Reviving Nalanda !!

Best introduction to IIT's were given by its alumni gathering in 2003 :

"Put Harvard, MIT, and Princeton together, and you begin to get an idea of the status of this school in India."

In the same tone to define "Nalanda" -

"Put 10's of IIT's together & u might start getting the Idea of how nalanda was !!"

What made Nalanda greatest besides Taxila in its hay day ??

Nalanda(in Bihar)was built during the Ancient Gupta period. It's alumni boasts to many intellectuals like Chanakya, Chandra gupta maurya, Huen-Tsang, Charaka, Susruta, Nagarjuna & many more buddist scholars. Breadth of the subjects dealt was lengthy - Philosphy, chemical,
structual engg,astronomy, geomentry, logic, music, literature .. Believed to have been a city unto itself, like today's Oxford or Cambridge ! One of the historical evidence of how advance out intellect was. Scholars were gifted with a oceanic ilbrary adding to other sea of options !

Nilanjana Roy in her Article "Invisible Indian Library" mentions :

"There were at least three separate libraries: Ratnasagara, Ratnadadhi and Ratnaranjaka. "

The cost analysis is intresting :

"Creating and running an institution like Nalanda wasn’t cheap. It required, according to some accounts, “the revenues of 100 villages”—a sum not so far removed in scale from the bequests of $2.4 million and $5.2 million made respectively by Samuel J Tilden and Andrew Carnegie to establish what would become the legendary New York Public Library"

A quick estimate in the Indian context. The total budget of IIT's put together amounts to 2000 Cr per year ! It is roughly $45M !And can easily be covered by Income Tax collection of a state like TN or Karnataka !!

When I read about Nalanda as a student I was immediately attracted by it ! In years to come it would refuse to goaway from my memory, ultimately cherishing the Dream of "Reviving it one day if I had the power !!"

Recent news of it revival definitely raised my Spirits ! What more it is expected to generate revenue for 200 villages surrounding Nalanda ! Thats neo-economics @ work !!

Mind its potential : "Will it become next cambridge"

This step is an important in the context of today's Knowledge economy ! We have potential of becoming next educational destination with a host of World class Institutios ! But as of"Nalanda" I wish it to be part of "Great Indian Legacy" than just another world class learning centre !! Hope dreams will come true !!

Well some respite for now with e-nalanda : !!

India enters the $trillion league !!

Not always does rising rupee bring joy to exporters. The structural adjustment infact has been worry for them. One cannot gauruntee this was totally expected, atleast this soon ! Even the RBI. The following reflects their view :
"The government has released an estimate of 9.2 percent for this year. There is clearly an upward movement toward sustained growth of 9 percent as expressed officially," Rakesh Mohan noted. "We should be a trillion dollar economy by next year. I mean 2007/08."



As Economic Times points out it was quicker estimate revelaed by a swiss Co:


"Indian GDP at the current price level is 41 trillion rupees. With the rupee appreciating to below 41 against the US dollar, yesterday was the first day for the economy to be a trillion dollar economy," the Swiss investment firm said in a note. "



Definitely a pleseant surprise. This will definitely enhance the investor confidence in India inspite of global oil & terror threats. No wonder the post 1991 refroms were watershed for India's economy revitalising itself. Atleast now the critics can lower their voiceif not stop. Because they would be quick to questions its sustainability ! Well even in 1991 external debt crisis not many agreed India's comeback, well today ???



See below for ranking (Courtesy : Times Of India - India poised campign )




Just above India is Russia & Brazil !! 3rd Asian giant to do so !
But in terms of PPP we stand 4th after US, Japan & China..

But our 20M NRI's seem to be standing even taller , their combined worth greater than India's GDP ! No wonder Deepak Parekh's committee recommended to use part of Forex for Infrastructure development ! But first aim should be to attract the remittances !



Bold new & bright future is greeting us and it will be our's to loose !

Sun in 3D !!

Recent pics by NASA reveals 3D view of the supposedly head of the Solar Family - The Sun !!
The pics look really awesome. Take a look at these : (Courtesy NASA)


This could mean more understanding the origin & composition of the "Ultimate ball of fire " known to Human race ! According to NASA :


" STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). This two-year mission, launched October 2006, will provide a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun-Earth System"
(Reference : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html)

So why is solar reasearch so important ? Just decided to go little into the space territory ....

