tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39571192011-04-22T01:34:07.911+05:00Chandra's worldJottings on anything that catches my interest....Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.comBlogger731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-45201806466618022062007-12-07T16:42:00.000+05:002007-12-07T16:55:04.726+05:00To everyone who visited my blog,I have always tried to publish posts on a regular basis. But for varying reasons ( ranging from 'being lazy' to 'lack of good stuff that inspires me'), I have been maintaining an absymal frequency in this matter.Hence, I plan to take a break from blogging now. And perhaps the most important reason for this decision is my internal guilt of letting down people who Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-8361978276277626332007-08-14T10:51:00.000+05:002007-08-14T10:59:43.256+05:00India wins A nice summary article that talks about India’s series wins away from home, in the light of India’s latest win in England that concluded yesterday. Considering that I am temporarily put up here, I feel a lot closer to the win. Adding to that is the fact that I managed to watch the Indian team in action when they came down to Hove for their match against Sussex.It was for the first Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-45113525443075388382007-06-13T20:02:00.000+05:002007-08-14T11:00:08.259+05:00Google killers?? hakia.compowerset.comChaCha.comsearch.wikia.comtoptenwholesale.comzillow.comkayak.comyahoo.comask.comlive.comcontextweb.comquigo.com The 12 sites listed above are being talked about as Google killers in an interesting article that I have come across. Ranging from vertical search engines to search engines that utilize a new technology – “natural Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1176741861123913542007-04-16T21:16:00.000+05:002007-04-16T21:44:21.136+05:00A cool tool!Sometimes, fellow bloggers come up with something that ought to be highlighted for its brilliance and the thought process that went into it.I have always been a regular reader and an admirer of Anand’s fantastic site. Have lost count of the number of times I have referred his site to my friends. Of course, it never so happened that I wrote about his site, but quietly linked it on my Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1175186428615938752007-03-29T22:37:00.000+05:002007-03-29T22:43:12.023+05:00A potential trendsetter song!What a song! Telugu songs are indeed coming of age…consider this concoction:A programmed version of an evergreen old songBackground Arabic vocalsHip hop lyricsWestern percussionsHindi lyricsand of course the normal Telugu lyrics and all this in ONE song!It would be tough to melt such varied influences into one song and make it sound good. But the hugely talented musicChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1165569115188494632006-12-08T14:11:00.000+05:002006-12-08T14:13:04.916+05:00Klueless!Once in a while, amidst all the running around you do in your 'busy' life, its a good thing to take a welcome break and concentrate on something that is solid food for your grey matter. And if that something happens to be a wonderful online game that has become even more interesting in its second avataar, nothing is more exciting that than for a puzzle lover!All you puzzle lovers out Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1160669696936351952006-10-12T21:10:00.000+05:002006-10-12T21:14:56.953+05:00Finally! A movie that inspires and motivates me enough to shake my lethargy and write down some notes on it…. True that I have watched some wonderful movies like Godavari, Pokiri, Rang De Basanti in the past..and was tempted to sit down and write on them...maybe, I will do write about them on some other day. But this movie immediately deserved a note; to be precise lavish praise. "Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1151394583354400202006-06-27T12:41:00.000+05:002006-06-27T12:49:43.366+05:00The dilemma of an Indian-AmericanThis fantastic article by Jhumpa Lahiri in Newsweek (a really good author who gave us two immensely readable books ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’ and ‘The Namesake’) is a bit short in length…..but accomplishes something that articles thrice its length fail to! It makes us understand the painful emotional experience initially faced (and sometimes lasting for a Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1140812739421189572006-02-25T01:21:00.000+05:002006-02-25T01:27:12.753+05:00The comeback of a sincere actorWhenever I saw him on screen, it’s the sincerity in his acting which really impressed me. Of course, one has to forget the awful voice modulation he had! His career and in fact his personal life too reached a high point, when he was all set to marry the daughter of Chiranjeevi (numero uno of telugu silver screen). What happened next remains anyone’s guess. The Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1140089604231016862006-02-16T16:28:00.000+05:002006-02-16T16:33:24.243+05:00M&As made easy!Sometimes this sort of news really makes you wonder at the levels to which our politicians can stoop to make things worse and in the process make them look extremely foolish!The facts of the case are simple: Mittal put in a hostile takeover bid for Arcelor. Arcelor refused to cow in. Period.Where the heck does racism come into the picture? When A business is trying to buy out B Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1138086848288134772006-01-24T12:11:00.000+05:002006-01-24T12:19:17.400+05:00Forthcoming attractions of 2006A good guide to the films that can be eagerly expected in 2006. I am positive that at least half of them will turn out to be real good efforts. Their box office fate however remains to be seen.Amongst these interesting movies, my personal lookouts will be forAdaptation of Chandra Barot’s Don by Farhan Akhtar.Don was a terrific stylish movie and it still remains a Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1137674777915014992006-01-19T17:44:00.000+05:002006-01-19T17:48:02.376+05:00The best hindi and telugu movies of 2005Now that 2005 has gone, I am reminded of my own words penned at the starting of 2005: “May this year 2005 bring us good music, movies and books helping bloggers like me to keep penning opinions, ideas and thoughts.”And 2005 did deliver…it brought us good movies, music and books. There are hundreds of lists out there on the net that talk about the best of Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1129241517494718952005-10-14T03:03:00.000+05:002005-10-14T03:11:57.500+05:00The raging storm in blogosphereBy the time you read this, you would have been already aware of the raging controversy in blogosphere involving JAM magazine, Rashmi Bansal, Gaurav Sabnis & IIPM that can very soon become the biggest controversy in Indian blogosphere, the implications of which will transform the way we view the functioning of management institutions, media, and bloggers in a Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1128110290260501652005-10-01T00:53:00.000+05:002005-10-01T01:03:43.063+05:00Quality of Bollywood moviesToday, I read four movie reviews hosted on Rediff. 3 reviewers were choosing the best words to describe the shit they saw on the screen and all of them had cool and hilarious headliners for their reviews, (‘Avoid Kasak, get Lucky’; ‘Rain: The worst movie ever’; ‘God help the Siskiyaan viewer’) where as the other review simply proclaimed ‘Maine Gandhi Ko is a masterpieceChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1128014317367440032005-09-29T22:08:00.000+05:002005-09-29T22:18:37.373+05:00In admiration of googleThis site caught my attention when I was doing my post graduation. If we had any research to do, this was the first choice for us and we were rarely disappointed. It never bothered us that we weren’t even venturing to try out other search sites. Something about this site jelled with us and that’s it. We even thought of adding a postscript to our degrees – ‘Credit for the Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1123657469912361562005-08-10T11:59:00.000+05:002005-08-11T21:24:27.256+05:00The right way aheadOf all the articles that appeared on the net, related to the torrential rains that wreaked havoc on Mumbai some time back, this is one article that perfectly echoed my sentiments. Generally, after any such disaster strikes a city, you have articles that primarily discuss the disaster and then there are those that talk about human stories that bob to the surface of the whirlpoolChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1123178774129839352005-08-04T22:59:00.000+05:002005-08-04T23:06:14.136+05:00Movies, movies and more… “in the land of opportunity”Have watched a lot of movies of late during the weekends since the last 3 months. And especially the last 3 months, because I happen to be currently based in the ‘land of opportunity’ and there are definitely opportunities for you here to watch movies left, right and center! Not convinced? Take a look.I can watch a movie on any of the zillion Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1116447869193981502005-05-19T01:20:00.000+05:002005-05-19T01:24:29.196+05:00Einstein – A legendary geniusI don’t think that any educated person in this world can claim to not have heard the name of Albert Einstein, the towering genius who turned the world of classical physics upside down with his revolutionary theories concerning space, light and time. The equation that’s associated with him E=mc*c is perhaps the most recognized equation in the world. I have been a bigChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1114497862388617932005-04-26T11:41:00.000+05:002005-04-26T11:46:08.120+05:00Lucky Mumbai pals!Sometimes, I do envy my pals in Mumbai. No, not for that fantastic network of local trains that come on time and transport them across the city at rock bottom fares…not for those disciplined auto drivers who will drive them to any part of the city at any point of the day/night and yet faithfully stick to the rate card when it comes to payment of fares. Can go on about the Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1113205135137154092005-04-11T12:36:00.000+05:002005-04-12T11:14:53.340+05:00The man who knew InfinityBefore I start this post, let me confess something that will not exactly be relished by most of the readers of my blog. I love mathematics. It’s considered to be one of the most hated subjects by people all around the world but I just love it. No, not that kind of maths that stares at you openly from the question papers of competitive exams and delights in torturing you, Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1108460729387710282005-02-15T14:40:00.000+05:002005-02-16T11:23:29.960+05:00"Black" – a powerful and a moving cinematic effortAs soon as the first end credit appeared on the screen ‘A Sanjay Leela Bhansali film’, I got up, muttered to myself ‘A masterpiece’, checked with my pals who were shaking their head in amazement at the splendid creation that they just saw on the silver screen (or to be apt, ‘black screen’) and spontaneously applauded the effort with unabashed Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1105090381413422602005-01-07T14:31:00.000+05:002005-01-07T14:38:36.650+05:002005…..and a bad movie of 2004
It’s been ages since I have updated my blog. There was a lot to write about, but personal and professional obligations took its toll upon my blogging time. However, I am pretty hopeful of getting back on track.
At the outset, let me wish all the visitors to this blog a very happy new year!!!! Have a great time in 2005 folks!!! May this year 2005 bring us good Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1100875407109213412004-11-19T19:40:00.000+05:002004-11-19T19:52:54.016+05:00Great lines!
Zindagi mein koi kabhi aaye na rabba
Aaye jo koi tho phir jaaye na rabba
Dene ho agar tho baad mein aansoo
tho pehle koi hasaaye na rabba
Well, what shall I say? These four lines beautifully express the unavoidable paradox of our lives, haven’t all of us at some point in our lives felt like the above? And why am I even talking about ‘at some point in our lives’? Don’t we feel like Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1099291188720108542004-11-01T11:30:00.000+05:002004-11-01T12:01:25.906+05:00Public Power in the Age of Empire - Arundhati Roy When she writes, prose looks and sounds like poetry. Using the best possible combination of the right words to express the exact meaning of a complex concept comes naturally to her. The way she brings down high brow topics to a layman’s level of understanding with the help of her command over the English language is amazing. But no thoroughly Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1098371488421120962004-10-21T20:01:00.000+05:002004-10-21T20:13:11.540+05:007-G Rainbow Colony - A realistic love story
This movie will remain special to me for many reasons, one of them being the fact that it’s my first alien language movie in a theater that I saw it on the release day itself! Ideally speaking, the credit should go to another movie “Kathapurushan” – (A terrific Malayalam flick directed by the renowned Adoor Gopalakrishnan) which I saw it in an Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1097739877209348032004-10-14T13:14:00.000+05:002004-10-14T12:46:08.360+05:0050 coolest websites + 1
Featured here is a list of 50 coolest websites according to TIME, and they almost get it right. Neatly slotted into categories ranging from “News & Information” to “Just for Fun”, some of these sites deserve to be on your “Favorites” List.
While we are on this topic of cool websites, check out Blogstreet India site too. These people are doing a fabulous job of compiling Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1097127693043790532004-10-07T09:58:00.000+05:002004-10-07T10:48:47.640+05:00Swades – Soothing, great music!
Writing a review of a Rahman album is forever hazardous. And the problem arises from the fact that there is a singular quality about his music that differentiates it from the output of all other music directors, and that’s his ‘growing nature’ of music. Take any album of his, right from “Roja”. I bet that at least 95% of music lovers would have liked a particular Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1096370248149681872004-09-28T15:35:00.000+05:002004-09-28T16:17:28.150+05:00Tollywood shining!
