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Saturday, June 30, 2007
मजोर पिताम्ब्रे ऎंड - उन्सुंग हीरो
हेरे'एस अ पोस्टिंग ठाट'एस बीन गोइंग अरौंद फ़ॉर सोम टिम नोव। ई चेच्केद विथ रीडिफ़ न्यूज़ ऎंड इत सीम्स तो बे गेनुइने। नो पेपर हस पुब्लिशेद अन्य्थिंग अबाउट थिस अस येत अस फार अस ई क्नोव... ष्हीईस्ष्ह्ह्। अन्य्वाय, सलुते मजोर पिताम्ब्रे। मई योर सोल रेस्ट इन पास। ऎंड होपेफुल्ल्य, वी'ल सी पास सून। चीर्स!
Shame on Indian Media??? Really what a shame...
By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who
was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military
honors.
On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Dutt
relieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam'
'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of
relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn' Then many
personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew he will
come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's family and our family have relations
for years he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek". His
sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It's a great relief"
In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg
Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBC and other
such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix
like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the
channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most
wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag , India . Indian Major
leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are
injured.
It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels, but
Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the
court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I have a daughter
who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not
wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how
he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. A suspect in
Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act...was being transformed into
a hero.
Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity.
Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and
also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that
again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples;
Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then........ ...
Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the
terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed
Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets
fired from an AK47. He is survived by a wife and daughter (just like Sanjay
Dutt) who's only 18 months old.
Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to
attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about
having a family and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this
since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's
linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he
defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in
possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents
in heaven must be happy and proud of him.
Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of
their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her
daddy again.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic04084.jpg) Major Manish Pitambare
So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which
news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major's
death news was given by a foreign TV channel!!!
Shame on Indian Media??? Really what a shame...
By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who
was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military
honors.
On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Dutt
relieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam'
'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of
relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn' Then many
personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew he will
come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's family and our family have relations
for years he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek". His
sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It's a great relief"
In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg
Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBC and other
such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix
like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the
channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most
wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag , India . Indian Major
leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are
injured.
It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels, but
Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the
court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I have a daughter
who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not
wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how
he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. A suspect in
Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act...was being transformed into
a hero.
Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity.
Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and
also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that
again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples;
Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then........ ...
Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the
terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed
Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets
fired from an AK47. He is survived by a wife and daughter (just like Sanjay
Dutt) who's only 18 months old.
Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to
attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about
having a family and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this
since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's
linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he
defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in
possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents
in heaven must be happy and proud of him.
Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of
their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her
daddy again.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic04084.jpg) Major Manish Pitambare
So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which
news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major's
death news was given by a foreign TV channel!!!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Useful numbers in Bangalore
Airlines
Domestic Airlines
- Air Deccan: 98457-77008
- Air Sahara: 25584417
- Indian Airlines: 140 / 142 / 25226233
- Jet Airways: 25226576 / 25226577 / 25220688 / 25229873
- Kingfisher Airlines: 4197 9797
- SpiceJet: 1800 180 3333 (BSNL)
- GoAir: 1800 222 111 (BSNL)
- Air India: 22277747
- Air France: 2558 9397
- Air New Zealand: 2224 4625
- British Airways: 2227 1205
- Cathay Pacific: 2226 9745
- Delta Airlines: 2227 3439
- Gulf Air: 2559 4242
- KLM Northwest Airlines: 2226 9854
- Kuwait Airways: 2558 6533
- Malaysian Airlines: 2212 2991
- Quantas Airlines: 2225 8594
- Saudi Arabian Airlines: 2227 6614
- Singapore Airlines: 2286 7868
- South African Airways: 2224 4623
- Srilankan Airlines: 2207 5020
- Swiss Air: 2286 7873
- Thai Airways: 4112 4333
- United Airlines: 2224 4620
- Accident Relief Care: 2220777
- Ambicare: 23323560
- Ambu Care: 26342063
- Ambulance Services: 23367548
- Bangalore Hospital: 26562753
- Bowring Lady Curzon Hospital: 25591362
- City Corp-Contonmant: 25571488
- City Corp-City Area: 22277789
- ESI Hospital: 23324112
- Gayathri Hospital: 23352085
- HOSMAT: 25593797
- Indian Red Cross Society: 22264205
- Jayadeva Hospital: 1051
- KC General Hospital: 23341771
- Mallige Medical Center: 22261135
- Mallya Hospital: 22242325
- Manipal Hospital: 25211200
- Ramakrishna Nursing Home: 26633148
- Rotary Life Saving Brigade: 1050
- Sagar Apollo Hospital: 26536700
- Santosh Diagnostic & Scan Center: 25542425
- Sree Chowdeshwari: 23367925
- Shushrutha Ambulance Service: 23447666
- St. Jonhs Ambulance Association: 22295631
- St. Martha's Hospital: 22275084
- St. Philomena's Hospital: 25577046
- Vanivilas Hospital: 26701150
- Victoria Hospital: 26703294
- Yallamma Dasappa Hospital: 22225663
Hutch Customer Care
- Dial 111 from your Hutch phone or 98860 98860
- 94480 24365
- Dail 121 from your Airtel mobile
- 98450 98450 (Prepaid), 98450 12345 (Postpaid)
- All Citibank customers - 2227 2484.
