Anandaraj Kirukkalkal

Serial Blasts in Bangalore

2008-07-25T15:31:00.004+05:30

These are some of the news that i saw immediately after i came to know about serial blasts in bangalore.

Three killed in serial blasts in India's Bangalore city
6 blasts rock Bangalore, two killed, 20 wounded
Serial blasts in Bangalore, casualties reported
Six Blasts Rock Bangalore
Serial Blasts Rock Bangalore- 1 Killed, Several Injured...
FIVE BLASTS IN BANGALORE, ONE KILLED
India's IT hub hit by explosions
Police: 1 killed in India blasts
UPDATE 1-Five blasts hit Indian IT city of Bangalore
SIMI, LeT may be behind Bangalore blasts: IB

Some news sources say that all these bombs are of low intensity. But, I could feel the panic sitting in my office cubicle. I got a call from my uncle. I also got a mail from my friend Yamini who also asked whether i've changed my mobile number. Because when he called my number, it went to some other wrong number. Due to panic, here all networks are jammed. I could not make a call from my mobile for a long time. when i used my workphone to call up my home, it reached some other number. And i could hear what they were talking. I wasn't able to disconnect it. I tried many times and gave up.

The explosions shook Sirjapur Road, Nayandhalli, Madiwala checkpost, Adigudi, Rajaram and Mohan Rai Circle. Some says Forum mall and Total mall also affected...not sure...waiting to know the correct news.

Who is behind this? SIMI or LeT?? What do you get from this?

Bangalore Road show - traffic videos with youtube annotations

2008-07-24T20:31:00.000+05:30

Recently Google had included annotations features in YouTube. It is a cool feature to express the context in the video...

Dasavadharam avathars/roles...

2008-07-23T21:13:00.015+05:30

Notes from a recent forward on Dasavadharam...

Rama avatar - Avatar Singh - Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.

Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!

Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu - As the name suggests and the role personifies Balaram naidu RAW officer and helps to kill the villain

Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan - Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent’s men are drugged at P. Vasu’s.. sounds familiar???

Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher - Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER… Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around

Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan - Remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar

Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi - first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here..

Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti - In varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.

Koorma avatar - Bush - The real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom… May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise…

Macha Avthar - Nambi - nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea...

India's Darkest day - Shame

2008-07-22T21:30:00.002+05:30

Today is the darkest day for India’s democracy. Who could have even dreamt that one day he would watch, live, currency notes being flashed on the floor of the house in Parliament as proof of bribes having been paid by the ruling alliance to three MPs to abstain from voting in the confidence motion later today. This is exactly what happened at about 4 PM when three MPs of the main opposition party, the BJP, produced three bundles of Rs1 crore each. This, according to them, was the advance paid to them as part of the bribes that they were offered by/on behalf of Amar Singh of the Samajwadi Party.

Farmers were committing suicide because they couldn't earn thousand rupees. But here....

World population day

2008-07-11T20:12:00.003+05:30

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people.

The world population on the 21th anniversary of Five Billion Day, July 11, 2008, was estimated to have been 6,681,418,341 (as of now when i write this entry - from here)

Today UN calls all countries for more family planning. In a report marking World Population Day, the UN estimates that the number of people on the planet will grow from 6.7bn to 9.2bn by the year 2050. That means greater demand for food, water and fuel. Such growth is unsustainable, the UN says, as climate change degrades arable land and reduces water supplies.

The hard truth is, the UN adds, the world does not even want so many new people. More than 200 million women, many in the developing world, do not have access to contraceptives.

Where are we going? How are we going to manage this??

Images from http://www.worldometers.info/population/

Google's new iGoogle - Experimental features

2008-07-11T17:41:00.003+05:30

Today when i was using iGoogle, suddenly the presentation format got changed. I was wondering.. Then I came to know that Google is experimenting with several new features on iGoogle. Some of the features..

Left navigation

With the navigation now available on the left-hand side of the page, you can get to all your gadgets with one click. The left navigation contains a list of all your gadgets and tabs.

Canvas view gadgets

Sometimes you want to focus on a single gadget on iGoogle. Now canvas views or full page views are available for some of our most popular gadgets. You can get to the canvas view of a gadget by doing the following:

* Click its title in the left navigation.
* Click the Maximize button in the gadget titlebar.

