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Sachin .... 72 Records in World Cricket

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:23:00 PST

The most World records held by a Cricketer…. SACHIN TENDULKAR

His World Records....

Highest Run scorer in the ODI
Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
Most number of nineties in the ODI
Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59..87 as on 20 March 2007)
Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87..16
Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
Most number of 100's in test's 38
He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match.. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty20s) , as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances) .
First to 25,000 international runs
Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

That’s not everything, here is a few more in recent time…

New Records..... ......... ..
1. Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket
2. First Cricketer to pass 12000 run in the Test Cricket
And this Indian Cricketer is still playing …

Techniques to be tied......choose yours

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:12:00 PST

Ever had a problem to tie a Tie?
See this post and choose your way of doing it.

Top 10 of everything...! (part #2)

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:07:00 PST

Here you can find Top 10 of Everything listed on a single click. To make it easy to browse, I made it into parts and the rest of the Top 10 listed categories are following on the way.

Here is the part #2...

Hope you find it intresting !... keep reading for more Top of the Tops.
Next coming list includes, Top Vacation spots, Automobiles, Business & Consumer products etc.,

Please do not forget to leave a comment or suggestion/compliment...

Barack Obama childhood...!

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:38:00 PST

Interesting events and pictures of the new US President Barack Obama's life. The biggest collection ever....All of them put together !

Picture taken with his mother

Barack Obama Sr. poses with his son in the honolulu airport during Obama Sr's. only visit to see his son whilw he was growing up in Hawaii.young Barack was in the 5th grade when the photo was taken.

Barack Obama Sr.,a native of kenya,met his future wife while they were studentat the University of Hawaii. in 1963,he essentislly abandoned his family to continue his studies at harvard.
Grand parents and his mother:

THE DUNHAMS: precocious, self-assuredStanley Ann (left); her impetuous father,who named his only child after himself; her mother, Madelyn, the quiet, firm influence in the home.

At their home in jakarta,Ann Dunham poses in this undated photo with her second husband Lolo Soetoro,their daughter Maya and Barack Obama.

Mom, Sis and Barack

What are his Grand Parents?

Barack Obama with his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham during a 1982 visit to New Yark,where Obama was attending Columbia.(Courtesy of theobama Family)

Barack Obama walks with his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama at his father's house in Nyongoma Kogelo village, western Kenya, in Aug. 2006. (AP file)

Barack Obama with his grandmother, Sarah Hussein Obama, in Africa (Courtesy)

In this Obama's Family photos: (bottom row, from left) half-sister Auma, her mother Kezia Obama, Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama and unknown; (top row, from left) unknown, Barack Obama, half-brother Abongo (Roy) Obama, and three unknowns. (Courtesy of the Obama Family)

Barack Obama as a toddler.
(Courtesy of Barack Obama)

Barack walks along WaikikiBeachshortl y before he and his mother moved from Hawaiito Indonesiato live with her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, in 1967.

Barack poses with his mother, Ann, half sister, Maya, and maternal grandfather Stanley Dunham in Hawaiiin the early 1970s after the family returned from Indonesia. Neighbors remember the close relationship between youngBarack and his grandfather.

A page from Barack Obama's senior yearbook features his personalized message to family, friends and teammates. (Photo from The Oahuan yearbook / March 23, 2007)

Barack Obama hugs his younger half sister Maya at his high s chool graduation

Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack Obama's half sister, teaches her Education in American Society class at the University of Hawaii.

At his high school graduation, Barack Obama gets a hug from his grandmother Madelyn as his grandfather Stanley beams. His maternal grandparents raised Obama in Hawaii while his mother was living in Indonesia.

Barack Obama shakes hands during his graduation ceremony from PunahouSchoolin 1979. While in his early teens, Obama chose to stay at the school and live with his grandparents after his mother decided to move back to Jakarta, Indonesia.

The wedding day of Barack Obama Jr. and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson...... (Courtesy of the Obama Family)

Barack and first born

THE FAMILY

Quotations

'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There's no thing enlightened about shrinking so

that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,

we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.'

