ENERGETIC YOUTH

Interesting facts

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:31:00 +0000

Interesting facts

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it !)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
to squirt blood 30 feet.

(O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig..)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

(Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping
thelength of a football field.
(30 minutes.. Lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.(Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

(Okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains

(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(What about that pig??)

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread these
crazy facts and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to,
maybe even a chuckle.

Anna Hazare may start Jasmine Revolution of India against corruption

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:56:00 +0000

Anna Hazare, famous and respected award winning social activist may really give momentum to drive against corruptionin India.

common people to Celebrities everybody with a clear concise is standing behind Anna.

Here is Aamir Khan's letter to Anna Hazare.

Dear Mr. Hazare,

Over the last few days I have been following, through the media coverage, news about your struggle against corruption and the fast that you have undertaken.

I have been through your appeal.

I have been through the draft provided by the media of the government proposed Lokpal bill, which is under consideration of the government, which you are opposing.

Through the internet, I have also been through the draft of the Jan Lokpal Bill as drafted by the members of the Civil Society, which you are supporting.

I would like you to know that I am amongst thousands who are fully supportive of your efforts. The crusade that you have begun is an extremely important one, and I would like to extend my support to you.

For your information, I have written to our Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh requesting him to pay heed to your appeal. I am attaching my letter to him for you to read.

You are an inspiration for the youth of this country and my prayers are with you.

Like the country has supported the Indian Cricket team in their struggle to win the World Cup, I hope and pray that your struggle, which is infinitely more important, and affects each and every one of us, will get an even greater support.

Jai Hind.

Yours sincerely,
Aamir Khan

As we all know our politicians are good at making fool of people...everybody should join forces with Anna Hazare.

गब्बर सिंह का चरित्र चित्रण : Sholay revisited

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:42:00 +0000

गब्बर सिंह का चरित्र चित्रण

1. सादा जीवन, उच्च विचार: उसके जीने का ढंग बड़ा सरल था. पुराने और मैले कपड़े, बढ़ी हुई दाढ़ी, महीनों से जंग खाते दांत और पहाड़ों पर खानाबदोश जीवन. जैसे मध्यकालीन भारत का फकीर हो. जीवन में अपने लक्ष्य की ओर इतना समर्पित कि ऐशो-आराम और विलासिता के लिए एक पल की भी फुर्सत नहीं. और विचारों में उत्कृष्टता के क्या कहने! 'जो डर गया, सो मर गया' जैसे संवादों से उसने जीवन की क्षणभंगुरता पर प्रकाश डाला था.

२. दयालु प्रवृत्ति: ठाकुर ने उसे अपने हाथों से पकड़ा था. इसलिए उसने ठाकुर के सिर्फ हाथों को सज़ा दी. अगर वो चाहता तो गर्दन भी काट सकता था. पर उसके ममतापूर्ण और करुणामय ह्रदय ने उसे ऐसा करने से रोक दिया.

3. नृत्य-संगीत का शौकीन: 'महबूबा ओये महबूबा' गीत के समय उसके कलाकार ह्रदय का परिचय मिलता है. अन्य डाकुओं की तरह उसका ह्रदय शुष्क नहीं था. वह जीवन में नृत्य-संगीत एवंकला के महत्त्व को समझता था. बसन्ती को पकड़ने के बाद उसके मन का नृत्यप्रेमी फिर से जाग उठा था. उसने बसन्ती के अन्दर छुपी नर्तकी को एक पल में पहचान लिया था. गौरतलब यह कि कला के प्रति अपने प्रेम को अभिव्यक्त करने का वह कोई अवसर नहीं छोड़ता था.

4. अनुशासनप्रिय नायक: जब कालिया और उसके दोस्त अपने प्रोजेक्ट से नाकाम होकर लौटे तो उसने कतई ढीलाई नहीं बरती.अनुशासन के प्रति अपने अगाध समर्पण को दर्शाते हुए उसने उन्हें तुरंत सज़ा दी.

5. हास्य-रस का प्रेमी: उसमें गज़ब का सेन्स ऑफ ह्यूमर था. कालिया और उसके दो दोस्तों को मारने से पहले उसने उन तीनों को खूब हंसाया था. ताकि वो हंसते-हंसते दुनिया को अलविदा कह सकें. वह आधुनिक यु का 'लाफिंग बुद्धा' था.

6. नारी के प्रति सम्मान: बसन्ती जैसी सुन्दर नारी का अपहरण करने के बाद उसने उससे एक नृत्य का निवेदन किया. आज-कल का खलनायक होता तो शायद कुछ और करता.

7. भिक्षुक जीवन: उसने हिन्दू धर्म और महात्मा बुद्ध द्वारा दिखाए गए भिक्षुक जीवन के रास्ते को अपनाया था. रामपुर और अन्य गाँवों से उसे जो भी सूखा-कच्चा अनाज मिलता था, वो उसी से अपनी गुजर-बसर करता था. सोना, चांदी, बिरयानी या चिकन मलाई टिक्का की उसने कभी इच्छा ज़ाहिर नहीं की.

