Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wanna find out if someone has been plagiarising the content that you slogged over? Check this out http://www.copyscape.com/
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I came across a news item in yesterday's newspaper and realized once again, with a jolt, how little time you get in life to pursue activities that you would love to do. This announcement was about the new course on Geology that the Centre for Extra Mural Studies of Mumbai University is starting. Just check http://extramural.org/geology.html. Fascinating, isn't it? I would have sooo loved to sign up but sadly there's no टाइम.
Words from a long forgotten serial on DD come to mind:
कही सफर है, कही रास्ता है मंजिलका :-(
Words from a long forgotten serial on DD come to mind:
कही सफर है, कही रास्ता है मंजिलका :-(
After 62 years and despite the 55 Crores, our poor cousins from across the border still behave like a good-for-nothing younger sibling who never stops saying that he gets sidelined because of his mighty elder brother.
The case in point is the recently concluded Champions Trophy where a wrong decision by the umpires saw Akmal march towards the pavilion, much to his chagrin. After seeing the footage, the umpire in question has admitted his mistake. But now the earlier generation Pakistani players are alleging that since Pakistan doesn't wield as much clout as India when it comes to the International cricket scene, they are being treated unfairly. They say that if an Indian player had been given out by mistake, the resulting uproar would have resulted in the dismissal of the umpire!
Wait, don't laugh your guts out yet. There's more to this saga of the Champions Trophy. It seems that an investigation is in the offing across the border because someone has alleged that the Pakistani players purposefully lost their match against the Aussies so as to edge India out of the tournament!
62 years and you are yet to grow up?
The case in point is the recently concluded Champions Trophy where a wrong decision by the umpires saw Akmal march towards the pavilion, much to his chagrin. After seeing the footage, the umpire in question has admitted his mistake. But now the earlier generation Pakistani players are alleging that since Pakistan doesn't wield as much clout as India when it comes to the International cricket scene, they are being treated unfairly. They say that if an Indian player had been given out by mistake, the resulting uproar would have resulted in the dismissal of the umpire!
Wait, don't laugh your guts out yet. There's more to this saga of the Champions Trophy. It seems that an investigation is in the offing across the border because someone has alleged that the Pakistani players purposefully lost their match against the Aussies so as to edge India out of the tournament!
62 years and you are yet to grow up?
Read about another of India's brave soldiers yesterday - Shahid Manish Pitambare. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manish_Pitambare.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Years ago, it had taken me a full minute to recover when one of my Chinese colleagues suddently started singing his version of Raj Kapoor's "Awaaraa Hu". He then told me that when he was growing up, he had seen many of the Raj Kapoor's movies - in China.
The reason I remembered this incident was because yesterday I read a piece of news about Raj Kapoor's movies being screened in a place in Russia again. An old Russian woman was quoted explaining why his movies were so popular there. In the 50s Russia was just emerging from the war with Germany and the common man's life was no bed of roses. The woman said that the Russians drew a lot of inspiration from the Indian populace as depicted in Kapoor's movies - leaving a hard life but keeping alive its hopes of a better future.
चलना जीवनकी कहानी, रुकना मौतकी निशानी
सरपे लाल टोपी रुसी, फिरभी दिल है हिन्दुस्तानी
The reason I remembered this incident was because yesterday I read a piece of news about Raj Kapoor's movies being screened in a place in Russia again. An old Russian woman was quoted explaining why his movies were so popular there. In the 50s Russia was just emerging from the war with Germany and the common man's life was no bed of roses. The woman said that the Russians drew a lot of inspiration from the Indian populace as depicted in Kapoor's movies - leaving a hard life but keeping alive its hopes of a better future.
चलना जीवनकी कहानी, रुकना मौतकी निशानी
सरपे लाल टोपी रुसी, फिरभी दिल है हिन्दुस्तानी
A girl named Rukhsana Kausar
I had never heard of Rukhsana Kausar till yesterday. If you haven't still, here's the link that will tell you all about this frail 20-year old brave girl who killed a Lashkar-e-Toiba commander and wounded another militant.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/this-20yrold-kashmiri-killed-a-militant-shot-another/522719/#
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/this-20yrold-kashmiri-killed-a-militant-shot-another/522719/#
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