Daily Show : Emmy Awards

I stumbled upon this "The Daily Show" - Emmy Awards 2003 video...

 

Charlie Rose interview of Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffet

I stumbled upon this interview http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=515260011274566220 a while ago.  In the interview Warren Buffet gives his insight on the rational for his decision to make the largest ever philanthropic contribution to Gates foundation.   The Gates share their prespective on the donation and about the foundation's work and the positive impact this contribution would have.

The most memorable part of the interview for me is, when Charlie asks Warren "Don't you want to see Buffet this, Buffet that?",  he shots back immeidately in his own way saying "No" with a humorous tone.    

Click-n-Feed

If you click a link in the hungersite it would help feed someone. Please bookmark (or if possible make it ur homepage) and click everyday. Visit The Hunger Site and make sure you click the link specified in that page.

Bill Gates out did professional comdians!

Bill Gates took a shot at Dick Cheney yesterday at the RSA conference. He said he felt safer by not accepting his other invitation which is to go for hunting with Dick Cheney :))

Definitely Watch it here. You don't want to miss it!

Thomas Friedman wants Jeffrey Immelt as Vice President

Thomas Friendman through his opinion column titled "State of the Union" wants Jeffrey Immelt, C.E.O. of General Eelectic to be nominated as Vice President of the United States. I would cretainly welcome Tom's version of the State of the Union Click Here.

HOT Deals

Here are some websites were you can find some cool deals and save some bucks for your holiday shopping....

• http://www.woot.com/ 
• http://www.dealsea.com/
• http://www.slickdeals.com/
• http://deals2buy.com/
• http://www.dealnews.com/
• http://www.techbargains.com/
• http://www.dealsatnet.com

Happy shopping :)

are you hungry?

Are you hungry? Do you want some vegetarian south indian food? Sorry I can't give you any food here but I can direct you to mouthwatering receipe blog that I stumbled upon http://talkingveggie.blogspot.com/

Personal Development

For the past couple of days I got immersed into reading the excellent Personal Development articles by Steve Pavlina. He has shared his rich experienced insights on a wide array of topics that one could ask for.

I have joined his Million Dollar Experiment and I put forward my intention:
"In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention."

To learn more about Million Dollar Experiment click here.

Excellent Music

I stumbled upon Hari Sivaramakrishnan MusicalMusings blog! Wow what a great musician... You should definite have a click on his Vande Mataram Composition..

Also visit their F6 Project site at htpp://f6.cjb.net

Katrina

There is no doubt that hurricane Katrina is one of the most devastating natural disasters in the history of the United States. I have to salute to the efforts of the national guards, volunteers, sate, local and federal workers. But I feel since due the inexperience of disasters like these we are unable to help the victims in terms of getting basic necessities with urgency. I think we must also address the stagnating water issue by applying (spraying) appropriate chemicals to prevent the spread of diseases.

Wakeup Pakis - This is 2005!

"Dr Shazia Khalid was raped on January 2nd , allegedly by an army officer while performing her duty as a medical officer for Pakistan Petroleum Limited in Sui, Balochistan. Her rapist was never caught and the Government of Pakistan forced her to leave Pakistan and left her stranded in the United Kingdom, where she is currently seeking asylum"

Have a click on this NYT article... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/opinion/02kristof.html?ex=1123732800&en=45f7cab5fa7a84c1&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Also have a click here http://www.4anaa.org/stories/shazia.htm

If you are in or around NYC you could join for a rally http://www.4anaa.org/

a beautiful mind

I finally had a chance to see this movie few days back, its just fabulous. I am truly touched by two things this movie conveys: attitude and affection.

dancing bush

Really cool.. Have a click here..

moving mela -- ny to ct

I moved out of NYC this weekend. It was tough to move out actually both emotionally and literally. No doubt NYC is a great place to live and commute. It was a definitely a mela for us to move. We had to pack things, find a mover, negotiate with him and finally move. Anyways last saturday we finally moved to Stamford, CT. I like this city very much esp there no city tax ;)

swades - one side of the coin

I saw swades today, I felt it is one side of the coin. Definitely the movie is very good and I never felt bored throughout the screenplay. The message it conveyed to me seems to be one-sided. The film portrays that the general public is very honest or atleast would accept true realities. But the reality is quite different. If someone wants to do some service then there would be major force of people who would try to spoil it. For example after tsunami Vivek Oberio adopted the village Thevanampattinam in Tamil Nadu and did some good work. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu gave him this praise!

I don't mean to suggest that no one should think of doing good service. But the greater problem with attitude of the Indian public must be changed. India needs an attitude revolution of some kind!

bush bashing: bush vs bush

I saw this video from The Daily Show by John Stewart titled "bush vs bush". Have a click here, if you see it once you would watch it 1000 times..

You will need Real player and a broadband connection to watch this!

wanna break your keyboard?

I stumbled upon a pretty good website with lots of fun games http://www.shockwave.com/sw/home/.

masala is mixed well!

I saw chandramukhi couple of days before! I didnt have the same feeling that I had after returning from Baba or Padayappa either. To me "kantham" of Rajinikanth is gone and only Rajini is there. Still not bad, thalaivar has done a pretty good job and I felt that the masala is mixed well. Its definitely worth seeing once, so if you haven't you better do.

Grand Canyon

Here is the link for Grand Canyon on Google satellite... its cool..

World is Flat??

This is a pretty good NYTimes article.. Worth a click!

Thanks to Priya!

new yorker: whats "excuse"?

i stumbled upon this joke..

These four guys were walking down the street, a Saudi, a Russian, a North Korean, and a New Yorker.
A reporter comes running up and says, "Excuse me, what is your opinion about the meat shortage?"
The Saudi says, "Excuse me, what's a shortage?"
The Russian says, "Excuse me, what's meat?"
The North Korean says, "Excuse me, what's an opinion?"
The New Yorker, says, "Excuse me? What's excuse me?

:))

I made vathal kozhambu today!

Vathal Kozhambu 001_web
Originally uploaded by venkks.

i made vathal kozhambu today... for those of you waiting for my recipie here it is ;) ...

1) take 2.5 cups of water and add 1 table spoon of tamarind paste and mix it well..

2) take 1 spoon of mustard seeds, half spoon of methi seeds, chilli, some pea nuts or channa dal (optional) and small onions in a pan and fry it...

once fried, mix both (1),(2),salt and boil it... the more it boils the better it is so keep the stove in low flame..

as simple as that can be!

come back for pottato curry tomm!

*vathal kozhambu left overs on the photo