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Adios 2011 .... bring it on 2012 !

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:04:00 +0000

Still Can't believe that in a few hours from now its the end of the year 2011.This year for me is a mix of both highs and lows.But everything happened quickly.There was no time to look back once that moment passed away as i was eagerly heading towards the next goal immediately.But sooner or later here came a time where i have to look back over where i have been... and wonder what really I've been through.

Though I'll try to keep it short this may turns into quite a long post so just in case you get bored, I will wish you a Happy New Year right at the start, and I hope that 2012 brings all of your dreams to fruition.

2011 started off for me with a new year eve at Gulbarga which was part fun and part boring (well .. what can i expect in here !) and for the next couple of day I've been busy with the college and then got free (like always).the routine life then continued for a while till march when i gave some exams which did not go so well as i messed up some things.Then came the summer vacation from mid April to end of may.Had a lot of fun during these holidays and learned a quite a good stuff on web designing.in mid may i packed my bags from Hyderabad and moved back to gulbarga.Time pass for few days and then got my self involved in studies for the final exams which seemed to be more dangerous than any time in the past.These exams which were supposed to be in august were pushed to September due to some technical issues in the university.so I've decided to give my best this time and did so.after finishing my exams successfully i packed my bags again to Hyderabad for a long vacation this time as i didn't expect my results anytime soon.I planned for learning Car driving atleast in these vacation but things didn't go very well and i never learned it till date.All i did was getting up late and passing day with PC games and web designing n visiting friends when they are available.my day would end with a movie at late night.Two months passed by and i cant stand the routine life at home so i decided to get back to Gulbarga in mid november when the college started with a handful of students in attendance.so i used to attend occasionally as i was more interested in results which got pushed on and on till December.I was very tensed though i performed well in exams but RGUHS always treats its students as scapegoats.When Finally the result came i was very happy and so were my parents.With a fresh and free mind i was looking forward for next year.Classes started of regularly but most of the lech's were least interested till January so classes were very occasional till December end.

Best Moments i remember :

India Won World Cup
My Birthday Night (Thanks to my friends)
When i Saw my Exam Result
When i finally learned to cook

So that was a brief summary of what happened in 2011.i tried to skip most of the part which is boring.still find it routine then that what the year 2011 for me was like.So here is more peak of my activities and likes in 2011.

Movies :

I watched a lot of movies as usual mostly of Tollywood (Telugu) ,Bollywood and Hollywood in Theaters,on PC and occasionally on TV.

2011 started with a good movie for tollywood with Mirapakaya and Ala Modalaindi.Mirapakaya solely depended on Ravi Teja's Comedy timing while Ala Modalaindi got appreciation for its fresh feel and simple straight forward Rom - Com genre.I loved both Nani and Nithya menon pair. Though most anticipated Disney's Debut Anagananga Oka Dheerudu turned out to be a disaster at BO Jan was a good beginning for tollywood.The movies i liked then after is Gaganam for its experimental attempt in tollywood.i felt RGV's Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju had its moments though it eventually became a dud at BO.LBW Life Before Wedding and Kudirithe Cup Coffee were short and sweet films.I loved both of them.Prema Kavali may be a good debut for Aadi and Isha but the movie was a out and out routine predictable commercial film.Mangala was no where near Manta in terms of a thriller.Osho should work more on the story.Shakti was a torture and eventually one of the biggest disaster.Theenmaar was a good remake of LAK i liked it very much as it is a fresh and experimental subject.I didn't like Mr. Perfect and 100% Love for their predictable and routine plot.Rangam Suprised with its very tight and interesting political drama and a very good musical too.Vaishali followed the same in the Suspense Thriller genre.Badhrinaadh was one the worst attempt by VV.Vinayak and Allu Arjun.They have to know a film could be made with a good script but not a huge budget,exotic locations and peppy dancing numbers here and there.First half of the year was just good for tollywood but Kandireega,Dookudu,Oosaravelli,Pilla Zamindar entertained thoroughly in the second half of 2011.7th Sense and Urumi were made very well on history .. though both of them were dubbed.Panjaa is the best movie of the year in terms of high technical standards and stylish taking.Pawan kalyan chose an out of the path subject once again and succeed in moulding it into a cult classic.Rajanna keeravani music n BGM are highlight and annie was too gud.her expressions and acting skills are impressive.very Honest and gutsy attempt by nag.Such unique films bring great pride to TFI.Rajanna Gave a good end to the year.So overall 2011 was very good year for tollywood expected for the over budgeted Dud's.

In Bollywood the best movies of would rate would be7 Khoon Maaf,Delhi Belly, Shor in the City,Stanley Ka Dabba,Dum Maaro Dum,Pyar ka Punchnama,Shaitan,Chillar Party,Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge,Rockstar,Don 2: The Chase Continues.

And the decent Stuff ... My Friend Pinto,Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap,Ragini MMS,Tanu Weds Manu,Patiala House,No One Killed Jessica,Bheja Fry 2

my misses : Dhobi Ghat,F.A.L.T.U,The Dirty Picture,

Worst Film Of The Year : RASCALS (Ajay devgan and Sanjay Dutt)

2011 had very good hollywood films too but cant name because they are too many.

Books :

I've only read a couple books this year.which include The time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger which is very good and deep.its both combination of sci-fi and romance.Revoloution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat was a good love story with a social issue i.e corruption and power.its was good.

I Have "The monk who sold his Ferrari" by Robin Sharma lying around in my rack but never got my hand on it.Will try to read it soon.

Gadgets :
I bought a Huawei 3G modem (21 mbps unlocked) Online which very much serves my needs till date.Got a Micromax MMX 300c EV-DO modem for BSNL used for a month till now.By the year end I've upgraded my old HCL TFT Monitor to a brand new DELL 19''inch widescreen LED which I'm Loving .. And Upgraded my Traditional IDE hard disk to 1TB S-ATA Hard Disk.

