Hindu brings Muslim Neighbor's body back to Kashmir for Burial

Last updated on: April 27, 2006 at 11:30 pm By Desh Kapoor

When Zia-ul-Haq and his cronies, the main men behind starting the Kashmir militancy - would have or will stand up there to answer for their deeds.. such acts will weigh really heavy against them!! In an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, a Kashmiri migrant brought the body of a Muslim neighbour who died in Jammu for burial here. Abdul Rahim Zargar, who was living in a rented house in Janipur area of Jammu, died on Wednesday after a prolonged illness and his body was brought to his ancestral home by his neighbour, Sanjay Koul. Incidentally, Koul also lived in the same localiity in downtown city as that of Zargar - Habbakadal. He had migrated to Jammu after militancy erupted in 1990. Read more

Indian workers' Dubai dream turns sour!!

Last updated on: April 27, 2006 at 11:27 pm By Desh Kapoor

Dubai used to be a destination of choice of the Indian immigrants leaving Indian shores.. but the dream seems to be turning sour there! Normally speaking Indians are non-confrontational... so for them to go on rampage and be violent means they had had endured quite a bit!! Nearly 2,000 workers, mostly Indians, involved in the construction of over 100 high-rise buildings in Dubai, stopped work and went on a rampage demanding better wages and working conditions. The workers damaged eight cars and two buses, destroyed official documents and also pelted stones at office buildings besides beating up a site engineer last evening, a media report said. This is the second incident of Indian workers going on a rampage in less than a month. Read more

links for 2006-04-27

Last updated on: April 27, 2006 at 2:25 am By Desh Kapoor

Cacti: The Complete RRDTool-based Graphing Solution Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain Graphs, Data Sources, and Round (tags: rrdtool monitoring MRTG SNMP software) Read more

Most Expensive Zip Codes to Live in the US

Last updated on: April 26, 2006 at 5:43 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here is an interesting story from Forbes on the most expensive Zip Codes in the US. Here is the number one: Sagaponack, N.Y. 2005 Median Home Sale Price: $2,787,500 This waterfront Hamptons hamlet has no downtown of its own. But it's big on charm--and prices. Done in classic shingled style, this six-bedroom, eight-bath home is set on two acres near the beach. It's priced at $11.25 million and available through Joseph De Sane at The Corcoran Group. Read more

Don remake with Shahrukh Khan

Last updated on: April 26, 2006 at 1:00 pm By Desh Kapoor

Don, the Amitabh starrer in the 1970's is being remade with Shahrukh now... it will be interesting to see how the present day star will handle it vs Amitabh... here is a preview... Farhan Akhtar's remake of the seminal Amitabh Bachchan - Zeenat Aman movie, Don stars SRK and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, with Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani. Here's your first look at the new poster, which hints at just how futuristic a film Farhan's remake will be. Read more

Al Qaida and Asimov!

Last updated on: April 26, 2006 at 6:53 am By Desh Kapoor

I happened to read this blog post on desicritics.org - the post was awesome.. but there were these comments by Sumanth - that caught my eye! Interesting stuff.. One Russian translated the "Foundation Series" by Isaac Asimov into Arabic. Do you know, its title in Arabic when translated from Russian? It is Al-Quaida. Read more

Tips to Tackle Telemarketeers

Last updated on: April 25, 2006 at 7:24 pm By Desh Kapoor

Got this mail from a friend - seems real funny... try these! (1) The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting. (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? Read more

Deathless Self

Last updated on: April 25, 2006 at 6:00 pm By Desh Kapoor

Another Beliefnet wisdom that I found worth sharing... As the web issues out of the spider And is withdrawn, as plants sprout from the earth, As hair grows from the body, even so, The sages say, this universe springs from The deathless Self, the source of life. Read more

Tomkat and Brangelina Compete for the Nuttiest Birth Plan!

Last updated on: April 25, 2006 at 2:07 pm By Desh Kapoor

Vanity thy name is Hollywood! What would the world be without these jokers? My wife's doc refused to let her fly on a normal plane.. how will this hollywood bimbo go up in zero gravity to moon? Maybe Scientology can help?!! Expectant parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced plans today to give birth on the moon in what appears to be an escalating competition with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for the nuttiest birth plan in history. In a press conference at Cape Canaveral, where Cruise was conferring with NASA officials about the final details of the couple’s lunar journey, the actor denied that the plan to give birth on the moon was in any way motivated by the other couple’s decision to deliver their baby in Namibia. Read more

Indian Idol 2 Winner: Sandeep Acharya

Last updated on: April 25, 2006 at 1:04 pm By Desh Kapoor

Sandeep Acharya is finally the Indian Idol 2! I was appalled at the way the judges were busy promoting the other contender Karunya. Its one thing to say he is a better singer.. but quite another to come to the stage and read letters from girls written for him that those bombos had given to one of the judges!! This, inmy view, was a crude attempt at showing his popularity in the masses! If anything, the judges ensured the loss of Karunya by this mindless promotion! I am sure the Indian masses did not quite like this nonsense and wanted to go the way of a regular nice and smiling guy who just chugged along without animosity or anger - which, I believe he was entitled to!! Read more