King of Good Times Vijay Mallya Wins Gandhi’s Prize Memorabilia. Gandhians will be shocked but it is fair. He has made the bid and won it legally. Do not blame his wealth to his liqour – the country allows people to produce, sell and drink it.
Blame the people from whom this memorabilia went. It was with some custodians who did not do their duty.
Hey Ram – Gandhi would not care about this auction !
‘Jai Ho’ is the new mantra for possibilities across the world. It is everywhere! Thus Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire‘ is influencing English language.
Global Language Monitor (GLM) is an organization that documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language the world over, with a particular emphasis upon Global English. According to it, ‘Jai Ho!’ and ‘Slumdog’ from Slumdog Millionaire top the 2008 list of words from Hollywood that most influenced the English Language in 2008.
Other interesting statistics from 2008 by Global Language Monitor:
Top Words:
1. Change
2. Bailout
3. ObamaMania
Top Phrases:
1. Financial Tsunami
2. Global Warming
3. “Yes, We Can!”
Top Names:
1. Barack Obama
2. George W. Bush
3. Michael Phelps
http://www.languagemonitor.com/
Bhagwadgomandal is live !
Bhagwadgomandal is the biggest and the most prolific work in Gujarati. The pride showcase of Gujarati language is not just a great dictionary but it is a powerful encyclopedia.
Ratilal Chandaria’s Gujaratilexicon Team has digitized Bhagwadgomandal and created its digital avatar. The project is dedicated to His Highness Maharaja Bhagwatsinhji of Gondal, who had spent 26 years of his life on creating this treasure of knowledge.
The Objective of Digital Bhagwadgomandal is:
Digitalization and contemporarization of Bhagwadomandal (BG) using the latest technological tools to preserve it as a part of our cultural heritage enhance its usage among current and potential lovers of Gujarati language and create its awareness for Generationext.
The project is aimed at benefiting the lover of Gujaratis languages, researchers, academicians, authors, journalists, youth and all gujaratis across the world.
Bhagvadgomandal.com Project is managed and developed by Gujaratilexicon Team under the visionary leadership of Ratilal Chandaria. The project is supported by Magnet Technologies.
Obama is the biggest change, the biggest fashion and the biggest news of the recent time.
The Obama Hope Poster has been an unprecedented success. Inspired by it, there is an interesting site that allows you to create your own Obama type posters – Obamicon.
Check it out !
Apple launched Safari 4 Beta, the new improved version of its browser. It has amazing look and feel, in keeping with the great apple tradition. It has ‘Tab On Top’, an inspired act. History is presented in form of Cover Flow.
Safari also claims to be a top performing browser with high speed and stability.
Check it out !
Magnet Technologies is proud to present our new product – Picture Puzzle for Mac.
Picture Puzzle is a Mac OSX memory test game. You see a collection of pictures one after another. The objective of the game is to arrange them in right order after initial display. This tests how well you can remember the order of images. It stimulates your brain and helps you remember things better.
It’s a free application and will work on all Apple Mac OSX computers. Won’t work on Windows / Linux.
Nirav Mehta and the talented Magnet iPhone team including Pandit, Sameera have worked on it. They have worked really hard to make it playful! Special thanks to design team for coming up with superb graphic design!
Go ahead, enjoy!
Jai Ho !
Genius A R Rahman wins Oscar Award for the Best Original Soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire and for Best Original Soundtrack – Jai Ho for the same movie.
Slumdog Millionaire has swept Oscars with awards in almost all categories it was nominated including Best Picture, Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing etc.
It was great to see Rahman’s speech of choosing love over hate. Simple message. Universal message. The feeling of seeing Jai Ho and O Saaya being played live at Oscars was really special.
Time to Celebrate Rahman and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. This British Movie has done India proud !
All TV Channels in India are Euphoric. All People are Euphoric. Let us celebrate !
Jai Ho !
A Blog Less Ordinary Reported about Slumdog In Nov 2008 – Movie To Watch Out – Slumdog Millionaire
Oscar Awards are here…
Slumdog Millionaire featuring Indian story and actors will be in contention for various awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Music Director.
All the best !
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| Aditya Is Bal Gopal |
Aditya is a lucky boy. He got a good opportunity to act as Lord Krishna at a holy congregation.
A week long Bhagvad Saptaah is being held at Mani Nagar’s Radha Krishna Temple. During the Saptaah, various event of Lord Krishna’s life are celebrated. On Sunday, the birth of Lord Krishna was to be celebrated and Aditya was given the opportunity to play the baby Krishna. Aditya was required to act as the new born Lord Krishna. He had to sleep in the basket and Vasudev would carry him.
We reached the place at 7 pm and Aditya was made to dress like baby Krishna. Unfortunately, the event was running late and after some time Aditya was uncomfortable in those costumes and heat. We tried to keep him in good spirits. I was tense and nervous – my son’s first public performance ! I recalled my first stage appearance in school.
However, Aditya was very comfortable when his turn came. In fact, after some time, he actually slept as Vasudev carried him. He woke up as people started to worship him and touch at his feet. After all, he was Lord Krishna and all people worshipped him !
We bow down to the Lord Krishna with all humility. We are grateful to Him that Aditya could act as Bal Gopal. At the same time, we are grateful to the organizers for this opportunity to Aditya.