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BERMUDA Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle

The bermuda Triangle is one of the topics that has atleast something to decide even today.This is a region in north western atlantic ocean where ships and aircrafts disappears suddenly which is very weird.Actually there are many theories that say about the bermuda triangle. some of them are aliens intervention, the lost continent Atlantis.

Actually the mystery of bermuda triangle was first recorded by columbus in the year 1492 on october 11.whenever a surface vessel or plane passes over this region its radar gets acting weird and then the surface vessel or the plane gets disappeared.

REASONS FOR THE MYSTERY

There are many reasons stated for this mystery. some of them are aliens intervention,The lost continent Atlantis.

ALIEN'S INTERVENTION

The alien's intervention theory tell us that this is the place where alien's gets to see us by their own methods and other stuffs... it says that by their advanced system they just make the surface vessel or plane's radar act weirdly and also make it disappear.In other words this place on earth is under their control.

The Lost Continent ATLANTIS

Actually previously there was a continent called atlantis and it was lost. This theory states that this continent location was exactly in the place which is now called bermuda triangle. The theory also says that continent is under sea and adds that continent is rich in nuclear power so whenever a surface vessel or plane goes over the place due to nuclear power the surface vessel or plane just gets disappeared..

Whatever may be the case onli GOD knows what is the exact reason and the mystery of Bermuda Triangle is yet to be solved with full evidence as the above two popular stated reason doesn't have concrete evidence.

India's golden eye , Abhinav bindra : A Revelation

Ladies and Gentlemen ..The lone shooter who shot to glory among the billion plus indians..

I have to write about him in our blog if I am an Indian ,so here it is..





Abhinav bindra hails from a punjabi khatri family , from the city of chandigarh . His parents are the promoters of the Hitech group of companies which reportedly has a turnover of 300 crore rupees . He studies in Doon school , dehradun till 8th standard and then purues his school studies in St. stephens were he took up shooting seriuosly.

WILLIAM TELL


Yeah! , You are right as the saying goes , catch 'em young. His dad spotted his son's talent when he was just five years old . He kept a bottle on top of a maid's head and fortunately shot it on target . He did a william tell , a scottish fable which dates back to 15th century .


Doing a billion people proud


Achieving something from a country like INDIA where cricket seems to be the only sport people are obsessed with , is something commendable . He'll soon see the media turning upto him for all the ads which are gonna do some rounding on air. He has already got the appeal rate same as Dhoni's as some media experts feel .


Come on , Indians , Celebrate


This is something which is not going to happen once to often unless we realize the need leading the medal tally at the olympics one day . Think of this , I am damn sure that half the billion people would've been sad on that day coz of India losing to sri lanka in a test series , rather than rejoicing a gold medal at olympics . so , for god's sake , celebrate, This is equal to indian team winning the world cup..


There should be a sea change


After this achievement there should be one thing which is going to happen for sure. Achiving an individual gold medal at the olympics will soon become the dream of many rather than dreaming of rubbing shoulders with the multi-billionaire cricketers. This is too good for a country which has huge amount of potential . When one day India leads the medal tally at olympics ( for god's sake it should happen before i die , I wanna see it!!)..the only INDIAN who will take all the credit is ABHINAV BINDRA..the first-ever individual gold medal champion at olympics.

Deepak

My take on nokia morph!

I've been amazed by this nokia morph concept since I've seen the demo video. This model has an amazing concept and boasts of the best in nanotechnology.I haven;t even imagined that a cellphone can clean itself on its own . Which means that your fingerprints in the phone will go off automatically . It has its own way of cleaning it nano water pipes in it .

It doesn't rust , thereby increasing longevity . The below facts are amazing features of morph.

• Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live
• Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving
• Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension
• Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge
• Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices

It has an amazing flexibility range . Thanks to the spider silk principle which is employed in it with the help of nanotechnology.

A folded design would fit easily in a pocket and could lend itself ergonomically to being used as a traditional handset. An unfolded larger design could display more detailed information, and incorporate input devices such as keyboards and touch pads.

Even integrated electronics, from interconnects to sensors, could share these flexible properties. Further, utilization of biodegradable materials might make production and recycling of devices easier and ecologically friendly.

It has an amazing way of having itself charged . It uses solar technology with the help of the nanograss structures. It doesn't stop here you have the new high energy density storage materials allow batteries to become smaller and thinner, while also quicker to recharge and able to endure more charging cycles.

it has the ability to sense the environment too. You can place the mobile near the fruit you goin to eat it'll sense and tell if it is safe or not. These are done with the help of nanosensors inside it!

Driving directions for indian metropolitain cities.

I've always been jealous of the US citizens who get the hang of the all the latest technology. Be it a virtual dog, virtual human ,virtual flower. They get everything implemented. So was the one which helps all the citizens in each country ,the maps.

At last , Yahoo , as heard my voice (i believe!) They have opened the yahoo! local for the indian metropolitain cities. In this we can get the latest info about the upcoming events , you can vote for your favorite restaurants around your neighborhood. Want more? .

First change the city which you are living in from the pop under menu in the left most top corner of the page.

It has this unique feature which makes us smile. It has this maps . They are so cool , for instance , you have to go to your friends house for the first time in your life and you don't know the route . Here is a tip . Just type in your address in the 'from' text box and your friend's address in the 'to' text box .

