Petition to the Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra, urging the Maharashtra government to adopt the  Standard Charter of Patients’ Rights: We believe that in Doctor-Patient relations, patients are inherently vulnerable. Hence they need to be protected with th
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Finally, the law has changed. Congrats to at the activists in India that made it happen! Our hats off to you. In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. “Discrimination is antithesis of equality,” the judges of the Delhi High Court wrote in a 105-page decisio
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Two most commonly asked or searched queries when it comes to charting are, How to combine two chart types in one chart, like a line chart combined with bar chart? How to add a secondary axis to the chart so that one or more data series are plotted on the secondary axis? Excel combination charts are a great way to combine two chart types in to one. Using data series options you can plot a particu
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Gang leader for a Day - Book Review Its one of the most amazing books I have read in a long time. In fact I still consider it too incredulous to be true. Sudhir Venkatesh, now a professor of Sociology at Columbia University, writes about the years he spent as a research student in the slums of Chicago studying crime, gangs and poverty ( amongst black people). I first heard of Sudhir when I read th
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Please watch Dispatches - Terror in Mumbai aired a couple of days ago on Channel 4.Warning: Deeply disturbing content.

you have been openly coming in support of the fact that a player should be given reasonable amount of games to see what he is made of and what he can do for a team...no problem with it at all...but tell me what badrinath needs to do to actually appear in final xi...?...and what else rohit needs to do to be out of it...?

In yesterday's Hindustan Times (July 1), I found a letter titled "Section 377 should stay", and this is what it said:India has a rich cultural heritage, which has been preserved in spite of adverse criticism and numerous foreign invasions in the past. But when the law minister talks about revoking Section 377 of the IPC, which will decriminalise homosexuality, it sends out a wrong message to the i
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The Section 377 is making headlines these days. Recently held Gay parade had so much publicity in the news papers. It means India too is changing, with the enormous people coming forward revealing their sexuality. Now there would be more of films dealing with this topic and that too serious ones and not like the film “Dostana”. And there would be celebrity gay and lesbian couples and their gos
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The Section 377 is making headlines these days. Recently held Gay parade had so much publicity in the news papers. It means India too is changing, with the enormous people coming forward revealing their sexuality. Now there would be more of films dealing with this topic and that too serious ones and not like the film “Dostana”. And there would be celebrity gay and lesbian couples and their gos
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Just woke up to this amazing bit of news. The Delhi High Court has struck down section 377 of the IPC, and effectively decriminalized homosexuality. w00t!!!

Imagine a world where your complete understanding of interacting with people was turned on its head. A world without Twitter, LinkedIn or FaceBook. This world wouldn’t have online “social media” sites as you know them today and would not allow you to interact using short message bursts or text messages. How would you survive? How would you manage? How would you go about identifying company c
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When the not-so-poor label themselves poor, the really poor suffer “If numbers are anything to go by,” Mint says in today’s editorial, “the second incarnation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is likely to notch an unenviable record: an upward march in the number of poor in India.” Why? Because an “expert” committee appointed by the ministry of rural development “felt” tha
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Hola! We know lot of people are waiting anxiously to read the second part of the Interview with Indyeah. Your wait ends now. . In the Second part of the superb interview, Indyeah talks about her favourite 5 blogs, her dream vacation and most importantly about India. An interview you’ll love reading. Go ahead and enjoy. And hey, you also have a new pic of Indyeah, probably not featured elsewhere
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What Torture This Is, Saravanan?

