Kalakaanidi viluvainadi - ANR - Savitri

6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World | Cracked.com

6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World | Cracked.com: "For those of us who grew up in the '80s and '90s, it's difficult to fully understand just how close to annihilation we actually came in the 20th century. With the two most powerful nations on Earth threatening to detonate their entire nuclear arsenals at the slightest provocation, one would assume that the respective governments would have treated the situation with the care and respect it deserved (spoiler: they didn't)."

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Interview with Zohra Sehgal part - 1

Murthy: From college dropout to big entrepreneur - Rediff.com Business

Murthy: From college dropout to big entrepreneur - Rediff.com Business: "Murthy represents the new breed of entrepreneurs who have taken the offbeat and unconventional track to build their little empires.

Murthy has funded 10 start-ups in India and three overseas. Murthy-funded firms -- like Geodesic, Webdunia, EasyBuy, CareerLauncher, Tulleeho and Pinstorm, his latest venture -- are today successful companies."

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Even consensual sex with U-18 to be rape | Deccan Chronicle

Even consensual sex with U-18 to be rape | Deccan Chronicle

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Does the internet rewire your brain?

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Does the internet rewire your brain?: "This modern age has brought with it a new set of worries. As well as watching our weight and worrying about our souls, we now have to worry about our brain fitness too – if you believe the headlines. Is instant messaging eroding the attention centres of our brains? Are Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools preventing you from forming normal human bonds? And don't forget email – apparently it releases the same addictive neurochemicals as crack cocaine!"

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Einstein was world's worst husband: Book - The Times of India

Einstein was world's worst husband: Book - The Times of India: " Albert Einstein may be regarded as one of the world's most important scientists but despite his innumerable professional successes, he found it hard to sustain a thriving personal life, according to a new book"

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Ratan Tata and his successor launch online electronics shop in India - The Washington Post

Ratan Tata and his successor launch online electronics shop in India - The Washington Post

Pictured: Night Vision - By Peter DiCampo | Foreign Policy

Pictured: Night Vision - By Peter DiCampo | Foreign Policy

By Markandey Katju Ten ways of being foolish - Indian Express

Ten ways of being foolish - Indian Express

Men Prefer Pink Female Genitals to Red, Study Finds | Color & Sexuality | LiveScience

Men Prefer Pink Female Genitals to Red, Study Finds | Color & Sexuality | LiveScience:

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Sanjay Dutt message for Indian males

BBC News - Little Indian boy lost finds his mother using Google Earth

BBC News - Little boy lost finds his mother using Google Earth: "An Indian boy who lost his mother in 1986 has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania - using satellite images.

Saroo was only five years old when he got lost. He was travelling with his older brother, working as a sweeper on India's trains. "It was late at night. We got off the train, and I was so tired that I just took a seat at a train station, and I ended up falling asleep.""

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TNT Ad Becomes the Second Most-Shared of All Time

TNT Ad Becomes the Second Most-Shared of All Time:

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Titanic: From the archives | Reuters.com

Titanic: From the archives | Reuters.com

How common are tattoos? Too common. - Slate Magazine

How common are tattoos? Too common. - Slate Magazine:

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Gujarat to SC: Why target us alone on encounter deaths - Indian Express

Gujarat to SC: Why target us alone on encounter deaths - Indian Express: "Why is Gujarat alone accused of fake encounters while police officers in other states are “feted as super-heroes” for gunning down terrorists, the Narendra Modi government today asked the Supreme Court."

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After the Titanic Went Down, Scrambling to Get the Story - NYTimes.com

After the Titanic Went Down, Scrambling to Get the Story - NYTimes.com: "To newspaper readers, and to the anxious crowds that jammed the streets around newspaper offices, hoping to see giant-letter bulletins be posted on the walls, it was the unforgettable story of the unsinkable ship. Behind the scenes, in the fiercely competitive newsrooms of a city with more than a dozen daily papers, it was the equally unforgettable story of two larger-than-life editors, one brilliantly analytical, the other brilliantly theatrical."

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What’s a brand worth? Ask TOI | Firstpost

What’s a brand worth? Ask TOI | Firstpost: "For all IPL fans, the teams are known by their names – Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers, Mumbai Indians, and so on."

