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Ms. Ami Damani was crowned Pond?s Googly Woogly Princess by Pond?s Femina Miss India Universe 2005 ? Amrita Thapar. Amrita personally visited Ami in her home and crowned her amongst her loved ones. Ami received an exquisite gold crown from Amrita Thapar along with a hamper of Pond?s skincare products. Ami?s winning Googly Woogly Contest entry was her special moment when a stranger at the Dubai airport approached her, complimented her lovely face and stunning eyes and even offered her a role in a movie! Ami is a gorgeous young woman who wants to become an air hostess. Click here for the pic
December 26, 2004 - Hundreds & thousands of people lost their lives. Let's take a moment to remember those who perished in the fury of Mother Earth
Let?s pray for the people and nations effected by the Tsunami.
Over the chaos of the waters Lord you spoke and there was light.
God of creation, you acted to bring about this world we ask you to continue to act to bring about a new creation and new hope from the darkness of this tidal wave.
Lord, who grieved over lost ones, be with those who grieve even now for their lost loved ones, come to them in their pain and loss with your healing and mercy.
Holy Spirit, who brings good gifts, counsels and guides, direct and be with those who offer help at this time that light may be seen in the darkness.
Heavenly Father, bless the work that is happening across nations, peoples, religions and politics for the sake of the poor and the lost.
Last year, on the 26th December, an earthquake, and then a tsunami, killed, wounded, or impoverished hundreds of thousands of people in South Asia.
During the course of the year, other disasters took their toll too. Most devastating of them: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the South-East coast of the USA; and another enormous earthquake near Pakistan's border with India.
These disasters took their immediate toll, and, each time, the world tried to help. But as calamity piled upon calamity, there has been a certain amount of fatigue. Perhaps people's stock of goodwill has run low. Perhaps seeing too much suffering hardens us.
But, the fact is, the suffering from those disasters has not ceased. Parts of South Asia have still not recovered from December 26th, 2004. In the USA, normalcy hasn't returned to New Orleans. In Pakistan, thousands are still homeless, and may not survive the harsh Himalayan winter.
They need your help.
Last December and this January, the
Two hotels of Indian hospitality chain Oberoi figure among the world's 25 finest hotels, which were ranked by readers of international magazine, Travel+Leisure .
The Oberoi Rajvilas in Jaipur was adjudged the third best hotel, with an overall score of 94, finishing behind Four Seasons Resort, Bali, and Singita of South Africa, which cornered the first and the second slots respectively.
The group's property in Agra, the Oberoi Amarvilas, was ranked 22nd by New York-based Travel+Leisure in its exclusive list of 500 finest hotels, a statement from Oberoi group said today.
The hotels, rated on several criterion, including service, location, rooms, food and value, were chosen by readers of the publication in its annual 'World's Best Awards' survey.
PS: I feel especially happy since I was brought up in Rajasthan and had the chance of checking out this great hotel :-)
A "Parking Ticket Santa Claus" has been spreading cash as well as Christmas cheer around the English city of Birmingham, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The mystery Santa has placed Christmas cards containing 30 pounds ($53) on the windscreens of drivers who have received parking tickets, the Daily Telegraph said.
"Don't let this ticket spoil your Christmas," declares a note in each card. "Here's #30 to pay it off. Merry Christmas - Parking Ticket Santa."
Fourteen drivers are believed to have received gifts from the unseen Father Christmas, who has given his profession an image boost after a string of stories about "Bad Santas."
In recent days, men in Santa outfits have been accused of committing armed robbery in Germany, exposing themselves in southern England and going on a drunken rampage in New Zealand.
Via: Caroline
Remember Rajdeep Sardesai (the guy who hosted The Big Fight) of NDTV and his suddent exit from the Prannoy Roy empire??
Well, he is back in the limelight with a new News Channel titled IBN Live with collaboration from CNN and TV18 (the people who beam CNBC in India).
Their website is well designed with a free videos section and a section to showcase blogs. What more? Rajdeep himself has written a blog about his new start-up.
