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No Funding for Envorenmental projects from the centre 2008-01-04 01:22:10 As has always been the case with our country, bureaucracy has ensured that once again, vital projects are delayed for as long as possible. Despite the Flooding of the 'Mithi' river in 2005 after 950 mm of rainfall on 26 July and the reprecussions, The Union government according to story in today's MumbaiMirror, has rejected two very important projects in Mumbai which were environment and commmuter related: First off, the Centre has rejected the Funding
of the Rs 1,300 Crore project to develop and widen the Mithi river of Mumbai. (If you remember, the clogging of Mithi river is what caused the major floods in 2005 and 2006.) The Finance ministry has rejected the project under JNNURM on the grounds that the river -- which begins in Powai and ends in Mahim -- is a river and not 'a sewerage'.
Taare Zamen Par 2008-01-03 16:59:51 The short story:- I got to see it only today in Cinemax Sion and if you want to know from yet another soul, how it is? I'll say Wow!!!! what a great movie, how many TAAREY'S? 5 out of 5 yeah , '*****' if not for the brilliant execution then just for making such a project!!Though the whole 'Dyslexia' thing was hyped a bit, (in that he sees toonish hallucinations etc) but the movie was par excellence in all other depts with brilliant acting from Aamir Khan [obs]. The boy has acted well also but over does it in the first few sequences of the movie then he gets it right I think. I was a bit disappointed that though they did choose to include some names with Dyslexia who have made a mark on the world, they didn't go into too much detail about Dyslexia and related disorders!It [Dyslexia] is a fo
Sexual Molestation 2008-01-03 11:59:35 You might recall that incident last year when something downright disgusting happened at the Gateway of India. A girl was groped by a crowd of more than 70 people at Gateway of India and when the dust was settled, her clothes torn apart and during all of this, her male friend could only watch this happening. Thankfully this was caught on camera and the nation was alerted of how it's men behaved badly if given the chance to. Just as last year, this year too, there were incindents where women were treated to horrific sexual molestation and again a news paper photographer was close at hand to capture the shots. This has caused the media in to a sort of feeding frenzy on sexual crimes and specifically sexual crimes against women. An understanding of Sexual
Assault or Sex crimes in my view very
New Year eve's party ... by the God's 2008-01-03 04:03:58 The official stats were out yesterday but I was feeling too lazy to write about it then and it procrastinated until now. So, getting down with it, when it came to the "crack down on drunken driving", Mumbai Police beats the police everywhere else with ease. In Mumbai, more than 330 people were booked officially, so at least 800 people must have been stopped and then made to pay 'chay-pani' or otherwise known as 'tod-pani'. It is nice to know that the police is doing well for itself and getting to loot the ordinary people on 'special earning' days, so maybe their greed in the interveening periods will be less. At least, one can hope!!! :) Byway it was interesting to think about that if our police could get their hands on the gods and get money out of them for being drunk [on soma ras] and f Read more:New Year
Madonna in Mumbai 2008-01-02 16:14:18 Yes, Madonna
is gonna be stopping here in Mumbai
too but that comes latter this week. She's here in India on a private visit accompanied by husband Guy Ritchie, her son and a couple of friends. “She is here on a holiday, it is a personal visit to India and is not work-related at all. She does not want people to know about her visit here," revealed a source. Madonna's always been a big celebrity who's never been shy to be controversial and in the lime light, Madonna this time wants it very quiet, hmm... Not her style at all though, marriage with Guy Ritchie has settled her I suppose.The next day - 1st Jan was village safari day for Madonna, where she rode horsebacks and interacted with villagers, had a traditional Rajasthani meal and then spent the night at Jodhpur’s famous Umaid Bhawan
Getting lost is not so easy now 2008-01-01 11:30:42 Yes, this is thanks to Yahoo! India maps. I discovered the Yahoo! India maps service in October and wrote about it here. Back then it was in beta and it still is in the beta stage but it's improved a hell of a lot. This is what Yahoo! has to say about the serviceStarting today (29/11/07), yahoo India maps will cut through the web so that the best of location intelligence is available to you behind one text box at Try "mumbai cst" or "metro, delhi" or "garuda mall, Bangalore" and you will know what we are talking about. Looking for ATMs near Forum mall? Try "atms near forum mall, Bangalore". And it does not stop with just that. Combine the mighty power of users with our unique Indian Driving directions and suddenly, it seems like you may never be required to pull over and ask the pan-walla
