tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35384140168705834152024-02-07T15:04:41.872-08:00Aman AgrawalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-51658979877609239222013-09-20T08:42:00.003-07:002013-09-20T08:46:33.826-07:00Meet The Bigg Boss 7 Contestants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">1. Anita Advani</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">You probably know businesswoman Anita Advani as late Rajesh Khanna’s supposed live-in partner! Straight talker and down-to-earth, this 50-year-old is sure to bring a lot of sparks in ‘Bigg Boss’.</span><span npdkey="hltkm20t0.atfls7vqn5fm9529" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">2. Armaan Kohli</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Failed Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli is making his debut in Indian television with ‘Bigg Boss’. The 41-year-old actor loves travelling and adventure.</span><br />
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<span npdkey="hltk9flc0.eo9fmlvq9uhrrudi" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sweet, yet short-tempered – you know Pratyusha as Anandi from the soap ‘Balika Vadhu’. Small-town girl from Jamshedpur, Pratyusha is now on to bigger things – especially with ‘Bigg Boss’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">4. Sangram Singh</span></div>
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<span npdkey="hltk9flc0.eo9fmlvq9uhrrudi" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sangram Singh has many claims to fame – gold medalist wrestler in Commonwealth, boyfriend to Payal Rastogi, the infamous fig leaf photo shoot and his struggle for eight years in a wheelchair. Definitely a man to watch out for in ‘Bigg Boss’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">5. Elli Avram</span></div>
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Swedish actress Elli Avram will fill up as the exotic factor of the ‘Bigg Boss’ house this season. Avram is going to be seen next in the upcoming Bollywood comic thriller ‘Mickey Virus’.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Rajat Rawail</span></div>
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Next is comedian and foodie Rajat Rawail, who is best known for playing Tsunami Singh in ‘Bodyguard’ and was also the producer of another Salman Khan movie ‘Ready’.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Kushal Tandon</span></div>
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Model and TV actor Kushal Tandon has been numbered as one of the sexiest Asian men by a couple of international magazines. He is most famous in the role of Virat Singh Vadhera in soap ‘Ek Hazaaron Main Meri Behna Hai’.</div>
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8. Kamya Punjabi</div>
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Apart from movies and music albums, Kamya Punjabi’s biggest stronghold is the small screen – where she had been most famous in the role of Sindoora in the soap ‘Banoo Main Teri Dulhan’.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Hazel Keech</span></div>
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25-year-old Hazel Keech is best known for her supporting role in ‘Bodyguard’, besides which the British actress was also featured in the remix song ‘Kahin Pe Nigahein’ in 2007.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Shilpa Agnihotri</span></div>
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Next is small screen and reality TV star Shilpa Agnihotri’s. Known most for her role of Ganga is the soap ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, Shilpa hosts the children’s talent show ‘Rin Mera Star Superstar’.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">11. Apurva Agnihotri</span></div>
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Actor husband Apurva is also part of the house – and with his seemingly arrogant exterior and his troubles last year with drugs, he is sure to add the requisite masala in the house.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">12. Ratan Rajpoot</span></div>
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Ratan Rajpoot is one of the biggest names in the small screen with her lead role in the soap ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo’ and reality show ‘Swayamvar Season 3’.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">13. Gauahar Khan</span></div>
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Bollywood item girl, model, actress and reality TV star Gauahar Khan is the next contestant. She will be seen as a lead actress for the first time in the upcoming movie ‘Fever’ opposite Rajeev Khandelwal.</div>
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14. VJ Andy</div>
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Brit-Indian VJ Andy is the next contestant. Multitalented and fun – Andy is a choreographer, designer and of course, VJ.</div>
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15. Tanishaa Mukherji</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">E</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; text-align: justify;">ach year Forbes evaluates the riches of the wealthiest characters from novels, movies, television and games, constructing portfolios based on their stories and then valuing them using real-world commodity and share prices. It’s been a good year to be imaginary: The aggregate net worth of the Fictional 15 is $215.8 billion, up 3 percent. Below, we’ve collected some of the wisdom that has helped these characters amass their fantastic fortunes.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>1. Scrooge McDuck <em>Uncle Scrooge $65.4 billion</em></strong></strong></div>
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<strong style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Mining, treasure hunting. Residence: Duckburg, Calisota.</span></strong></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; text-align: justify;">“No man is poor who can do what he likes to do once in a while! And I like to dive around in my money like a porpoise! And burrow through it like a gopher! And toss it up and let it hit me on the head!”</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />
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<strong>2. Smaug <em>The Hobbit $54.1 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Marauding. Residence: The Lonely Mountain.</span></div>
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“I kill where I wish and none dare resist.”<br />
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<strong>3. CarliSle Cullen <em> Twilight $46 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Compound interest, investments. Residence: Forks, Washington.</span><br />
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<strong>4. Tony Stark <em>Iron Man $12.4 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Defence. Residence: Malibu, California.</span></div>
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“They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once.”<br />
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<strong>5. Charles Foster Kane <em>Citizen Kane $11.2 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Media. Residence: Xanadu, California.</span></div>
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“If I hadn’t been very rich, I might have been a really great man.”<br />
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<strong>6. Bruce Wayne <em> Batman $9.2 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Inheritance, defence. Residence: Gotham City, USA.</span></div>
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“Sometimes it’s only madness that makes us what we are.”<br />
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<strong>7. Richie Rich <em>Richie Rich $5.8 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Inheritance, conglomerates. Residence: Richville, USA.</span></div>
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“How come all we do is talk about money? Why don’t we do something fun?”<br />
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<strong>8. Christian Grey <em>Fifty Shades of Grey $2.5 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Investments, manufacturing. Residence: Seattle, Washington.</span></div>
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“I go with my gut and 99 percent of the time it doesn’t let me down. If you can free your mind from the clutter of other people’s expectations and the constraints of what’s expected of you, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.”<br />
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<strong>9. Tywin Lannister <em>Game of Thrones $1.8 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Inheritance. Residence: Casterly Rock, Westeros.</span></div>
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“A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.”<br />
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<strong>10. C Montgomery Burns <em>The Simpsons $1.5 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Energy. Residence: Springfield, USA.</span></div>
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“What good is money if it can’t inspire terror in your fellow man?”<br />
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<strong>11. Walden Schmidt <em>Two and a Half Men $1.3 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Technology. Residence: Malibu, California.</span></div>
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“I can’t give you hope, but I can give you my American Express black card.”<br />
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<strong>12. Lara Croft <em>Tomb Raider $1.3 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source:</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> Inheritance, treasure hunting. Residence: Wimbledon, England.</span></div>
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“Everything lost is meant to be found.”</div>
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<strong>13. Mr Monopoly <em>Monopoly $1.2 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source: </strong><span style="background-color: white;">Real estate. Residence: Atlantic City, New Jersey.</span><br />
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<strong>14. Mary Crawley <em>Downton Abbey $1.1 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source: </strong><span style="background-color: white;">Inheritance, marriage. Residence: Yorkshire, England.</span><br />
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<strong>15. Jay Gatsby <em>The Great Gatsby $1 billion</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Source: </strong><span style="background-color: white;">Racketeering, investments. Residence: West Egg, New York.</span></div>
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“Can’t repeat the past? Why, of course you can!”<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-48542863299445105462013-08-31T03:43:00.000-07:002013-08-31T03:49:39.164-07:00Movie Review: Satyagraha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Satyagraha brings together urban stories of corruption from history -Chauri Chaura, Mandal as well as Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Andolan. Bachchan plays a retired and idealistic teacher Dwarka Anand. Manav (Ajay Devgn) is his engineer son Akhilesh's friend - an ambitious capitalist. Both friends are really close, and one day Akhilesh dies. Minister Balram Singh (Bajpai) announces compensation, but Akhilesh's wife Sumitra (Rao) cannot get that despite daily applications to government babus. One thing leads to another and an angry Dwarka slaps an arrogant official and gets imprisoned. The influence of social media is depicted, as Manav starts a campaign to free him by roping in social activist Arjun Singh (Rampal) and journalist Yasmin (Kapoor). The ‘satyagraha’ escalates, leaving politicians panicky about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 22px;">Needless to say, each actor added to the movie in their own signature styles. Recall Devgn in ‘Yuva’, Amitabh in ‘Sarkar’ and Bajpai in a glittering, malevolent avatar. The movie’s philosophy is voiced in one of Bachchan’s dialogues - "Janta sarkaar ki malik hai. Malik nirdesh deta hai. Maang nahin karta." How do you do that? Symbolic protest? Violent revolt? Or a longer, harder route? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; line-height: 22px;">Dealing with this very question, ‘Satyagraha’ takes ahead this movie in a manner more philosophical than action-oriented. Prasoon Joshi adds color to the movie with his lyrics and all in all, ‘Satyagraha’ strips corruption bare to show the audience its filthy body from tip to toe. No short-cuts to a solution, but not pessimistic future either – Satyagraha is a movie that shows the road ahead for what it is.