- Citibank Suvidha account holders - 2227 2265.
- CitiBusiness Customers - 2229 4653.
- Citibank Credit Card - 2227 2484
- Priority service to CitiGold Customers, Diners Club Members & Citibank Gold Card members – 2229 4653.
- Bangalore - 4113 1877
- Karnataka - 98455 78000
- Banking related - 2558 9595
- Credit card related - 2558 9696
- Debit card related - 9945863333
- Banking related - 5500 3333
- Credit card related - 6622 4332
- 4124 5555
- Toll Free - 1600 180 1290 (BSNL and MTNL)
- 2537 0615, 2531 7830
- 22297000
- 3030 1969
- 2558 8888
- Complaint Room: 22237455/22221286, Fax: 22223194
- Control Room: 22221188
- Commissioner: 22260707 /22942215 / 98440-99707
- PVR [Forum Mall]: 2206 7511, 787 [Mobile booking], 5110 0787 [Home delivery]
- Inox [Garuda Mall]: SMS Booking 303030, Phone Booking: 5112 8888
- Innovative Multiplex: 2522 5944
- Vaibhav: 23514515 / 23514554
- Cauvery: 23361528
- Rex: 25587350
- Urvashi: 22245551/ 52/ 53
- Symphony: 25585988
- Abhinay: 22872029
- Ajanta: 25514590
- Lavanya: 25362134
- Pallavi: 22223191
- Sagar Talkies: 22263180
- Sangeet: 22865098
- Tribhuvan & Kailash: 22261101
- Lakshmi: 25512716 / 25538179
- BESCOM (CRCO): 22208938
- 24 hours Service (Centralised Complaints): 22267119
- Jayadeva Heart Brigade: 1051
- KIMS Hospital: 26624870
- Manipal Heart Foundation: 25266646
- Narayana Hrudayalaya: 2783500
- Rotary Life Saving Brigade: 1050
- Sagar Apollo Hospital: 26552653
- The Bangalore Hospital: 26565494
- Trinity Heart Foundation: 26563996
- Wockhardt Hospital: 22268888
- Accident: 103
- Emergency Help for entire Karnataka [Operation Sanjeevini]: 1062
- Senior Citizens: 1090
- Women: 1099
- Postal Enquiry GPO: 22866772
- Postal Enquiry City: 22874410
- Speed Post Enquiry: 22867302
- Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic)
- Police Commissioner: 98440-99707, 22260707 / 22256242
- Abhaya Hospital: 26564586
- Acura Specialty Hospital: 41105252
- Agadi Hospital: 22222921
- Al-Ameen Hospital: 22912723
- Alfa: 26540041
- Amar Nursing Home: 26602171
- Ananya Hospital: 26607422
- Bangalore Children's Hospital & Research Centre: 28600552
- Bangalore Hospital: 26565494
- Bangalore Institute Of Oncology: 22225644
- Bangalore Kidney Foundation: 26392695
- Baptist Mission Hospital: 23330323
- Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital: 22207649
- C M Hospital: 25280461
- C S I Hospital: 22861104
- Chaitanya Nursing Home: 23432633
- Charakas Ayurvedic Clinic & Health Centre: 25211801
- Chhaya Nursing Home: 23342339
- Chord Road Hospital: 23225858
- D V G Hospital: 26913925
- Diacon Hospital: 23329909
- Dr B R Ambedkar Medical College & Hospital: 25465860
- Dr Agarwal Hospital: 22223100
- Dr Sita Bhateja's Nursing Home: 22210701
- Eshwar Hospital: 23495080
- Ganesh Nursing Home: 23610331
- Garden City Hospital: 26346555
- Hitech Kidney Stone Hospital: 22207114
- Hope Infertility Clinic: 25583836
- HOSMAT: 25593792
- Institute of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences: 23717778
- Jayashree Nursing Home: 23440981
- KIMS Hospital: 26527739
- Kshema Hospital & Trauma Centre: 25424751
- Lake Side Hospital: 25360823
- M S Ramaiah: 23606545
- Malik Dispensary: 22385769
- Mallige Medical Centre: 22203333
- Mallya Hospital: 22277991
- Narayana Hrudayalaya: 7835001
- Northside Hospital & Diagnostic Centre: 23620844
- Novanordisk (24 Hours Diabetic Helpline): 1901338014
- Panacea Hospital: 23228649
- Raj Mahal Vilas Hospital: 23417077
- Ramakrishna Hospital: 26656800
- Ramakrishna Nursing Home: 26633148
- Ravi Kirloskar Memorial Hospital & Research Centre: 28394899
- Republic Hospital: 22211762
- Sagar Apollo Hospital: 26536701
- Santosh Hospital: 25367706
- Sevakshetra Hospital: 26714194
- Shekhar Hospital: 23345901
- Sindhi Charitable Trust Hospital: 22231711
- Sri Satya Sai Hospital: 28411500
- St. John's Medical College & Hospital: 22065000
- St. Philomena's Hospital: 25577047
- St. Theresa's Hospital: 23375332
- Tibetan Medical Center: 23496190
- Trinity Hospital & Heart Foundation: 26563993
- Vijayanagaram Ayurved Bhandar: 23198718
- Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology: 26722214
- Wockhardt Hospital: 22281146
- Yellamma Dasappa Hospital: 22225643
- City Railway Station: 22874544
* Enquiries: 131
* Reservation Enquiries: 132 / 1361
- Unicorn : 9844024365
- Air Link Taxi: 25362222
- KIMS Hospital: 26624870
- Chamundi City Taxi: 25200333 25293222
- City Taxis: 23237191/2
- City Safari: 25539999
- Garden City Taxis: 23437646, 23434274
- Maruthi City Taxi: 23368888, 23369000, 57613332
- Radio Taxis: 23320152
- Raj City Taxis: 23337777, 23634444, 23335666
- Roman Taxis: 25486606, 25486616
- Shree Maruthi City Taxi: 51900000
- Spot Taxis: 25510000
- Taxi Control Room: 23523636
- KSTDC: 22352902
- For Conducted Tours-KSTDC: 22275883
