Ek Deewana Tha - First Look

Money

‘Money doesn’t compensate for sacrifices, or for the difficulties you experience if life itself becomes so hard as it had become for me,’ - Justine Henin.

Revolution 2020

Capital punishment - Age Old Story

It has been years since this topic has actually originated. It is one of the frequently discussed topics in any of the college/schools discussion forum and debates. Recent death sentence of Rajiv Killers has reignited the topic again.People who are against the capital punishment argue that God has created the world and human beings and only nature and god can only take it back. and the people like me who are for Capital punishment argue that these punishments are necessary for creating a fear among the people and reinstate the faith on law among the common citizens that all these atrocities will never be tolerated and forgiven. If these guys can be forgiven why not Kasab? 

Anyways its in the hands of law makers to decide on what needs to be done. It is better to keep a full stop on this topic instead of dragging the same like Ayodhya issue, Cauvery issue.

Historic article written by Venus Williams advocating equal Prize money for men and women.

Below is the article published in Times in 2006 written by Venus Williams advocating equal money for Men and women in Wimbledon.

I feel so strongly that Wimbledon's stance devalues the principle of meritocracy and diminishes the years of hard work that women on the tour have put into becoming professional tennis players.

I believe that athletes – especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women – should serve as role models. The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling. My fear is that Wimbledon is loudly and clearly sending the opposite message....

Wimbledon has argued that women's tennis is worth less for a variety of reasons; it says, for example, that because men play a best of five sets game they work harder for their prize money.

This argument just doesn’t make sense; first of all, women players would be happy to play five sets matches in grand slam tournaments....

Secondly, tennis is unique in the world of professional sports. No other sport has men and women competing for a grand slam championship on the same stage, at the same time. So in the eyes of the general public the men's and women's games have the same value.

Third, ... we enjoy huge and equal celebrity and are paid for the value we deliver to broadcasters and spectators, not the amount of time we spend on the stage. And, for the record, the ladies’ final at Wimbledon in 2005 lasted 45 minutes longer than the men's....

Wimbledon has justified treating women as second class because we do more for the tournament. The argument goes that the top women – who are more likely also to play doubles matches than their male peers – earn more than the top men if you count singles, doubles and mixed doubles prize money. So the more we support the tournament, the more unequally we should be treated! But doubles and mixed doubles are separate events from the singles competition. Is Wimbledon suggesting that, if the top women withdrew from the doubles events, that then we would deserve equal prize money in singles? And how then does the All England Club explain why the pot of women's doubles prize money is nearly £130,000 smaller than the men's doubles prize money?

I intend to keep doing everything I can until Billie Jean's original dream of equality is made real. It's a shame that the name of the greatest tournament in tennis, an event that should be a  positive symbol for the sport, is tarnished.

Audience!!!

If somebody criticizes or shouts at you, dont be bothered!!

Just remember "In every game, audience always make noise, not the players!!"

PS: And yeah, you get to be the audience sometime later too!!

Heroine - First Look

Thought of adding it when it was released originally. Very new and creative look for the movie.As of now, Aishwarys is not part of this movie.

Short Term Shaadi -- First Look

Fear

"To be brave is not to be fearless. It is when you fear and you get over it, then you can be called brave. I am human. It is not that I fear nothing. But getting over a fear is a continuous process and I have been successful so far"  -- Priety Zinta

Jigirthanda

I happened to read how to prepare Jigirthanda in Times of India Yesterday.

Below are the steps..

1) Boil the milk until its quantity is reduced by 50%. It helps increase thickness and add to taste. Allow it to cool at room temperature and refrigerate it.

2) Meanwhile soak agar agar in water for 3 hours allowing it to become Jelly Like.

3)Pour half a glass of milk and mix the sarsaparilla(or sarasparitha not sure of spelling) .syrup and agar agar jellies it. A scoop of vanilla ice-cream will then do the trick.

Tamil Music Awards 2010

Recently Plenty of channels/press were all announcing all possible awards of Tamil Cinema Music for 2010. 

I thought I will just come up with my own set of awards. Why Cant I announce mine when the entire press/blogs and streets announce theirs??? Anyways I am not going to give away cash or trophy for them.

Best Male Playback singer:
    Undoubtedly Vijay Prakash for his flawless rendition of Hossana.

Best female Singer:
     Andrea Jeremiah for mesimerising everyone in malai neram(Aayirathil oruvan) and idhuvarai(Goa)

Popular song of the year:   
     Kilimanjaro(enthiran) and hosannah(VTV).

Best song picturisation:
    Pookal pookum tharunam(Madarasa pattinam)

Most entertaining Song:
    Un Mela aasai thaan(Aayirathil oruvan)

Best background score:
    GV Prakash kumar(Aayirathil oruvan)

Best Music Director:
    AR.Rahman(VTV).

best Folk song:
    Kadhal vandhale(Singam)

Best duet:
    Naan Pogiraen mele mele(Naanayam)   



Other Honorable mentions who have done well but missed out the awards:

•  Shreya Ghoshal(Mannipaya)
•  Harini(Pookal Pookum)
•  Suchitra(En Idhaya,Singam)
•  Chinamayi(kilimanjaro)
•  karthik(usuray poguthe)
•  Hari charan(thuli thuli)
•  Hariharan( oh mahaziya, Tamil Padam)
•  Benny Dayal(Omana Penne)

Reason to start a blog!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life is very boring....thought i will start writing to post about the things which i like and the things I am impressed..and my views on various issues...

Thanks for all who are reading whatever I  scribble..........