PS: Not to be left behind in the spycam work in which Aaj Tak is very famous for, IBN Live has come up with their own expose of a few MPs. Check out their website for more...
Bill Gates to Business Today Magazine:
What Google offers today in terms of products is quite interesting. They have the leading web search site and people are looking at whether we will be able to do things better and compete with them. And I think this is just a great example of how competitive this business is. Google did not even exist six or seven years ago and now they are a company worth over a $100 billion (Rs 4,50,000 crore) and they are darlings of the press in terms of doing new things (smiles). We are absolutely building our search capability that we think will be better than what Google will offer and the only clear winner in that competition are the consumers.
With the detection of a 'Trojan' e-mail named 'TROJ_SAMX.A,' Net users have been advised to check whether their virus programme has been updated to prevent it from getting into their computers.
The virus has been detected by TrendLabs of Trend Micro, a leader in network anti-virus.
The virus contained an attachment named 'MERRY CHRISTMASI.rar' and had been spammed through e-mail, a Trend Micro release said on Thursday.
TROJ_SAMX.A runs on Windows98, ME, NT, 2000 XP, and Server 2003 and it compromised system security by acting as a proxy server, 'which acts as an intermediary between a user' and a server.'
This 'Trojan' is rated as a low risk threat, but because it compromised security of infected computers, the damage could be 'greater as the computer will be in the hands of the writer of this malicious piece of software,' it said.
Users should, therefore, check that their virus programmes were updated to prevent this T
About 10 men armed with pistols looted passengers of a train shortly after it left Bhopal and raped a woman after dragging her into the toilet in a brazen display of lawlessness.
The shocking incident took place in a general compartment of the Mumbai-Lucknow Pushpak Express Wednesday night.
The train reached Bhopal an hour behind schedule at 10.20 p.m. Wednesday. The criminals boarded the train then, and the nightmare started as soon as the train departed for Lucknow.
The men first whipped out locally made pistols and took control of the compartment, frightening the passengers into submission.
'They were eight to 10 in number and each was having three to four pistols,' recalled Abdul Wahab, a passenger.
The men thrashed and looted the passengers of their valuables. Three young men were thrown out of the train when they resisted the gang. The criminals then dragged a 22-year-old woman into a toilet and raped her. The victim was travelling with her mother-in-law
Senior Kerala minister M.V. Raghavan Thursday said the days of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member and leader of the opposition V.S. Achuthanandan are numbered in the party.
'Soon after the forthcoming assembly polls here, Achuthanandan would be thrown out of the CPI-M. If the same yardstick that was applied to me when I was ousted from the CPI-M was followed, Achuthanandan would not have remained in the party till now,' he told reporters here. 'The CPI-M is waiting for the polls to be over before an action against Achuthanandan.'
Achuthanandan has been waging a battle against state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan. His biggest setback came in 1996 when he was billed as the chief minister but lost the assembly election from Mararikulam in Alappuzha district. This loss enabled E.K. Nayanar, who did not even contest the polls then, become the chief minister of Kerala for a third time.
'Today Vijayan has emerged as the clear leader and so Ac
India has launched a three-tonne satellite from French Guiana that promises to revolutionise television services in the country.
The Insat-4A satellite was constructed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
It is carrying 12 Ku band transponders for Direct-to-Home or DTH service and 12 C band transponders that will be used to augment telecom services.
Isro chairman Madhavan Nair says the launch is a "milestone". "India spreads across 3,000km (1,875 miles) and to reach each and every village, satellite technology is the only possible way," Mr Nair said in a post-launch address. Mr Nair hailed the spacecraft as the "most advanced, heaviest and powerful satellite" built by Isro so far.
It was carried into space on a European Ariane-5 rocket, which also delivered a satellite for the meteorological agency, Eumetsat. This is the first satellite in the Insat-4 series.
Although Isro has its own launch vehicle, it does not have the te
A young second generation Indian in the US was asked by his mother to explain the significance of "Diwali" to his younger brother, this is how he went about it...