2 movies. 2 fantastic efforts. And 2 movies that demand your ‘critic’ sensibilities to be left behind. Which I duly did. The result is this: I present to you an analysis of these two movies, not reviews per se.
1. Gudumba Shankar
An out and out Pawan Kalyan movie. One that sees the arrogant younger brother of Chiranjeevi at his absolute best in comedy. Pawan Kalyan Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1094548153024519692004-09-07T14:08:00.000+05:002004-09-07T14:20:11.983+05:00Barren Bollywood, "Gudumba Shankar" & powerful images……..
After the release of “Lakshya”, I have been waiting for a movie from Bollywood that deserves to be seen in a theater and my search is still continuing….The outlook for the future does not look to be promising either. Even though my browsing has taken a hit of late, I can’t think of any movie that I am looking forward to, except for “NaachChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1092819882160652722004-08-18T13:49:00.000+05:002004-08-18T14:04:42.160+05:00A salute to two Indians
If anybody in India would have switched on their TV sets yesterday, there was a 99% chance that they might have come across the name of “Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore” or “double-trap shooting”. What this major of the Indian Army did was something phenomenal. He ended the long silver medal drought for India at the Olympics by becoming the first ever Indian to win a silver Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1091775013393784412004-08-06T11:45:00.000+05:002004-08-06T12:00:42.053+05:00Munnabhai MBBS - a cult classic ?This hilarious movie hit the theaters sometime in December 2003. It took some time for the movie to gain momentum and then by the sheer power of word of mouth, became a blockbuster hit. You can read the review of the movie here. To state it simply, this movie was a heartwarming comedy with the right emotional touches. The makers of the movie initially thought of Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1090490576344803602004-07-22T14:37:00.000+05:002004-07-22T15:41:54.543+05:00A checklist for selecting stocks This interesting story for budding investors had come in Businessworld some time back. It could have been dismissed as one among the n articles on the net, advising you the means and ways of making money in the market. What sets this article apart is its tone of innovativeness. The article is about drawing up a checklist to be kept in mind while going about the Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1089800129910097562004-07-14T15:06:00.000+05:002004-07-14T15:15:29.910+05:00Why?
Why is it that time is standing still for me ? Its just refusing to progress....or shall I stop asking these sort of questions, reinforcing my trust in that eternal wisdom statement " Whatever happens is for your good " ?
Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1089088969168535162004-07-06T08:36:00.000+05:002004-07-06T09:42:49.170+05:00Chandrababu Naidu - the myth & the reality
P.Sainath returns to adorn my blog with this searing article about Chandrababu Naidu. ( Dont miss the ending of the article!) This is the most critical article of Chandrababu Naidu, I have come across in recent times and unsurprisingly is bang on target. I had always maintained an opinion in many hot-headed debates with some of my friends in Mumbai ( Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1088569890008908652004-06-30T09:10:00.000+05:002004-06-30T09:33:07.443+05:00Cool!
Feels cool when the Hindu's review of Lakshya echoes the thoughts of my review.....
for instance, in this sentence,".....That it is marvellous without being obvious, patriotic without being jingoistic.."
and this one...
