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Quotes The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena is like Chinese goods, which look attractive but do not last long-- Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena executive president Unlike most women, I love being pregnant. You just feel like everything about your body is there for your baby- Angelina Jolie Actor We should teach swamis decency. Ninety percent of swamis are thieves fit for jails-- G. Sudhakaran Kerla's minister for temple administration India's growth is creating wealth and jobs across the world. We are an integral part of the revolution- Mukesh Ambani Chairman Reliance Gujarat Want to keep your city clean ? Then follow the example of Ahmadabad, which has hit upon a novel way of waster disposal. Soon cleaning staff from private agencies - under the auspices of the Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation - will visit each house in the municipality to collect garbage. The exciting part is that each family will be paid a certain amount depending on the quantity of waste collected. Nagpur Now hacking ...

Quotes of the week I had to face some very difficult spending decisions and I've had to conduct sensitive diplomacy. That's called planning for a wedding - George Bush US President at the wedding of his daughter Jenna I just appreciate the fact that I have been given this honour even though I now live in USA-- Madhuri Dixit after receiving Padma Shri I consider journalism a great mission., not a merely a profession. It is a mission to uphold and promote certain cherished values and lofty ideals - Somnath Chatterjee Los Sabha speaker This is a do or die. I will put myself in Atlantic if we lose- Taj Malik Alam - Afghanistan cricket team coach who wants his team to qualify for the 2011 world cup. DVD Auto I was wandering with my/friend's family/ near the lake at Yercaud-- We had decided to walk down from our hotel to the lake area and after a while the kids refused to walk back-- We looked for a auto -- and found a interesting one with inscription titled "DVD Auto "...

Quotes of the week This is not cricket- This is the greatest divide between the rich and the poor. With that kind of money , you could have built another cement factory- Jaswant Singh BJP leader criticising the IPL Ideas are like sedimentary rocks. They keep on accumulating before you put them together in a book format- Arundhtati Roy Writer China manipulates its currency to our disadvantage, they engage in broad bases intellectual property theft and industrial espionage. They do not follow the rules. It's time to now the whistle on China- Hillary Clinton Blogs - why and what is the kick in creating blogs ? Last week at my Rotary meeting , we had the privilege to hear Kirubha sankar ( www.kiruba.com )- Some of his experiences and the help that he got from blogging was - He never applied for a job- people found him through his blog- he changed three jobs before he became a entrepreneur - Networking -- the other day looking at his blog , he was interviewed by Times Now channel on th...

Notable quotes of the week When you have been abused as many times as I have , mate, you are bound to understand some Hindi and Urdu- Greg Chappell Former Indian Cricket team coach If I lose, it won't be because of race.. It will be because.. I made mistakes on the campaign trail, I wasn't communicating effectively.- Barack Obama US Presidential Hopeful She is like a great sister but she is beautifully sexy- Jackie Chan about Mallika Sherwat We have had six rounds of talks but nothing happened. China wants to show the world that ' we are talking' , then there is no use of in meeting- Tenzin Takia Spokesmen for the Dalai Lama Snippets Vadodara Piyush Parmar won a Japanese medal for this photograph bit all that he got through the India Post was an open cover with a message that the medal was being sent to him. Officials at the post office told him that tracing the medal would be difficult if the cover was opened before it reached them. Interestingly, the title of Parmar...

Quotes of the week SEZ can no longer remain treasure islands free of labour laws-- V.S. Achuthanandan Kerla CM Either Hillary Clinton or I would be better than John McCain. And either of us three would be better than George Bush- Barack Obama US presidential hopeful India is too big to be anybody's pawn-- George Yeo Singapore 's Foreign Minister I haven't starved myself to look the way I'm looking these days. Why should I want to be like anyone else. I've done nothing drastic to myself. I do Yoga religiously and I'm eating like any healthy girl, thank you- Kareena Kapoor on her new slimmed down look Mumbai Gangster turned MLA Arun Gawli is having tete -a tete with the crime branch after being arrested on charges of extortion. Property documents of over 300 sites across the city were found in his brother's house, the co accused. The Mumbai police which had arrested him twice before but failed to lodge cases against him say this time they have nailed him right...

