Joint Parliamentary Committee Is All About.....

What Is Joint Parliamentary Committee?

In India we got many types of inquires, methods are good but final aim of this committees is that
No Punishment but these inquires are good to expose corrupt people or for entertainment.
Joint Parliamentary Committee is appointed to look, inquire into particular matter or subject or fraud, something which is important for nation.

How Joint Parliamentary Committee is formed?
What is the procedure to form Joint Parliamentary Committee?

Joint Parliamentary Committee is formed when motion is adopted by one house and it is supported or agreed by the other house.
Another way to form a Joint Parliamentary committee is that two presiding chiefs of both houses can write to each other, communicate with each other and form the joint parliamentary committee.

How many persons can be members of Joint Parliamentary committee?
The rule is simple -
The Lok Sabha members are double compared to Rajya Sabha.
Example –
If Joint Parliamentary committee has 10 Lok Sabha Members then 5 members will be from Rajya Sabha and total member of JPC will be 15.

The strength of a JPC may be different each time.

When the first Joint Parliamentary committee was established?
On August 6, 1987 the first JPC was instituted to inquire into theBofors contract
on a motion moved by then defence minister K C Pant in the Lok Sabha.
The JPC submitted its report on – 26 April 1988
India got nothing after JPC in this case.
In this JPC inquiry opposition parties boycotted this inquiry and report was tables but again opposition parities rejected the JPC committee report.
Indian tax payer’s money and time was wasted.

The 2nd JPC was formed to inquiry into Harshad Mehta scandal.
The recommendations of the JPC were neither accepted in full nor implemented by the government of India.
Again 2nd time Indian tax payer’s money was wasted and time was wasted.

3rd JPC was set up to inquire into Stock Market Scam.
Chairman of this committee – BJP member Lt Gen Prakash Mani Tripathi
Report Submitted on – 19 December 2002
What happened after this JPC report?
Report was not implemented
Again tax payer’s time and money was wasted.

4th last JPC was formed to inquire into pesticide residues in soft drinks, fruit juice and other beverages and to set safety standards.
Committee Head was NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Submitted Report on 4th February 2004
Committee found soft drinks got, contain pesticides.

But again we Indians got nothing again waste of time and waste of money and again we demand JPC without demanding changes in JPC working and JPC powers.

Please remember the laws are made in such a way that today or tomorrow or day after tomorrow any JPC or PAC may be formed we Indians will get nothing.
The rules are made in such a way that criminals should enjoy them.
And honest people should fear them, without doing anything land up in jail.


What are the powers of Joint Parliamentary committee?

1.JPC can collect oral or written evidence from the experts.

2.The proceedings of parliamentary committees are confidential. Please note in majority nations this type of committees work in open and day to day there work is available for public. Only corrupt nations need confidentiality.

3.Normally ministers are not called to give evidence

4.SM – Ministers are gods how can they cheat the nation? Even if they cheat it is there birth right to cheat the nation.

5.JPC can inspect all documents related with the inquiry.

6.JPC can invite interested parties for inquiry.

7.JPC can send summons to people to appear before them, if person does not obey summons it is considered as contempt of House.

8.The Speaker has the final word on any dispute over calling for evidence

9.Against any individual or production of a document, even government can deny access to documents if government feels it is related with safety of state. What is safety of state? Only God knows.

I feel that following new powers should be given Joint Parliamentary Committee
Following new laws or amendments or sections should be added to the powers of JPC.

1.JPC should work openly

2.JPC should put all documents and evidence daily on internet.

3.JPC should finish inquiry in 1 month.

4.It should be compulsory on government to follow recommendations given by JPC.
If government wants they can approach to Supreme Court. It should be compulsory for SC to give judgment in 1 week in this type of cases.

5.JPC should get power to arrest any Minister exception should be Prime Minister.

6.During JPC probe no political party should be allowed to withdraw support of Government if they do so the party should get automatically banned forever without any appeal and they should be debar to contest any public or private elections for next 25 years.

Rajnikant Facts File

Some facts about Rajnikant from his films:

1. Rajnikant has a Brain Tumor which, according to the doctors can’t be cured and his death is imminent. In one of the fights, our great Rajnikant is shot in the head. To everybody’s surprise, the bullet passes through his ears taking away the tumor along with it and he is cured! Long Live Rajnikant!

2. In another movie, Rajnikant is confronted with 3 gangsters. Rajnikant has a gun but unfortunately only one bullet and a knife. He throws the knife at the middle gangster & shoots the bullet towards the knife. The knife cuts the bullet into 2 pieces, which kills both the gangsters on each side of the middle gangster & the knife kills the middle one.

3. Rajnikant is chased by a gangster. Rajnikant has a revolver but no bullets in it. Rajnikant waits for the gangster to shoot. As soon as the gangster shoots, Rajnikant opens the bullet compartment of his revolver and catches the bullet. Then, he closes the bullet compartment and fires his gun. Bang… the gangster dies…

4. Rajnikant gets to know that the villain is on the other side of a very high wall. Rajnikant has to desperately kill the villain because it’s the climax. Rajnikant suddenly pulls two guns from his pockets. He throws one gun in the air and when the gun has reached above the height of the wall, he uses the second gun and shoots at the trigger of the first gun in air. The first gun fires off and the villain is dead.

Rajnikant beat Ashraf Patna

1. Everytime you see Internal Server Errors on Ashraf.co.in, it’s Rajnikant trying to join Ashraf.co.in. Hence Ashraf.co.in shuts itself down in fear.

2. Everything Ashraf.co.in has done so far to publish this article is to praise Rajnikant jee.

Facts submitted by the readers of this article:

1. Rajnikant can make calls from his iPod to his iPad…!!!

2. Once Rajnikaant signed a cheque… and the Bank bounced!!!

3. Once Death had ‘near Rajnikant experience’ !!

4. When GOD is shocked he exclaims “Oh my Rajnikaant!”‌

5. Great mystery solved : the missing piece of apple in Apple’s Logo was eaten by Rajnikant!!

6. The world is not ending in 2012…. Rajnikant just bought a laptop with 3 yrs warranty!!‌

7. Rajnikant knows the exact value of Pi upto a Googol

8. Rajnikant knows what came first, chicken or egg!!

9. Rajnikant once won an argument with his wife.

10. There in nothing Rajini’Kant do.

11. Rajnikanths nxt project. Titanic in Tamil. Climax revised. Both survive. Rajnikant swims across the Atlantic Ocean with heroine in one hand and… Titanic in the other.

