tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33631171907663132262024-03-12T23:33:26.919-07:00....................... Nisarg KinariwalaNisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-33382050924801843572010-03-20T00:11:00.000-07:002010-03-20T06:00:54.231-07:00IPL - Facts & Figures<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IPL</span></span> is back with a bang on its own soul and fever is on high time. Last time's neglected teams (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mumbai</span></span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kolkatta</span></span>) are leading in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">IPL</span></span> 3. So this is a game - where there is no strategy, no strong team, no weak team, no big players, no small players, it's all about - "<em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jiska</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">balla</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">jis</span></span> din <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">chala</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">uski</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">nikal</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">padi</span></span></em>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">IPL</span></span> is the ultimate source of full <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">entertainment</span> (Cricket + <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Bollywood</span></span> + Glamour). I am really missing it here in Hyderabad. I remember, a group of 6 roommates had a lot of fun in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">IPL</span></span> 1 when we enjoyed a live match; these time also we were planning to go. But bunch of thanks to T-guys. "<em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Jai</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Telangana</span></span>!!!</em>"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since last couple of days, I had lot of doubts around profit sharing in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">IPL</span></span> matches, how these big buyers get profit. Last night I had some level of research and found few articles and that clicked me to write a blog. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The original concept was from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ICL</span></span> but then <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">BCCI</span></span> modified it and added some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ingredients</span> and made a spicy and delicious food. In 2007, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">IPL</span></span> had an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">auction</span> for 8 teams.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A contract figure for 10 years was something like this.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNZiMG7RQDnYWp7r2AzDeel984snCIXlr3LlTJBQOHAVy3cD3ckpe0GkHdVtF6nZgfoCphj48svNNR3Uxbh4VzOziOom4Igy00O5ip87nPGtb7FI4BVy26oZVSBuqr7HXtcRJkn6Z5BE/s1600-h/Capture5.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNZiMG7RQDnYWp7r2AzDeel984snCIXlr3LlTJBQOHAVy3cD3ckpe0GkHdVtF6nZgfoCphj48svNNR3Uxbh4VzOziOom4Igy00O5ip87nPGtb7FI4BVy26oZVSBuqr7HXtcRJkn6Z5BE/s400/Capture5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450679930584084754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 247px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div>I was very <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">surprized</span> by looking at this figure how exactly they will earn money out of it. But this is 10 year contract fee to buy franchise. And they don't need to pay this amount at beginning. Every year, they have pay 10% to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">BCCI</span>.</div><br />Here in the profit sharing between <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">BCCI</span> and different teams for Broadcasting revenue, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">IPL</span> Sponsorship Revenue and Ticket Revenue.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkP3lnZHVy1q7nINUFdiqGdCAIe3a_x5SA5TXk0O56T5B2ptFhUB6bvqNFcHx5Sr54Tm_9pRmj7UEghstUaakWggIn1VefExDtx5KBjJ0cuHCVtVwHSu_9qiHtTcGhUebesG41Eyw6uA/s1600-h/Capture1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkP3lnZHVy1q7nINUFdiqGdCAIe3a_x5SA5TXk0O56T5B2ptFhUB6bvqNFcHx5Sr54Tm_9pRmj7UEghstUaakWggIn1VefExDtx5KBjJ0cuHCVtVwHSu_9qiHtTcGhUebesG41Eyw6uA/s400/Capture1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450682353494168722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 311px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZfKcMue4_e2gk9HN7_8uJ6Vrum9ETu4pHoMmTIV4V99AsOYETFME4Dq66WIz4CLApAnSsa2w5QE2KyvtHtffAOBoS-Uhyphenhyphen2-T3plq9ZqUctsic6kx4eRmNciKdPXf_WSyadMbbwbI9uk/s1600-h/Capture2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZfKcMue4_e2gk9HN7_8uJ6Vrum9ETu4pHoMmTIV4V99AsOYETFME4Dq66WIz4CLApAnSsa2w5QE2KyvtHtffAOBoS-Uhyphenhyphen2-T3plq9ZqUctsic6kx4eRmNciKdPXf_WSyadMbbwbI9uk/s400/Capture2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450682816944941618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 322px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7xbplvOase4hga9jay6GmRcky0k9x_anNP6hGQ4zpOqWqx2HSE8LKJ73_1O8iv0GNR17ZY7xTaIC3bvaX-I50Rw9WtTfp7fOGejmIg9_LZ1gRMuzhZPlNxGIpXZJkNPKSTxEjGWDSFM/s1600-h/Capture3.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7xbplvOase4hga9jay6GmRcky0k9x_anNP6hGQ4zpOqWqx2HSE8LKJ73_1O8iv0GNR17ZY7xTaIC3bvaX-I50Rw9WtTfp7fOGejmIg9_LZ1gRMuzhZPlNxGIpXZJkNPKSTxEjGWDSFM/s400/Capture3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450682944569146210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 234px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Apart from this, 87.5 % all merchandise revenue, 100% Individual Team Sponsorship revenue, 100% Hospitality Revenue are other source of income.</div><br /><div>Here is the balance-sheet of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">IPL</span> 2. (Figures below in Rs. Crore)</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbwr3wjAJYvOqIeJ6_mTxA8zNBtPslNT43qQ5oa6VF_OaO5fLY1bIYOqhXNcyn22AhsEJjMuHnDRVn-3tp8fNulgvbkMUCl5TzPchCNhh9Rph4Zd9AubAUjcdkOQKE4GE_AAoTMMhuVE/s1600-h/Capture4.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbwr3wjAJYvOqIeJ6_mTxA8zNBtPslNT43qQ5oa6VF_OaO5fLY1bIYOqhXNcyn22AhsEJjMuHnDRVn-3tp8fNulgvbkMUCl5TzPchCNhh9Rph4Zd9AubAUjcdkOQKE4GE_AAoTMMhuVE/s400/Capture4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450683269509110130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px; " /></a><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">BCCI</span> is concerned, their main source of income is TV rights for 10 years. Before <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">IPL</span>2, it was Rs. 4200 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Crore</span> but post <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">IPL</span>2, contract was renegotiated to Rs. 8200 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Crore</span>. Sony will pay Rs 670 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">crore</span> per year for first four years and Rs. 1,100 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">crore</span> per year for next five years. Before renegotiation of contract, it was Rs. 280 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">crore</span>/year for first five years and Rs 540 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">crore</span> for next five years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far as Sony is concerned, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">IPL</span> Advertisement tariff was Rs 4 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">lakh</span> to 5 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">lakh</span> / 10 seconds in 2009. (It was Rs 2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">lakh</span> to 3 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">lakh</span> / 10 seconds in 2008). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Waiting for balance-sheet of IPL 3 :-)</div></div></div></div></div></div>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-47912297178704267082010-01-31T05:12:00.000-08:002010-02-02T09:56:58.368-08:00Aman ki Asha or Nirasha<div align="justify">On the eve of 1st Jan, 2010, a leading news paper in India (Times of India) and leading news paper in Pakistan (Jang Group) came together and launched a new concept "<strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aman</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ki</span> A<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">sha</span></strong>". I remember, 1st Jan's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">TOI</span> had not any headline on the first page, and instead the big bold letter was showing "Love Pakistan". and then they explained this new concept. At first glance it was looking very weird but the narration was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">very</span> nice and convincing. On that day, they came up with all kind of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">statistics</span>, how much % of people in India and Pakistan want peace, how much % of people in India and Pakistan want to stop <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">terrorism</span> and all that. All the figure and graph were showing the green signal and seemed to create an impression that India and Pakistan are just either side of a coin. Sounds good !!!