Quotable Quotes Shah Rukh Khan can be begin with sponsoring four women athletes.. Only Rs 5- 10 lakhs would be required. I think he can spare that much money for other Indian Sports- M.S.Gill on the actor' s involvement in Cricket Pervez Musharraf is a hunk. He has enough charisma to have younger girls going nuts Mahleej Sarkari Miss Pakistan World Stop endorsing chips. They are harmful to health- Anbumani ramadoss to actor Saif Ali khan who had hear problems recently For Mahesh Bupathi and me , playing together is akin to learning how to ride a bicycle- you never forget it--Leander Paes after he played Davis Cup doubles match along with Mahesh- Snippets Kerla Not just humans, even elephants need to be taken care of in their old age. Realising this , the state's forest department is all set to launch a home for the old pachyderms near the Neyyar dam, on 100 hectares. Each elephant will be allotted 50 cents with a trench around the plot, so that they can retire peacefully. Uttar...

Happy New year Quotable Quotes I have no intention of stopping until we finish what we started and until we see what happens in the remaining contests - Hillary Clinton rejecting a call to drop out of the presidential candidate race Marriage is a folly that is slowly becoming a redundant. I am hopeful that one day like the vaccinations, the institute of marriage too will go away- Kamal Hasan Actor I will apply Lalu Prasad style to change the face of my ministry-- raghunath Jha Minister for industries and public enterprise hoping for a turnaround a la Indian Railways I have always admired his honesty and openness, his willingness to listen to his partner and this is precious- Vladmir Putin on US President George Bush I am super enthused about what it will do on lot of ways- Bill gates on the new version of Windows operating software Windows 7 to be released next year Snippets Kerla If you thought that Cows eat only grass and fodder , you are wrong. A cow owned by C.P. Husain of Kannur ...

Quotable quotes of the week Rahul Gandhi has got a first class mind. He stands out as the most talented and insightful of the younger generation of politicians worldwide- tony Blair Former British PM Some "60 members" of Parliament always find fault with whatever Manmohan Singh and myself do for economic growth- P. Chidambaram Finance Minister blaming the left front for hindering India's economic growth. Buddhadeb Bhattachararjee is a leader. He does not need my advice to quit smoking- Anbumani ramadoss Union Health on West Bengal Chief Minister. I have recommended something that is good for the nation- Justice Srikrishna pay commission chairman after submitting the report to the Finance Minister Snippets Mumbai Call it " Gandhigiri " of the highest order. Inmates and staff of the Arthur Road jail took an exam on gandhism. The 80 questions test included queries like what is the purest form of repentance, according to the Mahatma ? When was the Mahatma put in jai...

Quotable Quotes There was much hype over the list of billionaires in India. But it is like a Maya ( illusion ) of our philosophy, that veils your vision and we should beware of this titillating illusion- Mukesh Ambani Chairman Reliance Industries I do have a college degree, got it much before I was married. I think it is a B.ED degree. Though I haven't really looked at it. This is not an issue- Asif Ali Zardari Co Chairman PPP Sometimes India acts too cautious - The Dalai Lama Spiritual leader on India's stand on violence in Tibet Snippets The monkey tamer returned home tamed. Gorkha National Liberation Front Leader Subhash Ghising returned to his home town in the Darjeeling hills under heavy security cover. Undisputed leader of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill council for over two decades , Ghising was ousted by rivals for compromising on the demand for a separate Gorkhland state . Earlier Ghising had said that Gorkhaland was a monkey that would dance to his tune ! Gujarat When it c...

Quotable Quotes Pervez Mushrraf has manipulated the situation in Pakistan to become the " Diet Pepsi" of dictators- same taste but half the calorie- fathima Bhutto - Benazir Bhutto's niece Marriage is certainly not happening anytime soon. And love… well I first need to find the right girl- M.S.Dhoni Indian cricket team captain . Dance has always been my passion> it 's my dream to perform with Michael Johnson- S. Sreesanth cricketer Snippets A simple power failure can sometimes have disastrous consequences. This is what happened to Naimesh Mishra, a businessmen from Mumbai at the Maharaja Lunge of the Delhi airport. While he ordered a cheese sandwich the power supply did a vanishing act. When he bit in to his sandwich , the hardcore veggie was horrified to find that it has a chicken filling. The waitress has served the wrong item in the dark. An irate Mishra blamed the staff for hurting his religious sentiments and warned them of legal action Even a reflex action ca...