Planning for lots of upgrades next year .. hope every thing goes well

Travel :

I didnt travel to any new places in this year.I was just doing to and from from Hyderabad to Gulbarga most of the time.I've visited Tirupati in Summer.

So this pretty much all my activity in 2011

New Year's Resolution :

Concentrate More and more on Academics
Be Regular to College
Believe in yourself
Stress more on Difficult things.
Set your Goals Pre-defined 'n' Achieve them with proper Planning and make every thing documented making you to remember your goals.
Use time more Productively and Mind your own work (like always)
Workout Regularly.

Journey - Movie review

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:49:00 +0000

Journey ('Engeyum Eppodhum' in tamil) is the sweetest film i've seen in a long time.The narration just kept me engaged through out.The two Love stories in the film are very cute and memorable.with so many funny moments in between both of them were mesmerizing.still cant decide which one is better.cant get them out of my mind.Four Lead's Jai, Anjali, Sharwanand and Ananya excelled in their roles.Especially Anjali puts up a wonderful performance once again.Jai who plays an innocent youth is the show-stealer.Sharwanand is very apt.Ananya is impressive in a role of a innocent girl who comes form village to city for an interview and trusts no one.I simply adore her role and way it is done.

Director managed to create interest right from the beginning with a very few character's.He did his job very well.He crafted the film to the perfection.The Accident scene which is the dramatic axis of the film, its emotional core is focused on the characters very well.The audience will get the definitive true version of it at the end.Even the Background Sounds during that scene are very engaging n realistic.VFX in that particular scene is worth mentioning.Making That scene play in parts in between the narration and full scene in the climax is a very good attempt.That made interest last till the end.An sweet love story between a boy and girl in the bus and a father who is travelling all the way from dubai to see her daughter for the very first time are very good.

Music in the film is very pleasant and joyful.Though it's a dubbed film lyrics are written very well and they match up with the situations very well."Meghama" "Chitti Chitti" and "Neepere teliyaduga" are my Favorites. "Govida" and "Katha Mugisele" are situational.Background score and Re-recording are very good.

On the flip side :
There is nothing much that i can write negative about this film.Every thing falls in right place.But personally i feel it could had a happy ending unlike the actual Tragedy ending (Half Tragedy Technically as other pair Gautham and Amrutha) as most of Telugu Audience doesn't like sad (and also Realistic) Climax.But that differs for person to person and i believe if an viewer can feel the pain then director succeeded in what he attempted."So Called" happy ending is not always necessary.I think Audience will take it in the same perspective.

Bottom Line : Journey is Sensible film with very sweet love stories and narrated in a more realistic & Captivating way.If you like Heart touching films then make sure "Don't Miss this one"

My Rating : 3.75/5

Mosquito Must Die !

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:56:00 +0000

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Tiny little creature that makes life of a giant human being hell, really ? if you go by my last night experience.. yes !  These tiny little creatures breed in the dirty water ponds and pits which can be found every where around, thanks to our so called "civilized" citizens. From the eggs that are breed-ed these mosquitoes invade the world outside!  However like someone said, something you may not know is they have the deadliest bite known to man. A shark might bite you in half, lions can tear you limb from limb and a snake can inject you with a toxin that will leave you a quivering mass in minutes. Nevertheless, they just don't have the numbers. More people die every year from the bite of the lowly mosquito than the bites of all other beasts put together.

Why ?
These nasty little insects make buzzing sounds around the ear when i try to sleep after late night study/work .Sometimes I waved my hands vigorously in vain and silly attempts to chase away the hungry things .. if i'am lucky Gotcha !  you are not going back in the air my little foe ! and if i'am not other foe bites off my other hand sucks mouthful of blood leaving an irritating itch.sure it is not most powerful bit that human's can have but its more unexpected in timing and number. And Not to say while driving these things hit straight to face  eww! I remember once we had an electric mosquito swatter bat which is used to kill those mosquito's at home.In one wave many mosquito's would be killed giving out "phat! phat!"   sounds But one fine day these mosquito's even Broken that bat and that day i came to know that these mosquito is stronger that the China's Electric bat !  Some times if we even wave to scare that thing off,it again comes for more.i think either the mosquito is not so clever to understand that this time it will definitely gets a blow if it returns to the same target or the mosquito has more will power and guts to try again and again or even confused about target.I heard somewhere that Mosquito's have some special sensors to detect the scent of the humans and when mosquito gets closer it then uses infrared sensors to detect body heat, in that case they should at least sense the difference in body heat of different targets right ? may be my second reason is right and these things do have guts !

How ?
Instead of using Mosquito Repellents in every home and places you go,these mosquito's must die from the natural causes !  Most of the humans who travel in these pollution environment effected by different types of harmful smokes and gases from vehicles and factories gets effected daily then,why not mosquitoes.. they should die because of these harmful gases.Mosquitoes should die by the effects of the global warming.when so many beautiful birds like sparrow and all are getting instinct by the effects of cellphone waves and radiations why not mosquito's  !  The eggs they lay in the water should be toxicated by the salts and chemicals in water and they should not breed.

In a old telugu film i saw. One of the role Brahmanandham garu played says " 75 kilos maa amma ni oka chinna Eega champinappudu, oka chinna eega ni nenu champakoodada" (which Translates "when an small housefly can kill my mother who weighs 75 kilos the why cant i kill an small housefly" in reply to a priest saying "killing small creatures is a sin")

I think the same logic applies to the mosquito too   so the Mosquito must die !

I Love Rain but *Conditions Apply . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:37:00 +0000

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So rain... I like rain, I really do! but sometimes I hate it as well. Yes ! There are some practical reasons about this whole Love and Hate scenario. It goes like this ..

