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Who is Kate Middleton?

2011-04-27T17:29:00.008+05:30

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, a commoner, the fiancée of Prince William, is all set to become a part of the Royal Family, thereby a future queen some day.

The most awaited, high profile extravaganza is scheduled for April 29, 2011. It is regarded as one important royal weddings since Prince Charles and Princess Diana married in 1981.

Kate Middleton, as she is famously called, has become the latest fashion icon. She's been admired for her fashion sense in the fashion world. Speculations are already at the peaks about her wedding attire. Wedding gown seem to have grabbed the hyped attention which will represent not only her personality, her style but what kind a queen she may become one day!

The moment Prince Williams put his mother's sapphire and diamond ring on Kate's finger, has instigated comparison between his wife-to-be and the late princess

Read on Princess Diana's legacy to burden Kate Middleton

IPL 2011-Latest Points Table

2011-04-25T21:20:00.002+05:30

Things have changed a bit since the last table. The latest status is here...

IPL 2011-Latest Team Standings

2011-04-18T21:48:00.003+05:30

Though am not a great fan of this IPL season, (that too especially after those glorious World Cup matches), am presenting here the latest Points table as on 18th April.

Team	P	W	L	NR	PTS	NRR
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	0	6	0.891
Pune Warriors	3	2	1	0	4	1.089
Mumbai Indians	3	2	1	0	4	0.561
Chennai Super Kings	3	2	1	0	4	0.181
Rajasthan Royals	4	2	2	0	4	-0.476
Kings XI Punjab	3	2	1	0	4	-0.478
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers	4	1	3	0	2	0.113
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	3	1	2	0	2	-0.253
Delhi Daredevils	3	1	2	0	2	-0.567
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	1	3	0	2	-0.730

Which team are you backing?

Joint Committee (Lokpal Bill) Members

2011-04-09T09:20:00.012+05:30

CONGRATULATIONS to all Indians!!

So, finally the victory is ours. Salute to Anna Hazare ji for waking up the Indians to show them the power of unity, the result of raising voice against corruption. The Government has finally succumbed.

The 10 members of the joint committee are:

Besides Mr. Hazare, those representing the civil society will be retired Supreme Court Judge Santosh Hegde and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal, eminent lawyers Shanti Bhushan, Prasant Bhushan. Shanti Bhushan will be the co-Chairman.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chairman of the committee that will also include Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Telecom Minister Sibal, Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid as members.

What is Jan Lokpal Bill?

2011-04-08T10:41:00.004+05:30

The Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill) is a draft anti-corruption bill drawn up by prominent civil society activists seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body that would investigate corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year and envisages trial in the case getting over in the next one year.

Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and present Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without government permission.

Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption.

Salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill:

1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up

2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.

3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.

4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.

5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.

6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month's time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

7. But won't the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won't be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.

8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.

9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.

INDIA IS CHANGING..LETS BE A PART OF IT!

Calendar - April

2011-04-02T09:13:00.000+05:30

April 2nd - world Autism Awareness day

April 3rd - world Press Freedom day

April 7th - world Health day

April 16th - world entrepreneurship day

April 17th - world hemophilia day

April 22nd - Earth day

April 15th - world Malaria day

April 26th - world Intellectual Property day

April 29th - world Dance day

Latest Points Table - World Cup 11

2011-03-07T19:09:00.009+05:30

Latest Points Table of World Cup 2011 is here. Predict the final teams now...