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actors: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amitabh Bachchan</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee, Arjun Rampal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Producers: Siddharth Roy Kapur, Prakash Jha, Ronnie Screwvala</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Directors: Prakash Jha</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Music Director: Harris Jayaraj</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Country: India</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Language: Hindi</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre: Drama</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Release Date: Friday, 30th of August 2013</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Runtime: 152 min</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Satyagraha reflects the revolution of the middle class against a corrupt and unfair system that leaves it with no option but to form an impulsive movement to challenge the status quo. It is the story of a dynamic and determined young man (Ajay Devgn) who is poised to take the elevator of corporate success, when a personal heartbreak exposes him to the shocking outcomes of corruption in this country. Joining his hands with an idealistic old man (Amitabh Bachchan), he sets fire to people's protest that soon rises into a massive movement with a national importance, and fighting with evil politicians, who have decided to crush and shame him. However, when aam janta's raw and uncontrolled anger is unleashed, the unintentional penalty could be horrific by itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In short, the movie deals with the movement of the middle-class to re-negotiate democracy. It's the story of a man (Amitabh Bachchan) who is a firm believer of Gandhian principles, an ambitious entrepreneur (Ajay Devgn) who represents the modern India shining philosophy, a social activist (Arjun Rampal) who aims to become a politician, a bold brave and courageous political journalist (Kareena Kapoor), and a clever and cunning politician (Manoj Bajpai) who uses every means to break the system.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-52386869678447285062013-08-29T09:43:00.003-07:002013-08-29T09:54:24.195-07:00Top 10 Rags-To-Riches Success Stories Of All Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. These inspiring figures had less than a lemon to start out with – and are now known for their sheer tenacity as they climbed to the top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bring you the top 10 rags-to-riches success stories of all time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Henry Ford</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Henry Ford was a farm boy who went on to revolutionize transportation industry in America. Ford was very interested in mechanics from a young age, when he dismantled and reassembled a pocket watch at the age of 15 his father had given him. A self-taught watch repairman who graduated to being an apprentice machinist, Ford started his personal experiments on gasoline engines which was the beginning of his vast Ford empire. And his net worth, as per Forbes in 2008, is a cool $188.1 billion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our childhood would have been dreary without this genius of a man. Walt Disney was also another boy brought up in a farm – and used to draw pictures for his neighbors for money. He used to be the cartoonist for the school newspaper, Disney went through the jobless phase where no one hired him, and his brother had to help him out with his job search. He went from rags to riches by starting out with advertisements and going on to animating his own cartoons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Born in a strict Jewish family with a house painter for a father, Ralph Lauren grew up with big dreams. He used to sell ties to his classmates to earn some cash, and he mentioned in his yearbook that he wanted to be a millionaire. His interest in ties went on help his put his foot through the door of bigger achievements in the fashion world. When he was signed on to design the clothes for ‘The Great Gatsby’ in 1974, he was catapulted into the fame which he commands today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Apple founder is now a household name. Jobs was given away for adoption by his biological parents and he became interested in electronics after his foster dad showed him the joys of technical tinkering in their garage. He had to drop out of college, because his education was costing his foster parents a lot. He used to return Coke bottles for money and live on free meals at the Hare Krishna temple. A hippie who used to trip on LSD, Jobs went from a technician in Atari, Inc. to becoming the CEO of Apple Inc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Richard Branson</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Branson went from being a dyslexic kid who performed badly in school to a British business magnate with a net worth of 4.6 billion. There was a time when Richard Branson started his record business from the crypt of a church – and now he is the fourth richest citizen of the UK. This entrepreneur is an example of how one can be eccentric and yet rake in the moolah. He had his finger in many pies – record label, airways and telecom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. John Paul DeJoria</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Born to Italian and Greek immigrant parents, this billionaire had to sell newspapers when he was nine to support his family. He has lived in a foster home, been part of a street gang and jumped through a number of jobs. With a loan of $700, he began what is now known the world over as the Paul Mitchell line of hair products. He went on to own 70% of The Patron Spirits Company, the world’s ultra-premium tequila brand. If this is not a rags-to-riches story, we do not know what is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Oprah Winfrey</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Born to a housemaid and a coalminer, Oprah definitely did not grow in the lap of luxury. Living the life of poverty, where she used to have to wear dresses made out of potato sacks and was molested by relatives. She entered the world of media after getting the job of a news-reader in a local black radio station. After she got her first talk-show in Chicago, there was no looking back for this TV personality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. J.K. Rowling</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Born in a lowly English family, Rowling battled depression, suicidal tendencies and poverty to become one of the most loved British authors in the world for her hugely popular Harry Potter series. Highly imaginative as a kid who thrived on stories, she drew from her surroundings and the people in her life as inspirations for the books which have now become one of the biggest movie franchises. From her humble beginnings, she has gone on to become one of the most powerful women in the United Kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Daymond John</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A black boy growing up in Queens – one would not have pegged John as a potential entrepreneur who would go on to become the CEO of the hip-hop clothing brand FUBU. But that he did, with an entrepreneurial instinct that he honed from his school days. Selling popular wool hats at half their market price, he mortgaged their house for future business expansion. It paid off well – and he now is one of the most influential motivational speakers in America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10. Chris Gardner</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the man whose life has inspired the Will Smith-starrer ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’. Physically abused by his stepfather as a child and placed in a foster home, Gardner’s woes did not leave him even as he grew up to marry and be a father. As shown in the movie, Gardner struggled with homelessness while raising his kid. It was the strength of the lessons he learnt from his mother that he went from rags to riches by tenaciously building himself to be the CEO of his own stockbrokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no disadvantage these personalities did not suffer on their journey from birth to where they stand today – but sheer tenacity, confidence and hard work led them to the inspiring figures they are today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can’t guarantee it just by following someone else’s formula.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Azim Premji</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Mark Zuckerberg</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Warren Buffett</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Narayana Murthy</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Bill Gates</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Michael Dell</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The key is to listen to your heart and let it carry you in the direction of your dreams. I’ve learned that it’s possible to set your sights high and achieve your dreams and do it with integrity, character, and love. And each day that you’re moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you’re winning.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Ratan Tata</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Larry Page</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10. Steve Jobs</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-62150170094973151192013-08-24T00:26:00.000-07:002013-08-24T00:26:49.096-07:00Phablet Market To Heat Up With Launch Of Samsung Galaxy Note 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oddly enough, similar results have also been translated in the phablet market with Samsung being the overall market grosser with its Galaxy Note series. Fortunately for Note users, it’s time for them to upgrade their faithful device as Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy Note 3 for the phablet fanatics. Waiting no further, let’s have a look at its tech-specs and if it’s a game-changer for the phablet market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before we kick off the spec bonanza, we need to understand a few basic changes the smartphone industry has undergone. Other than having a captivating screen and an elongated battery life, the camera and processing quality has drastically improved, meaning the smartphones and phablets of tomorrow have to out-do their counterparts of today by leaps and bounds, and with the new Android upgrade in place, the smartphones and phablets command all the more powerful hardware to run flawlessly. Keeping that in mind, the Galaxy Note 3 is touted to be fitted with an octa-core processor that can clock 1.8 GHz with ease, and a whopping 3 GB RAM to compliment it. The screen may very well offer 5.6 inches of viewing pleasure and the signature Super AMOLED display will churn out 1080p graphics without any hassle. A micro-SD slot with inbuilt memory of 16, 32, and 64 GB variants should be available and connectivity will be obtained with 4G LTE and the usual jazz.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the innards sounds as good as they should, the 4.3 Jelly Bean loaded with all the Samsung goodies should add-on to the Note’s credibility. Expect a new level of thinness with this one. Albeit, what we find to be disturbing amidst all the specs is its shockingly small battery capacity. The Note 3 is to be equipped with a 3200 mAh battery. It may work wonders for a 4-inch smartphone and allow it to run for a day or more of heavy use, but a 6-inch tablet with a mammoth octa-core processor and 3 GB of RAM might find the 3200 mAh diet to be far less appetising. Maybe a spec-bump in this area might help the Note 3 with enough juice to run for a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While Samsung is basking in glory in the smartphone market, other competitors are equipping themselves with some marvellous arsenal. Sony with the all new razor-thin Xperia Z Ultra and Micromax with their surprisingly successful Canvas series have already found favour with buyers. The Z Ultra with its hardware and super-sleek body is a worthy rival, while Micromax is a worthy contender with its highly affordable Canvas as well. Various other small-timers are emerging in the phablet circuit with Acer and Firefly catering the budget crowd. If rumours are to be believed, Nokia is all set to come up with their very-own Windows 8-powered phablet and that may truly shake up Samsung’s foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If Samsung truly wants to stay on top without budging, they do need to pull up their socks without keeping any loose ends around, and with the competition heating up, they might as well do things right or it won’t be long before Samsung goes the Apple way and launches a cheap spinoff out of sheer desperation.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-61918866714317598522013-08-24T00:16:00.002-07:002013-08-24T00:47:28.855-07:00Microsoft CEO, Ballmer, to retire within 12 months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New York: Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer unexpectedly announced his retirement on Friday, ending a controversial 13-year reign at the head of the world's largest software company and sending the company's shares up 7.1 per cent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ballmer, 57, took over from co-founder Bill Gates in January 2000, but his leadership was questioned throughout his tenure by Wall Street and Silicon Valley, as Microsoft's stock price floundered and the PC-centric pioneer was overtaken by Apple Inc and Google Inc in the shift towards mobile computing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ballmer's planned exit comes shortly after activist investing fund ValueAct Capital Management LP took a small stake in the company, and started agitating for a change in strategy and a clear CEO succession plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Only last month Ballmer launched a massive reorganization to reshape Microsoft into a company focused on devices and services, essentially mimicking Apple, leaving most industry watchers nonplussed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My original thoughts on timing would have had my retirement happen in the middle of our company's transformation to a devices and services company," said Ballmer in a statement. "We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although Ballmer has faced criticism for some time, his decision to retire surprised analysts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Yes, this was a surprise, especially considering how close it is to the recently announced strategic overhaul towards devices and services," said Sid Parakh, an analyst at McAdams Wright Ragen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The committee is to be chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its shares rose 7.1 per cent to $34.69 on Nasdaq.