Click on get driving directions . Thats it !. You get a new window with the map indicating the shortest route to your friend's house. and hey have I told you about this. It has this feature wherein you get the data of the auto fare , the exact driving directions and yeah u can sms the directions to your mobile . So that you wont lose your track on your way to your friends house..

here is the direct link..enjoy!
local

WINDOWS

WINDOWS VERSIONS

Windows has many versions present in it.Windows was actually invented by Microsoft.Bill Gates is the chairman and as many of us know he is one of the world's richest persons.There are uptill now six hit versions of windows present today adn seventh one is on progress and is expected to be released on 2010.

The first version of Microsoft windows was windows 95.This version became popular because of the user friendly interface and variety options present in it. Also this also had a graphics interface which makes the people go for this type of version.This was the first type of version and so low on graphics and other graphics related options.

The second Version of windows was windows 98. This version was a very big hit at that time of launch as it had solved many bugs present in previous versions of windows....


Then there were many versions of windows likes windows nt,windows Me which were dedicated to various types of computers for example windows nt was mainly to computers connected to a common server.

Then windows Xp was launched this became an instant hit as soon as it was launched as it had a very good graphics interface and a nice options also there are many additional options present in windows xp. some of them repairing your computer from sitting elsewhere over the net etc..

Now windows Vista is being Launched although it is not a big hit as windows Xp slowly and steadily it is gaining recognition.This has advanced graphics interface and user friendly interface..

The next version of windows is suppose to be named windows Black and is expected to be released by the year 2010.It is also nick named Black Comb vienna.

The bomb attacks!

The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad climbed to 45 as the provincial government ordered a probe along with federal agencies to search for suspects.

``Investigations with all the concerned agencies at the highest level is going on now,'' Jaynarayan Narmadasankar Vyas, health minister of the Gujarat state, said in a telephone interview from Ahmedabad today. ``The central and state intelligence agencies are coordinating in the probe.''

Terrorist attacks in Indian cities have killed more than 185 people in the past year as bombs strapped to bicycles or hidden under theater seats and near market stalls have targeted civilians. While the government typically blames foreign-trained terrorists, most of the attacks are unsolved.

The dead included three women and two children, N.R. Baraiya, an officer at the police control room in Ahmedabad, said in a telephone interview today. The toll from 16 serial blasts that rocked the city late yesterday mounted as people wounded in the attacks succumbed to injuries in hospitals, he said. City hospitals are treating more than 100 injured in the attacks.

The police are looking for suspects and there have been no arrests so far, Baraiya said. ``There were no untoward incidents overnight.''

The explosions, all within 20 minutes in commercial and residential areas of the city, came a day after seven bombs exploded in the southern city of Bangalore, killing at least two people. An unexploded bomb was defused by police after it was found near a downtown shopping mall yesterday.

`Linked Blasts'

``The blasts are all linked one way or the other -- whether it is Bangalore or Jaipur,'' Vyas said. The agencies probing the blasts will come to a conclusion soon.''

An Islamist group called the ``Indian Mujahideen'' claimed responsibility for the Gujarat attacks.. An e-mail was sent to various television stations and media outlets within minutes of the blasts, the news agency said.

Anti-terrorist squad raided two flats in western Indian city of Mumbai after the e-mail address of the sender was traced, private broadcaster CNN-IBN reperted on its Web site.

Blasts occurred in areas including Maninagar, Isanpur, Narol Circle, Bapunagar, Hatkeshwar, Sarangpur Bridge, Sarkej, Odhav, Sardar Patel market, Raipur, Gowribhadi, Ambur Tower Building and Juhapura, police spokesman Raman Bhai said yesterday.

Two bombs went off in Maninagar, and an explosion in Sarkej was centered on a passenger bus, PTI said. A bomb was recovered today from a garbage bin in the Hatkeshwar area of Ahmedabad, CNN-IBN reported. Police have detained 30 people, it said.

`Vicious Attacks'

The U.S. condemned the ``vicious terror attacks in Bangalore and Ahmedabad'' and extended its ``condolences to victims of these senseless attacks and to their families,'' the PTI said, according to a statement issued by the embassy in New Delhi.

Riot police marched on the streets of Ahmedabad today ``to maintain peace and communal harmony,'' G.K. Parmar, joint commissioner of police said in a telephone interview. ``They are marching in all the places where the blasts occurred.''

In 2002, a train fire in the town of Godhra in Gujarat state killed 59 people, mostly members of the Vishwa Hindu Council returning from Ayodhya after a ceremony, triggering religious riots in which almost 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.

Godhra Train Fire

The Gujarat state government was accused by political parties and human rights groups of not doing enough to protect minorities during the riots that followed the Godhra train fire. Modi's BJP government was subsequently returned to power in elections that took place in December 2002.

Pakistan prime minister, condemned the latest blasts in on government Web site.

The Bangalore blasts were the first attempted bombings in the southern Indian city, where unidentified gunmen opened fire on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science in December 2005, killing one scientist and injuring four.

As many as 60 people were killed in Jaipur two months ago in the nation's deadliest attack in more than a year. Nine bombs placed on bicycles injured more than 100 people.

Bomb explosions on suburban trains in Mumbai, India's financial hub and the Maharashtra capital, killed at least 182 people and injured more than 800 in July 2006, India's worst series of attacks in more than a decade.

``Such incidents will not deter the government from pursuing its policy of dealing with anti-national elements in a resolute manner,'' India's Home Minister, said at a televised press conference in New Delhi yesterday.

Some of the most usefull and top sites in the internet

SOME WEBSITES THAT IS WORTH TO HAVE A LOOK

There are many websites that are present over the net..A recent survey says there are over five billion websites. This survey was conducted in the year 2007 and in the month of nov. Some of the wesbite that are usefull and are worth to watch are google,yahoo, youtube,cricinfo etc....