Group A

Teams	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR
New Zealand	5	4	1	0	0	8	+1.957
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	0	8	+0.729
Sri Lanka	5	3	1	1	0	7	+2.705
Australia	4	3	0	1	0	7	+1.645
Zimbabwe	5	1	4	0	0	2	-0.669
Canada	5	1	4	0	0	2	-2.046
Kenya	5	0	5	0	0	0	-3.005

Group B

Teams	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR
South Africa	5	4	1	0	0	8	+1.606
India	5	3	1	0	1	7	+0.768
West Indies	4	3	1	0	0	6	+2.206
Bangladesh	5	3	2	0	0	6	-0.765
England	5	2	2	0	1	5	+0.013
Ireland	5	1	4	0	0	2	-0.881
Netherlands	5	0	5	0	0	0	-2.386

Know your Calendar - March

2011-03-02T08:52:00.000+05:30

March 8^th international women’s day

March 8^thInternational Literacy day

March 13^thWorld Kidney day

March 15^th world consumer rights day

March 21^st world poetry day

March 21^st World Forestry day

march22-World water day

march 23^rd world meteorological day/ Pakistan Day

march 24^th world tuberculosis day

march 27^th world theatre day

2 Days to go - ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule

2011-02-17T09:45:00.007+05:30

Bollywood and Cricket are India's most priced obsessions. We are a nation where Stars and cricketers are worshiped like Gods. And when the World Cup is here, there is no limit for the excitement and exhilaration, not to ignore the tensions and restlessness which comes along with it.

India is co-hosting the World Cup with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 14 teams are participating which are divided into 2 groups A and B.

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zealand	England
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Kenya	Ireland
Canada	Netherlands

The complete detailed schedule of ICC World Cup 2011 is below. Take a printout and keep updating the results and predict the winner!

Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Sat Feb 19 (D/N) 14:00 PM	1st match Group B - India v Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sun Feb 20 09:30 AM	2^nd match Group A- Kenya v New Zealand	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun Feb 20 (D/N) 14:30 PM	3^rd match Group A- Sri Lanka v Canada	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
Mon Feb 21 (D/N) 14:30 PM	4th match Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Tue Feb 22 (D/N) 14:30 PM	5th match Group B- England v Netherlands	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Wed Feb 23 (D/N) 14:30 PM	6th match Group A - Kenya v Pakistan	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
Thu Feb 24 (D/N) 14:30 PM	7th match Group B- South Africa v West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri Feb 25 09:30 AM	9th match Group A- Australia v New Zealand	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Fri Feb 25 (D/N) 14:00 PM	8th match Group B- Bangladesh v Ireland	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Feb 26 (D/N) 14:30 PM	10th match Group A- Pakistan v Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Feb 27 (D/N) 14:30PM	11th match Group B - India v England	Venue TBC
Mon Feb 28 09:30 AM	12th match Group A- Canada v Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Mon Feb 28 (D/N) 14:30 PM	13th match Group B- Netherlands v West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tue Mar 1 (D/N) 14:30 PM	14th match Group A- Kenya v Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Mar 2 (D/N) 14:30 PM	15th match Group B - England v Ireland	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Mar 3 09:30 AM	16th match Group B- Netherlands v South Africa	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu Mar 3 (D/N) 14:30 PM	17th match Group A- Canada v Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Mar 4 09:30 AM	18th match Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Mar 4 (D/N) 14:00 PM	19th match Group B- Bangladesh v West Indies	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 5 (D/N) 14:30 PM	20th match Group A - Australia v Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Mar 6 09:30 AM	21st match Group B- England v South Africa	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun Mar 6 (D/N) 14:30 PM	22nd match Group B - India v Ireland	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Mon Mar 7 (D/N) 14:30 PM	23rd match Group A- Canada v Kenya	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tue Mar 8 (D/N) 14:30 PM	24th match Group A- New Zealand v Pakistan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Wed Mar 9 (D/N) 14:30 PM	25th match Group B- India v Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Mar 10 (D/N) 14:30 PM	26th match Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Fri Mar 11 09:30 AM	27th match Group B- Ireland v West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Fri Mar 11 (D/N) 14:00 PM	28th match Group B - Bangladesh v England	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Sat Mar 12 (D/N) 14:30 PM	29th match Group B- India v South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Sun Mar 13 09:30 AM	30th match Group A - Canada v New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sun Mar 13 (D/N) 14:30 PM	31st match Group A- Australia v Kenya	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Mon Mar 14 09:00 AM	32nd match Group B- Bangladesh v Netherlands	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Mon Mar 14 (D/N) 14:30 PM	33rd match Group A- Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Tue Mar 15 (D/N) 14:30 PM	34th match Group B- Ireland v South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed Mar 16 (D/N) 14:30 PM	35th match Group A - Australia v Canada	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Mar 17 (D/N) 14:30 PM	36th match Group B - England v West Indies	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri Mar 18 09:30 AM	37th match Group B - Ireland v Netherlands	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri Mar 18 (D/N) 14:30 PM	38th match Group A- New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sat Mar 19 09:00 AM	39th match Group B- Bangladesh v South Africa	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 19 (D/N) 14:30 PM	40th match Group A- Australia v Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Mar 20 09:30 AM	41st match Group A- Kenya v Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Mar 20 (D/N) 14:30 PM	42nd match Group B - India v West Indies	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Mar 23 (D/N) 14:00 PM	1^st Quarter Final – A1 v B4	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Mar 24 (D/N) 14:30 PM	2^nd Quarter Final – A2 v B3	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Mar 25 (D/N) 14:00 PM	3^rd Quarter Final – A3 v B2	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 26 (D/N) 14:30 PM	4^th Quarter Final – A4 v B1	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Mar 29 (D/N) 14:30 PM	Semi Final – Winner of 1^st QF v Winenr of 3^rd QF	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Mar 30 (D/N) 14:30 PM	Semi Final – Winner of 2^nd QF v Winner of 4^th QF	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
*Sat Apr 2 (D/N)* *14:30 PM*	Final - TBC v TBC	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Lets cheer for India!!