12. Neo was “the one” Rajinikant is “the only one”

13. Superman once got into a fight with Rajnikanth. The loser had to wear his underwear over his pants.

14. Intel’s new caption – Rajnikant Inside.

15. Rajanikanth can do a wheelie on a unicycle.

16. Rajini doesn’t need water supply. Hydrogen and Oxygen merge at the sight of him and produce water whenever he wants.

17. All of the theories on Dinosaur Extinction are wrong. Rajnikant simply stomped his foot and they all died.

18. If Rajnikant gets into a car accident (yeah right) His car will need some airbags to protect it from him.

19. Contrary to popular belief, Rajnikant cannot fly. He just jumps and chooses when to come down.

20. Some magicans can walk on water, Rajnikant can swim through land.

21. If Rajnikant ever got caught for speeding, he’d let the cops off with a warning.

22. Rajnikant can light a fire by rubbing two ice-cubes together.

23. Rajnikant runs until the treadmill gets tired

24. Rajnikant irons his Pants with them still on.

25. Rajnikant can squeeze orange juice from a banana

26. In the back of the book of world records, it says “All records are held by Rajnikant. The ones listed are in second place.”

27. Rajnikant can tie his shoes with his feet.

28. The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Rajnikant out. It failed miserably.

29. Basketball player: I can spin a ball on my finger for 2 hrs… can u..??

Rajnikanth: enna rascala… How do u think the earth spins…?? :) mind it!

30. In an wild argument, rajnikant showd a middle finger to his GF…n she gt pregnant !!!

31. 1000 yrs from now……..robots will make movie named “Rajanikant”

32. Paul The Octopus was asked to predict when would Rajnikant Die …………….. R.I.P PAUL !!!!

33. Rajnikanth once entered a race he came first, second and third.

34. Rajnikanth added facebook as his friend.

35. Once Rajnikant was caught on the highway for over speeding… while walking…

36. Rajnikant once wrote his autobiography. Today that book is known as “Guiness book of world RECORDS”.

37. Once Rajnikant taught a kid how to open a door without ringing d bell. Today that child is know as CID inspector DAYA.

38. Once Rajnikant mumbled some numbers in his sleep. Those numbers are today collectively known as the “LOG TABLE.”

39. When Rajnikanth was a kid he made his mom eat her vegetables!

40. The oceans are filled with tears of Rajnikanths victims.

41. The Punjabi singer Pooja was at one time married but then Rajnikanth started to have a crush on her… and now she’s Miss Pooja.

42. The only reason ShahRukh Khan stuttered in the movie Darr is because he saw Rajnikanth behind Juhi Chawla!!

43. The movie Krrish is loosely based on Rajnikanth’s life.

44. Gandhi’s non violence movement REALLY pissed Rajnikanth off.

45. India actually didn’t have 50,000 crores for organizing the Commonwealth games… Rajnikanth gave it to them!

46. An email was sent from Pune to Mumbai … Rajnikant stopped it in Lonawala.

47. Rajnikant Bcom Accounting Answr Paper is Termed as ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

48. Once Rajnikant participated in Bike race. Don’t even try 2 guess wat happened. Rajnikant won d race on Neutral gear. Mind it anna..

49. Once Rajnikant lost his Wallet. Since then The World is Facing Recession

50. Rajnikanth once threw a coin in disgust at a black beggar, the beggar is now known as 50 Cent

51. Newton gave us just the three dumb laws of motion. Rajinikanth has already given us 33,945 laws of commotion and the count is far from completed.

52. Rajinikanth is a vegetarian. Meaning, he does not eat animals until first he puts them into vegetative state with his fists.

53. Raincoats were developed to prevent raindrops from getting electrocuted on coming within 100 metres of Rajinikanth. (Gap10 fans, excuse)

54. Thousands of years ago Rajinikanth came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its descendents now have white hair.

55. The movie ‘300′ was initially planned to be made with Rajinikanth. It was originally named ‘1′.

56. We face earthquakes only when Rajnikanth plays skipping.

57. Once Rajnikanth was on Hot Seat of KBC and Computer needed Lifeline to Choose the question.

58. Once Rajni was having sex in a Fiat . A sperm escaped and entered the engine of the car …that car is now called Ferrari.

59. If Rajinikanth’s PC hangs, its time for the next Windows release by Microsoft.

60. Rajnikanth gargles with Frag Grenads.

61. There used to be a street named after Rajnikanth, but it was changed because nobody crosses Rajnikanth and lives.

62. Rajnikanth was supposed to play the lead role in Mission: Impossible. He was replaced by Tom Cruise because the tittle wouldn’t make any sense.

63. Rajnikanth can run you over with a parked car.

64. Rajnikanth can whistle in five different languages, including sign language

65. Rajnikanth can sneeze with his eyes open.

66. Once, Rajnikanth told Nike to ‘just do it…’ and it did.

67. If 12/21/2012 is the end of the world, it means that Rajnikanth got bored with humanity

68. A new Nostradamus prophecy has been uncovered. Armageddon & Rajnikanth are one and the same.

69. Lifetime Warranties do not exist because of Rajnikanth.

70. Rajnikanth doesn’t have bad days. Bad days have Rajnikanth

71. Rajnikanth has nicknames for his feet… Hiroshima and Nagaski.

72. When Rajnikanth was born, the only person crying was the doctor. You NEVER slap Rajnikanth.

73. Rajnikanth puts his pants on two legs at a time.

74. Rajnikanth CAN read Lady Gaga’s poker face.

75. Two ghosts were talking.. One consoled other “Don’t fear brother.. there is nothing like Rajnikant”

76. Once Bill Gates went to Rajnikant. For what? To ask for DVD of Windows 8.

77. No one can wish a happy birthday to Rajjnikanth cause he was here before time existed

78. i have got so many rajnikanth jokes on my mobile phone……..dat i dont require a charger now:)

79. Rajnikant got admission in medical profession. And gave viva exam. In the end he asked the examiner to come back after preparation.

80. Rajnikant’s daughter lost her virginity. Rajnikant found it and gave it back to her !!!

81. Rajnikant was born on 30th february.. Since then february decided not to give this date to anyone else..!! Mind it..

82. If ever you want to pinch Rajnikant,The best thing you can do is launch a missile at him.

83. Once Rajnikant and a small girl were playing cards. Rajni loses the game inspite having 3 ACES. Why?? Because The girl had 3 RAJNIKANTS…!!!