Quotable Quotes Railways is like a cow that must be optimally milked, lest it turns sick…and milking a cow properly is an art and there is a process to it. So it has been done - Laloo Prasad yadav Railway minister presenting the Railway budget We are certainly hopeful that India can get done what it needs to, so that we can get done what needs to be done - Robert Gates US defence secretary talking about the Indo US nuclear deal I think it is possible for us to manage a huge population provided there is a systematic change in how we deal with resources, which are becoming scarce- Montek Singh Ahuluwalia- Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Snippets Karnataka Horns in vehicles are an outlet for anger or frustration. So what does one do in a traffic jam ? Use the horns minimally says Ranjith a college student in Bangalore. Recently, he and his friend took part in a rally protesting the honking menace. The campaign saw many volunteers on bikes and cars, with banners and stickers To make ...

It may be a surprise to many that i choose to devote this week to one of my favorite writer who instilled the habit of reading or atleast wrote interestingly for us to create the reading habit .. News will continue in subsequent publishes... read on For most people like me, in my generation, he was the main reason we can claim to have read literary work in Tamil. Personally, for someone who started off reading Perry Mason at Std VI, his conceptualization skill and writing style was the sole reason that attracted me to read Tamil fiction. Besides writing, he was truly multi faceted. A gifted Engineer - ECI owes a lot to him. He was the Chief of the Group at BEL that devised the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) வாரந்தோறும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமைக்கு காத்திருந்து விகடன் வந்தவுடன் பிறருக்கு தெரியாமல் அதை லவட்டி, பள்ளிக்கோ கல்லூரிக்கோ போகுமுன் சுஜாதா கதையை படித்தால்தான்( சில சமயம் அந்த 20 – 30 நிமிடங்களுக்குள் 2- 3 முறை படித்ததும் உண்டு) உயிர் இருக்கும் என்றிருந்த காலம் அது.கணேஷ், வசந்த் தான் அன்றை...

Quotable Quotes I was irritated by whatever was written about me in the media in the last couple of years- I need to be treated as a player and that is every player's right.-- Sourav ganguly I have kept my word-- Pervez Mushraff - after announcement of the Pakistan General election results Akshay Kumar and John Abraham are attached- And that creates more of an embarrassment to them than me. Come to think of it, where are the eligible single guys in our industry ? I will have to look elsewhere - vidya Balan Actor ( any one interested ? ) I will talk to LTTE only if they give up their weapons. They can't have their cake and eat it too -- Mahindra Rajapaksa - Sri Lankan President Snippets Orissa All creepy things, from worms to cockroaches, have been found in soft drink bottles. But what Bimbadhar nayak , a resident of narada Bazaar near Bhubaneswar , discovered in a soft drink bottle was far more revolting- While enjoying the beverage he nearly swallowed the rotten remains of a h...

Quotable quotes It is now or never-- David Mulford US Ambassador on the Indo US Deal Crowd booing inspires me to do well - Harbhajan Singh Crickter I do not endorse anorexic figures. I don't think you need to be reed - thin to be beautiful. Indian women look terrible when they try to get anorexic. We are naturally healthy- Priyanka Chopra Actor My husband is not a monster as being portyed around the world- Poonam Kumar Wife of Dr Amit Kumar , the alleged kingpin of a kidney racket Snippets Kerla Residents of a kandanassery village has a shokc when the rain drops that struck them started wriggling and jumping about. A closer look showed that it was raining fish ! The ones who experienced it collected some as evidence and more proof was on the way, as vehicles that drove on the road during the rain crushed some fish. Not sure what the phenomenon was. Tamilnadu Who said that fan association were all about praising the actor and getting people in to the theater ? In Chennai , actor Kam...

Quotable Quotes I would attribute it to the great friendship that we share and the respect that we have for each other -- hrthik Roshan about his onscreen chemistry with Aiswaraya Bacchan It is nice to have double standards-- R.K.Laxman Cartoonist Change is coming! Our times has come ! Yes we can ! Votes aren't counted ! House divided cannot stand !-- Barack Obama -- US presidential Hopeful after Super Tuesday results She knew she was marked and her time has come to make the ultimate sacrifice-- Najam Sethi- Pakistan Editor on Benazir flirtation with death Snippets Tamilnadu Imagine going to school every morning finding your class strewed with cow dung and cleaning it up to make space for the day's class. In school in Nanmangalam near Chennai, students have to do exactly that. The school has a strength of around 1,000 but in the evenings people living nearby use it as a makeshift cattle shed-- What a shame Gujarat Children, for heaven's sake , forget not to flush the toilet...

