Benazir Bhutto - Daughter of Destiny

A shocking and tragic news hit the headlines "Benazir Bhutto assassinated."

Its just 10 days to the elections in Pakistan, and i m sure that she was the one who was going to emerge victorious.

The PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) has lost their only hope of coming to power, a charismatic leader whom they will never forget and whose loss will never be compensated by any one else.

Today, while 'Googling' for the term Benazir Bhutto, i came across the site bhutto.org.

The site has a large collection of ebooks (including the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto, "Daughter of Destiny"), unseen and antique photographs, speeches and agreements and many unknown facts (atleast i was totally unaware about them) on Zulfiqar Bhutto (Father of Benazir Bhutto and the then Prime Minister of Pakistan) and Benazir Bhutto.

On a closing note nothing much, just a wholehearted prayer to the Almighty "May her soul rest in peace & may God give courage to her near and dear ones to face the tragedy."

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Yahoo Emotes !

Merry Christmas to All !!

For all the internet addicts and computer geeks this may not be something to be curious about, but all the newbies out there may be interested in knowing about this..

Now coming to the point, have u ever felt a need to express ur emotions through 'emoticons' in a post on a blog or a forum or anywhere u may think of.. ?? Most of u wud have an answer in affirmation.. Some of u wud have even cursed some blogs and forums for not providing the emoticons.. eg. Orkut, the smilies are just too less !!

So now there's some good news for all of u out there... I will provide u with a download link to a wonderful emoticons utility developed by Omkar & Mj which allows u to express ur emotions anywhere on the web even if there are no smilies on the site.. Now this was using Y! emotes.. isn't it just amazing ??? All the credits go to Omkar & Mj.. Thanks to both of them for their beautiful work...
Even some of the emoticons u may see here may be new to u and must not have used or seen them in Yahoo... They are the hidden icons that Yahoo provides.. thts awesome, isn't it ?? You may find the hidden icons on Yahoo's site here : Yahoo Hidden Icons

Now, now but where will u find it ? don't worry i will provide u the download link because if u Google for it u aren't going to find it anywhere on the first page atleast !! And after first page i don't think most of us tend to go beyond..

So here's the link : Download Yahoo! Emotes

How to use it -- its very simple, just click on the emoticon u want to use and paste it using [Ctrl + V], the paste shortcut key !! If u r confused feel free to ask here.. as such there's nothing to get confused..!!! & if u like this do post ur comments here so tht others may know the feedback..

so now Enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Modi - of the people, by the people, for the people

So finally the much awaited results of the much talked about ' Gujarat Elections ' have been declared and again the people remain spell bound by Narendra Modi.. The man who proved everyone wrong this time.. The man who stood against all odds.. The man who knew that the common man is with him and he'll never lose.. "I am CM and will remain CM. CM for me means Common Man.", said this man.

He beat all the poll analysts and proved the exit poll results wrong.. The party won a clean majority with 117 seats, 11 less than that of 2002, from a total of 182. Of the remaning 62 went to the opposition and 2 to others.

The win of BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) is not the win of only the party but also of every person living in Gujarat.. The media says "Modi is unstoppable." I also think that now no one can stop him.. The man who made Gujarat important on India's map.. He's the one to whom all the credit goes for the overall development of the state.

The opposition party, Indian National Congress still do not know where they went wrong in the campaigning. The speeches they delivered against Modi, 'boomeranged' back to them. They were unable to show the people what they had achieved and what they did for the people of Gujarat in last 50 years. They tried to convince people by talking all rubbish about the Chief Minister, and finally they were the ones who suffered..

Narendra Modi is a clean man who believes in "हूँ खातो नथी ने कोइने खावा देतो नथी" meaning "I do not take bribe and do not allow others also to take bribe." Due to this policy he faced much oppostion and insult from many of the senior party members but at last its the victory of truth ("सत्यमेव जयते ।")

Thats all for now.. I m also delighted by BJP's rather Modi's victory. :)

Keep checking for some new stuff..

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Marvellous Mother Earth !!

As usual i stumbled upon a beautiful picture of earth at night, published by NASA.. the picture i have shown here may not be clear and may not seem as per the title ie. marvellous...


But do click on the image to zoom it and feel the difference..!!