- ITDC: 22254396
- Government of India Tourism Office: 25585417
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Enough is enough
OK fine the media really overdid the Aish Abhishek wedding, and a host of other 'stories' that most of us agree would not affect our lives that much. But blaming the media completely for doling out this crap everyday round the clock 24/7 is equally crap. When will one stop and think that it's as much our (the public)'s fault as it is theirs? Don't we read this crap? DOn't we even WANT to know? The media is not brainwashing us into thinking we should read it. It's fulfilling a need that WE as irresposible readers have.
So enough media battering. Time to take responsibility as well. It IS as much our faults. Where are the forums for debating issues that affect us? Where's the interest even to know? Who cares about what Army personnel stationed in the forests of Bandipur did to the villagers? No one...no that's not fair either. But only a few do... and THAT's what we gotta change first. Blame the media for taking sides...that's not journalism...also blame the media for complacently report... but don't blame them for the rubbish that is printed becuase we all know deep down that we want to read that rubbish...and that's why those who print THAT rubbish...make all the money.
So enough media battering. Time to take responsibility as well. It IS as much our faults. Where are the forums for debating issues that affect us? Where's the interest even to know? Who cares about what Army personnel stationed in the forests of Bandipur did to the villagers? No one...no that's not fair either. But only a few do... and THAT's what we gotta change first. Blame the media for taking sides...that's not journalism...also blame the media for complacently report... but don't blame them for the rubbish that is printed becuase we all know deep down that we want to read that rubbish...and that's why those who print THAT rubbish...make all the money.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
INdiA's BiGgeSt FiLm cOmPeTiTIoN!
The Genesis Film Project Press Release – Date: December 21, 2007
Child Relief and You (CRY), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), SMILE, Make A Wish Foundation, Sadak Chaap, Helen Keller Institute, Spastic Society, Akanksha, Aids Alternativa and Women's India Trust (WIT) are among the 101 charities that have come together to be a part of The Genesis Film Project (GFP), films for a difference.
In what is snowballing into the biggest short filmmaking competition India has ever seen, the Peacock Project and MAM Movies join hands with partners, Cinemax and Timeout Mumbai by inviting film enthusiasts to help uncover Mumbai's charity organizations. 101 charities will enjoy 5 minutes of limelight after 101 film makers shoot, edit and present their final pieces, all in 101 hours, starting Jan 2nd, 2007.
25 of the best films, arranged categorically, will then be selected to be screened on January 9th, 2007, at one of Mumbai's premier theaters, Cinemax Theaters. A panel of celebrity judges including Nagesh Kukunoor, Anupam Kher, Khalid Mohammed and others, who have excelled in their respective fields while making a remarkable impact on the lives of others through their social work, will choose the best films and award prizes to the winners.
GFP aims to use the medium of stories to strike a cord - a harmony within filmmakers to inspire to make films that matter. The filmmakers will denote the organization's mission, achievements and difficulties they face. Attempting to unveil and capture the spirit that drives these people to change our world, this is a valuable opportunity to connect with unsung heroes, who dedicate their lives to the betterment of society.
Owing to international collaborations including with the California based organization formed to create support for NGOs – Charity Focus, and world-wide film screenings including at film festivals in United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia, the project looks poised to break barriers and cross boundaries across the globe.
Contact:
Ajesh Shah
USA contact number: 1-510-257-4210
India Contact number: 91-98207 81666
Joining hands
Genesis Film Project
The Peacock project
Mam Movies
TimeOut
Cinemax
Professional links
Charity Focus
Karma Tube
Cape Town Bollywood Film Festival
University of Mumbai
Press
TOI
GFP on Social Networks
My Space
Orkut
GFP blog
Child Relief and You (CRY), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), SMILE, Make A Wish Foundation, Sadak Chaap, Helen Keller Institute, Spastic Society, Akanksha, Aids Alternativa and Women's India Trust (WIT) are among the 101 charities that have come together to be a part of The Genesis Film Project (GFP), films for a difference.
