Archive for March, 2008

Vellithirai – Movie review

28Mar08

Prakashraj and Lakshmi Rai in Vellithirai

The movie is about the film industry and the dark side (i would rather say tough side) of the industry. Prakashraj aspires to become a hero and Prithviraj aspires to become a director. Prakashraj deceives Prithviraj by using his script and becoming a successful hero. Prithviraj struggles and then succeeds [...]


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Anjadhey – Movie review

28Mar08

Naren and Viji in Anjadhey

Friendly disclaimers:
1. If you dont know anything about tamil movies, please stay away .
2. This is my first attempt to review a movie in written form, please excuse.

Review:
I happened to see this movie, Anjadhey, a couple of weeks ago. I was told the movie was great and the expectation [...]


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Y! India Maps – in your language

22Mar08

I am beginning to love Y! India Maps after the addition of driving routes.. Keep an eye on this product, I am optimistic this is going to rock.. See the blog in in.next*.
The localization of the product is what I like the most. It supports multiple languages, the routes are shown in the way we [...]


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World cup 2007 – My opinions

22Mar08

Note: Wrote this on April 1st ‘07.
Being an ardent fan of cricket, i thought i’ll write a blog abt the world cup.. but never expected to write after such a worse exit of asian rivals india and pakistan..
Is the game taken too seriously?
I just get a feeling sports is taken too seriously in the asian [...]


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Valentine’s Day – Interesting facts

22Mar08

Note: Wrote this on feb 14 ‘07
Valentines Day… 24 hr buzz around the world.. Usssh, are the Shivsenas around???
Read a few articles about valentines day and have composed a few facts i found interesting here…
Celebration around the world
Denmark
Naughty love notes called ‘gaekkebrev’ are given, on which the sender signs his or her name in dots. [...]


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WADL/REST

22Mar08

Note: Wrote this on  Feb 13 ‘07
I’ve been working on web services for the last few months. The exciting thing about it is the fact that it is a happening area. There has been a gradual shift from RPC -> SOAP -> REST.
If you’ve heard of web services and have a fair exposure, there is [...]


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getting started (again)..

22Mar08

I have tried blogging atleast a couple of times before and I’ve failed miserably .. The simple reason being laziness.. Giving it a second thought, I did not wanna give up.. Here, I go again..
Having evaluated a few other blogging sites, I’ve landed at wordpress to write my blogs.. It lets me do a [...]


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