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-53875588481918594702013-08-24T00:06:00.004-07:002013-08-24T00:07:53.483-07:00How to earn friends?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whoever said you can’t buy friends was dead wrong. Dozens of outfits are dedicated to making insecure weirdos with cash to burn look more popular than they are. These companies create fake users and even pay real account holders for following and liking. Social media giants must constantly tweak their algorithms to spot frauds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Price Of Popularity: On socialyup.com, you can buy 500 likes for $30 or 20,000 for $699.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spot The Frauds: Watch for accounts with lots of likes but very little discernible user activity. A page with tens of thousands of fans but only a few comments and nobody in the “Talking About This” column is a prime suspect. One study says 97 per cent of fake profiles identify themselves as female (while just 40 per cent of real users do).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Price Of Popularity: Pinfol delivers 100 followers for $15; 5,000 for $95.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spot The Frauds: Scroll through a user’s followers list and keep an eye out for a high proportion of accounts with no bio or photo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Price Of Popularity: FanMeNow’s packages start at $10 for 1,000 followers. $1,750 will score you a million.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spot The Frauds: Promotional tweets and the default “egg” avatar are hallmarks of phoney accounts. Fake Follower Check is a free web tool that measures a user’s followers against</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Price Of Popularity: 500views.com delivers 30,000 views for $150. For $3,100, make your video “viral” with a million views.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spot The Frauds: Beware of generic comments. One music clip we saw racked up tens of thousands of views in weeks, but the only comments were variations on “This video is great!”</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-26771491407295870412013-08-23T23:57:00.000-07:002013-08-24T00:29:26.670-07:00Yuvraj Singh ready to fire again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">A fitter and slimmer </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Yuvraj Singh </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">is back from his six-week long fitness camp, along with </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Zaheer Khan</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">, in Brive la Gaillarde in France and is raring for a crack at Team India again. He is deriving his confidence from skipper MS Dhoni's recent remark that his team was reserved not only for youngsters.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">"Dhoni must have thought about the 2015 World Cup. I am happy that youngsters are doing well but a right balance, with seniors too, is needed. The most important thing is to have the best team for the country," said Yuvraj, on his first public appearance since returning from France.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The mainstay of the Indian middle order in the limited-overs format till very recently doesn't mind talking about his past record. "While one's past records should not be the criterion for selection, you can't forget the contribution made by them either," Yuvraj said at a promotional event here on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">There has been extra emphasis on agility and fitness in Dhoni's scheme of things. And the veteran of 282 ODIs is well aware of that. "I have never doubted my ability and won't doubt it ever. The focus is to look sharp and agile in the field. My priority has always been to play for my country," he stated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Both, he and Zaheer, decided to undertake a different regimen over the one available at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore mainly to avoid people speculating about them. "I had trained hard at the NCA after I recovered from cancer but I just wanted to get away because of frequent distractions. Here, something is invariably cropping up every day about what I am doing. I also wanted to train in higher altitudes and play different sports, eat a different kind of food and have time to discuss my game with my father (former Test cricketer Yograj Singh). In France, I could stay focused on what I was doing."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Coming out of that regime, he definitely looked more refreshed and fitter. But what about Zaheer? "Zaheer has been extremely disciplined and he worked as hard as I did. He has lost nearly six kilograms and looks in great shape. We started playing for India together and we gel really well. Working in tandem has helped each other. He has really pushed himself and am sure he will make a comeback soon," Yuvraj said.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Yuvraj is itching to get back to the pitch but hasn't got to play any of the pre-season domestic tournaments like the Buchi Babu. "I could only play Buchi Babu or Moin-ud Dowla if my state team is playing in the tournament," he clarified.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Asked about a recent photograph which showed him along with Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun, Yuvraj recalled, "Some time back (Sachin) Tendulkar told me that his son bats like me. When I watched Arjun, he did remind me of my younger days in Chandigarh."</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-70412731267290541642013-08-23T10:53:00.002-07:002013-08-23T11:01:35.784-07:0010 reasons why the rupee is sinking every day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The rupee fell past 65 to the dollar to a record low on Thursday, plunging as much as 2.2 per cent to hit 65.56, and ended in the red for the sixth straight session. The rupee has fallen by 4.77 per cent in the last five trading sessions. Here are 10 main reasons that experts say are responsible for the Indian rupee -- which has depreciated as much as 16 per cent this year -- to touch new lows each passing day:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Widening current account deficit:</b> This is resulting in creating more actual as well as speculative demand for the dollar and other convertible currencies.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Policy inaction:</b> Perception of lack of clarity on the policy front is also fanning speculative demand wherein the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on one day said it will tighten liquidity and on yet another said it will inject $1 billion in the market.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Low forex reserves:</b> India's foreign exchange reserves are enough to cover imports of only seven months. The forex reserves have declined in the recent months. Due to low reserves, the RBI can't intervene aggressively in the currency markets.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Growth slowdown:</b> India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth fell to a decade low of 5 per cent in 2012-13. The situation is unlikely to improve much this year. Foreign investors are pulling money out of the Indian markets due to slow growth.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Dependence on foreign money: </b>India's current account deficit was financed by foreign money for the last many years. Withdrawal of money by overseas investors is leading to the weakness in the rupee.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Recovery in the US: </b>The slow but steady recovery in the US is making the greenback stronger against other currencies.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Stimulus withdrawal: </b>Indications that the US may withdraw or ease the fiscal stimulus package could potentially put the brakes on funds for developing economies.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Capital controls:</b> The decision by the Reserve Bank and the government to impose temporary restrictions on capital flows has not gone down well with the markets, as it will not only discourage Indian companies from investing abroad, but also foreign firms from pumping money into India.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Trends in other markets: </b>The rupee is also following the trend seen in the currencies of other emerging economies such as Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Speculative trading:</b> Speculative trading in the currency markets is putting further pressure on the Indian rupee.</span></li>
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Straight up, <b>Madras Cafe</b> couldn't be more different to director Shoojit Sircar's Vicky Donor. Political, tense, finally explosive, Madras Cafe is no picnic in the neighborhood park. Major Vikram Singh (Abraham) lands in Sri Lanka, heading RAW's covert operations. He must work with colleague Bala to get Anna Bhaskaran (Rathnam), head of the rebel LTF group - "Also known as Tigers" - to accept a peaceful resolution. Vikram knows Anna will be a huge challenge - what surprises him is how many others he must face.</div>
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Madras Cafe dives boldly into terrain Bollywood hasn't touched before. Its arsenal features research, respect and bravely, no songs. But it's not arty or preachy anywhere. Its first half is layered, complex trails - leaks, foreign interests, domestic rivals - slowly revealed to Vikram. As RAW boss Robin Dutt (Basu) ups the pressure, Vikram must move fast through sultry, dangerous airs. His foreign journalist friend Jaya (Fakhri, apparently playing real-life journalist Anita Pratap, who first interviewed LTTE chief Prabhakaran) knows this conflict's heart even better than Vikram, whose discoveries, from Sri Lanka to South Block, grow traumatic.</div>
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Madras Cafe's true star is its story which builds up to an agonizing end. It brings to life the Lankan war which many viewers were too young to have known. It highlights India's ambiguous role, moving sensitively, taking no sides, except those of relationships involving respect - but no romance - between Vikram and Jaya, duty, victory and loss. Its second half grows more fraught and taut, conspiracies and compulsions becoming clearer. John stays low-key and competent as Vikram while supporting actors, like agents Bala, SP and Vasu, stand out. Restrained performances by the LTF suicide bombers are chilling.</div>
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The cinematography is remarkable, shots of huge naval warships, helicopters floating across hills, sunshine on a deadly sea, haunting. Commendably, Sircar never overindulges in gore, keeping Madras Cafe a shifting site of mental violence. Madras Cafe deserves an extra half-star for guts, going for the gunpowder - but with a restrained hand.</div>
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<strong>Note:</strong> If you like typical Hindi movie masala, unrealistic action or melodrama, this movie is not for you.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-45898027617134117392013-08-23T10:36:00.001-07:002013-08-23T10:38:10.604-07:009 Quick Hangover Cures that Actually Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You might be the occasional drinker, an experimental one or a regular at the bar, getting a hangover is always a possibility.</div>
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A hangover can be very nasty, upsetting your entire schedule for a day or even more, depending upon your propensity for tolerating alcohol. Rather than trying-out different hangover medicines, some of which have rather unworthy credentials, it is much better to try quick hangover cures at home that are easy and effective. Some of these have been listed below for your consideration:</div>
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1. Vitamin Drinks Hangover Cure</h4>
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Vitamin drinks are easily available in most super-marts today. Just ensure that there are always a few bottles in the fridge. Vitamin drinks are loaded with water-soluble vitamins like vitamin B and C that get absorbed and work towards eradicating the<br />
hangover. Just ensure that your vitamin drink doesn’t contain too much sugar. If you already know when the next bar binging trip is scheduled, try to take a few over-the-counter multi-vitamins on a daily basis. This will ensure that your body has a better degree of preparedness against the hangover. You can dilute the vitamin drink with some water for better rehydration.</div>
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2. Curing Hangover with Orange Juice, Eggs & Common Eatables</h4>
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Orange juice is among the commonest of home remedies for hangovers. It performs the function of rehydration with great intensity and the Vitamin C acts as a counter to that nauseating feeling. You can combine this with a few boiled eggs and slightly toasted bread. This might sound strange but the protein from eggs helps the liver to filter the toxins of alcohol faster while toasted slices have a charcoal-like effect, preventing bloating or vomiting caused by alcohol.</div>
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3. Curing Hangover with Antacids</h4>
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Get hold of any granulated antacid that you can easily consume by just pouring it in a glass. This eases the body ache caused by hangover. Most antacids contain some form of sodium bicarbonate that helps to neutralize the excessive acidity caused by<br />
