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Sunday, November 25, 2007

A Great Drawing , From School to Universe !

From school to Universe !

This Drawing is one of the most colorful pictures we've seen. Has drawn by, Chaturi Himashi, 14 years student of Matara Central College, Sri Lanka.She has the ability to rise up her talent in time to come with age, 'cose still she a very small child with ability.

We are proud of you having with us. Because she is a one of student of our institite, The Future Global Educational Center, (T.F.G.E.) in Matara, Southern Provence of Sri Lanka.

She's drawn this one to send for a competition in India.

But, not going to send it explaining there are some incorrect parts in the picture. She said , with that reasons it'll not be able to win in the competition.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

The Buddha - The True Peacemaker

The Buddha - The True Peacemaker

At the present time, globally people talk about peace as a burning issue in our human society. Though most people very much prefer to live in a peaceful atmosphere and an untroubled environment, some unwise and uncivilised citizens, leaders, politicians and their henchmen create terrible fear and danger within our global society.

Even though innumerable peace talks, forums, conferences, meetings and negotiations endlessly take place, there are no signs or gestures to console or comfort ourselves by achieving this so-called peace.

It is disgraceful and contemptible that in the name of peace, hypocritical and insincere members of our human family incite and encourage unacceptable anarchy to achieve their own personal hidden agendas.

Honesty, sincerity and veracity should be present in one’s mind to achieve true peace.

The Supreme Teacher the Buddha, 2550 years ago very precisely emphasised the way and the perfect path to practise to achieve lasting peace in many discourses, during his forty five years ministry.

Once the Buddha said: “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This an eternal Law”.

According to above-mentioned words of the Blessed One, we can understand the key reason and main cause of never ending and irresolvable violence and war, which have been destroying many innocent lives and shelters for many years.

Negotiations and so-called peace talks have not yet contributed any element or ingredient to reduce violence and achieve peace. They have all become lip services. Greediness for power and money are the foremost hidden agendas and aspirations in the minds of most envoys, delegates and politicians in our global society, today.

While preaching soothing words for unwise people by paraphrasing the Buddha’s and other religious Masters’ words, those who claim to be as Buddhists, Christians and so on, the power and money hungry people openly and blatantly violate the basic principles and guidelines, which the Blessed One and foundering fathers of other religions compassionately advised us to follow and practise to achieve peace, harmony and unity in this life.

The Buddha clearly described the advantages of cultivating of wholesome qualities and the disadvantages of practising unwholesome qualities. As a virtuous and righteous person, one should reflect on one’s conduct and behaviour to ensure whether it is beneficial for oneself and for others.

It is important to note, certain deeds, although may be beneficial for oneself, could be detrimental to others and therefore, should be avoided, if this remarkable advice of the Buddha is followed no one will suffer in the name of violence and war.

Lack of sublime qualities such as loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic-joy and equanimity in some humans, have caused cruel activities and violence to worsen and intensify.

Though many religionists boast of their own dogmas and credos the dearth of their spiritual practice along with their followers has resulted in the decline of spiritual advancement.

Inability to manage one’s anger, incapability to share resources with others, violation of human rights and craving for equal opportunities are visible and ostensible facts which result from lack of sublime qualities.

As a true peacemaker who achieved the incomparable and remarkable innermost peace called Nibbana, The Buddha has tremendously emphasised the way to practise metta (loving kindness) to attain inner peace, as well as creating a fearless environment for others.

The Blessed One has clearly taught us that the paramount cause and the driving force is craving which builds and fosters turmoil and chaos within oneself that could explode out verbally and physically.

In the Dhammapada the Buddha profoundly explains thus:

“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.”

Even though these sterling words are more than 2550 years old, they are greatly accepted and followed by the wise and are practical and realistic, even today.

In his profound teachings, the Four Sublime qualities -(Brahma Viharas)are the key factors which one should cultivate and develop within oneself and spread throughout our global society to achieve inner peace and outer peace.

The Four Sublime qualities (Brahma viharas) are:

Metta - Universal friendliness or loving kindness.

Karuna - Compassion.

Mudita - Sympathetic-joy or rejoicing for others welfare, prosperity, success and progress.

Upekkha - Indiscrimination, equanimity, impartiality and see things as they are with Unshaken mind.

If whoever is aware of and accepts the Law of Kamma, he will never allow for any unwholesome thought to implant and perpetrate into words and deeds.

The Blessed One discovered and established an incomparable and unsurpassed path of purification which can be treading, experienced and attained by the wise; those who are able to train and tame their mind by observing and investigating their own hidden tendencies and ulterior motives are called wise. This is the only way to eradicate violence and to achieve true peace.

Once the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Shri Jawaharlal Nehru said:

“Peace is not a relationship of nation. It is condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”

Pandit Shri Jawaharlal Nehru has modestly asserted and proudly stated that the only path to achieve peace is the Buddha’s path of purification many times during his tenure as a Prime Minister.

Let me quote the words of Pandit Nehru again.

“If we follow the principles Enunciated by the Buddha we will ultimately win Peace and tranquility for the world.”

It is also commendable that Mr. A.T.Ariyaratne, well renowned leader of Sarvodaya Movement, has been guiding and persuading people to approach and achieve peace by cultivating and practising metta - loving kindness.

He is a good living example to everyone who teaches how to achieve real inner peace, not only by preaching but also by cultivating and practising. This is always admired and highly appreciated by the wise.

According to Buddha Dhamma, what you sow you may reap. Every time one gets angry at anyone or anything, under any circumstance, that person creates unwholesome kamma and definitely consequences will be dangerous and he will create unhappiness among others too.

But, on the other hand, if one concentrates on putting his own mind at peace by cultivating patience he will experience peace then and there and in future too.

This is the only way how we can spread peace through the world. Each and everyone will first have to develop one’s own mind and cultivate good and act accordingly and then we will be able to generate peace and spread peace through our actions to the world outside.

When you plant the seeds of war, you get war; if you plant the seeds of peace, you get peace.

“He is truly virtuous, wise and righteous, who neither for his own sake nor for the sake of another (does any wrong), who does crave for sons, wealth, or kingdom, and does not desire his own success by unjust means” - By the Supreme Master - The Buddha.

May all beings be well and happy! May all beings be free from violence! May all beings be at peace!

Ven. Horowpothane Sathindriya Thera, is from Samadhi Buddhist Meditation Centre, Campbellfield - Victoria, Australia.



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Sai Baba - eighty-two years of love in action

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Sai Baba - eighty-two years of love in action

In his Christmas Divine Discourse Sai Baba once declared, “Love must take the form of Service Seva; Seva must take the form of food for the hungry, solace for the forlorn, consolation for the suffering.”