Writing this in hurry, couldn’t have waited. History have been created today in India, this morning Delhi High Court gave its judgment on the petition filed by Naz Foundation challenging the constitutionality of Section 377 of IPC which criminalizes all acts of oral and anal sex between individuals irrespective of age and consent. High Court ruled in favour of the petition and said, We declare t
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The Delhi High Court has read down s. 377 to exclude consensual sex between adults in private in its judgment in Naz Foundation v. Union of India (2009). Aspects of the case will surely be discussed in detail. Hee, I just want to highlight one aspect with far-reaching constitutional implications. The Court has given a new lease of life to Article 15: it read sexual orientation as an analogous grou
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Your government at work, bulletin #23998:The Hindustan Times (July 2 2009) carries a tender notice from the Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli's Department of Social Welfare, in Silvassa.The notice begins thus:Sealed Tenders (two bid system) are hereby invited from the interested Manufacturers/Dealers/Suppliers, on behalf of President of India, for procurement of "Ladies Bicycle" ...I don't

A few more thoughts about the now-famous Bandra-Worli Sealink.Several reports today (July 2) speak of the traffic jams on the bridge as soon as it was thrown open, and at the Worli end in particular. (One of those reports). Of course, some of this is due to people out to see the bridge on a joyride, not least because using it is free for another five days. Some of it was due to "a speed breaker at

" Amma, Look ! Hyderabad!" Anush was pointing to a dome ( possibly of a mosque) in a Muslim college in Chennai.How strong images and associations can be!!
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If I were to build an ultimate MJ album featuring his best songs and at the same time do a MJ top 'N' songs countdown - how would it look like? A 3 post series covering that.14. Whatever Happens So I am going to be a bit partial to songs that have splendid guitar work. 'Whatever Happens' features Carlos Santana with a dreamy guitar that makes you feel the whole world has gone slow motion. This is
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The residents of Ashoknagar offer a coconut to a bone-dry public water tap to please the forces of nature that produce rain.  Meanwhile in Slumdog Maximum Zhopadcity, the residents face the same problem. See Water Woes by Anil P. 
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The Bandra Worli sealink [okay okay Rajiv Gandhi bridge or whatever it is called ] is a complete engineering marvel. Its an amazing experience to drive on the seabridge that connects Bandra and Worli. There I was yesterday with seven of my colleagues driving towards Bandra in the evening in the office vandi. And everybody who drove past us, drove with us had this victorious "Isn't-this-wonderful?"
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Let’s start from the very beginning. It is a very good place to start. When you listen to music you begin with… errr A Favourite composition in A : Ananda naTana prakAsaM – MuthuswAmy Dikshithar – kEdAraM kEdAraM is a janya of sa.nkarAbharaNaM which is one of the most beautiful ragas ever. Kedaram itself has a beautiful lilt to it, that gives you wings (not unlike red bull!). Think of the
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As I watched the first two episodes of “Rakhi Ka Swayamvar”, I realized I was witnessing history—an aesthetic amalgam of Dali-ian surrealism and Dada-ist anti-conventionalism, a monument to the post-DD “India Shiney (Ahuja)” Youngistan socially and culturally conscious media, the kind of media that gives us news like this: “There are two things that you notice instantly when you see D
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A brilliantly cutely nerdy love poem by Kumar Patel in the movie Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay David Feinberg in reality.I’m sure that I will always beA lonely number like root threeThe three is all that’s good and right,Why must my three keep out of sightBeneath the vicious square root sign,I wish instead I were a nineFor nine could thwart this evil trick,with just some quick ar
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Vinay Sitapati and Manoj Mitta have done interesting pieces on rape laws. Mitta discusses Shiney Ahuja's case in light of the developments of the law on rape since the infamous Mathura case. Sitapati contrasts swift action in the Ahuja case with the initial denial and inaction in the Shopian cases. The difference obviously is that the accused in the latter were 'public servants', who as a matter o
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London, UK                                   July 1, 2009                              Wed  9:40 PM     Strange are the ways of the mind. Strange are its manifestations and interpretations. And strange too its working. The mind it is, that thinks and constructs what the mouth will speak. It functions in anticipation of what is required to give voice and then almo
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London, UK                               July 1, 2009                          Wed  9:15 PM   Some of the things that I have been indulging in, besides TV Tennis at Wimbledon, has been, interviews and a dedicated reading of my Fathers works. The interview follows as under -   Questions: A celebration is being planned to honour your 40  years in the Hindi Film Ind
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“We shall disallow travel and the mingling of songs”—this line from Jeet Thayil’s poem ‘Rules for Citizens’ makes me think about the Gay Pride Parade. Because travel is of so many kinds, much of it disallowed. At this year’s Bangalore Pride on Sunday, there was much mingling of songs as well. Travel. There was a boy I’ve met a few times. He always struck me as attractive but on Su
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This is my 500th post! A big thanks to each and everyone of you for making this happen! A couple of weekends back, I had been to Mayavaram with my family and, as usual, we visited lots of temples. On Sunday, we went to Kudumiyanmalai and on Monday, we went to a whole lot of temples in and around Kumbakonam – Kumbheshwarar, Darasuram, Patteswaram, Baanapureeswarar, Thiruvisainallur SivayOginAta
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I was doing some research this morning on an unrelated topic, when I randomly came across the name Gauhar Jaan, one of the great recording artists in India from the first years of the 20th century. Gauhar Jaan is thought to have sung on the very first recording of a song ever made in India, in 1902. Here is what she sang: Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA It’s a kind of Hi
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The Delhi High Court's website lists Naz Foundation v. Union of India (challenging the constitutional validity of s. 377 and demanding its reading down) for delivery of judgment tomorrow (Thursday). This blog has followed the case closely.
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The difference between an entrepreneur and an hobbyist? Not much really - we're all living the life, living the dream. Really only two things, but they are huge. An entrepreneur is someone who can sell. He gets paid for doing what he likes because he has overcome his internal resistance to selling. Some hobbyists get paid but most don't. They don't know how to sell well. The other thing is t