- Scientists can get more clarity in solar physics
- Weather forecast can be more accurate. Can save a lot of lives !!!
Forecast need some basic concepts of solar winds, solar flare, magnetic emission etc..
- Can give us some clue on the origin of earth. May be ?? not sure
- More light in "Thermonuclear Fusion" understanding ! Towards greener energy & eternal
energy source.
- Corona - the core is most important to be unserstood more fundamentally. Because this is
the one which is responsible for eternal source of solar energy !! How ??!

So how will it impact common man's life ?? let me try to muster a few :

a) Solar energy will be an eternal source of energy ! No more power cuts !!
b) Power will become cheap for common man.
c) Production of industrial houses enhanced. Hence more buyount economy !
d) No more oil wars !!
e) No more GHG emissions !! Clean energy !
f) More equitable world order.

Well this are just a few. But its ulitmate success depends on political will & tenacity to pursue its research will full vigour ! India is one of the best known countries for solar production being so close to the equator , which means more sun light !!

Did Richard change "Gear" ??

In entertainment industry short memory syndrome is synonymous with the amount of
times the artist presents herself in front the audience quite often. But for a few it comes frequently and so often presents oppurtunities to extend the short memory a
little longer. Shilpa shetty is one lucky artist. The new big sister is often caught with events for which she might not have been the initiator. As mentioned in my previous posting , she has once again grabbed the pie & gave media her piece of mind !!

Well its shilpa shining again for you ! One thing the sensation creating trouble
mongers did not realise is they are doing more PR service to the target than the
issue(if at all it is one!) Sadly these "Self proclaimed protectors of culture" may
not be aware of the way AIDs is soon becoming an epidemic in S.Asia. India may not have large percentage share with respect to its population, but is highest in terms of absolute numbers.

Look at some sample Statistics . It is baffling : India - 5.6 Mn ppl estimated to be affected China - 650,000Shockingly India rank's second in terms of absolute number of people affected,next only to South Africa.Mainly due to ignorance is the reason for prevelance !! See the reference.Has Richard really changed the "gear" of the AIDS campign. Well he is a well known international actor who has a palacial palace in Hollywood who hardly looks for cheap publicity ! May be he wanted more audiance to know about the campign.

Unfortunately the moral policing gang, as ever interpreted through their sensational prism giving more colours ,followed by uncanny protests rather than higlighting importance of why both shilpa & Richard Gere had met on stage.

In all the recent light of events media creates more confusion rather than awareness ! Though an advocate of free media I feel media to be more role playing in issues lie AIDs awareness. For example instead of repeatedly palying the "dance pose" they could have also sent message of the growing epidemic nature of HIV/AIDS. That would have added more value to the news & society. This way one attains the same sensation (gain ERP ratings!) & also reflect the current problems.

After all Richard Gere made no "Indecent proposal " on stage ! He has been a very effective ambassador in the AIDS campign and I hope his message reaches 1 billion people and justify his visits purpose than changing the "gear" of the campign !

Agni III - Takes off to glory !!

In one of the earlier posts I had mentioned about the "First Agni III test" & difficulties in a high technology mission. India scientists have once again proven their worth with successful test of Agni III today !! Definitely it puts India into the "Missile League" & top spot in South Asia.(China an exception !) This is again an important message sent to strategic community saying India will puruse indigenous research of critical technologies. This is an important close to the final days of Indo-US nuke deal close & friendship with neighbours !!

No doubt India is one of the most popular "Soft Power"(Thanks to tharoor for popularising the term !! ) Safe guarding its own security interest is one of the top priorities in the current economy accelerating.

To re-iterate the history Agni was one of the pet projects of then Director-General Dr.A P J Abdul kalam. Conceived as part of the Integrated Missile development programme(IGMDP) to which then defence minister R.Venkat Raman (Both of these men went on to become first citizen !) without a second thought ! Agni I(850 Km) & II(2000-3500) were runway success, ofcourse both had their share of initial hiccups !

Agni III seen more as a precedent to ICBM (surya!?) ! Does this mean Indian missile can reach to all ! Not just yet. Strategic thinkers feel AGNI III can target most of Chinese cities, deep into W.Asia. Pretty much Asia is in the missile shield. Recent testing of anti-missile system(with Prithvi) also a feather in the defence R&D cap !

As Agni III roared in the skies, reminds me of Dr.Kalam's poem :

Dreams float on an impatient wind,
A wind that wants to create a new order,
An order of strength and thundering of fire."