In what is snowballing into the biggest short filmmaking competition India has ever seen, the Peacock Project and MAM Movies join hands with partners, Cinemax and Timeout Mumbai by inviting film enthusiasts to help uncover Mumbai's charity organizations. 101 charities will enjoy 5 minutes of limelight after 101 film makers shoot, edit and present their final pieces, all in 101 hours, starting Jan 2nd, 2007.
25 of the best films, arranged categorically, will then be selected to be screened on January 9th, 2007, at one of Mumbai's premier theaters, Cinemax Theaters. A panel of celebrity judges including Nagesh Kukunoor, Anupam Kher, Khalid Mohammed and others, who have excelled in their respective fields while making a remarkable impact on the lives of others through their social work, will choose the best films and award prizes to the winners.
GFP aims to use the medium of stories to strike a cord - a harmony within filmmakers to inspire to make films that matter. The filmmakers will denote the organization's mission, achievements and difficulties they face. Attempting to unveil and capture the spirit that drives these people to change our world, this is a valuable opportunity to connect with unsung heroes, who dedicate their lives to the betterment of society.
Owing to international collaborations including with the California based organization formed to create support for NGOs – Charity Focus, and world-wide film screenings including at film festivals in United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia, the project looks poised to break barriers and cross boundaries across the globe.
Contact:
Ajesh Shah
USA contact number: 1-510-257-4210
India Contact number: 91-98207 81666
Joining hands
Genesis Film Project
The Peacock project
Mam Movies
TimeOut
Cinemax
Professional links
Charity Focus
Karma Tube
Cape Town Bollywood Film Festival
University of Mumbai
Press
TOI
GFP on Social Networks
My Space
Orkut
GFP blog
Pinky I'm Going to take over the world of course??
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1064751
Mapped and loaded
Saturday, November 18, 2006 18:17 IST
City surfers are having fun with Wikimapia,a software that combines
Wikipedia and Google Earth. Ridhi D'Cruz reports.
Let's define the whole Earth' is the catch phrase for a project
launched in May 2006 by Russians Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy
Saveliev. Inspired by two technological leaps — Wikis, a software that
allows easy, open collaboration, whereby anyone can edit and make
changes, and Google maps, which has massive amounts of satellite
imagery available online — the duo came up with Wikimapia.
Barely six months down the line, Wikimapia is driving the global
online community crazy with excitement. And the biggest buzz is not in
America or Europe, but in South Asia. What's more, Mumbai is the most
described city in the world, with almost 70,000 places mapped in the
city. Kolkata is next.
Thanks to Wikimapia, travellers around the world are sighing with
relief; they can now locate different places on their mobile phones,
by using Wikimapia in combination with geo-positioning systems.
Japanese visitor Naoki Tejima, who calls himself an 'Indophile and
idli lover', can now find postings that even the Lonely Planet misses.
And Tejima's friends in India know exactly where to find his house in
Tokyo.
Blogger Prakash Swaminathan is excited because his obscure village in
Tamil Nadu has been mapped.
College student Rehana, who moved from Chennai to Mumbai, pined for
her daily cup of filter coffee, until recently. "Thanks to a posting
on Wikimapia, I have finally found a good place for real coffee, South
Indian style," she says.
Apart from being able to add your own titbit about a place, avoid
getting lost or sight-see without leaving your chair, Wikimapia's
charm lies in its spirit of democracy. The technology door is left
open for people to customise, create, collaborate and share.
According to Pallavi Latkar of the Centre for Urban Studies, Mumbai,
"Wikimapia has the potential to be a good tool to gather data at the
NGO and ward level. It can generate greater interest and participation
amongst citizens."
Accessing and using Wikimapia is simple and how-to-use directions are
easily available. On his site, http://wikimapia.mattjonesblog.com
American blogger Matt Jones has written step-by-step instructions on a
number of topics including adding a place on Wikimapia.
It's this simplicity and sheer fun that's drawn in loads of people.
One Mumbai posting reads: "Pintoo stays here, along with Monu, and
Popu the cat." A posting in Shimla: "Tatti khaana. People defecate
here."
Co-founder Koriakine is unconvinced about this kind of information
being put up. In one of his posts, he writes: "In a great country like
India, people use Wikimapia to mark their homes. I cannot say if it is
good or not. They just do it. So we have to handle this somehow, we
need to find a solution."
— Additional reporting by Sanjay Bhangar
Mapped and loaded
Saturday, November 18, 2006 18:17 IST
City surfers are having fun with Wikimapia,a software that combines
Wikipedia and Google Earth. Ridhi D'Cruz reports.
Let's define the whole Earth' is the catch phrase for a project
launched in May 2006 by Russians Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy
Saveliev. Inspired by two technological leaps — Wikis, a software that
allows easy, open collaboration, whereby anyone can edit and make
changes, and Google maps, which has massive amounts of satellite
imagery available online — the duo came up with Wikimapia.
Barely six months down the line, Wikimapia is driving the global
online community crazy with excitement. And the biggest buzz is not in
America or Europe, but in South Asia. What's more, Mumbai is the most
described city in the world, with almost 70,000 places mapped in the
city. Kolkata is next.