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Top 10 of everything...! (part #1)

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:34:00 PST

Here you can find Top 10 of Everything listed on a single click. To make it easy to browse, I made it into parts and the rest of the Top 10 listed categories are following on the way.

Now you know Top 10 Countries, Oceans and Lakes... Find out more in my next coming posts like countries with most Billioniers, most airports, most cleanest countries etc.,
Happy reading...!

100 most useful keyboard shortcuts

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:14:00 PST

There could be many people struggling to use the computer, memorising the menu bar and the location of each particular function under its menu category. Sometimes we end up in spending a lot of time in searching for a specific function and mess up with the things in our daily life.

As the computers took over the world, these days it is really important to be faster in using the computers and its features. Using keyboard shortcuts effectively plays an important role in speeding up our computer skills.

Here is a list of the top keyboard shortcuts being used in the computer world.

The key in this picture is called a Windows key. Using a windows key also you can save a lot of time with these shortcuts.

If you know more keyboard shortcuts, please add to this post.

How much you are eating a week??

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:11:00 PST

How much food an average family need for a weeks time? Any Idea??

Read this...
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A simple comparison of families over world wide on their food expenses for a week to survive(?).

GERMANY:

The Melander family of Bargteheide - 2 adults , 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

UNITED STATES:

The Revis family of North Carolina - 2 adults , 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: $341.98

JAPAN:

The Ukita family of Kodaira City - 2 adults , 2 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: 37 , 699 Yen or $317.25

ITALY:

The Manzo family of Sicily - 2 adults , 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

MEXICO:

The Casales family of Cuernavaca - 2 adults , 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 1 , 862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

POLAND:

The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna - 4 adults , 1 teenagerFood expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

EGYPT:

The Ahmed family of Cairo - 7 adults , 5 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

ECUADOR:

The Ayme family of Tingo - 4 adults , 5 teenagersFood expenditure for one week: $31.55

BHUTAN:

The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village - 7 adults , 6 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

CHAD:

The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp - 3 adults , 3 kidsFood expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

Bottom line:

Eat to live but not live to eat

Talking on mobile while driving??

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:18:00 PST

According to the sources, about 10 percent of the people on the road during the day are using cell phones, up from 8 percent in last year. Six percent of drivers were holding the phones to their ears, up from 5 percent last year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which issued the report, recommends that motorists use cell phones while driving only during an emergency.

Motorists who use cellphones while driving are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves, according to a study of drivers in Perth, Australia, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The results, published in July 2005, suggest that banning hand-held phone use will not necessarily improve safety if drivers simply switch to hand-free phones. The study found that injury crash risk didn't vary with type of phone.

See this video which gives a simple example, how it is not possible to concentrate on what you are doing, if you are talking on a mobile.

So my sincere advice is not to use mobile while you are driving, working or doing any important thing, unless if it is an emergency call.

What do you think of this article? Welcome your comments and suggestions please.

What makes your state so special in the US?

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:04:00 PDT

Here is an intresting article on what makes your state so special in the US.

WHAT MAKES YOUR STATE SO SPECIAL?

*ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1,

started in 1968.
*ALASKA ... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
*ARIZONA ... Is the only state in the continental U.S.

that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
* ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
* CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it

were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
* COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn

down the Olympics.
* CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at

Yale University.
* DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than

any other state.
* FLORIDA .... At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the

U.S.'s largest city.
* GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist

John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
* HAWAII ... Hawaiians live, on average, five years

longer than residents in any other state.
* IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
* ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every

St. Patrick's Day.
* INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets

a half million letters to Santa every year.
* IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
* KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the

house in The Wizard of Oz.
* KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath

Fort Knox.
* LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because

they were originally Spanish church units..
* MAINE ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles

as the other five New England states combined.
*MARYLAND .... The Oujia board was created in