Sure Indian scientists have taken forward the legacy of Great men !!

Dalai Lama Speak !!

Karan Thapar has never been so modest , downplaying as he was during his interaction with his holiness "The Dalai Lama". The 71 Year old Dalai Lama was as cool as ever taking one question at a time and giving crytal clear reply. The views seem to be more realisitic and going with current happenings. And one of the plain speaks in recent times :

For instance he insists :

"Now, I think the whole world knows that I am not seeking independence. As far as history is concerned" .

This clearly gives the direction the struggle is heading. One should appreciate the way he has patiently taken a non-violent struggle and now tweaking to realities still not compromising on the main issue. The issue might have been freedom , in the sense freedom to pursue & preserve their culture. Does not seem to be political freedom.

Atleast thats what is the indication he gives when he points out :

"I think many visit Tibet including many Chinese. When they reach Lhasa, they realise that Tibet is actually ruled by terror. The autonomy is not that. The Tibetan should have their final authority except foreign affairs and defence. The rest of the business Tibetans can handle, may be even batter, because they know Tibetan mentality and geographical situations"

Nothing more could have been crytal clear !!

He also does not hesitate to point out the need for revisiting foreign policy with changing times !
Words of wisdom !

In another sense also this assumes importance as he throws open challenge to the Tibetean youth :

"I tell them ‘yes, you demands are right, doesn’t matter’. But if they really want a different approach then they must assure us, the people the method step by step. That’s not very clear"

This charismatic Chief buddhist monk has shown his pure heart when he said, that he would not worry if he does not see Tibet in this life time ! Final Punch :

"No problem. I am a Buddhist monk, now over 71-years-old. These several years I have trained my mind according to Buddhist teachings. Doesn’t matter"

Final parting thoughts of Dr.Brahma Chellany (reference made by Karan Thapar himself):

"The only way that India can build counter-leverage against Beijing is to quietly reopen the issue of China’s annexation of Tibet and its subsequent failure to grant autonomy to the Tibetans.”

Please do see for more details :

Visit the site (reference cnn-ibn site)

Wild Flash - Road not taken !!

One of my favourite pieces from genius "Robert Frost" .. U definitely would freeze !
Njoy the chill !!
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler,long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
-I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

Dr.Tharoor ends hid date with UN !!

Not many Asians have imposed their presense and commanded respect of the world diplomatic community as Dr.Sashi Tharoor has ! He has carved himself a unique working style and UN adopted him a 22 year old young man. This Doctrate from Fletcher school of Diplomacy has worked his way thorugh the UN hierarchy purely on his merit not to mention his natural passion for the Job.

First big assignment as UNHRC chief at Singapore & various other high profile stints garlanded his ever growing resume`. But Tharoor never let down his another "Lover" ! He always knew she deserved more attention & always seduced him to her world - Writing !! Otherwise no way can a higly occupied man produce 9 books ,including one on bollywood!!

He has always been a poster boy of the Indian identity though he spoke fluent french than most Asians ! India threw its full support for the post of UNSG. A worthy try which was cut short by other growing "powers" ! Also his strong advocacy for restructuring the UN might have reflected back. That is one page which no S.G has ever dared to read. As Mr.T.P.Sreenivasan, a former Indian Diplomat in his rediff article says : "At least two permanent members were known not to be too enthusiastic, as he did not fit the image of an ideal Secretary General that they had in mind."

The literary genius inside him became evident in "The Great Indian Novel" ! Tharoor 100% succeeded in getting the approval of the International audience ! Modern history he delivered thorugh "India from midnight to millenium" is testimony of his passion for history & Literature ! M F Hussain brought more colorful side with their combined work.

The St.Stephen's alumni can do more good to India today through his international stature. I earnestly hope our diplomatic community would earn more by seeking the advise of this easy & outgoing Diplomat !! He might leave UN on March 31,2007 but his accomplishments cannot be erased & his contributions ever inscribed in the books of the great Institution the world still believes in !! All the best Mr. Tharoor, India & UN are proud of you !

Women on Top

I always used to wonder , why many "special days" are being celeberated. On this "International Women's Day" I decided to break the ice. No doubt women have come a long way. Well I know it is even illogical to say that Women have come a longway, when humanity as a whole as gone even further. Sometimes feeling that concept of Men-Women empowerment itself is flawed. How can humanity as a whole come a longway but not women or say without their efforts ? So there shud be atleast certain of freedom to carry out efforts. Is it correct or am I misinterpreting facts. So on this day I decided to do little more study to clear my ignorance.

