The best of Rajinikanth facts

Advisory: Spread some mat or carpet on the floor before reading this.

• Rajnikanth once roundhouse kicked a Tata truck in Chennai. It became the Tata Nano and fell on Mamata Banerjee’s head in Kolkata
• Matrix was originally planned in Tamil as அச்சு வார்ப்புரு with Rajinikanth as Rajinikanth. But the bullets were so shit scared that they pissed in the barrels and refused to come out of the guns in his presence.
• Rajinikanth once went to Jim Corbett National Park. After eight straight hours of snapping pictures, the tired tigers ran out of camera film.
• Rajinikanth doesn’t need to sleep with a gun under his pillow. He is deadlier with the pillow.
• The movie ’300′ was initially planned to be made with Rajinikanth. It was originally named ’1′.
• Viagra often needs Rajinikanth.
• No one messes with Rajinikanth. Only Rajinikanth can mess with himself.
• Rajinikanth is faster than email. He is now officially the second fastest thing in the Universe after MMS.
• Rajinikanth uses pepper spray as eye drops.
• There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajinikanth has allowed to live.
• Rajinikanth counted to infinity – twice.
• Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Rajinikanth.
• There are no races, only countries of people Rajinikanth has beaten to different shades of black and blue
• In the beginning there was nothing…then Rajinikanth kicked that nothing in the face and said “Get a job”. That is the story of the universe
• Rajinikanth has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.
• Rajinikanth doesn’t bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint
• There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Rajinikanth lives in Chennai
• Rajinikanth once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink
• James Cameron wanted Rajinikanth to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Thousands of years ago Rajinikanth came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decendents now have white hair
• There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Rajinikanth’s computer. Rajinikanth is always in control.
• Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Rajinikanth has 72… and they’re all poisonous.
• Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Rajinikanth.
• There is no such thing as global warming. Rajinikanth was cold, so he turned the sun up.
• Once while killing a baddie, Rajini slapped himself and the other guy simply disintegrated. RESONANCE !!
• As a child when Rajinikanth had dyslexia, he simply assembled the alphabets and that is how we have the alphabets in the order of A to Z now..!!
• Rajanikanth never tweets. He only roars!
• If a tiger had sex with a tornado and then their tiger-nado baby got married to an earthquake, their offspring would be Rajinikanth
• We live in an expanding universe. All of it is trying to get away from Rajinikanth.
• Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is Rajinikanth, there is no other way.
• Rajinikanth can answer a missed call.
• The statement "nobody can cheat death", is a personal insult to Rajnikanth. Rajni cheats and fools death everyday.
• In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajinikanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.
• Rajinikant got his drivers license at the age of 16 seconds.
• Rajinikanth once had a heart attack. His heart lost.
• Who do you think taught Voldemort Parseltongue? Rajinikanth did.
• Rajinikanth killed Spiderman using Baygon Anti Bug Spray.
• Rajinikanth leaves messages before the beep.
• Rajinikanth gave the Joker those scars.
• Rajinikanth can throw the Thackerays out of Mumbai.
• Rajinikanth knows Victoria's secret.
• The only man who ever outsmarted Rajinikanth was Stephen Hawking, and he got what he deserved.
• Rajinikanth once ordered a plate of idli in McDonald's, and got it.
• Rajinikanth once got into a fight with a VCR player. Now it plays DVDs.

Poker face

This is a message to the facebook citizens from the bottom my heart.An honest pledge.
From now on, there shall be no violence. I will choose to peace. No more poking!! lets live in peace and harmony pokers! poking each other again and again never helps the cause, it only causes pain and suffering. I must have caused terrible amounts of pain poking people, but i ask for forgiveness because i know how much it sears each time someone pokes me. Lets forget the animosity and lets bring an end to it. poking shall be a thing of the past. Let us all make facebook a happy place to live. Sarve janah sukhino bhavant. may peace prevail!

Using an iPhone as an iPod touch

Ok this post is a legal thing to do with your iPhone once you're unable to use it as a phone (again, legally). So in case you have an iPhone in the US and move to another country where it cannot be used as in the US, then you can at least use it as an iPod touch rather than giving it to the baby to play around as a toy (well since i dont have an iPhone, i feel the freedom to write silly things like this ;) ).
So here's how you can do this.
(from apple.com/support)

To continue using your original iPhone without active cellular service, leave the inactive SIM card in place. You will be able to use the iPhone as you would an iPod touch (Wi-Fi only, no cellular service) as long as you keep the SIM with which it was last used, even if you update or restore the operating system of the original iPhone.

Activation for an original iPhone requires that its SIM card stays with that iPhone. If the original iPhone displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen, you can use that SIM card to re-activate the iPhone, regardless of whether that SIM has a wireless service account/tariff still associated with it.