8. सामाजिक कार्य: डकैती के पेशे के अलावा वो छोटे बच्चों को सुलाने का भी काम करता था. सैकड़ों माताएं उसका नाम लेती थीं ताकि बच्चे बिना कलह किए सो जाएं. सरकार ने उसपर 50,000 रुपयों का इनाम घोषित कर रखा था. उस युग में 'कौन बनेगा करोड़पति'ना होने के बावजूद लोगों को रातों-रात अमीर बनाने का गब्बर का यह सच्चा प्रयास था.

9. महानायकों का निर्माता: अगर गब्बर नहीं होता तो जय और व??रू जैसे लुच्चे-लफंगे छोटी-मोटी चोरियां करते हुए स्वर्ग सिधार जाते. पर यह गब्बर के व्यक्तित्व का प्रताप था कि उन लफंगों में भी महानायक बनने की क्षमता जागी.

India Map--- perspective of Taste buds

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:56:00 +0000

Sudha murthy's letter to JRD TATA

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:23:00 +0000

This is the stuff legends are made of..Worth a read..

THE GIRL WRITING AS HERSELF....

It was probably the April of 1974.I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies' hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science.

I was looking forward to going abroad to complete a doctorate in computer science. I had been offered scholarships from Universities in the US... I had not thought of taking up a job in India.

One day, while on the way to my hostel,I saw an advertisement on the notice board. It was a standard job-requirement notice from the famous automobile company Telco (now Tata Motors)... It stated that the company required young, bright engineers, hardworking and with an excellent academic background, etc.

At the bottom was a small line: 'Lady Candidates need not apply.'

I read it and was very upset. For the first time in my life I was up against gender discrimination.

Though I was not keen on taking up the job, I saw it as a challenge. I had done extremely well in academics, better than most of my male peers...
Little did I know then that in real life academic excellence is not enough to be successful?

After reading the notice I went fuming to my room. I decided to inform the topmost person in Telco's management about the injustice the company was perpetrating. I got a postcard and started to write, but there was a problem: I did not know who headed Telco

I thought it must be one of the Tatas. I knew JRD Tata was the head of the Tata Group; I had seen his pictures in newspapers (actually, Sumant Moolgaokar was the company's chairman then) I took the card, addressed it to JRD and started writing. To this day I remember clearly what I wrote.

'The great Tatas have always been pioneers. They are the people who started the basic infrastructure industries in India, such as iron and steel, chemicals, textiles and locomotives they have cared for higher education in India since 1900 and they were responsible for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science. Fortunately, I study there. But I am surprised how a company such as Telco is discriminating on the basis of gender.'

I posted the letter and forgot about it. Less than 10 days later, I received a telegram stating that I had to appear for an interview at Telco's Pune facility at the company's expense. I was taken aback by the telegram. My hostel mate told me I should use the opportunity to go to Pune free of cost and buy them the famous Pune saris for cheap! I collected Rs30 each from everyone who wanted a sari when I look back, I feel like laughing at the reasons for my going, but back then they seemed good enough to make the trip.

It was my first visit to Pune and I immediately fell in love with the city.

To this day it remains dear to me. I feel as much at home in Pune as I do in Hubli, my hometown. The place changed my life in so many ways. As directed, I went to Telco's Pimpri office for the interview.

There were six people on the panel and I realized then that this was serious business.

'This is the girl who wrote to JRD,' I heard somebody whisper as soon as I entered the room. By then I knew for sure that I would not get the job. The realization abolished all fear from my mind, so I was rather cool while the interview was being conducted.

Even before the interview started, I reckoned the panel was biased, so I told them, rather impolitely, 'I hope this is only a technical interview.'

They were taken aback by my rudeness, and even today I am ashamed about my attitude.
The panel asked me technical questions and I answered all of them.

Then an elderly gentleman with an affectionate voice told me, 'Do you know why we said lady candidates need not apply? The reason is that we have never employed any ladies on the shop floor. This is not a co-ed college; this is a factory. When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout. We appreciate that, but people like you should work in research laboratories.

I was a young girl from small-town Hubli. My world had been a limited place.

I did not know the ways of large corporate houses and their difficulties, so I answered, 'But you must start somewhere, otherwise no woman will ever be able to work in your factories.'

Finally, after a long interview, I was told I had been successful. So this was what the future had in store for me. Never had I thought I would take up a job in Pune. I met a shy young man from Karnataka there, we became good friends and we got married.

It was only after joining Telco that I realized who JRD was: the uncrowned king of Indian industry. Now I was scared, but I did not get to meet him till I was transferred to Bombay. One day I had to show some reports to Mr Moolgaokar, our chairman, who we all knew as SM. I was in his office on the first floor of Bombay House (the Tata headquarters) when, suddenly JRD walked in. That was the first time I saw 'appro JRD'. Appro means 'our' in Gujarati. This was the affectionate term by which people at Bombay House called him.

I was feeling very nervous, remembering my postcard episode. SM introduced me nicely, 'Jeh (that's what his close associates called him), this young woman is an engineer and that too a postgraduate.