84. Well, this one will be understood well by medical persons. Once acute renal failure patient comes to RAJNIKANT. After getting bored of his complaints, RAJNIKANT just says ‘sssshhhuu’ and kidney starts functioning.

85. Rajni in Tamil remake of Aamir’s Ghulam. Rajni runs on railway track, the train is now at a distance of 1 mtr. Now what? Obviously… The train jumps off the track.

86. Even gajani remembers rajni.

87. This year’s RAJNIKANT award goes to …… Oscar

88. Graham Bell ne lamppost ke neeche padhai ki.. Rabindranath Tagore ne laalten mein padhai ki. Einstein ne doosre logo ki khidki se aati thodi si roshni mein padhai ki. Aur Rajnikanth ne Agarbatti mein :)

89. Grammatical thinking:Those think in universe in one we start with THE. like THE sun. so not call rajni call THE rajnikant.

90. Why Osama isn’t caught? Well!! Rajnikanth isn’t interested.

91. Even wildest of animals get goosebumps at the sight of Rajnikanth. Porcupines find him even scary.

92. Once Rajnikant participated in 100 meter running race. Don’t even try 2 guess wat happened. Rajnikant won the race. Seeing this Einstein committed suicide . do U know why. Coz light came third, but who came 2nd Rajnikant’s shadow.

93. One day Rajnikanth bunked school, now its known as Sunday

The Hollywood Facts of Rajnikant

1. Chuck Norris once met Rajinikanth. The result – He was reduced to a joke on the internet.

2. Rajinikanth kills Harry Potter in the ninth book.

3. Rajinikanth calls Voldemort by his name.

4. Rajinikanth gave the Joker those scars.

5. Rajinikanth killed Spiderman using Baygon Anti Bug Spray.

6. Rajinikant electrocuted Iron Man.

7. To be or not to be? That is the question. The answer? Rajinikanth.

8. 10 actors have played the role of James Bond. No one has been able to enact Rajnikant… THE REAL JAMES BOND.

9. Rocky never challanged the one man who can defeat him… Rajnikant

10. Why do you think there are no superheroes in india…. Simple… no one can invade Rajnikant’s territory.

Rajnikant Vs the Computer World

1. Rajanikanth can delete the Recycling Bin.

2. Bill Gates lives in constant fear that Rajanikanth’s PC will crash.

3. Rajnikant’s email id is gmail@rajnikant.com

4. If you Google search ‘Rajnikant getting kicked’, you will generate zero results. It just doesn’t happen.

5. Google won’t find Rajinikanth because you don’t find Rajinikanth; Rajinikanth finds you.

6. Rajinikanth can make PCs better than the Mac.

7. If you spell Rajanikanth wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajanikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”

8. The only man who ever outsmarted Rajinikanth was Stephen Hawking, and he got what he deserved.

General facts about Rajnikant

1. Rajnikant has counted to infinity-twice.

2. When Rajnikant does pushups, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the earth down.

3. Rajnikant doesn’t wear a watch, he decides what time it is!!

4. Rajnikant’s house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.

5. The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Rajnikant kicked one of the corners off.

6. Rajnikant once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills, they just made him blink.

7. Rajnikant’s every step is a mini whirlwind. Hurricane Katrina was the result of his morning jog!

8. Where there is a will, there’s a way. Where there is Rajnikant, there is no other way!!

9. There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Rajnikant lives in Chennai!

10. Rajanikanth can build a snowman…. out of rain.

11. Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.

12. Rajanikanth can drown a fish.

13. Rajanikanth can play the violin….on a piano.

14. When Rajanikanth enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on ….he turns the dark off.

15. Rajanikanth once had a heart attack…. his heart lost.

16. Rajanikanth makes onions cry.

17. It takes Rajnikant 20 minutes to watch 60 minutes .

18. The only things that run faster and longer than Rajnikant are his films.

19. Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them.

20. When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.

21. Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile.

22. Rajanikanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.

23. Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Rajnikant.

24. Rajnikant is so fast. He can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

25. A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajanikanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.

26. Rajanikanth’ calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Rajanikanth.

27. Once a cobra bit Rajanikanth’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.

28. When Rajanikanth gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

29. Rajanikanth can kill two stones with one bird.

30. Rajanikanth was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.

31. Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Rajanikanth can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.

32. There is no such thing as global warming. Rajanikanth was cold, so he turned the sun up.

33. Rajanikanth can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.

34. Rajanikanth has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.

35. Rajanikanth once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”

36. In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajanikanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.

37. Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Rajanikanth.

38. Rajanikanth destroyed the periodic table, because Rajanikanth only recognizes the element of surprise.

39. Rajanikanth got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.

40. With the rising cost of gasoline, Rajanikanth is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.

41. The square root of Rajanikanth is pain. Do not try to square Rajanikanth, the result is death.

42. When you say “no one’s perfect”, Rajanikanth takes this as a personal insult.

43. Rajinikanth once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are today called giraffes.

44. Rajinikanth killed the Dead Sea.

45.. When Rajinikanth does push-ups, he isn’t lifting himself up. He is pushing the earth down.

46. There is no such thing as evolution, it’s just a list of creatures that Rajinikanth allowed to live.

47. Rajnikanth can divide by zero.

48. Rajinikanth can win at Solitaire with only 18 cards.

49. Rajinikanth did in fact, build Rome in a day.

50. Rajinikanth never wet his bed as a child. The bed wet itself in fear.

51. Rajinikanth doesn’t breathe. Air hides in his lungs for protection.

52. Words like awesomeness, brilliance, legendary etc. were added to the dictionary in the year 1949. That was the year Rajinikanth was born.

53. Rajinikanth does not own a stove, oven, or microwave, because revenge is a dish best served cold.

54. Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there.

55. Rajinikanth doesn’t move at the speed of light. Light moves at the speed of Rajinikanth.

56. Rajinikanth knows Victoria’s secret.

57. Water boils faster when Rajinikanth stares at it.

58. Rajinikanth got small pox when he was a kid. As a result small pox is now eradicated.

59. Rajinikanth leaves messages before the beep.

60. The last time Rajinikanth killed someone, he slapped himself to do it. The other guy just disintegrated. Resonance.

61. Rajinikanth can answer a missed call.

62. Rajinikanth doesn’t need a visa to travel abroad, he just jumps from the tallest building in Chennai and holds himself in the air while the earth rotates.

