Answers for Quiz # 1

Answers to the Quiz # 1 :-

1. Kothamangalam Subbu.
2. David Yates.
3. Minmini
4. Saritha.
5. Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor.
6. Karthik.

Soon with more ....

Quiz # 1

1. On whose work was the Tamil classic Thillana Mohanambal based?
2. Who directed the last of the released Harry Potter movies?
3. Who sang A.R. Rahman’s path-breaking number ‘Chinna Chinna Aasai..” from Roja?
4. If it was Rati Agnihotri in Ek Dujje Ke Liye, who was it in the original Telugu (Maro Charitra)? 5. In the popular Hindi hit Amar Akbar Anthony, who played Amar and Akbar?
6. Which Tamil actor is credited under the name Murali in Telugu flicks?

Answer in my comments box / guest book .....
Correct Answers to be posted tomorrow .....

It's really small - ~the world around~

One half of me was really surprised and the other (cynical one, i guess) was not equally surprised to see the same / similar posts in this link (of a Confused Calcuttan) and leading me to another link of Adino on my earlier post on East Vs West .......... (also check out the 3 depictions missed by me in Adino's post with topics : "Stomach Ache, Defnition of Beauty & Perception of Each other's culture")

This only makes you realise how small the world around you is !!!

Please visit the ORIGINAL of the East Vs West design too ....


errata : my earlier post said this design was conceived by Liu Young, But its actually Ms Liu Yang

East vis-a-vis West

A very interesting email hit my mailbox, this was a caricature based comparion of the various attributes of the Easterners (China, Malays, Indonesians, Thai, India .... mostly Asians) and of the Westerners ( i guess mostly eurpoeans).

Though some of them you don't tend to agree fully, but this brings smile and a nod to most of our lips. This was concieved by Liu Young, born in China & Educated in Germany.

The BLUE coloured ones depict Westerners

The RED coloured ones depict Easterners.

on Opinion :-

on Way of Life :-

on Punctuality :-

on Contacts :-

on Anger :-

on Queue when waiting :-

on Me :-

on Sundays on the road :-

on Party :-

on Inside a restaurant :-

on Travel :-

on Handling of problems :-

on Three meals a day :-

on Transporation :-

on Elderly in day to day life :-

on Shower timings :-

on Moods and Weather :-

on The BOSS :-

on What's trendy :-

on The Child :-

on Things that are new :-

Do you agree ? .............

Short Codes - short circuited ?

What was the response you got on the last ODI between India & England when you SMS'd for the scores?

Did you check your stars and sun signs this week, using your AstroLive SMS?



Was this the reply you got ....“Please send your message to a different number. The numbers have changed as per a government order”.



Mobile VAS industry (estimated at INR 4560 Crores) is claiming the recently implemented rule of adding an extra digit '#5' in all the short codes by TRAI, is hurting their revenues & for the telecom operators as well.



They also claim the operators have Pre-installed the Short Codes for an estimated 120 Million subscribers for accesing their LIVE services through these short codes and it'll be really expensive and time consuming exercise for changing these physically.



But a visit to the TRAI website indicates the Operators & VAS service providers have been given time since 31st July 2006.



The content providers and the operators could have used the technology platform in educating the users of these services atleast indicating to alter the Short codes in near future. Though one might argue its not possible to inform all subscribers, they could have atleast informed people availing these services using their already existing software tools.



Looks like the providers wake up only in the last moment, inspite of of extension in deadlines by TRAI.



So much for customer care ............

Letters written by Mother Teresa which reveal she sometimes doubted God surprised and then inspired many among her order, her successor said ahead of Wednesday's 10th anniversary of the ethnic Albanian nun's death.

"The sisters were surprised, I was surprised to learn how she suffered in her thirst for God," said Sister Nirmala, the diminutive superior general of the Missionaries of Charity."She suffered, yet she had a mask on herself of mysterious joy which comes only from complete surrender to God."

Sister Nirmala succeeded an ailing Mother Teresa six months before she died aged 87 on September 5, 1997, and will help lead a special mass to mark her passing.The collection of letters written to colleagues and superiors over 66 years and complied by an advocate for her sainthood are due to be published on Tuesday under the title "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light".They cover a range of subjects dear to the Roman Catholic nun but it is those which portray her as at times deeply tormented about her faith that have grabbed attention.

courtesy : ibnlive.com

What do u think i'll be writing (err... Blogging)?

Reading Blogs, of varied locations from South Africa to Delhi to Shillong to South East Asia and on varied topics like Indian economy/Vedas & Hinduism to Plagiarism in Indian Cinema Music to Tamil litreature have been my hobby for long ....

So what prompted to own one, now, after a long time?

Waiting for an answer? One should be really optimistic .... ;-)