March 5th

Facts
46,000 children on an average go missing every year in India

51 % of deaths of Brazilian males of 15 to 24 of age are caused by homicide

14 billion lunar New year SMSes are expected to be sent by Chinese users

79 % of Indian children below the age of three are anaemic

Quotes

I don't think I have ever done anything original in my life. Every line, every scene, every shot in my films has been taken from another film, a book , a play, real life, a TV show.. The important thing is that you understand what you are copying-- Ram Gopal Varma Film maker

Can you double - check the envelope -- Martin Scorcese Oscar winning director, surprised at the Jury's decision

I want to be like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John Lennon-- but I want to be alive-- Madonna Singer

Today we are fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life--
George Bush who compared the US war on terror to the American war of Independence while celebrating George Washington's 275th birthday

Snippets
Maharashtra
Never Confess. It spotted , swallow chits. These remain the basics of copying act. At least a few coaching classes in Mumbai are busy giving students, who will appear for secondary school leaving exams this year, lessons on cheating and how to cope if caught. Special sessions are held to help them get rid of the guilt that comes with the copying. Students are even given home work to practise swallowing chits quickly -- !!

J & K

Previously dogs used to get turned on with the mere whiff of a bone. Gone are those days. Recently, in Srinagar a dog snatched kerosene depot owner Mustaq Ahmed's bag, allegedly containing Rs 60,000. The man chased the dog for a kilometre in vain. That's perhaps what you call a Dog's day

Goa

Drugged, robbed and cuckolded on a honey moon ? Newly weds Surendra Gupta and Poonam of Thane set off to Goa for their honey moon. When the train reached Margao the next day, Gupta woke up out of a drugged stupor to find his wife gone.. The background : Poonam was already married to her lover Abhisek Roy and the duo drugged Gupta and decamped with the jewels and cash !!

Anbudan
This is a new soap opera that kicked off on Sun TV y;day and it is more like a Q & A with stars hosted by yesteryear Actress Gouthami-- it has Kamlahasan in the premiere show -- Nothing unusual about the show, the questions, Kamal's answers-- What shook was every time Gouthami asked Kamal a question , she made it a point to address him as "Sir " ? !-- this was reel life as compared to real life-- the address looked very natural !!

I had earlier mentioned about Murgavel -- CEO of Bhartmatrimony-- he was covered in the Sunday Hindu on page 2
The week long arts festival Sangamam also is mirred in controversy about funding and accountability etc,

Comments

Anonymous said…
The dog incident would make all those who read this to be careful. Looking at the street dogs even would frighten everyone in J & K hereafter. Hopefully theives in chennai are not getting ready with this input.

And GOA incident, need to pity both guys.

Srini
4:24 AM
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