I love thundershowers, but i hate drizzling rain. I hate drizzling rain because They are unpredicatble when they would stop and when they would resume. I never know what to do with it. I look stupid if I use an umbrella but if I don't I end up being really wet,aslo I hate to get my hair wet.Stupid drizzling rain.Either give it to me hard, or not give me any at all !

Another thing I don't like about rain: how it wets my clothes and then my clothes starts clinging onto me.Especially socks, because my socks get wet, I'm outside, and I have to be stuck in wet socks and shoes for the whole day.Plain awful. I also don't like how it splashes all over the place when i walk, the back of my leg ends up being all wet. I also don't like how dumb drivers deliberately drive into giant puddles next to you while you walk on the sidewalk, minding your own business, and SPLASH! you've been hit by a giant wave of dirt and brown water.yes ! This happens often in the place where i live. and i dont want to describe the fate of the roads here in our place(Gulbarga).They get damp and slippery when it rains and i have to take every step with caution and it gets worse when two-wheelers start Skidding Sliding,crashing and colliding.

I'm sure I would like rainy days a lot more if I lived in my imaginary land where I can run around in bare feet in the meadow with very soft grass, no bugs, no slippery mud that makes me slip and fall when I step on them by accident, worse yet, random shards of glass... and I don't have to worry about being anywhere or doing anything even if I'm drowning in rain.One more thing I hate about rain is that when it rains here in my place there's power cut.even for a slightest of the drizzle the power is gone and no signs of coming back for long time.I hate it and keep cursing the fate of this place,which is good otherwise.I agree cutting off power during heavy thunder storms if only there might be a problem but for slight drizzle or some times even for some thunder stroms ... Oh man ! are you kidding me ?

The kind of rain i like is that crashes against my window when iam sitting on my sofa,safe under the protection of roof listening to music or watching a movie enjoying my favourite food served hot (muah !) or just going outside with an umbrella sometimes just to hear the raindrops hit my umbrella.Collecting the rain drops with my hand which are pouring slowly from the tips of the umbrella .. Of course, I don't mind getting wet at that time, because I could just walk right back in and change into new and dry and warm clothes whenever I feel like it and then after just still inside and enjoy watching rainbow from my window :)

So it's not that I don't like rain. Its just that i don't like the clinginess of wet clothing and the inconvenience especially when it drizzles unexpectedly and i have some work but cant decide to go ahead or cut the journey imagining the difficulty with the roads.

By the way it;s Raining Drizzles here at my place now .. eww !

I'am Back ...

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:01:00 +0000

I know that I haven't been posting in my blog lately. But i have always been in touch with my pals on internet (Thanks to those bunch of social networks esp Facebook).I just got busy in redesigning my other webpage and updating it with content on serious demand.Anyways iam here this time not to post the same old stuff i used to ( more about tech and stuff that fascinated me around the web).But to make my blog more personal thing.I want to make this blog reflect a part of me. Even though i have posted many random topics previously in this same blog from a very long time. But from a few days in fact, there is a part of me that believes it is only beginning ! That may be because this blog of mine as it is a personal blog is missing a version of me and my life .

What's broken, what ain't :

It has been long time since i even visited my blog. in this mean time my blog *.in Domain expired (Oh ! s**t). Now I have to register an new one may be an .com domain this time. www.vinay24k.com sounds good isn't it ? but unfortunately i dont have enough funds at this point of time and my final exams which are just a month away are pulling my legs. so i better continue my blog on the defualt www.vinay24k.blogspot.com domain as of now :)

My blog template seems to be very interesting even after a long time.I even heard it many of my friends. Thats the best part of my blog and so i leave it as it is along with my signature at the end of the post.The say if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it .

If you've noticed I've already removed all the Adsense ads from this blog ! I dont want to display Adverts and Refferal Stuff for personal blog, yeah! so it's no in your face anymore. I will only keep "Firefox" button (updated) as i still support it.

Now you can see an new About me(in short) along with my pic on the sidebar. Thats for the visitors to know me better :) and a twitter widget to show off my recent tweets :p

So from my side there's much more to come in the future.Hopefully i will see you on my other posts :)

Anything For You Ma’m —– An IITian’s Love Story : Review

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:19:00 +0000

Anything For You Ma’m —– An IITian’s Love Story is infact written by an young IITian while studying his final year.it's none other than Tushar Raheja - Author of this Novel.So talented he might be to write a novel and get itself published while still he' still Studying and it emerged as a National Best seller.So no wonder not a much book-worm like myself got intrested in reading this novel and finally finished reading it ....

As the cover say's An IITian Love Story.It surely is.but not as in this case not much ha been discussed about the education system,hostel life,professors,campus as Chetan books did.But this story completely different though the guy is from the very same IIT Delhi (As in Chetan Bhagat's Five Point Someone).

Story :
Tejas Narula who is a fun loving guy studying in IIT delhi loves spending time with his loving sisters with whom he shares everything and enjoys playing guitar.One fine day he Falls in love at first sight with one of his Sister's Friend Shreya.he later turns it to a successful two sided one.But the problem is that shreya,his love stays in chennai two thousand and whatever miles away from Tejas who is in delhi.Unfortunately shreya gets caught in front of her dad regarding this love affair.Shreya's dad would definitely not allow her visit to delhi any more. like all the girls dad's would do in that situation.Then Tejas dicides to go to Chennai to meet his love bunking his Industrial tour,faking it to his parents and professors and WHAT NOT ! Tejas lets himself into an Journey of Dangerous yet Exciting Adventure of meeting his love.Tejas experiences in this joureny and what it takes to make it possible is Core of this exciting humourous love story.