A few days back I had written an article on “35 Interesting, Funny and Practical USB Pen Drive Designs” which was liked so very much by many of our readers’ – I received just so many mails. Well, as I was pondering over that article today – I struck upon an idea which could make a company’s gifting solution really easy and innovative. A custom flash drive is a very simple yet very eff
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iPhone OS 3.0 was released to the public barely 2-3 weeks back and already you have a next major update in the form of iPhone OS 3.1 being released in Beta. This has been the very first time in history that Apple has made such a major release in quick succession – though the new 3.1 version is in Beta, it surely does address some major issues that were reported by users of iPhone OS 3.0. The ne
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"Whatever happens will be for the worse. Therefore, it is on our interests that as little as possible happens. " -- A wise drunk man.Consider the worthwhile activities of a Thamizh (under) graduate before liberalization and the Silicon Valley civilization. He'd register at the employment exchange, write cover letters to highlight pedigree Iyengar ancestry, solicit recommendations from the onnu vit
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Image via Wikipedia ICC is considering four-day test matches among other innovations. However, I ask, why four day tests if there are "better over-rates, better pitches that give a good balance between bat and ball". Related articles by Zemanta Test Cricket Discussions: ICC Talking About Four-Day Matches (bleacherreport.com)Cricket chiefs plan Test match in coloured kit (telegraph.co.uk) Televis

Cover of Freddie: My WorldAs usual, everyone expects Andrew Flintoff to turn up and win The Ashes for England. Sitting here in India, one knows that is a tall order. It is intriguing how the English press and the English supporters hold such strong faith in a man who has not accomplished much since The Ashes 2005 series. However, there is no denying the fact that whenever he played, Flintoff was i

Natural Star - For Michael Jackson © 1991 by Alice WalkerI am in mourningFor your faceThe one I used to loveTo seeLeaping, glowingUpon theThe stageThe mikeEager...ThrustingIn yourFist.I am in mourningFor your faceThe shining eyesThe happy teethThe look that saidI am the worldAnd aren't youGladNot to mentionDeeplyIn luck.I am in mourningForThe sweet brown innocenceOf your skinYour perfect noseTh

I am very happy to share this exciting news with you. June, 2009 has been the best month ever since I started this blog… We have received 239,000+ page views from 95,000+ visitors 4,300+ of you have signed up for our RSS feeds and e-mail news letters. That is 800 new members in our community this month. There are 345 comments in this month. This is a true testimonial of how buzzing our communit
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The horses are suddenly excited because of the cool weather. Riding in the summer was hot and sweaty even at 6:30 am.After the first showers, during the riding class, our instructor said "Aaj ghode fresh hain... mausam thanda hai na."Indeed they were up to more tricks than usual... (prancing around, tossing their heads.. and the more badmaash ones bucking and almost throwing off their riders). As

