Goli Bonda, Medu wada , brinjal bhajji, manglore bhajji, bun (filling sabji n bun), mirchi bhaji...
Only coconut chutney.. no rocket or green chutney or meetha chutney..
Also I dint fine the Goti Soda, there were some local Sodas n Jal Jeera Drinks :))
I normally drink 2 cups the taste of the coffee is so great that you just cant be satisfied with one cup :))
This coffee beats the shit out of CCD or Barista anyday... I wish there was a chain of Filter or Davra Coffee shops around India...Siva Bhai' are you listening :))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_filter_coffee
I juss love the Jeetu- Jayaprada- Sridevi - Bappi da Combo.... You can never be low or depressed in life if you watch Jeetu bhai's dance moves in his white psued shoes and the Bappida music with the taiyooo inserted at will.
Check out these classics and bring in your white shoes
South India's fascination for Shakeela ceases to amaze me...she is undisputed B grade film queen :))
Its too early to share gyan and inputs or pass a judgement on the city, first impressions are city is clean and neat, food is ok, travel is bit of problem... but more analysis later.. check out the pics :))
For all those you who were wondering where I had disappeared or was hiding, I'm Back.
I was tied up with something the world considers one of the most important things in life after the SSC Exams, I got engaged on 2nd June 2007 to a special person named Deepthi,
You can say hello to Deepthi on her Orkut page, she is on my Friends list :))
Apart from getting engaged I saw a few movies
Shootout at Lokhandwala 2.5/5
Metro 3/5
Cheeni Kum 3.5/5
Baaki I Meet up with a few long lost friends & dear friends, cleaned my room (well partially), started eating healthier food, Invested in a Stock :))
Well that about it, Shall scribble more as I have time on hand.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12445:desert-diaries---inside-the-private-world-of-hrh-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-al-saud-&Itemid=1
A very nice article about the prince, his portfolio of investments, his portfoio journey from USD 30,000 to 23 Bn USD.
I like his investment style and admire his fundas and rationale of investments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_bin_Talal
Prince Alwaleed's Portfolio
1. Al Azizia Commercial Investment Company
2. Apple Computers Inc.
3. Arab Palestinian Investment Company Ltd. (APIC)
4. Ballast Nedam N.V.
5. Canary Wharf Group pls
6. Citigroup
7. Consulting Clinics
8. Disneyland Resort Paris
9. eBay Inc.
10. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
11. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza
12. Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris
13. Four Seasons Hotel London
14. Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
15. International Financial Advisors K.S.C.C. (IFA)
16. Kingdom Hospital
17. Kingdom Agricultural Development Company (KADCO)
18. Kingdom Centre
19. Kingdom City
20. Kingdom Holding Company
21. Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI)
22. Kingdom Schools
23. Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management Company (KZAM)
24. Kodak Corporation
25. Kuwait Invest Holding Company
26. Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC)
27. Motorola
28. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
29. National Industrialisation Company
30. News Corporation
31. Palestine Development & Investment Ltd. (PADICO)
32. Pepsi Co.
33. Plaza Hotel New York
34. Priceline.com
35. Rotana Audiovisual
36. Saks Fifth Avenue
37. Samba Financial Group
38. The Procter & Gamble Company
39. The Savola Group
40. The Walt Disney Company
41. Time Warner Inc.
via ArabianBusiness.com
Souq Waqif aka Irani Souq is a awesome place that takes you back in time, spices, Sheesha Cafes, Handicrafts, Honey, Traditional gears, Boats and Furniture's, Antiques & Collections, Toys, Coffee & Tea, Arabic Cuisines...Live music and performances every Friday evening..
There is also a Donkey Ride for Kids :)
A must visit if you are in Doha.
Check out all the pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bombaylives/
Mid-Day believes so...
http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2007/may/157084.htm
teri subah kah rahi hai, teri raat ka fasana..
Pun Intended : Got this Email Fwd :)
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Victor Banerjee, Shruti Seth,Jaaved Jaffrey
I wont give you any spoiler or synopsis on the Movie but the movie is a cool, watchable, neatly shot n made, good songs, great Racing.
Some Reasons to watch Ta Ra Rum Pum
Venice in the heart of a desert?
