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Many young actors participated in the Bollywood movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. This movie had won 8 Oscars. Rubina Ali played a key role of Slumdog Millionaire. She was Latika in this film. She has come in news again. But this time, she is not in news due to her acting performance; it is due to sad news about her home.Many young actors participated in the Bollywood movie “Slumdog... more
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The New York Times reports, "Germany dispatched heavily armed police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs to train stations, airports and key landmarks on Wednesday as a new picture emerged of the terrorist threat that had already raised security levels in Britain and France." According to "a high-ranking German intelligence official...reports had been streaming in for months that teams might be heading to Germany for a Mumbai-style attack or other terrorism strikes."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/europe/18germany.html?_r=1&hpThe New York Times reports, "Germany dispatched heavily armed police officers and... more
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Mukesh Ambani’s newly constructed house in Mumbai has caught many eyeballs, as the tower is the first billion dollar home. Antilia is named after the mythical island in the Atlantic, Antilia. :http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/5036-antilia-mukesh-ambanis-billion-dollar-home.htmlMukesh Ambani’s newly constructed house in Mumbai has caught many eyeballs, as... more
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With the arrest of a computer graduate, Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have unearthed a "new route" of human trafficking whereby people were sent illegally to Mexico, Canada and the US through Guatemala.
Adil Vali Mohammed (38) was taken into custody at the Delhi airport after a large number of passports were seized from him, O P Mishra, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport), said.
"While returning from Guatemala Adil Vali Mohammed was found in possession of 31 passports apart from his own at the Delhi airport. The recovery of such a large number of passports belonging to different passengers was alarming," he said.
During questioning, the DCP said, Mohammed revealed a very organised network of carrier agents and middlemen involved in human trafficking who would charge Rs 20-30 lakh from the victims.With the arrest of a computer graduate, Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have... more
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Vivek Oberoi reception party last night on Sunday 31st October, 2010 in Mumbai. The event, Vivek Oberoi Reception, was conceptualized by the same group of peopleVivek Oberoi reception party last night on Sunday 31st October, 2010 in Mumbai. The... more
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The 570 rooms of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India will be just what the royal couple needs after the midterm elections. On November 6 the city will be in virtual lockdown according to the Daily Mail. The first couple has booked the entire place, and hundreds of additional rooms at nearby hotels. The Obamas are sparing no taxpayer expense as the telegraph.co.uk reports:
“Obama’s contingent is huge,” a senior Indian security official told the newspaper. “There are two jumbo jets coming along with Air Force One, which will be flanked by security jets. The President’s convoy has 45 cars.”
The Economic Times also reported that Mr Obama’s delegation is so large that another 300 rooms have reportedly been booked in other luxury Mumbai hotels.
What prompted Michelle’s and Barack’s 3-day jaunt to India besides the need to avoid out-of-work, vengeful Democratic congressmen, governors and Senators after the election?
Well, Michelle is scheduled to visit the largest red-light district in the world and grill commercial sex workers about their daily grind. (no pun intended)
Her husband will head over to the National Center for the Performing Arts where the US-India Business Council(USIBC) has organized a business summit. The president will address the Council, a wing of the United States Chamber of Commerce. His recent assault on the Chamber’s involvement in campaign funding has caused a major breach between the two. Almost two weeks ago, one news source wasn’t sure Obama would show up stating:
In the midst of such an unprecedented exchange of words between the Obama Administration and the US Chamber, trip planners in the White House are now believed to be having second thoughts on the Mumbai events which is being organized by USIBC.
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After the Business and Entrepreneurship summit the couple and their servants, staff, secret service, etc will check out of all 570 rooms at the Taj Mahal and board planes to New Delhi. There Mr. Obama will shame the office of the presidency one more time by hauling the teleprompter into Central Hall at Parliament House to give a 20-minute speech.This from dnaindia.com:
Obama will take the help of a teleprompter to deliver his address to the 780-odd members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, sources said. Parliament authorities said this will be the first time that such a facility will be arranged in the Central Hall. Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter is unusual–not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.