Chat on iGoogle

Now you can chat with all your friends in iGoogle without having to download any extra software. If your friends are signed into Gmail, Google Talk, or an experimental iGoogle homepage at the same time as you, you'll see their screennames listed on the left navigation.

Check out here for more information...

HealthMap - Global disease alert map

2008-07-11T14:15:00.003+05:30

Recently I came across this nice site called http://healthmap.org/en. It seems to be good. It gets disease alerts from different news services and present them on the world map. You can zoom into see the alerts in a particular location.

This is really helpful, when you plan for your vacation you can check the possible disease alerts in that place

Unofficial Google Command line interface

2008-07-09T22:23:00.005+05:30

Goosh.org hosted a command line interface to Google! It is like unix shell like interface. Using this you can access most of the google services (search for web, image, map (places), video, news, feeds, site specific searches and translate etc). It is pretty cool!! "help" or "ls" command gives the list of features supported. And you can clean up your webpage using clear command!! nice to see see all these without any advertisement.

Bangalore EPIC Special Campaign 2008

2008-07-06T15:43:00.008+05:30

Bangalore EPIC Special Compaign 2008 - For issue of elector photo identity card.
7th July to 31st August!!

- This campaign will enable every elector to get an EPIC.
- EPIC Campaign schedule in designated locations will be announced by the District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers
- The Electors whose names are already in the Electoral Roll, but EPIC not yet issued should appear for photograph in the designated locations for issue of EPIC.
- For inclusion of name in the Electoral Roll and for issue of Photo Identity Card fill up Form-6, submit the completed form to the concerned Electoral Registration Officer/ Assistant Electoral Registration Officer under acknowledgment.
- If EPIC is already issued and there is correction in the Electoral Roll and EPIC, fill up Form-8 and submit the completed form to the concerned Electoral Registration Officer / Assistant Electoral Registration Officer under acknowledgment.

Forms can be downloaded from www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in

Check here for contact numbers of ERO (Electoral Registration Officers). You can call them to get the schedule in your area.

http://stg1.kar.nic.in/eci/ERO_BUD.pdf

http://stg1.kar.nic.in/eci/ERO_BBMP.pdf

UPDATE on 21st July 2008:
Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) will be distributed in the following areas between 8.30 am and 6.30 pm. Looks like this schedule is for the next three days till 23rd July. For details, call 41757550.

KR Puram: Government model school; RR Nagar: St Clariton school; Mahalakshmi Layout: BBMP engineering ward office; Malleswaram: Chandrodaya english school; Hebbal: Little Angel Public School; Pulakeshi Nagar: Alphonse high school; Sarvagna Nagar: Maruthi Vidyalaya; CV Raman Nagar: Government model Tamil primary school; Shivajinagar: Islamiya-Madarasa-e-Niswan high school; Shanthinagar: Shanthi Nikethan nursery and primary school; Gandhinagar: Mahila Vidyalaya; Rajajinagar: BBMP engineering ward office; Govindaraja Nagar: Standard English nursery and primary school; Vijayanagar: Corporation ward office; Chamarajpet: Corporation Nursery School; Chickpet: City Central library; Basavanagudi: Corporation ward office; Padmanabhnagar: Webster middle and high school; BTM Layout: Francis institute of primary school; Jayanagar: VET High School; Bommannahalli: GHPS, Rotary Nagar.
Bangalore Urban
Yelahanka: GLPS, Kodigetrumalapura; MEC High School, Yelahanka New Town, Govt Urdu Model School, GHPS Kachohalli and Sondekoppa. Byatarayanapura: Govt Urdu Primary School, Bellahalli; Tanisandra: St Philomina English School; Doddabommasandra: GKVK Hostel. Yeshwantpur: GLPS, Ganapathi Halli; Nammura GHPS Thigalarapalya New Building; Nammura GHPS, Byadarahalli; GLPS, Pattanagere, Jnanabhodini higher primary school, Dubasipalya, Kengeri Education Society, Junior college, Kengeri, GHPS, Huluvenahalli. Dasarahalli: Sri Gururaghavendra Kannada lower primary school and parents society, Rajagopala Nagar.
Bangalore South: GHPS, Chandra Nagar, Kumaraswami Layout 2nd Stage; GHPS, Vittasandra; Dayananda boys and girls high school, Vaishnavi Layout; Uttarahalli, GKPS, Subhash Nagar; Government lower primary school, Thirupalya; Rammanohar Lohia law college, Gottigere; Modern school, Konanakunte.
Anekal: Government higher primary school, Huskur; government higher primary school, Chandapura; government higher primary school, Kithiganahalli; government new model primary schhol, government higher primary school, Arenuru; government primary school, Dommasandra; government higher primary school, Iggalur; government lower primary school, Maranayakanahalli.

