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All of us have heard and experienced Dolby's Digital Surround Sound in multiplexes and cinemas throughout India... Check out this link to find out for yourself how amazing this technology is... PS: Don't forget to switch on the microphone... Enjoy!

According to this latest report published by the US government, India tops the weapons purchase table ahead of China... Should we be proud of it or ashamed??

"Michael Learns to Rock" will perform at the Palace Grounds, Bangalore, and MMRDA grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai on September 25 and 28 respectively. The Danish band -- singer and keyboard player Jascha Richter, drummer Kåre Wanscher and guitarist Mikkel Lentz -- made waves with their first album The Actor, and went on to wow audiences with songs like Sleeping child, Someday somewhere and Paint my love. The concert has been announced by Planman Life, and is in association with GIDF (The Great Indian Dream Foundation), founded by management consultant Arindam Chaudhuri (who turned movie director with Sunny Deol's Rok Sako To Rok Lo).

Yesterday I chanced upon the trailer videos of Ghajini and Totti Jaya in Vijay TV and was very impressed by both. First off, I was impressed with the way the trailers are being made in Kollywood. From the days of showing just the name of the movie and the names of the people behind the scenes with just a song running behind it, I think Kollywood movie previews have graduated to the next level. I always liked the way trailers were made in Hollywood and it's a nice surprise to see Kollywood following in these footsteps. PS: One wonders if both these movies have the punch that is shown in the trailers... :-)

Kavya Madhavan, the mallu actress has confessed in an interview that she badly wanted to marry malayalm superstar Mohanlal... Read more I know everyone would have by now heard about the famous incident in which a gal from Coimbatore cheated a software engineer in Canada by posting an actresses picture and claiming it to be hers... can u guess the actresses name?? Asin... Read more

It's always nice to read what an international university has to say about India and its growing cult in the international scenario. Now, here's an in-depth article from Wharton University.... India has long enjoyed a reputation as a destination for IT and business process outsourcing. Now, the country is fast emerging as a major center for cutting-edge research and development (R&D) projects for global multinationals such as Microsoft and Motorola as well as Indian firms. More and more companies in industries ranging from IT and telecommunications through pharmaceuticals and biotech are setting up ambitious R&D projects, in part to serve the Indian market, but also with an eye to delivering new generations of products faster to the global market. What forces are shaping these trends? What does the future hold? To answer these questions and more, Knowledge@Wharton collaborated with The Economic Times Intelligence Group in Mumbai, India, on this special report on R&

Sri Krishna Jayanti marks the celebration of the birth of Bhagavan Sri Krishna. Lord Sri Krishna was born on the 'Rohini' nakshatram (star) on Ashtami day. The festival Sri Krishna Jayanti is also known as Gokulashtami and Janmashtam. The actual day of celebration can be on two different days as the star 'Rohini' and Ashtami may not be on the same day. This occurs between August and September on the Christian calendar. Sri Krishna is Lord Vishnu's eighth avatar (incarnation) on earth. He is considered to be the Lord's most glorious incarnations. Even saying and remembering His name brings joy because Sri Krishna himself was a manifestation of joy at all levels and in all walks of life. No other God in the Hindu pantheon, or for that matter in any other religion, is associated with so many romantic tales and so fully radiating with all the divine attributes as Sri Krishna. Via: Seema (an ardent Krishna devotee) PS: I too share the same star with Lord Krish

The Personal Technology journalist at Wall Street Journal, Mr. Walter Mossberg has just reviewed the two latest offerings from Google... Click here to read

Playmates Toys has introduced a doll named "Amazing Amanda" which can give a run for their money for the Barbie gen dolls.... What's so special?? Amazing Amanda is a doll that can recognize voices, identify objects and show emotions!! Read more about this amazing doll... PS: The doll is scheduled for release next month and is expected to cost around Rs. 4500/-. Wish I had a niece! :-)

