August 27th Updates

Facts
Around 26 lakh tourists visited the Taj Mahal in 2006 -07

6 Million users are being added every month to India's cell phone market

50,000 people flee Iraq every month says the UN high commission for refugees

9 % growth rate will help India to remove poverty and emerge as the world's third largest economy in 20 years says the Finance Minister p. Chidambaram

Quotable Quotes

Nobody calls MF Hussain as man- artist- There is no gender to art-- Anjolie Menon Artist opposing the usage of the term Woman artist

I doubt there is any country on this planet with a democracy more alive than the one we enjoy in Venezuela today- Hugo Chavez President Venezuela unveiling plans for constitutional changes to allow him to run for re election for third term in 2013 !

When the ruling alliance is trying to commit suicide, why should we intervene ? Arun Jaitley BJP leader on the party brining a no confidence motion against the government

Nothing much really ! Except the usage of the phrase " Meet my wife " by him on social occasions-- Amitabh Bachchan when asked what change he noticed in his newly married son Abhishek

Snippets

Tamilnadu
People of a village near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district performed an unusual wedding -- they got a " neem " tree married to a "pipal " tree. The knot was tied in South Indian style in the presence of a priest and amid chanting of hyms and nadaswaram recital in early August.The ceremony was to protect forests and maintain world peace --

Chauffer know best on Wheel to Reel

With Mohanla's Onam block buster Alibhai ruling the theatres , producer Antony Perumbavoor is in jubilant mood. More than the collection and favourable reviews , it is a comment by the start that competed Antony's joy. Recently Mohanlal said that Antony was representative of his typical fan and Alibhai was tailored to satisfy this target group. Certainly Antony who was once Mohanlal;s chauffer knows his former master well

Formula 1

The Istanbul GP was a lucky one for the Ferraris-- Felipe Massa and Raikonen finished one two with Alonso of Mclaren in third-- Rookie leader Hamilton finished fifth due to tyre problems -- With this result , the race for the championship has opened up between Alonso and Hamilton-- Hamilton still leads the table by five points from Alonso-- Ferraris have some catching up to do and frankly with five races to go , they have outside chance of one of them Massa or Raikonen going for it-- Still the constructor title for the teams is still open-- The race by itself worked to a set pattern and no heroics or crashes went at Turkey

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