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Feb 22nd Weekend ...

Quotable Quotes of the week I am a civilian now . I am not a military man. I cannot take over anything- Pervez Musharaff Former Pakistan President If we are going to have Cricket in Olympics, we may as well have tiddly twinks and darts -- Geoffrey Boycott Former England Cricket --" what else can you expect from Boycott ?!! I am a soft hearted person who is willing to forgive and wouldn't kill people that easily -- Kishenji Maoist Leader -- read this in the context of Maoists killing 12 RTI activists and wanting the Govt., to stop operations against it for 72 days before they come for talks !! Infidelity is a reality. There are few relationships untouched by it. Women too, are experimenting -- Suchitra Krishnamoorthy Actor Singer -- Ahhh.. Looks like Tiger Woods , Ashley Cole and John Terry are getting support !! Amazing Indian Cricket Team -- they know how to do the climax better than most of the Cine Directors !! I am referring to India's first one day match against South

Feb 15th...

Quotable Quotes of the week I have seen poverty, you can't erase that part of you. But I have also seen what can happen with good education.. You can wipe caste out , you can wipe poverty -- Sam Pitroda Telecom Czar Terrorists are enemies of Islam and humanity who do not even know which nation they wanted to fight -- Yusuf Raza Gilani Pakistan PM Every educated youngster should have a perspective about how our polity works and what our Constitution seeks to achieve - Meira Kumar Lok Sabha Speaker Australia and Australians need to recognise the realities of India's evolving society and emergence as a global influence --Stephen Smith Australian foreign minister Humour Club Meeting of Feb 10-- Change that I did not like at all I have written in my various posts on the "stress reliever" factor that this forum enables once a month . This month , the Humour Club made a change that brought me stress. The normal open session went off as usual. Then the meeting cadence change

February 8th - updates

Quotable Quotes of the week We are like Siamese twins-- Shah Rukh Khan Actor , on actor Kajol. Al Qaeda is probably the biggest killer of innocent Muslims of any entity out there - Barack Obama US President No, I was just trying to smell it , as to how it feels - Shahid Afridi Pakistani Cricketer, after being accused of ball tampering in a match against Australia He is resolute and firm as ever and in that resoluteness you discover a sudden soft moment which has always made his presence so strong and affectionate - Amitabh Bachchan Actor on the Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray The Rotary District Conference Feb 6/7th Week end The annual Rotary district Conference is a great event to understand the Power of Rotary , the magic of Rotary , the Goodness of giving and enjoy fellowship . I will explain how I was able to understand all of this during my participation in this wonderful conference . Our District which is called 3230 in Rotary parlance has affiliation to 105 clubs in the district

Feb 1 , 2010

Quotable Quotes I came to Mumbai with stars in my eyes and Allah has granted me all and more-- Shah Rukh Khan Actor I was pleased that he was the honoured guest for the first state dinner of my presidency - Barack Obama US President on Indian PM Manmohan Singh He was charming, had a great sense of humour and was caring , sensitive and very well informed - Rahul Bhatt son of Bollywood director Mahesh Bhattt oon the 26/11 terror suspect David Headley Till I go to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, I will be biting all my finders - Priyanka Chopra Actor, being selected for the national award for the best female actress The Australian Tennis Open Justin Henin missed out what Kim Clijsters did at the US open but was very close to winning the title at the recently concluded Australian tennis open . Clijsters came back from a break and then as a unseeded player at the event, went on to win the US open in late 2009. And Henin could have done the same at the Australian open ..She reached the finals playin