Blog moving to a new address.

I am moving this blog to a new address which is www.thecrazyegg.wordpress.com

WordPress do not provide the facility for redirecting users from one blog to the other, hence kindly bear with me. I hope I would be quite regular at my new address.

EPIC Browser: Web Browser Made by Indians 4 Indians

I had always been a great fan of Mozilla Firefox and the availability of myriad addons easily makes it the best of the lot. However recently I came across a browser which not only impressed me but as I got deeper into it, it virtually forced me to uninstall all other browsers from my laptop namely Mozilla and Chrome. EPIC is a web browser developed by a bangalore based startup called Hidden Reflex and as the punchline goes it is truly a browser made by Indians for the Indians.

Despite being the first browser made by Indians, there are 5 more reasons why you must set it as your default browser:

1. Cool Sidebar: The sidebar feature is really unique in EPIC and it gives you a lot of functionality. Just click on any of the icon on the left sidebar of the browser and bingo!!! A sidebar opens which means you can manage your opened webpage as well as the feature just enabled by you. It can be a video, facebook, orkut, gmail or virtually anything. If you are an expert of programming, you can even create yourself one.

2. Based on Mozilla: EPIC is based on the Mozilla engine which is undoubtedly more efficient and secure than the Internet Explorer(Microsoft) engine. The biggest benefit of this smart move by the developers is that all the addons of Mozilla work with absolute charm on EPIC also. So all the Mozilla lovers like me, there is nothing to worry about.

3. Skins: I just cannot resist myself trying different skins (themes and wallpapers) on EPIC. It is activated from an icon on the same left toolbar. And there are tons of different skins to choose from. And as I said this is an Indian browser, even the skins are purely for we Indians ranging from everyday life, bollywood, sports to politics and religion. You can see for yourself in the above picture where I have applied a theme of gorgeous Katrina Kaif and wallpaper of supercute Sonam Kapoor.

4. Tools and addons for Indians: All the tools and functions given in the sidebar are specially designed for the Indian masses. Whether it be Orkut, India, Indic Text, News from regional newspapers in regional languages, it feels so nearby to the Desi soil. I have added functions like Cricinfo, MapmyIndia and Shirdi Sai baba in addition.

5. Backup Facility: This is a really outstanding facility provided by EPIC. The browser enables you to store your important documents in your gmail account. Since most of us have a gmail account and anyone hardly uses more than 1 GB of the provided space(>7GB). So it is really a cool and unique idea to backup your all important documents in the gmail account so that you can have access to them from anywhere in the world.

EPIC is really cool browser, and yeah it has got an inbuilt antivirus in the form of Nod32 ( To avail this feature, you have to download additional 32 mb ). Though there is one word of caution: EPIC has crashed a few times while being used by me. Even then I am sticking to it, because the crashing tendency is also witnessed in Opera and Chrome.

Download EPIC Browser from here

or visit the adjacent website:: http://www.epicbrowser.com

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai…. Bollywood used to rock

Once upon a time in Mumbai, there used to be movies which could glue you to the screen.. But lately it was not only a rare sight, infact good movies had become an extinct species.

Then enters the much hyped MILAN LUTHRA’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbai and everyone sees a light of ray. For it is such a masterpiece carefully crafted out of the bollywood favourite theme Mumbai Gangwars, that you seem to undergo a completely different world and feels yourself in the laps of your grandparents and listening to an enthralling story. Its not just about the restless story, cheeky dialogues, stellar performances, fascinating direction, the film is just everything an Indian wants to see in a movie. And yeah, how can I forget to mention about my favourite Kangna Ranaut, she has been absolutely outstanding and looked gorgeous in the entire movie. Kangna Ranaut is undoubtedly way ahead from any contemporary actress in terms of performance and carry through..

I was going through the movie reviews and found a very suitable review for the movie on rediff.com by Syed Firdaus Ashraf. I am going it to reproduce it exactly here…

Syed Firdaus Ashraf reviews Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai there was Bollywood which used to give us great films, but not anymore. Hopes of seeing great films from today’s filmmakers seem lost.

Once you watch Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, however, all hope is not lost.

Once Upon A Time there were writers like Salim-Javed in Bollywood.