"Good Google" smiles on me throwing some 52,200,000 results in just 0.12 secs !!! "Wiki" enlightned me a little more. Almost all of Europe(+russia+china+vietnam) is non-working. Is this a communist phenomenon ?? In one sense yes because their political ideology themselves include more on "Women's rights" I suppose. Hmm .. ok let's move further .. "Gayle Rubin" seemed to have heve been intrigued & done some comprehensive thinking. I took her help. She is attributed to have coined "Sex/Gender System". She seemed to have lashed out from Marx to Frued for their misinterpretation. So my doubts are nothing compared to the great intellectuals.

Well there seems to too much to analyse and might not require this lifetime(True for any subject I suppose). One of things which still surpise me is because our Indian history mentions many women scholars too. Many argue they were exceptions. Well , exceptions do make a case. Everything starts with that. Technlogy which was at a time accessible to developed world is now available to all !(Whatever may be ther reason for that !?)On the other hand I also do not deny the oppression they faced for centuries. It was more locally "social" rather than global phenomenon.

A few hardened facts from "Unifem" on violence against Women. Sadly an Asian country tops the list. Also the most decent society seems to be Japan. One country that seems to have learnt from their past mistakes. Kudos to that, no use how many times it apologises for its war time atrocities - they have voiced it in action(with proof - see report). Back home I know we are struggling to get consenses on "Women's Bill" except CPI who have been consistent with support.
All the struggle seemed to have worked now. I decided to take stats of current situation to feel the reality bite. Taking the glass "Half full" I ventured further to see their participation. Unofficially every family runs on their effort and love(no statistics can prove that. Lets go official now. Times Of India got out real good survery on IWD. Worth brwosing through. We today live in a world where "Women are on TOP". (Thats why my heading :-) ! ) From Soina to Sania its all open to them.

In the end I feel it's the mindset one has to break rather than tradition that it is percieved to be. It's what one percieves. Wishing all the world a glorious "International Women's Day". For those men who complain there is no "International Men's Day" - Here is a consolation (Nov 19). Yet to catch up though !!

Sizzling shilpa in reality !

Up's & down's in one's career is inevitable. This rule holds good for bollywood beauties too ,they like it or not ! Shipla shetty was on such a trail , many even predicting her end of road. Suddenly some cleared a new road. Realising the "reality" shilpa flights to UK - confident.
No prizes for guessing the event that followed. From Chancellor of Ex-Chequer to PM no one was allowed to be ignorant of her ! Ofocurse she thanked them all through her sizzling visit, to vow the voted !
The realities of the show were many ! Sensitivities of racism will no more be tolerated - even shades of it. What happened there might be a clash of culture which can be misinterpreted as unacceptable. Another overwelhming factor to Ms.Shetty was her proclamation of sole represenative to Asian continent ! Least did she expect an diplomatic support which India rarely does, even in case of its defence in many cases !
shilpa woke up to become the household name in UK. She became rich by few crores & a few lakh "international" fans. But one of the admirations for her is the native tolerant spirit, in what could be called our cultural roots! In that way one can vouch her representation. After all she could have acted with a spurge of anger as her peers. Another kudos to her contribution to AIDS awareness which is fast being raised to level of epidemics (especially in her native continent) !
Bollywood fans are overjoyed with Shilpa winning. But they do have their share of complaints, for they are not sure if she would make a come back to bollywood when she is flooded with offers.
There are even rumour she might be knighted ?!! Thats how popularity of her's is being described. You can see more of "Sizzling" shilpa from here on. Well, her success has set lot of production houses thinking to craft a show here in India ! Should we call it the great "Indian Thamasha" ..

Bold & the Beautiful !

A beauty had dreamed of winning her third grand slam. But then came a yet bolder voice which shattered that dream. Throughout the play sharapova found that she just could not even get closer to that dream. Serena's play was just precise to the core. No one would believe she was playing international tennis after quite sometime.

The gap ,it seemed has actually made serena more powerful , skillful. The American just whipped the ball right and left, which the Russian found too handful ! Until the final countdown started, both were looking good. Infact World no:1 all the more upper hand seeing the track record of the past year. But Serena just re-wrote them. It's not that she had not warned her signals, most powerful one was beating the 17 yr old(youngest playing the grand slam) nichole vadisova ! The teenager was just sent back for lack of experience in front of Serena.