She is the first woman to work on the Telco shop floor.' JRD looked at me. I was praying he would not ask me any questions about my interview (or the postcard that preceded it).

Thankfully, he didn't. Instead, he remarked. 'It is nice that girls are getting into engineering in our country. By the way, what is your name?'

'When I joined Telco I was Sudha Kulkarni, Sir,' I replied. 'Now I am Sudha Murthy.' He smiled and kindly smile and started a discussion with SM. As for me, I almost ran out of the room.

After that I used to see JRD on and off. He was the Tata Group chairman and I was merely an engineer. There was nothing that we had in common. I was in awe of him.

One day I was waiting for Murthy, my husband, to pick me up after office hours. To my surprise I saw JRD standing next to me. I did not know how to react. Yet again I started worrying about that postcard. Looking back, I realize JRD had forgotten about it. It must have been a small incident for him, but not so for me.

'Young lady, why are you here?' he asked. 'Office time is over.' I said, 'Sir, I'm waiting for my husband to come and pick me up.' JRD said, 'It is getting dark and there's no one in the corridor.

I'll wait with you till your husband comes.'

I was quite used to waiting for Murthy, but having JRD waiting alongside made me extremely uncomfortable.

I was nervous. Out of the corner of my eye I looked at him. He wore a simple white pant and shirt. He was old, yet his face was glowing. There wasn't any air of superiority about him. I was thinking, 'Look at this person. He is a chairman, a well-respected man in our country and he is waiting for the sake of an ordinary employee.'

Then I saw Murthy and I rushed out. JRD called and said, 'Young lady, tell your husband never to make his wife wait again.' In 1982 I had to resign from my job at Telco. I was reluctant to go, but I really did not have a choice. I was coming down the steps of Bombay House after wrapping up my final settlement when I saw JRD coming up. He was absorbed in thought. I wanted to say goodbye to him, so I stopped. He saw me and paused.

Gently, he said, 'So what are you doing, Mrs. Kulkarni?' (That was the way he always addressed me.) 'Sir, I am leaving Telco.'

'Where are you going?' he asked. 'Pune, Sir. My husband is starting a company called Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune.'

'Oh! And what will you do when you are successful.'

'Sir, I don't know whether we will be successful.' 'Never start with diffidence,' he advised me 'Always start with confidence. When you are successful you must give back to society. Society gives us so much; we must reciprocate. Wish you all the best.'

Then JRD continued walking up the stairs. I stood there for what seemed like a millennium. That was the last time I saw him alive.

Many years later I met Ratan Tata in the same Bombay House, occupying the chair JRD once did. I told him of my many sweet memories of working with Telco. Later, he wrote to me, 'It was nice hearing about Jeh from you.
The sad part is that he's not alive to see you today.'

I consider JRD a great man because, despite being an extremely busy person, he valued one postcard written by a young girl seeking justice. He must have received thousands of letters everyday. He could have thrown mine away, but he didn't do that. He respected the intentions of that unknown girl, who had neither influence nor money, and gave her an opportunity in his company. He did not merely give her a job; he changed her life and mindset forever.

Close to 50 per cent of the students in today's engineering colleges are girls. And there are women on the shop floor in many industry segments. I see these changes and I think of JRD. If at all time stops and asks me what I want from life, I would say I wish JRD were alive today to see how the company we started has grown. He would have enjoyed it wholeheartedly.

My love and respect for the House of Tata remains undiminished by the passage of time. I always looked up to JRD. I saw him as a role model for his simplicity, his generosity, his kindness and the care he took of his employees. Those blue eyes always reminded me of the sky; they had the same vastness and magnificence.
(Sudha Murthy is a widely published writer and chairperson of the Infosys Foundation involved in a number of social development initiatives. Infosys chairman Narayana Murthy is her husband.)

Article sourced from: Lasting Legacies (Tata Review- Special Commemorative Issue 2004), brought out by the house of Tatas to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of JRD Tata on July 29, 2004 .

Indian Money in Swiss Bank

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:33:00 +0000

"Indians are poor but India is ... not a poor country". Says one of the Swiss bank directors.

He says that "280 lac crore" of Indian money is deposited in swiss banks which can be used for 'tax less' budget for 30 yrs.

Can give 60 crore jobs to all Indians.

From any village to Delhi 4 lane roads.

Forever free power supply to more than 500 social projects.

Every citizen can get monthly 2000/- for 60 yrs.

No need of World Bank & IMF loan.

Think how our money is blocked by corrupt politicians. We have full right against corrupt politicians.

Its better not to vote than to vote a corrupt politician. Its better not to eat than to eat poison.

Its our money but we don't have guts to get it.

Our system, education, politician, police, is all poisoned with corruption.

60 crores bofors scam, chara ghotala, 200 crores CWG scam, 1,76,000 crores 2G Spectrum scam isn't it great not even a committee is being organised to probe this. This is INDIA where 84 crore of population go to sleep without food.

Every individual is being taught greed of money and vulgar thoughts but not about living a strong, healthy prosperous and good life.