He exhorted us to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ on this Holy Christmas Day. His teachings were a


Sri Sathya Sai Baba

command for all to work, worship and love humanity with a heart full of compassion, selflessness and purity. This type of love manifested by mankind He declared as the way to God. ‘Show love for humanity in God actions’ declared Swami.

Mother Ishwar Amma once pleaded with Swami when he was revealing His Divine Powers and Glory. She was convinced that Swami had made His advent into this world as the avatar of this yuga.

She prayed to Him to grant her three boons: (i) to provide a small dispensary for the benefit of the poor villagers and residents of Puttaparthi. (ii) to build a small school for the children of Parthi who were deprived of any type of education, (iii) to provide drinking water facility for the villagers. None of these essential necessities was available for the Puttaparthi villagers.

Mother Ishwaramma prayed for these needs with a purity of heart and compassion for the needy, unmindful of her own needs. As we now realise Baba’s ways are unfathomable! His ways are mysterious. He neither says “Yes” nor “No”. Silent and subtle are the divine ways. One has to wait for the ‘Time’. Time is timeless eternity.

So Mother Ishwaramma had to wait till her time. Today Mother Ishwaran is no more but what she prayed for has been fulfilled by the Lord, All her three boons have been fructified by Baba. They are divine manifestations of love in action.

In place of a small humble dispensary, which was Mother’s first prayer, there now stand magnificent hospitals which are palatial in concept. These are the super speciality hospitals of Higher Medical Sciences. Several lamps light up these architecturally brilliant edifices epitomising Swami’s love in action.

In them we visualise the divine manifestation of His power and glory, purity of spirit, mystery and magnificence, truth and beauty and concertised in an architectural structure projecting and revealing to the world “THAT” Divine Love of God for His creation.

Villagers who were earlier unable to get any kind of treatment are now at the receiving end of free medical treatment and free education of the most superior quality and of the highest order. The Sathya Sai University is a ‘Wonder’ monument and it answers Mother’s second prayer for education. It is a true relevation of the Almighty Will and love in action.

This unique University does not merely provide a ‘bookish’ education and knowledge but, as Baba reiterates, it also teaches both students and professors discipline and devotion.

Education at the Sai University promotes the integration of all personalities in students and helps them to evolve towards the attainment of the highest goal of education - namely, character (through the practice of the highest human values) - Sathya (Truth), Dharama (Righteousness), Shanthi (Peace), Prema (Love), and Ahimsa (Non-Violence).

Swami expects students who pass out of the University to be ‘embodiments of natural sweetness’. His wisdom disintegrates the mental make up of the students and of the falsities hitherto acquired, (knowledge) of the objective world, and arouses instead an awareness that radiates their inner spirit to a wisdom underlying the nature of the Universe - that it is not the ‘padartha’ but it is also the ‘parartha’ - the non-material world.

Thus, Baba’s University does not merely confer Degrees and academic qualifications. He calls them ‘begging bowls’ used to obtain jobs here and abroad. Rather he upholds an education based on right-living and good actions thereby conferring Faith, Character and Confidence. Education is to awaken the student towards attainment of the highest goal of life.

Baba’s acts of love are constant reminders of our own latent Inner Reality - love. Baba’s love in action reveals the truth that our body, sense and mind are mere ‘vestures’ concealing the true reality of our being.

This abiding Principle of Love He declares should be the ‘Prompting’ principle of all our actions. From Baba granting of the humblest gift to His creation of gigantic architectural structures we see this prompting principle in action..... a substantial verification of His Love in Action.

Speaking about one’s performance of duty, Baba insists that we must do our duty without hope of being entitled to fruits thereof. Duty should be performed with selfless love. Prema-sadhana alone should be our motivating principle.

His service to mankind is a form of devotion. We should therefore perform all actions as a form of service with devotion, surrendering them with love for God.

Thus says the Gita; “A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad reactions.” (Gita ii: 51) Such a service alone can show him the differences between service done with devotion and that which is done for fruitive results of with desire of ‘proprietorship’.

Baba’s love in action demonstrates a kind of Transcendental Knowledge of the ‘Personality’ of God, an imperishable science of yoga. As it is declared in the Gita by Sri Krishna, Baba is ‘Identifiable’ with the same declaration.

“Although I am unborn and my transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium” (Gita; iv 6.)

Through love in action Baba shows us the way to serve mankind without attachment to the modes of material nature. Transcendental Knowledge is sought through love in action.



But, In Sri Lanka, most people don't reckon him like other countries.

God Iyappan - the fasting begins

God Iyappan - the fasting begins

God Iyappan is worshipped during the Kaliyuga Era. He is widely believed to overcome troubles and sorrows


God Iyappan

of all people. As Human beings we live in a fast moving modern society, while following, with much difficulties, the traditions and cultures inherited from our ancestors.

During the fasting period Hindus are bound to follow the defined norms of a fast. It is through this that they obtain the real outcome of a fast.

The purpose of fasting is that it is healthy for the body. The organs in the digesting process get an opportunity to relax and the system is refined and proper blood circulation is restored.

This provides one, a healthy, peaceful and long life. Those who fast are expected to lead a very humble life. They should refrain from killing animals for food to get God’s direct blessings.

Observing the fast for God Iyappan leads one in this correct path. Devotees ceremonially initiated the fasting period last Saturday, November 17, at Aluthmawatha Ananda Iyappan temple with a Ganapathi Homam, in view of Sabarimalai Iyappan Yathra.

Iyappan Fasting

Those who observe the Iyappan fast will have to take a normal bath (no hot water) in the mornings and evenings. They will have to apply Santhanam and Kunkumam to the Iyappan image hanging around their neck, light a lamp and incense stick to the Iyappan photo in the shrine room and worship and at the end of the prayer offer milk, plantain or sugar candy.

God Iyappan is said to have gone to the jungle without a second thought in search of tiger milk to cure his


Aluthmawatha Ananda Iyappan temple

mother. He loves his parents. Thus, he expects his devotees too to love their parents.

The devotees have to worship their parents and get their blessings and see that they treat them well specially during the fasting period.

On the first day of the Tamil month Karthika, the fasting begins. Devotees can start the fast with the help of a guru or their parents. Thereafter they will strictly have to be pure in their heart, speech and conduct.

The fasting period consists of 41 days. They can skip one meal a day and refrain from afternoon nap, strictly abstain from gambling, cinema, cigarettes and alcohol.

These restrictions would help one relieve of the bad habits and enlighten him of the good aspects the world offers.

Devotees have to refrain from white clothing and footwear during the fasting period. Refraining from footwear helps them prepare for the Padha Yathra they have to observe at the end of the fast, along the Sabarimalai mountain.