The booming information technology (IT) sector has emerged the most happening sector in the country.The buoyant results for 2004-05 revealed it was yet another promising year and that the future too seems very bright. It emerged a major engine of growth for the national economy as it leaped from revenue of just $ 12 million in 1980 to a huge $22 billion in 2004-05. It grew from strength to strength by permeating each and every sphere of life, be it manufacturing or services, automobiles or banking, telecom or retail trade, teaching or healthcare. “Now India is a leading IT hub in the world, employing over a million-plus workforce within the country, serving domestic and overseas customers. Indirect employment generated by IT-enabled services (ITeS) and software industry is estimated to be 2.5 million, contributing heavily to the changing face of household incomes in both urban and rural areas,” an official release here today said. The IT industry was highly optimistic about a

You thought getting a job in a BPO firm is easy?? Well, think again... According to this article from EconomicTimes, NASSCOM is coming up with a three-month of the business process outsourcing (BPO) certification programme. "People think that a BPO job is easy to get, but the reality is not that," said Sunil Mehta, vice-president at NASSCOM. The competence test will be launched across the country in January, and NASSCOM hopes it will become the industry standard.

Well, it's probably old news for die hard Rajni fans, but for those uninitiated few, AVM Studios and Shankar are coming together to make the next Rajni movie tentatively titled Sivaji!!! Yes, Believe it or Not!! And the rumor mill says that this is going to the a mega budget movie, probably the biggest India has ever seen. To read how much Rajni earns per movie, check out these links.. Link 1 and Link 2

Can Cookies track each and every move? You must shut down your PC every couple of hour so it can rest? Radiation from my computer monitor will give me cancer? Well, to know the answers to these questions, click here Via: KTJ

By now, you all would have heard about two new launches from the Google stable - Google Desktop Search 2 and Google Talk ... But I came across an article in NYT that questions Googles dominance and compares it with the evil giant Microsoft... Is Google the next Microsoft?? Read on

In a significant foray, the Rs 500 crore appliances division of Godrej & Boyce Mfg Company Ltd is entering the full line consumer electronics segment, and may launch its colour televisions in the Indian market in 2006. Godrej & Boyce's plans to enter the CTV segment come at a time when the Rs 20,000 crore CTV market is getting increasingly competitive, and is dominated by Korean majors like LG and Samsung and the Videocon portfolio. Indian players, thus far, have failed to make any impact with brands like BPL and Onida being essentially marginal players. The market is, however, growing at 15% a year. It's still unclear how Godrej plans to go about manufacturing the CTVs.The CTV game is a low margin, high volume business where manufacturing is key to profitability. Via: FE

It’s the latest buzzword in outsourcing and it’s generating millions of dollars for India. Publishing outsourcing is becoming the latest buzzword in India Inc. The publishing BPOs charge clients, rates as high as $50 per page for composing a college textbook. For a elementary school text book it’s between $35-$40 per page, almost seven times the billing rates in voice-based BPOs. The publishing BPO industry is already $300 million strong. Global publishing majors like Elsevier, McGraw Hill, Cambridge, John Wiley, Clover, Royal Academy Publishers, Pearson and Tailor & Francis outsource to India. Big Indian BPOs include Techbooks, Thomson Press, Innodata, Planman ITeS and Quark. According to sources, Wipro and Reliance are also planning forays.

Bharti Tele-Ventures (Airtel) today entered into a Rs 580-crore deal with Nokia to expand its network in eight circles. Nokia will assist Airtel cover more than 5,000 towns in addition to 2,700 cities already... Read more

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It's happy news for all IT & BPO companies planning to set shop in Kerala and for the thousands of unemployed youth... after a row over allegation of corruption, the government has finally given the go ahead. Read more

Now, am not sure which person/agency came up with that brilliant "God's Own Country" tag, but it catapulted Kerala into the international tourism space. Now, here's one more to add to the kitty... Ad is created for the Kerala Tourism Department, bt not sure who created it... [click pic for big pic]

Philips India recently unveiled a proprietary and state-of-the-art 'AMBILIGHT (Ambient Lighting) TECHNOLOGY' for its latest range of Plasma and LCD TVs. Ambilight is a unique Philips invention that makes the viewing experience more intense and immersive by throwing a soft glow on the wall behind the screen to enhance perceived brightness, contrast and colour accuracy. Click here for a demo pic

