He has ashrams in various places in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Mob has attacked his ashrams in various places.

To download and view the full video, visit here.

I came to know about the fire even before I watched it on new at Office. I was informed by my mother was accompanying my sister who was admitted at Manipal hospital. She just told me some building near Manipal hospital has caught fire and injured people are being brought here. I was concerned if it was any building besides Manipal.

As the fire ravaged on, Bangalore came to know how unprepared we are to fight a disaster. Our disaster management is almost non existent. A prominent daily said, one of the fire brigade came but without water. The approved plan seems to be a lot different from what was actually constructed. There was no water in the building to fight fire. In high rise buildings there is supposed to be a certain amount of water to fight fire. However, they had 10 barrel of diesel on the terrace to add to the fire. Btw, glad to see fire safety water tanks in Manipal hospital. These builders who builds such death traps should be brought to books. They should understand that they are selling home not death traps. Police has as of now arrested only the maintainers of the building. The builder is absconding.

Few questions unanswered:

1. Why the emergency exit was locked
2. For such a big building there was no fire emergency plan
3. No water in the building to fight fire

Our fire services should be equipped with modern equipments so that can fight fire effectively. They should be more prompt in reaching the disaster zone as it is a matter of life and death.

Modern fire fighting equipments Bangalore fire services should look for:

1. Turntable Ladder

2. Jumping Cushion

3. Chutes

4. Smoke extractor

5. High pressure water pumps

Gender equality is the buzz these days. But one thing women always complained but could not do was, the ease of standing and peeing. For man, the world is a urinal. He relieves almost everywhere. But women may not lag behind with Go Girl. It is a female urination device which will help women stand and pee. It is a reusable silicon funnel. Go Girl has been been targeted at active women and has been developed by a 47 year old American women Sarah Dillon. Go Girl launched just over an year ago in the US, has been received enthusiastically. It sells in between $8 – $10 per piece. It is available in Bangalore from Disha Devices.

So Go Women, the world is yours!

Go Girl official website: www.go-girl.com

PC Expo 2010 is taking place at palace ground, Bangalore. For more information please, click here.

Terror is back. Approximately 1 year and 3 months after 26/11, terror has struck again in Pune. A bomb blast of high intensity took place in Pune at the German bakery. This area is thronged by foreigners. Nearby is Osho ashram and a Jewish prayer center. The home secretery G.K Pillai announced that this was one of the site recede by Lashkar – e Toiba associate David Coleman Headly. This means intelligence was available in this regard that these places are targeted. Still there was no pro-active work done to stop such incidents from happening. The Maharashtra state government has issue a red alert as usual after a bomb blast. Earlier the blast which took place around 6.30 pm on Saturday was thought of as a cylinder blast. Funny indeed! an cylinder blast will cause such a casualty.

As usual in any such incident, the government will be more than eager to announce a compensation – Rs 1 lakh for dead and Rs 50,000 for injured. Is that the cost of life in India? People life is in America! why not, they value life. If any American is danger, US would do almost everything possible to save that person. In India at last everything comes down to compensation. It will be flashed by the media channels for sometime, some hush hush investigation will be done and then we will forget it until the next blast.

Rock n India 2010 is a live concert featuring Backstreet Boys, Richard Marx and few others. The concert will be held in Delhi and Bangalore.

Bangalore:

Performers: Bakstreet Boys, Richard Marx, Prime Circle, Jayce Lewis and two Indian brands Swarathma and five little Indians.

Date and Time: 21st February, 2010, 5 pm onwards
Venue: Palace grounds
Ticket cost: Rs 1000. To buy tickets, click here.

Delhi:

Performers: Bakstreet Boys, Richard Marx, Prime Circle, Jayce Lewis and two Indian brands Swarathma and Indigo Children.

Date and Time:20th February, 2010, 3 pm onwards
Venue: NSIC
Ticket cost: Rs 1500, To buy tickets click here.

There are few other attractions on display apart from the music played. Force India formula one car will be on display, gaming kiosks etc. For more info visit: http://rockinindia.com/

There are just 1411 tigers left in India now. If we do not act now then we may never get a chance to save the tigers and in tun the forest. Tigers are central to the forest eco system. I read in a journal by tiger conservationist Valmik Thapar that if the tigers are lost then it will create an imbalance in the eco system and will result in erosion of forest. So if forests become extinct then where you will go on your vacations, where will you go to bust your stress and where will you go to be with nature? There were around 40,000 tigers by the start of 20th century but now we are left with just over a thousand.

Our forefathers has left has this amazing animal to see and it is our duty to make sure that coming generations can see the tigers too. In 1973 to save the tigers, Project Tiger was launched but it was an utter failure in most places. Because most of the tiger reserve created lacked personal, training and equipment. It has shown good result in some places like Corbet national park. In a country like India where people are surrounded by poverty, people are ready any route to survive or make money. So security of the forests is very essential. So lets highlight this issues in any form we can. One can blog, tweet, sms, write articles, word of mouth, email etc. I am done my bit by writing this article.

