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Rhain Davis-Future Face Of Manchester United and Football? 2007-08-04 12:24:00 Rhain Davis
has signed up by the prestigious ManU for its academy.
His grandpa send Rhain's DVD showcasing his talents to the academy and the United
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Academy has prompltly signed him for an year.
His video has turned into a most sought after, on You-Tube turning him into star.
He appears to be the next Wayne Rooney and dribbles so aesthetically like C. Ronaldo. Check out his video Read more:Football
, Future
On a Rainy Day 2007-07-29 10:22:00 So finally the dry spell seems to be over atleast for now. The dry spell following the torrential rains have been bad. The good news is that the rains are back to work.
Its raining a lot nowadays. I thought to share some of the pics I recently clicked from the Mumbai Local Train on an rainy day.
The Pics are clicked from a VGA Camera of my mobile in a moving shaking train. Hence clarity in some Read more:Rainy Day
Sahib, Plz try our product ! 2007-07-22 13:03:00 He is a person in formal attire and oil slicked hair at our door-step. Oh, How can I forget his tie which neither suits him nor the hot n muggy Indian Climate. His language is also polished to the limit! He then speaks with utter most respect," Sahib, plz try this product. This is the best and the latest. This was researched in JAPAN. Sahib, plz buy it. Its the cheapest and of the best quality.
Remembering 7/11, Mumbai 2007-07-11 03:08:00 Today is July 11 or as we Mumbai
kars remember it as 7/11, a date that no Mumbaikar can easily forget. Previous year on this very date, Mumbai was struck and STRUCK where it hurts the most. The Life-Line, Local trains of Mumbai were bombed, that too during the evening rush hour in the elite First Class compartments. OK not elite, but meant for those with larger wallets and obeying the rule of 3 Read more:Remembering
Revisiting the metal beast called Mumbai's Life-Line 2007-07-07 09:40:00 So finally, after a lot of chaos, rioting, violence in the previous year,the quadrupling work between Virar and Borivali appears to be over. Posters warning of the new 'very high voltage' overhead cables have been put to warn the elite roof travellers to refrain from dare devil acts on train roofs. Our Union Railway Minister, flagged off the first train. My friend has captured some moments before Read more:Mumbai
Mumbai Floods AGAIN ! 2007-07-07 09:27:00 Oh, Not Again!
On Saturday June 30, Mumbai
was again brought to knees by the mighty Monsoon, evoking terrible memory of July26,2005 deluge.
Santa Cruz recorded 430mm rain
Colaba recorded 187mm rain
(24hr rainfall. Source: Regional Met Centre,Mum)
As always Suburbs, being the catchment area received highest rainfall.
Avg. rainfall(2.30am-2.30pm)
Vikhroli(389.2mm)
Tulsi Lake(381.1mm)
Borivali( Read more:Floods
Day 5 - Malayalam links and others 2007-07-05 03:53:00 I will be giving you some nice sites related to Malayalam
as i had promised.
Did you know, Islam and Christianity first touched Indian soil at Kerala!
Jews arrived in Kerala around 537BC.
St. Thomas,one of the 12 apostles of Lord Jesus arrived in Kerala in 52AD.
India's first mosque and believed to world's second mosque is in Kodungalloor believed to be built around 629AD.
Leaving History aside Read more:links
Day 4 - Learning Malayalam Language 2007-07-04 09:36:00 Ok after Consonants, its the turn of Vowels
They are
അ ആ ഇ ഈ ഉ ഊ ഋ (america art erect eel usha ooh! Rishi )
എ ഏ ഐ ഒ ഓ ഔ അ. അ:( apple area i orange vote ouch umm Aha )
Lets now check the last set of letters ( called chiluh aksharam )
[iNN(stress), inn, irr, ill, iLL(stress)]
usage: baloon rain deer drill stool
They are generally used at the end of words.However there will be little Read more:Learning
, Malayalam
Day 3 - Learning Malayalam Language(Modus-Operandi2) 2007-07-02 01:14:00 Sorry Folks, I couldn't post new articles in the last weeks of prev Month, as my internet connection wasnt working up to the mark.
Lets finish consonants.
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ട ഠ ഡ ഢ ണ (Tta Ttha Dda Ddha Nna)
ട (Tta)
Simply S !