GOOGLE

Google is basically a search engine site which gives details about virtually anything. that is for example if you want to get a neat and perfect up to date indian map go to google and type indian map. It will give full details of indian map. Google also has options like images which is onli for image searching and web which searches article like substances for the given topic.....


Yahoo

Yahoo basically started as a e mail client which was first introduced to basically send and receive mails. Later this became a gaint like expanding its field in yahoo maps,yahoo weather.Yahoo also has enhanced search engine present in it.It also has yahoo answers in which many people around the world will answer your queries.Yahoo has become an giant now which is expanding now to many new areas.

YOU TUBE

You tube is the website owned by google.This website is basically used to to viewing online videos. There are lots and lots of video collection present in it.....This also has videos in variety of fields.

CRIC INFO

Cric info is a website that is used to get latest cricket scores when logged on to it. The main advantage of this website is that it has ball by ball commentry which makes us to feel as if we are watching a real match.

I POD

I POD

I pod is a basically a music player which now has many options other than music playing. I pod was introduced by Apple on october 23rd 2001. I pod has many versions now. As of now I pod has six versions. They are i pod nano, i pod classic, i pod mini,i pod shuffle,i pod touch,i pod photo.

I pod can play several audio formats like mp3,wav,aac etc... I pod photo can also show photos of formats like Bmp,Jpg,Jpeg,gif,png etc.... The video file format supported by i pod are mp4,quick time video formats.

I pod has some good equalising techniques like rock,acoustic bass booster etc.... I pod also comes with a stereo type head phone to enhance sound quality.... I pod has a weak bass response present in it..

The battery life of the i pod varies to version to version of the i pod. generally its around14 hours of music play back and less hours for video and photos.

The capacity of the i pod varies from version to version.The capacity starts from 512 mb and goes uptill 160 Gb. Apple has sold around 140 million of i pods. Ipod has many generations in it like two G,three G,etc... The name i pod is patented by apple company and hence no other company can use the name. so anyother company which manufactures a system with same features of an i pod cannot call it as a i pod.

The i pod can be recharged either by fire wire or by usb connectivity..The i pod can be charged via computer. The i pod can also be charged via a normal plug point.

Life at the luxirious dubai!

Located on the Jumeirah coastal area of Dubai, Palm Jumeirah is the smallest of the trio of Palm Islands constructed as a tribute to the "cherished date tree". The other two of the Palm Islands include Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira.

A Discerning Landmark Even From Outer Space

In a kingdom of exceptional property development projects, Palm Jumeirah holds its own as Dubai's most ambitious and recognizable project to date. Designed to resemble the prized date tree, this unique man-made island consists of the main trunk with a crown comprising of 17 fronds. The surrounding crescent island forms an innovative 11km long breakwater. A 300-meter bridge connects the crown to the mainland and a sub-sea tunnel connects the crescent to the top of the palm. Doubling the length of the Dubai coastline; the entire island measures 5km by 5km with a total area that is larger than 800 football pitches put together. Large enough to be seen from outer space and with a shape that could not be mistaken for any other, Palm Jumeirah is truly a discerning landmark from earth as well as from outer space.

The Best Of Island Living

Conceived as a luxurious retreat and residential area for living, leisure and relaxation, this man-made island offers villas, shoreline apartment buildings, themed boutique hotels, five-star hotels, marinas, beaches, beach cafes, restaurants and an endless assortment of retail outlets.The trunk of this palm tree shaped property development is lined with plush town houses and state-of-the-art apartment blocks right on the shoreline. The three types of luxury signature villas, which include Garden Homes, Signature Villas and Canal Cove Town Homes, take up most of the branches. Every single dwelling, no matter what the category, is spacious, luxurious and well-finished and offers their residents private beaches besides a host of other amenities and facilities. In addition to all this, residents can enjoy spectacular views of the man made beaches. Some of the leading international hotel brands that dot this exclusive island include Movenpick Resort & Spa Palm Jumeirah, Movenpick Resort Oceana Palm Jumeirah, Dusit, Taj Exotica Resort and Spa, Shangri La, Oberoi, Marriott, Radisson SAS, Kempinski, Antara, Fairmont Palm Residence and Hilton amongst others.

The Making Of The Island

Palm Jumeirah is the end result of four years of methodical and careful planning and exhaustive feasibility studies to ensure that the islands would not have an adverse effect on the environment or disrupt it in any way. The first stage of this ambitious property comprised the construction of the land foundations, which entailed transferring of sand and precise placement of rock. The second stage included the construction of the 990 feet ( 300 meter) bridges that linked the island to the main land as well as the building of infrastructure and services, followed by the construction of the home, apartments and townhouses.

Palm Jumeirah- Luxury At A Price

The privilege of owning a private beach or a private swimming pool with a Palm Jumeirah villa comes at a price, but its one that is well worth paying. A whole host of celebrity home owners who have already staked their claim on this high end property development are testament to the luxurious lifestyle that Palm Jumeirah offers its residents as well as its visitors.

Life at argentina!

Graffiti denouncing bankers as thieves and scoundrels still stains walls here, and small groups of angry depositors continue to pound on the front doors of many banks. But more than a year after Argentina froze most bank accounts in a failed attempt to stave off economic collapse, the financial sector is finally showing tentative signs of recovery.

Restrictions on cash withdrawals from some accounts were relaxed late in 2002; now President Eduardo Duhalde's caretaker government is allowing selected banks to give savers access to all the money in their time-deposit accounts. About four-fifths of depositors are choosing to leave their newly liberated savings in the banks.

Interest rates that had soared to unsupportable levels are beginning to fall, and partly as a result, some banks are venturing hesitantly back into the business of offering loans.

