KrishnaSai Columns

Shankar dada CHIEF MINSTER

2007-12-05T04:29:00.000-08:00

Chiranjeevi, the Telugu mega star is likely to release his new avatar on the occasion of Sankranthi. This time it is not on Big screen. Chiru likely to announce his new Political party by the time of Sankranthi.

Recent films of Chiranjeevi, like Stalin , Shankar dada Zindabad have not done well at box office. Though the movies were rated good by critics, it was said that high expectations from fans made the films flop. It seems Chiru is not finding the story which reaches his fans' high expectations. So , he is thinking something which is too big to hit big screens.

This move by the actor, who has a massive fan following in the state, could change the political scene in the state. He, however, made it clear that his party would not be only for Kapu, the community to which be belongs.

There has been speculation that Chiranjeevi, one of the highest paid actors in the country, would enter politics before the 2009 Assembly elections.

However, the recent controversy following his daughter's elopement with her boyfriend and their marriage against the wishes of the actor's family dealt a blow to his plans.

On record, Chiranjeevi – in the film industry for 25 years – has been denying that he has any plans to enter politics and has instead concentrated on social services, especially blood donation.

He, however, was under pressure from Kapus to join politics to counter the Congress and TDP, dominated by the Reddy and Kamma communities respectively. The communist parties and other forces trying to form a third alternative were also appealing him to take to politics.

Chiranjeevi will be following in the footsteps of thespian NT Rama Rao, who created a record of sorts by becoming chief minister within nine months after floating the TDP.

When NTR launched his party, the Congress was the only dominant force in the state and people were looking for an alternative whereas Chiranjeevi will have to compete with several parties.

Some feel that Chiranjeevi lacks the charisma of NTR, who died in 1996, a few months after his son-in-law N Chandrababu Naidu staged a revolt in the party.

The sources said the actor, who hails from Andhra region, might support the demand for separate Telangana.

Media overacts!!

2007-11-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

Assume that a private family function is being organised in your home. Suddenly a group of 50 people with big cameras and microphones entered into your home. They asked you some stupid, needless questions about your family and the function. They demanded the answers , though you are not willing to open your family private matters. In that situation what can you do?

You can do nothing. Yes, you can do nothing , because they are media persons. Media is dominating now a days. Some times it is killing your privacy. If you are a celebrity , unfortunately , once take a look over your surroundings you can find some media person looking eagerly through some window. There are about 50 news channels (including regional news channels) in India. I dont understand the need how ever. About 70 percent of those are not actually true news channels. Because they dont telecast true news. The so called news telecasted by them are actually Gossips or Rumours.

Is the news telecasted by these news channels useful in any way for innocent viewers? What do the viewers get if Dhoni and Deepika are in love? Or what do they get if Shahid and Kareena broke out? What do they get if Chiranjeevi's daughter got married secretly?

The viewers wont get anything. But the media people will get. They will get good amount. They can rise their TRP ratings. And some times they can also blackmail the news victim (the poor guy who will be shown continuously in TVs for some trivial matter) .

I dont blame all news channels and news papers. There are some news agencies still fighting for values despite loosing TRP ratings or circulation. Everything in this earth has its limits. Media should also be limited to some extent. If not , the results will be most regretful. Who knows ? !! Media may become the cause for third world war !!!!

Anand movie with "Happy Days" music

2007-10-31T06:33:00.000-07:00

IIMs may be tailoring CAT paper on GMAT format

2007-10-30T05:40:00.000-07:00

The CAT paper may be going the GMAT way. Sample this - from 2003 to 2006, the number of questions has fallen from 150 to 75. The GMAT paper has 78 questions.

The number of choices and the duration of the CAT examination have also changed resembling a GMAT paper. And now, the CAT test might soon become an online exam like the GMAT.

Mumbai T.I.M.E institute Director Arks Srinivas says, “The CAT paper's quantitative section used to be considered very difficult but 2004 onwards, it is becoming easier and more arithmetic driven which is what GMAT follows. And if you look at the verbal section, it was very grammar driven while GMAT is more reasoning based. Again we see a trend change.”

IIMs have long wanted to be globally oriented. This could be their latest attempt.

“For IIMs it makes sense as a business proposition because now not only can they reach over 100 domestic institutes but by doing this, IIMs can reach across borders to South Africa and in course of time in Europe and us as well,” Srinivas adds.