Villagio is a mall themed on Venice, located near Hyatt Plaza and the Khalifa Sports City.
Cover Story on today's MumbaiMirror
BMC offers Mumbaikars Rs 5 for every rat they kill; there are 9 crore rats, so that’s Rs 45 cr up for grabs.
45 Cr Rupees or 10 Million Dollars is huge booty... I wont be surprised if people start breeding rats in their houses to claim rewards or import rat tails from other states.
The best place for hunt rats is Churchgate Railway Station tracks there are over a zillion rats each the size of cats, I am sure there would be territorial wars between underworld gangs over this Rat Mania..
When I was a kid I heard government giving Black n White TV for catching 1000 rats or something..I wonder if the would restart the scheme with Flat Screen and Plasma Screens :))
Read the whole story here
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=15&contentid=20070503024739546f85f78f8
Download this pps to view really cool old pics of Bombay
http://satish.vijaykumar.googlepages.com/Mumbai-Historical.pps
| Banking/Finance | CMP |
| RELCAP | 717.5 |
| YESBAN | 151.15 |
| Cement | |
| BIRCOR | 237.55 |
| JKCEME | 153 |
| Construction | |
| HINCON | 97.5 |
| Consumer Durables | |
| TTKPRE | 120.95 |
| WHIIND | 27.95 |
| Engineering/Capital Goods | |
| BIRYAM | 27.45 |
| FMCG | |
| ESSPAC | 72.4 |
| Information Technology | |
| COMSYS | 22.5 |
| GEOSOF | 129 |
| KALCON | 100.5 |
| MASSYS | 353 |
| MOSBAE | 357.1 |
| SARELE | 127 |
| Media/Entertainment | |
| BALTEL | 165.55 |
| PRIFOC | 560.1 |
| Others | |
| ADHMET | 47.95 |
| HINFC | 585 |
| SANIND | 78.05 |
| TRIGLA | 38.9 |
| Pharmaceuticals | |
| TASPHA | 57.7 |
| Power | |
| POWTRA | 56.65 |
| Telecom/Telecom Equipment | |
| VINTEL | 90 |
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
As If the notice wasn't funny enough, some smartass decided to add his skills to the fun :))
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The reviews and feedbacks from freinds have been good and hence I wanna watch them ASAP and before everyone bugs me with the storyline.
I am off to get hold of the DVD's :))
When : April 23rd to April 26th, 2007
Where : Sheraton hotel Doha, Qatar
What : http://www1.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D3962F13-3693-4D6D-B78B-C3CAF9E1177C.htm
Why : Al Jazeera is quite bold and taken on issues normally untouched by the world media. I think its would a good experience to check out some of the documentaries.
I wanna watch Images you didn’t see by Anand Patwardhan, its banned in India. I tried calling on the Phone numbers given at the site for details but dint get any response so dashed an email to them for the Tickets rates.
You can try calling these numbers.
Tel: +974 - 4670049
Tel-Fax: +974 - 4651454
Email: festival@aljazeera.net
Update : Aljazeera just replied back, Entry is FREE :)
Got this email forward :))
* Local calls are free
* Petrol is cheaper than water, Payment for drainage too
* Any building construction finishes in 3 months
* Unqualified get more salary than Qualified
* Show-off matters more than real quality & performance
* Laborers are paid less than what they can earn back in their own country
* Companies can kick out their employees without any reason
* Wastas (recommendation) are more powerful than money
* Cleaners have more Wasta than officers
* Watchman has more Rights than the Building Owner
* Office boy & Drivers have more influence on Boss than Manager
* Gulf climate changes so fast, in one hour u can see raining, dust storm, hot / humid / chilling weather
* Gulf is located in desert, still u find greenery everywhere
* If u can't earn money in the Gulf, u can't earn anywhere in the world * In Gulf, time goes very fast, Friday to Friday comes u never know, its sooo fast
* Every bachelor has a dream of getting married and buying a house in India
* U love your parents, friends, relatives 100 times more than when you were together
* Being at home is more painful than being at work
* Indians appear/pretend to be more religious/God fearing than they really are
* Theatres are full of Arab nationals whenever there is a movie of Salman / Sharukh
* Gulf girls sing Hindi songs but don't understand anything
* Prostitutes available, but cheaper than beggars
* Dance Bars and Pubs more than that in B'lore
* A ladies hair saloon every 5 meters
* Food/Grocery delivery to the car
* A Starbucks every 10 meters
* Hard Rock Cafe with no alcohol
* A Shopping Mall located every 5km
* Highway lanes differentiated for slow & fast drivers
* Getting a license is more difficult than getting a car
* Smashed cars are more than bugs
* Parking charge: 2 Dirham for 1 hour - 5 Dirham for 2 hours & so on
* No Queues for women
TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN GULF:
* GREEN : Signal to go for Americans, Europeans and Indians
* YELLOW : Signal to go for Egyptian
The Explosion called Sivaji will be released on May 17th 2007.