Baltimore in 1892.
* MASSACHUSETTS ... The Fig Newton is named after

Newton, Massachusetts.
* MICHIGAN ... Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby

food capital of the world.
* MINNESOTA ... Bloomington' s Mall of America is so big,

if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there

nearly four days.
* MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused

to shoot a bear here ... that's how the teddy bear got its name.
* MISSOURI ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
* MONTANA .. A sapphire from Montana is in the

Crown Jewels of England.
* NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in

any other state.
* NEVADA .... Has more hotel rooms than any other

place in the world.
* NEW HAMPSHIRE ... Birthplace of Tupperware,

invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
* NEW JERSEY ... Has the most shopping malls in one

area in the world.
* NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from

a 1950 forest fire here.
* NEW YORK ... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.
* NORTH CAROLINA .. Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
* NORTH DAKOTA ... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.
* OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
* OKLAHOMA ... The grounds of the state capital are

covered by operating oil wells.
* OREGON ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
*PENNSYLVANIA ... The smiley, :) was first used in 1980

by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
* RHODE ISLAND . The nation's oldest bar, the

White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673.
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SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the

world's largest gingko farm.
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SOUTH DAKOTA ... Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
* TENNESSEE ... Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest

running live radio show in the world.
* TEXAS ... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
* UTAH ... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant

opened here in 1952.
* VERMONT ... Montpelier is the only state capital without

a McDonald's.
* VIRGINIA .... Home of the world's largest office building ... The Pentagon.
* WASHINGTON .... Seattle has twice as many college

graduates as any other state.
* WASHINGTON D.C. ... Was the first planned capital

in the world.
* WEST VIRGINIA ... Had the world's first brick paved

street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
* WISCONSIN ... The ice cream sundae was invented here

in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream

from being sold on Sundays.
* WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.

Decisions direct to destinations!

How did you like this article? Need to be updated? Something to be added??

Appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.

Countries Ranked by Population: 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:35:00 PDT

Ever thought how the population is growing world wide? See this map to know the Density of Population world wide.

Checkout the list below showing current status and ranking of each country with the Population.