"...With its strong script (Javed Akhtar) this is one film that also has technical excellence. Cinematographer Christopher Popp shows Ladakh in a fresh perspective, Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1088077958992957312004-06-24T16:44:00.000+05:002004-06-25T09:09:54.270+05:00Lakshya – A brilliant movie
Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a confused and a lazy person. He just can’t figure out what to do in life, but is pretty content with the material comforts that have been provided to him by his parents and relishes the company of a girl he loves, Romila Dutta (Preity Zinta). Romila however is a different person. A level headed girl who knows as to where she is Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1087204861257411662004-06-14T10:40:00.000+05:002004-06-14T14:21:01.256+05:003 years after "Dil Chahta Hai"
3 years back, a movie came that symbolised primarily one word - cool. It was cool in every sense, cool in its story telling, cool in the way it was shot, cool in its dialogues ( How can one forget "Kya hua ? Koi Mar Gaya kya ?" ),cool in the music ( Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy are yet to match the high standards of music they have scored for DCH) and amongst all othersChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1086593492056126332004-06-07T11:48:00.000+05:002004-06-07T12:37:55.796+05:00The Globalisation Game
Businessworld, in its 4th June special issue talks about the way Indian companies are playing the Globalisation game. An inspiring issue, it sheds light on a lot of Indian companies (Example: Ranbaxy, Vedanta) that have already equipped themselves with the requisite ammunition to fight it out with other companies on a global scale and some others (Example: L&T, TVS Motor)Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1086002052713649182004-05-31T15:54:00.000+05:002004-05-31T16:18:33.463+05:00Review of "Yuva"
Finally caught up with Yuva during the weekend and here are my thoughts on the movie:
"Yuva" grabs you at the starting itself with all the three protagonists intermingling in a single frame that leads to a shocking shootout. (Any further details will spoil the suspense). Then the movie branches out into three stories of three different youth, Lallan (Abhishek Bachchan), MichaelChandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1085842954800611422004-05-29T19:45:00.000+05:002004-05-29T20:06:08.210+05:00"Fanaaa......."
Once in a while, there comes a song that merits a separate review of itself, instead of the album in which it is showcased. And that song has come out this year. It's "Fanaa"!
A song that stands out for its superior music and lyrics.
In every A.R.Rahman - Mani Ratnam movie, there is always one song that will catch your attention right from the start. In the case of Yuva, its Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1085481178863774392004-05-25T12:44:00.000+05:002004-05-25T15:40:05.876+05:00A short story
She caught his eye as soon as he went to the bus stop. His heart skipped a beat and there was a strange feeling in his heart. Was this love ? Over endless cups of tea, he and his friends used to debate this strange phenomenon which was sweeping the engineering campus......and now, he felt that he was a part of it..."love at first sight".
He had to do something now. Something to Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084874948313412642004-05-18T14:21:00.000+05:002004-05-18T15:09:08.313+05:00Countdown to Yuva!
3 days to go before arguably the most anticipated movie of this year hits the screens simultaneously across silver screens in India! Yuva alias Aayitha Ezhuthu is all slated to release this friday and I would have loved to see it that very day itself. The only problem is that work obligations are denying me this opportunity :-( However plan to catch up with it this weekend.
Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084540850249958342004-05-14T17:58:00.000+05:002004-05-17T08:33:39.306+05:00A Brilliant Writer
P.Sainath is a brilliant development writer. Amartya Sen calls him one of the world's greatest experts on famine and hunger.
I first came about reading this person's articles in the Hindu, when he went about India writing about some of the poorest districts with striking simplicity. His articles used to hit you in the gut, always. He writes with amazing clarity and purpose Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084526565683408452004-05-14T10:44:00.000+05:002004-05-14T14:22:45.683+05:00Our next Finance Minister
I want this man as India's next Finance Minister. A soft and an unassuming person, his contribution to India's economic landscape will be remembered forever. Fittingly, rediff calls him "Father of Indian Reforms".
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Dr.Manmohan Singh.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084445505529350452004-05-13T15:40:00.000+05:002004-05-13T15:51:45.530+05:00It's the Congress!
Its curtains for the BJP this time around. Congress has returned to power and India's new prime minister will be most probably Sonia Gandhi. As long as she does her job properly, people will be least bothered about her foreign origin. There was a brilliant cartoon in India Today that said "Do you think foreign origin is a big issue in these days of Outsourcing?" (The words Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084333248356873082004-05-12T08:24:00.000+05:002004-05-12T08:40:48.356+05:00In May 2003, Bangalore became the first city in the country to publish its balance sheet.