If you can get justice for yourself by yourself get it otherwise forget it, don't s disturb the already disturbed system please it needs a change :)

Top 15 Rajinikanth Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:26:00 +0000

Rajinikanth doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there.
Rajinikanth killed the dead sea.
If you spell ‘Rajanikant’ wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajinikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
Rajinikanth can play the violin with a piano
Rajnikanth once wrote a cheque, the bank bounced!
Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you?
Rajni: Rascala; how do you think the earth spins!?
Rajinikanth once ordered a plate of idli in McDonald’s, and got it.
If Rajnikant was born 100 years earlier, British would have fought to get independence from India.
When Rajnikant logs on to facebook.com, facebook updates its status message!
Rajni once killed 20 men just by saying "BANG"
Rajinikanth knows Victoria’s secret.
Rajinikanth can divide by zero.
Rajinikanth has counted to infinity, twice.
When Rajinikanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

Top 15 Rajinikanth Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:21:00 +0000

Top 15 Rajinikanth Jokes.

Rajinikanth doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there.
Rajinikanth killed the dead sea.
If you spell ‘Rajanikant’ wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajinikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
Rajinikanth can play the violin with a piano
Rajnikanth once wrote a cheque, the bank bounced!
Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you?
Rajni: Rascala; how do you think the earth spins!?
Rajinikanth once ordered a plate of idli in McDonald’s, and got it.
If Rajnikant was born 100 years earlier, British would have fought to get independence from India.
When Rajnikant logs on to facebook.com, facebook updates its status message!
Rajni once killed 20 men just by saying "BANG"
Rajinikanth knows Victoria’s secret.
Rajinikanth can divide by zero.
Rajinikanth has counted to infinity, twice.
When Rajinikanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

Tirupati Laddu----- A informative look

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:14:00 +0000

Laddu is really a delicious Indian Sweet...now what will be interesting to know if that Laddu is religious one.

I found some amazing info regarding Tirupati Laddu..here it goes.........

The Tirupati Laddu got its Geographical Indication patent rights on September 15. 2009.The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the Tirupati temple in Andhra, had applied for GI with Chennai-based Geographical Indication Registry in March last year to avoid black marketing by hawkers and middlemen.
· Around 150,000 laddus are made daily and the annual revenue out of the sale of laddus is a whopping Rs two crore.
· One laddu is given free to each devotee visiting the temple and this number is around 50,000.
· A devotee can buy extra two laddus for himself. One laddu costs Rs 25 now.
· A small laddu weighs 175 g whereas the big one weighs 700 g.
· There is a super huge Tirupati Laddu known as Kalyana Laddu and it weighs around 500gms - 1/2 a kilogram.
· Single largest laddu made is said to have weighed 32 kg.
· The tradition of Tirupati Laddu is nearly 300 years old.
· It is prepared by special hereditary priests known as archakas in special temple kitchen known as 'potu'.
· Ingredients used in Tirupati Laddu are Besan flour (kadalai mavu), Sugar, Cashew nuts, Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, Raisins and Almonds
On a daily basis, the kitchen workers use about:5000 kg of Besan flour, 10000 kg of sugar, 1000 kg of cashew nuts, 350 kg of cardamom, 500 kg of sugar candy , 750 kg of raisins and 500 kg of Ghee to prepare laddus.
· The ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi.
The architect of the 'laddu empire' is Kalyanam Iyengar and was the brain behind making laddu synonymous with Tirupati. He had several hundreds of men working in a a 'potu' (a large kitchen) inside the temple premises itself. The offerings to the Lord should be done inside precincts of the temple complex.An embodiment of virtues and humility, he was named Kalyanam Iyengar by the great politician wizard Rajaji because he donated 'thali' and wedding dresses to the needy.Till 1996, the myriad of prasadams were made only by the persons nominated by the five laddu mirasadars. However, between 1996 and 2001, TTD prepared the prasadams themselves. But with the growing influx of pilgrims, the board was forced to outsource the same after 2001.

The Shocking truth of IPL Parties

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:25:00 +0000

After the poor performance of Indian Cricket Team in T20 World Cup; came the outburst of skipper MSD regarding the IPL nite parties. Here is some shocking revelations.........

"Dhoni was right in one way. Players have to make their own choices about their bodies, but it's not always that easy - not if you're not Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid.

My problem with the IPL Nites parties was not that I was forced to attend by any contractual obligation. There was no such thing for me, or, to my knowledge, for any of my fellow India players.

Each party was invariably the same routine. You would have a set-up with a ramp show that lasted 30 to 45 minutes, then the models would come off and mix with the rest and the party would take off.

There were cheerleaders and girls who we called 'escort service'. Beautiful women to add glamour to the mix, get the party moving. They were not allowed to talk to any player for more than five minutes. If they did, a manager would walk up and slickly move her away.

But there were other women, willing and uninhibited. The big-name players who did attend generally handled themselves without a problem. They would hang around, chat, have a drink, pick up a happy girl, sometimes two, take her back to the hotel room and have some fun.