Thanks to Wikimapia, travellers around the world are sighing with
relief; they can now locate different places on their mobile phones,
by using Wikimapia in combination with geo-positioning systems.
Japanese visitor Naoki Tejima, who calls himself an 'Indophile and
idli lover', can now find postings that even the Lonely Planet misses.
And Tejima's friends in India know exactly where to find his house in
Tokyo.
Blogger Prakash Swaminathan is excited because his obscure village in
Tamil Nadu has been mapped.
College student Rehana, who moved from Chennai to Mumbai, pined for
her daily cup of filter coffee, until recently. "Thanks to a posting
on Wikimapia, I have finally found a good place for real coffee, South
Indian style," she says.
Apart from being able to add your own titbit about a place, avoid
getting lost or sight-see without leaving your chair, Wikimapia's
charm lies in its spirit of democracy. The technology door is left
open for people to customise, create, collaborate and share.
According to Pallavi Latkar of the Centre for Urban Studies, Mumbai,
"Wikimapia has the potential to be a good tool to gather data at the
NGO and ward level. It can generate greater interest and participation
amongst citizens."
Accessing and using Wikimapia is simple and how-to-use directions are
easily available. On his site, http://wikimapia.mattjonesblog.com
American blogger Matt Jones has written step-by-step instructions on a
number of topics including adding a place on Wikimapia.
It's this simplicity and sheer fun that's drawn in loads of people.
One Mumbai posting reads: "Pintoo stays here, along with Monu, and
Popu the cat." A posting in Shimla: "Tatti khaana. People defecate
here."
Co-founder Koriakine is unconvinced about this kind of information
being put up. In one of his posts, he writes: "In a great country like
India, people use Wikimapia to mark their homes. I cannot say if it is
good or not. They just do it. So we have to handle this somehow, we
need to find a solution."
— Additional reporting by Sanjay Bhangar
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
rainbow tech - WOW
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=88962&d=18&m=11&y=2006
Data Can Now Be Stored on Paper
M. A. Siraj, Arab News
Sainul Abideen explains the features of his Rainbow Technology. (AN photo)
BANGALORE, 18 November 2006 — Is it time to say goodbye to CDs, DVDs, Zip drives?
A Kerala student has developed a technique for portable data whereby the data can now be stored on ordinary paper. And to boot, larger amounts of data can be had on lesser space.
The immediate question that pops into the mind is how to retrieve the data. Will it be as easy as feeding a floppy disc or CD into the drive and having it on the monitor? Perhaps it will be much easier than that. The piece of paper or even plastic sheet storing the data has only to be scanned in the scanner and read over the monitor. So wait, scan drive would be part of your computer.
Named “Rainbow Technology”, the new technique is the brainchild of Sainul Abideen, who has just finished his MCA at Muslim Educational Society Engineering College in Kuttipuram in Kerala’s Malappuram district.
The extremely low-cost technology will drastically reduce the cost of storage and provide for high-speed storage as well. Files in any format such as movie files, songs, images and text can be stored using this technology.
Currently, of the several options available for data storage, DVDs are the best mode. But a high quality DVD, which is very expensive can store only about 4.7 gigabyte (GB) of data. In contrast, the Rainbow Versatile Disc (RVD) can store 90 to 450 GB. And Sainul has simultaneously developed a scanning drive based on his Rainbow software which will come in smaller sizes to be initially carried with the laptops and later to fit into their bodies.
Sainul says a CD or DVD consumes 16 grams of polycarbonate, a petroleum by-product. While a CD costs Rs.15 (SR1.25), his paper or plastic-made RVD will cost just about Rs.1.50 and has 131 times more storage capacity.
Sainul, who has just turned 24, says that instead of using zeroes and ones for computing, he used geometric shapes such as circles, squares and triangles for computing which combine with various colors and preserve the data in images. An RVD therefore looks like a printout of modern art.
He says all kinds of data has to be first converted into a common format called “Rainbow Format.”
In a demo at his college laboratory, this writer could see text typed on 432 pages of foolscap paper being stored in a four square inch paper. The writer was even shown a 45-second video clip of a Malayalam film stored on an ordinary paper. Sainul was guided by Prof. Hyderali, head of the MCA Department at the College in all these projects.
Sainul says the biggest advantage of the new technology will be the biodegradable nature of his storage devices which will do away with e-waste pollution.
He says with the popularity of his Rainbow Technology, computer or fashion magazines in future need not carry CDs in a pack.
The computable data printed on a paper can be attached in a tearable sheet and will be capable of carrying even software programs, or movies, MP3 data or text. Sainul is promoting the theme of disposable storage and says newspapers, magazines and video albums could benefit from the idea and also distribute their material in this form in order to curtail use of paper and facilitate the disposal of the waste.
Sainul is simultaneously molding the technology into “Rainbow Cards” which will be of SIM card size and store 5 GB of data equivalent to three films of DVD quality. Sainul says as “Rainbow Cards” will become popular, Rainbow Card Readers will replace CD drives of mobile phone and computer notebooks and will enable more data in portable forms for mini digital readers.