Deccan Skylimo: Helicopter shuttle service launched in bangalore

2008-07-03T20:50:00.003+05:30

Image via WikipediaDeccan Aviation on Tuesday launched its helicopter shuttle service between the new international airport here and select destinations in the city. The new service "Deccan Skylimo" opening on Wednesday will have a bell 206 jet ranger helicopter, the company said in a release here.

Deccan Skylimo will begin operations from BIAL to Electronic City, Whitefield and HAL airport in Bangalore. The charter service offerred convenient timings and regular frequency, it said adding the first service will start at 0630 hours and the last drop to BIAL will be at 1800 hours daily.

The fare for these helicopter charters is in the range of Rs. 4800 to Rs. 5800 per person per trip.

Women Harassment: How to register complaint?

2008-07-02T20:21:00.002+05:30

The Complaints and Counseling Cell of the commission processes all the complaints whether received orally, written or suo moto under Section 10 of the NCW Act.

The complaints received relate to domestic violence, harassment, dowry, torture, desertion, bigamy, rape, refusal to register FIR, cruelty by husband, deprivation, gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work place.

The complaints are dealt with as below :-

* Investigations by the police are expedited and monitored.
* The matters are brought to the notice of various state authorities to facilitate action.
* Family disputes are resolved or compromised through counseling.
* As per the 1997 Supreme Court Judgment on Sexual Harassment at Workplace, ( Vishakha Vs. State of Rajasthan ) every employer is required to provide for effective complaints procedures and remedies including award of compensation to women victims. In sexual harassment complaints, the concerned organisation is urged to expedite cases and the disposal is monitored.
* For serious crimes, the Commission constitutes an Inquiry Committee which makes spot enquiries, examines witnesses, collects evidence and submits
the report with recommendations. The implementation of the report is monitored by the NCW.
The Commission has powers to summon the accused, witnesses and records to facilitate inquiry.

The State Commissions, the NGOs and other experts are involved in these efforts.

Cases falling under following categories are ordinarily not entertained by the Commission.

* Complaints illegible or vague, anonymous or pseudonymous; or
* The Complaint relates to civil dispute between the parties such as contractual rights obligations and the like;
* The Complaint relates to service matters not involving any deprivation of women's rights;
* The Complaint relates to labour/industrial disputes not involving any deprivation of womens rights:
* Matter is sub judice before a Court/Tribunal;
* The Commission shall not inquire into any matter which is pending before a State Commission or any other Commission duly constituted under any law for the time being in force.
* Matter already decided by the Commission

Visit http://ncw.nic.in/ncwcomplaint1/complaintentry.asp to file the complaint.

Nokia to take full control of Symbian - Will it hurt Google??

2008-06-24T22:45:00.003+05:30

Image via WikipediaNokia, the world’s largest mobile maker, has stepped up the pressure on Apple and Google, the US technology companies, after offering on Tuesday to buy Symbian, which makes operating systems for so-called smart mobile phones.

The Finnish company wants to acquire the 52 per cent of Symbian that it does not already own for around $410m and then offer Symbian’s software for free use as an operating system for mobile phone handsets.

The move means that Symbian’s software will compete directly with operating systems used by Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry, Apple, maker of the iPhone, and Microsoft. The proposed Symbian deal also comes ahead of the release of Google’s own Android operating system later this year.

The deal is significant because smart phones will provide the next battleground in the development of the mobile phone industry.

Read this story here

Nokia says no plans to cut staff after Symbian buy...

Dasavatharam - Vishnu Vs Kamal comparision

2008-06-24T13:54:00.004+05:30

Last few days, there were many mails flooding about relating chaos theory and butterfly effect in kamal hassan 's dasavatharam movie. This is the recent one...

Recently i received this forward mail. It is really interesting!

If you knew the real dasavatharams of Lord Vishnu and their characters you can appreciate the script more.

Starting with the best adapted role:

1. Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan
Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent’s men are drugged at P. Vasu’s.. sounds familiar???

2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu
This is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.

3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambi
nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?

4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti
During the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.

5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan
remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar.

6. Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher
Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER… Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to check if he kills 21 people though.

7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi
first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?

8. Rama avatar - Avatar Singh
Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.

9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy
As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!

10. Koorma avatar - Bush
This is the most loose adaptation I couldn’t clearly comprehend. But if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom… May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise…

We’ve Got Water On Mars, Let’s Find Life!

2008-06-23T22:38:00.001+05:30

Image via WikipediaMars phoenix lander found water ice on Mars...
Billions of dollars just to get an ice cube???

Check out this video..

Cricket - Asia Cup 2008 Schedule

2008-06-23T22:20:00.003+05:30

Image via WikipediaCricket season again... Asia cup starts tomorrow...
Group A
Sri Lanka
Bangaladesh
United Arab Emirates

Group B
India
Pakistan
Hong Kong

Live telecast in TV: ESPN and Star Sports

The schedule for the Asia Cup 2008 is as under :

Tue 24th June
Group A - Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Tue 24th June
Group B - Pakistan v Hong Kong
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Wed 25th June
Group A - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Wed 25th June
Group B - Hong Kong v India
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Thu 26th June
Group A - Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Thu 26th June
Group B - India v Pakistan
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Sat 28th June
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
A2 v B2
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Sun 29th June
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
A1 v B1
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Mon 30th June
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
A1 v A2
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Wed 2nd July
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
B1 v B2
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Thu 3nd July
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
A1 v B2
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Fri 4nd July
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
A2 v B1
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Sun 6nd July
Final - TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Dasavatharam FAQs - Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect

2008-06-20T23:21:00.010+05:30

Kamal Haasan's ten roles in Dasavaratham

Rangaraja Nambi (12th century Vaishnavite -- Buddha avatar??)
Govindarajan Ramaswamy (bio technologist - Rama avatar??)
George Bush (US President)
Avtaar Singh (Punjabi singer)
Christian Fletcher (US ex-CIA officer)
Shinghen Narahasi (a Japanese martial arts expert - narasimha avatar??)
Krishnaveni (95-year-old, mentally retarted woman - Vamana avatar??)
Vincent Poovaraagan (a Dalit neglected by the society due to their caste - Krishna avatar?)
Kalifullah Mukhtaar (8 feet tall innocent muslim - Kalki avatar??)
Balram Naidu (Telugu intelligence officer - Parasuram avatar??)

Here is the excellent explanation about Chaos theory and Butterfly Effect and ofcourse Dasavatharam - From a forwarded message -

FOR THOSE WHO LOVED Dasavatharam AND ALSO FOR THOSE WHO CUDNT UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT!!!!!!!!!!

Too many doubts about correlation of the movie, Chaos theory and Butterfly Effect have come into Picture….!!!

The movie clearly states about Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect [Kamal says it in his Speech in the Movie ]

The concept of “CHAOS THEORY” and “BUTTERFLY EFFECT”, by itself is a complex concept, which mainly highlights the happening of huge unimaginable things because of least probable things…!!!!

Dasavatharam although deals with these concept, but does not necessarily confuse anyone with it,,,, As i said earlier, its mainly “YOU”… that plays a factor in how the movie gets along with “YOU”.

You have got to be Case 1 or Case 2 as i have said earlier in this entry,,, No use being Half Baked…..!!!!

To just brief about these Concepts,

Q: What is Chaotic System ?
A: Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions are impossible.Like for example,if I push a car, I know that it is going to move and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on and on.However,in a chaotic system,this situation cannot be predicted over a long period of time.
Weather for example is a chaotic system.No matter how good your instruments are,you simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracy over a long term basis and forecast it.

Q: What is the Butterfly Effect ?Matsyavatara
A: It is the most important component of a chaotic system.Basically,small perturbations results in amplifications which completely destroys the original nature of the system and makes prediction impossible.
If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa,it could result in a cyclone in USA.(Mark the word COULD).A highly dumbed down explanation of the butterfly effect is in the film Anniyan,where Vikram’s sister dies because a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day.

Q: OK, how does Dasavatharam incorporate it ?
A: In essence,Dasavatharam talks about 8 characters who are inconsequential as such,but are integrated in a larger picture.Without Bush,the plane would have been called back.Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead.Without the tsunami,the world would have been destroyed.Even Krishnaveni Patti plays a very important role.If she had not put the vial in the idol,maybe Govind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weapon would have been unleashed.The very fact that it went into the idol meant that it was being accelerated to its destiny.Without Kaifulla Khan, Govind would have never escaped;the list simply goes on.