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Educate, Entertain, and Inspire | How to Make a Picture Worth 100,000 Clicks | Business | TIME.com

Educate, Entertain, and Inspire | How to Make a Picture Worth 100,000 Clicks | Business | TIME.com: "Until recently, the businesses tended to rely largely on paid advertising and traditional public relations to spread the word about their products. Today, a growing number of companies are spending a growing chunk of their marketing budgets on internet “content” designed to educate, entertain and inspire – and, if everything goes as planned, turn consumers of that content into loyal customers."

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Increasing number of social network users turning their internet reputations into cash, products and services | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

Increasing number of social network users turning their internet reputations into cash, products and services | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au: "A GOOD reputation is more valuable than money, the saying goes, but an increasing number of social network users are turning their internet reputations into cash, products and services."

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In India, the World’s Largest Movie Studio—and Its Colorful Films | Hollywood | Vanity Fair

In India, the World’s Largest Movie Studio—and Its Colorful Films | Hollywood | Vanity Fair: "For years, Bollywood, India’s Mumbai-based film industry, has been pumping out twice as many movies as Hollywood. But its southern rival, Tollywood (named for the local language, Telugu), is home to the largest studio complex on the planet—Ramoji Film City, a 1,666-acre, 47-soundstage, one-stop production facility in Hyderabad that is one of the country’s top tourist attractions. Meeting its chairman, Ramoji Rao, Pico Iyer explores India’s enduring fascination with epic scale, and Robert Polidori captures the splendor of this vast mythmaking machine."

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Complan Commerical (OLD) - shahid kapoor and ayesha takia on doordarshan

Amazing urban & landscape photography by Martin Turner | The D-Photo

Amazing urban & landscape photography by Martin Turner | The D-Photo:

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TV9 - Sincere IPS officer transferred instead of promotion

Mumbai's elderly denied even basic health care - Health - DNA World Health Day

Mumbai's elderly denied even basic health care - Health - DNA: "India is a young country. The proportion of the elderly (96 million in a population of 1.2 billion) pales in comparison to the young and able."

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YSR and the CAG rap | YSR | | The New Indian Express

YSR and the CAG rap | YSR | | The New Indian Express: "The style of governance of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy during his regime (2004-2009) has come in for sharp scrutiny with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) tabling a damning report on land allotments during the years 2006-11 in the State Assembly.
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'Egg-cellent' nutrition | Fox News

'Egg-cellent' nutrition | Fox News: "What would Easter be without brightly decorated eggs?  And when Easter is over, like turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving, you can be sure there will be lots of eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It helps that eggs are one of the most versatile of foods. But how do they rate nutrition-wise?"

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Soy reduces hot flashes in menopause, study finds | Fox News

Soy reduces hot flashes in menopause, study finds | Fox News: "Menopausal women should eat soy twice a day to ease hot flashes, according to scientists.

Researchers from the University of Delaware conducted the most comprehensive study to date on the effects of soy on menopause and found that daily servings reduced the frequency and severity of hot flashes by up to 26 percent."

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Success is a journey..,

Good Health and Good Sense are two of Life's Greatest Blessings!” ~Publilius Syrus

sunflowers
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows- Aristotle

“Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.”
-Jennifer James

“One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
-Aristotle

Hungry and ambitious

Pankaj Advani
Hungry and ambitious



Pankaj Advani’s victory in the 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship needs to be applauded, celebrated and romanticised. For it has been a victory which reflects the youngster’s growing confidence, increased knowledge of the game and, most importantly, his by now well-documented and proven strength of mind
By defeating Mike Russell in the final of the 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship, Pankaj Advani has proved to the world, and perhaps more to himself, that he is indeed the best player in the world of billiards today. Following his victory, the Bangalore-based player, who is not yet 25, has the distinction of simultaneously holding the World Professional billiards title, IBSF World billiards title, the Asian Games billiards gold, the Asian billiards title and the Indian National billiards title. Perhaps the only international title he does not hold is the Asian Indoor Games — he lost to Praprut of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Macau in 2007.

Mike Russell inarguably has been the greatest cueist the world has seen in the last 60 years. Having appeared in 17 finals of the World Professional Billiards Championship, he has converted nine of them into title victories.
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rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity #quote

It’s when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached. .
-- Mike Huckabee

Faith moves mountains! #quote

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You may only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough - Paulo Coelho

pvnarasimharao aishwarya rai
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time – MARK TWAIN

Never never never never give up – Winston Churchill

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work – THOMAS EDISON

Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success – SWAMI SIVANANDA

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience – ROBERT FULGHUM

No man is a failure who is enjoying life – WILLIAM FEATHER

God sells us all things at the price of labour – L DA VINCI

A winner is only a dreamer who hasn’t given up – NELSON MANDELA

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – COLIN POWELL

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. – MURIEL SPARK



If winter comes, can spring be far behind? P.B. SHELLEY




This is the lesson: Never give in ... never, never, never, never ... in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor or good taste.