<br /><br />Since 1st Jan, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">TOI</span> has dedicated 1/2 pages specifically for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aman</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">ki</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Asha</span> by posting interviews of big stars, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">making</span> a publicity of musical events being conducted in several cities by involving <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">indo</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">pak</span> singers/musicians, posting some historical news and many more. A concept is really good, innovative, convincing, very well executed so far. But my only question is - does it really work?<br /><br />When all this is happening - different controversies are coming up.<br /></div><ol><li><div align="justify">On 22<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> Jan, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pak</span> PM Mr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gilani</span> said that "<em>Cant' guarantee peace to India</em>".. he added further... "<em>Pakistan itself is facing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mumbai</span>-like attacks almost on every other day and when we cannot protect our own citizens, how can we guarantee that there won't be any more terrorist hits in India"</em>.</div></li><li><div align="justify">In <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">IPL</span> 3 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">auction</span>, all <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">pakistan</span> players have been ignored which created another <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">controversy</span>. And when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">SRK</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aamir</span> quoted their statements in support of Pakistani players, Shiv Sena today declared them as "2 Idiots".</div></li><li><div align="justify">Since long, in Maharashtra, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">MNS</span> is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">targeting</span> on North Indians.</div></li><li><div align="justify">In Delhi, "If you don't speak Hindi, you are not Indian"</div></li><li><div align="justify">Since last couple of months, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">protesters</span> in AP are demanding a separate state '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Telangana</span>'. And when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Manmohan</span> government blinked, very next day, proposals for whopping 9 states have been emerged.</div></li></ol><p align="justify">So the point is, we have enough problems within the country itself. We stay in India but we are not Indian from inside. <em>"<strong>My State</strong>" </em>and <em>"<strong>My Caste</strong>" </em>are the main root causes which create a big dent on Unity. How long we fight with each other under one roof? Why are we repeating the same mistake which we did a century ago? First of all we need to be a good Indian and then only we can be a good neighbour. This is equally applicable to each Pakistani as well. Once we get a feeling of 'United India', then becoming a good neighbour would be very easy.</p><p align="justify">According to me, '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aman</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">ki</span> A<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">sha</span>' should divert their intention and try to make "<strong>One United India</strong>" first. Each single Indian should feel that the whole country is for every Indian, no matter which state he belongs to, no matter which caste he belongs to, no matter which language he speaks. Mile <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sur</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mera</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tumhara</span> could have been a good step but it was tainted with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bollywoodism</span>. </p><p align="justify">So what do you think friends? Waiting for your replies.</p><p align="justify"></p>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-89855363837658501482010-01-25T23:21:00.001-08:002010-01-31T11:19:27.329-08:00Fir Mile Sur - More of a disappointment<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Last time, it was, 15th August, 1988 and DoorDarshan launched a second anthem of India "<b><i>Mile Sur Mera Tumhara</i></b>" which was almost on the lip of every Indian. I have grown up by listening this beautiful song frequently and I used to sing the full song in all the languages. And I know this was the case with all of us.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">On the eve of 26th January, 2010, almost after 22 years, Times of India and Vodaphone-Essar came together and launched a new version (<b><i>Fir Mile Sur</i></b>) on Zoom. I heard the news just a week ago and I was excited about it. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Today I watched (<i>not enjoyed</i>) the full song !!! It was more of a disappointment. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">First let me spread the highlight on original version.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><ul><li>The original song was created in <b>Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad</b> and promoted by<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"> </span><b>Doordarshan</b>. </li><li>It was composed by <b>Ashok Patki</b> and written by <b>Piyush Pandey</b>. </li><li>It was <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>sung in <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>14 different Indian languages, cast by 14 Movie/TV actors, 4<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"> </span>Singers/Musicians, 9 <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>Sportsmen, 7 others from different fields. </li><li>Total duration was around 6 minutes.</li></ul></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">A glimpse on New version</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><ul><li>A new version includes 22 Superstars, 18 renowned musicians, 13 artists/singers and <span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>15 other icons. </li><li>They shot in 13 different cities of India and total it took 2 months.</li><li><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-tab-span"></span>Video is created by <b>Kailash Surendranath</b> who also directed the original one 2<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"> </span>decades<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"> </span>ago.</li><li>Amitabh Bachhan is the only one who has been part of both the versions. </li><li>1st version was including Prakash Padukone and 2nd version is including his daughter<span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"> </span>Dipika Padukone.</li><li>Total duration is around 16 minutes.</li></ul></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">I started watching almost half a way while having a morning tea and a newspaper in my hand. And after few minutes, I caught 1st half by changing the channels. Few things I like, few not; It is not upto the expectation. Firstly, as a general sense, people always remember and praise 1st version. When they get the second version, they immediately start comparing it with the first one and adjourn the court by giving the final verdict saying its not like the 1st one. This generally happens. I may be one of them but still let me make my Disappointment-bag empty here; on the blog.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b>-Ve</b></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><ol type="1"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">It was more of a bollywood song. <?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="disc"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Shahid was singing as he was in Kismat Konnection (Bakhuda Tumhi ho...)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">SRK; as usual; was waving his hand in the air as he was in Kal Ho na Ho<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Aamir was sort of Ram Shankar Nikunbh of Taare Zameen Par.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Sallu was there in Baniyan and flaunting his body.</span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Dipika is flaunting her legs.</span></li></ul></ol><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;">What the heck??? Are these guys promoting secularism of India or promoting themselves? I couldn't understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol type="1" start="2"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Why didn't they include any Cricketer? Indians are most influenced by Cricket, followed by Movies. So at least they should have included Sachin & Dhoni.</span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="3"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">How come they missed “Taj Mahal”? Come’on…modernization of the song should not be allowed by removing Taj Mahal from original copy.</span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="4"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Of course, a modified version is coming in 2010; so it should be for Gen Next. But taking all the big Bollywood stars and ask them to perform in their own way is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">not</b> the modernization of such a beautiful second anthem.