To re-activate an original iPhone that displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen:

Reinsert the SIM card used when the original iPhone was activated and had a valid wireless service account/tariff.
Connect the original iPhone to iTunes on a computer connected to the Internet.
If that SIM was previously valid and used with that original iPhone, iTunes will re-activate the iPhone, but without any cellular service.

Additional Information

If you no longer have the SIM that was used with the original iPhone, and the original iPhone displays the "Connect To iTunes" screen, contact your carrier to get a replacement SIM.
If you don't already have a wireless service account/tariff with that carrier, iTunes will help you create one.

For iPhone 3g/3gs :
You can use any SIM card associated with the carrier that your device supports to activate the phone. Simply place a SIM card from the last carrier with which you used your iPhone into the device, and activate it. Then remove the SIM card. You can now use the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS as you would an iPod touch (Wi-Fi only, no cellular service).

Note: You can use the activated SIM card from your new iPhone to do this.

To re-activate an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS that displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen:

Insert a SIM card from the carrier with which you used your phone. Note: If you are using the same carrier, you can use the activated SIM card from your new device to do this. If your device is unlocked by your carrier, you can use any SIM card.
Connect the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS to iTunes on a computer connected to the Internet.
iTunes will then activate the device. You can remove the SIM card at this point and use the iPhone as if it were an iPod touch.

[For iPhone 4 :

Now i just learnt that the iPhone 4 has a microsim inside it, which cannot be replaced or removed from the iPhone. So i will post the details on this when i get the info on how to go about iPodding your iPhone 4.]

For a different look of the above information you can check the following link : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406

Cheers! happy ipodding.

Why teams play cricket

India - sachin tendulkar (cos god chose to be in the Indian team. and he'll be retiring on dec 12 2012)
Pakistan - fix games, get money, make bombs back at home.
Bnagladesh - they want to win a test match. and after that they all retire.
Australia - well, the world cup happens, and someone has to win it...
Newzealand - the 'monkey' has a tail.... ;)
England - The poor bastards founded the sport at some wrong time and pride's at stake.
South Africa - Hot cheerleaders!
SriLanka - To play against India twice a month (or whenever the latter feels like making some money)
West Indies - cool afro hairdo,insane goggles and weird celebrations whenever (or if at all) they pick wickets.
Zimbabwe - probably the only team with some intentions of playing cricket. but the poor chaps don't know cricket is not a game thats played with any intentions of playing it.
Afghanistan - whenever pakistan runs out of funds (or supplies).
Netherlands - To wear the horrible orange colour and make the people watching them blind.
Canada/USA/Ireland/Scotland/Bermuda - just to make the list of playing nations longer.

Featured blog

My blog got featured last week.Frankly i do not have much idea how this happened but I would like to thank Kodak printer for their kind gesture. here is the link : http://kodakprinterink.info/blog_awards/index.php?id=11727
(as long as my blog stays featured :) )

Kodak Printer Ink

Rapidshare : a better way to download movies

I've been wanting to write this blog/tutorial since a very long time and finally i got the time now to do so... I've also included snapshots of the softwares and sites. click on the image to enlarge.

A lot of people have asked me where i download all the tons of movies, apps and music from and how i do that. simple and straight, its from rapidshare.com

Now many of you must be using various torrents to download files which is indeed a great place to do that. I've once been a great fan of torrents and used quite a lot of it but torrents come with their own problem. One big problem with the torrents is that they are virus prone. Most of the times you can end up downloading virus and other malicious files hidden with the movies. since the torrents are basically 'peer-to-peer' processes, they are dependent on the people serving the files and speed of download often vary. Another problem that i once faced was that i downloaded one movie and when i opened the file it was another movie altogether.



It has been quite some time since i started using rapidshare and another 'magical' software called 'Universal Share downloader' (US downloader) and I'm totally satisfied by it. I've downloaded over 500 movies and not once i had a problem of any sorts mentioned above.

Since many of my friends asked me how to use these sites and softwares, i thought of sharing the information here so that its much easier to convey.

You need four programs for this process.
1.RS links serving site
2.RS links
3.US downloader
4.Winrar for extracting the downloaded files

Rapidshare is one of the largest file-hosting site and according to their claims, users have uploaded upto 10 petabytes of data! what this means is virtually everything you need is available in RS.Most of the data are split and uploaded in parts and the number of parts depend on the size of the file to be downloaded.There are two types of accounts you can download files from. A paid account,which offers you with unlimited and multiple simultaneous downloads and uploads. Another is the free account,which most of use , allows a single download at a lower transfer speed.



