Google Opens up Map Maker to India

Google Map Maker, which enables users to create rich, deep maps and fresh local data, has come to India.

People can mark their favorite spots in their cities and hometowns, add features such as roads, parks, and buildings, tag small businesses to help users find them, and collaborate to map neighborhoods of interest.

Google Map Maker has already been deployed in 57 other countries.





Check it out here.

Google maps can be easily accessed from mobile which enables a non-GPS mobile owner to find out the way..

3 idiots (Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone, based)

As movie based on chetan's second novel "One Night At Call Centre " is set to release titled "Hello",
his first novel in also in limelight , i just came across its starcast and first teaser poster of the film .


Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan and Boman Irani has gone on the floors. The film is loosely based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. The first teaser poster of the film is out and has a huge blackboard with mathematical formulae scribbled on it.

Work in progress

Sources reveal that Hirani doesn't want to give away the look of his protagonists soon, which is why the teaser doesn't have any of the actors in it. However, work on the film is underway and Hirani plans to wrap 3 Idiots by December.

Begins September

The source adds, "The shoot of the film with the supporting characters has already begun, Hirani and his team are in Simla and the film is scheduled to be shot in Ladakh, Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai as well. Aamir and rest of the cast will begin shooting in early September."

Shantanu Moitra has given the music for 3 Idiots while the lyrics are by Swanand Kirkire.

Class is on

Apparently, author Chetan Bhagat was the first to see the poster and quite liked the final result. "Since the setting is that of an engineering college campus the poster had to have elements of a classroom."

The poster has been designed by Rahul Nanda.
This is mine 2nd blog related to chetan bhagat's novel , and hope some more to come in future .
I am really waiting how aamir performs in the movie , hope he plays the role of ryan .

Tallest Man Meets Shortest Man

Today i just came across this really amazing video while surfing on youtube , i was really stunned while watching the video.



Tallest man (Bao Xishun) is 56(b:1951)
Smallest man (He Pingping) is 19 (b:1988)

I wonder if both were brothers what a bizarre combination would it be , the shortest person looks like he has just born and is adorable too.

A study says 99.99% of genes are same among the human beings , its only .001% that makes all the difference of height , colour , features ..... huh , sounds really straying from our thinking but its true.

SMS to know if the product you are buying is fake

The power to decide whether the medicine or soap you buy is a fake is now in your hand. All you need to do it to press a few keys on your mobile phone and send an SMS.

Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights (EIPR), a body providing ground and field force services to crack down on counterfeit, has tied up with PAC Med Biotech and Kezzler technologies to promote the concept in India.

The concept is simple. The products are labelled with a unique code like which the consumers can SMS to a number. A reply from Kezzler's server, which stores the code, will help verify whether the product in question is authentic or fake.

For medicines i feel its very novel idea but incase of soap , i don't think its functional since who is willing to spend rs3 for rs15 soap . So now whats the next step after buying monthly groceries , take a mobile and start sms'ing to know whether the product is fake or not , And also don't forget to buy a recharge voucher after buying your monthly groceries.

One disappointing Night At Call Centre .

I am one of the fanatic of chetan bhagat's novel though he had just written only three of them.
I had just finished reading his second novel "One Night At Call Centre" , After reading his first novel "Five Point Someone" which i read in single stretch .

This novel doesn't meet up the standard which chetan concocted in his first novel , this was stretching up like a rubber band before coming to the main point , and with an inapt ending .
Though it was pleasure reading this novel too , his style of telling a story is simply superb.

The novel revolves around a group of six call center employees working in Connexions call center in the Delhi suburb of Gurgaon in Haryana. It is filled with a lot of drama with unpleasant things happening to all of the leading characters. The story takes a dramatic and decisive turn when they get a phone call from God.
When Asked chetan :
"

Your style of writing is totally unlike your contemporaries. The use of conversational, informal lingo is what has earned you your biggest fans and your greatest detractors. Comment.

We live in an age where everyone talks via SMS.

I have always believed that the only function of language is communication.

The language used in a book ought to be to communicate ideas. It is easy to impress someone by using multi-syllable words. It is much more difficult to write simply. Just because you don't need a dictionary to understand my book, it does not mean it cannot have emotions. Flowery language kills humour. Anyway, it is not my cup of tea."