Since December 2001, the banking system has been the focal point of the worst economic crisis in Argentina's history. The government then in power was forced out by public protests against the bank freeze, and the new governments that followed in quick succession defaulted on most of Argentina's $141 billion in public debt, scrapped a decade-long policy of fixing the Argentine peso's value at one American dollar, and allowed the peso to float. The currency lost nearly 75 percent of its value.

Banks were especially big losers in the national debacle, suffering substantial financial pain on the one hand while being tarred as villains by the protesters on the other. The government ordered the banks to use a higher exchange rate when converting customers' deposits from dollars to pesos than when converting outstanding loans from dollars to pesos, inflicting losses on the banks estimated at more than $15 billion; the government has reimbursed the banks for only about two-thirds of the losses.

''We still have to absorb some of the impact of those initial months, and some recapitalization has to be done,'' Roberto Lavagna, the economy minister, acknowledged in an interview here. ''After that, the new rules of the game have to be defined clearly so that the sector knows how to act.''

At the moment, banks are still in the dark, awaiting Supreme Court rulings on a series of lawsuits by customers who had deposited dollars before the crisis, demanding repayment in dollars rather than in pesos, as the government has decreed. Because no one can be sure what peso-dollar exchange rate would be used if the suits succeed, most banks remain hesitant to offer new credits.

''We can't do a balance sheet, because we don't have the numbers, and we won't have the numbers until all of the options are spelled out,'' said a senior executive at a leading private bank. ''With a presidential election scheduled for April 27 and a new government supposed to be sworn in a month later, that's not going to happen until the middle of the year, at the earliest.''

But the crisis has also revealed an unexpected resilience in the Argentine banking sector. A handful of foreign banks threw up their hands and walked away from the country soon after the crisis began, including the Bank of Nova Scotia and Crédit Agricole. But despite dire predictions in early 2002, no domestic bank has closed.

Deposits poured out of the banks before the crisis and, to the extent the freeze allowed, in the first few months after as well. But after touching bottom in the middle of 2002, deposits have been rebounding -- over all, they grew 38 percent from July 1 to Jan. 31, and some Argentine-owned banks have reported growth of more than 50 percent.

''That was a gratifying surprise,'' said Fábio Rodríguez, who tracks the banking sector for Fundación Capital, a leading economic policy analysis group here. But Mr. Rodríguez warned: ''The road ahead is enormous. The financial sector today is one-quarter the size it was in 2000, and it is going to take years to recover, so serious was the damage to public confidence.''

One looming issue is the fate of the country's network of government-owned banks. As part of a debt rollover agreement reached with the Argentine government in January, the International Monetary Fund insisted that an international accounting firm scrutinize these banks, including Banco de la Nación and banks owned by provincial and municipal governments.

I phone

I-PHONE

I-phone is manufactured by the company apple. The expansion of iphone is internet enabled smart phone.It has virtual leyboard. It has screen and the inputs are generally given by touch screen. The i phone has all the functions of camera phone,ipod and also includes messaging internet browsing. i phone also has wi-fi inbuilt.

I phone was intially introduced in the year 2007,9th jan. Also i phone was introduced in U.S.A markets on 29 th june 2007. The display that is used in the i phone is liquid crystal display in short L.C.D. I phone is also designed for multi touch sensing. The i phone has three types of sensors which are proximity,accelerometer and ambient light sensor.Most of the sensors that are used are to save battery power.

The i phone audio is jsut like the audio options present in various smart phones which connects to a microphone.A multi purpose button is also present in the microphone these buttons are generally pause,play,next track button and hence worth.

The battery of the i phone is rechargable but user replaceable.The full charged battery is capable of six hours web browsing,seven hours of video,24 hours of music play back and 250 hours of stand by.

The sim card is placed on the top i phone. The sim card can be ejected by a paper clip.
The storage capacity of the i phone is four Gb and eight GB flash storage.

There are several applications that are included in the home page like text messaging,calendar,photos,youtube,stocks,google maps,weather,clock,Calculator, Notes, Settings, and iTunes (store).

Plasma Television

Actually Plasma Tv is the next generation television that is now becoming popular...Actually many confuse plasma Tv to Lcd Tv but plasma Tv and Lcd Tv both are completely different technologies..... plasma tv was first invented in the year 1964.

WORKING

Actually many tiny cells are located between two glass panels which hold the inert gas (neon or xenon).These gases are electrically tuned to a plasma.These then excites phosphors which in turn emit light.

CHARACTERISTICS


The general life time of a plasma tv is 60,000 hours..After this the picture qulaity degrades of half its original vlaue... The contrast ratio is around 30,000:1. Generally contrast ratio is defined as the ratio between the brightest spot to the darkest spot measured in discrete steps at any given moment.


There are many companies now manufacturing plasma tv's... Almost all tv manufacturers manufacture this type of tv also.Some top companies like Philips,Samsung,Sony have already entered in this field..The rate of the plasma Tv starts from 60,000 INR. and even goes to lakhs of INR....

The largest Plasma Tv was manufactured in consumer electronics show in las vegas, in U.S.A.,North America in the year 2008.It was manufactured by Panasonic.It stands 6 ft (180 cm) tall by 11 ft (330 cm) wide.It is expected to sell at Us $ 150,000.The first plasma Tv To public was from the year 1997. Plasma Tv's were generally kept in Stock markets adn lobbies at first but now plasma Tv are becoming very common. This shows how well electronics field is improving and how well people are willing to spend money to worthfull items...Surely,plasma Tv is one that is worth to buy.

