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I suppose many of You know about it, for them Its just a flashback, for the rest its going to be a short story. The following story shows the Busines intelligence, It tells us what a simple marketing skill or tip can change the fate of a million dollar Company. It was the time few years back. Untill then the Indian toothpaste company was entirely dominated by COLGATE. BUt with the modernisation various other comapnies got into this business and the main cause of the development of these new companies was the heavy advertisemnt apart from the quality of their product. The Colgate was initially unable to cope up with the new strategy and was going down. They were unable to fill the money requirements for the need of Extensive advertisement. THE COMPANY WAS GOING DOWN. Then the genious marketing Strategy———– This CUMULATIVE extra Sale-Profit served for the MONEY FOR THEIR advertisement and SOOOOOON THEY RECOVERED. And colgate, these days have reached its present Heights… Is not it amazing????
WHAT THEY DID WAS—-Increase the diameter of the mouth of the paste by something around a MILIMETER….
This resulted in the consumption of some extra paste by the Customers. BUt the customers dint know about that and hence dint complain.
Have you heard of that the semestar exams of an University getting postponed FOR NO REASONS. Its true, I am studying in kolkata, West Bengal in an Engineering college which is under the University of WBUT. This University controls All the Private Engineering colleges of West Bengal comprising of at least 30,000 students and much more….. We were giving the exams in its due schedule, but suddenly yesterday, we heard that the last Exam that was supposed to be held on 11th of this month has been postponed to 18th of this Month. And as far as we the students, We do not know any real reason for this change. A sudden change in the schedules left all of us in a miserable condition. We had been in a flow of giving exams but suddenly a gap put all our planning into real suspension. A reason for this may be….there was some problem between students and the external guards in one of the colleges. But that was 3 days back and after that Incident we hav given one exam as well…Then why this problem. A TOTAL BORE SITUATION FOR US……
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose The mystery about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death is acquiring a mythical quality. And now the Ministry of External Affairs has added to the many confusing tales about the fiery leader’s fate. The MEA has informed the Delhi-based ‘Mission Netaji’ that the ashes and remains of the leader were still at Renkoji temple in Tokyo. At the root of this confusion is a note that dates back to 1954. The note (details: UO No D/S13170 of 2/12/1954) was written by secretary to the then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, M O Mathai and said that "a small amount of Rs 200 odd were received by minister of External Affairs from our Embassy in Tokyo alongwith the ashes and other remains of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose". It was after getting hold of this note that ‘Mission Netaji’’s Anuj Dhar and Chandrachur Ghosh approached the MEA and PMO in September 2006, seeking explanation. Both Dhar and Ghosh demanded the PMO officials state the facts vis-a-vis the note under Right to Inforamtion Act. In their application, Dhar and Ghosh wanted to know whether the ashes and other remains of Netaji were ever received in India by Nehru, who was also the then external affairs minister. PTI reports that the duo also wanted to know if the ashes were received or disposed off and why was the information withheld from the public at alrge. A question was also raised about the probability of Netaji’s ashes being to remain in Tokyo. In a letter dated March 2, Additional Secretary in the MEA, Ajai Choudhary informed Mission Netaji that, "as per as the ministry was aware the alleged ashes and remains are still at the Renkoji temple, Tokyo." “The Indian Liasion mission in Tokyo had conducted some investigation and reported that the ex-president Indian Independence League, Japan, had confirmed to the former director of the Information office of Netaji’s Independent government that he himself received the ashes of Netaji in September 1945 and entrusted them to the custody of Renkoji temple," agencies quoted from MEA letter. Significantly, Choudhary said in his letter "that the chief priest of Renkoji Temple wrote to Jawaharlal Nehru on November 23, 1953 that he has been keeping the of ashes of Netaji since Sepember 18, 1945." However, the MEA played safe as well. "Such records may be available from Ministry of Home Affairs which is the nodal ministry in respect of the subject under consideration," it said. This didn’t seem to convince the men, hot on Netaji’s trail. "We can’t figure out which version is true because the government response under the RTI have only added confusion surrounding Mathai’s note," Dhar was quoted as saying.