So now we know about RS. but where do we get RS links? Here's how. There's a wonderful site called http://www.warez-bb.org/ . This site contains a huge collection of links for millions of movies,songs,softwares,games,e-books,TV shows,scripts and templates. All you need to do is join the website, search for the file you are looking for and get its RS links. The best part of this site is that you can see the screenshots of the movies you want to download and check their quality even before you download. Plus you get a wide range of file formats.From a 300mb '.mkv' file to a 3GB+ blue ray or HD format you get everything. So all that is left is to search for the best print and get its links (preferably rapidshare links). and make sure you make a note of the 'passwords' if any are mentioned below the links.you need them during extracting the file.






One problem with downloading from rapidshare with a free account is that once a part has been downloaded you have to manually enter the subsequent link and wait for about a minute and press 'download' for the download to start. now this is something thats not very comfortable to do. This problem is solved by using the US downloader. I came across this light and brilliant application when a friend of mine told me about this. It's very easy to use this software and its very effective at the same time. Once you have the RS links (copy them all from warez) for a movie or an application, paste them in the US downloader and forget about it. It does everything by itself. It waits for the time RS tells, downloads, and even switches off your computer if you wish to once all the download is complete!Go to the scheduler in the settings and adjust the settings so that the computer switches off after all downloads are complete. you can even set an alarm if you want...It's a pretty software indeed.



The screenshot below shows some of the initial settings that you have to change. Give the values as in the picture and you are good to go!




One last thing you need after downloading you file is winrar to extract the files that have been compressed.If it prompts for a password, just paste the password you copied from the warez site and press enter.

And thats about it. This method is very easy and very safe to use. hope you've understood what i've told. If you get any problem anywhere in the process you can get to me anytime. drop me an email and i'll retort asap. And meanwhile please let me know what you think about this tutorial. any comments and suggestions are welcome.

To download USdownlosder click here

To download winrar click here

No i have not faded away....

hey... remember me? Setu, the blogger? yeah? well.. im back...(if u dont remember,take the trouble of reading all my previous blogs)
Every time i look at my blog i feel i have abandoned some one....i feel sad that i am unable to make it happy. But there's not one day that goes by when i switch on my PC and think of not blogging...anyway, here's my first attempt at saying hello to my blog after a long time.
Personally, it's been tough times for me....i can feel myself hanging from a noose , stuck between breaking free and dying out.There are pressures from all sides. I sometimes sit blank wondering which work i got to start finishing, and sit wondering i do.Balancing College, people, education, future, family, friends, interests and hobbies never felt so hard. Just when is it that i break free? maybe this is the time of life when the enjoyment gets boring....when 'too much becomes too bad', and things are pushed too far...its that time when i start hurting myself, by cursing myself in the name of glittery magic. Driven by conative prejudice, perhaps, im losing my path.

Oh boy!am i being too poetic or too emotional? oh yeah i am! unheard vocabulary are making their way out...they better stay in.

bottom line : time to get back to normalcy, clear mind of unwanted stress/worries and play god :)

naah...just wanna get back to where i belong and where i feel great. Just need some really powerful inspiration to push me through.

will try amap to blog regularly.

auf wiedersehen!

Pizza day!

Wow what a day it was! I and my two very close friends did something new today. We baked Pizza! It was a fun experience doing it for the first time and trust me, they were much better than the ones sold outside for a fortune.we got some pizza bases and cheese from a Nilgiri's store. Some veggies (tomatos,capsicum and carrots to be precise) and some ketchup. We got the blender machine from my home and of course my camera.




When we walked home we were surprised by the third one joining us for eating our pizza! We made some tomato onion paste for spreading on the base,chopped up all the veggies , sprinkled cheese and beaked them in the oven. My friend was so involved in the process that poor fellow cut his skin while cutting the vegetables. Thats something for commitment!Im very proud of him! (yes he's fine)
The Pizzas tasted wonderful! For once this was the one pizza that didn't make me sick after eating them. We three had a nice time together talking and spending some time. We were even served some very tasty poori saagu and mango squash by my friend's mother.I was filled to the brim!I even planned to nap for sometime in his place...hehe...but sadly my home is very close to his and i walked back home and slept.
All in all a wonderful pizza making day! thank u guys! would like to do more,bigger and heavier pizzas in the future :)



Recipe

Ingredients : Pizza base,vegetables of your choice (don't choose to buy peas and potatoes.....capsicum,carrots, tomatoes a couple of chillies,olives, coriander leaves
should do for a decent simple pizza) , cheese, some ketchup.

