The Concept Of GRE !!!

Here's something to give some thought to. The GRE exam held worldwide - can it really judge a person. I'm saying this cause of things i have noticed recently.

2 websites - ORKUT & BLOGSPOT - playing a huge role.

Firstly with the help of communities on orkut, people are sharing vital information about tests with each other. There are threads everywhere with quantitative & analytical questions from previous tests. Every month has its own thread, with those who have given the tests in tht month posting in the questions - this constitutes the month "database".

The same concept is on blogspot. People have made blogs for every month, separate ones for quant & verb & even question wise.

So heres the trick - Take a date towards the end of the month. Keep a close watch on these commmunities & blogs throughout the month. Make sure to solve all problems in quant from these "databases" & learn all the words that appear there. I'm pretty sure you'll end with a score above 1300.

Now can GRE actually judge a person from this??

Steve Job - A Powergeek !!!

Steve Job topped the list of the 25 most influential people in Web music by US Music Magazine "Blender". Steve Job, also known as the Father of the iPod, does indeed deserve this title. The Apple iPod has managed to find itself in the hands of millions of music fans all over the world.


The magazine's "Powergeek 25" list was compiled to show the behind-scenes-players reshaping the way people listen to, buy and watch music. "Music fans spend much of their day, if not their life, sitting in front of their computer, discovering and downloading music," Blender's editor-in-chief Craig Marks said in a statement. He said Jobs, who co-founded Apple Inc. and is chief executive of the company, had proved to be a technology trendsetter.

The following is the complete list -


1. Steve Jobs: Apple Inc.

2. Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe: MySpace

3. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen: YouTube

4. Doug Morris: Universal Music Group

5. Ryan Schreiber: Pitchfork (Web magazine)

6. Ian Rogers: Yahoo! Music (music portal)

7. Martin Stiksel and Felix Miller: Last.FM (music community site)

8. Greg Bildson: LimeWire (file-sharing program)

(no photo) 9. Christian Schmid: RapidShare (file-hosting service)

10. Coran Capshaw: MusicToday (online ticketer and merchandiser)

News Channels in India

As usual when theres nothing good to watch on television, i'm surfing through all of the channels one after the other. Whats pathetic to watch is some news channel or the other has some breaking news or the other. I donno whether the news channels themselves plant the news or they juss hang around somewhere the whole time to get the coverage first.

Furthermore when there's a huge event going on, all the news channels are flashing the same news over and over again for hours, even after the event. Let me give you an example -

take the Abhishek - Aishwarya wedding a month or so back. All the news channels were constantly focused on their homes & outside the place of the wedding. These channels had their scroll bars flashing "Breaking News" like "Abhishek has just left his place", "Abhishek has arrived at the mandap". What was even more frustrating is to watch each n every news channel do this.

I was surprised that DD NEWS was the only channel which wasnt broadcasting this. DD NEWS was broadcasting a sports programmed awaiting the list of the Indian team for the bangladesh series held a fmonth back". I remember that the declaration of the team news was delayed & i dont see any other reason than that the selectors themselves were watching the "Abhi - Ash" fiasco on their television."

Another thing that i hated the most was watching "Sunita Williams" coming back on earth.
News channels had headlines like "Ghar aao Sunita" (come back home Sunita) and other wierd ones. They even had countdown clocks ticking on till the time of landing. What was amusing for me was tht the landing was delayed each time & they had to reset their countdown timers to the new timings. Now that was funny". By the time the space shuttle landed, the whole excitement had died down.


One more thing i have noticed about these news channels is the viewers opinion via SMS's. Whatever happens, each of the news channel wants the viewers to send in their opinions or greetings via smses. And then there viewers dumb enough to believe that "someone" to whom these opinions are pointed out is actually gonna read them. Wake up people u are just wasting your money in those stupid smses. Only the news channels are gaining "financially" from them. You turn out to be the "loser". Dumb enough to do what they want you to do.

All in all, to conclude these news channels are commercializing the art of free press for their own profits !!!

Chris Benoit & Family dead !!!!

Yes thats rite... The great WWE Superstar, Former World Heavyweight Champion & Former United States Champion is dead. Also found dead were his wife Nancy 7 year old Daniel. Police suspect it is a case of Double Murder - suicide within the family.

Chris Benoit also known as the rabid wolverine was known for his passionate wrestling & his submission hold - The crippler crossface !!! Chris Benoit had achieved many victories in the past in his long career at WCW followed by WWE !!!

Benoit was scheduled to perform at the "Vengeance" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called "personal reasons."

Benoit, a Canadian native, maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling.

The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.