Q:OK,so does the film talk about theism or atheism?
A:Neither.It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world.

The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconsequential event (the drowning of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped off the face of the earth.

The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamal says in the first scene, that he will not say “Om Nama Shivaya” , but Asin tells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in his story tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything, but Asin feels “Its ok if we change the god or chant other god’s name, its life thats most important.” Now if u see the climax its JUST OPPOSITE…. Kamal doesn’t believe in god much and values lives of people the most…. but Asin deeply believes in god and that too this dialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal’s hand is on the god which came from the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from the place they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).The connection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows the generation circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD and destiny…..!!!

If you watch it closely u can also find another actor who has done double action other than Asin and Kamal.
Asin’s father Sahasranamam [12th Century], in the beginning he says to Nambi “Panchatchira manthirathai sollitu vaango mappillai” and at the End [After tsunami] he says “Avar enna jathiyo inga vaanga paati “.
Another Eg. of Chaos Theory and circle of life.

JUST IMAGINE THE CHAOS THEORY IN A TAMIL FILM ??
WILL ANYONE HAVE THE GUTS TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF A SUBJECT IN A TAMIL FILM?

ONLY KAMAL HAS THE GUTS…. U ROCK!!

FURTHER————-

Nambi explanation

Okay, this is slightly outside the chaotic system driving the film as a whole. From what I could gather he says that this story is about ideologies like God,the madness surrounding such ideologies and decides to tell the story of the Shaivite-Vaishnavite conflict to show how people go crazy in the name of God as an example.

As a loose end,it gets tied up in the end,when the Ranganathar idol is thrown out of the sea due to the tsunami which highlights the cyclic nature of life.Actually the Nambi character highlights both Chaos and Karma which I explained.That is the brilliance of this film,there is so much to see and understand.

Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched— as explained earlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambi he couldn’t protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfill his Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves the world from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to this theory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.
As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Century goes…
The connection is based on the “Butterfly effect “.

When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal will stumble on a particular stone couple of times…This is the same stone as the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it at Kulothunga Chozan…it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the implied message here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.

During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it is repeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan, it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.

This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whose paths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.

The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.

But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination… Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in a dialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between the tectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami…
Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal’s accent was so very perfect Tamil, that many people missed it…. Being perfect Is a Problem by Itself !!! :)

Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what “Chaos Theory” And “Butterfly Effect” are all about.

Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started a large chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finally lead to it after 800 years….!!

Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical… it is possible… thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!

The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right which involves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.

Knowingly:

-Bush, Manmohan Singh, Govindh, Fletcher, Balaram Naidu, Mallika Sherawath.

Unknowingly:

-Nambi’s drowning to death with the heavy statue causes simple changes to the seabed that causes a devastating tsunami 800 years later [According to Chaos theory it is possible.... although it is least probable... It is possible.. so nothing TOTALLY WRONG About it ]
-Poovaragan(actually saved kamal unknowingly—when poovaragan enters kamal and asin were caught by those manal kollayargal.There poovaragan distracts the gang helping kamal to escape),
- Avatar Singh(gave way to Fletcher to escape in the airport unknowingly),
- Japanese(saved govind from fletcher, he knows he is saving but he doesnt know about the play and was there only for revenge),
- Kallifulla and family(saved govind unknowingly)……..
-Vincent is a dalit leader of a lower caste( the so called ) but saved an Iyengar Girl ……and at the end becomes the son of the Iyengar Paati !!
- If Shingen Narahashi’s sister was not killed, Fletcher could have killed govind and used the virus for wrong purpose..

This is based on Chaos Theory..!!!!!

Check out this article which talks about 10 avatars of kamal in Dasavatharam.

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Mobile Internet Usage : Male Vs Female

2008-06-20T15:32:00.003+05:30

Image via WikipediaA survey commissioned by Opera claims that it is mostly men who use the internet from their mobile phone.

More than 83% of men use their mobiles to browse, in comparison to 16% of women. In India the vast majority of Opera Mini users are male (~97%) and between 18 and 27 years old (~76%).