Keep your thinking hats and brains at home and yenjaai the Audio Video, Spzl Fx Dhamaka of the Boss himself :))
Sivaji: The Boss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dont have the details of the person or which station the accident happened but this guy survived the ordeal.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200704140116.html
Unlike in the 70's where Idi Amin asked his country to throw the Indians out , this time the government & President is sane and is calling for peace and restoring order.
The current conflict
The mob was protesting at the move by the Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (Scoul), part of the Indian-owned Mehta group, to expand its sugar estates by cutting the Mabira rain forest- one of Uganda's last remaining patches of natural forest
The government gave The Mehta group the Mabira Forest despite protests from Ugandans who say that large part of the forest would be cleared off creating an environmental problem.
Most Desis are well off compared to the locals which further fuels the crises, and the inaction of the Indian embassy and government make life for desis really difficult in Uganda.
Some Gyan
About Idi Amin, the earlier president of Uganda who expelled Indians after a dream where God told him to expel desis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin
S&P GCC Composite index, which comprises 151 companies across five Gulf States, had an unadjusted market capitalisation of more than $110 billion as at March 27, 2007, representing nearly one-third of the total capitalisation of the five GCC member markets.
The market weightings in the GCC are as follows: UAE 20.2%; Kuwait 54.4%; Qatar 13.6%; Bahrain 6.4%; Oman 5.4%.
The five new country indices - S&P/IFCI Bahrain, S&P/IFCI Kuwait, S&P/IFCI Oman, S&P/IFCI Qatar, S&P/IFCI United Arab Emirates - in addition to a GCC Composite Index - include only stocks to which foreign, non-GCC residents have unrestricted rights to trade and hold.
I personally think that Indians inspite of being 50% of the population in the GCC region havent been able to participate in the Stock markets for reasons both legal and business wise. I think things will change for the good and I think the GCC stocks which are at thier lowest levels may see some good times soon afterall thier economies are speaking for itself, now its time for the indices to speak .
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperation_Council_for_the_Arab_States_of_the_Gulf
In Qatar, a widely-circulated SMS text message spread panic amongst the population, claiming that over one million melons had been smuggled into the country, injected with the Aids virus, reports The Peninsula
After investigation, the The Ministry of Interior sent out the following statement. "During the past 24 hours there was a circulation of rumour through SMS text messages saying one million melons injected with AIDS virus have been smuggled into Qatar through Al Shamal road. The Ministry of Interior confirms what have been stated in the SMS messages is false and did not come from any official source. We think there is no justification for the circulation of this SMS or cause of worry because of this false rumour", the statement issued to media said. The Ministry also flashed its statement through SMS texts to the immediately available mobile numbers."
Update: According to Judeooscope, a similar text message is spreading through Saudi Arabia ,claiming melons entering the kingdom from Israel are infected with AIDS causes frenzy.
I'm sure this news would make all melon eaters happy now that Summer is here :).
Go to Google Maps http://maps.google.com and enter a search from any
North America city (New York, Chicago, Toronto, etc) to a European city
(London or Paris work best). Let Google search out the directions and
then look on the list. Go down until you reach the part about crossing
the Atlantic Ocean.
Someone at Google has a sense of humour! ;)
Via Chirag's funnyjunta :)
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/10face.htm
Nice article on Mark Zuckerberg, the 22nd yr old founder of Facebook.
Its high time we Indian made something real cool .. Sabeer Bhatia & Rajesh Jain seem so retro, we need to develop cooler products like those in Israel or Silicon Valley on a regular basis.