My Take :

I started reading this book just a day before and couldn't resist finishing it so quickly.The book was very fast paced with intresting twists and turns,rib tickling humour,games played by Mr.Fate and witty coincidences made the novel an fabulous read.I lost myself in the novel and was shocked to see i finished the complete 230odd pages in just one sit.No wonder it is such a splendid book.The author used very simple language and narrated it with breath taking skills which made me skick to it through out the novel.And not a moment i was out of the book and could not do much but to respond to every situation in the book.I could not stop smiling through out starting from Page 1.There are many situation which made me tense too..So many twists and turns up's and down's.Reader can easily relate to lead characters and get lost in the adrenaline rush of wonderful Journey of Love.The book doesn't contain great literature but it has a great content which makes you to get involve yourself in the plot.

Some situations i like :

The situation where Tejas tries to avoid telling his name fearing that the travel agent would turn up to be his father's patient getting him into trouble and this point is brilliantly linked with the Dr.Prabhakar's coincindene in the later part of the book.
The sweet way of flirting when he first met "shreya" his sisters friend and then get's caught by his sister
Songs that Tejas mentions in between as he say's : "There's a song on my lips for every situation"
The way he explains about his ex-crush Gayatri and the weird name of her dog ... LOL !
Tejas Changing his voice and speaking to Professor "Pappi" as Tejas Father - This is really hilarious i literally got ROFL :)
The way Tejas explained about his adventure of Shortput in his childhod where he ended up throughing shotput on his foot and his rest of childhood incidents - quite a tough nut he is !
Tejas Convencing his brother "Vineeth" for acting as an young business man who is intrested in funding "Biobull" an dream project of professor pappi so that he can be taken of the Industrial Tour.for which his brother reminds him one of the incident for past where he played father of Tejas and got caught - Really Fabulous Scene it is !
The most exciting journey starting from pune to chennai and the coincidences that take place during that till he reaches shreya waiting on the shore of chennai - This is the Best Part of the complete book and my favourite part too ... Each part of this journey is worth a million !

On the flip side :

Description about Vivid wheaters all the time has crosssed it's limits definitely.Gets irritated when the author makes it a habit to describe the wheather every time after a scene change.
Too many coincidences which are hard to believe but those play a main part in creating twists and turns.After all this usually happens in a fully packed bollywod masal flick.so why not in this Extremly intresting masala package.But pratical readers should keep themself away from this book as the coincidenes doesn't go well with extreme practical thinkers ..
The language author used is not a great liturature but is simple plain english which is well suited for fresh readers but for not the serious one's.Atleast with the same kind of content Chetan Bhagat - The best selling authors have made this generation of india to read !

Final verdict : Anything For You Ma’m by Tushar Raheja is a Light Hearted lovestory which is Lovely,Adventurous,witty at times and Hilarius through out ! May not be a good prescription for serious literature hunters but with its adrenaline rush could definitely set the young generation of fresh readers in to roll ! Great attempt by an first timer author.This book truly worth its 100bucks ... Go For It :)

My Ratining : 7.5/10 - Highly Recommended for those who are in Love !

Epic Browser - First Web Browser From India For India

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:45:00 +0000

If you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox or Chrome or Opera or Safari for browsing give it a Desi change with Epic – A New Browser from India. The Epic browser is developed by Bangalore based Hidden Reflex and is based on Mozilla and is available for free. What is very important is the news of Epic could give Moksha or liberation to millions of Indian netizens who are stuck with Internet Explorer 6.

Epic, which is based on Mozilla Firefox, cleverly taps into several already available services to serve content tailored for Indian users. Among other things, it uses Google Indic Transliteration tool to enable typing in Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali and Tamil. The custom sidebar also offers one-click access to regional and national news including live video streams (served by NDTV), cricket match scores, share market updates and music charts. Epic also provides box file backup (through Gmail), mail (Yahoo and Gmail) and social networking (Facebook, Twitter and Orkut) apps. Additional security is provided through ESET NOD32 and WOT. If you want more you can always install more apps from Epic’s online gallery, which currently houses more than 1,500 applications. Additionally, since Epic is based on Firefox, it also supports standard Firefox extensions.

So what is the difference from other existing browsers or why should I try out Epic –

the makers claim it is the world’s only antivirus browser.
plus the browser has an inbuilt addon to detect websites that are dangerous.
if you are an Indian then it is the first ever web browser from India.
anti-phishing protection - a big bold domain name on the address bar.

Apart from this, other features include those that is available in other browsers using addons

You can type in 12 different Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu and Punjabi.
In the browser’s sidebar you can edit text, read news, view videos and pictures.
also claims of faster browsing and faster downloads.

Last But Not Least : SKINS
Epic Has mindblowing skins of diffrent catagories ranging from Arts,Artists,Films,People,Nature,Sports, and many more upto 1500 skins.

Take look of few impressive themes ... Click to enlarge

Verdic : On the whole, Epic impressed me with its features as well as overall execution. It’s a lot more than just another Firefox port, which is what I had initially expected it to be. The fact that it is built on top of Firefox, which is already fairly popular, should come to its advantage. Casual users are notorious for sticking to what they are already familiar with. In spite of being packed to the brim with features, Epic does well to keep them neatly tucked away in a separate corner. The additional features doesn’t get in your way. Epic still very much feels and behaves like Firefox.

Highly Recommended - Go try it !

Download - Epic browser here at the official website.

Now Tweet free from mobile in India

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:25:00 +0000

Twitter needs no introduction anymore. The sheer popularity speaks for it if not anything else.Well absolutely true! I m using Twitter and i can work on Twitter for hours.I think this addiction can't be controlled by any thing.

Like me many of the twitter users in india want to be in touch bu updating their twwets frequently.this could be only possible by your phone with always GPRS activated in it (not possible) or through SMS.Yeah SMS is the best and Easy go option when compared to GPRS in india.recently Twitter made a deal with Airtel to borrow its netword to send tweets.so now Airtel users in india can send tweets.But what about the Other network users in India ? even for airtel users is it good to spend Rs 1 every time you tweet ? Naah ! Dont worry i will tell you how to tweet absolutly free through sms ...