1.microwave method (from Microwave Cooking Chinese style II) Ingredients 2/3 lb long-grain rice 1. line a baking dish with cellophane. 2. Oven method 2 1/2 lb daikon 1.Grate daikon then boil it in one cup of water until soft. let it
1 1/3 lb daikon
1 1/2 C water
1/2 t salt
1/2 MSG(optional)
2. Soak the rice overnight. Drain and pulverize in a blender.
3. Grate the daikon in a blender. Microwave the grated daikon for 12 min.
Add the pulverized rice while still hot then mix with salt and msg until
well blended. Pour into the lined dish and microwave 15 min.
1 C water
3 C long grain rice
3 C water
1 t salt
cool down a little bit.
2.Soak rice in 3 C of water overnight then pulverize in a blender.
3.Mix 1,2 then pour it into a baking dish. Cover it with aluminum foil
baked at 375 F for 40min to 1hr until done.
Saawariya Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first movie with actors making their debut- Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. The expectation from the director who did justice to a sensitive story of Black and turned it into a masterpiece is high. The thirst to see new superstars, the generation next of the bollywood film industry is also very high. For the first time some big production group like Sony Tri-Star is involved with a bollywood flick. The Indian commercial cinema does not get bigger than this, although the Indian commercial cinema does not gets boring than this either. Saawariya is a celluloid depiction of a novel “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s. The story is of a boy who has more or less no past and is all alone in this world (as almost all characters in Hindi films either one parent or both parents are dead) arrives in a new town. This new town is mystic and gorgeous; I have never seen a place like this in my entire life, both on and off screen. Beautiful, real eye candy. The sets of the movie have been so meticulously designed that one is really spell bound by the look of this place. The sets remind one of the Hollywood flick “Moulin Rouge” The Plot (not revealed read along):- The plot of the movie is more or less what it is revealed in the movie promos. Love story of two youngsters. I have not read the novel “White Nights” and from the look of it as depicted in the movie, it seems like a good read. Although the story seems conventional, Sanjay Leela Bhansali fails to keep the audience entertained. The story has fewer characters that seem to be important as far as penning a novel is concerned but are irrelevant in the movie. The Characters and Actors:- Ranbir Kapoor- Grandson of legend Raj Kapoor sahib, is very promising indeed. He lives up to the expectations and gives a brilliant performance as “Ranbir Raj.” Although in some scenes he seems to be imitating Hrithik Roshan. The movie revolves around him and he shows great potential to carry the responsibility of a solo lead for any movies he may sign in the future. Sonam Kapoor- Daughter of a well established actor Anil Kapoor, acting seems to come naturally to her. Seeing her performance as “Sakina” one may wonder that she wanted to be an assistant director or director and not take up acting as a career. She is very pretty, although she may face some competition from OSO lead Deepika Padukone. (Though the comparison seems unfair, but is inevitable considering both made their debut on the same Friday) Salman Khan- Sallu miya, in a brief appearance in the movie is very effective. His character “Imaan” is a powerful and an important one as far as the plot of the movie is concerned. Fans expecting elaborated appearance of him will be let down as salmaan gives only a cameo in the movie. Rani Mukherjee- Rani is no longer “Rani” of the Indian film industry. She gives a mediocre performance as “Gulab” which may, to some seem like an extended version of her character in “Laga Chunari Mein Daag.” Zohra Sehgal- Old is gold. She is as energetic as any other actor in the movie. Her character “Lilly pop” as Ranbir Raj calls her is of an old landlord who is very rowdy and likes her solace. The mesmerizing music- The music of Saawariya is the soul of the movie. Monty (who formerly assisted Ismail Darbar in Devdas) gives a very excellent album with a variety of melodious compositions. Saawariya- The title track, also introduction song of Ranbir Raj is just fantastic. The song is also choreographer very well, with Ranbir Kapoor taking the stage in a fashion only a superstar or a rock star could pull off. Masha Allah- This is the introduction track for Sonam Kapoor and no doubt the character Ranbir Raj exclaims “Masha Allah” because Sonam Kapoor is so pretty that she can make anyone (also in reality as in movie)spell bound by her beauty. The chemistry between the two is so realistic that one may wonder what’s cooking off screen? Jab se tere naina- Why? Why on earth did Ranbir Kapoor take off almost all his cloths for this song? Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes him do a “mere khwabon mein jo aaye” kajol style for no apparent reason. The song though is as beautiful as any other song in the movie. There is a good fusion of various styles like Gujarati dandiya, bhangda and hip-hop in the song. Yoon Shabnami- Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s love affair with the moon continues as yet another moon (chand) song appears in his movie. After “Chand Chupa badal mein” in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and “Who chand jaisi ladki” in Devdas “Yoon Shabnami” takes this legacy, this love affair one step further. The song tops the previous songs on moon and one of the main reasons for it is the person it is referring to- Sonam Kapoor. The song makes one feel that the one song “Masha Allah” was not enough to describe the beauty of this gorgeous goddess. I think the movie should have been titled “Hum Dil de Chuke Sonam.” Sanjay “black” Bhansali- “What went wrong after black Mr. Bhansali?” this is the question everyone shall be asking Sanjay Leela Bhansali after seeing Saawariya. My guess is that either the success of Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Black went straight to Mr. Bhansali’s head that he didn’t give the script a second thought or there comes a time in person’s life when he thinks what he is doing is right in spite of what others say even if others are right. It happened with the showman Subash Ghai, who after almost 13 consecutive hits made “Trimurti” and “Yaadein” Mr. Bhansali though had this misfortune only after three countable hits. The story is very weak to work in the Indian audience. And to top it Mr. Bhansali’s scripted a screenplay that makes one wanna kill himself/herself 10 mins. into the movie. Really. The screenplay is dull and fails to keep the audience entertained. At one point in the movie it seems like Mr. Bhansali is kidding with his audience who have had such a lot of faith in him. This kind of a movie is not expected from a movie maker who is considered as one of the finest in the country. . In the end…it doesn’t really mater- The anticipation of the movie and the publicity behind it may make Saawariya a hit, at least economically. The mystic and grand sets, the hard work of new superstar of tomorrow and the refreshing music may give Mr. Bhansali a narrow escape this time but the next time he thinks of getting behind the camera he should think about the audience whom he let down because of one blunder movie. He could have easily ruined debut of two of the finest actors, who also had a narrow escape because of their diligent nature. Thumps up to both of them and thump down to Sanjay “black” Bhansali, who has denigrated his own name by his own hands.
1. A FOOLish man tells a woman to STOP talking, but a WISE man tells her that she looks extremely BEAUTIFUL when her LIPS are CLOSED. 2. One GOOD way to REDUCE Alcohol consumption : Before Marriage - Drink whenever you are SAD, After Marriage - Drink whenever you are HAPPY 3. Three FASTEST means of Communication: 1. Tele-Phone 2. Tele-Vision 3. Tell to Woman Need still FASTER - Tell her NOT to tell ANY ONE. 4. Love your friends not their sisters. Love your sisters not their friends. 5. A man got 2 wishes from GOD. He asked for the Best wine and Best Woman. Next moment, he had the Best Wine and Mother Teresa next to him. Moral: BE SPECIFIC 6. What is a BEST and WORST news you can hear at the SAME time? It is when your Girl Friend says YOU are the BEST KISSER among all your Friends. 7. Let us be generous like this : Four Ants are moving through a forest. They see an ELEPHANT coming towards them. Ant 1 says: we should KILL him. Ant 2 says: No, Let us break his Leg alone. Ant 3 says: No, we will just throw him away from our path. Ant 4 says : No, we will LEAVE him because he is ALONE and we are FOUR. 8. If you do NOT have a Girl Friend - You are missing SOME thing in your life. If you HAVE a Girl Friend - You are missing EVERY thing in your life. 9. Question: When do you CONGRATULATE someone for their MISTAKE. Answer: On their MARRIAGE. 10. When your LIFE is in DARKNESS, PRAY GOD and ask him to free you from Darkness. Even after you pray, if U R still in Darkness - Please PAY the ELECTRICITY BILL. 11. Why Government do NOT allow a Man to MARRY 2 Women. Because per Constitution, you can NOT PUNISH TWICE for the same Mistake. 12. "A Ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for" - Albert Einstein