63. Rajinikanth’s brain works faster than Chacha Chaudhury’s.

64. Rajinikanth doesn’t shower. He only takes blood baths.

65. Rajinikant can give pain to Painkillers and headache to Anacin.

66. Rajinikanth knows what women really want.

67. Time and tide wait for Rajinikanth.

68. Rajinikanth sneezed only once in his entire life, that’s when the tsunami occurred in the Indian ocean.

69. As a child when Rajinikanth had dyslexia, he simply re-scripted the alphabet.

70. The quickest way to a man’s heart is with Rajinikanth’s fist.

71. Rajinikanth puts the ‘laughter’ in manslaughter.

72. Rajinikanth goes to court and sentences the judge.

73. Rajinikanth is a champion in the game “Hide n’ seek”, as no one can hide from Rajinikanth.

74. Rajinikant proves Newton wrong all the time. Every time he performs an action, he simply eliminates anything and everything that can provide the reaction.

75. Rajinikant is a weapon created by God to use on doomsday to end the world.

76. Aliens do indeed exist. They just know better than to visit a planet that Rajinikanth is on.

77. We live in an expanding universe. All of it is trying to get away from Rajinikanth.

78. If at first you don’t succeed, you’re not Rajinikanth.

79. When Rajinikanth plays Monopoly, it affects the actual world economy.

80. Rajinikanth is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.

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Angelina Jolie in Pakistan after 2010 flood

Angelina Jolie Noted Hollywood actress visited Pakistan last september after the great Pakistan Flood.She has been a frequent Pakistan Visitor and has used to visit it whenever any big Natural Calamity has arrived take the example of 2005 Earthquake of Pakistan.While talking to the JUNG newspaper Angelina advised Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Geelani to be in Hollywood during meeting with him. According to news Angelina Jolie was really impressed by Personality of Yousaf Raza Geelani due to which she said to Geelani that he should be in Hollywood Film Industry. During Meeting with Angelina Jolie Pakistani President Asif Zardari also gifted a Copy of Holy Quran to her.
But what is more interesting if Both of them can work together in a Bollywood movie doing a song and dance sequel then how will it look and feel.Our Fx expert has tried his hand on a famous bollywood Masala song which u can see below.

Paul the 'Baba' octopus Of World Cup Fame dead

Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year's football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes, has died, his aquarium in Germany."Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight," the aquarium said in a sombre statement."Paul amazed the world by correctly predicting the winners of all Germany's World Cup clashes, and then of the final," said Sea Life manager Stefan Porwoll.

"His success made him almost a bigger story than the World Cup itself... We had all naturally grown very fond of him and he will be sorely missed," said Porwoll.

Paul beat the odds during the World Cup by correctly forecasting all eight games he was asked to predict, including Spain's 1-0 win over the Netherlands in the final.
For the prediction, two boxes were lowered into the salty soothsayer's tank, each containing a mussel and a flag of the two opposing teams.Watched by a myriad of reporters, Paul would head to one box, wrench open the lid and gobble the tasty morsel, with the box he plumped for being deemed the likely winner.Paul's body is now in cold storage while the aquarium decides "how best to mark his passing."However, Paul's fans need not despair. The aquarium has already been grooming a successor, to be named Paul like his mentor."We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine," said Porwoll."While this may seem a curious thing to do for a sea creature, Paul achieved such popularity during his short life that it may be deemed the most appropriate course of action."

Some Reasons that Why CommonWealth Games will Not Fail

Yes u read it right..........India will Not let it happen...........We have been using tricks for a long time and this time it will not be the exception,The big question is Y?The answer is simple we have the experience of using SAM(the process of pacifying),DAAM(the process of giving money),DANDA(the principle of punishment) and finally BHEDA(the principle of dividing). Now Connect these things to the present scenario. This appeared to have happened on Friday with CommonWealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Michael Fennell visiting the Village and reporting that "considerable" improvements had been made. But in a warning that was also echoed by England chef de mission Craig Hunter, Fennell made it clear the organizers had to stay on their toes.The tide, choppy and lashing at India's self-esteem, appears to be changing in the last 12 hours. What's the reason? Two words: MONEY and POWER. The combination has led western governments to search for some way to send their teams to the crisis-ridden Games. Diplomats agree the consequences of walking away from Delhi, capital of a rising economic power, could have been grave. The Commonwealth countries have said 'yes' to the Games. Has India's cash and clout prompted the Western countries to change their minds? "Even the merest clean-up and reassurances from Delhi were enough for us to make a go of it," admitted a diplomat. Sports minister MS Gill has also called up his counterparts from England,Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and they have given assurances that the teams will be participating in the Games.

The feeling that enlightened self-interest has been a key driver for countries like Australia, New Zealand, England and Canada was reinforced by their being bowled over suddenly by India's PR drive, led by Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit. The lady's "gracious presence" at the Games Village, supervising the clean-up operation, was mentioned by virtually everyone as something that has infused them with loads of confidence. This despite the fact that the first few delegations will have to check into hotels instead of the Village which will become habitable only on Monday.

England's Craig Hunter added a caveat to his optimism: "Our next wave of athletes arrives Sunday and a lot still needs to happen before then. More and swift action is required".Newzeland Olympic Committie president Mike Stanley said there has been significant progress in the last 24 hours but added that his team would continue to review hygiene and security issues on a daily basis. "We remain hopeful that things can be turned round," he said.

The English delegation, comprising hockey and lawn ball players and officials, stayed in three different hotels in the city. "We are heading for the hotels. We will leave for the Games Village on Monday," said a delegate at the airport. A senior OC official told TOI the delegation would have to foot their hotel bills.

Late on Friday, the England men's hockey team visited the Village and the team captain Barry Middleton told the BBC they were reasonably satisfied. "It's nice to see it for ourselves. The flats are spacious, which is good for a major Games, but there are bits and pieces to be done to bring them up to standard. A couple of days will make a difference." In other words, the efficient jhadu-pochha ops have to continue.

A western diplomat said the Games are ultimately a bump on the road of India's progress and long-term trends indicated it was best to stay engaged and friendly with Delhi. Add up the numbers and Friday's talk of a "triumphant spirit of sport" makes sense.

Take the example of Canada. Canadian direct investment in India is roughly 600 million Canadian dollars, while Indian direct investment in Canada is five times as much. In 2009, Canada ranked India as its 10th most important destination for the export of vegetables, fertilizers and machinery. Its officials agree their country didn't come out of the global recession well and are scouting for long-term access in India to keep the cash coming in.