"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the federation said in a statement on its Web site.

Indian Idol 3 starts off !!

Well India Idol had started off from 4th May, & i dont think it did with a bang. Well there are quite some changes this year like the judging panel & it is aiming to reach out to the rural areas too(which is a good thing).

I dont dig Indian Idol as such. But i like the initial stages of this program where people come n audition from various cities. Its fun to watch people making fool of themselves in front of the T.V. Some people come to the auditions only to be in front of the camera. May be they expect even they will be cast in some "k" serial by Ekta Kapoor like she did two of the Indian Idol 1 contestants in Kaisa yeh Pyaar hain.

Before i used to pity the contestants because of Anu Malik's attitude towards them, but now after watching the initial episodes i serioulsy pity the judges....tolerating 1000s of useless contestants for that one idol is too much!!! I jus wish the new judges good luck for this enduring pain anguis they have go through!!!

Coca Cola to launch fruit juice!

In recent years, Coca-Cola and its archrival PepsiCo have been expanding their non-cola and health based portfolio in various countries because consumers are shifting towards healthier beverages. The sales of cola products had declined in past few years, due to the pesticide controversy.

Coca-Cola is all set to roll out its fruit juice brand Minute Maid in Indian beverage market. With this launch, the company hopes to cash in on changing preferences of consumers, who are increasingly becoming health conscious and may be re-furbish it’s tumbling image from a seller of junk to a seller of health. Initially it will only offer the orange flavour and based on response it will introduce apple and mixed berry flavours. The juice will be available in 400ml and 1litre pet bottles.

How well the Coca-Cola Company will do remains to be seen. Coke is entering the fruit juice a bit late in the day. Brands like Tropiciana from PepsiCo and Real from Dabur have already made inroads into the Indian fruit juice market. On the other hand, maybe Coke is the wise one. Real and Tropiciana have had to literally carve a decent place for themselves in a tiny market…but now the market has taken on a life of it’s own.

So the war of big companies will be fought even in the fruit juice market. As a consumer I am happy, as I’ll get to choose from the best brands. And I hope coca-cola’s Maid won’t disappoint the consumers.

Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2007 Winners!!!

The Big event is finally over!! The winners are- (l-r)Femina Miss India Earth Pooja Chitgopekar, Pantaloons Femina Miss India World Sarah-Jane Dias and Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe Puja Gupta. Well I wouldnt say that the best girl won...but there was a little choice for the judges!! There was really a dearth of intellectual capacity in all the girls who reached the top ten...dunno bt the gals who didnt make it to Top 10!! Sarah-Jane being a VJ had the confidence & the attitude to answer wid grace...but it was still not upto the mark.... Hopefully they will be groomed by the best before their respective International Pageants !!! Also speaking of the judges.....Adnan Sami sure looked like had some lipposuction done(I dont buy his version that he lost so much weight only by "dieting") ...lookin like one member of the "Kapoor" family(Randhir,Rishi...etc). Coming to the point, I fail to understand what Adnan Sami or for that matter Munnabhai(Sanjay Dutt) understand about judging such a competetion!!!

Well whatever it is...the competetion is over!!

I dunno the girls that have been chosen are for better or for worse!! Lets hope they shine in the International Pageants...

Well those of you who would like to download wallpapers,videos & animations of all the 25 contestants on your handsets can do them from: http://in.mobile.indiatimes.com/mobile/femina/index.html

Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2007!!!

So it that time of the year again when girls rally to vie for the most coveted crown in the beauty world.....Miss India!!! We are all proud of Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra ,Dia Mirza and Diana Hayden. They are idols for girls participating in this event. But since the triple win of Priyanka Chopra ,Dia Mirza , Lara Dutta at the international pageants, hardly their has been a Miss India contestant showing the intelligence and poise required to compete at the international pageants. Other things that have changed are that the dresses by the participating contestants have become grander & more expensive!! I remember seeing an interview of Sushmita Sen long before , she said that she had got her Miss India winning gown sewed by her tailor in her neighbourhood!!! Isnt it amazing ...i mean instead of wasting scores of rupees on "that" special gown , i feel the contestants will be better off improving their prowess on answering capabilities n that perfect diction which Sushmita & Lara are so adept with. Also i feel that the organising committee of Miss India should take a video entry of all the contestants and ask them to present themselves which will help them to zero in on the final shortlist!!! i mean hw much can u come to know through a simple photograph!!!
All said & done i hope that the best girl win in this competetion , the final show being held on 8th April, to represent India at the International level!!!
I wish all contestants good luck!!!
Also for more information on schedule n stuff u can log on to: http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com