5th Feb 07
Facts :
148,781 cars were exported from India during April - Dec 2006 ( Surprise ! )
51 % of the Women in the US are living alone
24 Hours is the time taken by a Robotic Builder, developed at the University if Southern
California to build a two storey house
3.8 Billion Dollars is the value of the trade between India and Russia
Quotable Quotes
Writing is what I do to understand the world I live in -- Salman Rushdie
The stakes will be high when America chooses a new president in 2008,. I am in and I am in it to win-- Hillary Clinton
My wife doesn't have to have black hair, beautiful eyes and that sort of stuff, as long as she is a great cook-- Akshay Khanna Actor
We are a deck of cards at the moment-- we lose one wicket, we lose four or five-- Andrew Flintoff English Cricket skipper
Listen, the man who employs can find out whether you are recruited on merit or reservation in five minutes. So why are making so much noise about reservation- TN Seshan on reservation in private sector
Snippets
Madhya Pradesh
A woman approached the family counselling centre in Sehore claiming that her husband, pappu had eloped with her mother. In spite of a 15 year gap, they wanted to marry. Pappy now lives in Bhopal with his mother in law. Even after being summoned twice to the centre, the mother and son - in law refused to part ways. Instead , they have sort time to " ponder " over the issue -- Very funny indeed
GOA
The authorities were happy when 129 candidates turned up for the " lifeguard " test. Soon, it turned out that most of them has seen water only in its bottled form, as just one passed the swimming test. Said the examiners-- " We could relax any norm but this ". True. The state is considering hiring 100 guards from other states for the upcoming tourist season.
Tennis
This is featured by public demand-- and on one great talent Roger Federrer-- the recent Australian Grand Slam final was classic-- It was the Champion against the in form Fernando Gonsalves who could do nothing wrong as he swept past other players with ease-- he could play winners with his back to the net-- he was in awesome form.
Federrer played Champion stuff-- He was broken in the first set but stayed calm and broke back Gonsalves as he served for the first set-- Federrer won the classic battle in straight sets -- he never did lose a set during the entire tournament-- it was not that Gonsalves played badly== Federrer had all the shots -- He is champion with lot of grace and brings great dignity to the game-- He does whack the ball hard , but it is with such elegance and magic that you do not see the fury which comes through when other players do the same thing-- He is only 25 and will create history as he marches on-
Vidya -- program on English
Farook ( FBSC ) is a great guy-- he and his team have quietly done a small booklet ( Gayathri included in the team ) on basics of English -- the team now goes to the nearest Govt School and teaches English to students of 9th and 10th standards on Tuesday and Fridays-- The booklet was done in quick time with lot of personal time spent in research and getting the right material by the team members -- I had the chance to speak to the students and they were excited to learn English and understood the need to learn it. This is fantastic stuff by our guys and also the fact they want to be part of giving back to the society in some way--
148,781 cars were exported from India during April - Dec 2006 ( Surprise ! )
51 % of the Women in the US are living alone
24 Hours is the time taken by a Robotic Builder, developed at the University if Southern
California to build a two storey house
3.8 Billion Dollars is the value of the trade between India and Russia
Quotable Quotes
Writing is what I do to understand the world I live in -- Salman Rushdie
The stakes will be high when America chooses a new president in 2008,. I am in and I am in it to win-- Hillary Clinton
My wife doesn't have to have black hair, beautiful eyes and that sort of stuff, as long as she is a great cook-- Akshay Khanna Actor
We are a deck of cards at the moment-- we lose one wicket, we lose four or five-- Andrew Flintoff English Cricket skipper
Listen, the man who employs can find out whether you are recruited on merit or reservation in five minutes. So why are making so much noise about reservation- TN Seshan on reservation in private sector
Snippets
Madhya Pradesh
A woman approached the family counselling centre in Sehore claiming that her husband, pappu had eloped with her mother. In spite of a 15 year gap, they wanted to marry. Pappy now lives in Bhopal with his mother in law. Even after being summoned twice to the centre, the mother and son - in law refused to part ways. Instead , they have sort time to " ponder " over the issue -- Very funny indeed
GOA
The authorities were happy when 129 candidates turned up for the " lifeguard " test. Soon, it turned out that most of them has seen water only in its bottled form, as just one passed the swimming test. Said the examiners-- " We could relax any norm but this ". True. The state is considering hiring 100 guards from other states for the upcoming tourist season.
Tennis
This is featured by public demand-- and on one great talent Roger Federrer-- the recent Australian Grand Slam final was classic-- It was the Champion against the in form Fernando Gonsalves who could do nothing wrong as he swept past other players with ease-- he could play winners with his back to the net-- he was in awesome form.
Federrer played Champion stuff-- He was broken in the first set but stayed calm and broke back Gonsalves as he served for the first set-- Federrer won the classic battle in straight sets -- he never did lose a set during the entire tournament-- it was not that Gonsalves played badly== Federrer had all the shots -- He is champion with lot of grace and brings great dignity to the game-- He does whack the ball hard , but it is with such elegance and magic that you do not see the fury which comes through when other players do the same thing-- He is only 25 and will create history as he marches on-
Vidya -- program on English
Farook ( FBSC ) is a great guy-- he and his team have quietly done a small booklet ( Gayathri included in the team ) on basics of English -- the team now goes to the nearest Govt School and teaches English to students of 9th and 10th standards on Tuesday and Fridays-- The booklet was done in quick time with lot of personal time spent in research and getting the right material by the team members -- I had the chance to speak to the students and they were excited to learn English and understood the need to learn it. This is fantastic stuff by our guys and also the fact they want to be part of giving back to the society in some way--
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