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4. Curing Hangover with Coffee</h4>
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Another world-famous hangover cure is a strong cup of coffee. However, not many people realize that you need a cocoa-rich variant of coffee for neutralizing the hangover. Rather than having a huge serving at one go, have many smaller cups of coffee throughout the day. Caffeine raises the blood pressure that helps the body to metabolize the alcohol faster apart from providing some relief from the drowsy feeling and headaches.</div>
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5. Artificial Rehydration Hangover Cure</h4>
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There are a number of rehydration solutions and powders that are sold at your local chemist. These are excellent rehydration sources, usually prescribed for children who are suffering from an intense case of cellular dehydration due to illnesses. These are packed with a high concentration of electrolytes that instantly replenish the vital minerals that have been wasted due to drinking. Just dilute the solution more and drink it slowly throughout the day.</div>
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6. Painkiller Pills Hangover Cure</h4>
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Every household is bound to have some sort of over-the-counter analgesic or painkiller. These are excellent for relieving the pain and discomfort induced by a hangover. When back home, just pop an aspirin or Aspirin or Ibuprofen but don’t overdose yourself. It is better to start with just one pill and wait to feel its relieving affects.</div>
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7. Exercise: The Hardest Hangover Cure</h4>
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This hangover cure requires the greatest degree of determination. However, exercising here doesn’t refer to hitting the gym hard. Something simple as running on the treadmill combined with a few push-ups can help. The sweating induced by exercising followed by rehydrating yourself with a low-sugar sports drink helps to cure hangovers.</div>
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8. Curing Hangover with Ginger Tea</h4>
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Your mother might have repeatedly told you about the benefits of ginger tea for relieving nausea, cold and cough. However, what she didn’t tell you was that it is an excellent aid for hangover headaches. It can alleviate that typical head-splitting feeling induced by hangovers apart from helping the stomach digest the alcohol better without suffering cramps.</div>
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9. Curing Hangover with Bananas</h4>
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More than a hangover cure, this is a hangover prevention aid. Here, you need to be a bit quirky and eat a few bananas before you hit the bar. The potassium in the banana and its complex carbohydrates has a rehydrating and coating effect on the intestines respectively, helping you recover faster from the alcohol excess.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-90087969783632218592013-08-20T10:11:00.000-07:002013-08-20T10:11:01.478-07:00Stupidest Comments Made By Politicians In 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While we cannot really rate our politicians in terms of efficiency and performance, we can confidently state that most of them suffer from foot-in-the-mouth disease.</div>
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If you don’t believe us, then check out some of the most stupid comments our politicians have made this year.</div>
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“<b>Poverty is a state of mind.</b>”<b> – Rahul Gandhi</b></div>
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“<b>One can have a full meal for Rs 12 in Mumbai. No, no, not vada paav. So much of rice, daal saambhar and with that some vegetables are also mixed</b>.” Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar showed how out of touch he is with reality.</div>
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"<b>You can eat a meal in Delhi for Rs 5, I don't know about Mumbai. You can get a meal for Rs 5 near Jama Masjid (in Delhi)</b>," Rasheed Masood, trying to go one up on Raj Babbar.</div>
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"<b>If you want, you can fill your stomach for Re 1 or Rs 100, depending on what you want to eat. We are working to change the life of the poor so they can eat well be healthy and India can progress.</b>” Union Minister <span dir="ltr" id=":1i2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Farooq Abdullah justifying</span> the Planning Commission's definition of poverty and proving who the real idiot is.</div>
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“<b>People join (the) army to die or for becoming martyrs.</b>” Rural works and Panchayati Raj Minister Bhim Singh apologized for saying this but not before a huge outrage was made over his remark.</div>
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"<b>Veg skies, Veg hospitals, Veg housing societies. Soon Veg Mumbai! Either Gujjus go back to Gujarat or they turn Mumbai into Gujarat...Red alert.</b>" Nitesh Rane’s unedited Twitter rant against Gujaratis in Mumbai</div>
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<b>"If there is no water in the dam, how can we release it? Should we urinate into it? If there is no water to drink, even urination is not possible,</b>" Maharashtra state deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has said. You can judge his crassness further from this next statement where referring to the load shedding situation in parts of the state he said, "I have noticed that more children are being born since the lights go off at night. There is no other work left then."</div>
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"<b>We have told the chief minister in the assembly that the government will pay money to compensate rape victims. What is your fee? If you are raped, what will be your fee?</b>" CPI (M) party member Anisur Rehman takes a very cheap dig at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.</div>
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“<b>Roads in Pratapgarh district in the state would be constructed like the cheeks of actresses Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit.</b>” Uttar Pradesh Khadi and Village Industry Minister Raja Ram Pandey allegedly said and was subsequently fired.</div>
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"<b>The English language has caused a great loss to the country. We are losing our language, our culture as there are hardly any people who speak Sanskrit now,</b>" Rajnath Singh, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), makes us wonder what he smokes during the day.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-70923066469508353222013-08-20T09:58:00.000-07:002013-08-20T09:58:21.801-07:00Delhi Book Fair to begin from Aug. 23<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In an age increasingly moving towards digitisation and e-books, the role of libraries keeps coming under focus. Participants at the 19th edition of the Delhi Book Fair opening in New Delhi on Friday throw the spotlight on the role of libraries and readership growth.</div>
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A total of 250 participants including overseas publishers are expected to participate in the 9-day fair organised by Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation.</div>
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“The book fair will facilitate authors and delegates from round the globe. Notably from US, Iran and European countries. A special seven member delegates from China will be here to provide information regarding literary movements in China,” Sudhir Malhotra, President, FIP said on Monday.</div>
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Oraganisers say they also look forward to the participation by publishers from Pakistan at Pragati Maidan, the venue of fair from August 23 - August 31, themed around “Libraries and Readership.”</div>
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“Over the last decade, Pakistan has always been an active participant in the fair. But this year, there is some problem with their visa clearance. We have cleared all the formalities from our part and now it is upto the concerned ministries of both countries”, Mr. Malhotra told PTI.</div>
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At the World Book Fair earlier in February this year, publishers from the neighbouring country had to wait till the last minute to obtain visas. The government is currently working on modernising and digitally linking nearly 9,000 libraries across the country.</div>
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A National Mission on Libraries (NML) has been constituted on the basis of a report submitted by National Knowledge commission set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The NML has taken steps for improving library sector including upgradation of existing public, school and college libraries and use of school libraries as community libraries.</div>
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Meanwhile the Delhi Book Fair provides a platform for business transactions, establishing new contacts, entering into co-publishing arrangements, translation and copyright arrangements as well as reprinting of old and rare books.</div>
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Apart from books, a number of conferences and seminars, buyer-seller meets, book releases, discussions and literary activities for children have been planned during the fair. “To engage the students, we are hosting a ‘Kavi sammelan’ a gathering and interactive session with poets and also, a story-telling event for children too”, Mr. Malhotra said. “We are putting more than 500 stalls for exhibition. So it would cater audience with more collection of books”, he added.</div>
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Among other facilities are free shuttle services. “Mini AC buses services are arranged to ferry the visitors from 5 gates. We hope this facility would help them to avoid rush”, Mr. Malhotra said.</div>
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“It will be naive to think these testing times will not impact us but we have seen tough times before,” said Herfried Hasenoehri, general manager for emerging markets in Asia, Rolls Royce. “Our optimisim for India is unwavering. It is the biggest emerging market for us.”</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-19787446732759657062013-08-18T10:40:00.000-07:002013-08-18T10:40:55.597-07:00Failed in my dream of becoming pilot: Abdul Kalam in new book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, becoming a fighter pilot was a “dearest dream” but he failed to realise it by a whisker as he bagged the ninth position when only eight slots were available in the IAF.</div>
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In his new book “My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions”, published by Rupa, Mr. Kalam, who specialised in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, says he was desperate to pursue a career in flying.</div>
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“Over the years I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream,” he writes.</div>
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Out of the two interview calls Mr. Kalam got, one was from the Indian Air Force in Dehradun and the other from the Directorate of Technical Development and Production (DTDP) at the Ministry of Defence in Delhi.</div>
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While the interview at DTDP was “easy” he recounted that for the Air Force Selection Board, he realised that along with qualifications and engineering knowledge, they were also looking for a certain kind of “smartness” in the candidate.</div>
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Mr. Kalam bagged the ninth position out of 25 candidates and was not recruited as only eight slots were available.</div>
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“I had failed to realise my dream of becoming an air force pilot,” he writes.</div>
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He says he “walked around for a while till I reached the edge of a cliff” before deciding to go to Rishikesh and “seek a new way forward.”</div>
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“It is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives,” says Mr. Kalam who went on to put his “heart and soul” at his job as the senior scientific assistant at DTDP.</div>
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The book is filled with stories of “innumerable challenges and learning” in his years as the scientific adviser when India conducted its second nuclear test, his retirement and dedication to teaching thereafter and his years as President.</div>
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Mr. Kalam has compiled life’s learnings, anecdotes and profiles of key moments and people who inspired him profoundly in the book, which will hits the stands on August 20.</div>
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He recounts “staring into the pit of despair” when he failed to make it as an IAF pilot and how he pulled himself up and rose to become the man who headed India’s missile programme and occupy highest office in the country.</div>