Here We Go ...
let me introduce an site called SmsTweet which allows you to send and recieve tweets free of cost.A simple service that allows you to tweet using sms in India.No longer depend on your web browser or a twitter client.No need to install any software on your phone or use Internet on your phone. No need to pay premium rates to your network provider.Just send an sms at free of cost or (normal rates for those without national sms packs or out of Mumbai and karnataka) to tweet your thoughts.Yes you can send your tweets absolutly free if you have an National sms free pack (Like Reliance(25rs),Vodafone,Airtel etc..) or you are in mumabi or karnataka.Because the two numbers provided by SmsTweet are of Mumbai and Karnataka as of now which just charge a national sms if you are from out of these circles and or if you are inthese circles you will be charged a local sms cost hich would become free If you have sms Pack.So its better to have National sms pack to Tweet Free from anywhere in India.

First things first :
you have to register in order to ise this service.you can regiter by

1) Send an sms 'REGISTER ' to any of the following nos:

09220092200 (Mumbai)
09243000111 (Bangalore)

2) or register online — start by simply licking the button below

Got registed ... then start tweeting
Start tweeting by sending a message, 'TWT ' to any of the following nos:

09220092200 (Mumbai)
09243000111 (Bangalore)

STD charges will apply for smstweet'ers who don't live in the above cities or donot have Special national SMS packs

Reading Updates

You can receive status from your public timeline by just sms'ing TWUP. You can also specify the number of status to receive or the status sent by one of your friend.

TWUP : Returns latest tweet from your timeline. eg. SMS "TWUP" to 9243000111
TWUP : Returns n'th tweet from your timeline. eg. SMS "TWUP 23" will return 23'rd tweet from your timeline. Note that 23'rd tweet is relative to time you sent the message. If an hour later you receive some more tweets, your 23'rd tweet will be different
TWUP : Returns the latest tweet in your timeline from user_name. user_name can either be a full twitter handle of the friend whose tweet you want or a part of it. For example SMS "TWUP smstweetin" to get latest tweet from smstweet. You can save on typing the entire name by typing just a part of the name. For example SMS "TWUP sms" will fetch first tweet from your timeline whose twitter handle matches "sms".

My Book Shelf . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Wait For a moment. . .

Yo ! Iam' on new Orkut

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000

At Last I was invited to check out the New Orkut (which i mentioned Earlier) By one Of My Friend Kevin.I'am very thankful to him.Hey ! do you know we both Became Very Good friends after That :)

Now you can see An Orkut ring beside my Orkut profile name (as below) which indicates as New Orkut User :

The New Orkut Is Incredibly Fast (its the best feature).It loads On a click.every single action you want to perform is made easy by Making The Home Page very productive by placing complete friends list,birthday reminders,friend suggestions,video testimonials,etc..You can Choose from 5diffrent Shades of orkut as per your mood.

Need to Improve :

* Orkut must Notify User about Status comments,Photo Comments,Testimonials.etc... as soon as he login into his Profile Like Facebook.

* Communities should me modified interms of layout to Extract full functioning of new orkut

* The Updates Section is little messy with Every small update from friend popin up resulting in user missing more important Friend Updates.They have to Fix this one !

New Orkut is in its Devoloping Stage ... Hope Google might act as per the feedback of it's new orkut users and Fix the problems right !

Orkut in a Exciting New look - Soon To Come !

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:51:00 +0000

Orkut was launched on January 22, 2004 by Google as independent project of Orkut Büyükkökten, The community membership was originally by invitation only.Then Later It was made Public.Orkut Emereged as largest Using Social Networking site In India,Brazil and Many Parts of The work competing with its Rivals Facebook,Myspace and Friendster.

In 2007 :

On August 24, 2007, Orkut announced a redesign. The new UI contains round corners and soft colors including small logotype at upper left corner. The redesign has been announced on the official Orkut Blog. By August 30, 2007, most users on Orkut could see changes on their profile pages as per the new redesign. On August 31, 2007, Orkut announced its new features including improvements to the way you view your friends, 9 rather than 8 of your friends displayed on your homepage and profile page and basic links to your friends' content right under their profile picture as you browse through their different pages. It also announced the initial release of Orkut in 6 new languages:: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

On September 4, 2007, Orkut announced another new feature. user would be able to see an "Updates from your friends" box on the homepage . And Launched Many Theme.

And Now...

Google has added new features to its social networking site Orkut to gain a momentum in today’s networking business.

According to Google, Orkut has been revamped by modifying its user interface. So the homepage has been made faster and easy to use.

Google India Head Vinay Goel said, "With the new user interface (UI), the user does not have to visit each page for viewing videos, or say posting scraps. He gets to see all updates and respond to his friends from the homepage itself,"

Among the other modifications, uploading photos will now be easy and there are other features like video chat, automatic face detection and scroll down option to view the friends in the same page.

"We have about 80-100 million users globally and India is the second leading market for Orkut after Brazil. India is a crucial market and we would continue to drive innovation for all our products," Goel said.

Google said that the new version would be available in coming weeks.

What's New - Let's Peep in :

* At first Look we Observe The Status Update Bar Which Is little Modified from the older version and can Expect comments from Friends and This looks more like the facebook status update . . . Is'nt it ? (Good Idea !)

* The Next Thing that will catch your Eyes is The new Recent Visitors Bar which Show the recent visitors of your profile as thumnails of their profile pic's . . . This Feature also looks Gr8 !

* You can Now Experience Orkut In a Five Different Shades By Chosing Your Shades as Per your Mood From The Top Right SIde of StatusUpdate Bar.