Life in the bungalows!

Recollections of English domestic life in India present a picture of an existence both contented and full of difficulties, both luxurious and spartan. Britons generally occupied commodious bungalows (the word itself comes from Indian terminology meaning something from Bengal and referred to a particular housetype originally from that province) and commonly employed numerous servants to run the household.

Yet even into the 1940s the house would not have electricity, running water, refrigeration; it would have been open enough for insects, rats, snakes and--in remote areas--even wild animals to invade. Moves to new postings were frequent and thus life was unsettled. It was thought important to send children home to England for schooling, so that family members were separated. There were likely few other Europeans nearby, so that people--especially wives with no official work, possibly no children at home, and only a menage of servants to interact with all day--might feel very isolated. Indeed, women who found outside interests--whether their husbands' work, local charitable pursuits, or the outdoor life--were thought to be happiest.

Life at the highways!

Truck driver Bramhadin Singh’s family did not celebrate Holi this year because of the untimely death of a young nephew. But just a day later, there Holi could not have been more colourful. Bramhadin Singh and the whole village are rejoicing at the achievement of Singh's youngest son Rinku, whose giant heave of 87 mph won him $100,000 and possibly a fruitful career in the US playing baseball. This small village on the Varanasi-Allahabad highway has no idea of course what baseball is.

But Singh, who has spent most of his life on the highway, and now makes ends meet with the salaries sent by his two elder sons in the Indian forces, Rinku’s breakneck throw is a godsend.

Rinku’s mother Antaraja Devi said, “My seven children have been brought up in penury. Sometimes we went to bed without dinner. But Rinku, who we didn’t think would become anything, has ended up my most talented son.” She recounted that the family’s first choice for their two elder sons Raj Kumar and Ratnesh was not the armed forces. “They are serving at the borders of West Bengal and Pakistan, but we needed the money,” Antaraja said, at pains to hide her tears. “But Rinku has taken care of all that,” she added.

Bramhadin has ferried truckloads of cement from Renukoot in Sonebhadra to Nepal for 35 long years, and is happy Rinku will now play “busball” in the US. He even didn’t know what sport Rinku specialised in — javelin. To him, his youngest was a “bhalla phenk” player. Rinku was selected to the Lucknow Sports Hostel last year and won a silver medal at the Junior National Athletics Championship held in Vijaywada in November, 2007.

Outside their single-storey, three-decade old house, jubiliant villagers play Holi to drum beats. The family has also erected a makeshift press box to welcome the media, which has descended in droves on this village situated 65 kilometre from both Varanasi and Allahabad.

“Our third brother Rajan, who is a middle and long distance runner is enrolled at the Meerut Sports Hostel. He was very keen that we entertain scribes,” said Rinku’s Army jawan brother Raj Kumar, distributing barfis and samosas to the tribe present.

Most media people, who were floundering to find the village, only had to mutter “one lakh dollars” even at dhabas far from Rinku’s home. They were guided to the village in no time.

Among the crowd one finds Vipin Kumar Singh, who had inspired Rinku four years ago to take up javelin throwing.

“The elders here have always looked down upon men and women who want to take up sport. You never know; American baseball players might visit this village now in search of talent,” he said.

Antaraja dreams of a big house. She was told by Rinku’s friends that her son plans to buy a swank car for his parents.

“Let him come home first,” she smiled.

But Bramhadin is looking forward to the car. “It will be a change from my rickety truck,” he said.

Life at zoo

While elephants are often one of a zoo's top attractions, a new report charges that their level of care often falls short of star treatment. In a study released this week, the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said elephants in European zoos are often unhealthy, endure considerable stress, and have a much shorter life than their counterparts in the wild.

Their condition is frequently even worse than that of elephants in Asian timber camps, alleges the RSPCA, which is calling for wide-ranging changes in the way zoo elephants are treated.

In the meantime, the group says, European zoos should stop importing and breeding elephants.

The RSPCA, based in Horsham, England, said it commissioned the study after several high-profile cases of elephant mistreatment, including one in which electric prods were being used to train elephants at a British zoo.

The authors collected data on births and deaths from a studbook of elephants at European zoos to assess life expectancy and infant mortality. Studbooks catalogue the family history of animals in captivity, especially to help prevent inbreeding.

The studbook spans 40 years of births and deaths for African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) and nearly 100 years for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in European zoos. An estimated 500 elephants are now in zoos across Europe, from Belfast to Paris.

The researchers also reviewed more than 100 elephant studies published since 1960, as well as 500 studies on stress biology and the welfare of other captive animals.

The findings from the demographic data startled the researchers. They found that Asian elephants in European zoos typically live about 15 years, only half as long as elephants in timber camps. Asian elephants can live as long as 65 years in the wild, the researchers said.

Rebecca Hawkes, a spokesperson for the RSPCA, said the extensive study "provides compelling, substantiated information that leaves no doubt that elephants' welfare is compromised in European zoos."

Starbucks-ing

This is one of those times where taking a picture wouldn't do justice to the little bird community taking shelter underneath the cafe tables outside of the Starbucks in Brentwood at this very moment. Smart little buggers. Beyond cute. All congregating underneath the tables as the rain started. Just hangin'... chillin... cleaning their feathers with hummingbird speed. Each has their own little "space" on the metal rung holding the four legs of the small tables together.

Sometimes it looks like they're shooting the shit with their neighbor... some just sit facing outward, as it waiting for the downpour to end. I'd give up a prized pair of shoes to know what they're thinking about as they watch me watching them through the glass window. I wonder if birds ever get sick of the traffic here. I wonder if they sit up on those power lines thinking "Morons! We may not have opposable thumbs -- but if this is all those idiots can manage to do with them, fuck 'em."