" So, like this dude had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him. But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kind of a bitch, and she forced her husband to, like, send this cool-dude, he was Ram, to some national forest or something...Since he was going, for like, something like more than 10 years or so.. he decided to get his wife and his bro along...you know...so that they could all chill out together. But Dude, the forest was reeeeal scary shit... really man... they had monkeys and devils and shit like that. But this dude, Ram, kicked ass with darts and bows and arrows... so it was fine. But then some bad gangsta boys, some jerk called Ravan, picks up his babe (Sita) and lures her away to his hood. And boy, was our man, and also his bro, Laxman, pissed...And you don't piss this son-of-a-gun cu
Little Bobby came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted. "Mom, I want a bike for my birthday." Little Bobby was a bit of a troublemaker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Bobby's mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike for his birthday. Little Bobby, of course, thought he did. Bobby's mother wanted Bobby to reflect on his behavior over the last year. "Go to your room, Bobby, and think about how you have behaved this year. Then write a letter to God and tell him why you deserve a bike for your birthday." Little Bobby stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write God a letter. Letter 1 Dear God, I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday. I want a red one. Your friend, Bobby Bobby knew that this wasn't true. He had not been a very good boy this year, so he tore up the le
During an outdoor dinner at a seaside resort near Chennai, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured
everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her
cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, she went about enjoying
herself the rest of the evening.
Her husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm, she
passed away). She had suffered a stroke at the dinner- had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke
Perhaps she would be alive today.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient within
3 hours which is tough. There is nothing more life saving than getting the patient to the hospital in the FIRST
ONE HOUR! The Golden Hour it is now
I got a strange message from Airtel folks in my mobile today... It read.. "Welcome.Account Activated. Pls dial 123 & select language. Your account will automatically get credited with Talk Time. No need to use coupon in pack.".... The message had "AirTel" as its name. Now am not sure if this is a prank or a virus or a real message. Couldn't make out what they were trying to say. Anyone got similar messages or has an explanation??
Even as India rides high on global outsourcing wave, especially in IT/ITES segment, country may suffer setback due to shortage of talent pool. Read more
Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death.
For those who always skip breakfast, you should start kicking that habit now!! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be is avoiding breakfast. Why?
Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6:00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8:00a.m. and 10:00a.m.
What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours? We may have an answer.
Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to cholesterol or laque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.
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Software KING KONG of the World, " Sir William Gates III ", is tapping India in the search for more development partners.
Speaking to more than 5,000 engineers at India's largest developer event, King Bill said that India has been very important to the Volish Empire.
He said Microsoft would invest more than $1.7 billion in the country in four years to deepen its presence in the country. This is what Intel wants to pour into India too.
Gates said that the drive will not just be outsourcing, but will look at the country as a developing market. Microsoft has already launched software in local Indian languages.
It plans to bring out software in more Indian languages since only 5% of the population knows much English.
Forbes is doing a poll titled "Long term, which industry will create the most Indian billionaires?"... Click here to participate... As of now, Software industry stands first and I also casted my vote for "Software industry"
Rajinikanth's much-expected Sivaji hit the floors today (Dec 14) at Hyderabad. The movie, being produced by AVM, is their 168th venture, and brings titans of the industry Shankar and Rajinikanth together. It will be Rajini's ninth film with AVM banner and Shankar's ninth film as a director over all. The film is also important as it is Rajini's next film after the stupendous success of Chandramukhi and Shankar's next project after that record breaking Anniyan. While Shreya plays Rajini's heroine, the movie has Vivek besides rumors that Malayalam hero Mohanlal will be acting in an important role. A R Rehman scores the music while K V Anand cranks the camera. The shooting commenced at a huge set erected at Ramoji Rao Studio in Hyderabad and a song sequence was being shot. The movie is expected for Deepavali release next year.