They must refrain from using perfumes, mattress and pillow. They must also abstain from thinking or talking evil. They should possess the thought that “I am prepared to sacrifice anything for you God, your grace is what is more important to me and my family”.

During the fasting period it is advisable to engage in worshipping Iyappan and singing his Banjan songs.

When the devotees meet they greet saying ‘Samy Saranam’. This implies that once they start observing the fast they are treated as Iyappan themselves. This makes one feel he is divine and is expected to behave accordingly.


A Weekend To Remember in SaRaGaMaPa L'il Champs

A Weekend To Remember in SaRaGaMaPa L'il Champs

Asha Bhonsle, the Melody Enchntress sets the tone for the weekend with her presence in SaRaGaMaPa L'il Champs.. Get ready to sing and swing to “Aneek & Mauli’s favorite songs as well, this Saturday.
SaReGaMaPa L'il Champs has a very special guest in their sets this weekend. On both the days the Queen of Vocal Versatility - Asha Bhosle will be there as the special guest. You can expect sheer magic in the Masti ki Pathshala considering the theme on popular numbers, the brilliant performances by the participants, and the euphoria on the sets with the presence of the Queen of music herself.

Friday’s theme is Asha Bhosle Special. The show starts with a rocking performance by Aditya on the R D Burman hit “Duniya Mein Logo Ko”. Totaram Tanmay impresses once again and steals the show with his dazzling rendition of “Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karenge HumDono”. You will get to hear some very popular Asha Bhosle songs attempted by the participants. Asha ji, not only cheers and encourages the L'il participants, she also gives them some very valuable tips. She asks them to take the path of classical music rather than the Hip Hop music prevalent today.

Saturday will remind all viewers of Challenge 2007 days and the theme is “Aneek & Mauli’s Choice Special”. These L'il contestants will be singing the favorite songs of the two SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2007 contestants. And they all give out some dazzling performances as well. But it does not end here. Mauli fans, here is a treat for you all - be ready to watch Mauli’s encore of her immensely popular Maiyya Maiyya act. There is more to come - Sonu sings his hit number “Deewana Tera”. Then comes the performance of the day - Asha Bhosle shakes a leg with Suresh Wadekar and Sonu Nigam on the song “Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka” and leaves the audience spellbound and wanting more.

Tune in to Zee SaReGaMaPa L'il Champ on the 23rd and 24th of Nov at 10 PM IST to catch all action and more and have a whale of a musical masti time.

Author: Barnali



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Monday, November 19, 2007

Celine Dion released new albem "Taking Chances"

Celine Dion - Taking Chances (2007)

Who wouldn’t love the new album from Celine Dion? I still got this song from Titanic in my mind from time to time although it seriously looked this artist is “offline” for a while. But her new album Taking Chances changes this and reviewers go off the scale in their positive criticism. 18 new songs are waiting for you…

The long awaited English language return from the Canadian megastar is the follow up to the 2007 French effort ‘D’elles,’ and is the prolific singer’s 34th full length release. ‘Taking Chances’ sees Dion teaming up with a host of internationally renowned songwriters including Dave Stewart and LindaPerry to produce yet another album of heartstring-tugging power balladry enhanced by her inimitable vocal talents. The album also features the likes of R Kelly and Ben Moody on production duties and includes the single ‘Taking Chances.’

Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer and occasional songwriter and actress. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Québec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and would-be husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990 she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English speaking areas of the world.

Tracklist:******************************************

1. Taking Chances 4:03
2. Alone 3:24
3. Eyes On Me 3:54
4. My Love 4:09
5. Shadow Of Love 4:10
6. Surprise Surprise 5:14
7. This Time 3:47
8. New Dawn 4:45
9. A Song For You 3:27
10. A World To Believe In 4:08
11. Cant Fight The Feelin 3:51
12. I Got Nothin Left 4:20
13. Right Next To The Right One 4:10
14. Fade Away 3:17
15. Thats Just A Woman In Me 4:34
16. Skies Of L.A. 4:25
17. Map To My Heart 4:16
18. The Reason I Go On 3:42

ARTIST : Celine Dion
TITLE : Taking Chances
LABEL : Epic
GENRE : Pop
BITRATE : 197 kbps avg
SOURCE : CD (LP)
PLAYTIME : 01:13:36
SIZE : 109.MB
STORE DATE : 2007-11-00

Release name: Celine_Dion-Taking_Chances-2007-CELiNEDiON
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

An Indian Man marries dog as atonement

Man in India marries dog as atonement


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AP Photo: P. Selvakumar, left, places a garland on a sari-draped former stray female dog named Selvi...


NEW DELHI - A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — an act he believes cursed him — a newspaper reported Tuesday.

P. Selvakumar married the sari-draped former stray named Selvi, chosen by family members and then bathed and clothed for the ceremony Sunday at a Hindu temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Hindustan Times newspaper said.

Selvakumar, 33, told the paper he had been suffering since he stoned two dogs to death and hung their bodies from a tree 15 years ago.

"After that my legs and hands got paralyzed and I lost hearing in one ear," he said in the report.

The paper said an astrologer had told Selvakumar the wedding was the only way he could cure the maladies. It did not say whether his situation had improved.

Deeply superstitious people in rural India sometimes organize weddings to dogs and other animals, believing it can ward off certain curses.

The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to the dog, which was wearing an orange sari and a flower garland.

The paper said the groom and his family then had a feast, while the dog got a bun.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Dialog Satellite TV asia is going to stop radio channels !

Dialog Satellite TV asia is going to stop radio channels !





Dialog Satellite TV has stopped air their radio channels .With that effect 10 of most famous radio channels are not available via Dialog TV anymore. That is a breaking promise of their end due to much published selling adds on papers, telling Dialog TV has Tv channels with Radio. Some people who don't want to buy a radio set or those whose radio is broken , are not able to here anymore via Dialog TV (DTV) with their un-kind attitude with management.


A few months ago, they've stopped to air "Animax" cartoon channel due to unsuitable programmes are there for children, according to them. But they didn't tell that a few months before , then there must be a hidden agenda for the quick decision.I think DTV management is cheating us with their Monopoly and breaking their promises everywhere they want to. The solution to get more capacity in bandwidth is not to prohibit the radio channels, but acquire another transponder with immediate effect.

Also they are going to rise up the monthly charges . But it is not the solution to earn money , because our life is not watching TV only. They must increase the customer base without increasing monthly payments.But Dialog TV , will not win peoples mind anymore with these kind of breaking promises and charges.

Alladin Arrives on Zee TV begining from this Friday !