India is currently Australia's third-largest export market. In 2009, Australia's trade surplus with India was a staggering $15.5 billion. Till the student row broke out, Indians were contributing roughly $1bn to Australia's third biggest export sector, education. Now, sources say Australia is out of pocket by at least $50 million because Indian student enrolment has dropped by half.

For the English too, cash counts, but more so the nominal clout they get by keeping the 54-member Commonwealth alive and kicking. This is seen to be the main reason England on Thursday night almost single-handedly helped lift the pall by announcing it would be sending a full team.London could not talk to Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland officials about sending their teams to Delhi because sport is a devolved issue in the UK but everyone knew that once England agreed the rest would get onboard too.

Keep ur Vigilant eyes open and compare the things Globally in favour of India that is needed by all of us "Must not play the Blame game" as it is played by the top Indian Politicians(Including Mr Prime Minister:Was he sleeping or out of Delhi as he made Mr.Suresh Kalmadi the Escape Goat?)

Iranian President says US behind 9/11

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced from the United Nations in New York Thursday that Iran will host an international conference on terrorism in the coming year that among other things will discuss who really carried out the 9/11 attacks.

Mr. Ahmadinejad, who delved into the 9/11 tragedy in the context of a speech focused on what he called the “crisis” facing capitalism and the Western-dominated world order, said history will record that a failing world dominator used the attacks as a pretext for occupying two countries, Afghanistan and Iraq. Citing a list of conspiracy theories over who destroyed the twin towers, he said that, whoever the culprits, the United States proceeded to use the events to try to prolong a dying world order of domination.

Addressing the annual opening of the UN General Assembly, just miles from the site of the deadliest of the 9/11 attacks, the Iranian leader said the US responded to the attacks by firing up a “propaganda machine” to convince the world that war was the necessary response.

“We were all saddened for the 3,000 lives lost on 9/11,” he said, but he added that “since then hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

The walkout

The US delegation and others walked out of Ahmadinejad's speech after he began enumerating his theories as to who could have been behind the 9/11 attacks, the second of which was that "some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order also to save the Zionist regime." The US holds Al Qaeda responsible for the attacks.

Ahmadinejad said the international conference he proposed would “study terrorism and the means to confront it.”

The controversial leader, who had to pass by chanting protesters railing against his rule on his way into the UN headquarters, was –despite his 9/11 tangent – less fiery than in past weeks, though in some ways no more modest. He unilaterally assigned the General Assembly the task of designing within one year a new UN governing structure free of the control of a few powerful countries sitting on the Security Council – a body he called one of the world’s least democratic and just.

Ahmadinejad did not directly respond to the invitation Western powers have extended to Iran to return to Negotiations over its nuclear program – other than to repeat that Iran is always open to dialogue that is based on mutual respect and equal rights. But he did speak at length on the global nuclear issue, criticizing nuclear arms as a tool of domination for the few who possess them, but extolling nuclear power as a clean and inexpensive energy source for all.

'Nuclear energy for all'

Declaring another goal for the coming year, he said 2011 should be proclaimed “a year of nuclear disarmament” with the motto: “Nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapons for none.”

Ahmadinejad’s address followed by a few hours President Obama’s declaration to the same international gathering that Iran is the only signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty unable to demonstrate to UN nuclear energy officials that its nuclear program is solely peaceful in nature. As if in response, the Iranian leader acknowledged Iran’s lack of full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but said Iran is exercising its international rights.

“Yes it’s true, we have never submitted to the IAEA’s illegally imposed pressures,” he said, “and we never will.” As for the fourth round of economic sanctions approved earlier this year, he said they are merely “destroying the remaining credibility of the Security Council.”

Despite such worldly issues, much of Ajmadinejad’s speech focused on theological themes and a world where he said man’s spiritual nature is obscured by materialistic pursuits.

As he has often in the past, he railed against a Western society that destroys “the purity and exquisiteness” of women. And he referred to the recent controversy over a proposed burning of Quran by a Florida minister, calling such acts evil but then concluding that “the truth cannot be burned.”

He then held aloft both the Quran and the Bible, and declared, “We pay respect to both books.”

The Mile Stone Of Communal Harmony:How A Hindu sacrificed his child to keep word to Muslim

Here is a real story from Pakistan’s Faisalabad, the kind of stuff we no longer come across. During the 1947 Hindu-Muslim riots on the eve of Partition innumerable people were killed, many became homeless and refugees. Many known and unknown stories of brutalities and human valour, faithfulness and faithlessness of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims have come to light over the years and are preserved in print or on celluloid. One of the rare stories of chivalry that came to light recently was of a father-son duo. The father was master Maan Singh and the son Charan Singh.

In 1947, Charan Singh of Ghuman village of Amritsar district, was a young boy of 17 years. He had fallen in love with a girl of his village. When the riots erupted and Hindus-Sikhs and Muslims became thirsty for each others’ blood, senior people of the village decided that all Hindus and Sikhs will protect their Muslim brethren. They also decided that if a Muslim family is harmed in any way, people of the village will compensate it. Charan Singh, who is now 80, narrates that after his two sons were killed in communal riots, one Noor Muhammad of his village came weeping along with his wife to his father Master Maan Singh and told him about the incident. Maan Singh had agreed with others to help their Muslim brethren and compensate their losses. In this situation, he could not decide how to compensate Noor Muhammad. After a pause, it dawned on him that since Noor Muhammad’s sons cannot be brought back to life, he offered his only son Charan Singh to Noor Muhammad who kept refusing the offer but finally succumbed to Maan Singh’s insistence. Noor Muhammad, after the death of his sons, decided to migrate to Pakistan. Maan Singh said while consoling his son Charan Singh that though he made a mistake by making such an offer but a promise is a promise and it has to be honoured by his son as the father expects sons to honour his word. Charan Singh was hesitant at first but in the end he agreed to do what his father told him and left behind his parents’ love and affection, his native village, relatives and friends and of course his sweet-heart and accompanied Noor Muhammad to Pakistan where they settled in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad).

Noor Muhammad could not settle himself financially in Pakistan and because of this, his adopted son who was now called “Manzoor”, could not complete his education. In order to help Noor Muhammad, Manzoor started to work early to supplement the family’s income. Now he is a Pakistani but memories of his parents, his native village, friends, relatives and of course his sweetheart still torment him. These afflictions and agonies made him a poet who is now famous and popular in Pakistan and is known as "Manzoor Jugnoo". Now after such a long time, neither Maan Singh nor Noor Muhammad are alive but Charan Singh/Manzoor Jugnoo is still living up to the word of honour given by his father. People like Master Maan Singh no longer walk our earth.