After getting up from the bed in the evening, I tuned into some news channels to find a report on India's astounding victory over Lankans in the 2nd Test at Kotla... But to my dismay, the news that grabbed the headlines was the outster of Sourav Ganguly from the team for the 3rd test in Ahmedabad... The selectors decision to axe him and replace him with a little known Wasim Jaffer defies all logic! Kiran More, the selection commitee head had himself in previous occassion said that they wont' disturb the winning combination and cited it as a reason for Ganguly's non-inclusion in the One Day team... What do you have to say now Mr. More? An AajTak/HeadlinesToday poll on whether Ganguly's expulsion was right or wong clearly showed the nation's shock & dismay as 75% of the "janta" was against his expulsion... This probably will be the last time we will be seeing Dada in an international match if the selectors have their way. Being a citizen of India who lov
Rajnikanth just celebrated his 56th B'day yesterday... And rightly or wrongly, Times Of India has come up with this Quickie which is rather an insult to the many millions of Rajni fans out there... Or is it actually a comical relief... Read and tell me... :-)
Yes, if the rumours are to be believed, Mohanlal will be taking up that coveted role in the upcoming Shankar directed Rajnikanth flick "Sivaji" which was earmarked for the now bedridden Big B.... Read more
SEA-ME-WE-4, an undersea cable system linking India with the West, which is jointly owned and developed by 16 partners across the world including Bharti and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), was commissioned on Tuesday. Bharti Tele-Ventures president (Infotel) Badri Agarwal made the announcement at a select media briefing in the capital.
Although pricing is a function of the market, the launch of the cable system may see bandwidth rates falling further...
Read more
New Delhi experienced tremors as earthquake shaked north India in the early hours of Tuesday morning . The quake jolted Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.alongwith Delhi and NCR. The loss of life and property has not been known yet, according to a private news channel. The earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir at around 3:17 a.m.
Bangalored is passe, it should be Bengaluru-ed if the chief minister of Karnataka has his ways.... Yes, Bangalore is to be renamed Bengaluru!!
Aghast! If Bombay can become Mumbai, Madras to Chennai, Calcutta to Kolkatta, so too Bangalore dude!
PS: What next?!
Kudos to Aniruddha Bahal (yes, the man behind Tehelka) and his team at Cobrapost for unearthing the misdeeds of 11 MPs of Parliament....
If you are unaware of this sensational story that was aired in Aaj Tak, read this article in TOI.
Cobrapost was created by Aniruddha Bahal after he quit Tehelka and this was in the works for the past 8 months. Click here to read a personal account of Aniruddha Bahal in uncovering this scandal.
It was when Sony Corporation's founder, Akio Morito missed listening to his favourite music while playing golf, that the need for portable music was felt. And Sony introduced the walkman.
Via: Renju
At a recent Computer Expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon". In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics: 1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this. 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in
Hum & Tum walking together.... Hum sees a petite gal and starts ogling at her... Tum: (hits Hum in his head) WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? Hum: Ouch, that hurts. What did I do? I ain't did anything. Tum: Don't lie to me. I know you were ogling at that gal. Hum: Oh, come on. You expect me to blind-fold myself and walk? Tum: Don't talk to me. How dare you look at her! Hum: (curses himself for oggling) Tum: You don't love me at all... Hum: Now, come on. What has love got to do with this. Tum: (acts as if she is crying) I know, I know. You guys are always like this... Hum: (here she starts again, crocodile tears)!! Tum: What are you thinking? Hum: Ahem...Ahem... nothing... nothing. Tum: Dishum Dishum... Dishum Dishum... Dishum Dishum... Hum: (tired of hearing....wishes he had ear buds) Suddenly, an idea sparks in Hum's head... Hum: So, you want to know the truth? Tum: YES! Hum: Well, she reminded me of my sister! (master-stroke) Tum: But you don't have any sisters. Hum:
TEACHER : What is the chemical formula for water?
PAPPU : "HIJKLMNO! "!!
TEACHER : What are you talking about?
PAPPU : Yesterday you said it's H to O !
TEACHER : PAPPU, go to the map and find North America.
PAPPU : Here it is!
TEACHER : Correct. Now, class, who discovered America?