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While the 82-year-old, popularly known as the Missile Man for his contribution to the development of ballistic missile technology, had in 1999 brought out his autobiography “Wings of Fire” and followed it with “Turning Points”, a journey through challenges” in 2012 that details his political career and challenges, the latest book talks about the people who left a deep impression on him as he was growing up.</div>
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In the 147-page book, Mr. Kalam writes about his experience of watching his father build a boat, his early working life as a newspaper boy at the age of eight and even his first-hand experience of the way in their religious elders settled a religious matter in his school.</div>
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In a chapter “A brush with fire”, Mr. Kalam recounts the 1999 January 11 incident involving two aircraft which took off from Bangalore towards the Arakkonam-Chennai coastline and crashed, killing 8 men on board.</div>
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While Mr. Kalam immediately flew to Bangalore from Delhi and met the bereaved families, he says the grief of the devastated parents and the wailing of the infants remained with him even after years of the incident even after he moved from his office at South Block to Rashtrapati Bhavan.</div>
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The former President says that true nation building is not made by political rhetoric alone but should be backed “by the power of sacrifice, toil and virtue”.</div>
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“When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?” he writes.</div>
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The book also contains a chapter detailing Mr. Kalam’s favourite books “which have always been close companions” who “were like friends” guiding him through life. Lilian Eishler Watson’s “Light from Many Lamps,” the “Thirukural”, Nobel Laureate Alex Carrel’s “Man the Unknown” have been listed.</div>
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Poetry says Mr. Kalam has been “one of his first loves” and poems by T.S. Elliot, Lewis Carroll and William Butler Yeats has “played out in my over and over again”.</div>
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In conclusion, Mr. Kalam writes his life can be summed up as “Love poured to the child... struggle... more struggle... bitter tears... then sweet tears... and finally a life as beautiful and fulfilling as seeing the birth of the full moon.</div>
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“I hope these stories will help all my readers understand their dreams and compel them to work on these dreams that keep them awake,” he writes.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BMW’s new entry-level model, the 1-series, will launch here on September 3. The good news is that the car will be locally produced at BMW’s plant in Chennai, so prices will be in the range of <span class="WebRupee">Rs. </span>20-25 lakh. And with a longitudinal engine layout, rear-wheel drive and 50:50 weight distribution, the BMW 1-series will surely spice up the luxury hatchback segment here and give rivals like the Mercedes A-class something to worry about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hyundai’s new Grand i10 hathcback, based on the next-generation i10, will launch on September 3 and be positioned between the current i10 and i20. The car is a bit larger than the current i10 and is positioned in a sub-segment higher. It features mature and restrained styling (by Hyundai standards), and will come with a petrol and diesel option. Expect prices to start at <span class="WebRupee">Rs. </span>4 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) for the petrol variant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Skoda Octavia nameplate is back, and is all set to launch during the upcoming festival season. The latest-gen car will replace the current Laura when it is launched, and will be offered with two engine options – a 1.8 TSI from the Laura with more power and the familiar 2.0 TDI. However, there may also be a 1.4-litre petrol engine option on offer later. Prices are expected to be in the range of <span class="WebRupee">Rs. </span>14-18 lakh (ex-showroom).</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-70117163601860878212013-08-18T10:06:00.002-07:002013-08-18T10:09:09.466-07:00Review of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bollywood movies were enamored by dreaded D's of the underworld. They still are. Whether the story is told in retro-rap, or with stylish designer double Dons, or with gloss-free rawness of realism.</div>
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This endless 'lawless' love affair continues. In OUATIMD, a love triangle forms the bloodline of the story, replete with 'donnisms', molls with maal and an overkill of 'loaded' dialogues pe dialogues.</div>
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After Shoaib (Akshay) vanquishes his own gang-guru (in the prequel), he becomes the reigning Mafioso with his terror squad spreading far and wide. Of course, Mumbai city, wrapped in glam, glory and blood-soaked crime files is still fancied by the bhais ("Samundar ke baad Mumbai Shoaib se jani jaati hai!"). Shoaib picks up young Aslam (Imran) from the chawls and takes him under his wing. Their 'bhaihood' is bullet-proof, only until years later when starlet Jasmine (Sonakshi) walks in and arrests Shoaib with her charm and gullibility. The rogue turns Romeo with obsession, but she's already Aslam's chosen 'item'. Suddenly, the dons drop their other deadly dhandas to deal with crimes of passion instead (unbelievable!).</div>
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Milan Luthria captures the essence of the period, packed with characters living behind 'dark shades' with an even darker conscience. This is a love story of a gangsta, it does not reopen dons' crime diaries. The first part is more engaging; thereon, the sluggish pace lacks the same dum. The heavy-duty dialogues (Rajat Aroraa) punch drama in the story, though at times too overbearing. The background score (Pritam & Anupam Amod) pitches in dramatically. This film has its moments, but it's not as compelling as the prequel.</div>
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Akshay does the bhai act with flamboyance and mojo. He gets a chance to do what he does best - herogiri (albeit less menacing, more entertaining), with charisma and clap-trap dialoguebaazi. Imran looks too suave for the part, but eventually rolls up his sleeves to play a don with dil, performing well in emotional scenes. Sonakshi pulls off a Dabangg act to stand strong between two daunting dons.</div>
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Watch this story of deewana dons and their dilrubas! There's nothing criminal about it!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-17559862361332546832013-08-17T11:59:00.003-07:002013-08-17T12:01:47.410-07:00Top 5 Inspirational Books Men Must Read<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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They say books are man's best friends. Well, quite right they are.</div>
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At times, when people lose heart and have nobody to turn to, a good inspirational book can provide them with much-needed solace. I've compiled a list of five books which are time-tested when it comes to inspiring people. This list is by no means authoritative but with so many good books written by so many great authors, it's quite impossible to compile one such definitive list.</div>
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<b>Let's see the books now:</b></div>
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Arguably, one of the finest works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the book paints a vivid portrait of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire and his quixotic love with Daisy Buchanan set against the backdrop of the American society in 1920s when lust for money and powered were at an all-time high. It's an amazing, elusive novel which is written in prose beautiful enough to be a very long and descriptive poem. Some people might find it as a slightly difficult read but trust us, your hard work will not go unrewarded. <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Great Gatsby</em> has become a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries around the world.</div>
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<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chicken Soup for the Soul</em> is a series of books, usually featuring a collection of short and dense inspirational stories and motivational essays. Many of the books are directed at specific groups of people, such as <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People</em> etc. These stories are based on real-life events and discuss the lives of real people and are very moving. Even though there are scores of spin-offs of this book, the notion of “old is gold” can be applied well here. The first book, published in 1993, sold millions of copies and remains a bestseller till date.</div>
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This is a beautifully scripted account of one of the greatest spiritual figures the world has ever seen: Buddha himself (Buddha was born as Siddhārtha Gautama). It makes for an easy read. Author Herman Hesse conveys a very profound message for all seekers. The book is a story of a brahmin boy who follows his heart and goes through various lives to finally understand what it means to be enlightened. Hesse makes Siddhartha's early life extremely accessible and his sensitive portrayal of a young prince who gave up everything for spiritual fulfilment makes this a must-read for anyone who's remotely philosophically curious.</div>
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<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">How to Win Friends and Influence People</em> is one of the first bestselling self-help books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie and first published in 1936, it has sold 15 million copies world-wide. This book has served as a guidebook for managers across the world and makes for an easy read. Dale Carnegie had a crisp, lively style that keeps you involved and you feel as if he's talking to you. This book isn't based on dry theory, but on the experiences of students in Dale Carnegie's courses who applied the ideas to find out what really works in more effective human relations.</div>
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<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Alchemist</em> is a wonderfully simple story of a young shepherd who follows his dreams of treasure and encounters many experiences and people, learning wisdom and life lessons along the way. Paulo Coelho has skillfully woven many bits of truth and wisdom about life into this masterpiece, and it is a true delight to read it. Just like it teaches, it is not the destination, but the journey with this book, that counts.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-91092357280409170622013-08-17T11:45:00.001-07:002013-08-17T11:46:48.964-07:00Usain Bolt wins his 2nd gold of world championships, taking men’s 200 meters easily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">MOSCOW — When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">Bolt coasted to his third straight 200-meter world title with the race basically wrapped as soon as he entered the finishing straight Saturday.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jamaican teammate Warren Weir never got close to Bolt’s world-leading mark of 19.66 seconds, but crossing .13 seconds later for silver still left him enough time to join Bolt in a reggae dance to Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Curtis Mitchell of the United States took bronze in 20.24 seconds but was never in the hunt for gold.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5em;">Now Bolt will go for his fourth triple gold at a major championship when he joins the Jamaican team for the 4x100 relay Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The wealth of Jamaican sprinting is such that they might well sweep their American rivals in unprecedented fashion, after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clinched a similar 100-200 double and has her final relay late on the closing day of the championships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Opposition could hardly touch Bolt Saturday, and once it was clear his right foot was OK after he dropped a starting block on it early in the week, everything was as good as gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even his start was strong as he quickly gained a decisive edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the finishing straight, Bolt fully let loose his giant stride, the one that has dumbfounded rivals since he won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-29257949921141355812013-08-17T11:33:00.005-07:002013-08-17T11:38:20.531-07:005 Daily Habits You Need To Change Immediately<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What your elders taught you all these years seemed perfect all this while. But do you know that several of the habits we have cultivated over the years could actually rob us of good health in the long term?</div>
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What looks like a part of your cleanliness regime might be absolutely unnecessary and moreover harmful for you. It’s high time you take note of these daily habits that you need to change immediately.</div>
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Are you one of those who reach out for the hand sanitiser every time you shake hands with a colleague or stand holding the bars in a local train ride? Well, take note then! You could end up with dry skin and poor <a href="http://www.mensxp.com/health/live-healthy/7242-30-ways-to-prevent-heart-attacks.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #124f88; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">heart</a> function. Most hand sanitisers contain triclosan which gets absorbed easily by the skin, which in turn can disrupt cell communication necessary for muscle coordination. Instead, stick to the good ol’ soap and water.</div>