Is Obama a Muslim? Enquires Ashraf

" President Obama is a Muslim." "He's not an American citizen." "He wasn't even born here."

None of this is true. But to surprising levels, it is believed.

Blame it on the media, or on human nature. All presidents deal with image problems — that they're too weak or too belligerent, too far left or far right. But Obama also faces questions over documented facts, in part because some people identify more with the rumormongers than the debunkers.

"Trust and distrust — that explains almost all of it," says Nicholas DiFonzo, professor of psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an expert on rumor and gossip research. "We are in such a highly polarized political environment. Our country is sorting itself into more closely knit, opposing factions each year" — factions, DiFonzo suggests, that in turn become "echo chambers" for factoids that aren't fact at all.

Nearly one in five people, or 18 percent, said they think Obama is Muslim, up from the 11 percent who said so in March 2009, according to a poll released Thursday. The proportion who correctly say he is a Christian is just 34 percent, down from 48 percent in March of last year.

The White House even felt compelled to respond with a terse knockdown from spokesman Bill Burton: "The president is obviously a Christian. He prays every day."

Obama is the Christian son of a Kenyan Muslim father and a Kansas mother. Born in Hawaii, he lived from ages 6 to 10 in predominantly Muslim Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. His full name, Barack Hussein Obama, sounds Muslim to many.

Confusion about Obama's religion was common, and sometimes encouraged, during the 2008 campaign. An Associated Press photograph that circulated on the Internet, and was posted on The Drudge Report, showed Obama dressed in traditional local garments — a white turban and a wraparound white robe — during a visit to Kenya in 2006. Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton may have contributed through her response to a question, during a "60 Minutes" interview, about whether he was a Muslim. "There's nothing to base that on," she said. "As far as I know."

Others have helped keep rumors about Obama's religion and birth alive. Conservative commentators including radio talk show host Michael Savage have repeated debunked claims that Obama attended a radical Muslim madrassa in Indonesia. Rush Limbaugh has facetiously referred to "Imam Obama" in recent days, and last year praised a woman who at a Delaware town hall meeting questioned Obama's citizenship. Lou Dobbs gave significant air time to such "birther" claims on CNN — despite his own insistence that he believed Obama was born in the U.S.

The new survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center and its affiliated Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is based on interviews conducted before the controversy over whether Muslims should be permitted to construct a mosque near the World Trade Center site. Obama has said he believes Muslims have the right to build an Islamic center there, though he's also said he won't take a position on whether they should actually build it.

We have never been without misperceptions, but they are speeded and multiplied in the Internet age. Last month, right-wing bloggers — citing unnamed sources within the Laredo Police Department in Texas — reported that the Mexican drug cartel Zetas had captured two Laredo ranches. The story was picked up by author-pundit Michelle Malkin and other conservatives.

Inquiries from local media and the liberal Web site Talking Points Memo turned up different news: The raids never happened.

"The Internet has made it worse," says Lori Robertson, managing editor of the website FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan project run under the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "Any of these rumors are more rampant, and there's more stuff about them — blogs writing about conspiracy theories. People are exposed to it more."

Robertson says her organization has been asked hundreds of times about Obama's religion, even after FactCheck published an explanatory article in early 2008 called "Sliming Obama." It focused on the chain e-mail that many believe helped spread the lie.

Despite what the e-mail claimed, FactCheck.org has noted that Obama was sworn into office as a U.S. senator using the Bible instead of the Quran; a photograph was posted to prove it. FactCheck also posted videos of Obama reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the Senate, in an attempt to counter claims that he refused.

Still, the questions about Obama's faith didn't stop.

"Did Obama order creation of a postage stamp to honor a Muslim holiday?" FactCheck.org's answer: "The first class stamp honoring Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha was first issued eight years ago. Obama has followed Bush's practice of reaching out to Muslims on Ramadan."

Superstitions and myths are timeless and universal, and so are the people who exploit them, whether Holocaust deniers, race supremacists or conspiracy theorists.

Misinformation in the mass media age was captured by the author-columnist Walter Lippman in his classic "Public Opinion," published in 1922. Finding that world events were driven by a tiny minority manipulating the rest, Lippman noted "the comparatively meager time available in each day for paying attention to public affairs, the distortion arising because events have to be compressed into very short messages, the difficulty of making a small vocabulary express a complicated world."

The problem wasn't only with the media, but with the public.

"People, he wrote, "live in the same world, but think and feel in different ones." Lippman believed many "suffer from anemia, from lack of appetite and curiosity for the human scene."

And so millions have thought that the country was overrun with communists, that John F. Kennedy was taking orders from the pope, that AIDS spreads through casual contact, that Saddam Hussein or even the George W. Bush administration helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks. In the 1990s, when the government was running a surplus under the Clinton administration, a poll showed substantial numbers of people thought it was running a deficit.

DiFonzo was stunned when he heard one of those rumors stated as fact in his upper-level social psychology class last year. A student raised her hand and insisted, "But George Bush was behind the bombings of Sept 11."

"She was serious," DiFonzo said, adding that he believes she accepted the rumor because other people in her life gave her the impression that it was plausible.

"This isn't a partisan thing," he said. "It's not a characteristic of Democrats or of Republicans. It's a human characteristic. It's a place that we happen to be at in our culture today. What seems outlandish is often based on what we think may be plausible."

Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai gets four Star rating By Taran Adarsh

The fascination with gangster movies has been immense worldwide. On this side of the Atlantic, several gangster films have left giant footprints on the sands of time. Films like DEEWAAR [Yash Chopra], DHARMATMA [Feroz Khan], NAYAKAN [Mani Ratnam], ANGAAR [Shashilal Nair], PARINDA [Vidhu Vinod Chopra], AGNEEPATH [Mukul Anand], SATYA and COMPANY [Ramgopal Varma], VAASTAV [Mahesh Manjrekar], GANGSTER [Anurag Basu], D [Vishram Sawant] and SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA [Apoorva Lakhia] have tremendous recall value to this day.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI recreates an era that so many of us have left behind and for those who arrived on this planet post 80s, I am sure, they must have visited the era through some medium or the other, mainly movies and internet or during their academic careers.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not part of history, but it attempts to portray on celluloid tales that are now considered legendary, that continue to make news to this date. Of course, the disclaimer claims that it bears no resemblance to a particular person, but you can't help but draw parallels with real-life characters. It could be a coincidence, though!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is a fascinating story that talks of how the mafia came into force for the first time in Mumbai. A thriller that depicts the crime scenario in Mumbai during the 70s and 80s. The rise to power of two young boys, in different age-groups, who grew up to 'rule' the streets of Mumbai.