A confident Serena was on fire throughout the Final game of Australian Open 2007 ! Definitely was too good for a unseeded player. Simply the ranking were put to shame ! A crisp 6-1 6-2 said it all ! Timely strategy and quickness is name of the game and Serena just stood by it. Welcome back Serena , after all no one is too hard to beat is what you have proven ! Good start for 2007 !

Tryst with Juntaa !

Pranab's visit to Myanmar last weekend cannot be termed a "routine" diplomatic journey. With the clout of India's Arms assistance to its military ruled Myanmar syntheszes new kind of equation. Till now help was confined to military training and info sharing of insurgents. India willing to go beyond the traditional arena need not come as a surprise though. For there have been speculations besides Banla border, insurgents are in Myanmar borders too ! Aferall that perception would be more grave as we share 1500km border with Myanmar !
Well India is not alone is recognising the Junta rule. Recently even china & Russia vetoed the US designed resolution hilighting "Junta" a place for insurgent growth. India's foreign policy initiative on this front is more strategic than economic. Though the economic dimension of gas supply cannot be ruled out.
Myanmar to survey its gas reserves by april & if excess agreed to supply at "right" price ! Though this might not be key ally , it cannot be ruled out to be small ! These days world order is more towards energy rich friends with relative weakness in their political school . Energy needs might well be the fuel for future conflicts. Especially for growing economies like India & China !
2006 was significant that all 3 service chiefs visited Myanmar. All of them had their deal to be offered to the Juntaa ! True that north east conflict tops "Look East policy" besides Oil exploration findings of Naypyida. ONGC,GAIL also have stake in the fields there. Border fencing also to commence soon with full support of the burmese. Ofocurse top most infrastructural development is the Sithway-Mizoram and Mainpur-Thailand (via Mynamar) highways.
But also pity that Democaratic India since 1993 (reversal of stance )has no word on Noble Laurate Aung San Su ki who has been virtually house arrested for decades now ! Are we skipping democracy for Diplomacy ? Though Foreign minister might term Junta as internal matter, with more military rules on almost all neighbours (except Bhutan) we will have to be more prudent in pushing for Democracy because that itself is half the answer to Insurgency !

PSLV-C7 blasts off to glory !

Madhavan Nair was a visibly happy chief. What more can the chief ask from his troops. In his own words "More perfect than text book launch !". India's 9th continuous successful PSLV launch is definitely a great stride by itself. On PSLV's vehicle configuration lies many ambitious plans including the manned space mission ! The GSLV's recent dismal was yet nagging as the countdown began.

PSLV-C7 by itself has many "first's". First time Space Recovery Experiment(SRE), Dual Launch Adopter, 4 satellites out of which 2 weigh a ton ! First ever video capture of stage separation !

India now proclaims its capability to put multiple satellites on space ! Budget constraint for smaller countries can seek India's capability. Because vehicle design is the crux & the most expensive. Argentina experimenting its first satellite !

Shriharikota will be buzzing all the year as there are series of launch schedules waiting execution. ISRO has the track record of silencing their critics through their success rather than rhetoric. I feel it is one of the channels where tax payer can atleast be proud of !

Time is come for ISRO to start thinking big ! Ofcourse they already have , but a vision document should be generated on public debate ! Antrix, the commercial wing of ISRO no doubt has been busy marketing our transponders. Scientific diplomacy integrated with focused vision will make our space programme more attractive not just to customers but to great minds !

Dawn of year in a day !

No exception to this physical laws of New Year ! As we welcome yet another year on this earth my thought's drown with mankind's thirst for knowlege and zeal for improvement. We all have the instinct to better ourselves .. Anything lets say eat one more tasty roti than yesterday not , hear one more song, one more movie, meet another friendly soul, one more hug, one more kiss, hold another resolution, lend a helping hand & more readers to my blog :-) ...... !

Hearty congrtulations to all of you for being name "Times - Man of year". When I first got the news I was overwhelmed ! Yes it read "Man of the Year - YOU" .. No doubt it is we all who make the earth dynamic day and night can be named for such an honour ! A low intensity worry for people not felicitating me though !

France might have missed the FIFA cup, England it's captain, Iraq it's Saddam, Darfur its peace, India its Tennis pair but it is again the urge to better the past which pushes the whole world forward ! Fidel castro in his famous self trial at Havana said
"Court might punish my deeds. But history will absolve me !!".
In fact it is the way of life all over the world.

