Posts Tagged ‘India’

This New Year, make sure you visit Khajuraho

January 26, 2009. Tags: , , ,  •  3 Comments

A glorious chapter was added to the annals of Indian Railways with the addition of Khajuraho on the rail map of the country. Union Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav recently inaugurated the new railway line between Khajuraho and Mahoba. On this occasion, a special train Khauraho-Jhansi Link Express was also flagged off.

Khajuraho, the erstwhile capital of Chandela dynasty is better known for its erotic sculptures, which have caught the attention of the world. Thousands of tourists flock to this place …

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Beware before accepting friend requests in ORKUT

January 22, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

Recently Mumbai Mirror published a lot of instances where terrorists and underworld people has got connecting through Orkut. Yes, the simple yet powerful social networking tool Orkut… Like Dawood Ibrahim, Chotta Shakeel, and many more gangsters are getting new manpower (!!) through Orkut only. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) of India has started their investigations. So please start removing the unwanted / unknown contacts through Orkut.

It is usual that we receive friend request from unknown people. But if you actually do not know that person it …

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Bollywood looks forward to a SUPER-DUPER 2009

January 19, 2009. Tags: , , ,  •  2 Comments

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini, slated to become one of the highest grossers of alltime (may even leave behind Sunny Deol’s Gadar-The Love Story, the previous highest grosser on home territory), has single-handedly lifted the mood of an industry that has been spooked by recession and terror fears. The mood was so black in Bollywood till December 2008 that it seemed like we were going into a black year in 2009. Agreed Akshay Kumar, who has the maximum amount of money riding …

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Hurray! Mumbai Police will sport sophisticated guns used by terrorists

January 11, 2009. Tags: , , ,  •  1 Comment

Hurray! It’s yet another blow to the terrorists!! The sophisticated weapons seized from terrorists (who ransacked Mumbai on November 26) will be handed over to the brave commandos of the Mumbai Police after the 26/11 trial… So the next time terrorists hit Mumbai, they might get a taste of their own weapons!

The city police has decided that the 10 AK 47s, ten 9-mm handguns and hundreds of bullets recovered from the 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26 would …

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Jiya Se Jiya: Rahman’s New Song Promotes The Free Hugs Campaign

December 30, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,  •  46 Comments

Music has the ability to transcend all barriers — linguistic, regional and religious — and AR Rahman’s new, non filmi musical offering proves that once again. Deeply disturbed by the recent terror attacks and the fact that religion is being used by some divisive factions to de-stabilise the country, A R Rahman has teamed up with his long-time pal, percussionist Sivamani and Universal Music to create a song titled Jiya Se Jiya that promotes unity among people irrespective of their …

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Tata to sponsor Team Ferrari in next Formula 1 race

December 18, 2008. Tags: , , ,  •  5 Comments

Times Now just reported that India’s most renowned corporate brand, Tata and one of the biggest teams in Formula 1, Team Ferrari has inked a deal wherein the Tata’s will sponsor Team Ferrari in the forthcoming race. It may be recollected that in last 3 years, India participated in the Formula 1 racing with Narayan Karthikeyan making a mark. Now this year, India has gone ahead with sponsoring entire racing team!

Ratan Tata was quite happy with this global branding deal, …

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Banking on YOGA - Similarities in Banking & Yoga

December 5, 2008. Tags: , , , ,  •  4 Comments

Did you know that there are many similarities between Banking and Yoga. Sounds strange? Explore this article to find out how!

“Yoga philosophy that has evolved over centuries is perhaps more useful to us today than ever before.” - Harvey Day

Yoga is a process, an act or a method of purification of self. It aims at harmonious development of the body, the mind and the soul. Here is a small attempt to bring to focus the relevance of yoga to banking. Like …

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