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Its old news but quite interesting and hence am reproducing it here - Instant justice for using foul language Applying the principle of instant justice, Sharjah Police made a woman passenger beat a taxi driver in the streets in public for using vulgar language when she told the driver to drive safely. This is surely something we can emulate. Especially considering the rude responses one get when one asks a cab driver or an autorickshaw driver to drive sanely. [Image Source:http://bangalore.metblogs.com]

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Yes, Keanu Reeves for Ram, Salma Hayek for Sita and either Sylvester Stallone or Kevin Costner for demon king Ravana! So how would you like that? If you think I have gone bonkers read this report in the ToI . With a little imagination and a few deft photoshop strokes, this is what it would possibly look like if the film becomes a reality. Would they be able to recreate the same magic as Arun Govil & Deepika Chikalia? Well, that's for time to tell.

If some reports of the world press are to be believed psych drugs could be the reason behind Cho’s mindless killing in Virginia Tech. Shocking but it could be true. Are meds to blame for Cho's rampage? Experts say psychiatric drugs linked to long list of school shooting sprees What is more shocking is that increasingly school children in US are being given psychiatric drugs. Why? Did you know - that the schools receive $400 for each child that is diagnosed as ADHD??? Whats ADHD or Attention Deficit Disorder? - In 1980, the so-called Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which amounts to little more than a list of behaviors, was voted into existence as a mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association, so it could be included in the psychiatric billing Bible known as the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, DSM. In 1987, an H was added to the label and the illness became, "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." Within one year, 500,000 children ...

This time let numbers do the talking. Take a look here on the extraa in(come)nings of our star cricket players - M.S Dhoni - 8 Crores! Days spent in Advertising: 75 days No of Brands - 15 [Reebok, Reliance Comm, TVS, GE Money, Siyarams, Brylcreem, Titan Sonata, Exide, Castrol, Pepsi, Seagram etc] Rahul Dravid - 13 crores Days spent in Advertising: 60 days No of Brands - 12 [ Bank of Baroda, Max New York, Hutch, Britannia, Pepsi, Reebok, Citizen etc] Virender Sehwag - 5 Crores Days spent in Advertising: 40 days No of Brands - 8 [ Adidas, Pepsi, Boost, Hero Honda, Sahara, Britannia] Yuvraj Singh - 8 Crore Days spent in Advertising: 40 days No of Brands - 8 [Microsoft, Pepsi, Seagram, SBI Cards, Reebok, Marico, Trent etc] Sourav Ganguly - 5 crores Days spent in Advertising: 35 days No of Brands - 7 [TCL, Hero Honda, Tata Indicom, Sahara, Puma etc] Dinesh Karthik - 40 Lakhs Days spent in Advertising: 5 days No of Brands - 1 [Nike] And brace yourselves for the heartstopper of them all: Sach...

Surely no one these days need to be 'educated' on Yoga. Another 'export' from the east to the western world that has gone on to being one of the most popular activity today. The practice of yoga helps improve health, mental peace, emotional strength and intellectual clarity. And there are different types of Yoga's that has been spawned to cater to all kinds of audience - Power Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga etc. and one also has a choice of branded Yoga's - Iyengar Yoga based on teachings by B.K.S Iyengar ; Bikram Yoga or "Hot Yoga" So here comes another "Sales Yoga". Now, why not? Salespeople need to be creative, resourceful, aggressive, brave, and more importantly enthusiastic. They need to really fight every sale before it translates to income for them. Sales is about pushing oneself against the odds and making the customer feel victorious! A lot depends on how to ask the right questions, listen, analyse, strategize, integrate and belie...

Since time immemorial we have been aping the west shamelessly, I think there is nothing wrong in taking a cue from them once again. Having been subjected to horrible movies time and again, its about time we have an Indian version of the Razzie awards and honor these film makers with something similar to " The Golden Raspberry Awards ". My suggestion would be to start the "Andaa Tamaatar Film Review Jury" and give away "Purple Nuts" award, earnestly with pomp & show to the worst film-makers! Hopefully that might teach them to give a little credit to audience's intelligence.

Simply put Sanjaya Malakar is to American Idol what Shilpa Shetty was to Big Brother - a lucky 17 year old who found instant stardom after participating in the American Idol season 6. So what’s the fuss about now, one may ask? He is not much of a singer. But so are many others who participate in American Idol you might say. He has funny hairdos. So what? You exclaim! Well, he is half-Indian. Aah! Now I get it you say. Here is a little snapshot on Sanjaya – - Sanjaya & Shyamali (his elder sister) both auditioned for Americal Idol season 6 and both got selected for the Hollywood round. But only Sanjaya made it till Top 8. - His father is a Bengali Indian while his mother is an Italian American. - He has JLo for a “fanjaya” for she said, “I like this kid. I love Sanjaya!" after hearing him sing in Spanish in rehearsal, the only one of the remaining 8 contestants to do so - The real controvery started when Howard Stern, veteran radio and television personality, announced that he w...

Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge - David Osborn http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7678538942425297587 [Time Length:29.30 minutes] Introduction: Early indologists wished to control & convert the followers of Vedic Culture, therefore they widely propagated that the Vedas were simply mythology. Max Muller, perhaps the most well known early sanskritist and indologist, although later in life he glorified the Vedas, initially wrote that the "Vedas were worse than savage" and "India must be conquered again by education... it's religion is doomed" Thomas Macaulay, who introduced English education into India wanted to make the residents into a race that was: "Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect." However, the German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated that the Sanskrit understanding of these Indologists was like that of young schoolboys These early Indologists: • Devised the Aryan Invas...

Here are some details you will find useful if you are planning to take a road trip to Kodai Distance - Bangalore to Kodaikanal clocks around 485 kms Route Decription - There are two routes with slight variations. Route 1. Bangalore 43 Hosur 19 Sulagiri 29 Krishnagiri 25 Karimangalam 21 Dharmapuri 26 Toppur 23 Omalur 17 Salem 24 Rasipuram 50 Namakkal 37 Karur 29 Aravakkurichi 33 Vedasandur 23 Ottanchatram 23 Palani 74 Kodaikkanal Route 2 - Bangalore - Dharmapuri - Madurai - Kodai Road (Here you got to be careful to take the right deviation to the Kodai ghat section else the road actually leads to Munnar) The roads are motorable for most of the distance till one reaches the Madurai-Kodai road. Lots of development & new road constructions are taking place hence only a single side of the road is available. Night drives should be avoided due to heavy traffic of trucks, bad lights and lack of road space. The ghat section has several hairpin bends and there are constant reminders for driv...

Its been some time since 'Sivaji - The Boss' the next film by the southern superstar has been announced and everyday the hoopla around it just seems to increasingly exponentially. Here are some mindboggling information surrounding this movie: 1. Out of all Director Shankar's movies this is being touted as the most expensive one. And here is the breakup - 68% was spent in location, not surprisingly 12% in graphics, 8% as salaries (no doubt excluding dat of Rajni's) 8% for costumes, 2% for music maestro A.R.Rahman and other techincians, and the remaining 2% on miscellaneous. 2. Amitabh Big B Bachchan is supposedly making his first guest appearance with Rajni in a Tamil movie. And dat is something to watch out for. Rumours say the Big B shot for the movie in 2 days at Pune. 3. Not to stop at Big B..Shankar has allegedly also roped in Malayam Superstar Mamooty for a special scene n the movie. 4. Here are some numbers for you to digest - The distribution rights for Sivaji ha...