The CAT exam is taken by more than 2 lakh students while about 16,000 students take the GMAT exam. So, foreign universities can choose from a wider base if they can consider cat score. For students, opportunities will increase and it will cost less.

That's because taking the GMAT exam is eight times more expensive than taking the CAT – clearly a win-win situation.

Salman reveals why he refused Chak De

2007-10-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

srija at delhi high court

2007-10-23T08:57:00.002-07:00

Chiru statement on Srija Marriage

2007-10-23T08:57:00.001-07:00

Murali katik... Cricketer..Commentator..Cricketer !!

2007-10-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

Murali Kartik knew he had a role during Australia’s tour of India, but it was not as a player, rather as a commentator. But destiny willed that he not only leave the microphone for the red cherry but also produce a bowling spell that would be remembered for a long time to come.

By joining a select band of Indian bowlers to have grabbed six wickets in an ODI, that too against the formidable Aussies, Kartik made people wonder again why he has not been persisted with over the years.

Kartik was twice on a hat-trick during his dream spell of 6-27 and though he could not complete the feat of taking three wickets off successive deliveries that he has achieved once in domestic cricket, the Railways player did more than his captain Mahendra Dhoni could have hoped for.

Chiru daughter's Love marriage..

2007-10-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

Nothing wrong in it.. We wish them a Happy Married Life

Oracle ebooks

2007-10-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.db.cs.ucdavis.edu/teaching/sqltutorial/

for download pdf SQL tables, queries, PL/SQL

http://www.dbbm.fiocruz.br/class/Lecture/d17/sql/jhoffman/sqltut.html

Basics of the SELECT Statement , Joins , Aggregate Functions , Views ,Creating New Tables ........... with examples

http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/oracle/sqlplus/

Oracle products , SQL *plus basics , DDL , DML , Tree queries , stored procedures , triggers. with examples

C ebooks

2007-10-15T00:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/tutorials/c/

why use C , contrl loops , variable declaration ,.... for beginners

http://www.physics.drexel.edu/courses/CompPhys/General/C_basics/c_tutorial.html

Pointers , arrays,...

http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm

C tutorial by questions... not for beginners

http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark/CTutorial/CTutorial.html

introduction , libraries , comments, parameters... good

Cpp ebooks

2007-10-15T00:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

Functions , arrays, classes, pointers,templates.... good one..

http://www.softlookup.com/tutorial/c++/index.asp

Exception handling , polymorphism... good.. more elaborated

http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/cppcen.html

For C users .... not for beginners

http://www.desy.de/gna/html/cc/Tutorial/tutorial.html

more advanced

Java ebooks

2007-10-15T00:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.meshplex.org/wiki/Java_programming

introd to java , overview,OOPS,Applets,Inheritence,Exception handling,IO,Advanced Java

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Java getting started, classes, Swing, Deployment

http://www.cafeaulait.org/javatutorial.html

syntax,examples..

Puzzle

2007-10-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

A horse, a donkey and a camcel were stolen. 3 suspects got caught: Robert, Scott and Tommy. All we know that each person stole one animal, but we do not know who stole which. Here are the investigation statements.

Robert said: Tommy stole the horse.
Scott said: Tommy stole the donkey.
Tommy said: They both were lying. I did not steal the horse or the donkey.

Later on, the police found out the man who stole the camel told a lie. The man who stole the horse told the truth. Can you find out who stole which?

[send answers as comments]

Joke of the Day : Kidnapping by a sardar...

2007-10-11T07:24:00.000-07:00

There was a Sardarji who was down on his luck.
In order to raise some money he decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom. He went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree and told him, "I've kidnapped you."
Sardarji then wrote a note saying: "I've kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow morning, put Rs.2, 00,000 in a paper bag and put it beneath the mango tree on the north side of the city playground".
Signed: "A Sardarji"
Sardarji then pinned the note to the kid's shirt and sent him home to show it to his parents. The next morning the Sardarji checked, and sure enough a paper bag was kept beneath the mango tree.
The boy was sitting next to the bag. Sardarji opened up the bag and found the Rs.2, 00,000 in cash with a note saying: "How can a sardarji do this to a fellow Sardarji? Take the money, and please leave my son."
Signed: Another Sardarji

CAT & GRE words

2007-10-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

macerate   : soften by soaking in liquid

osseous   :   made of bone

peroration   : conclusion of an oration

rakish   :   jaunty; stylish; sporty

tenuous : thin

Google is safe....!