Alladin Arrives on Zee TV







Adding an all-new dimension of fantasy to its popular weekend primetime slot, Zee TV is proud to announce the launch of an exciting new series Aladdin starting on Friday, November 16 at 9:30 pm.
Zee TV proudly announces an all thrilling series of Aladdin which will be aired starting on Friday, November 16 at 9:30 pm. At the launch, Mr. Punit Goenka, Network Operating Officer, ZEEL, enlightened Zee's unswerving effort to innovate and explore the unexploited territory of entertainment. He believes that Fantasy as a genre has not been explored much, and Aladdin with its miraculous appeal, freshly packaged with stimulating special effects, will undoubtedly capture a place in the hearts of the audience.

Aladdin, with whom we've practically grown up with, will be brought back to life on small screen. The narration of the story, not forgetting the special effects will cast a spell on the minds of the children across the country.

The story is about a 15 year old Aladdin who loses his parents under mysterious circumstances. It unfolds his journey through series of interesting developments in his life, starting from the phase where he trips upon the magic lamp, crosses swords with wicked Jaffer, uses cheerful Djinn to his advantage, and falls in love with Princess Jasmine.

The show is produced by Applause Entertainment and Sagar Arts. It showcases new and vivacious talent in the face of Mandar playing Aladdin, Nazea Hasan as Princess Jasmine and Ranvijay Razdan of Kasamh Se and Kaisa Yeh Pyaar fame who plays the wicked Jafer.

Catch Aladdin wooing his lady love and counter attacking Jafer's malevolent actions on Zee TV at 9:30 pm, Friday to Sunday.

Author: Khushboo Maheshwari

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

The World's Best Jokes in the week !

Joke (01) *********************************

There is a story about a popular young rabbi, who on
Sabbath eve announces to the congregation that he will
not renew his contract and is moving on to a larger
congregation that will pay him more.

There is a hush. No one wants him to leave.

Epstein, who owns several car dealerships, stands up
and announces, "If the rabbi stays, I'll provide him with
a new sedan every year, and his lovely wife with a mini
van, to transport their children!"

The congregation sighs, and applauds.

Goldstein, the entrepreneur and investor stands and says,
"If the rabbi stays, I'll double his salary, and establish a
foundation to guarantee the college education of his
children!!"

More sighs and applause.

Old Mrs. Goldfarb, aged 96, stands and announces,
"If the rabbi stays, I offer SEX!!"

There is a hush. The rabbi, blushing, asks, "Mrs. Goldfarb,
whatever possessed you to say that?"

Mrs. Goldfarb answers, "I just asked Mr. Goldfarb what we
could contribute to make the rabbi stay. Mr. Goldfarb said,
'Fuck the rabbi.'"

Joke (02) *********************************


This older Jewish man was on the operating table awaiting surgery and
he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation.
As he was about to receive the anesthesia he asked to speak to his son.
"Yes Dad, what is it?"
"Don't be nervous, son, do your best and just remember, if it doesn't
go well, if something happens to me ... your mother is going to come

and live with you and your wife...."


Joke (03) *********************************
What's the best form of birth control after 50?

Nudity


Joke (04) *********************************
What's the difference between a new husband and a new dog?

After a year, the dog is still excited to see you.


Joke (05) *********************************
"Ever since we got married, my wife has tried to change me. She got me to
stop drinking, smoking and running around until all hours of the night.
She taught me how to dress well, enjoy the fine arts, gourmet cooking,
classical music, even how to invest in the stock market," said the man.

"Sounds like you may be bitter because she changed you so drastically,"
remarked his friend.

"I'm not bitter. Now that I'm so improved, she just isn't good enough
for me.


Joke (06) *********************************
One day at the end of class little Billy's teacher has the class go home
and think of a story and then conclude the moral of that story.
The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer
to tell a story. Suzy said, "Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the
truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well, one Sunday
we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket and onto the
road." The teacher asks for the moral of the story. Suzy replies,
"Don't keep all your eggs in one basket."

Next is little Lucy. "Well, my dad owns a farm too and every weekend we
take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last weekend only
8 of the 12 eggs hatched." The teacher asks for the moral of the story.
Lucy replies "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."

Last is little Billy. "My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war; his plane
was shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it crashed with
only a case of beer, a machine gun and a machete. On the way down he
drank the case of beer. Unfortunately, he landed right in the middle of
100 Vietnamese soldiers. He shot 70 with his machine gun but ran out of
bullets, so he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more. The blade on
his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands".
The teacher looks in shock at Billy and asks if there is possibly any
moral to his story. Billy replies, "Don't fuck with uncle Ted when he's
been drinking."

Joke (07) *********************************
The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate
father to start their family. On the day the surrogate father was to
arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife and said, "I'm off. The man should be
here soon" Half an hour later, just by chance a door-to-door baby
photographer rang the doorbell, hoping to make a sale.

"Good morning, madam. I've come to...."
"Oh, no need to explain. I've been expecting you," Mrs. Smith cut in.
"Really?" the photographer asked. "Well, good. I've made a speciality of
babies"
"That's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat"

After a moment, she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?"
"Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the
couch and perhaps a couple on the bed. Sometimes the living room floor is
fun too; you can really spread out!"
"Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work for Harry and me"
"Well, madam, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But, if we
try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven different
angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results"
"My, that's a lot of....." gasped Mrs. Smith.
"Madam, in my line of work, a man must take his time. I'd love to be in
and out in five minutes, but you'd be disappointed with that, I'm sure"
"Don't I know it," Mrs. Smith said quietly.

The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his
baby pictures.
"This was done on the top of a bus in downtown London"
"Oh my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, tugging at her handkerchief.
"And these twins turned out exceptionally well, when you consider their
mother was so difficult to work with"
"She was difficult?" asked Mrs. Smith.
"Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to Hyde Park to get the job
done right. People were crowding around four and five deep, pushing to get
a good look"
"Four and five deep?" asked Mrs. Smith, eyes widened in amazement.
"Yes," the photographer said, "And for more than three hours too. The
mother was constantly squealing and yelling. I could hardly concentrate.
Then darkness approached and I began to rush my shots. Finally, when the
squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just packed it all in."
Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "You mean squirrels actually chewed on your,
um......equipment?"
"That's right. Well, madam, if you're ready, I'll set up my tripod so we
can get to work."
"Tripod?????"
"Oh yes, I have to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big for
me to hold for very long. Madam? Madam? ....... Good Lord, she's
fainted!!"


Joke (08) *********************************
The young couple was engaged in a most affectionate embrace when there
came the sound of a key in the front door. The young lady broke away
at once, eyes wide with alarm.
"Heavens," she cried, "it's my husband! Quick, jump out the window."
The young man, equally alarmed, made a quick step toward the window,
then demurred. "I can't," he said, "we're on the thirteenth floor."
"For heaven's sake," cried the young lady in exasperation,
"is this a time to be superstitious?"