A friend recently wrote to me asking:The path is so subtle ... how to understand this? Ramana Maharshi mentions concentrating on the right side of the chest. Is this for the merest novice? If one takes this path, will one have to unlearn that “anchor” to just stay with the sense ‘I am’.Nisargadatta mentions staying with the ‘I am’ and looking at it with affection.To witness the ‘I am
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Former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson has questioned Australian skipper's captaincy skills: ''I thought Ricky was crap when he was first captain in 2004 and nothing much has improved since then,'' said Thomson at the launch of the Ashes. I am sure millions of Indians will agree with him. In the Name of Cricket
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Going by my Wall Street Survivor performance over the last 6 months, I seem to have made a killing in profits. Does this mean I can graduate myself to the real thing? Well, well, well......
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I don’t think I had many toys when I was growing up, mainly because I begged for books instead. I do remember having one doll – with long golden hair - which mostly lived in the cupboard because I didn’t play with it much. For a while the doll remained in the original packaging as my parents didn’t want the doll to get dirty. But the packaging was eventually discarded.The doll had a comb f

My paati completes 80 years today! She continues to be active and zestful and her hearing is possibly the only aspect that reveals her age.Anush woke her up this morning with a gusty rendition of " Happy Birthday" and claps. My mother made her Bise bele bath, her favourite food. As for the celebrations yesterday, it was wonderful. Both of us took off . We had a lovely "Only us time" followed by pi
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Currently I am like a baby bird who is unable to fly how much it tries or you can say currently I am like an injured soldier who has all the weapons in his hand and heavily armoured but due to some reasons the injured soldier cannot stand and fight the battle. For that the soldier needs to go to the nearest hospital and get himself treated. He has currently gone to some hospital and he is getting
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Silicon Valley-based LinkedIn’s co-founder and chairperson Reid Hoffman is a well-known entrepreneur and angel investor. In Part-2 of the interview Reid talks about his journey as an... Life, People and Ideas: Connecting Indian diaspora across the world. (; MB)
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Faced with stiff competition from the likes of Yamaha, Honda and TVS Apache, Bajaj Pulsar have decided to strike back. The brand has been facing competition from the super bikes and was pressurised to hit back aggressively. Yamaha with its new launches and Apache are slowly eating away the market once owned by Pulsar. Pulsar reacted to this by launching new variants but on the promotional front, i
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Silicon Valley-based LinkedIn’s co-founder and chairperson Reid Hoffman is a well-known entrepreneur and angel investor. In this 2-part interview Reid talks about his entrepreneurial journey,... Life, People and Ideas: Connecting Indian diaspora across the world. (; MB)
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Krishna Byre Gowda works for the constituency even after his defeat.A BBMP Pourakarmika seeks the help of a vinyl propaganda poster of the unsuccessful Congress candidate from Bangalore South to repair her rickety trolley.
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I happened to read the report in TOI this morning on the performance of Tamil films for the first half of 2009 in Kollywood.Whenever I become a part of the movie I have always prayed, spoken to God and given him a petition to make the movie a commercial success. From what little I know a lot of people are extremely passionate about cinema, some pledge their houses and put their entire savings on t

What do you do when you got to be in office at 8 am for a meeting and you have conference calls from 600 am until 8 am – calls, that cannot be rescheduled? One option is to get up at 530 am, get ready in half an hour and reach office at 630 am [...](; MB)
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Rodrigo Garcia’s “Ten Tiny Love Stories” has ten women telling not so much about their love but something like it. Each give attention to detail to the men they spent the night with, held their hands and keep repeating how they smelled. Some men stunk but liked them anyway, some were immaturely boyish but sweet. And they are women, being women in their characters. Each monologue does not las
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London, UK                                  June 30, 2009                         11:54 PM     I tried. I tried to send a response to as many comments I could within a given space of time. I ran out of time and the mission I had undertaken of trying to reply to all in one day, fell short. But my intentions were sincere and I do hope that those that are left out, or b
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Your Government at work serving you, bulletin #35618:The Hindustan Times (June 30 2009) carries an item titled "One wait ends, another begins". It is about various proposed components of the Western Freeway Sealink in Bombay, of which the just-opened Bandra-Worli Sealink is just one. In particular, it carries a couple of paras about the Haji Ali-Nariman Point Sealink, and they begin with these two