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No, bottled water does not mean mineral water. Not always. In fact, bottled water is processed is usually stripped off minerals, which can hamper energy production and cell and muscle repair in your body. Instead, purify using a filtration system.</div>
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Ditching Cardio For Weights</h4>
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Whosoever convinced you that weights equal weight loss gave you only half-baked knowledge. Nothing is as good as natural <a href="http://www.mensxp.com/health/body-building/7190-5-amazing-benefits-of-cardio-kickboxing.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #124f88; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">cardio</a>, such as a good run or swim in the morning. Exclusivity is not the best way if you want to lose weight. For best results, mix cardio with weights, so that your body doesn’t get used to a particular type of routine and the calorie-burn becomes stagnant.</div>
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For pristine pearly whites, brushing twice a day is imperative. Running to the washroom to brush right after finishing your meal may cause problems to your dental health. The breakdown of food in the mouth leaves an acidic residue which weakens the enamel on the <a href="http://www.mensxp.com/health/natural-remedies/9134-9-natural-ways-to-get-sparkling-white-teeth.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #124f88; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">teeth</a>. Brushing then can strip the enamel permanently, causing tooth sensitivity. Instead, wait for an hour at least after finishing your meal before reaching out for that toothbrush.</div>
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Wearing Flip Flops</h4>
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Limit them to indoors, please! Doctors suggest that wearing flats outside while walking a lot could damage the sole badly. Agreed, flip flops scream comfort, but not at the cost of altering the natural foot lift-off.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-44936125409108350342013-08-16T12:16:00.001-07:002013-08-16T12:25:05.863-07:005 Books To Understand India Better<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Being a nation with such an incredible history and vast diversity of subjects, it is no surprise that she has been the subject of literature all over the world. There is so much to write about the country - its extremes, its pluralities and to put it very mindly, its contradictions!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">And though it may be difficult to describe the country in one book, it certainly is not impossible.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the occasion of India’s 66th Independence Day, I bring you a list of five books, which by no means, are the best books about India, or books that encapsulate India in all her diversity, but books that give you an impartial taste of this country. Have a read.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">1) India Unbound by Gurcharan Das</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="India Unbound by Gurcharan Das" src="http://www.mensxp.com/images/article/Category/Special-Features/today/India-Unbound-by-Gurcharan-Das.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 221, 221); clear: left; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px;" title="India Unbound by Gurcharan Das" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Like 1947 was the year of democratic India, 1991 was the year of economic <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3538414016870583415" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #124f88; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">India</a>. There have been many books describing the birth of New India- a nation that had finally spread its wings and was ready to take off. India Unbound by Gurcharan Das is one such book. The book is divided into three volumes explaining the political economy of the country till 1965, from 1965 to 1991, and after 1991 respectively. This book is not a scholarly piece, rather is an informal discourse. Das’ book includes his personal observations, scholarly points and political views - all of which makes this book an interesting read.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">2) India- A Portrait by Patrick French</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="India- A Portrait by Patrick French" src="http://www.mensxp.com/images/article/Category/Special-Features/today/India--A-Portrait-by-Patrick-French.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 221, 221); clear: left; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px;" title="India- A Portrait by Patrick French" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Can a westerner write a book on India, without dwelling on snakes, slums, sufferings and sadhus? Yes, Patrick French can! In this intimate biography that encompasses the nation’s 1.2 billion people, Patrick French interviews a series of people to narrate a story of the most complex post Independence Indian world. What is riveting is the fact that French, in some 450-odd pages covers everything - from our rich culture to numerous individual anecdotes representing people from all strata of the society. Divided into three sections - Nation, Wealth and Society, this book is an absolute read for people who want to know more about this ever-burgeoning democracy.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">3) A Passage to India by E. M. Forster</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="A Passage to India by E. M. Forster" src="http://www.mensxp.com/images/article/Category/Special-Features/today/A-Passage-to-India-by-E.-M.-Forster.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 221, 221); clear: left; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px;" title="A Passage to India by E. M. Forster" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">This novel, based in India during the British rule, is easily one of the most definitive works, and rightly Forster’s best work. The book is a searing portrayal of the English mismanagement of India, exploring the many rights and wrongs of the empire - the way in which the native population was oppressed by the colonial rule. The main incident of the novel is however the accusation by an English woman- that an Indian doctor, who is a respected member of the Muslim community and a fellow friend, attempted to rape her. Like any other member of his class, his relation with the British administration is somewhat ambivalent, but he is pleased and flattered when an English woman of the name Mrs Moore attempts to befriend him. It’s a tale of power or rather the lack of it that questions whether two people belonging to different race and culture can remain friends, especially when one belongs to the ruling class. It captures the essence of friendship in a never before seen manner.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">4) The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor" src="http://www.mensxp.com/images/article/Category/Special-Features/today/The-Great-Indian-Novel-by-Shashi-Tharoor.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 221, 221); clear: left; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px;" title="The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">This satirical work by Mr Tharoor, whose title and story, draws from The Mahabharata, re-tells the epic tale in the context of the Independence movement up to the Emergency. Figures from Indian history are transformed into characters from mythology and the story of India is retold. The book is written mostly in prose, with poetic interludes that makes the read rather hilarious. Divided into 18 parts, just like The Mahabharata, the story is chronicled by a grumpy old man, who has no regards for his fellow-patriarchs and has lived long enough to tell the story of India’s struggle to establish a democracy. It is a unique take on the Indian history and therefore is a must-read.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">5) India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha" src="http://www.mensxp.com/images/article/Category/Special-Features/today/India-After-Gandhi-by-Ramachandra-Guha.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 221, 221); clear: left; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px;" title="India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha" /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">India after Gandhi – The History Of The World’s Largest Democracy is easily one of the best reads on the modern events that has happened in India after her freedom. Ramachandra Guha’s experience as a cricket commentator makes for an excellent narration of the events. The story is about the journey of Independent India who is struggling to maintain its democracy, breaking apart due to enormous differences of language and religion among its people, fighting and killing within itself but always coming together again, stronger than ever. The book is very well-researched where it shows that the author has perhaps revisited every possible archive to document India’s history post her independence. The book is a celebration of the survival of our nation and amidst all the hypocrisy and controversies surrounding India, this book will definitely be an eye-opener.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-47220414927570187042013-08-15T02:12:00.003-07:002013-08-16T12:52:28.313-07:005 Most Expensive Movie Series<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The mind-boggling special effects, extensive props and intricate make-up – some cinematic experiences just leave us wondering how much money went into producing the movies.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">And more expensive than just that one movie are a number of movies from the series. I bring you some of the most expensive movie series ever.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">1. Pirates of the Caribbean</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3538414016870583415" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pirates-of-the-Caribbean" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFr5QUk9i90Jdrb-YGc8Ul7OGIqtaGGYZFAbyRnoMLVVn0I3KRVg3kpwHA9qrXnBn7zocWx5uSThveIrLRJt86gWf_712EAjr0KgRxm-B8-TiDgGroGYqkiHiNCAyLG8L7JsiEKVXY0OT2/s400/Expensive-Movie-Series---Pirates-of-the-Caribbean.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Without a doubt, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ was the most expensive movie ever made. At a staggering $300 millions, it was worth every cent – the movie made almost a billion dollars at box office worldwide! When ‘The Curse of the Black Pearl’ was a hit in 2003 the cast and crew signed on for two sequels, to be shot back-to-back. They were ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ and ‘At World’s End’ – both of which cost around $450 million. All the four movies cost around $900 millions – and the makers made it back with box office returns of almost $4 billions!</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">2. The Lord of the Rings</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3538414016870583415" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The-Lord-of-the-Rings" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTEGPp0wIXDlidd_Yyb1ubQzwf4DHm2Hjzrvqz-oYviOHCWCNByqyyk-8XjiNs6APvlnSEfR0AUlmaWDxS51ABm4X_hun_FsMEyuYhabgXMZyNDaptCsWbtpX3QOMVaQzTKtOjbHYs9fz/s400/Expensive-Movie-Series---The-Lord-of-the-Rings.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The LOTR trilogy cost about $281 millions when they were made, and their box office profits almost touched $3 billions. Designing Middle-earth, armors, weapons, make-up, creatures and miniatures would not have come for cheap. When the movies were made, the actors had to themselves 19,000 costumes, 1800 hobbit feet and 48,000 pieces of armor. With such supplies, they could have actually won a battle in real life!</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">3. Harry Potter</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3538414016870583415" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Harry Potter" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3Ku2aWAJUAoZnE4eoFBbNZsF1YLEgHVi_KVJPHBkpgMv1rxbqFx0d4lLPGPWq7Oq6Ql2R6vZrktmJOk9WSwXCH5h-3GzlE23X6bfT-tL4wSHfUlAEDTARKSCoMWeVvDpxks2RHBJYLzf/s400/Expensive-Movie-Series---Harry-Potter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The eight Harry Potter movies were made with a budget of over a billion dollars, and the profits were $7.7 billions. The last movie ‘Deathly Hallows’ – made in two parts – together cost around $250 millions. Both movies were high-grossers in 2010 and 2011 – when they released, with box office collections of over $2 billion. With the elaborate sets – from the Ministry of Magic to Bill and Fleur’s wedding – the movie spells money.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">4. The Matrix</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Matrix" border="0" height="257" img="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xAloU_JL1Tkk1R9_MTI4MLqcqDGcWQQSp4Dq_MSF75I0HxrWlaW5KvcbMXo7Tq7txFGzdrqy5SeyJwYd010tOQGUUziDUfe8aeGo69xEMYaZzTCD3EkIhMqybo3SUlkjgw1vEilfqa8r/s400/Expensive-Movie-Series---The-Matrix.jpg" width="400" /></imageanchor></div><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The next most expensive film series is The Matrix – which cost $363 million for all three of its movies, and earned $1.6 billion in return. Of them, the ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ and ‘The Matrix Revolutions’ alone cost over $237 million.