Monthly Archives April 2007

And you were complaining about Mumbai’s Traffic?

So, you were complaining about the horrific traffic in Mumbai and other Indian Metros? Why not have a look at the plight of the Chinese - The Real China.

Some of the photographs show the horrifying truths of some section of the Chinese region. Look at the people trying to get into the trains which are [...]

Sin City

Sin City is a collection of interweaving stories all based in the corrupt, crime infested hell-hole that is Basin City. Heavily influenced by film-noir, the main storylines concern a hulking brute called Marv, who is seeking the murderer of a beautiful woman who was killed while asleep in bed with him; an ex-photographer called Dwight who accidentally kills a hero cop and has to cover it up; and a soon-to-be-retiring policeman called Hartigan who is incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit.

Why HDTV is not yet suited for most Indians!

I’m 99% sure that India do not have a single TV Channel that is HDTV enabled! To enjoy your HDTV, one have to realized the fact that it needs a HD Cable or Satellite feed. Even most DVDs are common DVDs and not HD enabled. So, if most of the common visual quality that we [...]

Ta Ra Rum Pum

A romantic Yash Raj Film’s production released today, Ta Ra Rum Pum, tells the story of Raj Veer (RV) Singh (Saif Khan) who is sort of a NASCAR racer. The movie is a bit like an Indian-ised romantic spell winged-on of the Days of Thunder (with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in the lead) though [...]

Trailer: Rush Hour 3

After leaving the action with $10,000 won by gambling in Rush Hour 2, Detective Carter with Inspector Lee is back with a whole lot of action in Rush Hour 3. Inspector Lee has been given the assignment to protect Han, the Chinese ambassador as he delivers a speech before the World Criminal Court Summit in [...]

Eat our Mangoes and we’ll drive your Harley Davidson

In a rather smart agreement by India, the United States finally agreed to import our Alphanso and Kesar mangoes in lieu of their Harley Davidson bikes for India. To mark the agreement, the first shipment of 150 boxes of mangoes acquired clearance from the Indian customs yesterday and will be on its export-bound to the [...]

Finally its over, err, The Abhiash wedding!

Abhishek was set to marry Aishwarya on the 20th of this month. Media speculations had begun well in advance. However as the d-day drew closer, the media just lost it. I wanted to write about this last week itself, but the whole episode just made me sooooo nauseated. I mean, its not like someones getting [...]

Performancing re-launches pMetrics

I just got an email that Performancing is re-launching pMetrics.

Performancing is pleased to announce the re-release of our pMetrics site analytics package for blogs. In its current state, pMetrics is a simple, clean, “chock-full-of-features” stats program, specifically targeted for blogs. You can get started with pMetrics here (just a few lines of javascript):
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After several false [...]

Most Beautiful People 2007

People magazine ahve a list of some of the most beautiful people ‘07 without make up. They have profiled many celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Jessica Biel, Rosario Dawson au natural. There is even a video clip of Katharine McPhee as she gets ready for her “no make-up” shoot. It’s kinda confusing that no-make shot session [...]

Another controversial Indian - Sanjaya Malakar of the American Idol fame

From blame like - his singing is awful to it is amateurish to the Indian call centers are calling in to vote for him, Sanjaya Malakar of the American Idol fame is another controversial Indian. Some people believed that he has a lot of sex appeal and a hollywood smile. He is new and he [...]