Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

It took 13 yrs for me to finally see this Kundan Shah classic. Its was long due; somehow I never got chance to see this movie and this time also I missed first 30 mins. As per songs of this movie’s are concern, I grew up on these melodies, from the favorite ‘Deewana Dil Deewana’, to romantic classic 'Ae Kash Ke Hum' to soulful emotional one 'Woh To Hai Albela'.

What I liked about the movie is the group band concept at abandon factory; those Shah Rukh's oversized blue & yellow T-shirts and this Cap, riding on his bike and who can forget that Goa locales.

According to Shah Rukh Khan, 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa' remains one of his most cherished works, and he rates it as his all-time favorite film and I do agree with him.

* * *Talk is cheap, now on Personalized Homepage

This is one of the best thing happened with Google Personalized Homepage i.e. having Google Talk Gadget embedded in it. Now you don't have to download and install software to use it. No matter where you go, all you have to do is login to your Google account, and there it is. The beauty of this new Google Talk is every conversation starts in new tab,without having a need to manage all those IM windows.

Another new feature is, If you paste a URL from YouTube or Picasa Web Albums into your chat, the Google Talk will let you preview the videos and photos right in your conversation. So you know which picture the person is talking about when you share the album.

I suppose, Its 'Google way' of doing things.

Thomas Big Loader

This is a new entry in our little ones toys collection; ‘Thomas Big Loader’ a first toy from 'Thomas and Friends' brand. There is something about trains that fascinates everyone and 'Thomas and Friends' have upper hand in the train toys.

This particular set is a nice piece of engineering; coordinated with sequence of events taking place by one engine. Being a software guy, I can imagine lot of logical thinking has been put in this toy while designing it. One wrong placement or mismatch can spoil the entire game, by unit colliding with each other.

Thou I wouldn’t recommend for little ones; an interesting one for big ones.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007

This is just to remind that, The ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 has started today. Another four years have passed on.

Even thou, I do not follow much these days, the website browsing and TV news does update you with the latests.

Driving on GSP(Garden State Parkway)

Its been sometime now, I have been driving on GSP(Garden State Parkway) but this is the first that I drove all the way from beginning to end for almost 170 miles on a visit to Atlantic City.

Speaking of Atlantic city, somehow due to some circumstances I am not able to avoid visiting this place. It just calls me after 1/2 years.

Forbes Billionaire Club & Leading India.

There were years when hardly few could make in the list of Forbes Billionaire Club from India. This has been changed drastically in the last 2/3 years. Now, India has the largest number of billionaires among the top 20 after the United States. Also, India became home to the most billionaires in Asia, pushing Japan back to the No. 2 spot.

What a contrast having most billionaires and poorer in the same country !

Stock Simulator from Investopedia

A colleague of mine pointed out this very helpful Stock Simulator from Investopedia. Basically it simulates the experience of trading in the stock market by connecting to a real-life data feed and allowing you to invest $100,000 of virtual cash in your choice of stocks.

This is how sample portfolio looks like:



I found it is very useful for everybody from beginners who have never placed a trade to sophisticated investors who are looking to test out advanced investing strategies.

Certainly, It can educate a person in more detail about market terminology like Limit/Stop orders,Day Order, Good Till Canceled. It also provides hands-on experience for beginners & students without getting their hands burned in stock market.

Anthon Berg's Chocolates

One of my office colleague got these very unique chocolates called “Anthon Berg” which are originally imported from Denmark.

The specialty of these chocolates is they are filled with real Liquors from inside. The Liquors variety range from Stoli Orange, Borghetti, Jack Daniel's Whiskey to Malibu Rum.

I guess, Thats the best combination one could imagine with chocolate.

Tickle Me Elmo

“T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo” was the most desired toy of 2006’s Christmas. During that time it was overly priced above $100 due to all media hype. Also this happened due to limited supply and huge demand.

No Way, I could have paid that much money for this toy. But when I saw it today on Toys "R" Us, It was listed for $36.99. So finally after thinking many many times, I bought this toy for my kid and I still think I paid too much.

Eklavya: The Royal Guard

Its been almost 6 months, we hadn’t seen any movie in the theater. So when “Eklavya: The Royal Guard” was released on 16th February; we decided to head for the theater. The decision was supported by good reviews and foreseeing no good release in near future.

The movie starts on silent note, before you settle down it goes into Intermission and soon it ends. Few times, the silence was disturbed by the baby talk done by our kid.

On positive side, Movie has great camera work and visuals, Specially the Rajasthan locations. I loved that majestic fort situated in those green mountains.

Visit to Mohegan Sun

Mohegan Sun, that was the only option I could think of, when we wanted to spend some quality time on cold evening with our toddlers. Thou I am not big fan of casino, while I was in New Jersey I always stayed away from Atlantic City as much as I could.



The good thing about Mohegan Sun is, It provides free parking, so even if you don’t win you don’t pay for parking unlike Atlantic City. You can take your kids inside; thou not in casino area and they can always enjoy in Kids area. Everything is under one roof so you don’t waste you energy walking. Also In winter you can keep yourself warm.

Most importantly this time, I did see the person who in fact won in the gambling and that was my friend who got lucky in 25 cents slot machine to win $400.

Adding Blog to Google Home Page

Now you can add this Blog to your Google Personalize Homepage, by clicking on "Add to Google" button. This way, you can read the blog entries from your Homepage rather than visiting this blog everyday.

Here is a link , If you need such kind of button for your blog.

Those Guitar Notes !

There are some songs that bring back the old memories of my guitar playing experience, which I tried to learn during those days. One of a song among them is “Isthara Ashiqi Ka” from Imtihaan, which was playing on television today and suddenly I was lost in those Guitar notes for a moment. Felt like grabbing that Guitar and playing it, But it wasn’t there.



Speaking of 'Imtihaan' movie; It has some of the most romantic songs of 90's for ex the lovely "Do Baatein Ho Sakti Hai".

ICICI Exchange Rate Gadget

Its been sometime that I've started using Google's Personalized Home in a real proper way.

There are many useful Gadgets to customize it, But for me 'ICICI Exchange Rate' Gadget turns out to be very handy one to find out Exchange Rate between USD to INR. In fact it shows the actual ICICI exchange rate not the market one.

India Rising Week on BBC

From last few days I've been noticing lot of India related artical on BBC News Front Page; It turns out that BBC World Service dedicating a week of special programmes from Saturday 3 February to Sunday 11 February 2007 looking at how India is changing.

This Special Report includes many interesting articals on Rising India.