Requirements : chopper and an oven

Method : chop the vegetables. Make a paste of tomato and onion by mashing them both and frying it on a pan. Spread the paste on the pizza base.put decent amount of vegetables evenly on the surface.Spread a layer of cheese. Keep it in the oven for few minutes ( we had kept it for 5+2 minutes). serve and enjoy!

P.S- This is a vegetarian recipe and I am sorry I have absolutely no idea about non-veg toppings over the pizza.

Sehwagology!!

Well i happened to read this in a wiki page while searching for some other info related on the 'Fake IPL player'.I was surprised and LOLed to see this term 'Sehwagology'.Curiosity pushed me to read it further and its truly something very interesting to read.Here it is :


"Sehwagology:

From the Wiki page: “Sehwagology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by Australian cricket blogger Uncle JRod. JRod developed Sehwagology teachings on 3rd April, 2008. CricketWithBalls - Scriptures of Sehwagology as a tribute to Indian cricketing god Virender Sehwag. JRod later characterised Sehwagology as an “applied religious philosophy” and the basis for a new religion with the first Sehwagology church being established in London, December 2008. A commonly held belief among Sehwagologists is that aggressive batting and attacking spin bowling is the best weapon in the war against probots”



The moment Sehwagology was delivered to the people.



The 10 Virendandments - Sehwag’s Revelation in the Old Testament (Wisden).

They were given directly by Sehwag to the people of India at
Chidambaram Stadium after He had delivered them from Boredom in Chennai:

“And Sehwag spoke all these words, saying: ‘I am the opening batsmen, your God…

ONE: ‘You shall have no other gods before Me, except Sachin and maybe Sunil.’

TWO: ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Infact don’t carve anything that is not wide outside off stump.’

THREE: ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, so if you stub your toe, try to not say Oh Sehwag.’

FOUR: ‘Remember the 3rd day, the pitch is often at it’s best.’

FIVE: ‘Honor your father and your mother, and your sponsors.’

SIX: ‘You shall not murder, exceptions made for opening bowlers, spinners and probots.’

SEVEN: ‘You shall not commit quick singles.’

EIGHT: ‘You shall not be worrying about playing and missing.’

NINE: ‘You shall not bear false witness against the BCCi.’

TEN: ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, but if he bowls a wide half volley hit it like it stole your donkey or ox.’

The Sehwagology XI
And he sent his only sons.

11 men with rock hard testicles, and great hand eye co-ordination.

And he said, they will carve, they will plunder, and you will applaud.

Victor Trumper, he shall go in early, and reek havoc on the bowlers.
Michael Slater, he shall jump around like a virgin in hell, and reek havoc in the change room.
Viv Richards, he shall be cooler than anyone you know, or don’t know.
Mark Waugh, he shall make mullets and dandruff ads palatable, whilst flicking one off his pads.
Sanath Jayasuriya, he shall be a pirate, and conquer the 7 seas.
Keith Miller, he shall be your superhero.
Adam Gilchrist, he shall release a plague of locusts on your ass.
Ian Botham, he shall drink the opposition under the table.
Kapil Dev, he shall dance for us.
Shahid Afridi, he shall reek havoc and destruction, on himself.
Wasim Akram, he shall be faster than you can see.
And on the 5th day, they rest."

Cant lol more! :P

The day i became someone

Four months into photography and I already made it to a photo exhibition. Sorry for sounding a little show-offish but my excitement level has blown the bulb. It was a dream almost come true for me when i learnt that my photos were selected for an exhibition and would be put up for people to view them!

It all started with a casual entry into the 'Bangalore Weekend Shoots' group in flickr and a check of the discussion called "BWS collective for INTACH". It was about sending our photos of heritage sites in Bangalore to an exhibition commemorating the "World's Heritage day". The moderator,had asked the group members to send what ever photos they had clicked of Bangalore and its important heritage sites and told us that the best 40 would be selected for the exhibition.

Just a week back I'd been to Lalbagh, with a friend, on a casual photo-shoot cum morning-walk and had taken a few pics of the temple like structure,a glass house and various other parts of the picturesque place. Luckily for me, these happened to be in the acceptable list of photographs and I sent some as my entries for the selection. Two days later it a mail from Peevee informed me that 2 of my photos had been selected into the final 40. It was pure exhilaration for me to know this! Barely 4 months of holding a camera and then getting to be up there meant a lot to me! So the news took some time to settle down.....Told a few close ones about it (symptoms of over-joy) and closed the day,a happy man.