Quotable Quotes The security at these events needs to be beefed up drastically. No matter where I go, I always feel unwanted eyes following me. It is a dirty world out there-Tanusree Dutta after she slapped a man for misbehaving with her at a function in Bangalore The election is about the past versus the future-- Barak Obama US presidential hopeful Please do not smoke in any of your movies Mr Sharukh Khan -- Anbumani Ramadoss Union health minister War against terror is not in Afghanistan but Pakistan-- Hamid Karzai President of Afghanistan Snippets Delhi In road accidents , many lives are lost for want of timely medical help. The delay is often because of traffic snarls that hinder the movement of ambulances. To circumvent this problem , the centralised Accident and trauma service is planning to launch bike ambulances. This rapid action force of a driver and attendant will zip through the city, 24 X 7 Orissa Hostel food can be revolting. Hundreds of boarders of a residential high scho...

Quotable Quotes I do not have an iota of attraction for Bhart Ratna. I fail to understand why some people are carving it. There is no one now in the country who deserves the award-- Bal Thackeray Shiva Sena Chief In two thirds of the countries of the world it is impossible for Carlos Bruni to sleep in the same bedroom as the President. The problem is the President does not know how to stay on his own at night in his room -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's aide I try to say to my father to try and find another way to help or find his goal. This bomb, weapons . It is not good to use for anybody-- Omar bin laden Son of Osama Bib Laden Snippets Karnataka If men and women can walk the ramp , the people of Basavangudi near Bangalore thought their cattle should too could. So they adorned their bulls and cows with jewellery and ribbons of all colours and paraded them in the neighbourhood. Forty cattle models participated I the" fashion show " at the Sankranti celebrations. And...

Quotes Sex is more alluring. When you are you young, it is like eating a sandwich - Sharon Stone I don't think this campaign is about gender and I sure hope it's not about race-- Hillary Clinton ( US President hopeful ) China is an important part of a brave new world. We must engage China and learn to both compete and cooperate -- PM Manmohan Singh To fight Andrew Symonds , I would need the powers of a Spiderman. If you put me in the ring with him, I don't think I would have much of a chance-- Sreesanth Cricter on suggestions of a boxing match by the boxing promoter Angelo Hyder Snippets Pune A shutdown of Pune international airport for a fortnight from Feb 12 for recarpeting of the runway means 75,000 passengers grounded and business worth 45 crore rupees lost. Nearly 35 flights domestic and international take off from the airport which is maintained by the IAF. Almost 1000 puneites who were to fly for the Dubai shopping festival had to re route through Mumbai Picked up an...

Happy Pongal Wishes Quotable Quotes This week we have quotes only on the Sydney test aftermath Aussies are hypocrites-- Sunil Gavaskar ( not sure if this is a racial comment !! ) There is no justice for India in this country, nor nay manners. Ricky Ponting should be sacked - peter Roebuck-- Columnist on Australia's victory in the second test Australians are cry-babies and they drag it to the officials. They do it constantly and much more than anyone else -- Wasim Akram Former Pakistani captain At the end of the day, much of what is happening between the teams springs from an inability to understand each other's culture - Steve Waugh - Former Aussie captain Snippets Karnataka Conmen love playing the role of a policeman , with whom they interact the most. Loorthanathan from Bangalore is no different. He specialises in duplicating the gullible wearing policemen uniform. When he was arrested recently, the licence plate of his bike had the letter " G 2 which suggest that it bel...

Happy New Year Greetings Quotes I am afraid of the day , I start feeling I have achieved something- that would be the end of my career--Deepika Padukone Actor I actually do not mind being No 2 for the next 50 years - Rafael Nadal No 2 tennis player accepting No 1 Roger Federer' s supremacy over the game We are definitely ahead of all in terms of ladies with sex appeal among our MPs. These young women are full of energy and eagerness to become serious lawmakers- Viktor Gorbachev Russian Political Analyst on female MPS in Vladimir Putin's United Russian party I do not like analysts and consultants- They look at your watch and tell you the time-- Tulsi Tanti CMD Suzlon Energy and one of the richest Indians Snippets Guess what devotes with dreams of going abroad offer the deity at the Sidhdheshwer Chamatkarik Hanuman mandir in Ahmadabad ? More than 2000 devotes place their passports and visa applications at the feet of their lord , in the belief that he would influence the authorit...