*Sigh* Rain on the windshield always makes my mind wander... shoots that familiar lightning bolt of electricity through my stomach... leaving butterflies in it's wake. Powerful stuff.

The ipod dock!

The Bose® SoundDock® digital music system was specifically designed to expand and enhance your enjoyment of the music stored on your iPod. Just slip it into the iPod docking station for the Bose sound your favorite songs deserve. The iPod charges as it plays, so you enjoy music without interruption. This digital music system with a sleek, slender design fits almost any room's decor. And the included remote lets you control the SoundDock system from across the room.

Bose performance meets your iPod

Enjoy the songs on your iPod like never before. The SoundDock system is designed to play your favorite tracks with crisp clarity—allowing you to discover subtleties in your music that used to simmer beneath the surface. A host of proprietary technologies adds vitality and realism to your tracks. With Bose proprietary acoustic design, you enjoy a full, rich sound that’s greater than you’d expect from a system this small.

Easy to use. Easy on the eyes. Easy to love.

The SoundDock digital music system is easy to operate. For quality sound, dock your compatible iPod in the iPod docking station. There are no extra wires or adapters. The included remote allows you to control your music at the push of a button. And a stylish, sophisticated look means it can be the center of attention or blend in wherever you place it. The SoundDock system and your iPod share a commitment to simplicity, quality and above all, music. Now just introduce them and watch this pair become best friends.

As Intel's smallest and lowest power processor², the Intel® Atom™ processor enables the latest Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), and another new category of devices for the internet called netbooks and nettops. It's also the foundation for the all new Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor technology, a collection of chips enabling amazing Internet experiences in pocketable devices.

Newly designed from the ground up, 45nm Intel® Atom™ processors pack an astounding 47 million transistors on a single chip measuring less than 26mm², making them Intel's smallest and lowest power processors.¹ All this while delivering the power and performance you need for full Internet capabilities.+

• Get a new range of power-efficient devices with excellent performance enabled by all new hafnium-infused 45nm high-k silicon technology
• Increase energy efficiency in smaller more compact designs with a thermal design power specification ranging from less than 1W to 2.5 watts for mobile devices
• Extend battery life in select devices with an incredibly low idle and average power allowing the device to stay powered on while also conserving energy

Based on an entirely new microarchitecture, the Intel® Atom™ processor was developed specifically for targeted performance and low power while maintaining full Intel® Core™ microarchitecture instruction set compatibility. Intel® Atom™ processors also feature multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness.

Devices powered by Intel® Atom™ processors allow you to stay in touch on-the-go, connect to business and enjoy entertainment, remain connected affordably with a new series of MIDs, netbooks and nettops, and so much more.

The world's largest plasma TV!

The world's largest HD Plasma TV is out for sale. The manufacturers of this TV giant is Panasonic USA. The Panasonic 103V inch Plasma TV was first showcased at CES in January. The TV had lot of curious onlookers to get a better look at the 103 inch wide screen Plasma TV.

The Panasonic 103V inch Plasma Tv supports a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and has a contrast ratio of 3000:1. The pixel pitch of Panasonic 103 inch plasma TV is 3.8".

The demand for large screen Plasmas are very high in the USA says Panasonic. Panasonic plans to produce 5000 of these giant Plasma displays every year. The manufacturing will be carried out in the factory at Amagasaki,Japan.

North America will get a majority of the shares, 50%. 20% will be sold in Europe and the rest goes to Asia and Japan. The pricing of Panasonic 103V is not available yet.

Motorola V3 razr

The good: The Motorola Razr V3 has a striking design and comes with a worthy list of features including Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and world phone support.

The bad: Unfortunately, the Motorola Razr V3 supports only video playback, the controls take acclimation, and the call volume is a bit low.

The bottom line: The original thin phone, the Motorola Razr V3 has a sexy design and useful features, but its performance isn't always up to par.

Specifications: Carrier: Cingular Wireless; Band / mode: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband)

The poor indians!

The overwhelming impression? Poverty. Two recent 24 hour journeys in second-class compartments on trains, and I came home stunned -- I mean this, I was simply stunned -- at the number and variety of people who streamed through the coach asking for coins. Or who did so from the stations we stopped at. Or who were obviously destitute and desperate even if they did not beg.

Eunuchs; blind men; blind couples; men on their behinds with a leg draped around their necks, one with a bag of grapes hanging from his toes; young kids doing some little act; young girls singing tunelessly; boys and men and women sweeping the compartment, some with the shirts off their backs; filthy mothers with a seemingly lifeless kid lolling in their arms; a bearded midget who didn't say a word; men without one or more limbs; men on crutches; a young man who picked up discarded watermelon rinds from under the train and chewed on them; a smiling old man who switched from Tamil to English to Tamil again, asking for money all the while; assorted others. From early in the morning, all through the day, well into the night. On and on.

I've travelled second-class for over 35 years now: short journeys, long ones, in every part of the country. For the sense it gives you of what India is about, it is indisputably the best way to travel. It occurred to me that on none of those journeys, over all those years, did I see so many beggars, so much poverty. All of which, like always, gave me a sense of what my country is about, circa 2005.

Yes, this is 2005. We are a decade-and-a-half into reforms and liberalisation and the tearing down of socialism that, we have been told, is addressing India's gargantuan problem of poverty in the most efficient way possible. The proponents of this great exercise will quote arguments and figures at length to make that case, to persuade us that poverty is on the wane. And if you look at their figures, you will indeed be persuaded. Figures are like that.