Joke (09) *********************************
Why did God give men larger brains than dogs?

So they won't hump women's legs at cocktail parties.

Joke (10) *********************************

Some people are sitting in a bar when one guy says, "My
name is Larry, and I am a SNAG."

Another guy says, "What's that?"

The first guy says, "That means I am a Single, New Age Guy."

Another one says, "My name is Gary, and I am a DINK.

A girl asks, "What's that?"

He says, "That means I am a Double Income, No Kids."

A lady says, "That's nice. My name is Gertrude, and I am a
WIFE."

Larry says, "A WIFE? What's a WIFE?"

She says, "That means, "Wash, Iron, Fuck, Etc."





Om Shanthi Om _Released on 9th November with Great Expectation !


Om Shanti Om


My jaw drops on seeing a shirtless Shahrukh Khan. The closest I can recall seeing his waxed chest is through that transparent shirt in the song Sooraj hua madhham… in Karan Johar’s Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham. Even if I am shaken and stirred, the journalist in me pretends not to show it. But SRK is hell-bent on showing off his body, and dissecting it—down to why he got the left nipple pierced and not the right. “How do you think I look,” he asks everyone around, including the rather baffled CNN crew that has specially flown down from the US post the success of Chak De! India to capture the inexplicable appeal of King Khan.


t’s a rhetorical question; it demands nothing but approval. But before I can react, director Farah Khan pitches in: “Your body is like John’s (Abraham) and you are dancing like Hrithik.” SRK’s famous dimples get switched on bright: “I have the abs; I don’t need to act now.”

It is the very last shooting schedule of King Khan’s forthcoming home production, Om Shanti Om (OSO). The cheesy number, Dil mein mere hai darde disco is being canned at the swanky Yashraj Studio. Being on the sets is an other-worldly, out-of-the body experience. It’s hard not to get intimidated by such full-on Bollywood kitsch. Shirtless SRK in faux leather pants is shaking his booty alongside tall, lissom white girls, wearing golliwog wigs, leopard print leotards and hoop earrings. A huge eagle provides a Chandamama-like backdrop, while welders perched precariously on the roof create sparkles that provide a shooting star effect. The theme is ‘fire’ and the song will move on to the ‘water’ and ‘wind’ themes, I am told. Meanwhile, a pregnant Farah Khan, expecting triplets, and complaining of morning sickness in between shots, is angry at the cameraperson for cutting SRK’s crotch from the frame. “We are not shooting a Bengali art film here, get it (the crotch) back,” she roars on the mike, and stretches herself on the director’s couch.SRK is in a jolly good mood. Unsparingly mocking, he sends up everything for a lark: the ‘Yashraj Films’-inscribed cutlery with which he eats his McDonald’s burger, Rahul Rawail’s new film, Buddha Mar Gaya, and a news item in the Economic Times which quotes a ‘prosumer’ survey to declare that Ram Gopal Varma’s Darling will be the biggest hit of 2007. The mention of fire is enough for him to tell us a hilarious anecdote about watching Deepa Mehta’s film of the same name in the company of his mother-in-law and squirming all the way. SRK even sends up SRK. He complains to Farah about how he hates shooting with the leggy models: “They make me look and feel like a chaprasi (peon).”It’s not all fun and games. Seriousness surfaces as Khan reads the scripts of promos of OSO that will show on NDTV, red-stemmed glasses perched on his nose. The film is ready, the marketing and hype are about to unleash and you can see how keen he is to get all the details of the launch right. The performer’s job is done, the producer-businessman has taken over.

SRK is at an interesting juncture in his life. He is not just a star. Many see him embodying, through the Rajs and Rahuls he plays, the spirit of post-liberalisation, feelgood India—just as Big B’s Angry Young Man represented the angst-ridden India of the ’70s and the ’80s. And 2007 has, so far, been a glorious year for him. Chak De has been the year’s biggest hit. What’s more, it’s the first film in his entire career to earn him commercial and critical approval in equal measure. “They loved you in Chak De,” I tell him. “We will undo that with OSO. I can’t make people love me for so long,” he says, tongue firmly in cheek.

With OSO, SRK is back to giving us an absolutely in-your-face Bollywood movie, the mother of all entertainers, with a mother of all item numbers starring every single big star in the industry. In this film, Shahrukh is paying tribute to his own world, the Hindi film industry. “This is a film made by fans of Hindi films. Farah is the biggest one, I am a close second,” says SRK. The film plays out a reincarnation theme against the backdrop of 1970s Bollywood, and later, the Bollywood of 2008. Its logline is, “for some dreams to be fulfilled one lifetime is not enough”. The story is about the passion of a junior artiste, Om, for the regal heroine number one, Shantipriya (a throwback to Hema Malini), a love story cut short by death and renewed with rebirth. Shades of Kudrat, Karz, Karan Arjun and Reincarnation of Peter Proud. “It’s a hugely dramatic film,” says SRK. “The story has been told earlier, the beauty lies in telling it more interestingly.” So apart from drama, there is also comedy.Why the ’70s? “I love the films of that period—Sholay, Deewar, Yaadon Ki Baraat, Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin, the films of Vijay Anand, Nasir Hussain, Manmohan Desai. The era had glamour and fashion,” says Farah. “We are what we are because of that kind of cinema,” says SRK. “When they talk Bollywood in London they think of bell bottoms, sidelocks and long hair and over-the-top music. Bollywood is a term which, people don’t realise, is used for the ’70s.”

The challenge was to recreate the spirit of those times. “It’s very interesting to create a period. People think period is only kings and queens. Every decade is a period,” says SRK. The big stars of the times, and even the junior artistes, appear in songs and cameos. SFX have been deployed to make the film’s heroine serenade with Sunil Dutt. Even though Vishal-Shekhar have scored the music Pyarelal (of LP fame) was asked to arrange two songs, to achieve the sweeping orchestral effect of the music of the times. Listen carefully, even Javed Akhtar’s lyrics are a throwback to Anand Bakshi lingo.

The success of Chak De has set a high benchmark for the new film, which releases this Diwali. And SRK is aiming high too—for nothing less than a blockbuster hit. The distribution rights of the Rs 35-crore film have been sold to Eros Entertainment for a whopping Rs 75 crore and 2,000 prints of the film will be released worldwide. These are record figures. Normally, the rights for a big film are sold for Rs 35-40 crore, and only a 1,000-odd prints are released.

With this film, SRK is also hoping to bequeath to Bollywood its new star, a stunning looker and dancer called Deepika Padukone. “She has a brilliant, languid poise,” says Farah. So a lot is, obviously, at stake, and the chances of success and failure are equally high. Even SRK knows that. “There will be lots of people who will have reservations; lots of them will love it shamelessly,” he predicts.