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 17px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">5. The Twilight Saga</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Twilight Saga" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscE0U6bDSk1tM-J5feZF6OqcOe9BsgpEDZnwfFklMyj_0JEsr_Ks0C4xk0FDxPCmieZ4LYOKsCCbDsovhGXjWxdmZfLRbfkVzZEaUOu4N-avkhEp03-w60JArwHPxa8aCNThRyqFfU9kW/s400/Expensive-Movie-Series---The-Twilight-Saga.jpg" width="400" /></imageanchor></div><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Pirates, elves, wizards, artificial intelligence and now – vampires! Haters gonna hate, but Stephenie Meyer is not far behind J.K. Rowling when it comes to books being adapted for successful movies. Like Harry Potter, the last book of the Twilight series – ‘Breaking Dawn’ was made into two movies – costing $230 million, and earning $1 billion at the box office.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.203125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">With such huge expenditures, huge profits and especially, the sci-fi and fantasy genres of such epic proportions – making and watching these movie series are honestly money well spent!</div></div><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150127660741243708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538414016870583415.post-25958568274293196372013-08-15T01:35:00.003-07:002013-08-15T01:36:38.325-07:00In full: PM’s Independence Day Speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Transcript of the Independence Day speech delivered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Aug. 15, 2013.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I greet you all on this Independence Day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is certainly a day of joy for us. But on this celebration of independence we also feel pain in our hearts that our brothers and sisters in Uttarakhand had to face devastation about two months back. Our deepest sympathies are with all the families that suffered loss of life or property. I want to assure the people of Uttarakhand today that the whole country stands with them in this moment of crisis. Our government is working with all the resources at its command to rehabilitate those whose houses have been destroyed and rebuild damaged infrastructure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our army, paramilitary forces and numerous officers and staff of the Central and State governments worked in difficult conditions in partnership with the common people to perform an outstanding task in providing relief to those who were stranded. We especially pay homage to the officers and men of the Air Force, ITBP and NDRF who sacrificed their lives to save others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are also deeply pained that we lost the submarine, INS Sindurakshak in an accident yesterday. Eighteen brave sailors are feared to have lost their lives. The accident is all the more painful because the Navy had recently achieved two major successes in the form of its first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant and the aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We pay homage to the brave hearts we have lost. We also congratulate the Navy on its successes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; We achieved independence in 1947 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. If we look at our subsequent journey, we would find that our country has seen major changes every ten years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the decade beginning 1950, India took its first steps as a democratic republic under the leadership of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. We established institutions like the Atomic Energy Commission, Planning Commission and Election Commission, which went on to make a major contribution to the processes of nation building in later years. The first general elections were conducted and a beginning was made towards the formulation of the First Five Year Plan for socio-economic development of the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the Sixties, Pandit Nehru set up new industries and factories, implemented new irrigation projects and opened new universities. By laying emphasis on the role of Science and Technology in nation building he started the work of transforming this ancient country into a modern nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the Seventies, Indiraji boosted our confidence as a nation. During this period, we launched our first satellite in space. The Green Revolution enabled us to be self sufficient in food grains for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the next decade, Rajiv Gandhi ji set into motion the process of technological and economic modernization. The foundation for the progress we later made in the area of Information Technology was laid during this period. The importance of Panchayati Raj Institutions was emphasized and this later resulted in amendments to our Constitutions for strengthening and empowering these institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the year 1991, under the leadership of Shri Narsimha Rao, we successfully negotiated a major economic crisis and embraced reforms for strengthening our economy. These reforms were opposed by many political parties at that time. But the reforms were in national interest and were therefore continued by all governments that came to power subsequently. Since then, the reform process has continually moved forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe that the last decade has also been a decade of major changes in the history of our nation. In no other decade has our economic development increased as much as in this decade. Democratic forces have been strengthened and many sections of our society have joined the mainstream of development for the first time. The common man has been given new rights which have led to his social and economic empowerment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; The first United Progressive Alliance government came to power in May 2004. Ever since, we have worked with sincerity and honesty to build a progressive and modern India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have envisioned a prosperous India. An India which has got rid of centuries old burden of poverty, hunger and disease. Where the light of education has driven away the darkness of ignorance and superstition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where there is social equality and all citizens enjoy equal economic opportunity. Where no section of the society faces injustice and exploitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have dreamed of an India where the youth get employment opportunities that enable them to contribute to the noble endeavor of nation building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have strived for India’s voice to be heard loud and clear at the international level. We have strived to build a nation that is looked at with respect and honor by the whole world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have taken many measures to realize these dreams. But the journey is long and a large distance still remains to be traveled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; We have recently issued an Ordinance towards a Food Security law. The Food Security Bill is now before Parliament and we hope it will be passed shortly. This law will benefit 75% of our rural population and half of our urban population. Under the law, about 81 crore [810 million] Indians would be entitled to receive rice at 3 rupees [US5 cents] per kg, wheat at 2 rupees per kg and coarse grains at 1 rupee per kg. This is the largest effort of its kind in the whole world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have been able to implement this law only because of the hard work of our farmers. Our food-grain production reached a record level of 25.9 crore [259 million] ton in 2011-12.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Without rapid agricultural growth, we cannot achieve our goal of making our villages prosperous. We have constantly endeavored to increase production and to ensure that farmers get remunerative prices for their produce. In the last 9 years, support prices for various crops have been enhanced as never before. The support prices for wheat and paddy have been more than doubled. Many States which faced shortages of food-grains earlier are now producing more than what they require for themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The average annual rate of agricultural growth in the 11th Plan was 3.6, which is more than both the 9th and 10th Plan levels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We now see clear indications of enhanced economic prosperity in our rural areas. In the period 2004 to 2011, rural per-capita consumption has increased four times faster than earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rural wages have also increased much faster in this period. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides employment to crores [tens of millions] of people in rural areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Measuring poverty is a difficult task. There are diverse views about what constitutes poverty. But whatever definition we may adopt, it cannot be denied that the pace of reduction in poverty has increased after 2004.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Many States which had been considered backward for a long time, with some of them being called Bimaru, are now progressing rapidly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have enacted the Right to Education Act to provide every child in the country the opportunity for education. Almost all our children are today being imparted education in primary [elementary] schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The number of young men and women going to college has more than doubled in the last 9 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have implemented new schemes for scholarships on a large scale to enable poor children and those belonging to the weaker sections to access opportunities for education. Today, the Central government provides scholarships to more than 2 crore [20 million] children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Many new institutions have been opened in the area of Higher education. For example, eight new Indian Institutes of Technology, seven new Indian Institutes of Management, 16 new central universities and 10 new National Institutes of Technology. New institutions have also been opened to boost scientific research. Steps have been taken to attract students to the study of science and encourage Indian scientists working abroad to return to India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, much still remains to be done for reforming our education system. Many of our schools still lack drinking water facilities, toilets and other necessary infrastructure. There is a need to improve the quality of education. To achieve this, it is necessary to lay more emphasis on training of teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">About 11 crore [110 million] children are being provided afternoon meals every day in schools under the Midday Meal Scheme. This program is of immense benefit for both education and nutrition of children. However, it is necessary to improve its implementation. The tragedy that happened in Bihar some days back should not be repeated anywhere in the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had launched the National Rural Health Mission in 2005. The Mission has started showing good results. Both Maternal Maternity and Infant Mortality rates have come down sharply. A much larger proportion of children is now born in hospitals. There has also been a large increase in the proportion of children being inoculated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No case of polio has been detected in the country in the last two years. We have been able to eradicate a disease which used to cause disability to lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, which provides free in-patient treatment in hospitals to our poor brothers and sisters, now covers about 3.5 crore [35 million] families.