</span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="5"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">How about including Ambani, Tata, Birla, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Vajpayee, some famous child stars (Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Shriya) and of course most importantly “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Aam Aadmi</i>”?</span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="6"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">If the whole song would have been composed by A.R.Rehman, it could have been far far better. (Remember Vande Mataram?).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><b><br /></b><br /><b>+Ve</b><br /><ol type="1"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">The song starts with beautiful tune given by A.R.Rehman and then Big B expresses himself in his own voice.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="2"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Priyanka is promoting Girl Education</span></li></ol><ol type="1" start="3"><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">The best part of this new version is – They included “deaf and dumb” children acting “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”. This is something eye-catching in this new version</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>I may be wrong at some points, but again it is just an individual perception. Feel free to post the comments and give your views.</o:p></p></div>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-33962321246058263622010-01-24T04:11:00.001-08:002010-03-13T07:33:19.112-08:00ORKUT History<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I almost forgot that I was writing blogs few months ago. Few of my friends asked me "no new entry on your blog ???" and that clicked me - "</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oh man.. I almost stopped contributing on blogspot</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">". So now Nisarg has woken up....</span></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div></span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After having a heavy lunch today, I just opened Orkut and I saw Orkut's 6th Birthday logo on its home page. So instead of logging into Orkut, I started doing research on okrut - How orkut came into market and how a baby orkut grew up.</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><ol><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Orkut was launched on January 22, 2004 by Google as independent project of </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Orkut Büyükkökten</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Don’t know how to pronounce his LastName).</span></span></li><li><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7DKu12xgkhy_gI0U0FhpM0Uh-1daCS1g1dVr3d3RMNY6lOIR9AKmig3NgVLSIOwY_F_XG-PoBYna49neKx2IYRhlK7thaGWqucFRwqKdU6b3fsRup7kaUPduCujD2peze2tBwdwit9Q/s1600-h/Untitled.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430317464081020786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7DKu12xgkhy_gI0U0FhpM0Uh-1daCS1g1dVr3d3RMNY6lOIR9AKmig3NgVLSIOwY_F_XG-PoBYna49neKx2IYRhlK7thaGWqucFRwqKdU6b3fsRup7kaUPduCujD2peze2tBwdwit9Q/s400/Untitled.jpg" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This guy is a Turkish software engineer, obtained Ph.D. (Computer Science) from Standford University and started working in Google in 2002. He developed Orkut as a 20% independent project while working at Google.</span></span></div></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While previously working for Affinity Engines, he had developed a similar system, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">InCircle</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, intended for use by university alumni groups. In late June 2004, Affinity Engines filed suit against Google, claiming that Büyükkökten and Google has launced orkut which is based on inCircle code. The allegation is based on the presence of 9 identical bugs in orkut that was also existing in InCircle</span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At first year, United States had the largest user base. By word of mouth various Brazilians began adopting and inviting more friends. Soon after, Brazil surpassed U.S. in number of users and Orkut started becoming heavily popular in Brazil. As on January 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> 2010, below is the statistics.</span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:Georgia, serif;" class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6AYU414G8yxtf-aIQRKMwYfT68DNSTHwQAaUBBMcoz3GjHpbOC_53WrBvl1ACi9LZag7MBzJpWhpRiGapHvUE6qve3gpqVruEA714Wb_s83dbfdPrVJaCahEkNuWRT09AIihzRwwSbk/s1600-h/Capture.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430319343748485410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6AYU414G8yxtf-aIQRKMwYfT68DNSTHwQAaUBBMcoz3GjHpbOC_53WrBvl1ACi9LZag7MBzJpWhpRiGapHvUE6qve3gpqVruEA714Wb_s83dbfdPrVJaCahEkNuWRT09AIihzRwwSbk/s400/Capture.JPG" /></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Orkut was very popular in Iran, but the website is blocked by the government. As they say, this is due to national security issues, as orkut users have the ability to spread messages rapidly, but the government says it's due to Islamic ethical issues about dating and match making. To get around this block, sites such as "orkutproxy.xom" (now defunct) were made for Iranian users. Followed by Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain have also taken an action to ban Orkut.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Similar kind of actions have been taken in India as well. On October 10, 2006, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad bench served a notice on Google for allowing a hate campaign against India. This referred to a community on Orkut called 'We Hate India', which initially carried a picture of an Indian flag being burned and some anti-India content. The High Court order was issued in response to a public-interest petition filed by an Aurangabad advocate. Google had six weeks to respond. Even before the petition was filed, many Orkut users had noticed this community and were mailing or otherwise messaging their contacts on Orkut to report the community as bogus to Google, which could result in its removal. The community has now been</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Prior to the 60th Independence Day of India, Orkut's main page was revamped. The section which usually displayed a collage of photos of various people, showed a stylized Orkut logo. The word </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Orkut</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> was written in the Devanagiri script and was colored in the Indian national colours. Clicking on the logo redirects to a post by the Orkut India Product Manager, Manu Rekhi</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">According to some media reports, the police were deliberating on the issue of charging the accused under the (Indian) Information Technology Act, 2000 perhaps because Orkut was believed to be a mode of communication for these kind of drug abuses. The Cyber police in India have entered into an agreement with Orkut to have a facility to catch and prosecute those misusing Orkut since complaints are rising</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">By March of 2008 the number of Orkut communities had reached more than 47 million (I don’t know how trustworthy this news is)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ol><div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px" class="Apple-style-span"><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,252,255); MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While doing all these research, I came to know a very funny story published on some “aaltu-faaltu” site. Worth reading it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">J</span></span></span></span></p><p style="BACKGROUND: #f8fcff; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A guy lost his </span></span></span><span class="relatedlinks-highlight1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">girlfriend</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in a </span></span><span class="relatedlinks-highlight1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">train</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> accident, but the girl's name nowhere appeared in the dead list. This guy grew up and became IT </span></span></span><span class="ilad1"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span id="IL_AD2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">technical architect</span></span></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in his late 20's, achievement in itself!!</span></span></span></div><span lang="EN"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px" class="Apple-style-span"><span id="fullpost"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He hired developers from the whole globe and planned to make a software where he could search for his girlfriend through the web. Things went as planned and he found her, after losing <span id="IL_AD1"></span></span></span><span class="ilad2"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">millions of dollars</span></span></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and 3 long years!!