But then I do this second-class journey, and I am left with fumbling, groping questions: Why can't I see it, this dramatic decrease in poverty that's supposed to be chugging along so nicely? Why, in all the years that I've noticed and been aware of realities in my country, have I not felt there is a perceptible drop in the number of poor people? And on this one journey, why do I see more beggars -- many more -- than I ever have on such a trip?

Anecdotal evidence, those proponents will say, supercilious smile spreading on their faces because they believe they know better. Anecdotal evidence doesn't count. You have to look at the numbers. If you do, you will understand what we've been saying: the move to free markets is bringing more people out of poverty faster than anything else ever has, at any time in our history. In fact, it's a proven fact that free markets are the only mechanism there is to truly address poverty.

So just give it some time.

Oh yes, time. After all, who would expect an end to widespread poverty overnight? It must and will take time.

Then again, the reforms have been in place nearly 15 years. That's over a third of the time from 1947 till liberalisation began. By any standards, that hardly qualifies as "overnight" any more. By any standards, after 15 years during which droves of people escaped from being poor, I should see around me some perceptible decrease in poverty.

On this trip, I didn't.

Look at it this way: let's say I've been piling our household trash outside my front door for a year. Let's say I've steadily ignored my wife's pleas to clean the godawful mess that's now built up there. Until today, when I finally tell her I'm going to clean up. It's a huge job, but I do get started on it. Every day, I show my wife figures of the number of truckloads of dirt I've carted off from our door to the city dump.

Four months from now -- one-third of the year that I dumped garbage uncaringly at our front door -- would she be entitled to expect that the rubbish pile has visibly diminished?

And if she doesn't see this -- if she instead sees it looming just as large, perhaps even larger -- would she be entitled to think, this husband of mine is doing something wrong. If he's doing anything at all. What's more, would it make sense for me to smile superciliously at her worries and whip out my figures again? Tell her that her fears about the non-decreasing pile amount to just so much anecdotal evidence, and that doesn't count?

Absurd, of course. By themselves, figures mean nothing. The anecdotal evidence gives them heft and credibility.

Again, look at it this way: If I never had seen Indians defecating on the tracks, on the rocks at low tide, by the side of the road -- yes, if I never had seen such sights, it would be difficult to believe the troubling statistic that nearly seven of every 10 Indians lack access to reasonable sanitation. But I have seen them. That's why I have a sense that the figure is likely to be true. What's more, it's the only way I have of judging the truth in the figure.

In much the same way, our encounters with poor Indians are the anecdotal evidence that allows us to judge the truth about levels of poverty; about claims that those levels have decreased. What's more, they are the only way we have to judge those claims.

There's no doubt in my mind: reforms must happen. But 15 years after the process began, I can't help feeling that something is wrong about the way we are pursuing them. For I am yet to see the one effect they must have, first and above all: a visible lessening in the level of Indian poverty. Fewer poor Indians around us. I can't see that.

This train journey, in which Indian poverty streamed past me as if we were t some surreal alternate Republic Day parade, showed me as much.

Rich indian or american?

Let us take a look at a life of an IIT alumnus changing lifestyle ..

It's 9 p.m. on a Saturday. Peeyush Ranjan's Sammamish home is buzzing with people, games and loud music. It's party time, and a few geeky Indians from Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Wipro Technologies have converged with their families to let down their hair.

Outside, Lexus and Mercedes drivers jostle for parking space. Inside, the music is Hindi. The movies are Bollywood. The drink is Scotch. And the food is Litti, an east Indian dish made of wheat dough wrapped around roasted spiced stuffing.

Up a spiral staircase, kids are in a different world. Over a platter of macaroni and cheese, strawberries and Indian desserts, they have divided into groups to compete with their GameBoys, play chess and watch a "Harry Potter" movie.

Miles away from their country, amid success, wealth and material comforts, Indians like Ranjan have created a mini-India for themselves -- the only thing this land of opportunity could not give them.

Weekend dinners with Indian friends. Shopping at Indian grocery stores, dining at Indian restaurants -- India isn't very far from their lives anywhere.

But for Ranjan, something is still missing.

Despite the busy social life and his successful career -- in more than 10 years in the United States, Ranjan has pursued two postgraduate degrees, changed jobs four times, set up two investment portals and landed a job with one of the nation's top technology companies -- he longs for India.

"I would want to go back home, to India," says Ranjan, a Hewlett-Packard manager and an IIT alumnus, the top engineering college in India.

His change of heart began last year in June when he visited Bangalore for the first time. "I knew India had changed, but did not know how much until I saw Bangalore," he said.

It has world-class office complexes, well-equipped with health centers, minigolf courses, playgrounds and child day care centers.

Bangalore city life, too, had changed. Sprawling residential complexes came equipped with swimming pools. There were pubs and glitzy malls. Ranjan saw Indians savoring life in the fast lane of commercialism, with its trendy gadgets and swanky cars.

For decades, India has witnessed a brain drain. Thousands of bright and well-educated Indians packed their bags for better job prospects and a higher quality of life overseas. Now the Indian economy is surging, its gross domestic product almost doubled from $317 billion in 1990 to $601 billion in 2003.

The brain drain is becoming brain gain. A BBC story in April on returning Indians estimated that more than 25,000 expatriate Indian infotech professionals have returned home in the past four years.

Predictably, techies have been at the forefront of the trend. Indian employees of information technology companies such as Microsoft are happily returning to India. Many are quitting well-paying jobs to set up new businesses back home.