Hopefully, the participants in the Parliament House meeting will understand that Obama’s bizarre dependence on the teleprompter is unique and not reflective of other U.S. presidents.
At least the city of Amritsar will be spared POTUS AND TOTUS. The Obamas will not be visiting the Sikh Golden Temple there .Too risky. A recent poll showed that 24% of Americans believe the President is a Muslim. If he were to visit the temple, photos of Obama in a headscarf might not be a good PR move. Joseph Grieboski, founder of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy denounced Mr. Obama for not visiting the temple:
Instead of standing for religious freedom and against religious intolerance, President Obama has caved in to an ignorant minority in the US who hide behind a conspiracy theory that he is a Muslim.The 570 rooms of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India will be just what the royal... more
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Barack Obama and his travelling delegation have book at least 800 rooms for the president's trip to Mumbai, according to reports, including the entire Taj Mahal hotel.
The president, who is scheduled to set off on a twice-postponed Asian tour with his wife Michelle after next week's midterms, has reportedly block-booked all 570 rooms in the Taj Mahal hotel as a security measure. On top of that, US navy ships will also be deployed, as the president is staying in a hotel by the ocean.
The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks which claimed at least 173 lives, ended with a siege at the Taj Mahal hotel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/8084055/Barack-Obamas-Indian-delegation-books-800-rooms-in-Mumbai.htmlBarack Obama and his travelling delegation have book at least 800 rooms for the... more
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This week GlobalPost published an interesting series on the challenges posed by the world's rapid urbanization, focusing in particular on Dhaka, Bangladesh, which it identified as the "fastest growing megacity in the world."
Indeed, the population growth numbers in Dhaka are staggering. According to U.N. population figures, in 1985 the city had less than five million people; by 2009 it had just under 15 million. By 2025 it is projected to surpass 20 million inhabitants.
But Dhaka, of course, is not alone in this growth: as an article on megacities in the Christian Science Monitor last May noted, by 2050 7 out of 10 people would be living in one.
(A megacity is typically defined as an urban agglomeration that has more than 10 million people.) Currently the world has 20 or so of these cities: by 2025 we could have more than 30.
As for what this means for the planet, the authors of GlobalPost's report see the issue as follows: The world's rapid urbanization is a reality fraught with both peril and hope. The peril is obvious. Overcrowding, pollution, poverty, impossible demands for energy and water all result in an overwhelming sense these megacities will simply collapse. But the hope, while less obvious, needs more attention. The potential efficiencies of urban living, the access to health care and jobs, along with plummeting urban birth rates have all convinced some environmental theorists the migration to cities may in fact save the planet. But only, these experts hasten to add, if this shift is well managed.
With that in mind, here is a look at the current 10 largest megacities, along with their projected 2025 populations. (Full U.N. data also at this site.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/11/the-worlds-largest-megaci_n_713185.htmlThis week GlobalPost published an interesting series on the challenges posed by the... more
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“The Shower Series” (Paani) is a remarkable series of photographs by Manjari Sharma, who was born in Mumbai, India, and now lives in New York City. The photographs offer up both intimate and awesome perspectives on a basic human need. Over a period of months, Sharma invited people to visit her apartment and photographed them in a very intimate space, her shower. Bathing is an ordinary routine for most of us, but Manjari Sharma’s shower became more than a place for a daily lather and rinse. It became a confessional, a temple, and, for believers, an incarnation of the river Ganges.
As Sharma describes it, “The walls that somehow surround us and restrict us came down in the shower and made people say some very personal things about their life to me. In my artist statement, I attribute it to the intimacy of standing in the same bathtub, the washing down of the water, and the shower thereby transforming into a confessional. In some ways every time we take a shower and indulge in the act of shedding, pouring, coming undone, cleansing, we partake in renewing ourselves.”
This piece includes a number of wonderful high-resolution photographs, a slide show and an emotionally soothing music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/photos-of-the-day-the-personal-mythology-of-intimate-showers/“The Shower Series” (Paani) is a remarkable series of photographs by... more
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