2007-10-08T06:47:00.000-07:00

If you've been wondering if your Gmail account's been hacked into, relax. Google says there's no cause for worry.

With doubts being raised over the safety of its key applications and the government issuing a warning advisory, Google's now released an official clarification.

In an email sent to CNN-IBN, the company spokesperson claims it's already fixed the problems in question.

Certain bureaucrats had earlier reported problems with their mail accounts, but Google claims that's more a case of Phishing or Internet fraud and not an inherent problem with Gmail.

GMail, Picassa, Google Groups and Blogspot have been under the scanner after software loopholes that let hackers steal data, and tamper with emails were revealed.

[from ibn]

India win the 4 th ODI vs Aus

2007-10-08T06:41:00.000-07:00

India's bowlers clinched an eight-run thriller as Australia ran out of steam in the dying overs of the fourth One Day International, thus keeping alive the seven-match series here on Monday.

After India posted a formidable 291-4 batting first, Australia got off to a terrific start to their run chase, holding the upper hand during the major part of the game, but breakthroughs at crucial intervals condemned the world champions to their first limited overs defeat in 15 matches. Australia finished on 283-7 with James Hopes remaining not out on 23.

Zaheer Khan bowled the final over of the game in which Australia required 16 runs, but could only manage seven at the Sector-16 stadium here, to register India's first win against the Australians after 11 matches. India had last beaten Australia in January 2004.

CAT & GRE words

2007-10-08T00:35:00.000-07:00

copious       :   plentiful

exorbitant   :   excessive;

lumber        :   move heavily or clumsily

preclude    :   make impossible; prevent

succumb    :   yield

Indian cricket : We need more wickets.. ICC plz make a rule

2007-10-05T05:12:00.000-07:00

Any cricket lover who is watching future cup Ind vs Aus can notice that the game was one sided from the very first over , except few moments. Indian batsmen are not really willing to play whole 50 overs atleast. May be they are very much comfortable with the Twenty 20 format.India were all out in 47 overs in both the matches. Selection committee should think about it.

ICC had introduced some new rules in this series. Free hit and the mandatory change of ball after 35 overs are introduced in ODI. May be one more rule in favour of India should also be included to make the series interesting. The rule is that Indian team can bat with 12 wickets rather than 10. i.e., Any of the two Indian batsmen can have 2 lives. Let us name it as "Free wicket".

Plz ICC make a new rule called "Free wicket".. and keep it only for India :) Pleaseeeeeeee....

Cartoon : Nobel Prize panel regrets missing out on Gandhi

2007-10-05T00:45:00.000-07:00

There should be a Nobel prize for doing wrong things also

Kuch Kuch Hota hai

2007-10-05T00:42:00.000-07:00

Throughout the years many a Bollywood stars have gone through drastic makeovers. The latest addition being, Shah Rukh Khan is the latest addition to this club with his new six-pack. We at Indiatimes Movies give you the Before and After Effect of celebrity makeovers…

Shah Rukh Khan definitely leads the gang. When the actor entered the Bollywood industry with a lean body and messed up hair, he wasn’t the most sought after.

But one look at his well toned look today and the change will amaze you. We definitely appreciate the effort

Sunita Williams interview.. by ibn

2007-10-02T23:58:00.001-07:00

CAT & GRE words

2007-10-02T23:51:00.000-07:00

dilapidated       :   falling to pieces; in a bad condition

foment              :   stir up; incite

infidel               :   unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

kudos               :   honor; glory

mendacious     :   lying

Tatas biggest Indian employer in UK

2007-10-02T23:48:00.000-07:00

Business conglomerate Tatas' British connection is set to get even stronger with the group expecting a significant surge in its employee strength in the United Kingdom as it expands operations and buys more firms.

With about 30,000 Tata employees, the European nation is home to the largest workforce of any Indian business house. This represents a little less than 10 per cent of Tata group's entire headcount of about 3,30,000 people across the world.

"Initially when we started business here 100 years ago in 1907, it was some sort of window office to the world business of the group... we were taking care of issues like procurement and logistics... today we are a 14-company strong group here with 30,000 employees," S A Hasan, Managing Director of group's UK subsidiary Tata Ltd, said here.

"We feel proud to say that we are the largest Indian employer in the UK," he said

[from economictimes]