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Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam crunches as ‘Cultural Terrorism’ takes over magnum opus of Indian Cinema

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A still from the Vishwaroopam Follow @twitter Vishwaroopam. Similar to its name and feel is a big budget movie written, produced, directed and even acted in lead role by none other than magnum opus of Tamil (moreover World) cinema. The finest and most sensible actor as superstar Rajnikanth puts it was about to take Tamil cinema to a next level with his vision and a world class project as this. But what followed was alarmingly disturbing as well as uninvited and unexpected after its release date. In the very beginning when Kamal Haasan unwrapped his novel plan to boost the economy of his project in which he has possibly invested almost all his property of lifetime got setback when theatre owners refused to screen the film citing a possible narrow hit their revenue might face if Kamal went with his ideas. Kamal Haasan actually dreamt to air Vishwaroopam on DTH platforms hours before its release in the theatres. Irk of theatre owners almost halted Kamal's brainchild

Shah Rukh Khan - We all stand tall in solidarity with you. Live on...

Anticipated 2013 has not begun so well for the world. Be it Syrian outrage, hostage crisis or banning a class apart film, making fuss out of an interview at home turf. Some people for sure are getting intolerable! An actor not just known penchantly but reckoned with worldwide fervour provides one first person interview to a magazine and whole lot of things develop. Shah Rukh Khan in an interview which actually was in connection with the 9/11 attacks states that because of his last name which falls in security list of Airport officials of many western countries, he has been caught up in vivid problems. Real drama was yet to unfold! Khan gets associated with Muslim - an islamic religion which again somehow catches eyeballs of Pakistan. Some nemesis like 26/11 mastermind Hafeez Saeed jump the gun and invites SRK into Pakistan citing more safer environment in Pak! One wonders with SAFER PAKISTAN!! Is it really safer? World knows better... His statement irks Indian states

Dung beetles use stars for orientation!

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Researchers gave dung beetles caps to block out light. An insect with a tiny brain and minimal computing power has become the first animal proven to use the Milky Way for orientation. Scientists from South Africa and Sweden have published findings showing the link between dung beetles and the spray of stars which comprises our galaxy. Although their eyes are too weak to distinguish individual constellations, dung beetles use the gradient of light to dark provided by the Milky Way to ensure they keep rolling their balls in a straight line and don't circle back to competitors at the dung pile. "The dung beetles don't care which direction they're going in; they just need to get away from the bun fight at the poo pile," said Professor Marcus Byrne from Wits University. The dung beetle is the first animal proven to use the Milky Way for orientation. Byrne and his team previously proved that dung beetles use the sun, the moon and polarised li

Karnataka BJP on election spree, inaugurates what's not inaugurable!

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The painter busy in painting the college building hours before state Education Minister Kageri's arrival at Karwar. Others busy at various tasks. Government works are at God's mercy is a statement on prehistoric stones. And as Karwar's Government degree college is getting ready for State Education Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri’s welcome for inauguration function of a new building which has already started its functioning a year before without even its completion is a dubious question mark on part of College officials as well as State BJP government which is on election spree as elections are due in next months. The above picture taken afresh in the morning at exactly 9:50 AM of inauguration day of 18 January, 2013 hours before the planned function is one vital proof of hectic chaos organizers are going through in the very morning of due date when all works were meant to be completed. As stage is getting prepared inside, the drill sound

Swami Vivekananda's 1893 Chicago speech

On Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary, here's the full text of his famous Chicago speech through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago in 1893. September 11, 1893 Sisters and Brothers of America It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. l thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions; and I thank you in the name of the millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects. My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration,

Suspected tablet Thief Posts His Photo on Victim's Facebook Page!

One alleged tablet thief in South Africa may be the newest addition to our list of dumb criminals caught through Facebook. James and Barbara McCall experienced a recent spate of burglaries at their guesthouse in Hillcrest, KwaZula-Natal, and found their Samsung tablet missing after the latest incident, South Africa-based IOL News reported. Upon discovering the theft, McCall changed the login passwords for his social networks; that's when he saw a man's photo had been uploaded to his wife's Facebook page. He said he believes the man is one of the burglars. "He probably did not realize he was doing it. Usually you never log off from a tablet, so it could have happened quite quickly." McCall handed the photo over to police, but so far, no arrests have been made. Courtesy: mashable.com Follow at www.twitter.com/meetdheeraj

Dheeraj Kalgutkar's photostream

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Dheeraj Kalgutkar's photostream on Flickr.

Kingston Introduces the World's First & Fastest 1TB USB Flash Drive

Remember when USB flash drives had the capacity of a couple megabytes? Those times are long gone, as Kingston introduced what they claim is the world's first 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0, as it's called, has read/write speeds of up to 240MB/s and 160MB/s, boasting SuperSpeed USB 3.0 certification. The drive is available in 512GB capacity right now, while the 1TB version is expected to hit the market in Q1 2013. The price for the 512GB is a whopping $1,750, meaning the 1TB variant will likely be too expensive for, well, almost everyone. For less demanding users, Kingston has also launched slower and smaller USB drives, with capacities of 32GB and 64GB and read/write speeds of 150MB/s and 70MB/s. Courtesy: Mashable.com

Delhi Gang Rape: Is Juvenile Justice Act a law to reform culprits or meek provision to flourish heinous crimes?

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The Delhi police on Thursday filed the largest charge sheet of all time in Saket court regarding the brutal gang rape that unfolded in a moving bus of capital. After a week of protests that ran across the states of India cutting every possible divide, police have ensured that every possible section of Indian Penal Code is used to provoke stringent 'possible' punishment for beasts that shocked the conscience of humanity across the globe.   The accused have been charged under sections 302 (murder), 376 (gangrape), 377 (unnatural offence), 201 (destruction of evidence), 307 (attempt to murder), 365 (kidnapping or abduction with intent to secretly or wrongfully confine a person), 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 396 (dacoity with murder) and 34 (common intention). The Delhi Brave Heart named 'Nirbhaya' by a leading national daily for the courage and confidence she showed for almost 13 days has breathed her last at Mt. Elizabeth Ho

Bare provisions of the juvenile justice act which saved Delhi's brutal minor!

The followings are the provisions which came to rescue of a criminal who  allegedly   channelized  the Delhi Gang Rape the way it unfolded... 15. Order that may be passed regarding juvenile.- (1) Where a Board is satisfied on inquiry that a juvenile has committed an offence, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Board may, if it thinks so fit, (a) allow the juvenile to go home after advice or admonition following appropriate inquiry against and counselling to the parent or the guardian and the juvenile; (b) direct the juvenile to participate in group counselling and similar activities; (c) order the juvenile to perform community service; (d) order the parent of the juvenile or the juvenile himself to pay a fine, if he is over fourteen years of age and earns money; (e) direct the juvenile to be released on probation of good conduct and placed under the care of any parent, guardian or other fit pe