Watching some of our younger players, the u-19 and u-22 kids, though, was scary. They had never been exposed to Bollywood stars, Page 3 personalities, endless cigarettes (all free), flowing booze, occasionally drugs and always women, willing women, everywhere. The boys lapped it up, and would party right through. Those that didn't drink or smoke did so to be part of the cool gang.

The pressure lay more in the occasional hint dropped by an IPL official, a sponsor or a franchise official that it would be good if I were there for a bit, that there were some people they would like me to meet. I am not Tendulkar or Dravid, I couldn't say no, go back to my room and stay there and not be bothered.

So when you go back to the room to recover, you really don't want to hang around there when the rest of the guys are going downstairs - the parties are always in the team hotels - and you don't want to be called "boring".

So you tell yourself, 'I'll go down for an hour', only, it's never an hour. Before you know it, it's 4am and you're heading back to your room, hurrying to pack up and head to another city, another game, another sponsor's commitment (which are endless), another shoot possibly and yes, another party.

The problem is that you can never switch off mentally. Not on the field, not during the hours spent in airports when fans and the airport staff want an autograph, photograph or just a chat and not in the parties, where you'll be introduced to important people who will listen to you and perhaps, be important contacts who will make money for you. It's a choice and it's tiring but it's also business. You have to be switched on.

It takes a toll, when you play a game, party till 4am, pack and grab an hour's sleep before heading for the airport and spend six to 12 hours travelling. Places like Jaipur and Chandigarh don't have direct connections to everywhere else. That's my most vivid memory of IPL, not the matches, not the parties but the endless travel and exhaustion - and next year, with 34 games more, it will only get worse. I didn't even know if I really wanted to. It's like this.

The IPL is intense; short bursts of highly charged games and then, nothing. There's no period of introspection."

(As told to Heena Zuni Pandit. The player has chosen to remain anonymous.)

Thrilling Win .....India bt South Africa by 1 run

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:14:00 +0000

Overall it was a heart boiling kinda match, but Indian team got control over their nerves to win the match.

There were several mistakes by Indian team...first of lack of communication during running between the wicket and the second and big one I thought is captaincy of MS Dhoni, why Dhoni less used Praveen Kumar over expensive Sreesanth, while Sreesanth bowled 9 overs and Praveen Kumar didnt complete his quota.

But at last thanks to Nehra and Praveen Kumar India save the match otherwise after the big effort of Kallis and at last Parnell-Steyn pair would have snatched the match from indian team.

Well, a lot of people would have put their money on SA to chase this down but, the Indians did well to get wickets at regular intervals and put the pressure on the visitors. Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers taking two crucial wickets and conceeding only 29 runs in his ten overs. Kallis fought a lone battle and kept things at bay but his well made 89 was not sufficient to take them home. Sreesanth came back well after being hit for 31 runs in his 3 overs and got 2 important wickets including that of Kallis. Steyn and Parnell hit a few big ones towards the end to cause a few hiccups but it was all too late by then. SA are tagged 'chokers' but they did everythin to prove that wrong today. India won the match by 1 run at the end courtesy PK. Dhoni shuffled his bowlers pretty well, and with this win, India inch closer to retain the No 2 spot in the ICC rankings.

At one stage, this game looked dead and buried for SA, but they found 2 unlikely heroes with the bat, in Parnell and Steyn who got them within sniffing distance. In the end, even the normally composed Dhoni was looking extremely nervous out there. What a start to the series. This is just an indication of what is to come in the remaining 2 matches.

2 States - The Story Of My Marriage: by Chetan Bhagat

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:03:00 +0000

As usual! Was my first expression after finishing the 2 States - The Story Of My Marriage.

For Chetan, personally this is a continuation after FPS.

Author describes the nuances of his marriage with Anusha, his wife (in Novel Character called Ananya), a TamBam.

Its 4^th from Chetan’s stable, very much better than “3 Mistakes of my life”

See my previous entry on “3 Mistakes of my life”. http://jainashwani.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-letter-to-chetan-bhagat-in-context.html

IMHO FPS is the best. We also saw the adaptation in 3 IDIOTS(not writing much on this topic, already controversial)

2 states is a flowing read. I managed time within my working hours of a week.

As expected, Chetan again came back with his whacky humor, killer one liners (which I like most), comment snippets particularly about Girls; just awesome!

Chetan had enough of analysis of general female behavior and characteristic in FPS; now in Two States He again showed his shrewd analysis with great sense of humor.

Girl and Boy situations are much like “Men are from Mars and Women from Venus” scenario; like girls always care how they are looking no matter what is the situation!

Description of IIM and Delhi is good and as far as Tamil detail is concerned to every north Indian’s amusement, Chetan directly compares the scenes from South Movies.

Although so much stereotypical things about relationship, family, social stigma; but that is the social fabric of middle class India.

So much Humor related to Punjabis like, “ready to gulp every time”, loud makeup, flamboyant lifestyle; I found it quite amusing as I think these are really Punjabi Characteristic (seriously no Pun Intended).

I see such things on daily basis (residing in Punjabi dominated locality).

And yes Chetan Bhagat does not give too much info on Punjabi girls, by the way they are just……..