Image Link

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Smile Please !!

What a Spelling Mistake !



A Real Bad Judgment !



I'd rather hold it !



Pile Up !



Police hard at work !

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Just Stay...

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.

"Your son is here," she said to the old man.

She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.

Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.

He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.

Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.

Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.

"Who was that man?" he asked.

The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.

"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."

"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"

"I knew right away there had been a mistake,

but I also knew he needed his son, and his
son just wasn't here.

When I realized that he was too sick to tell

whether or not I was his son,

knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.

**************

WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY
HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

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Blogger Backup Utility

Yiiiipeeeeeeee !! i found it..

Losing one's own hard written posts is a nightmare for any of us bloggers.. Two days ago a friend of mine lost all his posts, all his thoughts and feelings that he had tried to express in the form of words.. What worst can happen to a blogger.. He had his blog in Wordpress. He called the support centre and asked them about it but didn't get a satisfactory answer from them.. :(

This incident sent shivers through my spine and i just crossed my fingers then.. The first thing i did was to search for a user friendly Backup Utility.. A tedious search resulted in an easy-to-use backup utility for Blogger

I got the utility from here

It has really eased my task of taking backups and i have all my posts safely stored on my hard drive as well as flash drive (for xtra safety) ;)

Believe me its just awesome.. the easiness alongwith great functionality is the main thing that attracts me towards it..

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Winterbells !

Hi all, its been a busy last week.. too hectic.. found myself somewhat free today and was just surfing the net when i came across a site.. the name of the game is Winterbells..

Its a beautiful flash game with a real soothing music and graphics.. Hats off to the developer..

Do u want to play ?? Here's the direct link to the game : Game

Want to play moregames like this ?? Here's the link to the home page of the website: Website

Thts all for now...

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India ahaa !!

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Technoratiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!!!!

Technorati Profile

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Lets Talk Dil Dosti !

Recently i took out some time to watch a movie.... Though it was tough deciding abt which movie to watch my search or rather my interest ended on the latest bollywood movie "Dil Dosti etc."

Initially the movie seems to be too dull and boring unlike a hindi movie but gradually the mood catches up and i felt that the choice was good... Great direction by Manish Tewary.. He has experimented with a total new cast on a some 'hatke' topic... The film revolves around the actors of the film namely Imaad Shah, Shreyas Talpade and Nikita Anand... The topic describes what the majority of current youth is upto and what are their 'dreams'...

Shreyas is a middle-class family boy from Bihar aspiring to become a student leader in the college talking about student empowerment.. He doesn't have problems showing guns or giving some blows to resolve his work...

Imaad is from a upper-class family who just knows how to waste money and searches for love in different girls... For him nothing matters to get success... Not even relationships..

Nikita dreams of becoming a model and belongs to the upper class family... For her also relationships don't matter much if they are becoming stones in her way to success... She breaks her relationship with Shreyas when they both get into a heated discussion about her modelling career..

On a final note the movie touched my heart and it seemed to me that this is exactly what is happening to today's youth... The movie end on a serious note with some great dialogues...

Talkin about music, i love two of its songs, one is the first song "Dum Laga" and another is "Lamha Ye Jayega Kahan".. The second one is a masterpiece i feel...

It goes like this :

khushanuma, aawaara sa, besabab, bechaara sa lamha tha
jindagi ke aasmaan mein tuta sa woh taara tha, tanha tha
keh rahein hai zarrein dekho, raaston se gujra tha yahaan
dhundatein hai usako lekin gaayab hai pairon ke nishaan
lamha yeh jaayega kahaan - 2
lamha kahaan yeh kho gaya, ik pal mein tanha ho gaya

aaye jo mausam naye, manjar badal jaayenge
shaakhon se patte gire, girake kidhar jaayenge
keh rahein hai zarrein dekho, raaston se gujra tha yahaan
dhundatein hai usako lekin gaayab hai pairon ke nishaan
(lamha yeh jaayega kahaan - 2
lamha kahaan yeh kho gaya, ik pal mein tanha ho gaya) - 2

shabnam ka katra hai yeh, sholein bujha jaayega
kar jaayega aankhein nam yaadon mein bas jaayega
baarisho ki bundein barase, baadalon ke dil halke huye
jaane pehchaane chehron ke aks bhi kyun dhundalein huye
(lamha yeh jaayega kahaan - 2
tanha yeh jaayega kahaan - 2) - 3

for more lyrics u can visit this Website

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Second Innings..!!!