Since there's tremendous speculation in the media that ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI chronicles the lives of Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, the curiosity to watch the film increases manifold. Of course, I am no one to comment if it's actually based on their lives or merely borrows a few incidents from their lives or is pure fiction, but as a cinematic experience, I couldn't help getting transported to the bygone era, getting sucked into a world I had no clue of.

Besides the gangster chapter, one enjoys this film also because of its riveting drama and the power play. It could've been set anywhere, in the corporate world, in politics, in the film industry. Anywhere. The rise and subsequent fall of the King and the emergence of the Prince as the super power is what makes this film a compelling watch. The icing on the cake is the magical and lilting song compositions that are juxtaposed so beautifully in the goings-on. On the sidelines of the power play, a game of hearts is being played and that's what makes ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI a wholesome movie experience.

Final word? ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not to be missed. Set everything aside this coming weekend and watch this one. Strongly recommended!

The film, set primarily in 1970s Mumbai, follows the rise of Sultan Mirza [Ajay Devgn] and the conflict that ensues, when his protégé Shoaib Khan [Emraan Hashmi] challenges his supremacy and usurps power to rule the murky underbelly of Mumbai.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is a power-packed drama that makes you thirst for more. You rewind to an era of romance, smuggling, cabaret and mafia, but director Milan Luthria and writer Rajat Aroraa ensure that there's no sleaze or bloodshed-n-gore. In fact, there's hardly any violent sequence in the movie, except for one when Ajay hammers a cop during a naaka-bandi.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is not a biopic, but narrates the story through the eyes of a police officer [Randeep Hooda], who traces the changing face of the Mumbai underworld. The screenplay encompasses several moments that may compel you to draw parallels with real life, but talking strictly from the movie-going point of view, it satiates you completely. In fact, the writing is cohesive, smart and watertight and there's never a dull moment. Besides, there's no time to think whether it's factual or loosely based on someone's life or a work of fiction.

As I look back and recall the movie, a number of sequences flash across my mind. Note the sequence when Ajay divides the city amongst gangsters... The train sequence at the very start... The introduction of Emraan Hashmi's character... Randeep Hooda's landing on a film set and confiscating the equipment... The subsequent sequence, when Randeep is framed for accepting bribe... The romantic moments between Emraan and Prachi in the jewellery shop... Emraan starting his business and the confrontation that ensues between Ajay and Randeep... The showdown between Ajay and Emraan, with Ajay slapping Emraan in full public view... The conclusion to the story is equally novel. It stays in your memory and sets you thinking.

On the flipside, the story begins with Randeep attempting suicide, but the writer should've cited the reason that prompted him to take that drastic step. Sure, there's a mention at the start, but it doesn't register well. Also, you are keen to know the chain of events that drove Randeep to suicide. Also, the pace slackens in the middle of the second hour, but picks up dramatically when Ajay returns from Delhi and confronts Emraan. Besides, how I wish the film had a shorter, mass appealing Hindi title to attract more eyeballs and a big jump in footfalls [at single screens and smaller centres mainly] for a mass appealing subject like this.

This is director Milan Luthria's best work to date, no two opinions on that. Recreating the bygone era is tough and the director, the writer and the art director [Nitin Chandrakant Desai] deserve brownie points for giving the film that authentic feel. In fact, the film wears a chic retro look throughout. Even otherwise, Milan's handling of the subject material is exemplary. This film is sure to catapult him to the top league. Rajat Aroraa's screenplay is powerful and engaging. The writer marries heavy-duty drama and subtle and delicate emotions beautifully. I would like to make a special note of the dialogue, also penned by Rajat Aroraa, which are simply fantastic. In fact, the dialogue writing is such it elevates even an ordinary sequence to great levels. One rarely comes across such potent dialogue in today's times.

Pritam's music is another ace. Injecting songs and that too a terrific soundtrack in a gangster film is tough. He did it in GANGSTER. He does it again in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI. 'Pee Loon', 'Tum Jo Aaye' and the remix of APNA DESH track are super compositions, which are also placed appropriately in the plotline. Cinematography [Aseem Mishra] captures the look to perfection. Akiv Ali's editing is sharp.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is embellished with fantastic performances. Ajay Devgn is splendid as Sultan. The actor had enacted a similar role in COMPANY, but it must be said that his interpretation is so different in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI. He adds so much depth to the character, which only goes to prove his range and versatility. This is, without a trace of doubt, Ajay's finest work so far. Emraan Hashmi is brilliant as the power greedy, wildly ambitious rebel. He plays the dark character to perfection. He's incredible in the penultimate moments of the film in particular. Besides carrying the look to perfection, Emraan is sure to break-free from the lover boy, serial kisser image with this film.

Kangna Ranaut is extremely natural and performs very well. Also, she brings so much of sensuality and glamour to her character [an actress of the 70s]. In fact, Ajay and Kangna make a wonderful on-screen pair. Prachi Desai is a bundle of talent who proves her mettle yet again. She's proficient in emotional scenes and sizzles in the BOBBY song-sequence. Besides, the chemistry between Emraan and Prachi is exciting. Randeep Hooda is top notch. Even though the film belongs to Ajay and Emraan, Randeep makes his presence felt with a powerful performance. This film should prove to be the turning point in his career.

Avtar Gill [as Home Minister] is good. Naved Aslam [as Patrick, Ajay's trusted lieutenant] is perfect. Mehul Bhojak [as Emraan's friend Javed] is competent. Ravi Khanwilkar [as Vardhan] is satisfactory. Gauhar Khan sizzles in the remix track.

On the whole, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI is an extremely well-made film that lingers in your memory. The realism coupled with stellar direction, power-packed writing, exceptional performances and ear-pleasing tunes are its trump cards. An outstanding cinematic experience!

Aids spreads like this also?Exclusive Observation By Mohammad Ashraf Patna

SHOCKED to know .... Aids spreads like this also?

It's in INDIA - Karnataka - Bangalore

A 10 year old boy, had eaten pineapple about 15 days back, and fell sick, from the day he had eaten. Later when he had his Health check done...... doctors diagnosed that he had AIDS.

His parents couldn't believe it...Then the entire family under went a checkup... none of them suffered from Aids. So the doctors checked again with the boy if he had eaten out....The boy said 'yes'. He had pineapple that evening. Immediately a group from the hospital went to the pineapple vendor to check.