In the novel Chetan portrays Punjabi girl quite dumb kinda….a la Blonde girls in West.

Now Chetan has developed the skill of inserting timely “testosterone charged scenes”, enough of romps in novel, quite like previous books.

Two states ends on a happy note, Krish Fathering the twins.

Summing up, it is a bit above average read.

Review of Salman's Veer : "Veergati ko Praapt"

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:30:00 +0000

More drama less substance thats VEER for you. Pure bollywood without any intensity. Some sections in media compared Veer before the release; to movies like 300, The Braveheart, Gladiator and The Troy; but such movies are incomparable.

Veer is lacking at so many places.

First comes to the soul of a flick-Script, script is the weakest link. Veer does not have any set defined goals, like what He wanted his lady love or destroying enemy state or the Britishers.

Many a times movie seems like "not a love story f a warrior, but a love story of father-son duo". Too much of Salman-Mithun bonding.

Also Sohail who tries his over the top antics in his every movie does not fit well.

I am also unable to understand "Punjabi Speaking Pindharis in Rajputana" ; quite strange.

Direction is not upto the mark.

Silly dialouges and yeah "words of Pindhari are such strong that Leads to Reincarnation of Salman as His Son"; although reincarnation is favourite old time bollywood theme but now this is not digestable.

Music is good.

And yeah Salman, with his good physiue and heavy voice carried the aura of a warrior very well but still far behind the sheer intensity of Leonidas of 300 and Russel Crow in The Gladiator. Although Salman looks good despite his 5'7'' height , He is perfect with handling his frame(and also at handling taller leading ladies).

Now, Zarine Khan; not bad acting, looked charming.

i read it in media After meeting Zarine first time Salman Said " If you intersts me , then whole nation will be interested in you"; yor are right Salman. It is said that Zarine resembles to Katrina but I found Zarine A mix of Katrina and bit of Priety Zinta.

Overall a just timepass kinda movie, a one time watch.

It disappointed me.

International Friendship Day2009, Friendship Day Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:34:00 +0000

International Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. In 1935 American Govt had killed a person on 1st Saturday of Aug. The next day his friend committed suicide in his memory. Since then American Govt declared 1st Sunday of Aug as friendship day. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries. On this day people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Exchange of Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.
The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed the first sunday of August as National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival.
Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world. In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship.
Most countries in the world, however, celebrates the "Friends Day" on July 20th. For this reason, on July 17th, 2009 Facebook launched a marketing campaign declaring "Friends Day" as July, 20th.

" Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. "
- Mary Catherwood

" Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival. "
- C. S. Lewis

" Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success. "
- Oscar Wilde

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.” - Elbert Hubard

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anais Nin

“My friends are my estate.” – Emily Dickinson

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell

“A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” - Len Wein

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." : Walter Winchell

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." : Len Wein

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.Walk beside me and be my friend." : Albert Camus

Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." : Abraham Lincoln

"The love of my life is the love between friends."

"To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy..." : Guido

Friendship is like a perennial river which flows forever. It may change it's path but will never ever dry up.

Daniel Suelo, A man who lives without money.

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:17:00 +0000

Daniel Suelo says nine years ago, in the fall of 2000, Daniel decided not to use money. He now lives in a cave and writes about his hobo life at the library on a blog...for free, of course.

"He lives off the land, scours the forest and river bank for food and gatheris discarded items from the town.

So, he lives off of someone else's money, by scavaging. Simple as that.

Jesus, on the other hand, lived without money and didn't make anything of it. Jesus was more like the woman in Germany who has lived without money for 12 yrs.

Jesus performed kindnesses, healed the sick, received favors in return and with that was able to eat and feed his disciples, who likely had bank accounts they could tap in to. Who knows?

In any event, it's pretty much impossible to get by without money, either using your own or taking advantage of someone else's.

Unless, of course, you can make wine from water or catch a fish and reproduce it miraculously like Jesus did.

Hindustani classical vocalist Gangubai Hangal -- Died

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:53:00 +0000

A rebel who broke caste and gender barriers, a perfectionist and a singer par excellence - this is how Hindustani classical vocalist Gangubai Hangal will always be known to her numerous fans and fellow musicians.

The doyenne of the Kirana Gharana, who died in Karnataka's Hubli town Tuesday morning at the age of 97, had often said that she made music because she felt it was her duty to hand down her music to future generations for posterity.

In her musical career, Hangal was almost reborn when she lost her voice after a brief illness but returned with a new masculine one that was considered more gifted than many of her contemporaries.

'Initially, Hangal had a sweet and a high-pitched voice. But mid-career, she lost her voice after a brief illness. When she recovered, the tenor of her voice changed and it acquired a masculine timbre. She overcame the problem and continued to sing in her new androgynous voice, which was powerful than many male singers,' said veteran music writer and Hindustani classical music aficionado Kuldeep Kumar.

Born on March 5, 1913, in a small town called Hangal in Dharwad district (now Haveri district) in Karnataka, Hangal was often looked down upon by her peers since her boatman-agriculturist father Chikkurao Nadiger was from the fishermen's caste.