I hope forthcoming year will enhance lives of millions in poverty, teach us to live more peacefully, more options, tonnes of joy, more hope, less violence besides give few good movies to watch !

Top 10 things to watch for in 2007 :

- Indo-US Nuclear Deal
- Sachin's worldcup ton
Besides Sidhu's WC comments , Mandira's Designer wears !
- Kamal-Rajini Movie
- Dr.Kalam's return Home & Retun of Gandhi as President !
- Sunitha William- Home alone in space
- 9% Y-O-Y GDP growth for India
- Fidel Castro's comeback to power
- Israel-Palestine peace accord
- SRK 's stint with KBC
- shiva-musings.blogpost.com :-) !!

Wish u all a happy year ahead !!

Tribute to Col S.G.Sarna

India Army is one of the few armies in the world having a Major leads the front. But even few were a Colonel himself is on field. Col.G.S.Sarna, who laid down his life fighting the insurgents has upheld the Army’s tradition bravely. As commanding officer of 29th Rastriya Rifles his men have triggered heavy losses to Hizb & other prominent groups in past few months. His life had actually saved many as the infiltrators had entered a residential colony.
A gentlemen cadet of National Defence Academy 1989 batch and trained in Indian Military Academy, Col Sarna was a soldier of high calibre. Always know for his valour and leadership skills definitely big viod in his family and men. His valient mother hails his bravery and his wife still pressing that their son would join Army.
Blankness glitters in all kasmiri’s & Army who are most affected by this almost 2 decades of insurgency ! Hope with political will both sides will not have to produce more martyr’s !
Nation always lives on these unsung heros whose dedication is paramount in safegurading the lives of many ! As he is being cremated , Nation salutes this brave martyr !!!

Will Tiger change its stripes ?

Unpredicability about death is unpredictability. Could not have come to Anton Balasingham at this misappropriate juncture. Though LTTE chief was know for his own ways, balasingham was his trusted Liutenent. This Doctral in social sciences have been their Chief Negotiator from the word begin. Everyone know the trademark of their process.

Yet Balasingham was shrude enough to impinge his piece of mind and bring his astute diplomatic skills to use. One wonders in the end if they were successful. The raging war in the Island nation is ample proof to unsucceful attempt of violence.

Concerned parties should come forward and take a political approach. even though LTTE might miss their Chief political adviser, it will have to move forward in main political stream. Efforts are on by political parties for solving ethnic issues though "Autonomy". But recently they were recieved by assasination attempt on defence secretary . The last "Heros Day speech"
re-iterated their "Independent" position.
Will the tigers change their stripes for good ?? Only time can tell.

Kissing Goodbye !!

Recent PIL against "Kissing scene" of Dhoom-2 re-dawns the presence of

"Selective Amnesia Syndrome "!! Why selective ? Unless the lawyer does not know who Serial kisser is ? If he is ignorant i strongly recommend him consulting a 10 yr old ! Watching movie is a leisurely act. More so is a review on it ! But filing one's review as PIL is making mockery of the oneself !!

Indian society known for its orthodox outlook towards intimacy attitude is long gone by ! Statistics say it will take years the pending ones even if none files a new one !! These self style propaganda should be outwardly rejected !

By the way how does one define obscenity ?? Are n't there worst publications whose sole chores are to do so ? Why leave all of them and target a release with big names ! Well one of the best ways to gain public glare ! Was a film with 17 such scenes too big a PIL ? May be he would have got a chance 17 times !!

I am no ultra modern being, but a moderate rationalist. Why make fools out of nothing ! As karan johar had pointed out "ideal mind make great devils workshop" ! If one is genuinely interested about dignity of women why not push hard for Women's bill ?? Fight the govt for dismal % of female literacy rate compared to male ! Mere rhetoric will not earn public respect but will have to act in dignified way !

But whatever said and done, whole film fraternity is waiting when the case comes up by Dec 11 ! Will the law kiss this kiss a good bye or the litigaion !!

Men in Blow !

Bernard Shaw would have loved his saying go true watching the Indians perform on field ! True every team has ups & down's, but recet trends is tilted towards worst ! Should we call is "Worst at its best ". Whole team dismally failed to perform including skipper dravid !