Large-scale manufacture of the Rainbow card will bring down its cost to only 50 paise (half a rupee). He is currently in consultation with a UK-based company for manufacture of the Rainbow Cards.
Sainul has also put forward the idea of databank with Rainbow Technology, which will enable huge servers with a high storage capacity.
Quoting a research study carried out in the US in 2003, he says the entire static data in the US would require $5 billion (Indian Rupees 230 billion) for storage with the current storage devices. But Rainbow based databank could reduce the cost to Rs.3.5 million. He says he could construct databank with almost 123.60 Peta Byte (PB) capacity.
Sainul is also working on project Xpressa, a software package for regional languages. This will enable the Internet browser to access the newspapers available on Internet through mobile phone in audible form.
Sainul Abideen can be contacted at: 0091-98950-81493, Res: 0091-494-2495493, email: mysainul@yahoo.com
Data Can Now Be Stored on Paper
M. A. Siraj, Arab News
Sainul Abideen explains the features of his Rainbow Technology. (AN photo)
BANGALORE, 18 November 2006 — Is it time to say goodbye to CDs, DVDs, Zip drives?
A Kerala student has developed a technique for portable data whereby the data can now be stored on ordinary paper. And to boot, larger amounts of data can be had on lesser space.
The immediate question that pops into the mind is how to retrieve the data. Will it be as easy as feeding a floppy disc or CD into the drive and having it on the monitor? Perhaps it will be much easier than that. The piece of paper or even plastic sheet storing the data has only to be scanned in the scanner and read over the monitor. So wait, scan drive would be part of your computer.
Named “Rainbow Technology”, the new technique is the brainchild of Sainul Abideen, who has just finished his MCA at Muslim Educational Society Engineering College in Kuttipuram in Kerala’s Malappuram district.
The extremely low-cost technology will drastically reduce the cost of storage and provide for high-speed storage as well. Files in any format such as movie files, songs, images and text can be stored using this technology.
Currently, of the several options available for data storage, DVDs are the best mode. But a high quality DVD, which is very expensive can store only about 4.7 gigabyte (GB) of data. In contrast, the Rainbow Versatile Disc (RVD) can store 90 to 450 GB. And Sainul has simultaneously developed a scanning drive based on his Rainbow software which will come in smaller sizes to be initially carried with the laptops and later to fit into their bodies.
Sainul says a CD or DVD consumes 16 grams of polycarbonate, a petroleum by-product. While a CD costs Rs.15 (SR1.25), his paper or plastic-made RVD will cost just about Rs.1.50 and has 131 times more storage capacity.
Sainul, who has just turned 24, says that instead of using zeroes and ones for computing, he used geometric shapes such as circles, squares and triangles for computing which combine with various colors and preserve the data in images. An RVD therefore looks like a printout of modern art.
He says all kinds of data has to be first converted into a common format called “Rainbow Format.”
In a demo at his college laboratory, this writer could see text typed on 432 pages of foolscap paper being stored in a four square inch paper. The writer was even shown a 45-second video clip of a Malayalam film stored on an ordinary paper. Sainul was guided by Prof. Hyderali, head of the MCA Department at the College in all these projects.
Sainul says the biggest advantage of the new technology will be the biodegradable nature of his storage devices which will do away with e-waste pollution.
He says with the popularity of his Rainbow Technology, computer or fashion magazines in future need not carry CDs in a pack.
The computable data printed on a paper can be attached in a tearable sheet and will be capable of carrying even software programs, or movies, MP3 data or text. Sainul is promoting the theme of disposable storage and says newspapers, magazines and video albums could benefit from the idea and also distribute their material in this form in order to curtail use of paper and facilitate the disposal of the waste.
Sainul is simultaneously molding the technology into “Rainbow Cards” which will be of SIM card size and store 5 GB of data equivalent to three films of DVD quality. Sainul says as “Rainbow Cards” will become popular, Rainbow Card Readers will replace CD drives of mobile phone and computer notebooks and will enable more data in portable forms for mini digital readers.
Large-scale manufacture of the Rainbow card will bring down its cost to only 50 paise (half a rupee). He is currently in consultation with a UK-based company for manufacture of the Rainbow Cards.
Sainul has also put forward the idea of databank with Rainbow Technology, which will enable huge servers with a high storage capacity.
Quoting a research study carried out in the US in 2003, he says the entire static data in the US would require $5 billion (Indian Rupees 230 billion) for storage with the current storage devices. But Rainbow based databank could reduce the cost to Rs.3.5 million. He says he could construct databank with almost 123.60 Peta Byte (PB) capacity.
Sainul is also working on project Xpressa, a software package for regional languages. This will enable the Internet browser to access the newspapers available on Internet through mobile phone in audible form.
Sainul Abideen can be contacted at: 0091-98950-81493, Res: 0091-494-2495493, email: mysainul@yahoo.com
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
hope it works
This seemed interesting...please bear with this here until i f=divert work traffic into a different blog...
but i still think this is really interesting
Posts that contain Hard-drive Cameras per day for the last 30 days.