The water turtle Last summer,on an afternoon while i was in the garden doing some chores to keep it clean. Suddenly someone was calling me.A woman ,who stood at the frontdoor holding a waterturtle fom about 20 cm in her hands She told me that my turtle was escaped and was about to cross the road(we don’t have a turtle at all) We live in a very noisy street,wich is full of traffic It would be certainly hit by a car or a truck When i took the waterturtle in my hands it looked straight at me(in the eyes)It seemed not to worry at all. The shield was slightly damaged probably from an other accident I put the turtle in the backyard,our two dogs where more scared of the turtle than the other way around. I was surprised that within a minute the turtle was heading again in to the direction of the street I took the turtle and walked to the canal near by our home and put it on the edge. The turtle took a 1m dive after stretching it’s back legs in to position It didn’t look back,without a twinkling or giving any signal Appearently it knew that I would bring it back now to a better place So i did. I wonder now what has become of the turtle
As a child I thought my father was stuck permanently in his armchair. Scurrying between school and play, I always saw him there, snug as a bean in its pod, overseeing labourers at work in the coconut grove and banana orchard. On occasions when I stealthily walked across the portico, his voice boomed from behind the newspaper, catching me mid step, like a deer caught in headlight. While he queried, his face still hidden, I mumbled, my eyes fixed on his crisp white mundu resting on his wide toed, jagged feet. Long after we got our TV, father’s position didn’t change. Only during the news hour, he adjusted his armchair noisily to update himself on the day’s events. That done, he commented incoherently, dragged himself back to his favourite spot and got back to reading. Everything else though, had changed. Surrounding acres of ancestral land had closed in. Our house had winged outwards. The inside gleamed with smart modern machines and showcases bulged from the walls. Along the new compound grew colourful potted plants. In the porch stood a scooter. My scooter. ‘Son,’ father called me one day after a fine dinner of rice and sambar. ‘How was your interview?’ I told him the usual - reservations for lower caste, nepotism and high donations that made my chance dim. He folded the newspaper and burped. The sambar smelt revolting. ‘You must be more responsible,’ he said, scratching the back of his palm on his grey stubble. ‘You know the expenditures of Raji’s marriage… Revathi’s computer course and payments to…’ He stopped mid sentence and stared at the rainwater falling from the roof. Of late, whenever he called me to talk, he trailed midway. At such times, I glimpsed at the TV. That bike in the ad looked awesome. No wonder Sunil showed it off so much. ‘Look at those night moths…’ father told me on another such occasion. While he peered at the bulb above, I glanced at the elaborate gold necklace that covered the whole screen. Revathi was telling mother, ‘Wow! This one’s more beautiful than Shari’s. I want it.’ When mother refused, she began to plead, ‘Amma, please…this’s a new design…’ Suddenly aware of my distraction, I turned to father. His eyes were on me. Like old times, my gaze lowered to his mundu. The limp cloth sagged at his knees. It didn’t look as white as in my memories. Father left home two days after that incident. There was nothing unusual about this, as he sometimes stayed overnight in temples. But I, somehow, felt a strange sense of loss. I waited for him, like never before. One evening as mother lit the brass lamp chanting shlokas, we got the news that a man had drowned in the swollen Nila River. They had found our photos in layers of tightly wrapped polythene, along with a note. Days have limped by since then. I have been thinking of what father tried to say to me. I looked at the night moths on the bulb. They crowded over it, jostling as though their very existence depended on that light. Those that couldn’t fly crawled through the mound of transparent wings gathered below, trying hard nevertheless. Moths. Insensitive. Uncaring. Moths frenzied in possessing more. Moths: all of us. We pushed father to the brink. Or did we? Was it Shari, Sunil and our other neighbours? Or was it the TV that uprooted father from his armchair? Father tried. But the wave of wants, lashing our land was too strong for him to swim all alone. So, he drowned. Drowned irrevocably.
Actor Sanjay Dutt [Images] got a minor reprieve on Saturday when the TADA court did not hand him a copy of the judgment of his conviction in the arms possession case. Dutt, who was instructed by the Supreme Court to surrender before the court on the same day he gets the copy, is likely to be given one on October 22. The actor was present in the court in response to the summons issued for him but did not receive his copy as it was not ready yet. The court handed over copies of the judgment, which runs into 4,340 pages, to 13 convicts. Ten of them have been sentenced to death. The Supreme Court had granted Dutt bail on August 20 till the time he gets a copy of the judgment. Dutt, convicted for possessing arms that were part of contraband smuggled in by conspirators of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment by the TADA Court on July 31. He had to spend a few weeks in Pune’s Yerawada jail before being granted interim bail by the apex court.