The only thing that came out of the Indian garage is Naukri.com
WTF is facebook : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
My Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/p/Satish_Vijaykumar/741165363
Everybody has come place called home This is my home, Bombay. I would not live anywhere else if I was paid five month's salary in a lumpsum
- Busybee
Like all Bombayites I read the Afternoon only for Busybee's article on the last page, after his death I stopped reading Afternoon except on the rareTuesday's when my Dad asked me to get one for the Stock Market Supplement.
What RK Laxman's Common man was to India, Busybee & Mario's Cartoon was to Bombay, He was an icon who truly personified Bombay. His articles were simple,funny and crisp and always a real Bombay feeling to it.
I have a book of his articles since the day he started Afternoon, a must read for every passionate Bombayite.
Its 6 years since he died, Afternoon has a tribute
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=April2007_inbombay_standard12583
Busybee lives Forever
http://www.busybeeforever.com/
Wiki on Busybee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behram_Contractor
Though I dont agree with Tehelka's findings but it surely shows who is in control in Bombay.
The Result
| One month down.. two to go! Just in case you weren't aware, just over a month ago (28th Feb, 2007), I finally departed La Restinga after a few aborted attempts, and am now on my way rowing solo to Antigua. I'm about a third of the way across the Atlantic at the moment. To read my latest posts please visit; http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/bhavik/ Sincerely, Bhavikemail: mail@bhavik.com |
One of the most common topics that one hears from Expats in Qatar is that all want to do some side business to supplement their income due to lower or none savings due to risings rents and inflation. Everyone from a Pathan to Kasargod Malbari to Lebanese expat to Delhite has a business plan which he intends to do or already done it.
I am the usual suspect when my friends have ideas and offbeat business plans mostly over Sheesha, Alcool or Tea I respect everyone's ideas, dreams and I see to it that whatever lil inputs I can give makes common sense and doesn't sound disrespectful.
I can't share the names of my friends as it could hamper their current job profiles, I shall use abbreviations like all the Gulf Newspapers.
Its seems easy for someone for think hey India this stuff is so cheap lemme try to import this and flood the Qatari market & vice versa, then the million dollar question is if it was so easy why isn't everyone doing it are you the only wise guy in town?
But then there will always be arbitrage opportunities around the world including risky things like Blood Diamonds or Blood Cocoa , what the next El Dorado will be is anyone's bet :)
As for myself I am happy doing my lil stock investments but am open to small ideas like Buying & plying 4-5 Rickshaws in Bombay, Microfinance, Investing in a T-shirt Design Co, Doing an Online Flea Market to Re-entering the commodity markets after my
http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2007/april/154663.htm
Doha needs atleast 5000 more taxis, I wish I could import some Khali-peelis from Bombay :)
Now the million dollar question is if you had money where would you put your money in this chaos... Or Would you not??
Else you can listen to "Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith, Things havent changed much since 1993 when Aersmith tried to tackle world issues :)
Peace . \w/
This is a picture taken directly above these camels in the desert.
It is considered one of the best pictures of the year 2005.
Look closely, the camels are the little white lines in the picture.
The black you see is just the shadows.
Two most powerful personalities one from past history and other from recent history
Indira Gandhi (For creating Bangladesh)
and ........
Hanuman.... (Not destroying Lanka completely) :) p.s Juss a joke, I have Gr8 Bangla and Lankan Friends, chill :)
My friend Veena who just moved to Chennai from Bombay wanted to do something from home on the Internet. I couldn't think of any thing other than starting a Blog & adding Google Adsense to it ( which may or maybe give you any revenues) & Being a Merchant on Ebay, Buy stuff from X place and sell online at a profit.
The Net seems like a cool place to buy/sell/ hedge for Stocks, Futures, Gambling & Investments but there aint much avenues for someone to sit at home and supplement an income.
In US they have the following categories of work
Data Entry
Document Coding
Virtual Assistants
Legal Transcription
Medical Transcription
Customer Service Reps
Freelance Writers
Proofreaders
Editors
Translators
Telemarketers
Online Tutors
I wonder how many of these are there or could be replicated in India?