Good Riddance 2007 2007-12-31 11:02:28 Why "good riddance"? just read on.It's 31st December eve at the moment here in India and approximately 5 hours from now, 2008 will kick in officially. As everyone who is not living in a igloo some where in the Arctic has been led to believe, this is a night to party i.e, to have plenty of booze, music and dance. That is the general idea. But this year's the first in many many years for me that I was more than happy to decline any invitations to parties the reason being that I just don't feel like the routine. Well that is in part because of a mild temperature I have also. The whole mainstream partying thing also does bore me very very much. One thing I was wondering this morning is what's the big deal about new year's day/eve, it is after all just another day, only we, the humans mark it s
Bhutto's son Bilawal, only 19 to lead PPP 2007-12-31 03:25:40 Just another example of how sentiments and emotions direct politics in Pakistan. On Sunday, in a closed-door meeting of the PPP central executive committee held in Bhtto's ancestral home itself at Naudero, they decided that Bilawal would be the next to lead the party. Though the real power will be with Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's husband who is named as co-chairman. Meanwhile, I am surprised that the party has decided to contest in the upcomming elections. The party's candidate for PM will be Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Naming Bilawal Bhutto Ali Zardari [only 19 and studying history in Oxford] not just ensures that the party will be able to cash in on the people's sympathy because of Benazir Bhutto's death but also ensures that the leadership is following the Bhutto bloodline for the third generat
Pakistan in a deep deep hole and still going deeper 2007-12-29 14:43:21 Our Neighbour - Pakistan
has managed to get the whole world to Focus on itself recently but the price for it has been a very very big one. For the country to be the center of attention of the world media, Pakistan has had to dig itself into a very very big hole and the latest event - the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (2 time Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan) has triggered around 2 days of all-out rioting and loss in property worth Millions. Pakistan is a key ally of Bush Administration's 'war on terror', but criticism from all sides had put a lot and lot of pressure on the Bush Administration & their 'friend' in Pakistan - Parvez Musharraf. It all started with the big scandal surrounding Justice Iftikaar Chowdhary and his sacking in March 2007 when he [Chowdary wouldn't toe the line], Read more:deeper
Sports,Kabaddi and Sex 2008-03-13 16:12:00 While, the intellectuals rant on about the need to pay attention to the other sports and do a lot of other good things, it is no secret that there is only one sport that is capable of striking a special chord in the very soul of an Indian and that's Cricket. That is why they call it a religion here in India; a religion with only 1 God, Cricket, only through Cricket can a man be entertained is the fundemental belief of this religion. So, all the intellectuals, socialites and the talk-gooders (who don't do any good themselves) can rant on and on while infidels who play, watch or even take a mild interest in other sports are ruthlessly hunted down and verbally whiplashed into giving up their passion for other sports... In this hour of darkness for other sports in India here's some good news f Read more:Sports
Kolkata Knight Riders 2008-03-13 09:41:46 Beyond most things, Indians are over the top crazy for 2 things; one's Cricket and the other is the King of Bollywood - Shahrukh Khan. So, it's natural that these two together will get Indians by the balls. And the time for that was today, SRK today in a press confrence announced the name of his Kolkata
Team as "KnightRiders
", he also gave everyone a look at the Knight Rider teams promo video (Awsome video), named his team's mascot -- "Hooglee" and as usual made his witty jokes. Shahrukh got everyone laughing many times and it was a great press confrence to watch. The genius of SRK (or maybe his PR team and creative team) shined through but the initial idea of buying out a team was genius itself. Can't wait for the other press confrences and the start of IPL now...