The next day was a roller coaster ride! The climaxes were much sharper than a saas-bahu soap. I called up the moderator to confirm about the event schedule and the fellow gave me a horrible shock. He told me that the photos i sent him were of a lower resolution and he needed a hi-res image. The mistake I'd made was that I'd shot the picture at a lower res (3M) though my camera is of 9M one, I'd taken the pic at 3M unknowing about the resolution factor. So when it had to be enlarged to 20"x30" the quality of a low-res pic would be very low. That was what had happened in my case. He sounded a little negative about the next plans and told he'd call me up and confirm the issue; the next few hours for me were of total helplessness. I'd already taken permission from my lecturers that i would not attending the classes the next day n that I'd be in the photo exhibition. I'd also invited some of my friends and telling them the there wont be any of my exhibits due to res problem would be heart-breaking for me. I spent some anxious moments in the class room,being very impatient to get home and make a call to the person and confirm my participation.

The first thing i did after reaching home was to make a call to the concerned individual to find out about the status of my photographs. This was after 3 hours of tense moments & finally I could breathe easy. He said that there could be slight loss of pixels but that wouldn't be much of a problem and that the pictures could be put up in the exhibition, to where i could go the next day. This was a moment of crazy mad happiness for me.

The next day i woke up early or rather, i couldn't sleep at all the previous night. Wanted to reach there as fast as possible and check my photos.I reached Lalbagh at 630 am and as told by the moderator,i went and sat at the hill. Soon i met a couple of other people with cameras hung around their necks and supposed them to be the other participants, and participants they were. Soon the moderator came in his car along with my precious.The photos were all wrapped up and they were supposed to be kept at the band stand for a display.I was very nervous while opening the packets and when i saw the photos i was more than delighted to find them in a perfect state :) this was the best moment. They were better than expected and in just minutes after keeping them for display,one of them won a 'wow! this is simply the best!' comment :P i couldn't have been happier.The 20 of the 40 pictures were displayed in Lalbagh and the other 20 at Cubbon park.

The exhibiton at Lalbagh went on till 9 and we left for Bangalore fort.I got to see some stunning photographs there and helped some people with the arrangements. The sun had made its way to the top of our heads and standing within the rock fort, it was like trying to chill inside a microwave oven.I had invited some of my close ones for the exhibition.My amma was the first to arrive there.She ws soon followed by my aunt,cousins and my friends.We moved around the fort,looking at it,clicking photos and cursing the heat :P The rest of the day was spent in the fort doing nothing but bake in the sun and take photographs of everything sighted since the fort was not open to the public on the other days, and then look at the photos for the....ummm..well....i've lost the count :P Later I and a friend of mine went to Tippu's palace which is just a yard away from the fort.Its a beautiful place and we enjoyed the sight.We went around the place and had our lunch and were joined by another friend at the restaurant.Spent time in the sun again.It was evening by then and we were served some light snacks at the venue.This was followed by a programme but we moved out of it when the historian guest showed no signs of bringing a stop to his speech.I was given a set of postcards (of some of the featured exhibits)
as a compliment by BWS and we left the place with the photographs.

It was clearly one of the best days of my life.From being one in the crowd to one among the someones' was a welcome change.I was waiting for a long time for something significant,imporatnt to occur which would mark me and this was the day.
This was the day, I became someone. :)

(P.S : The photographs were also for sale and were priced at Rs.2500)

Thanks! Dhanyavaad! Danke!

Just a few blogs ago I'd hoped my new camera would bring me luck and wished to propel me higher,and in just a couple of months,it put me where the Pros thrive.  :)    Not that the camera did all the work..... but still would like to give major credit for it.

I thank god for putting in the required luck and talent in me.

I'd like to thank the people who chose my photos to be exhibited in the Bangalore fort and also the moderator of BWS who was of great help for me 

in the framing process.

I thank these two photographs for being good enough to be selected

I thank all my dear friends who came all the way till there,in a furnace-hot like situation to view the exhibition.Also my amma , aunt and cousins who came there.And also the many starngers who came for the exhibition.

I thank the BWS shutterbugs, who also had made it into the exhibition with their masterpieces,for giving me some valuable advices and letting me use their cameras.

I thank Adobe for their wonderful software,Photoshop.

I thank my poor comp which works like a donkey for me.

I thank my bike for carrying me,my equipments and the photos safely.

I thank my college lecturers for allowing me to bunk that day's classes.

I thank my camera again for staying with me that day and getting some gr8 shots.

And i thank myself.   

THANK YOU GUYS!!!   :)

IPL aaya re!

Its finally here! the second season of the crickets newest and most amazing format/league.first season was a smash hit.this year its even bigger with South Africa as the venue.45 days of fun n time-pass!!  :D   kaun nahi chahta hai re?  2 matches have already been played already,n i tell u, crazyness has already begun! I and my close friend were talking yesterday about this topic and as we predicted, it was surely a LOL-PL with lots of LOL stuff happening around   :D  ! looking forward to all the action for the next month and half and then followed by the ICC T20 world cup in england. Oh Boy!! quite enough to keep me busy all the time   :P

P.S-Im also studying,engineering,and god show mercy upon that.