Hangal was also ridiculed as a 'gaanewali' for being one of the few women trying to breach the male-dominated world of Hindustani classical singing.

However, Hangal, whose mother Ambabai was a Carnatic musician, went on to become one of the illustrious members of the Kirana Gharana founded by Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Other exponents like Bhimsen Joshi, Roshanara Begum (Pakistan) and Mallikarjun Mansur also belonged to the gharana.

'After an early spell of training under exponents Dattopant Desai and Krishnacharya, she learnt music for over 15 years from Sawai Gandharv,' said Sanjeev Bharghava, a Delhi-based culture activist and promoter of Hindustani classical music.

As a child, she ran around the house trying to snatch bits of gramophone music being played around street corners.

'Gangubai had several odds stacked against her. But she smashed her way through them. She broke gender and caste barriers in music and should rather be described as the 'father of khayals'. The emancipation of women in Hindustani classical music began with her,' added Bhargava.

Gangubai was part of a group that sang to welcome Mahatma Gandhi and other Congress leaders at the 1924 Belguam session of the Indian National Congress. She used to sing at Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations and her big break came at a concert in 1933 in Bombay.

'For my first recording, when HMV invited me to Bombay, I went because they were taking care of the journey and sightseeing. Later, they gave me Rs.400 for my third recording but my family was annoyed as my name read Gandhari Hubali on the record,' she wrote in her memoir 'Nanna Badukina Haadu' (The Song Of My Life).

Gangubai had a great sense of humour.

In her memoir, she sums up the male domination in the field of classical singing thus: 'If a male musician is a Muslim, he becomes an Ustad. If he is a Hindu, he becomes a Pandit. But women like Kesarbai and Mogubai just remain 'Bai's.'

At the age of 16, Hangal married Gururao Kaulgi, a Brahmin lawyer. Her two sons were by her side when she died. Her only daughter died earlier in 2003.

Hangal succumbed to cardiac and respiratory problems, but had been suffering from bone cancer since 2001.

'I invited Gangubai Hangal to perform in Delhi in 2002 but she could not come because of the bone cancer,' Bhargava said.

Hangal's last concert was held three years ago in Dharward, when she was 94. She held the audience in thrall.

'I remember sending a team of young musicians for festival to Dharwad three years ago. We requested Gangubai Hangal to bless the musicians. We also sent a team to Gangubai's home and recorded her voice,' Jayant Kastuar, secretary of the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), told IANS.

According to Kastuar, Gangubai was also made a fellow of the SNA - an honour given to only 30 musicians.

The most abiding influence in her life was her guru Sawai Gandharv. 'He would teach us one note and would not go further till we mastered it. We were taught to make most of sur and made to practise for hours,' Hangal had once said.

As a result, she had the ability to innovate on one raag for two-three hours at a stretch, recalls Talwalkar.

The musician was honoured with prestigious awards like the Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy Award in 1962, the Padma Bhushan in 1971, Padma Vibhushan in 2002 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1973.

Jackson Effect: How MJ's death affected the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:58:00 +0000

It may sound weired but true, after Michael jackson's death news broke out Internet traffic become drastic, which lead to Jackson effect.

Wikipedia defines jackson effect as.....

The Jackson effect is an Internet phenomenon where a dramatic news event is initially indistinguishable from a coordinated denial of service attack.

The Jackson effect originated from the 2009 death of Michael Jackson where the Google search engine mistook the spike in search traffic for a coordinated denial of service attack. High volumes of traffic surrounding the death of Michael Jackson overloaded servers and internet service providers causing service to be very slow or stop completely. Google originally believed it was under attack by a virus attempting such a DoS attack replacing any searches for Jackson with, 'Your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application.' Twitter reported that its servers crashed due to users posting so many "Tweets" at one time which they say equated to 'more than 100,000 posts an hour.'

Jackson's doctor is father of his two children: Weekly

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:44:00 +0000

Rumours about the biological parents of Michael Jackson's three children have deepened, with Us Weekly saying that a Los Angeles-based dermatologist is the biological father of the late pop star's two children.
Quoting multiple sources, the magazine reported Tuesday that though Jackson was married to Prince and Paris' mother, Debbie Rowe, their biological father is Arnold Klein, Jackson's Los Angeles-based dermatologist and Rowe's former boss.
'He is the dad,' the magazine quoted a Jackson insider as saying. 'He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth.'
Though neither Rowe nor Jackson ever confessed to their kids' true lineage, she did admit in 2002 that she carried his children as a personal favour and would not confirm that the marriage was ever consummated, the weekly said.
'I said: Let me do this. You need to be a dad. You have been so good to me,' Rowe was quoted as saying.
Rowe first met Jackson when she was a nurse's assistant in the 1980s.
The magazine said Klein refused to comment on whether he is the biological father of Jackson's two children.
But his attorney Richard L. Charnley has been quoted as telling Entertainment Tonight: 'Dr. Klein is aware of media reports connecting him to Michael Jackson. Because of patient confidentiality Dr. Klein will make no statement on any reports or allegations.
'Out of respect for his patients and adherence to federal HIPAA regulations, Dr. Klein asks that the media not contact his patients nor interfere with their medical treatments. Like millions of Michael's fans around the world, Dr. Klein is saddened by Michael's death and extends his condolences to Michael's family.'