Marriages are made in Heaven but this one is made in the IDIOT BOX I keep hearing the name Rakhi Sawant every once in a while. But it was not until a few months back that I got to see her. One fine day I was at work slogging my ass off, when I goth this call from a friend “Rakhi’s in town”, she said and I was like “Rakhi got over in August, and I refuse to accept you as my Rakhi Sister”
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Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies is a remarkable novel, complex and challenging enough to test even the most experienced reader and historian, but relatable and powerful enough to touch someone who solely appreciates a great story. Dickensian in its scope and power, the story follows riveting characters from all origins as they navigate the complex contours of 1830’s opium-ridden India
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FeministsIndia breaks the news about the death of Prof. Neera Desai, who seems to have been an amazing woman. One of the pioneers of Women’s Studies in India, Prof. Neera Desai, passed away on 25th June 2009 in Mumbai. She was 84. Prof. Neera Desai was the Founder Director of Research Centre for Women’s Studies (1974) at the SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai, India. She was among the first f
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Do you want to capture a full screenshot of a web page without installing any software or browser extensions? Well, here’s a simple trick. Open the web page that you want to capture, go to the address bar of the browser and type "aviary.com/" just before the http:// part of the URL. For instance, if your web address is something like http://labnol.org, the new URL will become aviary.
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The Twitter website and most desktop clients of Twitter present status updates of people you follow in a "River of News" format. That is, the most recent updates of your Twitter friends are always displayed at the top and these get pushed down as new messages arrive. Why do friends get ignored on Twitter? You are comfortable reading news in the river style but it present one major proble
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FireFox 3.5 is scheduled for an official release in a few hours from now – but I have got the leaked links of the direct download installers from the Mozilla website. So, all you folks don’t have to wait for the official release or the update notification – go ahead and download the latest and most awaited version of Firefox right away. Here are the Direct Download links for the Final versi
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My good mate and a marvellous photographer, Tom Pietrasik, has a new blog around his images. Take a look.

Aditya’s 3 year old son was prescribed a drug overdose by a pediatrician for the recurring fever. This led to very severe consequences and the child needed ICU care for 3 days and a painful process of recovery due to this excessive medication. Aditya wanted to register his complaint against the pediatrician and the hospital but finds out that there is absolutely no framework for grievance redres
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Yet another summer morning with the Californian sun is here, it is a regular week day, but, still, in my mind, this is a special day. Not because another year has passed by and we've completed yet another anniversary, but, because today we've reached a small milestone- five years of marriage. Ours was an arranged marriage and with every passing year we've embraced our share of differences, created