</span></span></span></span></div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It was time to shut down the search operation, when the CEO of Google had a word with this guy n took over this application. This Software made a whopping 1 billion dollars profit in its first year, which we today know as </span></span><span class="relatedlinks-highlight1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ORKUT</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px;font-family:Wingdings;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">JJJ</span></span></span></span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,252,255); MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></u></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div><div></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-53810263165498684062009-10-12T07:52:00.000-07:002009-10-12T11:36:49.892-07:003 unkown facts about Big B<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RhrvJRk8C1cxYgMKXz7eTR6VA6bPiQORoG663piKI_oqdVsOw_rOhlUatAaHPvKRLuEjqvC7p6oSCoFuoa8TXNChEGdManeSOg5G-5XSB6WOPjIarmDSsoGz32wWBieMNpy1U7vGiQc/s1600-h/16170_th.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 221px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391738229121250978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RhrvJRk8C1cxYgMKXz7eTR6VA6bPiQORoG663piKI_oqdVsOw_rOhlUatAaHPvKRLuEjqvC7p6oSCoFuoa8TXNChEGdManeSOg5G-5XSB6WOPjIarmDSsoGz32wWBieMNpy1U7vGiQc/s400/16170_th.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Just a day back, Big B turned 67. A legendary actor, without him, we cannot even think of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bollywood</span>. A big salute to you sir !!! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jeo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">hazaaro</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">saal</span>...</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> know what came in my mind but I thought let me try to find some interesting facts about Mr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bachchan</span> and I browsed quite a few sites and I came across <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">some</span> interesting facts which I never knew. I picked up 3 and put it in a blog. That way, one new entry added to my blogs after many days. Here you go.....<br /><ol><br /><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bachchan</span> was initially named as <strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Inquilab</span></strong> (<em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Inquilab</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shrivashtav</span></em>), inspired from the famous phrase "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Inquilab</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Zindabad</span>, but later he was renamed as "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Amitabh</span>" (the light that would never go off).</li><li>He made an entry in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bollywood</span> due to introduction letter sent by Mrs. Indira Gandhi. And that's how he got a role in "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Saat</span> Hindustani" for 5000 Rs.</li><li>While filming Coolie in 1982, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bachchan</span> was required to fall onto a table and then on the ground in one of the fighting scene with Puneet Issar. Puneet Issar accidently punched him and that resulted abdomen injury, from which he lost a significant amount of blood. He required an emergency <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">splenectomy</span> and remained critically ill in hospital for many months, at times close to death. The public response included prayers in temples and offers to sacrifice limbs to save him. The film was released in 1983.<br />The director, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Manmohan</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Desai</span>, altered the ending of Coolie after <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bachchan's</span> accident. <strong><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bachchan's</span> character was originally intended to have been killed off </strong>but after the change of script, the character lived in the end. (Based on few articles, Bachchan's mom Mrs. Teji asked Mr. Desai to edit the script.) It would have been inappropriate, said <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Desai</span>, for the man who had just fended off death in real life to be killed on screen. Also, in the released film the footage of the fight scene is frozen at the critical moment, and a caption appears onscreen marking this as the instant of the actor's injury and the ensuing publicity of the accident. Also the last scene where he stands in the balcony and thank the people, was the <strong>real scene</strong>, a way to thank the people of India, "Main to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">chala</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">gaya</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">tha</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">laut</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">aaya</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">hoon</span> to bus <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">aapki</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">duaon</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">se</span>...."<br /></li></ol><p>Please feel free to add anything interesting if you know.</p><p>Belated Happy Birthday, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Amitji</span> :-)</p>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-75347354803184845552009-08-24T01:00:00.000-07:002009-08-24T03:15:51.366-07:00Movies... (Ticket + Popcorn + Cola + DISPRIN)A long back, one of my teachers had told us one saying "<b>Expectation is mother of all disappointments</b>". So true !!! Well, this time I have trapped Indian Movies. A guy works 14 hrs a day for the whole week, finishes his personal stuff on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Saturday</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sunday</span> he thinks that he can get a relief by watching a movie. And after coming out from a theatre room, you can find all different adjectives - 'pathetic', 'horrible', 'boring', 'terrible', '<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">awful</span>' and finally '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">WTF</span>'. <div><br /></div><div>What happened to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">bollywood</span>? I don't understand. First <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">quarter</span> of 2009 gave nothing. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Akshay</span> also started giving all nonsense movies, just like Singh is King. If you start thinking anything starting with 'Why', you will end up by breaking your head into nuts. </div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Dev D</span></i> - I was expecting it will be a good <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">entertainer</span> as personally I like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Abhay</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Deol</span> as he is specialist in playing off-bit roles. But this was not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">upto</span> the standard of his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">previous</span> movies. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Billu</span></i></span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">SRK</span> gave only 2 good movies in whole of his life. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Swadesh</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Chak</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">de</span> India, otherwise same shah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">rukh</span>; running in the yellow-red colored fields by wearing black jackets, and that too with typical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">chopra</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">johar</span> music...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">yukkkk</span>..</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Luck by Chance</i></span> - okay. (good in comparison with other movies)</div><div><br /></div><div>And then there was a big pause in movie release as profit sharing issue fired. All multiplex started demanding 50% share from overall profit earned by producers. Literally they stopped releasing movies. All big heads got together; that too including <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">SRK</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Aamir</span>. (<i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Akhir</span> me <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">hari</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">patti</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">ka</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">sawal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">hai</span></i>). Somehow they have negotiated with some figure. 1st week 50%, 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">nd</span> week 42.5%, 3rd week 35% and 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">th</span> week onwards, 30% flat.</div><div><br /></div><div>The moment I heard this news, I was happy that now all stacked movies will overflow. But it was just like burp after heavy food. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Aa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">dekhen</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">jhara</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">NewYork</span>, all failed. I was expecting too much from Love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Aajkal</span> as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Imtiaz</span> Ali had 2 nice baby birth - '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Socha</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">na</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">tha</span>' & 'Jab we met'. Though Love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Aajkal</span> was not disappointing, but it was not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">upto</span> the standard of his previous movies. A typical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Saif</span>, stolen <i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">kaam</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">chalu</span></i> music of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Pritam</span> and too much of flip-flop between stories in London/Delhi/Punjab; these 3 factors had weaken the strength of the movie. </div><div><br /></div><div>But the main reason which clicked me to write this blog was '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Kaminey</span>'. A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Vishal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Bharadwaj</span> highly created hyped movie and 3-4 star avg rating by all critics. Man, it was so pathetic. The whole movie was in darkness. Too many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">scenes</span> have been directed with full close-up and that too shacking camera. '<i>Jo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">dimag</span> me <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">aaya</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">wo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">daal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">diya</span> movie me</i>'. We returned to home with full headache and bunch of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">gaalis</span> on tip of tongue. </div><div><br /></div><div>Oh yeah, forgot to tell one thing. I also watched trailers for upcoming movies and decided that better spend money in buying some stuff. !!!</div><div><br /></div>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-34080936164998470952009-08-19T17:18:00.000-07:002009-08-23T12:42:15.542-07:007 things...<div>Almost 10 weeks and no contribution to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">blogspot</span>.com. Finally got some time. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Huhhh</span>!!! </div><div>Since last 2-3 days, I was thinking what can be my new topic and finally I hit the arrow on my findings about US. First I decided to write 7 things I like most and 7 things I dislike most in US, but then I gave up about good things. As there are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sooooo</span> many good things here, I cannot pick 7 out of it. If I start writing about good things then it won't be a blog anymore. It will be an online book. So being unfair, I am just writing 7 things which I don't like in US. Well, before <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">commencing</span>, lemme clarify that - when I say "<i>I don't like in US"</i> means of<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cousre</span> I am comparing it with India; and again it is individual perception, I may be wrong by looking at someone' perspective. Okay, okay, enough '<i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">bhashan</span></i>'. Let me start now</div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">1. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">TubeLight</span></span></div><div>Yeah... here in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">apartments</span>, you won't get any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">tubelight</span>, or holder of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">tubelight</span>. All you have to use is Lamp. If you really want <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">tubelight</span>, you can have the set up by your own, but as a must default thing, you won't get it in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">apartment</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>2. Different Terms</b></div><div>Take anything, you will find a different terms & units here. Forget about Mile, gallon, million, billion, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ferunhit</span>, freeway. Normal stuff have got a different term. Soft drink becomes soda, cycle becomes bike, restaurant bill becomes check, biscuits becomes cookies, ground floor becomes first floor, dustbin becomes garbage/trash, football becomes soccer, tin becomes can, baby cloth size available in 2T-3T. So the history says, Americans are separated from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">britishers</span> and they wanted to have everything different from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">britishers</span>. So it is very difficult to be adjusted in the world of new terms, but it is just a matter of time, but in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">intial</span> days, you will struggle a lot.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>3. Medical</b></div>Well... appointment, appointment, appointment.. no matter what disease you are suffering from, you should have appointment. Otherwise go in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">emergency</span>. And once you go in emergency, minimum they will charge 200-300 bucks which is 6K <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">INR</span>. In 6000 Rs, a guy can very well be hospitalized in semi-special room for 2 days in India. Medical is very very very costly here. So if you don't have insurance here, you are screwed if something goes wrong. That's why people <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">prefer</span> the employers who have the best medical insurance plan for employees. And Microsoft is one of those best employers here who has the 100% coverage for the whole family. </div><div><br /></div><div>Coming to medical stores, I was so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">surprised</span> when I went to medical store with my friend who was supposed to take some pain killer medicines. So it's not like India, park your bike near the store and yell to store keeper- "<i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Aey</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Rajubhai</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">jara</span> ye <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">dawaai</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">dena</span></i>". Pay the money and you are done in 5 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">mins</span>. Here in US, it takes one hour to get the medicines. Show the prescription, they take the complete information, verify by asking to the hospital who has give that prescription, make a record of the patient with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">SSN</span> and applied a sticker on medicine box with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">patient's</span> name and other info. Oh my god !!! It is such a long process. Of course, 911 is the BEST service in case of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">emergency</span>, but as long as regular check-up is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">concerned</span>, I like Indian style.<br /><br /><div></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">4. Advertisement</span></div><div>Remember... all those best <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">indian</span> commercials.... (All <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">fevicol</span> ads, All <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Mentos</span> ads, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Vodaphone</span> zoo zoo, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">kya</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">aap</span> close-up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">karte</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">hai</span>..., <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Camline</span>-permanent marker, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">vergin</span> mobile, Pulsar....... & so on). smart, comic and cool ads. But here if I see the ads, they are very descriptive with full information. Basically you won't really enjoy most of the ads. With my biggest <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">surprise</span>, I couldn't find any celebrity in the ads. I don't know why???</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">5. Food</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Pani</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">puri</span>, ice-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">gola</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">vada</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">paau</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">daabeli</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">maska</span> bun, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">khaman</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">faafda</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">khandavi</span>.... all Indian 'Footpath Food'... missing them a lot... You have a full variety if you eat non-veg. But for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">vegie</span>, you have very limited option.