The new ventures of terrorism

A good night's sleep and a great day ahead in the field would've been the idea in the minds of the Srilankan cricketers. But that fateful Tuesday morning turned out to be their their worst nightmare when they were attacked by a gang of heavily armed terrorists on their way to the Gaddafi cricket stadium. Perhaps this was waiting to happen...

                    It was a very brave and a risky move by the Srilanks to tour Pakistan when India had cancelled the cricket series between Pakistan,due to security concerns, in the wake of rising terrorism and attacks on Mumbai. Pakistan however approached SL and requested them to tour Pak in India's place and to their delight,the answer was 'yes'. But it was a huge risk for the SL 

cricket team considering the situation in Pak. They were however assured of high-level security but wat happened on 3rd March was a total carnage of the provided security and word. Seven people died in the gun battle between the police and the terrorists in which two of them were pedestrians and five were policeman.Due to the timely presence of mind of the bus driver,the players were all saved from death with injuries to 6 of them. The police were clearly no match to the terrorists, with not a single terrorist captured or killed.The terrorists carried Automatic Kalashnikov rifles (more famously knows as the AK-47) ,grenades and Rocket launchers and the attacks were carried out with an uncanny resemblance to the 26/11 attack Mumbai attack.

                      The consequences were however serious. With seven people dead and more than a dozen injured, including 6 SL cricketers, this was a huge blow to the security issues in the Sub-continent region, espcially Pak.The attack clearly shows the unfriendly nature of Pak and the liberty it has granted to the terrorists to use its land as a base to create panic and chaos for the rest of the world.By attacking South Asia's most popular sport, the gunmen guaranteed themselves tremendous international attention while demonstrating Pakistan's struggle to provide its 170 million people with basic security as it battles a raging Islamist militancy.There seems to be no strong control of the government over the nation and the happenings.On one side Taliban has taken over more than half of Pakistan and the Govt reacts to it telling they'll hold meetings with the Taliban leaders and set-up special courts to resolve the issues.This would qualify as one of the best jokes of the year,and on the other side the independent terror groups such as Lashka-e-taiba ,creating such heinous situations.

   

                    When the matter was looked into, Srilanka is in no way is an enemy to Pakistan, at least when seen from India's point of view.But attacks like the one on SL players show that the world seems to be an enemy to the terrorising state.The motive behind the acts is still not confirmed but targeting sportsmen shows a immature, cowardly and mind-less state of the people behind this incident. Meanwhile on the other side,a minister belonging to president Zardari's party has said that India is to be blamed for the attacks and the 'evidence' says that the terrorists have crossed the border and committed the acts as a reply to the 26/11 attacks to deframe Pak internationally! They even claim that the 4 of the terrorists have been captured and arms recovered from them. Let me tell you,I saw this sometime back in discovery channel,in the city of Peshavar,carrying an AK-47 is like a status symbol to the people. Almost everyone,even people who dont have money to buy food,carry an AK-47 with them and same is the case in most of the semi-autonomous regions of pakistan which have taliban influence on them.So it's not very surprising to find a couple of such people were caught just to throw powder over the media's eyes or even worse it was just a move to defend themselves. What they probably are not realizing is that they are digging their own grave.In the name of religion,they are isolating Pak from the rest of the world and creating such a situation that no one would want to visit Pakistan or have any friendly relationships with it.

                      The consequences of this is disturbing to the cricketing community. Certainly no team would want to tour Pak any more and some are even expressing concerns over coming to India!The IPL could be re-scheduled or even cancelled.The Champions trophy that was supposed to be held in Pak was cancelled and the chances of matches happening in Pak, of the Cricket world Cup, to be held in 2011,look very bleak.Pakistan is in a deep trouble now and any further negligence could mean total isolation of Pak by outside world.The govt and responsible people (if any) need to understand the gravity of the situation that they are creating in the world and themselves.

                      I thank god for keeping the players safe and also urge him to give some brains to the people in that country.

A Free Night

I was there at the venue at 6:15 pm for a concert that was supposed to start at 8. I had my pockets over-populated with the passes given out by a big-hearted (or maybe desperate) person. When I reached there ,there were a couple of my old friends who had agreed to come and we were shortly joined by a third guy which made us 4 people with 6 passes. The others whom I'd invited got busy and couldn't join us.We were among the first few extra punctual people to arrive at the scene and we'd arrived even before the kadlekai wala or the ice-cream boy showed up. 