Mozilla will release a new version of Firefox 3.5 in the next few hours but if you are in no mood to wait any longer, download Firefox 3.5 (final release) using the following links: Windows: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=win&lang=en-US Mac OS X: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=osx&lang=en-US Linux: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firef
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Almost 10 leading mobile / mobility device manufacturers have formally signed a European Commission Memorandum of Understanding which curbs the creation of e-waste by making manufacturers of mobiles to use the standard (Micro USB) for charging the devices and also for connecting them to computers for data exchange. Micro USB are not to be confused with Mini USB which is already available in many
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The m-i-l decided to paint our local "town" ("downtown" in American lingo), aka "Parry's Corner" red by her presence with the excuse of buying knick-knack-brick-bracks to gift to kids during Navarathri that is three months away. Sometimes I t... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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The homepage of bing.com features a new background image everyday - you can use the arrow buttons in the lower right corner to view images of the last 7 days or check this archive that includes every single image that has been showcased on Bing since its public launch on June 1. While a majority of these photographs have been licensed from stock photography websites like Getty Images or Fotostock
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The Office Online website is an excellent resource to find high-resolution stock photographs, clip arts, GIF animations and other graphics that you can use in your PowerPoint presentations or Word Documents for free without having to worry about any licensing issues. You can also search through this huge collection of images using the Insert -> Clip Art command available inside all Microsoft O
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An increasing phishing peril to Indian Banking Industry At least the second part of June 2009 has witnessed a significant increase in the number of phishing websites that have been targetting indian banks. On a quick sample, my emailbox has been recieving on an average of 2 phishing emails per day from June 10 through June 21 and then the average has changed to 1 email per day from June 22 through
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We have received a chart for chart busters that required some fixing. I thought, this will be a fun exercise for you. So here it goes, …column chart that shows daily, weekly or monthly data depending on the user’s choice. In daily the columns are displayed properly, but in weekly & monthly mode the columns are a fraction of the width they should be - why, and how can this be avoided? Bonus
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Fear not!The hand stays still promising peace and tranquility in ones life when the Bhakta submits to the great Lord. Fear not!For this is when the Bhakta surrenders.Fear not!It is the single thought that echoes in the mind when one stares up to the Lord in humility. Fear not!Rings the thunderous sounds of creation as the damaru vibrates in the static airFear not!Burns the fire of destruction as i
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my last post on ishant in which i compared him with irfan pathan got me thinking about him...we have all seen his rise and demise of irfan pathan...no need to delve further on that coz it is very well documented...my question is why it’s happening...?earlier it was said that problem with irfan was that too many cooks were spoiling the food...and that was true indeed...he was running into all and

I saw a few tweets about Tweetboard in my Twitter timeline this morning and decided to check it out. A quick request for an alpha account got things done. The installation is pretty simple; it just involves the user to paste a simple code in the site. Once tweetboard is installed, you need to login with your twitter account to provide the auth token. Ok. Now what? The tweetboard site says Tweetboa
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The latest and most anticipated version of the popular Mozilla browser FireFox 3.5 is gearing up for a possible release today – if all goes well. The Geek world atleast is waiting for this significant release since it will give the users at large a first opportunity to not only see a completely stable version of Firefox but also a couple of new features like the support for the new TraceMonkey J
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Which Nallah? What Drain? Series New Pottery Town (Gandhi Gramam)Gandhi Gramam, is situated on a bend in the drain that flows from Munireddypalya (JC Nagar) to Ulsoor Lake. The drains skirts the Defence land and as it enters the congested New Pottery Town, encroachments narrow and choke the drain. No wonder, a few millimeters of rain and the whole place is waterlogged. That's also why this place
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People have been livecasting for years, starting from the late 90s. From JenniCam to the more modern iJustine, many people had no reservations on letting people into their bedrooms, cubicles, and lives. I was always skeptical about the whole livestreaming idea–until now. I remember when I was at TechTv, I used to see Sarah looking into her webcam and addressing the public. Sometimes it was di
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The current wave of mobile computing has turned towards NetBooks or Netops for sure. The NetBooks’ on offer are from almost all the major brands like HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, HCL, Sony, Acer, WIPRO and MSI. Almost all these brands have atleast 2-3 models on offer with varying configurations and setups. Well – what is a NetBook or Netop? NetBook’s are basically mini laptops that usually run o
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It’s not the ranking, it’s the score In 2005, when Foreign Policy magazine first published a failed state index, The Acorn argued that “rankings by themselves do not convey as much information as the direction of their change. How countries change their position, even by this imperfect measure, will be the thing to watch in future years.” In fact, the rank on the league table is not so in
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The thing with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. Having quoted that , Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, a
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This situation in Pakistan made me think off when to appreciate a selector or a selection panel/committee.   Normally, I look at a selector's job as identifying, selecting and sometimes providing sufficient space for players to display their talent for their team/nation. If they do so, I deem the selector or the selector's panel to have done a good job.   Similarly, I do not blame them for the r