Recently, an article came in a well known newspaper, about the 2nd Innings...

2nd Innings ??

2nd Innings of Cricket, no buddy, its the 2nd innings of life i.e. job after u retire !!

Ms. Shivani .R. Mehta student Studying in the Department of Extension and Communication Under the guidance and support of Dr.Avani Maniar Lecturer, in the Department of Extension and Communication, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, have launched a website for providing jobs to the elderly !! A good deed isn't it...

To know more visit their Website

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Bill to pagal hai...

i loved it when i read it... so here it is for u... & thanks to Omkar...

Bill To Pagal Hai.
Bill Deewana Hai.
Achhe Bure Softwares Banata Hai Yahi,
Hasata He Yahi, Rulata Hai,
Usme Phir ‘Bugs’ Daalta Hain Wohi,
Aur Solutions Bhi Nikalta Hai,
Bill To Pagal Hai.
Bill Deewana Hai.
Is Bill Ki Baton Mein Jo Aate Hain,
Woto Oolloo Ban Jate Hain,
Software To Dusare Bhi Banate Hain,
Banake Magar Kho Jate Hain,
Hmmm Bill To Pagal Hai.
Bill Deewana Hai.
Softwares Ko Main Na Pehchanoonga,
Working Bhi Na Mein Uski Janoonga,
Microsoft Ka Logo Bass Mein Dekhoonga,
Bill Jo Kahega Wohi Manoonga.
Bill To Pagal Hai.
Bill Deewana Hai.
Bill Ka Kehna Hum Sab Maane,
Bill Na Kisi Ki Maane,
Uski Strategy Jaan Li Hamne,
Ek Wohi Na Jaane.
Bill To Pagal Hai.
Bill Deewana Hai.
Chhoro Ye Bill ki Sab Kahaniya,
Bugs Ki Hain yeh Sab Nishaniya,
Programmers Ki Sari Pareshaniya,
Is Bill Ki Hain Ye Meherbaniya....

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Something to try out !!!

Stumbled upon it... Just check it out... its amazing...

Link

more of his works here

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A post for all the ' workaholic bachelors '...

It’s half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on…

PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing…

and who’s at work? Most of them??? Take a closer look..

All or most specimens are 20-something male species of the human race…

Look closer… again all or most of them are bachelors …

and why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!

Any guesses???

Let’s ask one of them…

Here’s what he says… “What’s there 2 do after going home… here we get to surf, AC, phone,

food, coffee.. that is why I am working late… importantly no bossssssss !!!!!!!!!!!

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies , and other off-shore offices.

Bachelors “time-passing” during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they’ve nothing else

to do…

Now what r the consequences. .. read on…

“Working”(for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture …

With bosses more than eager to provide support to those “working” late in the form of taxi

vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback (oh, he’s a hard worker… goes home only

to change..!!).

They aren’t helping things too… To hell with bosses who don’t understand the difference

between “sitting” late and “working” late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.

So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a

family… office is no longer a priority, family is …

and that’s when the problem starts …. becoz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier “hardworking” guy suddenly seems to become a ” early leaver” even if

u leave an hour after regulartime. .. after doing the same amount of work.

People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labeled as work-shirkers. ..

Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays… though) leave on time are labeled as “not

up to it”. All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on “working” not realizing

that they are spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they would have

to regret at one point of time.

* So what’s the moral of the story?? *

* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!

* Never put in extra time ” *unless really needed *”

* Don’t stay back un-necessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause

inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

There are hundred other things to do in the evening..

Learn music…

Learn a foreign language…

Try a sport… TT, cricket………

Importantly Get a girl friend or gal friend, take him/her around town…

* And for heaven’s sake net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no firewalls) and

try cooking for a change.

Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *”Life’s calling, where are you??”*

Please pass on this message to all those colleagues And please do it before leaving time, don’t

stay back till midnight to forward this!!!

ITS A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY

HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.

PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DON’T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR

TIME.

SIMPLE !!!