* The comes the Birthday Reminders and Followed By Updates From Friends in the same Way as the Older one But a little bit High Graphic Manner

* Face-to-face just got a lot easier, thanks to orkut's new video chat feature. Simply start a chat with a friend the old-fashioned way, then click "actions" on the chat window. You can choose between audio, video or group chat.

* In the Right side you can See your Friends List and Communities With Stylish Scroll Buttons

* The Video in Status Update Is Modified for a Suprise It Looks Like This . . .

* In Addition to all this, if you are a community owner/moderator and you have some 10-20 members waiting to approve than you now don’t need to approve or reject them one by one, you will get notice in your homepage and just approve all members or reject them easily and fast.

Initially It was assumed as a Rumour But . . . Woo WHoo ! Recently Google Orkut's Official Blog Annouced It and.But at Present Only a Selected Members are Beling Invited to Have a Look of the new orkut.It will be available to all Users in a few Months or weeks from Now !

Get Started :
Want to see the new orkut now? Find a friend who has an invitation and ask him! Those who are using the new orkut will sometimes receive invitations to share with their friends, so they can share the orkut love.
Another way to get an invite is to join Poppy and Shashi on the official community for cool insights into the new orkut and to participate in one of the many activities that will be taking place there. Be sure to check back often as the owners will be regularly announcing new ways to get an invite.
Users must have an invitation before they can access the new version of orkut. If they have invitations to share, they can send them to their friends on orkut; when those friends receive the invitations, they'll see a special icon at the top of their homepage.
To accept the invitation, they just click the icon and they'll then see the new version of orkut. Once they've accepted the invitation, they'll be eligible to receive invitations that they can share with their friends on orkut... and that's how more and more people will be able to get on board the new version. To see how many invitations you have to share with friends, simply look below the friends box on your homepage.
SO Get Ready to Face The Fresh Look Of Orkut,By then Share your Views on it in The Comments . . .

Yieppie ! Got my Domain Registered

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Hey Guys ! Today I Got My Own New Domain Name For My Blog Which Iam Planning From Past Couple of months.Atlast I Made It Possible This Diwali Night.I Purchared .in Domain For My Blog.

The Reason Behind Selecting .in Domain Is That :

.In Is India's Top Level Domain In India
It Can Be Used For Email Forwarding
It Represents Me as a Proud Individual Of "INDIA"
Complete DNS Control
Its Unique and Its Cool

So From Now On :

You Can Visit My Blog Site By : www.vinay24k.in
Email me to : admin@vinay24k.in

Tata Docomo GPRS/EDGE - User Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:57:00 +0000

Hey Guys ! As you already heard That Tata Docomo has launched it new GPRS/EDGE Packs.I've rushed to my retailer and Subscribed to one of them as soon as i heard it (After a long time i've heard of GPRS packs from a trusted service provider After Airtel withdrawed its Airtel online Pack).So i want to share my experience with tata docomo internet with you guys...

About Tata Docomo GPRS/EDGE :

Tata Docomo Introduced Two Packs (Which are Unlimited at First,But now They Modified them Into Limited Which are as below)

Rs 15 Pack - Recharge With Special EVD 15 and get 3days browsing with an usage of 20Mb Absolutly free.

Rs 95 Pack - Recharge With Special EVD 30 and get 30days browsing with an usage of 100Mb Absolutly free.

*You have to ask the retailer to Rechare with SPecial (Not the regular balance System)

* we can browse Throuh Mobile,PC or Laptop (No restrictions at all)

My Experiences :

Browsing Speed is good.when I browse in wap browser which loads the basic mobile version of sites It is fast.Its also Good while browsing from Opera Mini in mobile.Pages are Opening at a click (I Have EDGE Signal In My Locality).Downloading Speed Is Very Good.Its Far Better than the Speed At Which i used to Download Using Airtel.The DOwnload Speed is 15kb/sec and Touching Max of 28kb/sec (at Night Off Peak Hours)I Have Also COnnected It To My Pc.The Speed Is reasonably Good And Easy to Connect.But The Only Disadvatage is Some Times The Speed Is Getting Too slow During Day time For few minutes (Thats not a Big Issue as i stay in Heavy Traffic area) It depends how much distance you are from the tower and what type of Tower it Is *(GPRS or EDGE).If "E" Comes on Top Of Signal its EDGe And If "G" COmes Its GPRS.

I Feel That Tata Docomo Has Come Into The market at right time and making Right moves by Introducing Such Attractive And Quality Services.They SHould Reintroduce the Unlimited tarrif plan Of GPRS/EDGE which was with drawn only for first 2days(dont Know what's The problem).Using Limited Internet Is a bit Tough for Some Heavy users like me.

If You Want to Experience It Go For It ! (Better You Go For 3days pack first,so that you can know the Speed and Performance in your locality)

Is this the fate of Team india ?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:42:00 +0000

The Most Hyped Champions Trophy Has Started a Few Days ago.while all the other teams are busy in making their way ahead in the champions trophy,its Team India which lost all the hope of even qualifing to the semi final's.As india lost its first match against its rivals Pakistan and the Do or Die second match against Australia is washed out, Dhoni's Team India is now almost in a situation to pack their bags and take a return flight.excepct for one reason...They have to watch out the rival's Pak playing against Ausies.If this match turns out in Pak's Favour then india has to work out on its third match with West indies to score a big net run rate(NRR),This way team india has a little hope getting into semis (Hmm..a bit tough though)

Why Always India have to cheer For "other teams to win" in Major tournaments ?
It was the same situation in the world cup 2007 where india lost its early matches and rested its Hope of Poor Burmuda Team(Doesn't it sound Shame less ? ).Not only That purticular situation Team India Got into such situation more than one time.Is this the fate of team india ? why should team india depend on other teams to succeed.This way Team India Going to Become The "World Champions"

Team india have to learn from its mistake atleast from on.If they continue to make this a habbit..they gonna pay for it in the coming tournaments,mainly WC 2011.Dhoni never blamed himself for Loosing a Match - He blames Team for It - whether they may be Fast bowlers,Spinners,Fielders,Batsmen.