Apart from the Rs 75-crore target to be achieved, there are other challenges. Films on films are traditionally not supposed to do well. Moreover, the film will be locking horns with another biggie: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus, Saawariya, which marks the debut of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor’s son Ranbir and Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam. Saawariya is also the first foray of a big time Hollywood studio, Sony Pictures, into Bollywood film production. So, in a way, it’s nothing less than SRK vs Hollywood. As a producer, he has already made a neat Rs 45 crore on the film. But there is more than personal profit at stake: SRK’s reputation is on the line.Will he get those returns in for the distributor? Will he expand the Bollywood money market? Or is he flying too high like Icarus? This Diwali, we will know.

Sources : Filmikhabar.com

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'Om Sweet 'Om

Raja Sen







November 09, 2007 18:22 IST

Hush up and lean closer to the screen, my curious friend. Because over the next few lines, I am going to tell you exactly what Om Shanti Om is. Exactly -- a word (if accurate) used rarely, but this boast is smug and self-assured, rather like Shah Rukh Khan's Om Kapoor. But hang on, we're getting way ahead of ourselves.

So just what is OSO?

Picture a Filmfare award function, minus the awards. Outside of the song-and-dance numbers and the gazillion commercial breaks, there is stock Bollywood tomfoolery. SRK [Images] mimics Aamir, Saif pretends to be Preity [Images], star kids dance to their father's songs, and much guard-down hilarity is had by an industry thriving on gossip and in-jokes.

Om Shanti Om is a big-budget collection of these award-show skits, loosely tied together by a reincarnation story dhaaga. Bas. Told you I'd be exact.

The aforementioned thread is plot-bare, woven from Manmohan Desai's most worn jumpers, and laced together with nostalgia and a complete, unashamed lack of subtlety. This is not the 70s as they were, but a celebration of the decade as old Hindi movies showed it to us, a world of Technicolor convertibles and flares and bling and outrageousness and hamming and tan-tan-ta-da background scores, all in a day's work.

This is a big movie, well and truly in love with itself. And if you aren't into that sort of thing, if you pooh-pooh Koffee With Karan, and if you'd really rather watch a movie you have to think about, skip this. For the SRK-hater, the warning is doubly applicable. This is a celebration of the ultimate in self-achievement, Shah Rukh toasting his own indomitable Khan-do spirit.

For the rest of us, this movie is a smile.

Bollywood is bizarre and campy and over-the-top and unprofessional and snide and egotistical and sporadic and dynastic and facetious and utterly self-smitten, but -- without even going into the numerous positives -- that's just why we love it. That's the nasha of Mumbai's movies -- these unreal vehicles of escape soaring from cliche to cliche on superstar-wings -- and their madcap makers.

Om Shanti Om is an exultant, heady, joyous film reveling in Bollywood, and as at most parties where the bubbly flows free, there is much silly giggling and tremendous immaturity. You'd do well do breathe in the filmi fumes, lift your own collar-tips upwards, and leave sense out of the equation. More cameos are written in than dialogues, so sit back and play spot-the-celeb. Or watch the Khan have a blast on screen.

Make that the Khans. The King is all super and funny and awesomely sixpacked, but Queen Farah is one to be toasted, just for her sheer bindaas enthu. No gag is too obvious, no plotpoint too ludicrous and no cliche too overused -- in fact, the more overused the better, decides she. And if the result of her damn-the-detractors attitude is a magnificent scene with Shah Rukh wrestling a stuffed tiger and using all kinds of pussycat phrases with a thick Tamil accent, I say hats off.

You really want to know the story? The story of this film? Please, go read another review.

All I can say is that Khan lives, Khan dreams, Khan loves and Khan dies. In between -- as mustachioed cowboy and outlandish black-red costumed superhero -- Khan even flies. And that's all during a super-fun first half, while the second sadly tries to be a real movie. The latter could have sunk the movie, but despite it's total pointlessness, is pretty much salvaged by the songs. No, really. Talk about phrases you never think you'd write.

Shah Rukh Khan [Images] is, well, you know who he is. He's the biggest movie star on the globe, and this film lets him cock a snook at all that megalomania. Here he plays both wistful junior artiste and bratty star-kid, and he has an absolute blast. This is a role that requires him to overact in almost every frame, which is far harder than it sounds. And because he's Shah Rukh Khan and there is love at the core of this film, he manages to bring credibility to the romance, heart to the joke. And that is no mean feat.

The woman who catches his fancy -- and his lucky red thread in her dupatta -- is the extremely fortunate Deepika Padukone. The director uses her with great cunning, making her turn and smile while Shah Rukh does all the melting. She is used sparingly and constantly camouflaged, either by a situation which requires acting incompetence, deftly digitalised song sequences or a complete lack of fabric in the second half. I'm not claiming the 'find of the year' can't act; it's just that this film doesn't require her to. OSO needs for her to be a dreamy girl, and this she delivers on, dimpled smiles and all. There is effervescence and luminosity around this pretty girl, but art director Sabu Cyril and cinematographer Manikandan have some credit there.

Shreyas Talpade is reliably top-notch in the first half, and cut-out of most of the second, where he ages like a TV soap character. Similar grey-streak aging is applied to Kirron Kher, playing a stock character. Javed Sheikh is interesting as romantic star Rajesh Kapoor, and Arjun Rampal [Images] is finally cast right. Among that much-discussed 31-celebrity dance, Tabu [Images] looks the most incredible. I wish Farah had done without the lookalikes, but paying off her debts to Subhash Ghai [Images] in the beginning kinda makes up for it.

Farah, thanks. As someone who has to sit through a million movies, mostly suspect, week after week -- and to someone who has to toil through it and bear the tabloid attention -- this is a reminder of what we like about Bollywood, what makes it so special. Thanks also for reminding us of the number of people who work on a movie, and that spotboys aren't just young kids in half-pants. Ms Khan makes me want to take her out on the town and dance (I can't, but she'll make up for it) to dhinchak Bollywood songs all night. If you're reading this, Director Saheba, call me.


Sources : Rediff.com


How to Become Rich Someday ! _Part 1

How to Become Rich Someday

There are many way to become rich, but many more to become poor. Of course it's usually not easy and many quick methods involve a lot of risk. so take your time and follow these steps to build your wealth.

Note that people have different perceptions of what it means to be rich. In this article we will define rich as having a fortune higher than $1 million.

