Yet another Baba! What is wrong with Indians? Why they waste their hard-earned money on these fraud Babas? Recently a self-styled godman and spiritual leader, Nirmal Baba is in limelight due to his public discourses and treatises on social issues as well as his Samagam in Nirmal darbar (public meetings). Nirmal Darbar is actually a televised show corresponding to each public meeting of Baba. This show is currently broadcasted by approximately 40 different channels including AXN, TV Asia, Star News, SAB TV etc. During these Darbars, Nirmal Baba makes public appearances and converses with distressed devotees who usually narrate their personal, social or financial worries, fears and doubts to him.

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When you see a Bollywood star in an expensive foreign car or when pictures of their homes are shown in TV channels and film magazines. Just how much must they be taking home as the compensation, you wonder. Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest centers of film production in the world. Its films are multi-million dollar productions, with the most expensive productions costing up to 100 crores rupees. Film actors’ renumeration for film deals and endorsements are getting higher day by day. You would be shocked to see the earnings of the top Indian actors and actresses. Most of the top actors are making more money from ads than from films. Check out how much Bollywood Film stars take home these days.

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Today, a Jadavpur University Chemistry professor was arrested for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet lampooning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Mukul Roy. This action is highly atrocious and a big assault on the freedom of expression. Later, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also defended the arrest and blamed the opposition for raising trivial issues to malign her image. There are protests and outrage throughout the nation. I have translated the cartoon from Bengali to English. This cartoon is a spoof on the dialogues from the film Sonar Kella by Satyajit Ray. The movie is based on the story of Mukul, a kid who recalls his past life including a golden fortress (sonar kella).

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Let me complete this question, Shahrukh! Who the hell are you in US? Now come to the point. Yesterday Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan reached New York to visit the Yale University but was detained for over two hours at the airport. In 2009 also, before the release of his much-hyped “My Name is Khan”,  he was stopped at the NewYork airport and released after two-hour of grilling. After this incident, he said “I was really hassled at the American Airport because of my name being Khan. It was absolutely uncalled for I felt angry and humiliated, it is a Muslim name and I think the name is common on their checklist.”

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Facebook has bought Instagram, a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networking services, for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. This deal has cost Facebook about a quarter of the cash-on-hand they had as of the end of 2011. It is a big decision for Mark Zuckerberg. He said “For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.” Anyway, this is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time they have acquired a product and company. Let’s try to figure out three reasons why Facebook spent $1 billion for a photo sharing software.

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Once again, Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India and former Supreme Court Judge, seems to be playing with fire with his controversial editorial in Indian Express. In his latest article, he has claimed that 90 percent Indians are fools and they are full of casteism, communalism, superstition. He gives the example of Indian Elections to explain his argument. When Indian go to vote in elections, 90 percent of them vote on the basis of caste or community, not the merits of the candidate. That is why candidates with criminal background such as Phoolan Devi gets elected to Parliament. Katju also claims that: almost 90 percent Indians believe in superstitions such as astrology, media has turned the game of Cricket into a relgion, Indian waste their precious time while watching movies and Cricket matches.

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One of the reasons that Flipkart is getting huge success in India is that it provides books, mobiles, computers and other accessories at comparatively lower price then offline retailers. I have been regular customer of Flipkart from last three years. It provides extremely efficient and reliable service at door step with flexibility of cash-on-delivery. Flipkart.com started with selling books and within 2 years in 2010 branched out to selling CDs, DVDs, mobile phones and accessories, cameras, computers, computer accessories and peripherals, and in 2011 Pens & stationery, other electronic items such as home appliances, kitchen appliances, personal care gadgets, health care products etc. Further in 2012, Flipkart added A.C, Air coolers, School supplies, Office supplies, Art Supplies & life style products to its product portfolio. Mobile phones are hottest selling items on Flipkart. I have compiled the list of top 20 best selling mobile phones on Flipkart. Let’s have a look.

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Few hours back I discovered that my google traffic had been hijacked and redirected to some url2short.info website. I googled it and found out this is something which is happening on many vBulletin forums. After spending some hours on vBulletin help websites, I came to know that there was a server configuration and security issue combined with some specific attributes of current vBulletin version which gave the intruder direct access to the MySQL database. Let’s see how to fix forum redirecting to url2short.info website. If you are forum owner and facing this issue, I would strongly recommend to follow these steps to prevent mass-damage to your Forum.

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The Hindi Film industry is more than 100 years old. The centre of Hindi Films, Mumbai erstwhile Bombay, got its first exposure to motion pictures when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe unveiled six soundless short films, on July 7, 1896, at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai. Among the audience for these first shows was a photographer from Maharastra, H.S. Bhatvadekar (more commonly known as Save Dada). He shot two short films in early 1900s and exhibited them under Edison’s projecting kinetoscope. So this was the beginning of the one of the greatest revolutions in the field of entertainment in India. Dadasaheb Phalke got the credit of the production of India’s first fully indigenous silent feature film, Raja Harishchandra, adapted from the Mahabharata. The film was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinema in Mumbai. Raja Harishchandra was the foundation stone for the largest film producing industry in the world.

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Allow me to tell you a story. A coup story, a flop story. On Jan 16, an entire unit of mechanised infantry based in Hisar with its fighting vehicles began moving towards Delhi. It parked near Najafgarh. Sizeable section of the Agra-based 50 Para Brigade also moved to near Palam but both were stopped and ordered to be moved back. What was the reason of this movement? The India Army said that these were exercises to check effectiveness in fog. Now Indian Express’ editor Shekar Gupta was asking some preposterous questions. Why wasn’t Ministry of Defence notified? Did the units have to come so far towards Delhi? Why was the IAF not informed? Why were the troops suddenly called back?

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