</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">6. Saloon</span></div><div>I am not sure about other cities of US, but here in Redmond, mostly you will find <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">chinkis</span> to run a saloon. Here they will ask only 1 thing - "which size, 1,2,3 or 4". They trim your hair based on that size. And they charge $16 + $3 (tip). Lot of my friends are very scared to go because it is very hard to explain them how exactly you want to cut your hair, you want to have long hair from front/back, stylish <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">sidelocks</span>. Doesn't matter. You will come back with only 1 style. In India, hardly they will charge 25-30 Rs and that too with ultimate head massage with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">taka</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">tak</span> sound.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div></div></span></b></div><div><b>7. Bathroom</b></div><div>Generally in the apartment, you will get at least one bathroom with bathtub, but other bathroom will be a standing bathroom. So if you are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">staying</span> with your roommates and you are not lucky then you may have to use that standing bathroom. It is just 2X2 sq. feet bathroom. You cannot even move your hands freely. No bucket, no mug. So the satisfaction you are getting by sitting in a bathroom and spilling water on your head, you won't get it here. Moreover, here in the bathroom, in the common space there is no drainage. So if you forget to close the curtain while taking bath and if water comes out, then it will be PITA (acronym available at <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PITA">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PITA</a>). And I am not talking about toilet, that's universal truth, let's not make this blog dirty. :-)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-24552201258284359322009-05-18T02:13:00.001-07:002009-05-18T02:19:10.117-07:00The coolest stuff I found in Gujarati ;)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1774tmf0W6DTxBqMVm0eDpYQEVcOLBLf7nIMiEOO8IJLSxaJH14wCd8Mw1Qu5xvUCUdP7Cb2b0nECOxxscKCcNnlaRM3mPfYAqUBw1CN5Wl4jM8uteVcNP2qqrS9cpwjWCf6tLkYKDI/s1600-h/cha.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1774tmf0W6DTxBqMVm0eDpYQEVcOLBLf7nIMiEOO8IJLSxaJH14wCd8Mw1Qu5xvUCUdP7Cb2b0nECOxxscKCcNnlaRM3mPfYAqUBw1CN5Wl4jM8uteVcNP2qqrS9cpwjWCf6tLkYKDI/s400/cha.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337090947795074850" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-5685410678722710702009-05-16T21:37:00.000-07:002009-05-27T17:13:24.750-07:00'HAATH' se mile haathIt was 15th May and I started early from office, not because it was Friday but it was an election result in India, so I was pretty excited. I was thinking about the different permutation and combination as I was very much sure that this time not a single party/front will get a full majority of reaching a magic figure 272.<br /><br /><br />After finishing evening snacks, Saurabh connected laptop to TV and we started watching CNN-IBN live tv. 4 score-card counters were flashing on TV, each for UPA, NDA and Third Front, Forth Front.... And the first result came from Andhra Assembly election. TDP achieved 1 leading seat. In couple of minutes, general election counters started changing... So far UPA was leading but the difference between UPA and NDA was small.<br /><br /><br />Then Tanmoy came to home and he screamed by looking at UPA is leading.. He and Saurabh were supporters of UPA and I was a supporter of NDA. I was still hoping NDA will come up or at least they will give a good fight to UPA... but every moment, the difference between UPA Leading and NDA Leading was becoming bigger and bigger. Apart from NDA, I was also counting on TDP (Telugu Desham Party: Chandrababu), TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) , AIDMK (Jaylalitha's party), BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party: Maywati) because they are more or less anti-congress parties.. But all over India, a 'Hand' of Congress was waving.. Congress spokepersons were looking very happy and at the same time BJP spokepersons; with a dull face; were telling the same thing to newsperson "Let's wait and watch, it's not over". And at that time, Rajdeep Sardesai gave a good comment. "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Look at the numbers of UPA and look at the numbers of NDA. NDA needs some Sachin Tendulkar who can turn the table</span>". Finally UPA counter reached almost 250 by. And it was the end.<br /><br /><br /><br />3 states turned the table. UP, W.Bengal and Maharashtra.<br />In UP, it was all "Rahul factor". Public threw Mayawati and Mulayam out and welcomed Congress after many years. Congress grabbed 21 seats. Public understood these 2 BSP and SP will fight with each other and won't do anything good for public. In W.Bengal, "Left" was beaten badly after 2-3 decades (I guess). And the biggest reason was nuclear deal, the way they withdrew the support from the government, public gave the correct answer to them in a same way. And 'Left' became 'Left over'. The alliance of congress and Trinamool got 25 out of 42. 18 seats more they got in comparison with the last year. What a sweep !!! In Maharashtra, MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena:Raj Thakarey) and SS (Shiv Sena) split gave the advantage to Congress-NCP (National Congress Party:Sharad Pawar). Lot of candidates of Cong-NCP got the victory with very small margin of thousands. In Andra Pradesh, Y.S.Reddy was a star performer of congress by grabbing 33 out of 42. Delhi also got 7 out of 7. What a stunning performance by Shila Dixit.<br /><br /><br />BJP could not even match with the figure they got in 2004 General election under the leadership of Vajpayee. Even after addressing maximum number of rallies, Modi could not do much better even in Gujarat. BJP tried RamMandir, AfzalGuru, Terrorism, '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Kamzor Neta</span>', Modi as PM, but nothing worked out. Finally it was a show of Sonia and Rahul. Mahmohan could not have achieved this figure without Sonia-Rahul. It was almost 3.30 AM and we were watching that Aruna Jaitely was addressing a news conference. He seemed to be speaking after weeping for an hour.<br /><br /><br />Though I was a supporter of NDA, I was happy that India got a stable government. What a show by congress. UPA got 262 including 206 achieved by Congress itself, just a 10 far from a magic figure. This is the best part that now they don't need all these so-called Kingmakers like Mulayam, Lalu, Jaylalitha, Mayaywati, Left, etc. They have been always a hurdle for a government. So it is good that, all are out of the boundary so a trio of Mahmohan-Sonia-Rahul' can can take proper decision. So that way I am so happy. So finally I can say, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Hindustan ki janta ne HAATH se milaya haath</span>".<br /><br /><br />3 things are clear...<br /><ul><li>The most powerful word is 'GANDHI', which hasn't been changed since freedom, and there is no scope in future.</li><li>A lesson learnt by Lalu: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Talaab main rehkar Magarmachh se Dushmani humesha bhaari padti hai</span>" and that will end up with "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dhobi ka kutta - na ghar ka, na ghaat ka</span>"</li><li>BJP will tumble like a house of cards. Just look at potential PM candidates in BJP post Vajpayee-Advani era.</li></ul><u>Rajnath Singh</u> - Better my next vote will go to Congress<br /><u>Sushma Swaraj</u> - A receptionist can't become manager<br /><u>Murli Manohar Joshi</u> - Does everybody know him?<br /><u>Arun Jaitely</u> - Seniority problem for others<br /><u>Modi</u> - It's like "Better Tamil hero be in Chennai rather than trying in Bollywood" ;)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:9;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Symbol;font-size:12;"></span><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:9;"></span>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-33076917039383840752009-05-08T21:24:00.000-07:002009-05-11T10:58:47.436-07:00Flash BackLet me press 'Rewind' button of my life's remote control and collect beautiful memories. Unfortunately, I do not have 'Pause' button, otherwise I would have paused at my college days. Well, I am not gonna write from childhood, schooling, college days n all that, otherwise it may end up into Biography rather than Blog. I just want to collect few memories when I was on cloud 9, when I broke up into tears, when I made my parents tensed, when I made myself tensed, when I was so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">embarrassed</span>, when I gained so much respect etc., etc.<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><strong>When I was on cloud 9</strong><br /></u></span><br />It was 10.30 pm in my college. Since morning, I was there with hungry tummy. I already had got rejected from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TCS</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MBT</span> (now it is Tech <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mahindra</span>)... it was our 3rd placement but the firm was very small .. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CSSI</span> (Hyderabad). Also I had not fixed my company for my last semester project. I was very tensed. somehow I reached the final 11 out of 230 started giving written test initially. At the intro session, MD and HR executive had already declared that they are gonna grab only 1 student. Don't be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">surprised</span>, company strength was only 40. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Company</span> MD, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Abhinav</span> Dave, started disclosing the selected students. First was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Chetan</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ladha</span>. A room got converted into a huge round of applause. He <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">continued</span>, second student is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Abhinav</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Prakash</span>. We all were shocked as they already declared that they are going to select only 1 but still they chose 2. I thought okay, let's wait for 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">th</span> company. I almost started going out of the room. When I reached to door, some words reached to my ears. "And 3rd and last student is Ni...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Nis</span>... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Kinariwala</span>" (Mr. Dave had hard time to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">pronounce</span> my name). I turned my face 180 degree and rest of the folks also turned their face 180 degree to me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Maaaan</span>, I was just speechless. They finally completed their formalities and said "Welcome to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">CSSI</span>". The best part was, I got to finish my last semester project in the same company. So even that worry was also gone. What a moment.... My technical round was not at all good, but still Mr. Dave was somehow impressed by looking at my educational background and my HR round talk. I reached home by giving some extra bucks to the auto person who dropped me. I hugged my dad n mom. My dad became emotional and his eyes got wet. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Woooow</span>, what a moment it was. I thought it was the most happiest day of my life.<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><strong>When I broke into tears..</strong><br /></u></span><br />Well, I am not gonna write I got hurt or I did not go well in exam and all that. I remember one incident which is very touching for me. During my childhood, our economical condition was not good. We used to have a side business of selling <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">asafoetida</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">heeng</span>). My dad used to buy it from Surat. He used to carry big boxes in general coach in a train, my mom used to pack it in small packets and then we used to sell it out. Me n my bro used to sell them in our school. One day (I guess I was in 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">th</span> or 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">th</span> class), I gave cpl of packets to my school teacher and I had 20 bucks with me. On those days, I did not have a wallet so I kept it in my school bag.<br /><br />When I reached home, I tried to find 20 bucks in my bag and surprisingly I couldn't get it. I kept on searching for 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">mins</span>, I searched inside all my books and notebooks, but I couldn't get it. I don't know whether it fell down somewhere or somebody had stolen it. I really have no idea about it. I remember, I went into corner of the bed and cried for at least 30-40 minutes. In those days, for us, even 1 Rs. coin was like a wheel of cart so I avoided to tell the incident to my parents. My dad used to go and buy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">grocery</span> by cycling 7-8 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">kms</span> just to save 20-25 bucks so of course, it was a big amount for me. Till 2 weeks, I could not come out of this incident.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><strong>When I got <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">embarrassed</span>..</strong><br /></u></span><br />There are 3 incidents so far when I got <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">embarrassed</span> a lot.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>1st</strong>...<br /><br />After my placement, I was in Hyderabad with my new group of friends. Daily we used to sit at one juice center with my new friends (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Manio</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Arbo</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Ladho</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Dipu</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Vatsy</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Darshit</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Bhaggu</span>). As per daily schedule, we were doing birdwatching and talking some nonsense. Suddenly we realized that the guy sitting next to our group is listening our talk carefully. We ignored him and again involved in our activities. Again we realized that he had a keen sense of hearing. Bloody I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">don't</span> know, what went wrong, I started abusing him in Gujarati. I was feeling so much of freedom because I was in Telugu land, so I was so <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">bindaas</span></em> and giving him all the <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">gujju</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">gaalis</span></em>. Continuously I abused him for 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">mins</span>. I did not leave a single <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">gaali</span></em> and went crossed all the limits. After couple of minutes, he went away.<br /><br />Second day we were at the same place as per our regular schedule. I saw him coming towards us. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Dipu</span> pointed out by telling me "<em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Nisu</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">jo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">pelo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">aave</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">che</span></em>". He reached me, put his hand on my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">shoulder</span> and told "<em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Kem</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">baka</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">kaale</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">bahu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">gaaro</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">aapi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">te</span> </em>(what man, yesterday you abused me like anything)". BLOODY THAT GUY WAS <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">GUJJU</span>. For 2 minutes, nobody spoke a single word. It was a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">pin drop</span> silence.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">nd</span>..</strong><br /><br />This was also in Hyderabad. Me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">Ladho</span> were having lunch in "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">HotRottie</span>" mess. At that time, we were at the old place which was on the terrace of one house. So it had 2 rooms and a big terrace. There was a girl (I don't want to disclose her name) who also got selected in our company from different college. At that time, she had called her parents and she was having lunch with her parents in inner most room. She saw me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">Chetan</span> and called us to meet her parents. Her dad was looking more elder than her Mom. She started..."here is my mom". I said, "Hello auntie". She was about to introduce her dad and I interrupted her abruptly and said, "Oh, is this your grandpa, right?". They 3, me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">chetan</span>, we all 5 were shocked. Again it was a silence and we all looked at each other by shocking face. She said, "He is my DAD". <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Ohhh</span> man, why the f***, I interrupted her, why the heck I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">din't</span> keep my mouth shut.. I said "SORRY" thrice and immediately ran away from the room.. Till 1 week, I did not have eye-contact with that girl.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>3rd...</strong><br /><br />First two are nothing. This incident was '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">baap</span>' of all the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">embarrassment</span>. But I don't want to disclose it here. My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">hyderabad</span> roommates know about this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><strong>The worst days..</strong><br /></u></span><br />Since day 1, my dad had a dream of making both his sons to be doctor. My mom and dad spent there whole life to make their dream true. It was 50% done as my bro was already in medical. I was also a ranker <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">throughout</span> my schooling, and also I was younger so they did not want to repeat some mistakes which we they did for my bro. But somehow I started degrading since 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">th</span> standard. In each exam, my graph was exponentially going down. And I got only 51% in school preliminary exam. I put my whole family in big time tension. I was so scared to give mock test. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">Neither</span> we had any family business not I am coming under reservation quota, so it was a full tension. I never saw my family with being so stressed for 4 months (January-April, 2001). Those were really worst days of my life. Generally board exam happens in month of March, but in 2001, it was an earthquake in Gujarat so they postponed the exam. So I got some time and prepared well and somehow I managed to get 92% in board exam. It was a big relief. Again my dad started dreaming to send me in Medical. But for 1 mark, I did not get in and I chose IT.<br /><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><u>When my inner soul patted me...</u></span></strong></p><p>I was in 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">th</span> standard. My dad had a fever. It was there for 2 days and then our family doctor diagnosed that he has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">falsiparum</span> and he needs to be hospitalized. We called couple of my papa's friends and we went to hospital. At that time, my bro had university exam and he was there in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">Jamnagar</span>, so deliberately we had not informed him. Me and my mom were staying in a hospital. Our all relatives were staying out of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Ahemdabad</span>. And we did not even inform everybody as we did not want to give them trouble. After 3 days, my mom also got caught by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75">falsiparum</span>. We shifted from special room to semi special room so both my mom and dad can stay in one room. On one bed, my dad was there and on the other my mom was there. It was first time in the history of hospital that both husband and wife are lying on the bed in the same room. We informed our relatives but somehow nobody was able to come before 4 days because all of them were stuck up with some work. </p><p>I had stopped going to school. Till 4 days, I was there in a hospital. I used to give them medicines on time, sponging them with cold water, measuring <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76">temperature</span> regularly, co-ordinating with doctor and other staff, giving them proper food by taking from our neighbours and some friends and of course I was doing other crucial nursing stuff. Night time, I used to spend at my neighbour's home and again in the morning I used to go there on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77">bicycle</span> by taking all the necessary stuff. In the night, either some neighbour or some friend (1 male and 1 female) used to stay there. We got a very good support from all of them. We are really thankful to them. But whoever used to come, they used to tell the same thing .. "<em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78">Nisu</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79">tu</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80">Shravan</span> bani <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81">gayo</span> </em>(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82">Nisu</span>, you became <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83">Shravan</span>)". I could not realize at that time, but now I can realize what a time it was. Then after my parents got discharged and my aunties came from Surat, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84">Ankleshwar</span> and all of them spent 1-1 week accordingly because both papa n mummy had so much of weakness. Man, what a time it was !!! I hope nobody will face this ever.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-15736309585017300542008-12-13T19:30:00.000-08:002009-05-09T18:05:55.811-07:00Enjoyed First SnowFall<div align="justify">There are somethings, for which everybody is dying to see, meet or feel. And even I am not excluded one. Snowfall is one of them for me. Since long, I was keen to feel it but I could not get the chance to feel & see with my naked eye. Finally I came here in USA 2 months back. And since then, I had been so desparate to see it.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Just 2 days back, when I saw weather forecast in my google gadget for upcoming weekend, my excitement reached at its peak. So as per weather forecast, it is supposed to be snow fall on this saturday and sun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYAUlYmqeXzFIydNRvcXkk_ydfJXHevBE8_PiE_oi4sa2kAl2px11fqwMVz3J2eWcEKnORJDAIaWopzoGYOiPBzMsKLvrPvcDpAiqa3YEX4wsUiq6Dizb_lg3m6sCyoOSeQTmDfuGalQ/s1600-h/N1.jpg"></a>day. But today I woke up at 2 as generally we roommates play cards every friday till 2-3. So almost half saturday was gone and when i saw from glass, i could not see anything, I became lil bit disappointed. After finishing morning activity, I started watching "Oh my god" movie online. Suddenly I saw a light snow fall from my window. I immediately jumped from sofa. I even forgot that I wore a headphone. It came out from my ear hardly, luckily it dint get broken. I went outside in my balcony and i started enjoying my first ever live snow fall. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESUSCSszqHcdG4rf2dfy3hn7iMwvD6ZtfCmV9vivCMQ5k1kbJeZL2dyDmcqbmnvloVJUamyYQpJ_jhZBoa9AYnvau3-s4ZxCpKl4o0GD5lZUuF0FH4jqvxETrcaBL8mKww0UIjHG2cCE/s1600-h/N1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279600591290829314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 301px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESUSCSszqHcdG4rf2dfy3hn7iMwvD6ZtfCmV9vivCMQ5k1kbJeZL2dyDmcqbmnvloVJUamyYQpJ_jhZBoa9AYnvau3-s4ZxCpKl4o0GD5lZUuF0FH4jqvxETrcaBL8mKww0UIjHG2cCE/s320/N1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">It was so cold outside and I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9dXsvYo9a51ywL3k2dcWrrkGIy4Ojq9_wKUaDrEm__7fX6X7Uy1T1rWbBr0a6gQNN13979FpI_Xa4pd1E_0PHM093lHArDjB5s07WHHfDhw1cK2nXl3SaqVRyh3iBbpK4QeoXe6wwn0/s1600-h/NS.jpg"></a>ha<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuwJaDSTv6-vwKLfrykOKX0GGrZwSUCceWXpaIlWGjT2qAm4IUF8EVT6GsuJdcgpjzoLAs6_FXyds_1hsyB1e6Yw7Am74-aIJe3Vj8cRgopJGQ6uxZ3jYK6hOzBNqovxQBekumcus2vQ/s1600-h/ns2.jpg"></a>d not wear jacket/jeans but still I stood there for 5 minutes and enjoyed each single second though it was a very light snowfall. I tried to catch a snow particles in my h<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa7AA4_Tkx4wo20GNeQguJdn9_DvoSrAmnytJhSxtzcG7l1gdyflShZ5qZoshZ_h9lbtIHh7Ch-r0FuT6kzHxYOiq_Yox6La8VDM53z8ycGbMnFlVe0FdHFALCC9Cn-6AJdHCtJ3L1DQ/s1600-h/NS.jpg"></a>and but then I observed, the moment it dropped on my palm, it was becoming water. It was really a nice experience to feel the beauty of the nature. </div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzFXVpXu_a3Nhu0f6-Sjp1jJRxEAj_CCdoctCt2WNTfDAyyXs3Wqx-CmjrEMAiR_bAYp4suLMmIaf6cuejZonIWlAj-KAv4Ji0-SnrGH4QmL2SaOSxMrtHcCGSR5Mp635Vua4VRmXaUU/s1600-h/ns2.jpg"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTeRrzB_RvIC3__UrOGeJ6CcRCc-OZb-d1t5_w_AMMLlyV1k5udWeq-70HDI9Ixn8mTAOSD4EE50h4UpZIDZdkQmXiUfStVKScGRFonVAqEQwuDBDMiFnHv_PIyPoger5KkUMcVx1HaU/s1600-h/NS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279601506938128290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTeRrzB_RvIC3__UrOGeJ6CcRCc-OZb-d1t5_w_AMMLlyV1k5udWeq-70HDI9Ixn8mTAOSD4EE50h4UpZIDZdkQmXiUfStVKScGRFonVAqEQwuDBDMiFnHv_PIyPoger5KkUMcVx1HaU/s320/NS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">Again in night, we all roommates saw a snow fall. From balcony, we could see almost all cars being covered by snow. The grass had turned into white carpet. And we all went outside in our community as it was first ever experience for everybody. We had some Kodak moments :-)</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzFXVpXu_a3Nhu0f6-Sjp1jJRxEAj_CCdoctCt2WNTfDAyyXs3Wqx-CmjrEMAiR_bAYp4suLMmIaf6cuejZonIWlAj-KAv4Ji0-SnrGH4QmL2SaOSxMrtHcCGSR5Mp635Vua4VRmXaUU/s1600-h/ns2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279600597370361298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzFXVpXu_a3Nhu0f6-Sjp1jJRxEAj_CCdoctCt2WNTfDAyyXs3Wqx-CmjrEMAiR_bAYp4suLMmIaf6cuejZonIWlAj-KAv4Ji0-SnrGH4QmL2SaOSxMrtHcCGSR5Mp635Vua4VRmXaUU/s320/ns2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">This is one of the unforgottable days of my life. Looking forward to have more and more and snow in upcoming days.......<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfgNwA8i_tTEblneQL7l5HWZBs-PiE8Cqxsg8G05nqfWVLxx3FEuPKee7MfPm0rTrL747DTfYDwrduZoFX5o6PCb-C5dPDHyAhSXU37guGsL1HtWJ7hwIUJ4Z-4sEWvwoO0nOOjwQPsU/s1600-h/kdk_0012.jpg"></a>Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363117190766313226.post-1302065629687228912008-12-07T17:04:00.000-08:002009-05-09T18:02:09.418-07:00FirstBlogHere is my first plunk in Blog World. I really don't know what I am going to add and contribute myself to add blogs. But let me start first.<br /><br />Currently I am in Seattle, US @ client site. I landed here just 2 months back.<br />It had been my biggest dream since long that I wanted to see myself in America and finally dream comes true. I really got the good opportunity in my current project. So I really feel good about it. I am not sure how long I am gonna be here as US crisis. But keeping <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">finger</span> crossed, nothing bad will going to happen before my contract finishes.<br /><br />I guess that is it for now. Will keep on adding some interesting things..Nisarg Kinariwala....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09485708585158461757noreply@blogger.com3