The next 30-40 minutes were spent outside with each of us munching on fried corn and kallepuri  which were quite tasty but crazy expensive.Not just for our mouths,there were some eye-candies too   ;)  so it was a good time-pass waiting outside the gate, for no one.And one great person even came and offered a VIP pass for 2 grand! Now,i say, there should even be a limit to madness,right?This person seemed to think very far.

And soon enough, a crowd had gathered and started to move inside the grounds; we followed the herd. Our passes were checked. Bags and safe areas(for weapons, I mean ) were as usual, unchecked. One thing I really appreciate, is the amount of confidence the Indian police and security have on us! They never check whenever we go to anyplace that's sensitive. God alone is saving us. Lets all thank god this once.

OK, back in the grounds,we were really excited at the beginning to see a well lit stage with d DJs in their stand, madly smoking and working on their comps. We could also go and stand right opposite the barricade facing the stage; and we considered ourselves very lucky for having reached the venue early. The excitement didn't really seem to last long 'cause it seemed like we could get the 'front-line' spot at any given time during the concert. We could even count the people with our fingers.So we just went arou

nd, grabbed some soft drinks and were just talking crap waiting for the show to begin. I also met a couple of my friends there and spoke with them for a little while and soon the much awaited concert began with the arrival of our 'dude in panche' on the stage.

It was about 8:30 when the program started.It was Raghu Dixit's band (Raghu dixit project) which was performing that evening.Also with them were the Medieval punditz and one very talented ,Karsh kale.

People had gathered in more numbers by then and soon the concert began. Our dude was clearly pissed at the small attendance and was smartly letting it out by lightly cursing the fans, which the poor ones who didn't understand, & they ended up cheering for him.The guy expected the crowd to guess and sing the songs in the right shruti and pallavi and while the people couldn't really do so,he slowly let out his frustration   :P  .That's one advantage being a cult person.No matter what you say to the fans,they cheer for you.You praise them,you scream at them,you call them 'nonsense fellows',it doesn't matter,you are cheered.Same case yesterday.But that's also a way of keeping the mood and the energy alive, no real offence. The music was great! Even better were the speakers and the audio. The ground was literally vibrating with each beat.

The next thing I and another friend of mine did was to go stand very close to the speakers.It was an amazing sensation with every thump.

He sung some very good songs & I liked them all. He also released the Nokia 5800 cell phone,of course it was a concert sponsored by the Nokia itself so they had to be in there somehow. After his performance, it was again the boring look-at-people's-faces session,crack stupid but entertaining jokes time,till the organizers arranged the stage for the next oncoming group,The Medieval Punditz and Karsh Kale.They came on the stage with a few Macs and lots of music editing stuffs. They soon started and let me tell you one thing about electronic music, although they claim so, they do not carry any sort of meaning in them.So it's just left to the person,individually to pick up whatever meaning they want from the music.I just picked up the drums.A modified, robotic voice, flute here and there and some tabla were showcased.It was quite good,for sometime,until i got tired of rocking my head to the drums and was reminded of home. Also I had to desperately take a  urea-break.I dragged my reluctant friend along and went to d parking lot to hop on my bike and ride back home.We somehow went around places in the night,losing the route and eventually reached home, after meandering a lot.It was almost 11:30 by the time we reached.The rats in my tummy were having their own concert in there and i had to quickly re-fuel self. Soon after my dinner,i did what i normally do everyday,catch some Z's   :)

So much for the free concert.

Slumdog millionaire??A white tiger?? Who exactly??

4 Golden globes, 31 awards and 37 more nominations for a movie that shows only about the slums and the negative side of our country.Right from the beginning it shows about the hopeless situation of the slums and violence and kids getting spoilt.Is this the message that the movie wants to spread? I did not find anything striking in the movie that could win an award. Its a good movie,good concept,awesome music and some exceptional acting but not a possible-Oscar winnable stuff if Oscar is meant for the meaningful. But it has never been that way with the Oscars. Rarely the deserving movies win one.( For instance The Shawshank Redemption, The pursuit of happYness and there are many more...)

One thing that I have noticed is that the people who give away the awards (mostly the westerners) is that,they seem to like the idea of a poor,struggling and corrupted India and anything on that would win an award! I recently read the book by Aravind Adiga, 'The white tiger' which won the Man-Booker prize for 2008. At first i was really happy that for the second time in three years, an Indian had won the prize. I was very keen to read the book. I even had plans of buying my own copy but soon a very close friend of mine told me that he'd bought the book. Eventually,I borrowed it from 

him, n i believe i did a wise decision by not buying a copy for myself.

The book is in the form of a letter written by a poor village boy from North India,now a self proclaimed 'entrepreneur', sitting confidently in Bangalore, to a Chinese premiere who will be visiting India and telling him how bad and messed up India is and at the same time glorifying China. Now why would anyone do that? 