CLASS : PAPPU!
TEACHER : PAPPU, how do you spell "crocodile"?
PAPPU : "K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L"
TEACHER : No, that's wrong
PAPPU : Maybe it's wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!
TEACHER : PAPPU, give me a sentence starting with "I".
PAPPU : I is...
TEACHER : No, PAPPU. Always say, "I am."
PAPPU : All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
TEACHER : "Can anybody give an example of "COINCIDENCE?"
PAPPU : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day, same time."
TEACHER : "George Washington not only chopped down his father's Cherry tree,
but also admitted doing
Somnath is about 5km from Veraval and had a checkered history. It is believed that the Somnath temple here was originally built by Somraj, the Moon God himself, out of gold, and then rebuilt by Ravana in silver and then by Krishna in Wood, then by Bhimdev in stone. Somnath is also known by several other names -- Deo pattan, Prabhas Pattan or Pattan Somnath, which it acquired during its long and eventful history. Somnath was once the most revered shrine in the country, for it had one of the twelve pre-eminent Jyotirlingas (the glowing Lingas), which held a special significance for the Hindus. Somnath's glory and fame are legendary. It is said that people from the remotest parts of the country came to worship at the shrine; revenues collected from ten thousand villages was spent on the maintenance of the temple. Two thousand Brahmins (priests) served the idol and a golden chain attached to a huge bell plate announced the commencement of prayers.
Somnath rose and fell many a t
Demands have long been heard for greater transparency in the way Indian companies do business. Now, matters are about to come to a head. Ready or not, India's public companies must meet a January 1, 2006, deadline to comply with sweeping new corporate governance standards inspired by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S. Are Indian companies ready? According to experts at Wharton and Egon Zehnder, the international executive search firm, the rewards for companies that implement sound corporate governance practices can be large. Read more
Hum & Tum in a restaurant...
Hum: What you want to have?
Tum: Anything, except foods that are spicey or too sweet.
Hum: (eye brows raised) I see, then I think you can order a glass of water.
Tum: Grrrrrrrr.
Hum: Let's order Rumali Roti & Tandoori Chicken (yummy)
Tum: Nope. I will decide what's good for you and me.
Hum: Okay. :-( Go ahead (hands over the menu).
Tum: I think we should go for...hmmm.... let me see...
Hum: Fast yaar, am feeling damn hungry.
Tum: Okay, then we will go ahead with what you ordered.
Hum: (Sigh)!!
Food arrives and Tum goes to wash hands...
Hum couldn't resist the smell of Chicken and invariably takes a piece and eats....
Tum comes back seeing this...
Tum: How dare you eat before I joined you on the table. Don't you know manners.
Hum: Arre yaar, what manners and all between us.
Tum: You don't love me at all. how many times have I waited for you without eating.
Hum: (remembers the last time Tum ate without w
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is all set to marry his friend and an assistant director of 'Lagaan', Kiran Rao. The marriage would take place at the hill station of Panchgani, about 250 km from here, on January one, sources said. The star has booked en entire hotel at Panchgani for the event, which would be attended by who's who of film industry, the sources said. Aamir recently got a divorce from his wife of over a decade, Reena. The actor has two children from her. The actor was seen in Rao's company at several high-profile functions in the city recently.
In a riveting article by AMY WALDMAN of New York Times titled " On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger ", one realizes to the extent to which HIV has spread in India.
"India has at least 5.1 million people living with H.I.V., the second highest number after South Africa. It is, by all accounts, at a critical stage: it can either prevent the further spread of infection, or watch a more generalized epidemic take hold. Global experts worry that India is both underspending on AIDS and undercounting its H.I.V. cases."
Click here to read the full story
Hum calls up Tum
Hum: Hey howdie, what's up?
Tum: Haachee!! Not feeling well, having cold & fever.
Hum: Acho! All coz of this bad weather!
Tum: And coz of the ice cream that you insisted I should have last week.
Hum: But that was a week before!
Tum: Whatever... hacheee... coz of that only.