-Winston Churchill

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”” - George MacDonald

A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Assailants had attacked the hotel, taking hostages, including Western tourists.
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted”

David Bly


Illuminated bridge in the Karamay River Scenic Area in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
The way UP... and the way DOWN are one and the same" ~Heraclitus

Love is not a mere sentiment. Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation. Tagore

European Bee Eaters in Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary
Look at these world's spinning out of nothingness! This is within your power! Rumi

lightening
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr Seuss

Aerial View of Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia
A fair-weather friend changes with the wind. ~Spanish Proverb

Angkor Wat, Cambodia
You write to me that it's impossible, the word isn't French. " N. Bonaparte


tranquility

Explore

enjoy

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

Gail Devers







“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen”

Frank Lloyd Wright




“Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.”

Vince Lombardi




“Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.”

Michael Diamond




“With hard work and a hard work ethic comes success.”

Pete Asadourian

words of wisdom

words of wisdom

There are but two ways of paying a debt; increase of industry in raising income or increase of thrift in laying out – CARLYLE

Debt is to a man what the serpent is to the bird. Its eyes fascinate, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinews and bones, its jaw is the PITILESS GRAVE – BULWER LYTTON

Defeat the test of the great man. Your true general is not he who rides to triumph on the tide of an easy victory, but the one who, when crushed to earth, can bend himself to the task of planning methods of rising again – P.G. WODEHOUSE

A wise man will desire no more than he may got justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully and live contentedly – BURTON

Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases –PLINY

Difficulty is the soil in which all manly womanly qualities best flourish. His very failures, throwing him upon his own resources, cultivate energy and resolution; his hardships teach him fortitude: his successes inspire self-reliance – W MATHEWS

The best six doctors anywhere and no one can deny it – are
Sunshine,
Water,
Rest,
Air,
Exercise, and
Diet.
These six will gladly attend. If you are only willing, your ills they’ll mend, your cares they’ll end, and charge you not a shilling – THE SUNSHINE


WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN?: Close the door. This can be a reminder to close the house door or the refrigerator door. Don’t let heat or cold escape through an open door. Respect your home. Don’t leave a mess behind you, be kind to others, and remember your manners.

SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY: Set some money aside for when you need it later, such as an emergency or retirement. More importantly, pay yourself first.

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE: This is especially helpful with confronting money issues and repairs. It’s better to handle them early rather than later when it gets worse.

A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED: Save some money. Saving small amounts of money bit by bit is as beneficial as earning it.

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: Think before you spend. Don’t be greedy. Take what you will use and not more than you need. Don’t waste anything that you might need later. Make the most of your resources.

ALL THAT GLITTERS ISN’T GOLD: Look for value beyond the packaging. What looks good on the outside doesn’t mean it is. This can be helpful if you’re ever feeling envious of others, too. Not everything is the way it appears.

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER: Don’t compare yourself to others. Often, other situations look better than your own, but rarely are any better. Appreciate what you have. Be content with who you are.

K.I.S.S.: Keep it simple, stupid. Enough said.

NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM: Help boost someone else when you can, and stay true to yourself.

MONEY DOESN’T GROW ON TREES: You have to work to earn money. It takes effort and isn’t instantly available.

A SMALL LEAK WILL SINK A BIG SHIP: Track your spending. Watch the small expenses because they will cause big problems later. Small problems can become a big deal.

GIVE A MAN A FISH: Teach or show someone how to do something instead of doing it for them. Learn to do something for yourself in case you ever need to.

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED: Think before you buy. Comparison shop, do some research before buying impulsively.

PUT A SWEATER ON: Turn down the thermostat. Save some energy and money.

Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro

Times Square, New York City
Never REGRET. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad... it's experience." ~Victoria Holt

Sydney Harbor, Sydney
WORRYING... is the same thing as banging your head against the wall. It only feels good when you stop" ~John Powers

Since the dawn of time, artists have been trying to get to the bottom of what makes the human form so fascinating. Now a pair of French writers are publishing their own cheeky run-down of society's fascination.... with the behind
Don't lose your focus, anticipate your future, activate your faith then pursue your dreams.~ Dr. Tawandia Smith

London Eye fireworks display, London

A wise man will desire no more than he may got justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully and live contentedly – BURTON

Central World or Sanam Luang, Bangkok

Defeat the test of the great man. Your true general is not he who rides to triumph on the tide of an easy victory, but the one who, when crushed to earth, can bend himself to the task of planning methods of rising again – P.G. WODEHOUSE

Champs-Elysees, Paris
Debt is to a man what the serpent is to the bird. Its eyes fascinate, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinews and bones, its jaw is the PITILESS GRAVE – BULWER LYTTON

Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas
Difficulty is the soil in which all manly womanly qualities best flourish. His very failures, throwing him upon his own resources, cultivate energy and resolution; his hardships teach him fortitude: his successes inspire self-reliance – W MATHEWS

Lit candles in a menorah
There are but two ways of paying a debt; increase of industry in raising income or increase of thrift in laying out – CARLYLE

Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases –PLINY


The best six doctors anywhere and no one can deny it – are
Sunshine,
Water,
Rest,
Air,
Exercise, and
Diet.
These six will gladly attend. If you are only willing, your ills they’ll mend, your cares they’ll end, and charge you not a shilling – THE SUNSHINE


An arctic fox, curled against a rock, in Manitoba, Canada
A well-spent day... brings happy SLEEP." ~Leonardo da Vinci

Annual Thanksgiving Parade marches down Central Park West, in Manhattan
SILENCE... is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ~Francis Bacon

Tools in hand, astronaut Randy Bresnik works on the exterior of the Columbus module of the International Space Station during the Atlantis crew's second spacewalk
Be like the SUN for grace and mercy. Be like the NIGHT... to cover others' faults." ~Rumi

To aspiring writers" Whether you write well or not, write bravely" Bill Stout

Love sought is good but given unsought is better -- Shakespeare

Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loves at all--Tennyson

Be wild crazy and drunk with love.If you are too careful, love will not find you-Rumi

We are such stuff that dreams are made on-Shakespeare

Longing for eternity exists because we cherish ourselves, provided our daily life is happy. But if it is miserable you want to shorten life - Dalai Lama

just 'Lake' that

Uyuni, Bolivia

Turquoise and Blue Lakes

salt lake, Uyuni, Bolivia

A lake in Berlin

Life is like Tango...

Life is like Tango...





Life is like Tango... sad, sensual, sexy, violent and quiet.”

Start- up Quotes!

Silicon Moon: Start- up Quotes!

Things to worry about

Things to worry about

Martin Luther King Jr.: The civil rights leader was assassinated 44 years ago today in Memphis, Tenn. - latimes.com

Martin Luther King Jr.: The civil rights leader was assassinated 44 years ago today in Memphis, Tenn. - latimes.com: "The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.was assassinated 44 years ago today. The somber anniversary will be marked across the country, including with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., which is on the site where King was fatally shot."

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Persistent Pen: Sequence - Index Card Points of Attack

Persistent Pen: Sequence - Index Card Points of Attack: "I really suggest the use of index cards. You might be wondering where to start when you are starting fresh and have a freshly opened pack of index cards in front of you. This is how I start. I write eight separate cards that contain short explanations to these eight points."

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Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Story From Character

Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Story From Character: "Story can be grown from character or character can be grown from story - it's a chicken and the egg situation."

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Forbes India Magazine - AR Rahman and the Art of Focus

Forbes India Magazine - AR Rahman and the Art of Focus: "S
oon after I got out of AR Rahman’s North Mumbai home (which also doubles up as his studio), I went online. To look up ‘Munbe Vaa, ’ a song in the Tamil movie, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, for which Rahman had composed the music."

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Naked models offer a body image reality check - Body Image - Salon.com

Naked models offer a body image reality check - Body Image - Salon.com: "Nothing like the sight of two beautiful naked women in an embrace to get attention. And the message is powerful. In a pictorial for Plus Model magazine, the lushly gorgeous Katya Zharkova entwines with a far thinner female whose face is obscured. The caption reads, “Most runway models meet the body mass index physical criteria for anorexia.”"

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What does it take to write tomorrow's news?

Essential notes for MCJ Entrance Test - Osmania University