The guy grows up in a bad family, goes to a bad school, witnesses bad politics,  works for a good owner with bad brothers and a bad wife, with bad co-workers, makes bad friends, does all the bad jobs, gets into bad problems, and finally for no accurate reason does the worst job by murdering his master and running away so smartly that the bad police of India cannot catch him at any cost. Then he comes to Bangalore and even becomes the owner of a taxi service company! Is this remotely plausible? I cannot believe this book, which doesn't tell one good thing about our country won a prestigious prize and people cheer about it!

There have been movies like Rang De Basanti,A Wednesday which carry far more meaning and sense of pride in them. These may not be by a Shah rukh khan or a western director but don't these movies make us all proud? Don't they ignite us? Don't the send out a stern message to all of us? How beautiful are the books by R.K.Narayan(which i might be writing about in my future blogs)! What is so wrong with them as to not have deserved a Booker prize? There are so many books that speak high about our country. Why don't they deserve a prize?It's very apparent that such movies are totally ignored in the larger arena. Sensible movies and books do not have any place where as the ones which are demeaning are celebrated.

There could even be a slumdog billionaire but in reality it's only the director and the concerned people who ultimately promote themselves to being billionaires and a slumdog remains a slumdog.

A lovely poem

A poem by an African kid:

When I born, I black

When I grow up, I black

When I go in sun, I black

When I scared, I black

When I sick, I black

And when I die, I still black

And you white fellow

When you born, you pink

When you grow up, you white

When you go in sun, you red

When you cold, you blue

When you scared, you yellow

When you sick, you green

And when you die, you grey

And you’re calling me coloured???

Photography

Ah! how it pleases me to take snaps! Its an unmatched delight for me.Leave me and a camera in a place and I'm lost in it.I never had any formal training in photography,which i regret,but when people look at some of my photos and say I'm no less than a pro it makes me so happy. I thank those people who are a catalyst for my passion.

It all began 4 years ago with the arrival of the first digital camera into my home,the Canon Powershot A400. A basic digital camera with pretty impressive features and quality.The transition from the old Yashica to a brand new,then latest in the market,Canon was an absolute excitement to me.I'd also got a handycam, a Galileo binoculars and an astronomical Telescope. But nothing kept me more busy and interested than the camera.I ate slept and dreamt with it. Photography had got into my blood. 

I used to photograph everything that I saw. Trees,crows,everything on road, were my subject.  :P   I learnt something new from every shot I took. I used to experiment a lot with the camera and it helped me learn so much on my own. It all really helped when we went on vacations. Some of the sceneries were captured so well by the A400,they almost looked like the pics from an SLR. People praised me a lot which further pushed me into it. I made sure to carry my camera wherever I went. I went on a few trips to N.India,Kerala and few more places with family and friends and captured some great stills. That's how i developed my passion in photography.

Although quite handy and satisfying, the A400 wasn't as capable at all the times. Low magnification power,reduced 

photogrphic quality during night and a low battery back-up with two AA batteries and their charger which I had to carry everywhere was quite a bulky and wearing affair. I somehow felt the need for a better equipment. A more powerful and a versatile camera is what i needed.

I began explaining this to my parents and started bugging them to buy me a new camera and finally after months, all the begging and crying came of use  :)   Recently my father bought me a new camera. Princess Cybyl i call her   ;)   . A Sony Cybershot DSC H50 'super-zoom' camera which is far superior to the existing Canon in terms of Mega pixels, Magnification capabilities ,features and everything possible. It has got an efficacious 9.1 mega pixels and an intimidating 15x optical zoom which makes it look like an SLR. Although not exactly, it even works close to one. It's got a wide range of features including an high ISO sensitivity,High definition photos and videos, smile-shutter ( the camera recognizes your smile and shoots when you smile), and even an Infra-red shoot feature to take snaps in total darkness.It can even edit the photos and one feature which really amused me is the one which can literally make non-smiling people smile (editing the photo i mean).

I really feel the power in my hands with this camera.Its one of the best things to happen in my life and i hope my passion in photography develops to far greater heights with this one.   :)

Blog # 1

Ok,here I go. My first Blog entry.I'd like to thank Lord Ganesha for giving me the ability to communicate,without which i could never have done anything,by a wonderful song. This song was alos once our school prayer,and so, its a little more closer to me. I also would like to thank a few of my close friends and people who,although i was into blogging,made me show interest in it.

And so it begins.....

P.S: here's the link for the song i mentioned about.Please download and listen to it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/185740540/01_Ganapathy_Stavaha.mp3.html