[Source:http://www.cricketworldcup2011.co.in/]

127 Hours

2011-02-14T20:37:00.007+05:30

A true story brilliantly told. James Franco has done full justice to the character of Aron Ralston, the real life mountaineer. One of Dany Boyle's best.

The movie kicks off on jolly and cheerful mood and suddenly...st...stuck. An intense movie where you get connected with the character so much so that that it feels like as if its happening to you. I won't go into the details of the storyline, for you have to watch it for yourself to witness this nerve racking experience.

Don't miss it!

Want to read more about the movie? Here is an interesting article :

James Franco and Aron Ralston Explain How to Watch 127 Hours Without Fainting

Valentine Day on Budget

2011-02-12T08:33:00.005+05:30

Love is in the air! Yes Valentine Day, is just a day far. And you still thinking of what to gift your loved one ? And tight on budget this time? Fret not. Here i have some inexpensive gifts for this romantic day, to express your love and make it a special and memorable one.

1. Roses

The symbol of Love. Express your love with a beautiful bunch of Red Roses

2. Books

If your loved one is an ardent book reader, then don't delay in picking up the latest best seller or the latest release on stands. Keep a handmade bookmark to personalize it

3. Candle and Candle Holders

Women love receiving this as a gift. They are not much expensive too ;)

4. Journal

A beautiful Journal is an apt gift for your lover who loves writing. Give a personal touch to it, add a love note and a beautiful pen!

5. Calendar with photos of your loved one

Personalize the calendar with photos of your loved one to keep up that promise of love all along the year

6. Compose a note

If you are a music lover, compose few lines of love for your love. Believe me nothing is more romantic than this

7. Romantic Letter pad

Gift each other beautiful letter pads, to pen down your feelings and future love letters

8. Movie

Catch up a romantic latest movie in town. Else you can even get the DVD home to minimize the budget

9. Chocolates

Chocolates are the sweetest Valentine gifts. But don't shower loads of it. Pick a small, sweet package.

10. Frame it!

Frame a beautiful photo of you together and gift it

11. Cook together

Forget gifts, forget outings, forget expensive dinner. Make your evening special. Spend time cooking a meal together and enjoy!

12. Small Gadget

A more practical gift here. A Pedometer for your fitness freak friend. It measures the steps, minutes, calorie intake and distance traveled. It is easy to use and extremely useful.

13. Time

Finally, the ultimate romantic gesture. Spend some quality time with your partner, at a quite calm place remembering the good times.

Have a wonderful Valentine Day!