TV Today Network is all set to launch its second Hindi news channel, ‘Tez’. The channel will go on air by August 22. However, the test run for the channel started on Thursday. According to informed sources, ‘Tez’ will follow a fast-news format, focusing more on headlines and not on analysis of news. This is why its tagline reads: ‘Khabrein Phataphat’. The sources say, “Today, an increasing number of people have less time to watch television. And even within that short span, which they devote to watching news, they want more relevant news. This is why ‘Tez’ will have only back-to-back delivery of news.” The new channel will be a general news channel and it plans to deliver around 20-30 news snippets in just 15 minutes. Incidentally, the television news network had tried the same strategy for its English news channel, Headlines Today. The network also has a 24-hour, Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak. The new channel, ‘Tez’, will follow a ‘nowness’ format, wherein news cl

[On the TV game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati - 2"] [On the unprecedented heavy rains flooding Mumbai causing loss of lives and havoc to people, their homes & properties] [Take off on the Bollywood film 'The Rising' featuring 'Mangal Pandey' the sepoy of the mutiny] [Rakshabandhan]

Merck has been held liable by a Texas jury in the first lawsuit involving its former blockbuster drug Vioxx, in a case that could have a profound effect on thousands of other cases filed against the company. Plaintiff Carol Ernst has won her lawsuit in Texas Superior Court, which blames Vioxx for the 2001 death of her husband, Robert Ernst, a 59-year-old marathon runner and Wal-Mart worker who was taking the arthritis painkiller at the time of his death. Ernst died of a heart attack.

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India's business services industry vowed on Tuesday to raise privacy standards after an Australian broadcaster said an undercover reporter bought confidential customer data linked to call centres. The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) said it would need formal complaints to help law enforcement after Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) television's Four Corners programme said its journalist bought birth and ATM details of Australians. This was the third case this year involving alleged sale of customer data by workers in the $5.2 billion back-office services industry that employs more than 350,000 people. Source: CIOL

Nokia’s latest offering is replete with goodies. It has video recording and streaming, a digital music player and a 3D image engine that enhances graphic images, and an integrated SVGA camera. Its Bluetooth facilities mean that you can be connected all of the time, and it even has ringtones and alerts composed by award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The Nokia 8800 has a stylish new look as well, with its ‘slide-up’ mechanism, which also reveals a hidden camera on the back. On top of everything, the window is scratch resistant, so you’ll never have to worry about dropping it on the floor again. PS: Added to my wishlist! :-)

Reliance Infocomm, an ADAE Group company, commercially rolled out its international roaming facility and became the first Indian CDMA operator to offer such a service to its customers. To begin with, the company has launched international roaming with top operators in the U.S., Israel, China, New Zealand and Indonesia and is in advanced stage of starting service with many others. In fact, Reliance Infocomm is close to signing up with 12 operators in 11 countries across three continents, which accounts for 90% of the global CDMA footprint. Reliance Infocomm has already with: China Unicon (China), Pelephone Cellular Communications (Israel), Sprint PCS (USA), Mobile-8 (Indonesia) and Telecom Mobile Ltd (New Zealand) Other countries on the anvil are the United States (in addition to Sprint), Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Canada. Announcing the commercial rollout, Inder Bajaj, Head - Post Paid Business, Reliance Infocomm, said: "While tariff will differ from

Honda Motors is planning to give a minor facelift to its flagship City by this November. Additionally, Honda is also planning to launch an all new Civic in June 2006.

If you are boggled by the number of zeroes, well, that figure is 350 crore, and happens to be the annual income in Indian rupees of one gentleman by the name of... click here to know who he is

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Aamir Khan is in the news again for all the wrong reasons... Stardust, a premier Indian entertainment magazine has alleged that he is the father of a son born to a London based journalist Jessica. They are also alleging that he hasn't seen his son, who is 2 years old, so far and has declined to accept him. It is rumored that Jessica and Aamir were in a live-in relationship during the filming of "Ghulam".