Get your own chart!
but i still think this is really interesting
Posts that contain Hard-drive Cameras per day for the last 30 days.
Get your own chart!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
science ki jai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_singularity....hmmmm check out this link....
haha...talk about the customisation rvln...here is another customisation....microcosm????
People are so fussy. We complain about everything. The water's either too hot…or too cold… your legs are either too fat or too thin, you are either too young or too old to be doing that…We are just so hard to satisfy. We spend lifetimes trying to figure ourselves out. But the stuff that we are made of…actually made of – our cells that is, they are quite different.
For one thing, they don't fuss half as much! If they did, we'd end up as biological disasters! You're probably wondering who, what, why when how?…Well, just read on…
haha...talk about the customisation rvln...here is another customisation....microcosm????
People are so fussy. We complain about everything. The water's either too hot…or too cold… your legs are either too fat or too thin, you are either too young or too old to be doing that…We are just so hard to satisfy. We spend lifetimes trying to figure ourselves out. But the stuff that we are made of…actually made of – our cells that is, they are quite different.
For one thing, they don't fuss half as much! If they did, we'd end up as biological disasters! You're probably wondering who, what, why when how?…Well, just read on…
Take Ribonucleic Acid – nickname – RNA for example. She's not fussy at all. In fact, RNA is just like one of those crucial people like say...a farmers' wife - someone you almost overlook. But without them, the whole show would flop!
How? For that, we need to dive, just a little bit, into where all the actionis - a bustling city called the human body! Just to understand how the city people the don't starve to death.
Before that, an introduction to some big-shot city folks in this thriller. A group called antibodies - the soldiers who fight diseases (the police maybe), another called hormones – who regulate growth (the city's development authorities?!) and enzymes - our body's biochemical catalysts. These groups of people keep our body clocks (the city remember?) ticking on time. All these key characters are made of protein – our cells' bread and butter. And guess who helps produce their daily bread? Well the farmer's wife RNA of course!
Consider one cell to be a small housing colony. It has the necessary furniture like mitochondria – the cell's powerhouse (a generator) and ribosomes – the workrooms (or bakery) where protein is built from a set of genetic instructions. The nucleus is the fancy town area, where the bakery (ribosomes) are. This is where Deoxyribonucleic Acid – nickname DNA, plays the lead role of concocting our individuality through genes. He is the smooth talking politician.
Although our fussy leading actor (DNA) promises that no one in the city will go hungry...the fact is he's too much of a coward to brave the real perils of the suburban and rural areas. Of course he gets someone to do his dirty work... Poor old RNA!
So RNArestructures herself to become an exact stunt double of DNA. She won't gain access into the modernised world outside the nucleus town if she doesn't look the part right? Besides, how else will the secret recipe of genetic inforamation that DNA has first go to the bakery, get made into bread and then be distributed to the folks in the suburbs as well?
RNA can move past the security-checks of the membranous walls of the living room (nucleus) and into the rest of the house to the bakery ('work rooms,'). The multi-talented RNA transforms into DNA's double through a process called transcription.
How does she do this? She wears a 'nucleotide' cap. She also carries a special enzyme to prolong her life enough to complete her mission, especially with all the hazards of the hostile environment outside the well developed town area. Some of the roads to the bakeries are still under construction for God;s sake! She also sheds her extra baggage – 'non-coding sequences', through a process called 'splicing'. Now she has matured, transformed even, into messenger RNA (mRNA).
The nucleus town has a double wall. The only door to the surrounding wild world of cytoplasm the under-developed suburbs, is through a heavily guarded security gate called the nuclear pore complex (NPC). So, mRNA gets a protein nametag, her gate pass to the suburban cytoplasm.
This is the final step to the final goal – proteins. A specialized protein molecule called transfer RNA (tRNA) plays the role of translator. RNA might be able to disguise herslef like the pretty-talking politician to become the messenger witht he secret codes (mRNA), but she can't match his gaft for the gab. She doesn't even know the language actually! So, she takes the help of the translator -tRNA, who matches or guides mRNA to the right corresponding protein which needs to be manufactured. The cell's protein-making factory - the ribosomes bakery now take this delicious mission to a grand finale. Mr tRNA then decodes mRNA and translates her secret town code into an understandable code - a protein code. Proteins are now built based upon this secret coded recipe that RNA hand-delivered (with a little translator guidance) to the manufacturers of the city's bakers. No one will go hungry!
Now that the show is over, the growling tummies have been filled to satsifaction... and the applause has finally died down. Poltician DNA takes her final bow and waves to the crowd. So much like real life. The farmer put his blood and sweat into itand the poltician got all the roses.
Friday, August 11, 2006
back to abstract
Ooooooooohhhh…this is one of my favourites..not JUST becos its illegal to take snaps from a plane…but…..cos…u figure it out&*()&*$#
One of the first thigns in bbay that absolutely took my breath away…hajji ali…when u go from pedder rd towards worli…wow!!!!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
pic pic pic pic
Sachin, sanj and two of sanj’s pahadi friends…full shanti ppl in bbay!!