You can check out some Expensive gifts and Wedding Gifts for your loved ones

Aero India Show 2011 Bangalore - Schedule

2011-02-08T08:31:00.004+05:30

The breathtaking, astonishing, awesome, spectacular Air Show, "Asia's Premier Air Show", Aero India 2011 is here once again.

The AirForce Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore, is all decked up to host the 8th edition of India's biggest Air Show. The participating guests have arrived. More than 675 exhibitors from 60 countries will attend the airshow, compared to 592 exhibitors from 25 countries in 2009. The exhibitors include 380 Indian firms compared to 303 two years back.

Note the timings for general Visitors:

February 9, 2011 1400hrs to 1700hrs

February 10, 2011 1000hrs to 1700hrs

February 11, 2011 1000hrs to 1700hrs

February 12, 2011 1000hrs to 1700hrs

February 13, 2011 1000hrs to 1700hrs

Ticket Cost per person per day:

On weekdays - Rs.400/- or $15

On weekends - Rs 500/- or $20

Some highlights:

China, Pakistan and Iran have not been invited
The IAF’s newly acquired C-130J Super Hercules airlifters, capable of takeoffs and landings from unprepared runways, will debut at the airshow
The odd-one out at the airshow will be a Maruti 800 flying car, developed by a Bangalore-based aviation entusiast
Russian Mig-35 to skip the Air Show
Shahid Kapoor, who is playing the role of an Indian Air Force officer in his yet-to-be released movie 'Mausam', will be flying the F-16 at AeroIndia Feb 12
There will be flying display of several fighter aircraft. Among them are F-16s, American firm Boeing's F/A-18s, European consortium EADS' Eurofighter Typhoon and Swedish firm SAAB's Gripen aircraft.

And lot many....More on this after the Show

[Sources:www.aeroindia.in, http://www.hindustantimes.com, www.deccanherald.com]

Mobile camp

2011-02-07T09:50:00.005+05:30

It was all technology in the air of IIM Bangalore campus yesterday. Source:Mobile camp, an un-conference for mobile applications, developers and enthusiasts.

This first ever program i attended of such kind. It was such an inspirational, enjoyable experience filled with knowledge. I was elated to be there in such an environment surrounded by geeks and mobile enthusiasts. A Beautifully organized program.

The theme of the day was Android Apps, the latest craze of the gadget loving country. Many ideas were presented, some which have already taken the "App" form and some still in the gestation stage.

Some of the interesting "Android Apps" , i liked in yesterday's session are

Heart Beat Counter- An App which easily gives your heart beat reading, with just a finger touch on the camera of your mobile
Bunk Bazar - A very innovative App which tells the students to bunk the classes intelligently maintaining their required attendance (developed by a college student)
TaazzaGO- A complete local information at your finger tips. This useful App, tells you about the discount sales, the restaurants, the latest movies released and a number of info in the nearest area where you stay
House Help - A unique handy App, helps you keep a tab on the daily household chores, milk, maids, paperman, cook and so on.
Financial Advisor - An App which monitors your spendings and savings
Coupon Dispenser - A very practical App which helps in managing your Sodexo like coupons
Tuk Tuk meter - Autorikshaw fare calculator App
Learn Kannada - A very useful App for non-Kannadigas to identify the signboards or writings in Kannada
Dhvani - A musical App for music lovers

My mind has already started working on the idea for an innovative and creative App. looking forward to more such Tech Programs. Thank you Molbile camp!

Know more about this at http://mobilecamp.in/

Know your Calendar - February

2011-02-02T08:48:00.000+05:30

February 2-World Wetlands Day

February 4^th –world Cancer day

February 5-World Oral Health Day

February 14-Valentine's Day

February 20^thWorld Day of Social Justice

February 22^nd world Scouts day

February 23^rd World Peace and Understanding day

You are most welcome to contribute to the list

Know your calendar January here

[Sources : www. hubpages.com, www. fanoos.com, www. wikipedia.org]

No One Killed Jessica

2011-01-16T08:41:00.007+05:30

The long weekend started with the movie No One Killed Jessica. Was looking forward to this movie, not for the love of the two leading ladies. I had followed Jessica Lall case upto the judgement.