1. That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it. 2. There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an incoming train which will run them over. 3. Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald. 4. This quote was made after Ganguly called Dravid for a run and midway sent him back and Dravid was run out in the third test against the West Indies at Barbados."Ganguly has thrown a drowning man both ends of the rope." 5. Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter. 6. Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide. 7. Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn! 8. He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30! 9. The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings! 10. As uncomfortable a

58 years after a famous Independence, the Indian fate is still touched by the empire. Here're some outdated laws that have survived, somewhat ungratefully... Read more Via: KTJ

India Post has struck major outsourcing deals with Citibank, GE Money, Reliance Infocomm and Tata Indicom to verify the addresses of their potential customers. Read more

There are 3.22 Million Indians in America 38% of Doctors in America are Indians 12% of Scientists in America are Indians. 36% of NASA employees are Indians 34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians 28% of IBM employees are Indians 17% of INTEL employees are Indians 13% of XEROX employees are Indians 23% of Indian Community in America is having Green-Card India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history India invented the Number System. Aryabhatta invented zero. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC More than 10,500 students from all over the world studies more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda, built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987. Ayurveda is the ear

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God created the donkey and said to him, "You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass, you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years." The donkey answered: "I will be a donkey, but to live 50 years is too much. Give me only 20 years". God granted his wish. God created the dog and said to him: "You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend. You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live 30 years. You will be a dog." The dog answered: "Sir, to live 30 years is too much, give me only 15 years." God granted his wish. God created the monkey and said to him: "You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks. You will be amusing and you will live 20 years." The monkey answered: "To live 20 years is too much, give me only 10 years." God granted his wish. Finally God created Ma

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use While the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way? Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make... No cheating... Thought?? Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and motionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the r

The population of India is 100 crores. But 19 crores are retired. That leaves 81 crores do the work. There are 25 crores in school, which leaves 56 crores to do the work. Of this there are 22 crores employed by the Central Government, leaving 34 crores to do the work. 4 crores are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 30 crores to do the work. Take away from above total the 20 crores people who work for State Governments (State Government employees officially do not work!) and that leaves 10 crores to do the work. Total unemployed are 8 crores and that leaves 2 crores to do the work. At any given time there are 1.2 crore people in hospitals, leaving 80 lakhs to do the work. Now, according to Indian Statistical Institute, there are 79,99,998 people in prisons throughout the country. That leaves just 2 people to do the work....... You and me!!! And currently YOU are sitting at your computer reading this. So I am the only person in our country who is working!

It's Sunday 9pm and all the world was tuned in to watch the second round or as Amithabh popularly calls it "dwitheeya" of the popular game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. KBC 2 was started last week and runs through Friday to Sunday at 9 pm. In Tamil Nadu, audiences have the added "advantage" of watching KBC in Tamil. The show is aired in Vijay TV and the voice over of Amitabh is done by Nizhakal Ravi. The prize money now is Rs. 2 crores and this time the viewers can also win prizes. There's a segment where the viewers can answer a question through SMS and can get a cool Rs. 2 lakhs if they are lucky. The game show has more added advantages in that the participant has an extra lifeline in the form of "flip", where he/she can change the question. PS: Watch the Vijay TV version only if you have the guts :-)

We all make mistakes in our day to day life... but there are some mistakes that can be considered as deadly sins... Click here to read the 7 deadly sins that an average Indian makes everyday.... Via: KTJ

The mother of all cricket battles is finally here as the friendly neighborhood companies take on each other this Saturday... It will be a battle between the "floors" when KGISL warriors takes on the might of SPI Technologies.... The battle lines are drawn and both the teams are gearing up themselves for the biggest event in their sports history at KG Gardens. Victory will be sweet, defeat will be sour...but history will be made! Book your seats now itself!!

Teacher:"What is your name?". Student:"Mera naam Suraj Prakash hai." Teacher:"When I ask aquestion in english,answer it in english." Student:"My name is Sunlight." Teacher :What happened in 1869? Student:Gandhi ji was born. Teacher :What happened in 1873? Student:Gandhiji was four years old. Question: What is the fullform of maths. Anwser: Mentaly affected teachers harrasing students Teacher :Because of Gandhiji's hard work what do we get on 15th August. Student:A holiday Teacher: Where does God live? Little boy: I think he lives in our bathroom. Teacher: Why do you say that? Little boy: Well, every morning my daddy bangs on the door and says,'God, are you still in there?' Via: Hari V

This is what happened to Spider-Man one day when he was flying around...