The report is based on findings from the top 10 countries who use Opera Mini, including UK, Russia, Indonesia, China, US, India, South Africa, Ukraine, Germany and Poland

The report is available at http://www.opera.com/mobile_report/2008/05/

As per this survey, Top 10 sites in India (# of unique users)
India

1. google.com
2. orkut.com
3. yahoo.com
4. gmail.com
5. rediff.com
6. youtube.com
7. gamejump.com
8. wikipedia.org
9. information.com
10. my.opera.com

BMTC Bangalore Airport Transfer Shuttle Service Booking Launches on VIA

2008-06-17T09:47:00.004+05:30

Image via WikipediaYou can now book Airport Transfer to/from Bangalore Airport on BMTC Vayu Vajra (Volvo) Bus on viaworld.in.

BMTC(Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation) is launching Volvo (Vayu Vajra) services every one hour to the Airport and from the Airport to Bangalore City. VIA is the only exclusive seller of BMTC Airport Transfers in India. Steps to Book tickets.

1. Login to www.viaworld.in
2. Select Buses and Select Airport Transfers in the Search Box (Currently we are also providing transfer from Delhi Airport to Punjab on Indo Canadian Transport Buses)
3. Select Bangalore International Airport as source or if booking to Airport select the Source as the nearest pick up point in the city.
4. Search for Buses for the date of travel.
5. Select the Bus from the list of buses shown. You can also see pickup points and fares.
6. Select the Seat of your Choice.
7. Use your VISA/Mastercard Credit Card to make the payment confirm the transfer.
8. Print the voucher.

Important Instructions
1. Please carry the print-out of the Voucher to the Pickup point and present it to the Conductor while Boarding the Bus.
2. In case you get delayed at the airport or to reach the pick up point and miss the bus, the same ticket shall be valid for up to 3 hours so that he can board the next subsequent bus. The seat though is not guaranteed while boarding the next bus.
3. Tickets are non-cancellable and non-refundable

BUS TARIFF:
A.C. Vayu Varja : Four flat Fares of Rs. 200/-, 150/-, 100/-, 80/- .
Non A.C. Suvarna/P.Vahini : Three Flat Fares of Rs. 100/-, Rs. 80/- & Rs. 50/-

Fares
AIRPORT-1 : HEBBAL TO BIAL
Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL Rs. 80

AIRPORT-2: M.C.T.C. TO BIAL
a. MCTC Vijayanagar - BIAL to BIAL - Rs. 150
b. Rajajinagar Malleshwaram Bus to BIAL - Rs. 100
Stn. Bashyam circle (Sadahivanagar)
Mekhri Circle
C. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80AIRPORT-

3 : JEEVANBHIMANAGAR TO BIAL
a. Jeevanbhimanagar to BIAL - Rs. 150
Indiranagar Police Stn. Halasoor Bus Stop
b. Taj Residency to BIAL - Rs. 100
Indian Express J C Nagar/Dooradarshan Mekhri Circle
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT-4 : HAL OLD AIRPORT TO BIAL
a. HAL Old Airport to BIAL - Rs. 150
Hotel Leela Palace/ Royal Orchid Indiranagar Police Stn.
b. Halasoor Lake to BIAL - Rs. 100
J C Nagar Mekhri Circle
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT-5: J.P.NAGAR 6TH PHASE TO BIAL
a. J P Nagar 6th Phase to BIAL - Rs. 150
Jayanagar 4th block
b. Shanthinagar Bus Station to BIAL - Rs. 100
Bangalore club/ Richmond Circle
Basaveshwara Circle/L.H
Hotel Le meridian/ Hotel Windsor Manor
Mekhri Circle
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT-6 : WHITE FIELD POST OFFICE TO BIAL
a. White field Post Office to BIAL - Rs. 150
Hope Form
ITPL
b. K.R.Puram Railway Station to BIAL - Rs. 100
Kalyanagar
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT-7 : KORAMANGALA TO BIAL
a. Koramangala to BIAL - Rs. 150
Forum Mall/ Madivala Checkpost
b.Shanthinagar Bus Station to BIAL - Rs. 100
Bangalore club/ Richmond Circle
Indian Express
J C Nagar/Doordarshan Mekhri Circle
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT-8 : ELECTRONIC CITY TO BIAL
a. Electronic city to BIAL - Rs. 200
Bommanahalli
b. Central Silk Board to BIAL - Rs. 150
Agara Jn. Of Sarjapura Road
Accenture/Intel
Marathahalli Bridge
c. K.R.Puram Railway Station to BIAL - Rs. 100
Kalyanagar
d. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