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have implemented the Health Mission in urban areas also. This will result in both expansion and improvement of health services in such areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For ensuring better safety and security for women, we have strengthened the law dealing with offences against women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There has been good progress in the last 9 years in the infrastructure sector also, covering areas such as Roads, Railways, Power, Civil Aviation, Ports and Telecommunications. About 2 lakh km [200,000 km]of new roads have been constructed for connecting villages under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana. More than 37,000 km of new Highways have been built, facilitating travel and trade. More than 40 airports have been built or upgraded. In 2004, only 7 % of the people had telephone connections. Today, 73% enjoy this facility. In rural areas, this figure has gone up from 2 to 40. There has been a record addition to our capacity for electricity generation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; In the recent months, there has been much discussion on the fact that last year our growth rate came down to 5%. This is indeed true and we are trying our best to remedy the situation. However, it is not only our country that is facing economic difficulties. The last year has been difficult for the world economy as a whole. Major European nations are experiencing a slowdown these days. All over the world, there has been a slump in export markets. All developing countries have slowed down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe that this phase of slow growth in India will not last long. In the last 9 years, our economy has grown at an annual average rate of 7.9%. This pace of development is the highest in any decade so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; Countries today are more integrated with each other than ever before. We have endeavored that our foreign policy exploits this fully to India’s benefit. In the last 9 years, there has been a continuous improvement in our relations with the major powers of the world. Our Look East policy in respect of 10 ASEAN countries in East and South-East Asia has borne good results, especially in economic matters. We have also strived for friendship with our neighboring countries. However, for relations with Pakistan to improve, it is essential that they prevent the use of their territory and territory under their control for any anti-India activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There has been improvement in the area of national security also. Despite some worrisome communal incidents in 2012 and this year, the last 9 years have been good for communal harmony. There has been a reduction in terrorist and Naxal violence also. However, the area of national security calls for constant vigil. We have not been successful in preventing Naxal attacks that happen from time to time. The Naxal violence in Chhattisgarh on 25 May was a frontal attack on our democracy. Recently, there was a dastardly attack on our Jawans on the Line of Control with Pakistan. We will take all possible steps to prevent such incidents in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; We have taken many important measures to make the work of the government responsive, transparent and honest. I would like to mention only two of them here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Through the Right To Information Act, the common man now gets more information than ever before about the work of the government. This legislation is being used on a large scale at all levels. The Act frequently brings to light irregularities and corruption and opens the door for improvements. I am sure that the RTI will lead to further improvements in the way the government functions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have introduced the Lokpal Bill in Parliament. The Lok Sabha has passed the Bill and it is now before the Rajya Sabha. This legislation will be a major step towards making our political system clean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; We have journeyed a large distance in the last decade. But much remains to be done. The process of change that we have initiated will be continued in the coming time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I have stated earlier also, rapid economic growth is an imperative for our country. Without it, we cannot possibly achieve targets such as removal of poverty, provision of good quality education and health services and creation of new employment opportunities. The average rate of economic growth that we have attained in the last 9 years shows what we are capable of. However, economic growth has slowed down at present and we are working hard to remedy the situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have recently taken many steps to speed up the process of government clearances for industry, build an environment more conducive to trade and industry and increase investment in the economy. A special Cell has been set up to help big projects with clearances. The Cabinet Committee on Investment is working to remove hindrances in the way of stalled projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Inadequate supply of coal had become a major problem affecting our efforts for increasing electricity generation. This has been resolved to a large extent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We will start work on a number of new infrastructure projects in the coming months. This includes 2 new ports, 8 new airports, new industrial corridors and Rail projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To boost Foreign Direct Investment, we have recently enhanced the limit of such investment in many sectors and made its easier procedurally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the coming months, we will see visible results of these efforts to increase investment. Our growth will accelerate, new employment opportunities will be generated and there will be improvements in the infrastructure sector.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters; After the enactment of the Food Security legislation, its implementation will be one of our priorities. We have already started working in this direction in partnership with States. Computerization of the Public Distribution System will be speeded up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Mid-day Meal scheme will be reformed. The meals being provided to our children should not only be nutritious but also be cooked hygienically. We will take concrete measures to ensure this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the area of Skill Development, we could not initially achieve as much progress as we wanted. But now the pace has picked up. We have established the National Skill Development Authority a few months back. We will shortly launch a new scheme under which those who have successfully acquired new skills will be given a grant of about 10,000 rupees (US$163.) This scheme will benefit about 10 lakh [one million] young men and women in the next 12 months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Multi Sectoral Development Programme for minorities has been reformed recently. We will now implement it effectively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A scheme for offering Minimum Support Prices for minor forest produce has been approved some days back. This will enable our tribal brothers and sisters to get remunerative prices for the minor forest produce they collect. We will implement the scheme expeditiously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A High Level Committee has been constituted to collect accurate information about the socio-economic, educational and health status of our tribal population. The report of the Committee will help us in designing better schemes for their benefit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We can solve many of the problems that our country faces by deploying advanced technology. The Aadhaar scheme is a good example. Under the scheme, by the end of this year, about 50 crore [500 million] people will acquire the means of proving their identity and this will bring them convenience in their daily lives. It will also enable crores [tens of millions] of people to avail of banking facilities for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters, there can be no place for narrow and sectarian ideologies in a modern, progressive and secular country. Such ideologies divide out society and weaken our democracy. We should prevent them from growing. We need to strengthen those traditions of our country which teach us to promote tolerance and respect for thought processes different from ours. I would appeal to all political parties, all sections of our society and the public at large to work in this direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Brothers and Sisters, I had stated a few minutes back that every decade after independence has witnessed major changes in our country. We need to think today what changes we would like to see in the decade ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If in the future we can achieve the same kind of progress as in the last decade, the day is not far off when India will be rid of poverty, hunger, disease and ignorance. Our India will be prosperous and all its citizens will be equal partners in this prosperity, irrespective of their religion, caste, region or language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We will also need to build an environment of political stability, social cohesion and security for this to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let us all re-dedicate ourselves to building such an India together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear children, please repeat with me thrice: Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Jai Hind.”</span></div>
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Pfc. Bradley Manning told a military judge during his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he is sorry he hurt the United States by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks and he asked for leniency.</div>
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“I’m sorry I hurt people. I’m sorry that I hurt the United States,” said Manning, who was convicted last month of multiple crimes, including violations of the Espionage Act, for turning over the classified material. “I’m apologizing for the unintended consequences of my actions. I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people.”</div>
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The former Army intelligence analyst, who served at a forward operating base in Iraq, had not previously expressed regret for his actions, and during trial had justified the leak as necessary to spark a debate about the nation’s preoccupation with “killing and capturing people.”</div>
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Speaking publicly for only the third time since he was arrested in Iraq in June 2010, Manning said he had been naive. “I look back at my decisions and wonder, ‘How on earth could I, a junior analyst, possibly believe I could change the world for the better over the decisions of those with the proper authority?’” said Manning, who spoke for less than five minutes, often in a quavering voice.<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/who-is-wikileaks-suspect-bradley-manning/2011/04/16/AFMwBmrF_print.html" style="color: black;"></a></div>
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Manning, 25, elected to be tried and sentenced by a judge, not a military jury, and Judge Denise Lind, an Army colonel, will determine his sentence. He faces up to 90 years in prison.</div>
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Manning told Lind in an unsworn statement that he understood he would have to “pay a price for my decisions and actions,” but hoped that he would one day be able to attend college and have a meaningful relationship with his sister and her family.</div>
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“I know I can and will be a better person,” he said. “I can return to a productive place in society . . . I have flaws and issues that I have to deal with, but I know that I can and will be a better person. I hope that you can give me the opportunity to prove, not through words, but through conduct, that I am a good person and that I can return to a productive place in society.”</div>
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Manning’s defense team has presented witnesses in the sentencing phase of the trial at Fort Meade to make the argument that Manning’s psychological problems should have led the military to remove him from Iraq. And they hope the judge will consider that as a mitigating factor when she sentences him.</div>
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Earlier Wednesday, Manning’s older sister, Casey Manning Major, described a bleak upbringing in Crescent, Okla. She said she was Manning’s principal caregiver when she was only 11 because both of their parents were alcoholics. As a girl, Major said she would wake up to her brother’s cries, make a bottle for him, rock him and put him back to sleep</div>
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She described one incident in which her brother sat in the back seat with his mother as they were driven to the hospital to make sure she was still breathing after she tried to kill herself with an overdose of Valium.</div>
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A Navy psychiatrist, Capt. David Moulton, testified Wednesday that Manning’s facial features were indicative of someone who was exposed to alcohol in the womb and he exhibited other symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome. Major said her mother drank continuously when she was pregnant with her brother.</div>
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Debra Van Alstyne, Manning’s aunt, said she hoped the judge would consider her nephew’s “very hard start to life. He’s a good person. He cares about people. He thought he was doing the right thing at a time when he was really not thinking clearly.”</div>
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An Army psychologist said that Manning was under intense pressure while serving in Iraq because he was coping with a gender identity disorder in the “hyper-masculine environment” of a war zone. Manning e-mailed the therapist, Capt. Michael Worsley, a photo of himself wearing a blond wig and lipstick, which he also sent to one of his superiors in Baghdad.</div>
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In the e-mail, Manning said he was “haunted” by what he called “my problem.”</div>
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Moulton said that Manning’s identity issues, in combination with his isolation, narcissism and idealism, may have led him to believe that leaking the documents was the right thing to do.</div>
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“He became very enthralled with this idea that the things that he was finding were injustices that he felt he morally needed to right,” said Moulton, who spent 21 hours interviewing Manning at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.</div>
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