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Scientists at the Rocket launching station in Thumba were in the habit of working for nearly 12 to 18 hours a day. There were about Seventy such scientists working on a project. All the scientists were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting the job. One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir, I have promised to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm. His boss replied - OK, You are permitted to leave the office early today. The Scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he felt he was close to completion. The time was 8.30 p.m Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his children. He looked for his boss, he was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everythin

[click pic for a bigger view] Sony Erriccson has just introduced a mobile phone with a Swiss Army knife attached to it... Other features include the usuals like camera, GPRS etc...

With at least two new models releasing each week, the India mobile market is hot and abuzz... There are a lot of below tiered players who offer new models for cheap prices and there are some who charge you that extra premium... I've always found it tough to know the prices of new models on offer also... I found this website recently, that of UniverCell, a retailer that offers new phones located in Chennai... The site is pretty cool and you can get a jist of all new mobs and its prices... Check it out

Infosys is all set to announce plans to set up a huge software development campus over an area not less than 100 acres at a proposed software SEZ in Hyderabad. This can be another landmark in Andhra Pradesh’s information technology sector. NR Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and founder of the company, will be in Hyderabad tomorrow to meet Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and apprise him of Infosys’ plans for the state. He was expected to formally seek land for setting up the IT campus, sources said. Infosys has already established its base in Hyderabad with a campus near the Indian School of Business in Madhapur. The government has already offered a huge chunk of land to Wipro at Vattinagulapally near Hyderabad for setting up its campus. Wipro alone is expected to create 30,000 jobs at its proposed campus.

Check out our Kamyakam team trip's travalogue penned by me in our company's E-zine.... Click here for the first page and click here for the second page... You can also check out the cricket 2005 final match report on this E-zine here PS: KGiSL has a monthly E-Newsletter called In The Spotlight... You can read the whole newsletter by clicking here

I always wonder at how lucky the Reliance brothers are... every now and then these guys strikes gas somewhere or the other... Read more

Telecom major Bharti Tele-Ventures has signed a Rs 1,000-crore deal with four global business process outsourcing companies to outsource its call centre operations for the next 4-5 years. The deal signed with IBM Daksh, MphasiS, TeleTech and Hinduja TMT envisages setting up contact centres in each of the four zones of the country with 6,000 seats initially over the next 2-3 months.

A Macedonian man left his wife at an Italian service station and only realized he had driven off without her six hours later.... Read more PS: Wish every husband had this amnesia!! :-)

Trying to download the latest Chandramukhi hit songs?? Or searching for that old hit from one of the MGR's movies?? Want to listen to the latest bollywood remixes but don't know where to find them?? Well, well... Yahoo is there for your help!! Yahoo has come up with a new search tool where you can search for audio files (although Google has already tried out a similar version in its video search). This new search feature allows users to comb through 50 million music, voice, and other files for free.... Check it out

You thought getting a branded desktop PC for Rs. 10,000/- was cheap... Consider this, a brand new Cell Phone for just Rs.1,000/-.... Read more

What I did in the last 3 peak weeks... PS: Sriram took this pic of mine... :-)

Coinciding with AR Rehman's birthday, all the mobile operators in India are offering free downloads of AR Rehman tones to your cell... Please dial 112 and listen to the instructions... Note: The number will dial even if your keypad is locked...Enjoy the music! :-)

Finally, after what seemed like years, I've managed to squeeze in something in the CarIndia blog ... do check it out www.carindia.blogspot.com