My godparents: R-L: Vilma aunty who’s taken me so willingly into her home…washed ALL my dirty dirty stinking clothes and jsu been the perfect host to a struggling displaced dimwit, Sabu Uncle, born on the same day as he is, I can c y v get along!! Haha I hope I at least get his good sense of humour…he reminds me so much of my dad…that I don’t miss home as much
Belle a bellaaaa hehe
ACJ-05-06…n then b’lore! L-R: Vikhar (Mr.JNU / gnu haha and soon to be Oxfordian???) our homer simpson!!! Vikram…gr8 guitarist & gr8er guy, CHé ri-brain brain brain…n sweetheart to the core!!…hehehe…sayantoni…JHOOM! bong, so needless to say she packs a punch (really n metaphorically) BY!!! Pinky…kundeeeeeeeee, Nivi-the tech genius, Nina: KO DAYS ki JAI!
VANI…heart of gold n JNC ki JAI!!!!
L-R RTJ, YO!, PREETHAAAAAAAAAA, JUN (guitarist x trod in air) & RUTH (munky with big heart , small nose,): what was left of our gang…when I left….MEMORIESSSSSSSSSSSSSs
RTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT namma svantha docteruuuu
Ooohhh boy…this is gonna be a long caption…that;s (L-R) Bakshi, YO, Nitu, Collin …whatever u can c of him, n some weird babe…dunno what her name is only …she was there @ nia’s place also…following me around I think…syco!!
My niece…yes that’s rite…sunaina (NIAAAAAAaa on her 23rd birdday) that’s a crack of yo there too…
My godparents: R-L: Vilma aunty who’s taken me so willingly into her home…washed ALL my dirty dirty stinking clothes and jsu been the perfect host to a struggling displaced dimwit, Sabu Uncle, born on the same day as he is, I can c y v get along!! Haha I hope I at least get his good sense of humour…he reminds me so much of my dad…that I don’t miss home as much
Belle a bellaaaa hehe
ACJ-05-06…n then b’lore! L-R: Vikhar (Mr.JNU / gnu haha and soon to be Oxfordian???) our homer simpson!!! Vikram…gr8 guitarist & gr8er guy, CHé ri-brain brain brain…n sweetheart to the core!!…hehehe…sayantoni…JHOOM! bong, so needless to say she packs a punch (really n metaphorically) BY!!! Pinky…kundeeeeeeeee, Nivi-the tech genius, Nina: KO DAYS ki JAI!
VANI…heart of gold n JNC ki JAI!!!!
L-R RTJ, YO!, PREETHAAAAAAAAAA, JUN (guitarist x trod in air) & RUTH (munky with big heart , small nose,): what was left of our gang…when I left….MEMORIESSSSSSSSSSSSSs
RTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT namma svantha docteruuuu
Ooohhh boy…this is gonna be a long caption…that;s (L-R) Bakshi, YO, Nitu, Collin …whatever u can c of him, n some weird babe…dunno what her name is only …she was there @ nia’s place also…following me around I think…syco!!
My niece…yes that’s rite…sunaina (NIAAAAAAaa on her 23rd birdday) that’s a crack of yo there too…
treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ulta pulta on yo’s terrace
1) Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… opposite cricket stadium, CUBBON PARK!!!
1) Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… opposite cricket stadium, CUBBON PARK!!!
iyooooooooo!!!! cutey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The second mad doggie of the DeNazareth family
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
...................................................................................................Yo’s canine accomplice in crime!!!
18 times...hummpphhhf$WIOPIY &$)_&^
The next two are after the first fwew rains in blore (somewhere in May)
Again same syco n me...hahahaha this time with niet mode on!
Syco soowar! Hahaha preethaaa n me
Lemme b a little honest…this was a foto that was actually a mistake…thot I’d clicked but I ahdn’t…then it turned out kinda nice…so didn’t delete it. syco sircle sessions!!!!
Still more cunnigham rd side fotography…I’m experimenting with what I call ‘traffic photojournalism’…i.e. u take snaps…WHILE driving…n more conveniently @ red traffic light stops…awesome fun…when u’re dying for some cheap thrills….
Again same syco n me...hahahaha this time with niet mode on!
Syco soowar! Hahaha preethaaa n me
Lemme b a little honest…this was a foto that was actually a mistake…thot I’d clicked but I ahdn’t…then it turned out kinda nice…so didn’t delete it. syco sircle sessions!!!!
Still more cunnigham rd side fotography…I’m experimenting with what I call ‘traffic photojournalism’…i.e. u take snaps…WHILE driving…n more conveniently @ red traffic light stops…awesome fun…when u’re dying for some cheap thrills….
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
been toooo lonnggg
1) YO n YESHU!!! YO - my sweetie brother, the guy who’s right now in the Americas somewhere, having a blast of a time telling young clay like Americans what India’s like,:-). To his left, is Yeshwanti (Yeshu) who is another sweetheart! Love ya both…this was taken outside opus that fateful nite when I took the croakers’ nite tooooo literally!! Haha
2) This is somewhere near the Vidhana Soudha B’lore…WOW…me n my tendency to fell I’m ‘taking root’ everywhere..hahah…long live the ENTS!
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