Look What Dhoni Saying :

“The Indian fans want us to qualify, so I am sure they will support the Pakistan team”

Disgusting to see Dhoni speak like this,utter shame ,u have failed miserably this time and depend on somebody's win for you to enter finals,this shows nothing but shame !

Not only said the above statement with the press,Even at the toss between India vs West indies match Dhoni was talking about Pakistan and Australia match and hoping pak to win - OMG ! Some one please teach some ethics to Dhoni !

News : Pharm.D Fee Structure 2009-10

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:25:00 +0000

The Fee Of Pharm.D (Doctor Of Pharmacy) 6 year Intgrated PG Has been Fixed To Rs 65,500/Year For Convener Quota Seat And Rs 1.5 Lakh/Year For Management Quota Seat.

Pharm.D New Colleges List For 2009-10

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:42:00 +0000

Andhra Pradesh :

13. Chalapathi Institute Of Pharmaceutical Science,Guntur
14. Annamacharya College Of Pharmacy, Rajampet (Kadapa Dist)
15. KVSR siddhartha COllege Of Pharmacy ,Vijayawada

Karnataka:

10. Sri Adichunchanagiri College Of Pharmacy,B.G Nagara
11. Bapuju Pharmacy College,Devangere
12. BLDEA College Of Pharmacy,Bijapur
13. Oxford College Of Pharmacy,Banglore
14. PES College Of Pharmacy,Banglore

Tamil Nadu :
8.Vinayaka Mission's College Of Pharmacy,Salem
9. KMCH College Of Pharmacy,Coimbatore

These Colleges Will Be Eligible For 2nd Batch Of 1st Year Pharm.D In India For The Year 2009-10 Along with The 1st Batch(2008-09) Of Colleges Listed Here

Bonsai Wonder @ NTR Gardens Hyderbad

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:55:00 +0000

Approximately 3,000sq feet of land in this park has been designed for Bonsai Display and named BONSAI WONDER.Members of Indo-Japanese Association enthusiastically contributed more than 100 best Bonsai in various styles and species from their personal collection.

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Most of the Bonsai are of local tropical varieties, not very exotic. The different species of Ficus family are in more number. Some fruit bearing Bonsai like mango, pomegranate, oranges, and guava are purposely on display for viewer’s enjoyment. There are flowering Bonsai too, which makes the display colorful. Bonsai stand made of logs of dried coconut palm are arranged around an artificially made pond at different levels to create natural atmosphere. Screen to serve as backgrounds are made of Bamboo sticks that blend with bridge and other Bamboo decor. A brief information and nameplate, arranged next to each Bonsai to further trigger interest of the visitors. Though the whole display might not be compared with international standard, but the ensemble in total has created pleasant effect.

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Being first of its kind in city BONSAI WONDER is now a special attraction to the visitors of NTR park, It has also received acclamation from the visitors through out India and claimed to be the only well maintained Bonsai display at Public place.

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Photography & Article By : Vinay24k

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Sony Ericsson K790i Cyber Shot

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:43:00 +0000

Reviewing My Experiences With My New Phone......Every once in a while comes a phone that will want to make you throw or hide your old phone(No Matter How Much Good it Is).The K790i is one such gem of a cell phone which will the send the expletives rolling from your mouth as you initially work your way around the phone.

Looks And Build Quality :
Absolutely clean and uncluttered design. In hardware terms the K790i is not much to look at. Small (105 x 47 x 22 mm)and light (115g) with shades of slate grey and silver and white highlights. The front facing controls are dominated by a small joystick which is one of the better ones Then Those Of Earlier. It is responsive and has plenty of travel. You can program its four directions for specific functions.There are two absolutely tiny buttons to the far left and right of the joystick that need to be approached with a fingernail if you are to hit them accurately. One launches the web browser, the other is the Activity Menu key which contains four tabbed sections: these are more shortcuts to applications, web bookmarks, notifications about missed calls and new messages, and, helpfully the chance to close any running applications that might be slowing the handset down.

The hardware controls are very well thought through. Both softkey buttons and the joystick help you access features and settings quickly, and two further small buttons above the screen give access to more. One of these calls up thumbnail images regardless of what else you are doing with the handset at the time. If you have ever fumbled on a handset for a particular shot to show to a friend you will know how valuable this is. To the back of the handset is the USP of the phone, the camera, which is accessed by sliding a cover. Also present is a xenon flash which is nice and effective.

Camera :
K790i Is Packed With All New 3.2 Mp With Cyber Shot Technology.What's More.....It Can Take Pictures Crystal Clear (Even from a Moving Train.I Bet ! ! !).It Has Two Flashes.One Is The Normal Flash which Is Bright.And The Special Xenon Flash Which Makes A Clear Pic Possible Even in Point Black....I Will Post Sample Pics Taken By My Phone.You Gonna Agree with me...He He He !This Feature Makes Me Proud To Present My Phone In Public.Almost Every one Who Checked out my Phone Were Impressed By Its Mindblowing Camera.

Battery Life :

Absolutely good(Li-Po 900 mAh ) .Talk time is a good 7hrs and you can play MP3s continuously for around 11hrs. So looking at a real world scenario(around an hour of talking, 2 hours of music playback, and some shots with the camera), The battery offers me juice for up to 2 days without the phone needing a dash to the mains.