Countries Ranked by Population: 2008

Rank	Country or Area	Population
1	China	1,330,044,605
2	India	1,147,995,898
3	United States	303,824,646
4	Indonesia	237,512,355
5	Brazil	196,342,587
6	Pakistan	172,800,051
7	Bangladesh	153,546,901
8	Nigeria	146,255,306
9	Russia	140,702,094
10	Japan	127,288,419
11	Mexico	109,955,400
12	Philippines	96,061,683
13	Vietnam	86,116,559
14	Ethiopia	82,544,838
15	Germany	82,369,548
16	Egypt	81,713,517
17	Turkey	71,892,807
18	Congo (Kinshasa)	66,514,506
19	Iran	65,875,223
20	Thailand	65,493,298
21	France	64,057,790
22	United Kingdom	60,943,912
23	Italy	58,145,321
24	South Africa	48,782,755
25	Korea, South	48,379,392
26	Burma	47,758,181
27	Ukraine	45,994,287
28	Colombia	45,013,674
29	Spain	40,491,051
30	Argentina	40,481,998
31	Sudan	40,218,455
32	Tanzania	40,213,162
33	Poland	38,500,696
34	Kenya	37,953,838
35	Morocco	34,343,219
36	Algeria	33,769,669
37	Canada	33,212,696
38	Afghanistan	32,738,376
39	Uganda	31,367,972
40	Nepal	29,519,114
41	Peru	29,180,899
42	Iraq	28,221,181
43	Saudi Arabia	28,146,657
44	Uzbekistan	27,345,026
45	Venezuela	26,414,815
46	Malaysia	25,274,133
47	Korea, North	23,479,089
48	Ghana	23,382,848
49	Yemen	23,013,376
50	Taiwan	22,920,946
51	Romania	22,246,862
52	Mozambique	21,284,701
53	Sri Lanka	21,128,773
54	Australia	21,007,310
55	Cote d'Ivoire	20,179,602
56	Madagascar	20,042,551
57	Syria	19,747,586
58	Cameroon	18,467,692
59	Netherlands	16,645,313
60	Chile	16,454,143
61	Kazakhstan	15,340,533
62	Burkina Faso	15,264,735
63	Cambodia	14,241,640
64	Malawi	13,931,831
65	Ecuador	13,927,650
66	Niger	13,272,679
67	Guatemala	13,002,206
68	Senegal	12,853,259
69	Angola	12,531,357
70	Mali	12,324,029
71	Zambia	11,669,534
72	Cuba	11,423,952
73	Zimbabwe	11,350,111
74	Greece	10,722,816
75	Portugal	10,676,910
76	Belgium	10,403,951
77	Tunisia	10,383,577
78	Czech Republic	10,220,911
79	Rwanda	10,186,063
80	Serbia	10,159,046
81	Chad	10,111,337
82	Hungary	9,930,915
83	Guinea	9,806,509
84	Belarus	9,685,768
85	Somalia	9,558,666
86	Dominican Republic	9,507,133
87	Bolivia	9,247,816
88	Sweden	9,045,389
89	Haiti	8,924,553
90	Burundi	8,691,005
91	Benin	8,532,547
92	Austria	8,205,533
93	Azerbaijan	8,177,717
94	Honduras	7,639,327
95	Switzerland	7,581,520
96	Bulgaria	7,262,675
97	Tajikistan	7,211,884
98	Israel	7,112,359
99	El Salvador	7,066,403
100	Hong Kong S.A.R.	7,018,636
101	Paraguay	6,831,306
102	Laos	6,677,534
103	Sierra Leone	6,294,774
104	Jordan	6,198,677
105	Libya	6,173,579
106	Papua New Guinea	5,931,769
107	Togo	5,858,673
108	Nicaragua	5,785,846
109	Eritrea	5,502,026
110	Denmark	5,484,723
111	Slovakia	5,455,407
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,356,869
113	Finland	5,244,749
114	Turkmenistan	5,179,571
115	Norway	4,644,457
116	Georgia	4,630,841
117	United Arab Emirates	4,621,399
