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Nov 26th 2007

Quotable Quotes He plans to keep it up until the judiciary is restored. He could get very thin- jenima Khan former wife of Pakistani Cricketer Imran Khan n his hunger strike in a Pakistani prison New media in India would not be well served by foreign ownership that is blind to traditions and subtelties and in fact sees a culture only as a market place- Sir Harold Evans former editor of The Sunday times London delivering the Mammen Mappilai memorial lecture in Delhi His head is too smart for that khadi cap but he still insists on wearing that he is a patriot and true Gandhian R.K.laxman Cartoonist on Rahul Gandhi There has been one sided reporting. That is why I am saying we are concerned- Brinda Karat CPI ( M ) leader defending the West Bengal govt., sponsored violence in Nandigram Snippets Hyderabad Dhirubahi Ambani would never have thought of his company giving a chumpi- the barber's dexterous head massage. Reliance , apparently is scouting for floor space to start nine hi tech s

Novermber 19th 2007

Quotes When the masses combine, the sound of their steps will suppress the sound of the military boots- benazir Bhutto on Emergency in Pakistan Why don't you shut up ? Juan Carlos King of Spain to Hugo Chavez President of Venezuela who was trying to interrupt the speech of the Spanish PM at the Ibero American Summit at Shanghai-- this has around 700 videos on the youtube site and ring tones etc., Big news item I can climb on top of a water tank like Dharmendra did in Sholay and deny the rumours- Rani Mukerji dismissing rumours of wedding to Film maker Aaditya Chopra Those who know me are aware what kind of person I am . I think it's my social responsibility to do some thing for such children- Shoiab Aktar after visiting mentally challenged students of Chetna Institute Lucknow Snippets Delhi Diamonds are irritable. But succumbing to temptations can land one in trouble, discovered a professor couple living in Greater kailash. They allegedly stole diamond jewellery from an exhibit

Nov 12th 2007

Snippets Honesty Pays Auto rickshaw drivers in Chennai are a much maligned lot. So when E >Mahendran an auto driver did something that was worth emulating it came as a pleasant surprise. Two months ago , a passenger forgot a check for rs 58 lakhs, a laptop and a mobile phone along with some important documents, in mahendran;s auto. Instead of pocketing the stuff , Mahendran handed over to the city police commissioner. The police honoured him with a check of Rs 2,000 Kerla While me in Haryana visit orphanages in search of brides, the cows of Kerla are awaiting bulls from Israel. Hit by shortfall in Milk production, the government is importing 20 pedigreed holstein friesians and jersey bulls, so as to cross breed them with the cows. If everything works out, the bulls will land in a month, hopefully to the delight of the cows Lessons from movie Chakde India -- By Naryanamoorthy The other day, my wife and I were perhaps among the very few over 50-year-olds in the mostly-twentyishcrowd w

Nov 5th 2007updates

Facts 0 lakhs rupees was what actor Hrithik Roshan paid for hiring a personal chopper for commuting to the Jodha Akbar sets at Karjat ( Close to Pune ) from Mumbai 35 billion Dollars is the endorsement Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has. 11 Indians were on board when Airbus A 380 the world's largest airliner made its first commercial flight Quotable Quotes We recognised that he has strong convictions on the soundness and utility of the Nuke deal-- Prakash Karat on PM Manmohan Singh Should I disguise myself as a poor person to be a good political leader ? Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner Argentine President elect defending her glamorous image Had I not been gay, I would have proposed to you-- Manvendra Singh Gohil Scion of Rajpipla royal family to Oprah Winfrey in her show - Gay around the world Snippets Tamilnadu Now prisoners too can be top class hair designers. Tirchi central prison authorities set up a coiffeur training center inside the jail premises. Convicts serving life se