And when i heard this case has metamorphosed into a movie i was kind of excited to see the screen version. I liked it. The importance of media in nailing the killer is very well shown. But the reporter, Meera Gaity played by Rani Mukherjee (was she inspired by Burkha Dutt?) seemed over extrovert in her behavior. An ambitious journalist, dominating her dumb colleagues does Shirshasan in office too (it canhappen only in movies!).

Nevertheless, Jessica has got the justice finally. Please watch the movie for the sake of awareness and to see how media and public pressure can really contribute in punishing the gulity.

Read the complete true story of Jessica Lall here

Beautiful Jessica Lall. Real and On screen Sabrina Lall(Jessica's Sister)

Best Gifts For your loved one

2011-01-12T10:08:00.001+05:30

A puppy

Diamond Jewelry

Luxurious Leather Bag

The embossed leather handbag with shiny golden brass hardware

Stunning ankle boot

This exclusive footwear will definitely make her feel special.

A great make-up brush set.

Gift some high quality Bar supplies

Expensive Dinner at a post restaurant

Video Game

Know your Calendar - January

2011-01-02T11:03:00.001+05:30

January 1^st- World Global day

January 1^st– World Peace day

January 4^th- world Hypnotism day

January 5^th- World Environment day

January 10^th- World Laughter day

January 24^th National Girl child day

January 26^thIndian Republic day

January 29^th-world leprosy day

January 30^th Martyrs day

January 30^th-World Leprosy Eradication day

You are most welcome to contribute to the list

Know your calendar December here

[Sources : www. hubpages.com, www. fanoos.com, www. wikipedia.org]

Know Your Calendar - December

2010-12-02T15:27:00.002+05:30

December 1st - World AIDS Day
December 2nd - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3rd - International Day for the Persons with Disabilities
December 5th - International Volunteer Day
December 7th - International Civil Aviation Day
December 9th - International Day against Corruption
December 10th - Human Rights Day
December 11th - International Mountain Day
December 17th - International Rabbit's Day
December 18th - International Migrant's Day
December 25th - Christmas

You are most welcome to contribute to the list

Know your calendar November here

[Sources : www. hubpages.com, www. fanoos.com, www. wikipedia.org]

Its 2 years!!

2010-11-26T15:39:00.004+05:30

Today, the 26th of November marks the Second Anniversary of the barbaric attack by the terrorists on Mumbai. Two years went by, still we haven't seen the end of the lone accused arrested among those responsible for such cruel act.

Lets not forget our brave heroes who laid their lives fighting to save the innocent lives, ATS chief Hemant Karkare, ACP Ashok Kamte, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan to name a few. Mumbai police along with NSG commandos fought bravely and were successful in ending the terrorist operation.

The lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab

Latest Medal Tally-Guangzhou 2010

2010-11-24T10:46:00.006+05:30

India has been successful in bagging some Golds these last couple of days. Some new records were made by Indians. Somdev Devvarman became the first ever Tennis player from India to win Gold in singles event at the Asiads. Some disappointments in Hockey, Discus throw though.

Medal Tally at the end of Day 11

RANK	NATION	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	CHINA	165	86	80	331
2	KOREA	66	56	75	197
3	JAPAN	35	65	68	168
4	CHINESE TAIPEI	12	12	30	54
5	IRAN	12	9	15	36
6	HONG KONG	8	14	14	36
7	KAZHAKSTAN	7	14	26	47
8	MALASIA	7	13	9	29
9	INDIA	7	12	21	40
10	THAILAND	7	7	26	40

[source: http://www.gz2010.cn/en]

Instant Rava Dosa

2010-11-21T12:02:00.001+05:30

There are hundreds of varieties of dosas. Here is one such dosa, the paper dosa/rava dosa, very rarely tried and tested at home. I never thought it so easy until i tried it myself. Believe me, try this at home and you will stop asking this at restaurants!

