Seven-week `ban' on non-Kannada films

In the age where competition is considered good, Kannada film walahs want competition to be abolished and they be given a free hand. Do they think this will make the masses to see the Kannada films or what??

Some of their demands are :-
o Non-Kannada films should be released only after 12 weeks of their release in the respective States.

o 100 per cent entertainment tax on all non-Kannada films re-imposed

o all Kannada films should be given a subsidy of Rs. 5 lakhs each in addition to the subsidy of Rs. 10 lakhs being given to qualified films.

Moving from License 'Raj' era to 'Raj' Kumar era or what!!

25 Aug Update : This is not going to happen, atleast for the time being!

Orkut Error Message

Now-a-days Orkut is behaving erratically. Many times I get Google Server error or some other error.
I got this one today.

At 25, Mohini Bhardwaj is senior citizen of U.S. gymnasts

Mohini Bharadwaj's comeback story!!
US-Team won silver medal much to her credit..Great show!!


Well, I prefer to be like calvin than Mohini:-)

Bad day for India at Athens

First the news of Prathima's +ve dope test ..
Then lee & mahesh losing out at the Semis...
India losing the hockey match at the eleventh hour....

Hope something good happens in athletics..Lot of expectations from Anju George on Long jump.


Probably somebody else should take the blame for doping issue:-)

We won!!

Our team (Hawaiian Eagles) won the team competition with highest points collected over many games. Prize was Devil T-Shirt. Had lot of Booze there.

Not sure how Bill Watterson knows everything. He predicted correctly how grown-ups are going to recreate!!

Serious Fun @ Golden Palms

Tomorrow (on the auspicious day of Friday the 13th) we're gonna have some serious fun at a nearby resort. By the way this is were Hrithik got married and I saw that news on the day I landed here in Banglore, Dec 19 2001?, for my TII preview trip.

How to increase the visibility

Guys/Gals, whoever is reading this page,

How do I increase the visibility of this page.
Obviously I'm not writing this to be read by me alone!!
Thinking of dropping a line to Anita to include me in indiBlog directory..but doubt if thats really gonna work fast and effective..
Probably I should drop some comments in others blog..

Any other ideas, welcome..

Why weBLOG?

Thens had put up the following in his site :-

"I always wondered why people blog. I still havent had a convincing answer."

I quote part of a article :-
"What makes blogs so effective? They're free. They catch people at work, at their desks, when they're alert and thinking and making decisions. Blogs are fresh and often seem to be miles ahead of the mainstream news. Bloggers put up new stuff every day, all day, and there are thousands of them. How are you going to keep anything secret from a thousand Russ Kicks? Blogs have voice and personality. They're human. They come to us not from some mediagenic anchorbot on an air-conditioned sound stage, but from an individual. They represent — no, they are — the voice of the little guy.

The human voice – raw or polite, opinionated, silly or serious and free of corporate restraint – that’s what catches my attention when I’m trolling through blogs. The blogs I go back to again and again are those who’s voice I can relate to. Can blogs have a voice? Yeah, as much any mostly written medium can. Some people are better writers than others, but that’s not the cut off for me. I’m looking for real people who have things to say that interest me. As the Times article points out: “In a way, blogs represent everything the Web was always supposed to be: a mass medium controlled by the masses, in which getting heard depends solely on having something to say and the moxie to say it. "



simply put, it's just place to put something that you wanted to say to somebody who's willing to hear you.

F1 2005 - Drivers Jump Teams

Lot of F1 Drivers are changing their teams for 2005 season.

Button : From BAR to BMW-Willams
Webber : Jaguar to BMW-Willams
Montoya : BMW to Mclaren
Ralf S : BMW to Toyota
Fisichella : Sauber to Renault
Truli : Renault to Toyota???
Coulthard : Mclaren to ???

I hope that 2005 season turns out to be interesting and competitive..
2004 has been a white-wash(should I say Red-wash) by Ferrari, though there were some good races, Especially the Germany race where Button came back from 13th spot to take 2nd place.

Thenappan Meyyappan

Thens has started blogging!

A Small Poem - Sums up our Life

In the confines of cubicles by artificial light,
Sipping coffee from the machines day and night.
Speaking on phones , in meetings we sit.
Staring the monitor, the keyboard(s) we hit.
Far away from loved ones whom for days we do not meet.
Remembering them, working, on our seat.
This is life for us,
Working away from homes and loved ones in places afar.
What a life, techies we are.

-Via Indrajit(Email)

Thanks Jeet, this compensated my frustration:-)

I am Justice - Tarot says

I am Justice Justice is a signal to do what needs to be done. A time comes when responsibilities must be accepted, and accounts settled. The past will continue to haunt you if you do not recognize your mistakes and make amends for them. You will need to weigh matters carefully and perhaps make important decisions about your future course.

Predictions for me based on my BDay by a Tarot(er) site..
Well..I dont give a damn much to this...

It's midnight

It's midnight and I'm sitting in front of this idiot box!!Not doing anything!!
What more crazy thing you want in your work?
Bloody hell to the customer who wants fast release!
Bloody hell to the IT guys who cant make my us-comp work!!
Bloody hell to the Magma for having cocktail event in today's MUSIC and making me drink!!!
Bloody hell to everyone else who is enjoying their midnight sleep!!!!

Only Calvin can save me :-(

I Dont Believe This!

I dont believe that I'm spending more than 75% of my time infront idiot box (TV) and its half-brother computer. Oh God! I hope this problem doesn't happen to even my enemies!

Sitting in front of the computer doing Make cmd and letting the computer make things..what a world is this..Lets hope I do spend time on some outdoor activity!


Not sure i need more excitement or less !!!

Keep checking this page!

Alok has starting his blog..so am i!!
Rambling tales of woe

Welcome to the blog world!

(Am I going to write anything other than these stuff or not:-) )