Steps

Start by investing in your most important asset: Your mind

  1. Doing well in school and getting an education in a high-paying profession such as doctor, lawyer, economist, etc. will give you a head-start and a safe economic position.
  2. Learn about basic economics such as Compound interest and investment strategies.
  3. Develop yourself all your life. Increase your professional skills, leadership skills, financial skills, social skills and general life skills. Making yourself valuable will increase your chances regardless of your path to riches.
  4. Develop a vision; why should you become wealthy? Based on this, set your goals. You wont rise up unless you are able to build and focus your ambition.


Invest

  1. Start investing as early as possible. Do not wait until you have "enough" money to invest. You will end up with a larger account in the end if you start investing a small amount early and keep adding more regularly.
  2. Make smart investments

If you don't understand what you are investing in, don't. Start with something easy like index funds. They have fewer ups and downs than individual stocks, and you will not have all your eggs in one basket.

  1. For safety: Stay as debt free as possible. A paid-for education and a paid-off house will enable you to invest more money in the stock market or your own business. Only gear up low-risk investments with loans.
  2. Starting now is better than never starting. The power of compound interest can make anyone wealthy. Example: Investing only $10 every year at 15 % annual profit will give you over $1,3 million after 70 years.


Start your own business

  1. It is always better to be an employer than an employee, if you are disciplined and able to devote time and money. Learn all you can about running a business. Take a class. Ask an experienced business owner for advice. Be careful, though. Many businesses fail, especially in their first year. You could end up with considerable debt, no savings, and no benefits. Get help!
  2. Entrepeneurs make up the majority of millionaires, it is high risk, but it is also the most likely way to become truly wealthy. Few people amass great wealth through other means. Less than 1 % become a millionaire through "other" means such as being a rockstar, winning the lottery, etc. So unless you inherit wealth your best shot is doing this.
  3. Note that you can start your own business part-time. For example by going into real estate, purchasing, renovating and selling homes is a commong way for building wealth for people without money to invest.


Be Smart

  1. Learn about budgeting, credit, and debt. Learn how credit cards work! If you get into debt early it can sabotage your progress.
  2. Put an amount of money in the bank monthly. 10, 20, 30 dollars is good - $100 is better. By the time you get old, retirement would be easy. (See segment about compound interest).
  3. If you are in college and can't afford an apartment and don't like those nasty dorms, then gather with 3 or 4 people, and buy a good sized house while splitting the payment. It'd probably cost less than a apartment.


Extremely high risk/dubious morality: not covered in this article

  • Stealing
  • Lottery
  • Gambling
  • Importing drugs
  • Seducing a rich person with the hopes of marrying into wealth

On the other hand, there haven't been covered any specific ways in this article.

Please update........

Sources : Wikihow.com

‘Saawariya’ : A tale of four nights of love and rejection And Salman Khan reveals his role in 'Saawariya'

‘Saawariya’ : A tale of four nights of love and rejection

By Susitha R. Fernando

Sunday times

'Devadas' and 'Black' famed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's latest 'Saawariya' (Beloved) is a timeless story of two young star-crossed lovers- a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl released at Liberty cinema Colombo and Concord Dehiwela on November 9 in collaboration with the worldwide release. The first Indian movie produced by a Hollywood production house, the film is said to be based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, White Nights.

Debutantes Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, the son and daughter of two veteran Bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor play the lead roles while Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji do the supporting roles.

Saawariya is the love story of two lonesome youngsters over a period of 4 successive nights. The charming, free-spirited Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) is a dreamer, who comes to a quaint, picturesque town in Shimla, known for its lakes, mist, heavenly snowfall, rains, and tall swaying pine trees.

Raj believes that he's found the perfect place to inspire his inner artistic instinct. The bright, fun-filled winding streets of the mall come alive with singing clubs, rustic folklore, dancing, love ballads, flourishing colonies of artists and weavers, and chants from the monastery - all woven in perfect harmony into a magical dream. All is perfect until at a bridge one night, he stumbles across the shy, mysterious, and melancholic Sakina (Sonam Kapoor) with a secret past.

Their chance encounter kindles into friendship and an impromptu romance. As one night passes another, Raj falls more and more in love with Sakina and tries to win her heart, while Sakina begins to trust him enough to share her secret. But when Sakina reveals why she cannot reciprocate his love, Raj is unable to accept her past and is driven into a whirlwind of desire, madness, and romance.

Referring to his choice of two newcomers Bhansali said, "I decided to do a fresh, simple love story with newcomers. I didn't want big stars. This was the challenge I undertook,". Both had assisted him during the making of 'Black'. Back then, Sonam was a plump girl who weighed 90 kgs. Bhansali had advised her to work on her body to get back in shape to play the leading lady in 'Saawariya'. Sonam worked hard and within a few months she lost 30 kgs. Ranbir, on the other hand, was told not to build his physique. Bhansali wanted a lean-looking hero.

In 'Saawariya' Bhansali has banked on new music director Monty Sharma, who did the background score for 'Black'. The film's music album has 11 songs, of which one number has been composed by Bhansali himself.


Salman Khan reveals his role in 'Saawariya'

Source : IndiaFM

salmansaawariyaSporting a diamond studded belt on powder blue cargos, and streaked hair, Salman Khan gets talking on Saawariya, OSO, multi film deals and other pursuits




After giving you a miss in Devdas, how did Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) convince you for Saawariya?

Sanjay Leela Bhansali just called me up one day and told me he was making a love story and wanted me to be a part of it. Before that we were to work on Bajirao Mastani but there were some date problems and the film got postponed. SLB decided to direct the love story with Sonam and Ranbir Kapoor first.

Your character in the film remains a dark mystery still.

I play a Muslim character called Iman. I love the name because my father wants to name my son Iman. You know it sounds good, Salim, Salman and Iman! But I would love to call my son prince Salim or Changez Khan (laughs). Iman is a mind-blowing character. He is a little khadus, speaks harshly but there's a lot of humour in him. He is romantic and flirtatious.

This is your third film with SLB. How has your association changed over the years?

I remember he came to me with Khamoshi - The Musical when nobody was willing to do his film. When I read the script I realised it was not commercially viable, but I loved it anyway. I had nothing much to do in the film but I took it up only because of the script. I incorporated humour in my character which SLB didn't like because he wanted my character to be serious. Eventually, he shot both ways and on the editing table liked my light-hearted character and retained it. SLB hasn't changed at all. Even when he didn't have a penny in his pocket he made lavish films and he's doing that even today. Many a times he goes over-budget and it shows in the film. It shows what a fine technician and director he is.

You did his next film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam but it has taken over three years to get back to him?

When he came to me with the script of Hum... I told him he had a superb script. But he wasn't confident about how it would fare. When we were shooting in Jaisalmer, I assured him that even if the film did not work, I would do his next film. However, after Hum... he wanted to make Devdas. He told me Shah Rukh Khan would be better as Devdas and I had no problems. It's not as if SLB has to work only with me and vice versa.