I have just begin to read his 3rd book " The 3 Mistakes of my Life " .... and to complete his trio ....

Will definitely blog my personal review about that book too...

If u haven't read his first "Five Point Someone" and u are doing engg ... then u must grab it now ...

When 2 perfectionist met ..

Though this blog is in context of a story occurred months ago , but i came to know just a min back and i couldn't desist myself from this blog .
Aamir Khan one of the million lover of cricket was delighted to be seated besides Little Master Sachin Tendulkar . It was the time when two of the perfectionist sat along each other , me being the fan of both was really flabbergast to read the Aamir's blog sharing his experience .

Aamir in his blog on www.aamirkhan.com relives the memorable experience of watching the thrilling final with the Master Blaster himself. The perfectionist says, "The match last night was certainly exciting but what made it a unique experience for me, was that I had Sachin next to me. You will find this hard to believe, but Sachin was able to predict every ball before it was bowled. 'He is going to bowl a Bouncer next.' 'This one is going to be a slower one.' 'Next one will be a Yorker.' It was uncanny. He got it right each time!!! No wonder it's so difficult to bowl to him. He has an amazing instinct."

After bring dumbstruck by the Master Blaster's acumen the actor apparently told Sachin, that the next time they watch a film together it would be his turn to tell what's going to happen next.

I could realize what made him the world no.1 cricketer , that was really awesome .....

Bollywood Meets Beijing

We already have seen how abhinav's gold have generated such a furor among the indians towards the Olympics and lugged the sponsors too . But it was not only the moment to cheer about for an indian , the B-Town music made some tune as well and was too astounded by the public.

Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om track Dhoom Tana made an appearance at the Beijing Olympics! The Israeli team participating in the rhythmic gymnastics brought B-Town music to the fore by performing their final routine to the beats of Dhoom Tana (music scored by Vishal-Shekhar) from OSO. The gymnasts included Katerina Pisetsky, Veronika Vitenberg, Rahel Vigdozchik, Maria Savenkov and Olena Dvornichenko.






Indian public watching the ceremony was also astonish to listen the song since no prior indications were made by the media , when made media asked Farah Khan the director of OSO , she was very happy to see that song has gone to international level . Originally song was featured on Bollywood King Khan ( Shah Rukh Khan ) and Deepika Padukone.

Something to cheer about in the end too ......

Crashed the crush on soft drinks..

Yea i am an addict to cold drinks like millions other , but today onwards i pledge not to drink it anymore , its difficult to stop it forthwith though i will try my best to control it atleast then slowly put it off from mine life .



I would prefer any beverages other than cold drinks even though that make my pocket lighter , its not an instantaneous decision , i have been thinking about it over months now but this blog could be like written pledging in front of mine friends but my dear friends don't be so happy i could take a sip if you are buying it ( never a full bottle , u know controlling measures ).

Here are some harmfull effect which i saw while surfing the net , it may pop out a thought in your mind too , yea i m talking about controling the softdrinks .

"It has been linked to broken bones, osteoporosis, and obesity. It may increase diabetes rates and the severity of kidney stones. It can lead to nervousness, insomnia, attention-deficit disorder and addiction."

I don't know about "addiction", but the other effects are apparent. Best to drink tea, water, or even our desi choice nimbu pani (lemonade).

Movies that made me closest to tear ..

Its not often i cry while watching movies , i am a facetious personality . Last night i watched
The Pursuit Of Happiness , It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me love my life.
Movies like this makes me live life to fullest , to find a moment of joy even life is giving you hard turns , to handle the steering of life , to have jerks when obstacle comes yet to enjoy them .

In the movie Chris Gardner , heart warming performance by Will smith has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn't seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.

Movies like Remember the Titans is another of mine favorites , which deals with racism and how the coach boone played by Denzel Washington , he made black and white players learn to accept each other, to work together, and that football knows no race . I was astounded to see the determination of the coach .


Another movie which i watched in recent times was The shawshank redemption , in the movie its very heartwarming to see the performance of Andrew , who was sent to shawshank prison . He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can't touch and get to....'HOPE' . And how he escapes by crawling through sewage pipe , in which the people like me and you would couldn't last seconds.