118	Singapore	4,608,167
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,590,310
120	Croatia	4,491,543
121	Central African Republic	4,444,330
122	Moldova	4,324,450
123	Costa Rica	4,195,914
124	New Zealand	4,173,460
125	Ireland	4,156,119
126	Lebanon	3,971,941
127	Puerto Rico	3,958,128
128	Congo (Brazzaville)	3,903,318
129	Albania	3,619,778
130	Lithuania	3,565,205
131	Uruguay	3,477,778
132	Mauritania	3,364,940
133	Liberia	3,334,587
134	Oman	3,311,640
135	Panama	3,309,679
136	Mongolia	2,996,081
137	Armenia	2,968,586
138	Jamaica	2,804,332
139	Kuwait	2,596,799
140	West Bank	2,407,681
141	Latvia	2,245,423
142	Lesotho	2,128,180
143	Namibia	2,088,669
144	Macedonia	2,061,315
145	Slovenia	2,007,711
146	Botswana	1,842,323
147	Gambia, The	1,735,464
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,503,182
149	Gaza Strip	1,500,202
150	Gabon	1,485,832
151	Estonia	1,307,605
152	Mauritius	1,274,189
153	Swaziland	1,128,814
154	Timor-Leste	1,108,777
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1,047,366
156	Fiji	931,741
157	Qatar	824,789
158	Cyprus	792,604
159	Guyana	770,794
160	Comoros	731,775
161	Bahrain	718,306
162	Bhutan	682,321
163	Montenegro	678,177
164	Equatorial Guinea	616,459
165	Solomon Islands	581,318
166	Macau S.A.R.	545,674
167	Djibouti	506,221
168	Luxembourg	486,006
169	Suriname	475,996
170	Cape Verde	426,998
171	Malta	403,532
172	Western Sahara	393,831
173	Maldives	385,925
174	Brunei	381,371
175	Bahamas, The	307,451
176	Iceland	304,367
177	Belize	301,270
178	French Polynesia	283,019
179	Barbados	281,968
180	Netherlands Antilles	225,369
181	New Caledonia	224,824
182	Samoa	217,083
183	Mayotte	216,306
184	Vanuatu	215,446
185	Sao Tome and Principe	206,178
186	Guam	175,877
187	Saint Lucia	159,585
188	Tonga	119,009
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,432
190	Kiribati	110,356
191	Virgin Islands, U.S.	109,840
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	107,665
193	Aruba	101,541
194	Jersey	91,533
195	Grenada	90,343
196	Northern Mariana Islands	86,616
197	Antigua and Barbuda	84,522
198	Andorra	82,627
199	Seychelles	82,247
200	Isle of Man	76,220
201	Dominica	72,514
202	Bermuda	66,536
203	Guernsey	65,726
204	American Samoa	64,827
205	Marshall Islands	63,174
206	Greenland	57,564
207	Faroe Islands	48,668
208	Cayman Islands	47,862
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39,817
210	Liechtenstein	34,498
211	Monaco	32,796
212	San Marino	29,973
213	Saint Martin	29,376
214	Gibraltar	28,002
215	Virgin Islands, British	24,041
216	Turks and Caicos Islands	22,352
217	Palau	21,093
218	Wallis and Futuna	15,237
219	Anguilla	14,108
220	Nauru	13,770
221	Cook Islands	12,271
222	Tuvalu	12,177
223	Saint Helena	7,601
224	Saint Barthelemy	7,492
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7,044
226	Montserrat	5,079