–

Regards,

N R Narayanamurthy

Infosys

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I started it !!!

Since last few days i've finally started what my mom was telling me to do since almost 3-4 years.. surprised to see the duration.. ;) what i had to do was benefiacial to me only and not my mother but then that laziness had got into my bones so rigidly tht it was almost impossible for me to do tht... Any guesses abt wht my mom was askin me to do..

It was doing Yoga and Pranayam daily... Recently, 'Astha' TV channel has started coming on DTH and on tht Ramdev Swamiji's live 'Yoga Shibir' is telecast evryday in the morning as well as evening.. I m a 'night out'- maniac so its just impossible for me to go to bed early and wake up at dawn... so for me watching the programme at 5:00 in the morning is just a dream... so i have started watchin it in the evening form 8:00 to 9:00..

Believe me it works wonders... u can 'feel the difference' just within a day or 2...

Visit the site for more details on yoga & pranayam... Website Link


so i m goin to do it regularly, will u ??

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Maut tu ek kavita hai...

The poem is from the evergreen movie 'Anand', recited by Rajesh Khanna.
here it goes....

Maut tu ek kavita hai....
Mujhse ek kavita ka vadaa hai, milegi mujhko ...

Doobti nabzon mein jab dard ko neend aane lage
Zard sa chehra liye chaand ufaq tak pahunche ...
Din abhi paani mein ho, raat kinare ke kareeb
Na andhera ho, na ujala ho ...
Na aadhi raat, na din
Jism jab khatm ho aur rooh ko saans aae ...

Mujhse ek kavita ka vadaa hai milegi mujhko....

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Have i bcum a movie buff ???!???

i m almost becoming a movie buff.... have started watching too much movies these days.. almost since 3-4 days i m watching a movie everyday... watched "Life in a ....Metro", "Cheeni Kum", "Taxi 911", "Namastey London"(half), "Humko Deewana Kar Gaye".... felt all were good...

Metro shows the reality of the present day life... but i feel tht it has been exagerrated too much... much of the content in the movie is related to extra maritial affairs.. i don't think tht so much %age of people wud be havin extra maritial affairs... the selfishness of people that is revealed in the movie is the truth of today... everyone helps to geta favor in return... the pace of life has inncreased so much tht no one has time for one another.. the music is awesome... simply superb...

Cheeni Kum is again a film, not following the usual path of love, romance & fighting... Acting of all the actors is gr8... the topic covered, i feel very true... "Love just happens , thr's no age limit"...the actin of the small girl is just fantastic... hats off to her...

Both Metro & Cheeni Kum have tht topic in common tht Love sees no limits... In metro they show Dharmendra & Nafisa Ali goin for a live-in relationship at the later stage of life, almost at the age of 60+... in cheeni kum also tabu is 34 & AB is 64...

taxi911 was ok.. no comments on tht...

Humko Deewana Kar Gaye.., made me its "deewana" for some time... though it was tht all time 'ghisi -piti' type story, but i liked it... songs r gud... acting of akshay if nice... loved to see Katrina... she looks stunning....

planning to watch "Nishabd" & "Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi" after completing, Namstey London...

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Zindagi

"zindagi sagar ki lahron ki tarah hai,
anginat lahrein kinare tak pahuchne se pehle hi pattharon se takrakar bikhar jaati hai aur wapas samudra me mil jaati hai, aur kuch chuni hui hi kinare ko paa sakti hai...,
usi tarah hamare bhi kai sapne pure hone se pehle hi toot jaate hai aur kuch mutthibhar sapne hi haqeeqat me badlte hai..." - Maanav

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Tanhai - Loneliness

Many a times, while sitting at my pc particularly at late nights,LONELINESS surrounds me suddenly...... tanhai mujhe katne daudti hai... I feel as if i m of no value to this fast moving or rather fast changing world... the people r just in search of materialistic pleasure... all have become "swaarth na sagaa"...
there's "no time to stand and stare".... why is it so ???

r we just there to earn money ??? wht abt the RELATIONSHIPS ???? why is it tht relationship is totally vanishing..?? why does the EAST want to meet the WEST ?? why r we forgetting the values, the morals ?? R we just here to make money till the day when suddenly we leave evrything to go on a never ending journey ??

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