Are we cursed or Jinxed as ICC world cup nears ? Dadda could not have found a more better time for re-entry seeming as if he rejunvates the team ! I hope the bengal tiger would leap a few good shots rather than polishing his claws ! Seniors I m sure are more experienced to these time and will come back. Unfortunately I am also one in a billion who seem to believe that myth !

Our men are in a blow to their self thrown bomb shell !!

The richest sports body in the world is all smoking it out ! A mere 2% donation to other sports would have created hundreds of Sania'a & Rathore's !! Sometimes I wonder Indians mistook cricket as religion and not a sport ! Can't be blamed as we have channels which track every ball hit and words spoken with chronological accuracy ! Even if team does not make history atleast media do !

Boys in blue should take this as a wake up call and better start performing more in reality than in AD's ! Brand ambassador for a sportsman is his skill first and put the rest to rest ! India sits back sad waiting for team to perform as a team ! Some even thank god there wasn't any qualifying ! Worst is we still beleive our boys will deliver ! Well otherwise what ? Not much we will wait till next WC !! Howwzaaat ...?

Return of the Jedai !!

"To victor goes the spoils ! " - Chevez land slide victory makes every leftist more confident ! The second straight power win of this Ex-paratrooper is a big gain for the "axis of left" in latin America. Dedicating this victory to his old comrade Fidel Castro, Victor Chevez is taking this OPEC nation to new level of attitude - Anti American.

Very few have had the guts (like fidel) to oppose US in their own soil . Chevez is definitely one. Recent of his include the sulphur at UN ! Self proclaimed fan of Naom chomsky, this staunch leftist have made all right political moves in Latin America. He seem to create an axis of alignment which the great Che Guevera failed in action. But ofcourse , "Che" will remain the cause forever !

The founding member of OPEC is the largest oil reserve outside the middle east. So a natural customer to US. But after advent of Chevez they are facing tough times. CIA seems to be fail as badly as their political vandetta ! Though Chevez lost a coup in 1990's , he fought back politcally victrious ! Leaders like him make the international order not to remain unipolarised ! Thats what introduces bug into the system which hedge the imbalance out ! In that sense not a bug to all but to the bitten & bitter !!

Half of governments revenue flow from the crude ! China & Russia were quick enough to join hands with this carribean nation. Guess India also should follow the suite. Just doing business with them does not mean alignment to the left. After all our govt here is externally pressurised from left, might add more substance than mere salt !

But for the dark side, Victor Chevez comeback is "Return of the Jedai " !! Would be a unification of loosely held latin south ! Ofcourse the congregation has many heavy weights including mexico & Brazil !

God Google !

One thing which Genghis khan or Alexander the great aspired but did not get there is known history - "Conquer the World" ! Now google wants to continue their legacy atleast in spirit, if not literally ! Player is making is obvious thro the genius of his game. Google well fits into the analogy. Right from its inception it has followed "First ball itself a sixer" principle ! We do know it has been batting hard, but steadily. Started with sachin's vigour, going the dravid's "wall" way ! Statistics say "500M clicks a day". Imagine 50% of India Using Google or whole of US & Britain put togther !

"Googol" as defined by them is 1 followed by 100 zero's ! "What's in name" does not fit google, for it has passion in it ! Larry Page and Sergi Brain tactfully unlocked their missile from Stanford to Infinity !! Bang on target created a wave which no other product in IT history has ever dreamt of, including "Hotmail". I hardly can think of an IT professional's day passing without a click on the google. Intrestingly more than 50% audience is outside its home ground USA. But steve Balmer supports it fits more to iPod ! Well is he biting the apple too hard ?

Google earth had caught the imagination of millions besides scorn of few defence establishements including India. But she marches on bravely. Lives by the legacy "World is my play field". All this in very small time span of less than a decade of its inception from humble menlo park ! Only guy to challange Bill's empire. Google book is another innovation in the pages of history.

Recently it vested Youtube.com into its portfolio besides it hunt for Radio business !

I guess it's well on its path to conquer today's competetive world. Your "Dog Missing" .. Do not worry Google's satellites might search it in ".00001 Secs" !! Well it is no Asimov's dream but google's magic ! As Thomas Friedmann Questions " Is Google God? " ! -

My answer - Emphatic Yes !!

A few reasons why google is "god" .. It's IT's best friend without which there is no well being for him. Ominpotent and present everywhere, anytime ! Finally "Ask and you shall Recieve" .. who gives you for free except GOD ! Ultimate one- Type "God" & see for urself :-) !!