I will try to compile a list of things what Net Savvy Person in India can do from Home apart from the above things ,Also I would appreciate if you could give pointers on the same.
Watch this space, shall put the list up soon.
Jayalalitha stages day-long fast over Cauvery water row
I nearlly fell off my chair with my Coffee.
Whole of Qatar looks like the Red Planet with thick reddish dust haze all around.. High speed winds with dust particles are a lethal forces and hurt your eyes and injure you with debris.
I shall post pics as I shoot them but risking my camera lens wont be so prudent :)
Satelite pic courtesy NASA, The lil peninsula is Qatar.
I admire him for his ability to enter and exit business at great speeds, He is a future Dhirubhai in the making . He also holds substantial stake in Tata Tele Services and Idea, One might wanna buy their stocks and sleep over it.
I'm gonna keep a track of his futures games and investments.
Siva's games so far :-
• 1995: Applied for Tamil Nadu telecom licence
• 1997-98: Launched Aircel
• March 1998: Incorporated Dishnet DSL, the country’s first DSL internet provider
• Dec 2003: Bought 79% equity stake in RPG Cellular in Chennai for Rs 210 cr
• February 2004: Agreed to sell 33% stake in TN Mercantile Bank to the Nadars for Rs 130 cr
• March 2004: Sold the internet service division of DishnetDSL Limited to VSNL for Rs 270 cr
• April 2004: Bought 65.4% equity stake Barista coffee chain from Turner Morrison for Rs 30 cr and the Tata group
• August 2004: Dishnet Wireless bought Unified Access Service Licences for seven eastern circles at Rs 300 crore.
• 2005: Entered health food business with Aiwo - a health food chain were low-calorie food cooked in olive oil
• 2005: Bought out RPG Cellular Limited for Rs 208 cr and renamed it Aircel Cellular
• Dec 2005: Sold 100% stake to Maxis and Reddy’s combine for $1.8b giving Maxis access to 628 million subscribers in India
• Jan 5 2006: DTH television JV with Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL)
• March 2007 Sold Barista stake to Lavazza of Italy for Rs 480 crores
Not bad for a guy who started as a fabricator in Madras Refineries :)
Data : Wikipedia.org
ब्लॉगर का नया फंदा
एकदम कूल , बोले थो एकदम ठण्डा... ई ऍम लोविंग इत !!
ब्लॉगर को एक जप्पी देना पड़ेगा :)
http://www.iff-mumbai.org/
100 movies for 500 bucks, register to get a pass.
Movies shown at Imax, YB Chavan and Fun republic.
Some highlights are Hrishida's Anuradha, Golmaal, Chupke Chupke & Anand, It should be fun to watch it on the Big Screen 70 mm experience.
Also showing are Mira Nair's Namesake and many other cool movies
The movie list
http://www.iff-mumbai.org/html/iffm/tempiffm.asp
Thanks DD
Special Pune Signboard on Holi.
The signboard at Premier Supply Company says, "Please note that Wet notes with Holi colours won't be accepted. Don't argue." Typical Puneri (city) style. Sarcastic and in your face.
This is one of the many reasons I love Poona :)
thanks Chirayu.
There is one thing the great Sunny Gavaskar used to always comment whenever our slip fielders dropped catches, whenever it was slashed hard by the opponent batsmen outside the off stump "Its the timing of the jump that's important.. not too early not too late.. Its the timing of the jump my friend"
I always remembered that even while standing lazily as a keeper or in the slip and even with the Stock Markets.
I entered when the Markets were at 3000 fell to 2500 and the roller coaster ride to 14500 and back now.... I have managed to get in and get out a few times lucky, Right now the market seems damn tempting to plunge but I'm reminded of Sunny's great words..
I will watch the action from the Pavilion and maybe enter in a few months.
What are your views on the markets and the Sexy Sensex do feel free to scribble in the comments.
Q:why are majority of south Indians are dark in color?
A; Because we watch Sun TV, Surya TV,Udaya TV without applying sunscreen lotion.......
This is a cool service by QPost for 15 QR, you can write postcard to someone or fool your loved ones that you're some Big Shot Shiekh :))
With the world Markets crashing Mr. Doom aka Marc Faber seems to have got it right, I think I also seemed to have done the right thing.
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