Nashik's garbage undergoes a bioculture process and is converted to fertiliser, which is sold to farmers for Rs 1,800 a tonne
In Vijayawada, to get in touch with the municipality, one just dials a dedicated number and gets connected to the municipality server, the phone works as a keyboard;and the TV Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1084261929386866552004-05-11T12:35:00.000+05:002004-05-11T12:52:09.386+05:00Chandrababu Naidu, perhaps the most high profile CM of India has been ousted from office by the people of Andhra Pradesh. A man who in his eagerness to IT enable the state forgot the ground realities, a man who never used to delegate authority out of insecurity, a man who has been finally shown the door by the people of AP.
But will the Congress be any better ?? It has not made a good beginning Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1083335337710691672004-04-30T19:28:00.000+05:002004-04-30T19:36:51.513+05:00After a long time, a post from my side.....hope to be more regular from now onwards.....
One of the most eagerly awaited movies in the coming summer is Mani Ratnam's Yuva alias Aayitha Ezhuthu. The two websites showcase the synposis of the movie and give a terrific introduction to the 3 protagonists. These sites showcase the amazing way in which Indian movies are being packaged, a far cry from Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1069306446362137422003-11-20T10:34:00.000+05:002003-11-20T10:34:42.310+05:00I guess the person who said that politics is the "theater of the absurd" will feel even more vindicated when he reads this.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1068789761921746352003-11-14T11:02:00.000+05:002003-11-14T11:05:18.356+05:00Recently came across this "Interview with God" in a mail. Went through the entire presentation. Found it inspiring enough to share it out here....If everybody follows all that what is written in the presentation, we would be living in Utopia. But, I guess that we dont deserve to stay in Utopia.
Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1067844688243486682003-11-03T12:31:00.000+05:002003-11-03T12:31:42.140+05:00You know as to what is one of the hardest things in the world?? A person who is dear to you is in trouble. And you cant do anything about it. Anything.
The feeling of sheer helplessness and frustration you experience at that moment is one of the hardest things in the
world. Trust me.
Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1066383160892905632003-10-17T14:32:00.000+05:002003-10-17T14:32:40.633+05:00har haan ka matlab iqraar nahi hota,
har jagah pe baithna intezaar nahi hota,
yun to milti hai nazar hazaron se,
har nazar ka milna pyaar nahi hota.
How true!Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1066299335949916302003-10-16T15:15:00.000+05:002003-10-16T15:16:55.973+05:00Music. how shall we describe this......it exists in so many forms....right from simple film songs to Hindustani Classical through Carnatic Classical, Western Classical, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Metal, Rabindra Sangeet etc etc etc.....In short, innumerable forms...innumerable forms which bind people from all corners of the world.
Music.
Was reading somewhere that it is the nearest way to reach Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1066284297710985502003-10-16T11:04:00.000+05:002003-10-16T11:04:57.823+05:00Why is it that the people who have something up their sleeves outnumber the people who are open and frank? Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1064400619620510492003-09-24T15:50:00.000+05:002003-09-24T15:56:06.166+05:00Want to be invisible? Yeah. INVISIBLE.
Just hold on.....the technology is on its way.....Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1064399171860069252003-09-24T15:26:00.000+05:002003-09-24T15:56:28.416+05:00Coca Cola and Pepsi have been in the news recently for the controversy over the presence of pesticides in their products. Whatever be the claims and counter claims in that episode, their track record in India has been of flouting norms and playing with regulations, left right and centre.
The best part is, they have always got away with it. Sad. Very Sad.
Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1063949717437057662003-09-19T10:35:00.000+05:002003-09-19T10:35:17.123+05:00An excellent article related to Disinvestment and Parliament's role in it. It argues for a fresh look into the methodology adopted behind disinvesting. And ends with a profound question.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1063859906240497292003-09-18T09:38:00.000+05:002003-09-18T09:38:26.013+05:00When you want something badly, it shows. And you will get it. Does that mean that if we dont get something, we never wanted it badly in the first place....which is obviously not true. So, what is true then ?Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1063771928424817812003-09-17T09:12:00.000+05:002003-09-17T09:12:08.420+05:00If "Matrix" happens to be your cup of coffee or tea or whatever..... then presenting a site which thoroughly analyses "Matrix" and features an assorted mix of articles related to Matrix in some way or the other. It's a great site where in your intellectual juices will overflow. Strongly recommended for Matrix buffs.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-1058267022893965592003-07-15T16:03:00.000+05:002003-07-15T16:05:06.746+05:00One of the best sites on the net which deals only with Telugu Cinema alias Tollywood is Idlebrain. Right from gossip and reviews to analysis of evergreen classics, it has everything. A telugu movie buff's delight!!Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-946729452003-05-21T11:18:00.000+05:002003-05-21T11:18:59.000+05:00Matrix Reloaded is out in America and will very soon hit India precisely on June 13. An exhaustive report on the cinematographer of Matrix's efforts to reinvent cinematography in this new version of Matrix. Engrossing.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-902292472003-03-06T14:33:00.000+05:002003-03-06T14:33:34.513+05:00Soon, water may disappear from the face of the earth itself.........Its high time, that something needs to be done about that.......Not at all comforting is the fact that India is among the world's 10 worst water providers.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-900474242003-03-03T18:07:00.000+05:002003-03-03T18:09:41.000+05:00Sachin Tendulkar is GOD . No two ways about it, no arguments about it. Conclusive proof of his mastery over the technique of batting was displayed recently on March 1st, 2003 - an unforgettable day in the history of cricket.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-877677482003-01-21T10:10:00.000+05:002003-01-21T10:11:05.000+05:00Paraplegics able to walk thanks to sensors embedded in their legs that will receive directions from a computer, just one of the tech predictions for the coming decade........Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-855903672002-12-06T18:40:00.000+05:002002-12-06T18:40:28.823+05:00A Journalist gets his country ( Nigeria) almost on the brink of a Civil war. A look at what will happen when passions rule a man instead of the other way around.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-853687472002-12-02T13:59:00.000+05:002002-12-02T14:02:07.000+05:00I guess, knowing one's IQ has always been a fascination for many people out there....for all those people, presenting A very good IQ test. Go ahead and check it out!!!!!!!Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-852395432002-11-29T09:46:00.000+05:002002-11-29T09:48:11.000+05:00World's longest palindrome!!!!! Of course, the palindrome does not make much sense, but the detail in which this guy explains as to how he was able to generate this, makes it quite interesting. Incidentally, he is the director of search quality in Google.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-850415622002-11-25T11:13:00.000+05:002002-11-25T11:14:36.000+05:00A.R.Rahman is all set to push the limits as this Outlook story says. Very surprising to know that he has worked with Jennifer Lopez. The best part is he might start working on an opera!!!!!! Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-847577682002-11-19T16:41:00.000+05:002002-11-19T16:45:17.000+05:00Terms like "All time best", " The best" have always fascinated us.....Featured here are the top 100 novels and the top 100 non fiction books of the century gone by.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-847568492002-11-19T16:05:00.000+05:002002-11-19T16:28:33.000+05:00Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of India's greatest mathematical geniuses.A concise look at his life. A must read for any person who is interested in mathematics.
Another person who was a genius in his own right was Richard P. Feynman - a scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician among others. Look at this transcript of the classic talk that he gave on December 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-847484252002-11-19T10:48:00.000+05:002002-11-19T11:18:36.000+05:00A man who inspired the comment from Webber " I have heard the future of music and its Indian" - A.R.Rahman made waves with his very first film "Roja" and since then has never looked back.Inarguably, the most exciting music director in recent times.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-847466882002-11-19T10:02:00.000+05:002002-11-19T10:57:40.000+05:00Arguably, considered to be the best newpaper in India, THE HINDU is one good read on the Net.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957119.post-847453522002-11-19T09:32:00.000+05:002002-11-19T11:13:56.000+05:00Hi people,
Welcome. My first attempt at doing something on the Web. Hope it will be interesting enough.Chandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017627216665685007noreply@blogger.com0