The BPO czar is an industrious fellow during weekdays and a party animal during the weekends, which obviously run thru the night with some heavy doses of vodka or that blue martini... Though our very own Coimbatore has not woken up to the metropolitan culture, we guys over here surely but do enjoy our weekends in our own special ways... Now for those who hates hagovers after partying, there's a solution... You can preent hangovers before they happen!! Well, presenting to you PartySmart, a natural way to prevent hangovers... It's Rs. 50 for a pack of five capsules and is available at leading chemists and supermarkets. And the makers promise that you just need to take one capsule (Rs.10) for an evening out. Now, there's more good news. For a free sampele, you can SMS "party" to 3636!! Cheers!! Website: www.partysmart.net

Question: "What would you like to have.. Fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Milo, or Coffee?" Answer: "tea please" Question: "Ceylon tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush tea, Ice tea or green tea?" Answer : "Ceylon tea " Question : "How would you like it? black or white?" Answer: "white" Question: "Milk, Whitener, or Condensed milk?" Answer: "With milk " Question: "Goat milk, Camel milk or cow milk" Answer: "With cow milk please. Question: " Milk from Freeze land cow or Afrikaner cow?" Answer: " Um, I'll take it black. " Question: " Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?" Answer: "With sugar" Question: " Beet sugar or cane sugar ?" Answer: "Cane sugar " Question:" White , brown or yellow sugar ?" Answer: "Forget about tea just give me a glass of water i

Dirty Habit #1 – Looking down at the floor when speaking to someone. You must learn to look at someone directly in their eyes when speaking to them. If you were taught that staring at people was impolite, you’re absolutely right. However, this does not mean you can’t look at someone in his or her eyes. Dirty Habit #2 – Slouching when you’re standing or sitting down. Stand up straight. In our society being tall is a good thing. When you slouch you appear much shorter. Not only will standing straight make you look taller but it will also give you a confident look. Dirty Habit #3 – Frowning and not smiling enough. No one likes to spend time with someone who’s in a bad mood. If you’re not feeling too great then try to keep your distance. People love to spend time with upbeat, optimistic people. Make an effort to smile, not frown. Dirty Habit #4 – Avoiding strangers. Since the day you were born, your parents have taught you never to speak to strangers. Well, you’re a grown up now a

Here's my official entry for the FRM Mission Statement.... We write, Wall Street reads What's yours??

Ganguly joined the 10,000-run club during a patiently crafted 51 runs!!

Was watching the news channels today and came to now that the oil prices in the international markets have reached a new height of $62.30 per barrell as the death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz sparked fresh concerns about the stability of global oil supplies... PS: Where's my bicycle?? :-)

Here's more from the hit "height of" series... What is height of Fashion? Dhoti with a zip. What is height of Secrecy? Offering black visiting cards. What is height of Active laziness? Asking for a lift to house while on a morning walk. What is height of Craziness? Getting a black paper Xeroxed. What is height of Forgetfulness? Seeing the mirror and trying to recollect when you saw him / her last. What is height of Stupidity? A man looking through a keyhole of a glass door. What is height of Honesty? A pregnant woman taking one and a half ticket. What is height of Suicide? A dwarf jumping from the footpath on the road. What is height of De-hydration? A cow giving milk powder.

May our friendship last forever; May I sail upon your sea. May we go through life together; May there always be a "we." May I be your endless sky; May you breathe my gentle air. May you never wonder why Each time you look for me, I'm there. May we be for each a smile Like the warm, life-giving sun; Yet when we're in pain awhile, May our suffering be one. May we share our special days, The happiness of one for two; And if we must go separate ways, Let my love remain with you.

Working those extra hours and have no time to go for breaks?? No time to even go and pee?? ... Now for all those hardworkers, here's a product that will make your work a little easier :-) Presenting to you the Internet Urinal!! Imagine the freedom - you never have to leave your computer!! :-) Each urinal is made with hard plastic and comes with a handy female adapter and can hold 32 ounces (enough for a few sessions) of liquid!!

In a move to ward off competition from Calcutta based Apna PC, HCL Computers today have launched a PC for Rs. 9,990/-!! The Co. has tied up with Via, a Taiwanese based company for microprocessors. Read more Configuration: 1 GHz processor 128 MB RAM 40 GB hard disk 15" digital color monitor 52X optical drive keyboard & mouse Via: Bala