Mangalore crash: Hearing reveals huge safety lapses
In this article NDTV in horror says that the ATC chaps walked into their work station only at 6AM while the plane touched down a mere 2 minutes later. Something quite impossible since even the parking attendants arrive at their work stations much before that time.

The last 30 minutes of the plane ( Read more... )

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This video came on our TVs this week, to which this reaction Mile Sur Mera Tomorrow? Fail appeared on this bloggers's Krish Ashok post saying it all on MSMT V 2.0;-) on9thheaven posted this on her Facebook page. I posted it on my profile too neglecting to post it here, which is when Manoj said "I was waiting for your take on this (LJ) and then forward you ( Read more... )

Have you noticed how the news dudes would never like to give anyone free positive publicity, and so when reporting will say silly things like "Tharoor had tweeted on a popular networking site," or "Aishwarya Rai was in the city to inaugurate a watch show room," in this case the accompanying photo will be so tightly cropped that nothing outside of ( Read more... )

'Grace': PETA's Thanksgiving ad

Peta's banned thanksgiving ad.

At the Nalanda Resort we were all set to relax and watch the IPL 2nd semi and the final the next day. Also to watch was the F1 quali and race at Monaco. All channels existed on the TV, except that on the IPL channel ie SetMax there was this ominous message similar to the one below was scrolling on the screen, italics mine:

This cable operator has ( Read more... )

Kavya is definitely live wire. Sometimes, while going to / coming from office and travelling in bus/jeeps/auto I just remember your post and her remarks and I keep smiling - sometimes smiling broadly. At times, I have seen the co-passengers giving me looks and wondering why I am smiling.This came in an e-mail from my friend Manoj from Ahmedabad ( Read more... )

Tina Fey and Steve Martin were the tops today. But of course I didn't see the entire ceremony, I went off to work at 8:30 after Slumdog got its 2nd nomination. So if there were other worthies do add in the comments.

I never knew Hugh Jackman sang or danced!

There was a time in the past, when you travelled anywhere in India, when someone asked you "Where are you from?" and you proudly said "I am from Mangalore!" the response was a puzzled "Bangalore ( Read more... )

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You must have all read the attacks that took place on about 7 girls at a pub in Mangalore at 4 pm on Saturday last [24.1.09]. It was carried out by a group who call themselves Sri Rama Sene. They came to the pub in a group of 40, found the girls having drinks, slapped them and hussled them out of the pub ( Read more... )