They found the pineapple seller had a cut on his finger while cutting the pineapple; his blood had spread into the fruit.


When they had his blood checked...the guy was suffering from AIDS...but he himself was NOT aware. Unfortunately the boy is suffering from it now.

Please take care while u eat on the road side particularly tasty vada pav & Paani Puri (specially Girls) and please convey this message to your near and dear one's.. .

PEOPLE TAKE CARE

Indian Gp F1 Track Design Out

The Indian GP, which is expected to take place in October of next year, has had design input from the Formula One teams, according to Mark Hughes, the vice-president of JPSK sports - a subsidiary of the Jaypee Group who have signed a 10-year contract with FOM to host the event.

The track has been designed by F1 regular Herman Tilke, who has often come under criticism from fans, calling his tracks, 'Tilkedromes' thanks to their design which rarely aid overtaking.

Hughes though, has combined Tilke's knowledge with input from the F1 teams by sending them data and asking for improvements to the design.

"We sent the details to all the teams and they programmed the information into their simulators and gave us feedback on where we could make improvements and add overtaking opportunity points," he told Reuters.

The track will be the second fastest on the calendar after Monza(Italy).

"It's an undulating 5.5 kilometre track which we expect to have the second fastest average speed of any circuit on the calendar behind Monza," Hughes added.

Construction of the circuit is well underway, with a July 2011 deadline set to allow for FIA safety checks.

Alisha Abdullah India's Only Woman Bike Racer Is a Muslim

Alisha Abdullah has the unique distinction of being India's only woman super bike racer. Well it is no surprise because racing runs in her genes. Her father RA Abdullah was himself a famous bike racer and a seven-time national champion.

Alisha has been fascinated by racing since she was a kid. As a nine-year-old, Alisha was drawn to go-karting. She was winning go-karting races by the time she was eleven. When she was just 13-years-old, she won the MRF National Go-Karting Championship and the Best Novice Award in the National level Formula Car Racing in the open class .

Alisha then moved on to formula car racing and managed to come fifth in the JK Tyre National Championship, 2004. She made the switch from four wheels to bikes in the same year.

Talking about the change Alisha's father who noted, “The fact is formula car racing can get very expensive. Motorbike racing is easier to manage financially, and moreover, I know what is what in motorbike racing and I can guide her. So I asked Alisha to try bike racing."

Alisha regards her father as a role model and hero. "I have never seen anybody ride better," is her take. Her idol in India is Karun Chandok whom she says is very strong and can beat anyone.

Inevitably, eyebrows are raced when she zooms past men in a flash but this only makes the whole scenario more inviting for Alisha as she opines “Speed thrills me. They say girls generally hate racing, but I love it and that's why I'm here.” She also goes on to add “Whenever I win a Championship in he open class, the exclamatory remarks that I get to hear from the men makes me really proud.”

Alisha and racing are just inseparable. She is synonymous with speed, guts and glory.

More About Alisha at http://www.alishaabdullah.com/

Greek MP returns gift -- short story of a great character

Theodoros Panglos needs to be saluted, thought I could share this incident with you with the hope that some day the atrocities by Israel supported by the US, would end.

Theodoros Pangalos, Member of Parliament (Greece), is a Greek socialist, who returned gift and thanked the Ambassador of Israel...

The Embassy of Israel sent to Theodoros Pangalos, Member of Parliament (Greece), three bottles wine as a festive gift with the wishes of Ambassador Ali Giachia.
Theodoros Pangalos returned this gift and thanked the Ambassador with the following letter:

Dear Mr. Ambassador,


Thank you for the 3 bottles of wine that you sent me as season's greetings. I wish to you, your family and everybody in the Embassy a happy new year. Good health and progress to you all.
Unhappily I noticed that the wine you have sent me has been produced in the Golan Heights. I have been taught since I was very young not to steal and not to accept products of theft. So I can not possibly accept this gift and I must return it back to you.
As you know, your country illegally occupies the Golan Heights which belong to Syria, according to International Law and numerous decisions of the International Community.



I take the opportunity to express my hope that Israel will find security in its internationally recognized borders and the terrorist activities against Israel territory by Hamas or anybody else will be contained and made impossible, but I also hope that your government will cease practicing the policy of collective punishment which was applied on a mass scale by Hitler and his armies.

Actions such as those of these days of the Israel military in Gaza remind the Greek people of similar Holocausts such as in Kalavrita or Doxato or Distomo and certainly in the ghetto of Warsaw.


With these thoughts allow me to express to you my best wishes for you, the Israeli people and all the people of our region of the world.

Athens, 30/12//2009

Theodoros Pangalos,

Member of Parliament (Greece)

Google Gets Starred Results

Google is introducing a new way of personalizing search results, which should really come in handy for those who usually do a search instead of typing a URL to get to a site. With the new search 'stars,' users will be able to save the results they preferred for future reference, in a way bookmarking them so that they show up at the top of the results whenever they make the same search.

"Today we're announcing a new feature in search that makes it easier for you to mark and rediscover your favorite web content — stars," Cedric Dupont, product manager, and Matthew Watson, software engineer at Google, wrote. "With stars, you can simply click the star marker on any search result or map and the next time you perform a search, that item will appear in a special list right at the top of your results when relevant. That means if you star the official websites for your favorite Cricket teams, you might see those results right at the top of your next search for [IPL]."

Google is rolling out the feature over the next couple of days, so it may not be live for everyone at the moment. But when it does, you will start seeing a little star outline next to the search results. Clicking on the star will save the result so that, the next time you do the same search, which for several types of searches will happen often, the starred results will be listed before the regular, organic results.

The starred results are synced with the Google Toolbar and with Google Bookmarks so you can review and manage them in one place. If you have the Google Toolbar installed, you can star any web page you are visiting and it will show up when a related search is performed. With the introduction of the star feature, Google is retiring Search Wiki, the feature that enabled you to customize the search-result ranking and make annotations. Google has been very fond of the star feature lately, introducing it in Google News as well.

Plenty of people use the search engine as a sort of address bar and the fact that 'google' is a top search on Google should be proof enough. 'Orkut' 'Orkut.com' or 'Orkut Login' are all very, very common searches and it’s clear that those people just want to get to Orkut, they're not searching for something in particular. The star feature could help in some of these cases, but, then again, if they can't be bothered to type 'Orkut' in the address bar, perhaps the star feature won't be of too much use either.