Even with Rani Mukerji this is your sixth film.

I have known Rani for a long time. She is a fantastic actress. She is one of the amazing girls in the industry.

With Saawariya and Om Shanti Om (OSO) releasing on the same day, don't you think it will cut into each other's collections?

No, I think it's a good thing for both the films. If Saawariya came first, it would have affected OSO and vice versa. In any case I have a special appearance in OSO, so it's good for me that are both releasing simultaneously. I am concerned though for Ranbir and Sonam as they are both simply fantastic. God forbid, if the film doesn't do well they can take heart that they were pitted against a SRK starrer and start again.

Last year you had Jaan-e-Mann clashing with Don and the latter had a headstart while Jaaneman nosedived?

I think it's my fault. I have realised that when you are part of a project you have to promote it. The problem with Jaan-e-Mann was that nobody felt the urgency to see it.

This year you have had one of the biggest hits with Govinda in Partner.

Yes and I am working with him again in a sequel to Partner.

Is it true that you had refused Madam Tussauds offer?

No, I am doing it. Initially, I thought it was a joke. Then I was told that my fans had voted for me. Many big Indian personalities are there and it is an honour to have a statue there.

What next after Saawariya?

I am doing the remake of the Telugu blockbuster Pokhiri, Main Aur Mrs. Khanna with Sohail Khan, Subhash Ghai's Yuvraj. Then there's Tarzan, a film for children and a period film Veer.

Aren't you scripting any films?

No. After Baaghi and Chandramukhi, I haven't ventured into it again.

Have you signed a three-film deal with Ashtavinayak?

No, it is only a one-film deal.



Thursday, November 8, 2007

Girl Born With 4 Arms, 4 Legs Has Successful Surgery

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Girl Born With 4 Arms, 4 Legs Has Successful Surgery

Lakshmi Tatma Had a 25 Percent Chance of Dying During Surgery


Lakshmi's Surgery
(AP Photo)

By NICK SCHIFRIN
NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 7, 2007

In the desperately poor corner of Bihar, India, she was a miracle.

Tiny Lakshmi Tatma was born two years ago with four arms and four legs. The local population considered her the manifestation of a goddess. Her parents named her after the four-armed Hindu goddess of wealth.


A local circus even tried to buy her, but her parents chose health over fame and asked a team of doctors to remove her extra limbs. The surgery, conducted in Bangalore, ended successfully this afternoon.

"The child has withstood the procedure in an excellent manner," Dr. Sharan Patil, the team leader who planned the surgery for more than a month, told reporters outside the Sparsh Hospital. "This girl can now lead as good a life as anyone else."

It took more than 30 surgeons 27 hours to not only remove two of Lakshmi's arms and two of her legs but also to rebuild much of her body and save her organs. They say the chances of death were as high as 25 percent.

The cost of such a complex procedure would have been $625,000, far too great for the Lakshmi's family to afford. The hospital's foundation paid.

"We are very grateful to all the doctors for seeing our plight and deciding to help us," Tatma's father, Shambhu, told The Associated Press.

The doctors "worked relentlessly through the night to make the operation successful," Patil said, adding there had been "no setback at any stage of the surgery."

Half a Twin

art.girl2.ap.jpgLakshmi Tatma, 2, sits in the lap of her mother, Poonam, a day before the marathon surgery

Lakshmi is essentially one half of a conjoined twin without a living sibling. Her condition is called ischiopagus. In the womb, a "parasitic twin" stopped developing, but Lakshmi absorbed its arms and legs, its kidneys, its stomach and chest cavities as well as a series of nerves.

The surgery removed the extra body parts and unfused Lakshmi's spine from her twin's. To rebuild her pelvis, surgeons used tissue from the twin. And to save her kidney, doctors said, they had to remove it from the "parasitic abdomen" and move it into Lakshmi's own abdomen. She may still need more surgeries.

Conjoined twins occur in about one in every 200,000 births, and their survival rate can be as low as 5 percent.




Tutankhamun's mummy to Be Displayed for 1st Time

Tutankhamun's mummy to Be Displayed for 1st Time

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The mummy of King Tutankhamun will soon go on display for the first time, exposing the bare face of the boy king, Egyptian officials have announced. The mummy will be removed from its sarcophagus and placed in a climate-controlled glass case in the antechamber of the pharaoh's tomb in Luxor in November (see Egypt map).

"I am taking [the mummy] out to show it to the public for the first time," said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The move is part of an effort to preserve the mummy, which has been in poor condition since it was first discovered, Hawass explained.

Archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb in 1922, the first discovered with its riches so intact.

But Carter and his team partly destroyed the mummy in search of more treasures buried with the pharaoh, separating it into 18 sections, Hawass said.

Humidity and heat, much of it generated by the breath of the tomb's 5,000 daily visitors, have also taken a toll.

"Right now the mummy has no special protection from the humidity in the tomb," Hawass said. "The new case will be specially sealed to protect it from this sort of damage."

The pharaoh's remains will be partially rewrapped in linen with the face of the pharaoh left uncovered, according to Mansour Boraik, general supervisor of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Luxor.

Officials hope the display will increase the number of visitors and generate profit for the conservation of other Egyptian antiquities.

"The 'golden boy' has magic and mystery that bring people from all over the world," Hawass said.

(Hawass is a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence. National Geographic News is a division of the National Geographic Society.)

The mummy has been examined four times before, but it has never been seen by the public.

In 2005 Hawass opened the sarcophagus to perform a series of CT scans that allowed researchers to create a reproduction of the king's face.

(See photos of Tut's mummy and reconstructed face.)

"I was fascinated with his face," said Hawass, who noted the king's buck teeth are similar to those of the pharaoh's royal ancestors.

"Meeting King Tut face to face was very personal. … It was an important moment in my life."

Tutankhamun became pharaoh at the age of nine, ruling for only ten years in the 14th century B.C. before meeting an untimely death.

(Read: "King Tut Died From Broken Leg, Not Murder, Scientists Conclude" [December 1, 2006].)

Awakening the Curse

Exposing the mummy is likely to resurrect the myth of the pharaoh's curse, once believed to bring tragedy to those who disturb the tomb.

Most famously, Carter's sponsor, Lord Carnarvon, died shortly after entering the tomb from an infected mosquito bite.

Other tragedies were also blamed on the curse, and some experts have said ancient toxins lying in the tomb could have played a role.

"There is always mystery about King Tut, and it will never stop," Hawass said.

"Of course this will reawaken fears of the curse, as any new project involving the tomb or the mummy always does."

"I don't believe in the curse at all," he added. "But the gold, the intact tomb, the curse—all this history makes everybody fascinated by King Tut."

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