Hum: How bad it is?
Tum: If I go thru like this, I will die soon!
Hum: (sighs in his mind) Come on, nothing will happen. Let's go to a doctor.
Tum: Doctor? No way, not for such silly things.
Hum: (sighs happily looking at his wallet) Oh, okay!
Tum: What okay! You don't care for me. Am so sick and you are not even bothered to take me to a hsptl.
Hum: But.. but..
Tum: What but... but.. I know all these guys are selfish.
Hum: Hey, I asked you whether you need to go to a hospital na.
Tum: So, what. As a patient, I will say no only. You will have to convince me.
Hum: Okay!
Cut to the hospital...
Dr. checks up Tum and gives a big list of anti-biotics and paracetamol
Bill Gates will be on a four day visit to India starting today.... Will he be fourth time lucky in trying to attract the Indian government from going the Linux way?? Last time around, he through some billions through his Melinda-Gates foundation to try and woo the Indians... Click here to see a detailed itinerary of his visit... by the way, he is also planning to visit Chennai , danks to Mr. Maran...
All of you who want to sing the FAMOUS "AUTO KARAN"(auto man) song! Here is the LYRICS! Have fun! [ Esp. non tamilians!! ;)] now u have a song to sing along at the next regional fest! I AM AUTOFELLOW I am autofellow autofellow Four knowing route fellow Justice having rate fellow Good people mix fellow Nice singing song fellow Gandhi borning country fellow Stick take means hunter fellow Big people's relation fellow Mercy having mind fellow da I am all poor's relative fellow da I am always poor people's relative fellow da Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only Town become big, population become big Bus expecting, half age over Life become hectic in time, exist in corner of street Ada eye beat means love coming they telling You hand clap means auto coming I telling Front coming look, this three-wheel chariot Good come and arrive, you trust and climb up Mercy having mind fellow da I am always poor people's rel
The Mozilla Foundation yesterday released Firefox 1.5, the latest version of its popular Web browser.... For more info and download, check the left panel of this blog...
MALAYALEES
One Malayalee is a narial-pani shop.
Two Malayalees is a boat race.
Three Malayalees is a Gulf job racket.
Four Malayalees is an oil slick.
TAMILIANS
One Tamilian is a fugitive sandalwood smuggler.
Two Tamilians is a suicide-bomb squad.
Three Tamilians is a classical music school.
Four Tamilians is a Jayalalitha fan club.
ANDHRAITES
One Andhraite is a cycle-rickshaw driver.
Two Andhraites is a spice shop.
Three Andhraites is a Naxalite outfit.
Four Andhraites is the Telugu film industry.
BENGALIS
One Bengali is a rosagulla shop.
Two Bengalis is a black-and-white movie.
Three Bengalis is a Mohun Bagan support group.
Four Bengalis is a Marxist movement.
RAJASTHANIS
One Rajasthani is a cattle-seller.
Two Rajasthanis is a mason.
Three Rajasthanis is a puppet show.
Four Rajasthanis is a folk dance-drama.
PUNJABIS/SARDARJI
One Punjabi is a truck driver.
Two Punjabis is one bottle of whisky in one night.
Three Punjabis is a public fist-fight.
G. Balachandar of Business Standard has written an in-depth article on the impact the BPO/ITeS industry had on the state of Tamil Nadu in 2005.... Excerpts from the article: "Tamil Nadu is today among the most preferred destinations for global sourcing in India. The year 2005 has turned out to be a watershed for the information technology (IT) and informatic technology enabled services (ITES) sectors in the state. The two segments are witnessing unprecedented boom in the state. The state capital, Chennai, now houses all of the top 10 Indian IT companies’ either one or multiple production centers. A major encouraging feature of this boom is that medium-sized companies are also witnessing higher growth. Industry experts feel that unveiling of the state’s ‘IT Enabled Services (ITES) policy’ and offering a slew of incentives with the intention of making Tamil Nadu the global outsourcing capital will provide major thrust to the IT and outsourcing sector. Many agree that quality of