Sorry....

I apologize in advance, and I will delete this later, but:

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good).....

A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

There are 20 more where that one came from...

13 TZAMETI

movie reco from ant ...

trailer

Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he overhears a conversation about an expected package which promises to make the household rich. Sensing the opportunity of a lifetime, Sebastien intercepts the package which contains a series of specific instructions. Following the clues, he assumes a false identity and manages to slip through the grasp of the enclosing police as he ventures deeper and deeper into the countryside. The closer he gets to his destination and the more people he meets along the way, the less he understands about what he is looking for. Ultimately, he comes face to face with a ring of clandestine gamblers placing bets on the outcome of a multi-player, high stakes tournament of Russian roulette.

Directed by newcomer Gela Babluani, 13 TZAMETI is a winner-take-all thriller, where an unfortunate young man is transformed into Contestant #13 with no way out save his luck.

TxTdrop

If you're addicted to text messages or have friends who are (ahem) check this out: TxtDrop
I know there have been a few in the past that did this, but this seems like the easiest I've seen in a while :)

6 degrees of separation

is the world really that small?
apparently in the original experiment conducted by stanley milgram in '67 only about 5% of the letters reached their destination .... ummm the ones that reached had 6 links in the chain. in '03 letters were replaced by emails and instead of the 96 ppl used by milgram the new study had over 60,000 participants from 166 countries. this time around 3% of the email chains reached their target. the median chain length was between 5 and 7. looks like IF u can reach someone, u culd on an avg do it with just 6 degrees of separation.



 

The real heroes

This article just goes to prove how amazing this city is!! Parts of it may be too hard to digest. Definitely screwed my head up.
I think the govt owes it to the people of Bombay to find out who has been behind all these blasts and make an example so horrible that no one will even think of attempting such a thing ever ever again. I say get the army and air force and run over the mofos next door. Bomb Afghanistan, its time the givt showed some balls. Enough of peace keeping attempts, time for peace is over.

Does Bombay need a Giuliani

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1751857.cms

What do you guys think?

Rusell

R.Peters the indian comedian that you've probably all seen the video for will be at the Beacon Theatre in November.Tickets will go on sale soon on Ticketmaster if anyone is interested.

Corporations Cannot Be Charitable...

Henry Ford said "My ambition is to employ still more men, to spread the benefits of this industrial system to the greatest possible number, to help them build up their lives and their homes. To do this we are putting the greatest share of our profits back in the business."

The court said Bullshit

Dodge v. Ford Motor Company

Rang De Basanti

Has anyone seen it?
What did they think?

Procrastinators Haven...

Dedicated to the title of this blog...

journey to the rooftop

the journey is possible now, much more easily ... 30000 ppl working for 3 yrs, with temp plunging down upto -35 celcius ... rising to abt 16600 feet the train to tibet travels in an atmosphere rarefied enough to warrant pressurised train cabins!

first public run is on the first of next month ..

pic story @ bbc

:(

This is not good at all.

Black and White Pictures...

I'm sure this happens to everyone...

"I'm a peanut farmer, but I used to be the President of the United States of America."

Incidentally the quote above isn't from the article but the comments, so pls read all the way thru.

Karaoke

To Torn by Natalie Imbruglia - its a mime's versions!

The age old debate of moral policing in Mumbai takes a twist

Posted by Ananth:

 

Shwets & I were googling my name and came across this blog which had a post by my namesake. The topic under discussion was on public display of affection in Mumbai. So of the posts are hilarious…

 

http://mboard.rediff.com/board/board.php?boardid=getahead2006apr20msg&page=30

 

Cheers!

Another Interesting Read On Corporates Governing Political Decisions

Posted by Ananth:

http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=6793&hed=Carlyle's+Way

Another feather in the cap for Darwin

Some of you may have already read this news story. I find it fascinating.

A few days ago, thousands of miles away from us in Israel, miners were rock digging through the ground in a quarry. They hit upon a cave that seem to have been isolated from the world for a long time. One intelligent bloke decided to call in the scientists in case there might be valuable data hidden. And then it all began ...

First the scientist came, then the historians and archaeologist - their numbers growing by the day. They linked the cave back to thousands of years ago from pre-historic times. The entrance to this cave was blocked completely from sunlight. A cave shut out from our world as we know it. A unique world within our world - A laboratory for evolution to take its path.

The Discovery: 8 species of animals resembling crabs and scorpions never to have known to have existed were unearthed from the cave and inspected. Their DNA patterns are different from any species recorded so far.

The fascinating finding: All 8 species were found to be completely BLIND. Blocked from sunlight for thousands of years, eyes didn't have a role to play. How they mutated, adapted to their environment and survived remains a mystery that is currently being solved.

Typically evolution takes millions of years to manifest itself in humans and animals who have a lifespan of decades. The lifespan of crabs is about 3-8 years implying that a few thousand years sees many more generations of crabs evolving. Its possible that the smaller lifespan and extreme conditions could have accelerated natures work on these creatures over the past thousands of years.

This may lead to years of debate and rhetorical claims from both evolution and creationism parties but seeing nature work and discovering it will always fascinate me. Thats another feather in the cap for Darwin and motivation to watch X-3!

PS: This is my version of the story. Yahoo's article made a lame read so I had to let my interpretation of events flow through the keyboard.

The RIAA's latest:

Heavy use of Gibberish!

Link leads to an article on TechDirt.com regarding an interview with the big wigs of the RIAA.

depraved politics

ummm ... is that a tautology?

nyway .... read the transcript of arjun singh's interview by karan thapar on the obc eductaion quota ... singh came out totally ignorant and arrogant ... the only thing i liked about the interview was ... that it took place, questions were asked - very blunt and straightforward q's at that ... don't know if the public protest will change anything.

Manhattan solstice

"Next Sunday and on July 13, the sun will fully illuminate every Manhattan cross street (not the curved or angled ones) on the street grid during the last 15 minutes of daylight, and it will set on each street's center line."

should make for an interesting view ...