Last not the least is mine mother tongue hindi movie Taare Zameen Par , an another exquisite performance by bollywood perfectionist Aamir Khan , this movie is also very close to my heart .
I cried the most watching this movie .

Prison Break Season 4 Starting From 9/1 .. 10 Days to go..

Prison Break one of the most speculated tv series is returning on FOX on 9/1 . The furor this show have created has made it the best among the adventure category .
I am amongst the millions of aficionado round the globe of this show , let tell you a bit summary of this show :

Prison Break is a drama from executive producers Brett Ratner, Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse and Neal Moritz.

After getting himself incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary to free his wrongly accused brother, Lincoln Burrows, Michael Scofield is now on the loose–along with his brother and six other convicts. Set to uncover the $5 million hidden by D.B. Cooper, the escapees attempt to evade capture–being tailed by both Captain Brad Bellick and FBI Special Agent Alexander Mahone.

Wentworth Miller alias Micheal Scofield the main actor of this show is exquisite , his looks and acting skills has made his brad pitt of the small screen . I feel much desperate to watch the special screening episode on 9/1 which is of 2 hours .

For those who are tracking the show , really desperate to see sarah back in the show and how michael takes revenge from the company , as per the interviews and speculations it is said we are gonna see the dark said of michael in season 4 .

Till then catch up with this trailor :

The iPhone I have been waiting for , Dreamz shattered ..

" Hello Gaurav,

Thank you for registering for your Apple iPhone 3G™ with us.

We are delighted to announce that the iPhone 3G will be available in India from August 22, 2008 It will be available in 8GB & 16GB models, priced at Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,100 respectively.

Be the first to get the iPhone " Yesterday Early in morning i received this mail from vodafone and what was next , my dreamz of buying the iphone shattered . At Rs. 31,000 for the 8GB version, and Rs. 36,100 for the 16GB version, it is more expensive than pretty much every single phone ever touted as an iPhone killer, with a spec-and-features-sheet a mile longer than the iPhone. While reading reviews of iphone from different websites i came to a conclusion that Vodafone and Airtel - these are stereotypical capitalist thugs who are openly blackmailing millions of Indians. Apple iPhone is an innovative phone but have to use its two important weapons to overshadows other mobiles in indian market , one is price dropping and other is software development which we have seen in past is very effectively used by Apple .

Sushil wrestles bronze while Vijender Assures another medal

Unheralded Sushil Kumar rose from obscurity to find a place in the history of Indian sport when he won a bronze medal in men's 66kg freestyle wrestling at the Beijing. Sushil wrestled today to increase the india medal tally to 2.
Earlier Abhinav Bindra won gold medal for india .


Also later today i witnessed the astounding performance by indian boxer vijender , he has assured his place in semi-finals of the middleweight (75kg) category and atleast a bronze medal to add to the indian glory at Beijing '08 .

Vijender defeated Ecuador's Carlos Gongora 9-4 at the Workers' Gymnasium. Vijender looked indefatigable and his nimble footwork as indian tired out his opponent to win the game .
Unlike Akhil Kumar who defeated the world champion earlier this week but lost in quater final by an unexperienced boxer , he was very cool headed and played with a proper strategy to reap atleast a bronze medal from here .

We must also congratulate IOA ( Indian Olympic Association ) for giving a very good infrastructure to our indian boxers .

From this stage there could be only improvement in IOA since we have seen much messed up IOA earlier .

Blog Or Pay ..

First of all , I know the topic seems to be very facetious but its really a truth . Today me and two of mine friends , Gurveen and Himanshu have decided to blog daily . And if someone fails anyday to spare time for his blog he gone pay 10 bucks , when we have considerable amount of money in our piggy bank , we gonna have a party . Hope that never happens , I am talking about the money stuff however we can have a party anyday .

I am , The US President .. :)

Hi,
However not getting time for a blog but some stuff like these surely forces me to keep telling the world about mine experiences and spread mine knowledge to my buddies .



Look at the screenshot and hope you identifies me as the US President .
Yea , you could also edit any of the news by a simple javascript , like a changed the sensex closing point and fooled one of mine friend , even won a bet . That was too crazy , I really think is very funny at times .

Here it is :
javascript:document.body.contentEditable%20=%20'true';
%20document.designMode='on';%20void%200

just copy and paste in the url bar , Press Enter and enjoy ..!!