Connectivity :
Connectivity options greet you on the K790i, They Are GPRS Class 10, EDGE, HSCSD, Bluetooth v2, Infrared and USB 2.0. So you are never probably gonna have a problem connecting to the world.The Net In This Phone Is Very Fast When Compared to Any of its Competing Models.I End Up Sitting Hours Togeather On Net in My Phone With Out Any Stress......Cool Na

Music Playback :

This is a SE phone, so you be forgiven to take for granted the fact that the phone is gonna be a good music player. And it does not disappoint. We plugged in the SE W810i earphones and I have to say, it has to be one of the best sounding phones around. Good enough whilst travelling anyway.Loud Speaker Is Low Compares to those Of Walkman Phones.

And oh, there is an FM player as well. Thank you very much.Now Entertainment Has No Bounds......

Affiramtive ! ! !

+Great Camera!

+Nice and fast interface

+Good large screen and resolution

+Good looks

+Good battery life

+Functional In built applications

Negative :

- Low Loud Speaker (It Can be Fixed By Software Replacement available Online)

Conclusion :

A great buy at the current price (11,000 INR). Its got just about everything I need and I am happy soul buying it. Apart from the camera, there are loads of other nifty features that'll seal the deal.

Pharm.D In India - 2008-09

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay 24k) — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:35:00 +0000

The Pharm D is Meant for creating practising pharmacists and is similar to a programme in the United States. It was akin to Doctor of Medicine (MD) for doctors and Doctor of Dental Sciences (DDS) for dentists. The Pharm D was different in its course content from the undergraduate B. Pharm and the postgraduate M Pharma courses. The conventional B. Pharm was an all-embracing course with footprints in the industry, teaching, research and community pharmacy. However, it was more oriented towards pharmaceutical industry than clinical practice.

Although B. Pharm graduates could easily fit into the scheme of things in the industry, they could not find adequate opportunities in clinical pharmacy. This lacuna would be fulfilled by the Pharm D programme.Hitherto, the four-year programme was not recognised in Western countries, severely affecting the job opportunities for Indian Pharmacy graduates.So PCI I Starting 6 Year Pharm.D Course Which Will Be Accepted Abroad.Students who have passed Intermediate with Bipc/MPC or D. Pharma are eligible for admission to the new course.

LATEST LIST OF COLLEGES AND INFO ARE UPDATED HERE - CLICK HERE

Pharm. D. programme:

It is a 6 years program during which 5 years is academic session and final year is completely bound to internship in hospital.

Eligibility for Pharm. D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) (6 years programme)

10+2 (M.P.C./Bi.P.C.) or D.Pharm

Subjects in each year:

First year Pharm. D : Human Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmaceutics, Medicinal Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry, Remedial Mathematics/ Biology.

Second Year Pharm. D :Pathophysiology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals, Pharmacology-I, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapeutics-I.

Third Year Pharm. D : Pharmacology-II, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacotherapeutics-II, Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Formulations.

Fourth Year Pharm. D :Pharmacotherapeutics-III, Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, Biostatistics & Research Methodology, Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Toxicology

Fifth Year Pharm. D :Clinical Research, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacotherapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clerkship, Project work (Six Months).

Sixth Year Pharm. D :Internship or residency training including postings in speciality units. Student should independently provide the clinical pharmacy services to the allotted wards.

(i) Six months in General Medicine department, and

(ii) Two months each in three other speciality departments

Hospital details to link with institute to run Pharm. D. or Pharm. D. & Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate) courses:

Hospital should have teaching facility (minimum 300 bedded Hospital), Pharmacy Practice Department, Specialties: Medicine (Compulsory and any three of the following)

* Surgery
* Pediatrics
* Gynecology and Obstetrics
* Psychiatry
* Skin and VD
* Orthopedics

Pharm. D. Post Baccalaureate programme :

It is three years programme with two years of study and one year internship or residency.

Eligibility:-

B.Pharm completed students. But this type of approval was not yet given to any institute in Andhra Pradesh.

Number of seats under each programme allowed as per PCI

Pharm. D. Programme – 30 students.
Pharm. D. (Post Baccalaureate) Programme – 10 students.

An Article In Deccan Herald : Click To Enlarge
Colleges offering Pharm. D. programme in India :

6 years Pharm. D. program was allowed to run in 22 institutes all over India. The following are the colleges offering Pharm. D.

Andhra Pradesh :

1. Deccan School of Pharmacy, Hyderabad.
2.Sri Venkateshwara College of Pharmacy,Hyderabad
3.Bharat Institute of Technology,Hyderabad
4. Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ananthapur
5. Smt. Sarojini Ramulamma College of Pharmacy
6. Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram
7. St. Peters Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hanmakonda
8. Talla Padmavathi College of Pharmacy, Warangal
9.G.I.E.T School Of Pharmacy, Rajamundry
10.Malla Reddy College Of Pharmacy,Secunderabad
11.Vaagdevi College Of Pharmacy,Warangal
12.P.Rami Reddy Memorial College Of Pharmacy,Kadapa

Tamil Nadu :

1. J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty
2. PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore
3. Ramakrishna Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Coimbatore
4. Ramachandra College of Pharmacy, Chennai
5. Vel’s College of Pharmacy, Chennai
6. Annamalai University, Chidambaram
7. SRM College of Pharmacy, Kanchi
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Karnataka:

1. HKES College Of Pharmacy, Gulbarga
2. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
3. Vishweshwara Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bangalore
4. M.S. Ramaiah College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
5. J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Mysore
6. N.E.T College of Pharmacy, Raichur
7. Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
8.Sri Jagadguru Mallikarjuna Murugharajendra College of Pharmacy,Chitradurga
9.BVV Sangha's Hanagal Shree Kumareshwar College Of Pharmacy,Bagalkot

Madhya Pradesh :

1.Shri Ramnath Singh Instt. of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology,Gwalior

Maharashtra :

1.Bharti Vidyapeeth University,Pune

LATEST LIST OF COLLEGES AND INFO ARE UPDATED HERE - CLICK HERE