'Thriller' voted Michael Jackson's 'Best Ever Track'

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Fans of King of Pop Michael Jackson have voted 'Thriller' his best ever track in a poll after his sudden death.

The 50-year-old singer died at his home in Los Angeles last week on Thursday.

Fans flocked to AOL Radio to listen to the legend's greatest hits in the hours after his death was confirmed and have made the 1982 hit

their Jackson number one.

'Billie Jean' came second while 'Beat It' landed the third spot, reports Contactmusic.

'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' stood fourth and and 'The Way You Make Me Feel' rounded off the top five.

The list is as follows:

1. Thriller

2. Billie Jean

3. Beat It

4. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

5. The Way You Make Me Feel

6. Smooth Criminal

7. Man In The Mirror

8. Bad

9. Rock With You

10. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Jai Ho..............MJ

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:10:00 +0000

I got my first real six-stringBought it at the five-and-dimePlayed 'til my fingers bled

It was summer of '69

Me and some guys from schoolHad a Band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit and Jody got marriedI shualda known we'd never get farOh when I lock back now

That was seemes to last foreverAnd if I had the choiceYa - I'd always wanna be thereThose were the best days of my life(CHORUS)

Ain't no use in complainin'When you got a job to doSpent my evenin's down at the drive inAnd that's when I met youStandin on a mama's porchYou told me that you'd wait foreverOh and when you held my handI knew that it was no or neverThose were the best days of my life(Chorus) Back in Summer of '69Man we were killin' timeWe were young and restlessWe needed to unwindI guess nothin' can last forever, noAnd now the times are changin'Look at everything that's come and goneSomethimes when I play that old six-stringI think about ya wonder what went wrongStandin' on a mama's porchYou told me it would last foreverOh the way you held my handI knew that it was now or neverThose were the best days of my life(Chorus) Back in summer of '69

Paul Erdos- an eccentric Hungarian mathematician

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Have you heard of Paul Erdos?

He is an eccentric Hungarian mathematician.

He is the son to Anna and Lajos Erdos (both were jewish mathematician). He is the only son as his siblings pass away before his birth.

I find what is interesting about him is that throughout his career, he offered prizes for solutions to unsolved problems. What is amazing that these prizes are still offered after his death. Currently, winners who solved the problems can either opt for a check signed by Erdos for framing purposes only, or a cashable check signed by the current administrator.

statue of liberty garment

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:23:00 +0000

The Statue of Liberty is the most famous Statue of the world and the most visited one also.
Statue of Liberty was gifted to United States of America from France. It is sculpted from copper. The sculptor who made this great piece of art is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
It was made in France and was then shipped to USA in 1886. It is a symbol of freedom and hope.
Now some information about the garment of the Statue, The statue of liberty wears a robe made up of copper. The women of Ancient Rome used to wear such robe called stola. The holy figures of Rome were also depicted as wearing these kinds of robes. These Holy figures are called the Roman Goddess of liberty.
Such kind of robe is commonly called as a roman or a neo-classical robe.

The exact dimensions of the Statue are approximately:
35 feet in diameter (at the waist)111 feet tall17 feet head (in vertical direction)90 feet wide (at the shoulders)
The total covered surface area of the Statue of Liberty is approximately 1200 square yards. The Statue is wrapped in two layers of drapery which means that the total fabric required for such a hue statue is almost 4000 square yards.

Leonardo DiCaprio's new film about online casinos

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:41:00 +0000

Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in an untitled film centring on the world of online casinos based in Costa Rica.
The Paramount project hails from scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien, whose previous works include Rounders, The Girlfriend Experience and Ocean's Thirteen.
Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson Killoran is set to act as the film's producer, reports Variety magazine.
Koppelman and Levien were apparently teaming up with the actor and Appian on the thriller Beat the Reaper, based Josh Bazell's novel.
The Titanic star's Martin Scorsese-helmed Shutter Island is set to hit the big screen in the fall.

PMT-2009: BHU declares results

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:31:00 +0000

The result of the PMAs many 2090 candidates were short-listed in general category, 341 in OBC category, 450 in SC category, and 68 in ST category. Besides, 10 candidates were short-listed in general physically challenged category and nine OBC-PC category. According to the university spokespersons, the short-listed candidates would appear in the BHU PMT-2009 (Main) examination scheduled to be held at BHU on June 30 June. The candidates belonging to OBC, SC, ST and their respective PC categories obtaining higher rank have been included in the general category list.
http://www.bhu.ac.in/

clat 2009 results declared

noreply@blogger.com (ASHWANI JAIN) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:12:00 +0000

The Common Law Admission Test-2009 (CLAT) was conducted in 16 cities across India successfully and 765 students from the state appeared for the examination at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore.

result can be checked at

http://www.clat.ac.in/