ഠ (Ttha)
Simply Letter 'O' !
ഡ (Dda)
Write 'n' and smooth curvy 'w' together. 'w' starts from the right leg of 'n'.
ണ (Nna)
Write ഞ (Nja), but the Ta(ത)in the Nja(ഞ) is replaced by Read more:Learning
, Malayalam
Day 3 - Learning Malayalam Language(Modus-Operandi1) 2007-06-23 08:38:00 Hi Guys! So let me unravel my modus-operandi for learning the consonants.
First, I went through the different consonants and tried to group the similar ones.
Like
Rra (റ) and Ra (ര)
Pa (പ) and Va (വ)
Cha (ച) and Chha(ഛ) and so on.
This helped me recognise some of the basic letters.
They were:
Rra (റ) [most basic, used in creating many letter ]
Pa (പ) [smaller hump, longer '_'line ]
Va Read more:Learning
, Malayalam
Day 2 - Learning Malayalam Language 2007-06-21 10:17:00 Whoa Guys! This language has so many letters. On first look, it looks all the same.
Today, I learnt all the consonants. I hope I can remember them!
Generally, when a child learns malayalam language, he begins with Rra(റ ).
The reason being, Rra being the most easy and basic letter to draw for beginners.
But since i have already learnt Hindi / Marathi (Devnagari script), I found it easier to Read more:Learning
, Malayalam
Day 1 - Learning Malayalam Language 2007-06-20 11:37:00 Hi, there, so finally posting after a long long dormancy!
With the Exams over and a week in hand before getting back to studies, i decided to utilize this period constructively like never before.
I decided to learn to read and write in my mother-tongue, Malayalam
.
Even though i tried it before also; i never tried it seriously enough.
This time however, i am determined to learn it.
Being born Read more:Learning
Taj Mahal - The Epitome of Divine Sacred Love 2007-06-11 13:58:00 Deacades, Centuries may pass, but the apostle of eternal LOVE, clothed in pure white marble stands immortal on the banks of River Yamuna in Agra(state: UP,India , near N-Delhi).
In the present age of infidelity and treachery, it still stands facing bravely the Pollution and encoachment while reminding us of the deep love the Mughal Emperor, Shahjahan had for his wife.
Lets pay tribute by voting Read more:Divine
, Mahal
, Taj Mahal
Ant and grasshopper Revisited 2007-06-10 13:54:00 I suppose everyone might have heard of the "Ant and Grasshopper" story as a child.
If u havent, this is the original story;
"The ant worked hard all summer, building his house and stocking up supplies for the harsh winter. The grasshopper thinks ant is a fool and laughs and dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper neither has food nor shelter, Read more:Revisited
Pastor attacked, conversions a need ? 2007-05-09 13:42:00 A pastor was recently beaten and terrorized very badly by some masked teenagers in Rajasthan, India. It is alleged that the youths belong to the Hindu outfit, V.H.P./ Bajrang Dal. This is no first incident where Christian missionaries have been targeted. The reasons generally cited are forceful conversions, offering them money on conversion, faking miracles, targeting etc. I have been thinking Read more:Pastor
Plight of Fourth Estate in India 2007-05-09 13:30:00 Reporting a news item has become really dangerous in India
. If any particular group is dissatisfied with the article, arson and riots are their methods to show displeasure. The Fourth estate is under immense pressure when they report truth. It is difficult to express ones views openly in present times.
Today, the Madurai office of a Tamil political party mouthpiece was torched and bombed killing Read more:Estate
MotoSLVR L7 java applications 2007-05-01 14:32:00 Unlike Nokia and Sony phones, few java files and applications exist for moto phones.
However the market is broadning and many companies like Gameloft S.A. are creating applications and games.
I have a good collection of games for L7. Interested users can try them by e-mailing me request. (I need to check the legal point of view before giving links or uploading them online).
Also the most
MotoSLVR L7 specifications 2007-05-01 13:52:00 Motorola SLVR L7 (now L7i has come) is the best phone in the under Rs 8000 range.
It is a class apart!
Its so slim ( 11.5 mm thick) and trendy; yet not compromised on the quality point.
Its so beautiful compared to the bulky N series Nokia mobiles and others.