Watch a moving video:

For more information you can visit:

http://www.saveourtigers.com

http://www.wwfindia.org/

Preview: 6th February , 7 p.m.
On view: 7th February to 13th March 2009

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Expressions-2010 is a one-day seminar on cinema and journalism, to be held on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Sri Sathya Sai Samskrutha Sadanam, Near Forum, in Bangalore.It is a great forum for students and professionals to gain insights into the world of Media and its working.

Speakers at the Seminar:

· R Balakrishnan (Balki), Co-chairman, Lowe and Director, Paa & Cheeni Kum

· Vinay Tewari, Managing Editor, CNN-IBN

· Krishna Prasad, Editor, Outlook

· T M Chaitanya, Award-winning filmmaker and Director, Aa Dinagalu & Suryakanthi

· Shashank Ghosh, Former head of Channel [V] India and Director, Quick Gun Murugan

. Jaideep Sahni, Story and screenplay writer for Chak De! India, Rocket Singh

This will be followed by a panel discussion on “Careers in Communication” by industry professionals.

All participants will also receive a certificate.

The tickets are prices at Rs.200 (including lunch)

Seating will be according to seat numbers.

For tickets call:

Rohita : 96203 41143
Swaha: 98865 80087
Padmini: 99001 90526

More details about the speakers

· R Balakrishnan (Balki), Co-chairman, Lowe and Director, Paa & Cheeni Kum

R.Balakrishnan, popularly known as Balki, is the man who directed
Cheeni Kum (2007), a romantic comedy. The adman is the Creative
Director of Lowe, which handles the Unilever account.

In 2009, he has another ambitious project in hand. Paa is a movie
which stars Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. Bachchan
Senior plays a boy who suffers from a condition called Progeria
which causes him to age quickly.

· Vinay Tewari, Managing Editor, CNN-IBN

Vinay Tewari heads CNN-IBN’s daily news gathering operations and
all special news events. He started his career as a reporter with
The Pioneer in Lucknow. He worked with The Times of India in
Delhi for about 9 years where he was part of the team which
launched Delhi Times before moving to reporting on crime, courts,
urban governance and politics. He joined the the TV Today Network
as Metro Editor in 2001.

· Krishna Prasad, Editor, Outlook

Krishna Prasad is best known as one of the two reporters who
exposed the alleged match-fixing scandal in Indian cricket in
Outlook magazine. He has several exposes to his credit, most
notably on the Indian nuclear programme. Krishna has worked at
The Times of India, Mid-Day, The Sunday Observer and Outlook.

· T M Chaitanya, Award-winning filmmaker and Director, Aa
Dinagalu & Suryakanthi

From an understudy to Girish Karnad, to directing him as an
actor. From a star-struck kid to making a successful debut as a
director of a film appreciated by both the masses and classes.
Chaitanya, director of Aa Dinagalu, a film based on the
underworld wars of the eighties, has indeed come a long way and
his career is all set to take off to much greater heights.

· Shashank Ghosh, Former head of Channel [V] India and
Director, Quick Gun Murugan

Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. As a director, he is
known for small budget films with powerful performances and a
strong story line. As a writer, he penned the story for Aisa Bhi
Hota Hai and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. He also direted the
comedy flick Quick Gun Murugan. The likes of this kind of a
fantastic combination are Waisa bhi hota hai part I and II. He is
currently completing to direct Mumbai cutting, another cult
movie.

. Jaideep Sahni, Story and screenplay writer for Chak De! India,
Rocket Singh

He won two Filmfare Awards in 2003-Best Dialogue for Saathiya and
Best Story for Company. He has written the story, screenplay, and
dialogues for various films like Jungle, Company, Khosla Ka
Ghosla, and also for the superhit film Chak De! India which
starred Shahrukh Khan in the lead role. He wrote the screenplay
and dialogues for Madhuri Dixit’s comeback film Aaja Nachle .

The Electronic city flyover is finally completed and thrown open to Public by Union minsiter Kamal Nath and Karnataka CM BS Yedurryappa on 22nd Jan, 2010. The work started on this project long and it was supposed to complete in April 2008. But after several delays it is completed now. Today morning I along with few of my friends went for a test drive there. I reached the flyover by 8.30 am. The good news is the toll booths are not yet functional, so your rides are free now. Traffic on the flyover is very less and I zoomed on the flyover to 80 km/hr. Yes, that’s it, as my vehicle refuses accelerate further. My friend achieved a top speed of 135 km/hr. Looks like the minimum speed on the flyover is 80 km/hr. To board electronic city flyover, you will have move little after Silk Board flyover. This 9.5 km flyover was built by Soma enterprises, NCC and Maytas (of Satyam fame).

These three companies formed a company BETL to run and main the flyover. The toll booths has not been put in place yet, so you can do a test ride on the flyover for free now. Once the toll booths are in place, rides on this flyover will be charged. This flyover is one of the most advanced in the country with many new features like CCTV for round the clock monitoring, emergency response system, passes, mode payments like credit cards etc

For complete information you can visit their website: http://blrelevated.co.in