Got some Idea of the country where you are living in? Please review and provide your suggestions on my posts

Happy Diwali wishes....!

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:00 PDT

Kashmir- The Heaven On Earth.....!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:07:00 PDT

Gulmarg : About 60 kms from Srinagar, 2 hrs drive

Mirror image ! : posted this picture upside down.. Can you really make it out ?? Besides the fact that the sky is lighter (below) and the water is darker (above)..

Lost in Thoughts .... : This is the local boat that the villagers use. It's completely made out of wood and cost's as much as 30-40000 INR a piece.

Dussehra Celebrations at Mysore palace, India

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:43:00 PDT

King of Mysore

Chandrayaan...!!! A trip to the moon by INDIA

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:05:00 PDT

We must be Proud of them since they are making us proud...!

Fully integrated Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft undergoing pre-launch tests

Loading it to Thermovac Chamber

PSLV-C11 at Vehicle Assembly Building

PSLV-C11 on Launch Pad

Human Relations.....PARENTS

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:28:00 PDT

A conversation. ...this was narrated by an IAF pilot to IIT students on Special seminar for HUMAN RELATION.

My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things. As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it ! was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him. When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc.

Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?
Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete. Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments. Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.

Take care of ur parents.

HYDERABAD - Education With Style

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:56:00 PDT

Unlike many other major Indian cities, Hyderabad is relatively young. That is, this area on the banks of the Musi River wasn't founded until 1590, when the Sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty relocated there to, " relieve a water shortage the dynasty had experienced at their old headquarters at Golkonda" (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/).
The area in which the city was originally located is now known as the Old City, for in the 416 year since its founding, Hyderabad has grown a great deal beyond its original borders. It is now a relatively expansive city whose metropolitan area stretches out from both sides of the river and encompasses approximately 100 square miles and is home to more than 6 million people.
Because of its location at the crossroads between northern and southern India, Hyderabad has been ruled by a number of different peoples, from the original Qutb Shahi dynasty to the Mughals, the British, and then finally, after independence from British rule, themselves. Today, Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh state and one of the most important cities in the modern-day renaissance of India's technological sector.
Study Abroad Programs in Hyderabad
The first thing most visitors are struck by is the sheer beauty of the city itself. For although it is relatively young by Indian standards (some cities on the subcontinent have histories that extend back thousands of years), it is, nonetheless, home to some of the most breathtaking architecture in the world. The Qutb Shahi tomb is an excellent example of the kind of grand architecture that abounds in Hyderabad. The construction of this tomb was actually overseen by the man buried inside-yes, that's right: Qutb Shahi tradition dictated that the Shah actually have a say in the ultimate appearance of his own final resting place. It is every bit as grand as you'd imagine.
"From the Tombs, carry on to the Golconda Fort, hardly 3 kilometers away. It used to be a mud fort in the 14th century. In the 17th century it was enlarged and strengthened by the Qutb Shahi dynasty, which used it as their capital. It was in the area of this fort that the Kohinoor diamond was first unearthed. It now adorns the crown of the British monarch. If you are feeling energetic enough, do visit the Balahissar, a delightful pavilion perched on the pinnacle of the main hillock of Golconda. In the old days the sultans would take the evening air from the Balahissar, having been carried there in elaborate palanquins! The ruins of the old palace are still to be seen at the bottom of the hill" (www.fullhyderabad.com). There are literally hundreds of sites to visit in the city, and your time would be well-spent visiting any one of them, especially the Charminar monument and surrounding market; the hanging garden at Naubat Pahad; and the Tank Bund, which "is a dam on the Hussain Sagar lake and is famous for the 33 statues of statesmen and a huge monolithic statue of Buddha" (http://www.hyderabad.co.uk/).
Hyderabad, however, is about much more than its history. These days, its role in India's economic ascension cannot be overstated. "Hyderabad city is today known for its IT and IT Enabled Services, Pharmaceuticals and Entertainment industries. Many call centers, Business Process Outsourcing(BPO) firms, dealing with IT and other technological services were set up in the 1990s making it one of the major regions for call center setups in India" (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/).
Its educational institutions, too, are some of the finest in the country. There are 10 main universities in the city, including the world-renowned "Osmania University...one of the oldest Universities in India. Technical institutes such as Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and International Institute of Information Technology are found here. Also based here is the highly acclaimed Indian School of Business" (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/). Many schools in the United States, too, host programs in Hyderabad for study abroad students, and those who choose to spent a semester or a year there are treated to a view of the world that the vast majority of American college students never get . As a result, they are better-prepared for the world beyond the confines of the college classroom that they would have been had they not studied in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad, then, is one of the most exciting and beautriful cities in India in which to study. The opportunities for business contacts are virtually infinite, but because it is not quite as big and overwhelming as some of the other major hubs of Indian industry, it tends to feel more approachable to foreign students. Hyderabad has everything the adventurous student could want-it's just a matter of giving it a chance.
» GLOBAL LEARNING SEMESTERS: Remarkable Global Semester in India

"HYDERABAD". ......... .... I N D I A

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:29:00 PDT

Charminar

Falaknuma palace

Chowmahalla palace

Kilwat Palace

Purani haveli (The Picture you are seeing is the longest Wardrobe in the Whole world.The sixth nizam never used to wear a dress twice :) )

Mummy in Archeaological Museum

NTR Gardens

Osmania Hospital

Osmania University

Qutubshahi Tombs

Ramoji Film city

Asurkhana

Durgam Cheruvu

Golconda Fort

High Court

Himayat Sagar

Salarjung Museum

Shilpa Ramam

Toyland

Hyderabadi biryani

Funny Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:36:00 PDT

Know your value...!

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:20:00 PDT

KNOW UR Value!

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500 note. In the room of 200,
He asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?" Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple the note up.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty.
"Now who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money.
You still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth Rupee 500/-.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen.

Never lose your value. You are special. Don't ever forget it! Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams. " VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED"

BEST REGARDS.

Fascinating Concept Cars

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:57:00 PDT

Beautiful Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:28:00 PDT

Happy Dussehra

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:32:00 PDT

I wish you all a very Happy Dussehra

HOT CARS

noreply@blogger.com (Srini) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:50:00 PDT