Few plus points of Rava dosa over the regular one :You can fix up this instantly, don't have to leave it overnight, no fermentation needed and very crispy.

Ingredients :

Semolina/Sooji/Rava - 1 cup

Rice flour - 1 cup

All purpose flour(Maida) - 1/2 cup

Chopped green chilles - 2 spoon

Chpped Ginger - 1 spoon

Cumin seeds

Pepper powder - pinch

Asofetida(hing)- a pinch

Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Take a mixing bowl. Add rava, rice flour, maida, then ginger and green chillies, cumin seeds, hing pepper powder and salt.

2. Mix well and add water and make it into a thin batter. It should look somewhat like this.

[it appears similar to the butter milk consistency]

3. It is as simple as that. Now place the tawa on the heat. If you want to make onion rava dosa, spread chopped onions all over the tawa. Now as the batter is so thin, we cannot put it like the regular dosa. So we will sprinkle the batter throughout the tawa!! A net kind of formation is made.

3. Then put oil/butter/ghee, whichever you want on the dosa generously. Leave for a minute. If you want more crispier ones, you can scrape out the extra batter and make it thin. (No fear of burning, as we have spread onions initially which acts as nonstick!)

4. And thats it. Remove it and serve it with coconut chutney!

Medal Tally-16th Asiad Guangzhou 2010

2010-11-17T11:47:00.006+05:30

The Asian Games, officially called Asiad is said to be the second largest multi-sport event after Olympic Games. The 16th Asian Games are being held at Guangzhoua, China, from November 12th to 27th, 2010.
India has hosted Asian Games twice in 1951 and 1982.

The stylish five cute goats serve as the official mascot of the games, called "Le Yangyang".

Now the medal Tally.
Though not as impressive as the New Delhi Commonwealth Games India still holds the race

The latest medal tally at the 16th Asiad

RANK	NATION	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	CHINA	82	32	31	145
2	R.O.KOREA	24	19	29	72
3	JAPAN	15	35	31	81
4	DPR KOREA	5	7	11	23
5	HONG KONG	3	6	4	13
6	CHINESE TAIPEI	3	5	15	23
7	UZBEKISTAN	3	5	6	14
8	KAZHAKSTAN	2	5	9	16
9	MALASIA	2	2	3	7
10	INDIA	1	4	7	12

Check out rest of the sporting actions at the official website www.gz2010.cn/en

[source: http://www.gz2010.cn/en, wikipedia.org]

We don't know Children's Day!

2010-11-14T21:00:00.009+05:30

The whole country celebrated Children's day today with lots of fun and frolic. But as responsible citizens lets spare a moment to think about the less fortunate children who are left ignored on their special day today.

Amidst all this pomp and glory lets not forget the real message Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru had given to the nation.
That is providing our children with a safe and loving environment to grow as well as giving them ample and equal opportunities through which they can take great strides and contribute to the progress of the nation. This Day serves as a reminder to each and every one of us, to renew our commitment to the welfare of children and teach them to live by their Chacha Nehru's standards and example.

I came across a UNICEF initiative "Awaaz Do " Movement--Speak up for every child's Right to Education.
Log on to www.AwaazDo.in

Join this campaign, spread the word, make a difference!

Idli snack/Cocktail Idli

2010-11-09T07:39:00.001+05:30

Are you bored of eating left out cold Idlis? Or want to include Idli in your evening snack? I have a wonderful snacky idea for you. This is called Cocktail Idli (no idea how it has got this name)

Take the left out idlis from morning breakfast(cold idlis taste better than the freshly made hot ones). Cut each into 4 pieces.

In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil, add cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal & chana dal (optional), few green chillies, pinch of haldi and salt.

Add the idli pieces into the pan and mix well.

Crisp and crunchy Idli snack is ready. Serve it with coconut chutney if you want. Kids would love it!

Happy Diwali

2010-11-04T15:09:00.003+05:30

With gleam of Diyas
And the Echo of the Chants
May Happiness & Contentment Fill your life
Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous Deepawali