Its keypad appears as if its wafer thin.
Its typical blue color from the keypad region adds to the beauty.
Also to be noted is that the Read more:specifications
MotoSLVR L7 start 2007-05-01 13:48:00 Hello folks, i ave decided to start a new label entirely dedicated to Moto SLVR L7 mobiles. Check it out for the features, applications, tweaks, java-corelet files, pc suites etc.
Mail me if u want something else
OBC reservations - A political agenda or Need for Social Justice ? 2007-03-31 09:10:00 Recently, the Hon. Supreme Court stayed the 27% quota for OBC's reigniting the quota debate : Is Reservations the only way ahead for the upliftment of underprivileged ?
The questions that haunt me are :
First of all, what is the basis for education; merit or is it for implementing Social
justice ?What is the criteria for eligibility of quotas?Will reservations result in fall of standard of the Read more:agenda
, Justice
, political
Mumbai - Churchgate Borivali Fast(Western) Local Trains 2007-03-15 11:46:00 It is the brown-red or blue or simply silver colored metal beasts with a tender heart, that no Mumbai
kars can avoid. I am talking about the Lifeline of Mumbai - The Local
Train; the fastest, cheapest means to travel across Mumbai. People from all strata of life, be it rich or poor; everyone must have traveled at least once by it.
Getting inside train in Morning(6.45 to 11.00) and Evening (6.00 Read more:Trains
, Western
Is UP really Uttam Pradesh ????? 2007-03-13 14:57:00 Many of the Indian TV viewers might have already seen the long ads on the Indian state of Uttar-Pradesh
, featuring one of the Bollywood's finest Actor। if no, Plz check it out!
I do agree, that UP has produced one of the finest Hindi poets,literature and what not and being an Indian, I am proud of it! Speaking of state's or country's glory or achievements or glorious history or its economic
New Add-ons to check Download Mbs left and server status 2007-03-13 14:38:00 Today, while surfing for new cool add ons for Firefox, i hit upon two cool add-ons।
The first one -> DataFox ( used for checking Mbs downloaded and uploaded ) is made for MTNLBSNL Broadband connectivity। Initially u r asked to provide Username and password for the Broadband connection and then it simply retrives data from mtnlsnl server
about our Mb Usage। The creators e-mail id and Read more:Download
college_days_in_thakur 2007-02-27 14:29:00 Blog 1
Subject : Remembering My College Days
I finished my 11th ,12th from a college in suburban mumbai . These two years were the most decisive years of my life. It changed my entire perspective of life and fueled my likening towards programming and computers.
On the very first day, i met Fish and in between our conversation i came to know that he had come from gulf and has studied up to 10th
Taslima attacked - A blot on India and its secularism and liberalism 2007-08-16 13:01:00 On August 9, 2007 Taslima Nasreen(Nasrin), noted Bangladeshi writer was physically attacked and verbally abused by members of All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(MIM), a political Islamist party with its roots in the Nizam era and based in the old Hyderabad region; when she was in Hyderabad for the release of the Telugu translation of her novel Shodh. They were protesting against the
A new term and a new approach towards life 2007-08-16 07:14:00 So finally the 5th semester of Chemical Engineering has started!
For a student, this semester is special in many ways.
His vision is clear(for some it begins to get clear). He sees his aim in front of him.
He has become more career and indutry oriented.
He can be seen preparing himself for the Industry.
The attitude change can be felt and seen among the students.
Reading Newspaper especially
Honeymoon is over and Is Splitsville coming ? 2007-08-18 12:21:00 Hello netizens, What a Week it has been ! Assignments, writing notices, minutes, agendas, collecting data and creating guidelines for the projects! Wow, a really busy schedule! Also, 60th anniversary of Indian Independence passed away peacefully without much terror acts! But there was something still to come! The on paper secular coalition Government of India got a nasty shocker from its prime Read more:Honeymoon
, Splitsville
Religious Conversions 2007-09-03 14:32:00 This is to clarify my stand on the post Pastor Attacked
I do agree that conversions in Hinduism aint that high, but is still there. It aint just limited to converting back the tribal.
I can understand when its said that some religion asks for conversions and may be the driving force for them. However, what I feel is that, it’s a human interpretation of the religion and not the real motive of Read more:Conversions