Part of the reason is that money goes further in India. A full-time nanny costs $100 a month, a chauffeur can be hired for as much or less, a cook for $50. Material comforts of the United States don't compete with that, many Indians admit. What's more, India offers proximity to family members.

But these attributes were always there.

What's changed are the career prospects for returning Indians. Job opportunities for well-qualified executives in India have expanded in virtually every sector.

Telecommunications and consumer electronics sectors, for example, are posting double-digit industry growth. The financial services sector is bullish with consumer lending rising from $10 billion in 2001-02 to about $30.6 billion in 2004-05. The information technology industry, which barely existed in 1991, now employs more than 1 million people and generated revenue of $28 billion in 2004-05.

More than 100 Fortune 500 companies have set up research and development facilities in India. Salaries have been rising rapidly. According to Hewitt Associates, India witnessed the steepest salary increases of any nation in the Asia Pacific region last year. And it is expected to maintain the momentum.

In some ways, it's the same kind of promise of opportunity that lured Ranjan and many other Indians to places like Seattle.

Arriving in the United States in 1995 with barely $300 in his pocket, Ranjan -- a graduate of the India Institute of Technology -- finished his master's at Purdue University in 1997 and took his first job with Hewlett-Packard in the San Francisco Bay Area.

But within six months he joined Microsoft, a company that offered him a challenging job and good salary in Seattle.

By 1999, bitten by the dot-com bug, he joined InfoSpace only to quit and join a startup in 2002. Last year he became a Hewlett-Packard employee when it bought out the company.

Now with a full-time job, he is pursuing a master's in business administration from the University of Washington and managing two investment portals that he started in June. He is busy and making good money.

His wife of eight years -- he married straight out of college and she was an undergraduate -- works at Microsoft. Their 6-year-old son, Ankit, goes to a private school, plays basketball and soccer and has enrolled for Hindi and Bollywood dance classes.

Weekend parties and getaways with friends, mostly Indians, are frequent. Last month they went camping with friends; this month they are planning a holiday in Europe.

But the United States no longer feels exciting, Ranjan says.

"With attractive salaries, ample jobs and good lifestyle in India, the value in getting out and working here isn't that great anymore."

Well,well,well a blog at last...

Hi

At the outset i would like to tell u tat i've jus been browsing the other blogs and this has made me to start a blog...so moved...so influenced??!!?..nah!..

I used 2 wonder why so many use their blog pages to flaunt , to expose , to share wat they are undergoing in their daily life...

People used to pen down their emotions in a diary , ages before...!?!.. (I dont find any1 dary-crazy except my frd gkl ;)..) What really is the need to pen down or type it out ??...so wierd na...

Yeah..life is seriousy this wierd , u dont have reasons for wat u r now..or wat u'll be tomo... wat u know now is tat u r living...n living for wat?..not many have a spontaneous reply to it...some say ambitions...some jus for the sake of living...n some have this gut feeling to tel...TO DIE ANOTHER DAY..

For the ppl with kinda attitude..all seems possible...Wat makes a billion-dollar stakeholder to goto streets the next morning....wierd???
YEAH>>>LIFE IS WEIRD ...(dare to accept it)..
arios...dpk.

Life at the lowest strata of the society!

I wanted to highlight the ups and downs of life in a single city...MUMBAI!!

Let us now take a look at the asia's largest slum...DHARAVI








This year, for the first time in human history, there will be more people living in towns and cities than in the countryside. That is the conclusion of a new study from the Population Division of the United Nations.

And the steady migration of people from rural areas to cities brings huge problems in its wake. Few places demonstrate this as clearly as Mumbai in India.

Mumbai - according to the UN - has a population of 19 million. And the UN forecasts that total will rise to more than 26 million by 2025.

At that point, it would be the most heavily populated "urban agglomeration" in the world, apart from Tokyo and its surroundings.

Mumbai's increase in population will partly be caused by increasing life expectancy and partly by migration from other, poorer, parts of India.

Construction has started on India Tower, a new 60-storey (301 meters) world-class Park Hyatt hotel, retail, and residential tower located in South Mumbai, India. The developer is committed to making India Tower a United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Gold-rated project. Construction is expected to be completed in 2010.

India Tower is located in the prestigious South Mumbai coastal area fondly referred to as the Queens Necklace. The tower’s rotated form emerges in response to the 3-acre site (1.2-hectares), the building’s functional requirements, and its mixed-use program that changes with each rotation of the tower. This circulation pattern separates retail, a custom-designed residential-style Park Hyatt hotel and serviced apartments, and long-lease and duplex penthouse condominium apartments.

The design concept for India Tower was informed by Mumbai’s climate, the site, and the desire to create distinctive indoor and outdoor spaces with optimum views, inspirational settings, and personalized contemporary accommodations for all users. Designed to have the least possible impact on the environment, the tower will integrate current innovative sustainable systems and technologies throughout the building – solar shading, natural ventilation, daylighting, rainwater harvesting, and green interior finishes and materials – to make it one of the greenest skyscrapers in India.

India Tower’s 3-story podium will include restaurants and cafés, luxury-brand retail stores, a health/fitness club with a swimming pool, and a nightclub/lounge. When arriving at India Tower, Park Hyatt guests will be directed to the Sky Lobby (levels 30-35) to check-in, then descend to levels 14 through 28 to their hotel residences.

India Tower’s long-lease apartments will be located on levels 38 through 50, and will feature stylish and spacious two-story living spaces that have been specially designed to take full advantage of the expansive views from this height. Levels 52 to 59 of the tower will house one-of-a-kind duplex penthouse condominium apartments with unparalleled panoramic views.

Now what do u exactly call this?...life is weird ...isn't it??