Happy Birthday Amir Khan 2008-03-14 13:32:24 As Indians, there is one actor we all admire, respect and love, the actor who was born on the same date with the great Albert Einstein himself; the actor with the most innocent of faces and the most beautiful of eyes, Amir Khan himself. And it just starts there, above the soulful eyes is a very beautiful and a very powerful, sophisticated mind. He really is the Albert Einstein of the Indian film industry; an industry where most people are content to create cinema with "market trends & demands" in mind. Here's the man who has over the years given us great movies as an actor, producer and director. And his latest installment "Tarein Zameen Par" was one of the most beautiful movies ever made in the history of Indian Cinema, many of my friends and myself included found the movie not just Read more:Happy
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Sex, Condom Phobia, Holi & HIV/AIDS 2008-03-21 15:41:27 On a serious note, it is a shame that the HIV & AIDS
problem has almost gone in red now. India as country has become a stronghold of the deadly HIV Virus. As per World Health Organizations estimates, India has a very big problem with HIV/AIDS next only to some African countries where the problem is in the red already. In India, the situation can be stated to be almost in the red; 500-1000 out of every 10000 of deaths in India are due to AIDS. And even more alarmingly, due to the lax attitude of people when it comes to awareness regarding responsible sexual behavior, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS is increasing faster than anywhere else in the world. If it were not for the great work of bodies such as WHO and other AIDS mass media, the situation would have been a nightmare al Read more:Condom
Oh fuck the poor vodafone dog! 2008-05-18 08:00:05 Well, where do these advertising agencies sniff out their tunes from? The latest tune that I am always humming these days comes from yet another TV ad campaign, the new Vodafone ads that they are airing these days with the cute girl and her cute dog and the very very catchy song that they play in the background. The pun on those bloodsucking Customer Service execs is funny too LOL.Check out the Ad
Delhi Daredevils VS Kings XI Punjab 2008-05-18 04:12:05 Well, on the subject of the IPL T20 Championship, the match tonight between Kings XI Punjab and the Delhi Daredevils was a bomb after the interruptions by rain followed by the implementation of the duckwort louis system (well, whats in a correct spelling if its wrong??!!) Without a doubt we have seen fantastic cricket from all of the cricketers and teams involved in this tournament but of late all
SRK's Knights Slaughtered by Mumbai Indians 2008-05-17 06:06:30 They say that Cricket is a great leveler, well yesterday it leveled someone who isn't even a cricketer, our favorite movie star - Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh must have expected a similar kind of performance from his boys like they did in their match against Delhi Dare Devils. And they did perform like the last match, all of the batsmen let the team down just as in the last match, they just did it wors Read more:Knights
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More Needless Fuss Over Celebrities Smoking On Screen 2008-05-19 04:43:09 After Amitabh Bachchan, NOTE-India (National Organization For Tobaco Erradication) & the health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss are to now sue Shahrukh Khan over smoking in public. Well, SRK forgot that since he is such a big celebrity, he has to devote his entire life to setting good examples for the public. During the match between his Knights and the Mumbai Indians in which his knights were R.A.P Read more:Celebrities
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IPL - Money down the drain for Shahrukh Khan? 2008-05-21 14:47:10 Still on the Subject of Shahrukh
Khan, IPL T20 Cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders, the biggest question it seems is how the Rich & Famous like Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Vijay Mallya and Mukesh Ambani feel about their respective investments in the game. The sole purpose for Vijay Mallya's royal challengers team now seems to be promoting the scotch whisky brand RC. [for Royal Challenge] As for Read more:Money
And some more sport 2008-05-26 14:05:27 Everybody goes through phases where they are digging something or the other more than anything else and right now, I am very much in to sport
s, a thanx goes out to IPL for it. IPL made cricket fun to watch again. No, I am not your complicated test match loving types, I love the bashing and belting of IPL and one thing many people fail to see or don't want to see is that bowlers are doing a lot of
Reason to rejoice for Indian Bloggers 2008-05-27 18:01:52 The great news is ... that there is now another blogging platform where you can get a blog for free and even put up Google Adsense on your blog. Yes, I can hear you; blogger already has this and places to get free blogs are launched a dozen a day, but there are a few crucial differences between having a blog with ?????.blogspot.com & ?????.blog.co.in: The site has a co.in domain. So, if you bl Read more:Reason
Woodstock Villa - a high quality movie 2008-05-30 16:14:12 Well as with almost all humans, I crave going to the movie
s every once in a while and especially so when I am totally bored and don't have anything to do, even something which is very boring by itself but at least keep me busy. Today, was one of those days! And after browsing through the section on where which movies are playing in the papers, I had another problem; a confusing choice between diff Read more:Woodstock
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The IPL Impact! 2008-06-02 12:51:06 People everywhere just can't stop talking about the IPL T20 even now that is over, here are some interesting reads from the big boys in news like BBC & The guardian:IPL leading cricket's revolutionBBC Sport - UKI must confess that a week ago when I arrived in India I was sceptical as to what the Indian Premier League meant - but its impact soon became clear. ...The billion-dollar cricket t
Police finds a new way to make money - abducting merchants 2008-06-03 02:54:13 Rahul Tripathi | TNN Well, we all know cops are dirty, but it's surprising how dirty some of them get:- Excerpt: New Delhi: Two Delhi policemen allegedly abducted three businessmen from Rohtak, brought them to the capital and demanded a ransom for their release. The two cops are absconding after a police party from Rohtak conducted a Read more:merchants
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How Much it Hurts - Just Off Turner 2008-06-30 14:53:24 Sorry for no posts in a while, feeling Blue recently, this video strikes a nerve, thought I'd share it ... Read more:Turner
Bizarre India's Rat Temple 2008-07-15 14:06:52 =====================================================================================I have just been to this temple recently. And being from India
a land full of mysticism, mythology and bizarre yet true wisdom still did not prepare me for what I witnessed here. 'Rats' the disgusting rodents hated, feared, yucked-n-yuuueed everywhere in the world are worshiped here and are allowed to run wild, it Read more:Bizarre
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