AIRPORT 9 : KEMPEGOWDA BUS STATION /KSRTC BUS STAND/RAILWAY STATION TO BIAL
a.Kempegowda Bus Station/ to BIAL - Rs. 100
KSRTC Bus Stand,
Railway Station
b.Hotel Grand Ashoka to BIAL - Rs. 80
Hotel Windsor Manor
Mekhri circle
c. Hebbal Kogilu Cross/Yelahanka to BIAL - Rs. 80

Commissions and Service ChargeA Service Charge of Rs. 5 shall be charged extra over and above the price of ticket.
Customer Support
1. For any queries, you can further call us at 080-41431000 or email us at buses@viaworld.in

For more information about BMTC services visit here

Mobile Search - Nokia Vs Google Vs Nuance T9 Nav

2008-06-16T22:43:00.005+05:30

Today i came to know about the new mobile search application T9 Nav from Nuance. I already have Nokia Search and Google Search on my mobile.

T9 Nav runs as a daemon and when you type in in the home menu, it gets activated and gives the search results. It looks good. It supports contacts,settings, media files, bookmarks, applications, calendar entries. It is still in beta. I tried it for some keywords. It looks good! But I like Nokia search.

Nokia Search is very good. It combines local mobile search and internet search also. And it supports SMS, email messages and files along with other contents supported by T9 Nav. The look and feel of Nokia search application is very good.

Google will launch their Google Mobile (similar to Google Desktop) soon. But they launched Google search - their internet search client. It is also good. We don't need to start the browser and navigate to the Google to search for something. Instead when you press the edit key, Google Search gets activated and you can directly google!! It is not supporting the browser configuration - always opens the default browser. we cannot change the default browser to Opera Browser..

All are good! I will continue to use Nokia Search and Google Search. T9 Nav ?? letz see their next release...and ofcourse i am waiting for Google Mobile :)

World Blood Donor's Day

2008-06-14T23:31:00.004+05:30

Image via WikipediaToday (June 14th) is World Blood Donor's Day! Donate blood today!!

Benefits for the donor:

Reduces risk of heart problems.
Stimulates generation of red blood cells
Prevents accumulation of iron.
Check your Blood Pressure, temperature, hemoglobin and pulse rate every time you give blood. Also collect your blood reports after donation.
Each time you donate blood you can save up to 4 lives!!!

Benefits for the Recipient:

Replaces blood lost during injury.
Replaces blood lost during surgery.
Helps patients with diseases like Hemophilia.
Raises Hemoglobin levels in patients with chronic ailments like cancer, anemia, kidney disease etc.

Bangalore International Airport - Funny cartoons

2008-06-14T13:13:00.003+05:30

Image via Wikipedia

I saw the set of funny cartoons about BIAL - Bangalore International Airport. Enjoy!

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya ( Heart Specialist) Bangalore

2008-06-12T16:05:00.003+05:30

I received the transcript of the Chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya ( Heart Specialist) Bangalore.

Here it is...

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart ?

Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?

Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints .

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?

Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?

Ans: Extremely rare

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?

Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?

Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?

Ans: Yoga helps.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?

Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?

Ans: All oils are bad .

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?

Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?

Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?

Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.

Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?

Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?

Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?

Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?

Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?

Ans : No.

Qn: How would you define junk food?

Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?

Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?

Ans : No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?

Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?

Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?

Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?

Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?

Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?

Ans : No.

Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?

Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?

Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.

Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?

Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ...

How to survive a heart attack when alone...

2008-06-12T16:02:00.002+05:30

Image via WikipediaSince many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who Begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing conscious.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough, the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives.

Don't ever think that you are not prone to heart attack if your age is less than 25 or 30. Nowadays due to the change in the life style, heart attack is found among people of all age groups.

YouTube Annotations

2008-06-11T10:07:00.000+05:30

Image via WikipediaYouTube added a new feature for video creators: annotations. "Video Annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos. Use them to add background information about the video, create stories with multiple possibilities (viewers click to choose the next scene) or link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within a video."

You can add annotations by going to the list of uploaded videos and clicking on "Edit annotations" or by visiting one of your videos while you are logged in. There are three types of annotations that can be added while playing the video: speech bubbles, notes and spotlights

List of LPG filling stations in India

2008-06-10T14:44:00.001+05:30

List of LPG filling stations in India is here This list is compiled by Team Raghav LPG for general public use.