Once again, we have found such a writer in Rajat Aroraa. Watch the film and you will understand. By the way, Rajat, where were you hiding all this while?

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai there was an actor called Randeep Hooda who was written off.

Once again, he’s back with a bang as ACP Agnel Wilson.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai there was Ajay Devgn who floored us with his role of Malik Saab in Ram Gopal Varma’s Company.

Once again he returns to top form with his role of Sultan Mirza.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai there was Emraan Hashmi who acted brilliantly and smooched girls with aplomb.

Once again he has acted brilliantly as Shoaib. The smooches, however, are missing this time.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai there was a genre of music in Bollywood that we used to love, dhan-tanan-tananan.

Once again Tananan Tananan, Tananan, Taan Taan returns. You’ve got to hear it to believe it.

Once Upon A Time Bollywood used to give us melodious music.

Once again, we find that in this film. Pritam, I am speechless.

Once Upon A Time in Bollywood, heroines had little to do in a film.

Once again, Kangna Ranaut and Prachi Desai have little to do. After all, this is a gang war movie.

Once Upon A Time our film critic Raja Sen would have reviewed this film.

Once again, thank you Raja for going on a sabbatical so that I could review this film instead of you.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, I saw a great movie on Thrusday night.

Once again, I am going to see it on Saturday with my family and again on Sunday.

Once Again, you are reading my stupid review.

Once again, I am reminding you to book your tickets for this film.

Once Again, you’re still reading this review. Stop and go buy a ticket. Now!

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai there was a director Milan Luthria who made Kacche Dhage with Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan and then lost it.

Once again, he is back. Thank You, Milan.

Srijan 2010: Promotional Video

Watch out for sRiJaN 2010. Its gonna be one hell of an event.

Maharashtra: A state of anarchy

Mumbai, being the financial capital of India, has always fascinated the entire nation. People from all states come to Mumbai chasing their dreams. And undoubtedly Mumbai has always been generous to accept the outsiders and provide them an opportunity to write their own destiny.

But as everybody knows, politics in India is as grave and gross as it can be. When people of Uttar Pradesh can elect the same “Mayawati” as their CM who did not think twice before declaring Mahatma Gandhi as “Natakbaaj” . So it hardly came as a surprise when Shiv Sena and the new kiddo MNS sought justice for their Marathi brothers. Their continuous assertion that Mumbai belongs to Marathis only is nothing more than a political stunt. They have not only attacked several North Indians especially people from Bihar and UP but even publicly take responsibility for same and promises to continue their mayhem.

The constitution of India clearly guarantees its citizens few fundamental rights which include:

1. Freedom to move freely throughout the territory of India though reasonable restrictions can be imposed on this right in the interest of the general public, for example, restrictions may be imposed on movement and travelling, so as to control epidemics.

2. Freedom to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India which is also subject to reasonable restrictions by the State for the protection of the scheduled tribes.

You need to be only a secondary school pass out to know and understand these rights. But Maharashtra has reached a level of anarchy where these fundamental rights are hardly respected. Media offices are openly attacked, even Abu Azami was publicly slapped for taking oath in Hindi. Probably these “sons of bitches” feel their Marathi is national language of India. Hindi and Biharis have always been discriminated in various states but probably Maharashtra is the only state where attacks and outrageous statements are so intense and open.

Rahul Gandhi was correct when he asked those so called marathi heroes to answer why they didn’t oppose the NSG officers hailing from Bihar and UP to back off when they went to save their asses in Mumbai.

And again as expected Shiv Sena took no time in declaring that Rahul Gandhi has insulted Marathi Police and its officers. Come’on man, give it a break. This is really appalling to see these bloody politicians play with the feelings of Marathis and enrage them against North Indians. Their acts have only discouraged investors and industrialists worldwide to invest in Mumbai. This is high time when entire India should unite and kick asses of these parties.

Blood Donation: One more reason to cheer!!!!

Well I always wanted to donate blood, but due to  some   unavoidable reasons I never succeeded in  realizing this desire. However one week ago, when Rajiv was out of station and a blood requirement came, I grabbed the opportunity with my both hands. I wanted to donate blood, experience the donation  procedure, and hence realize the reasoning behind  the myths. From my personal experience now I can fully declare many of the myths to be absolutely  baseless. These myths are as follows:-

1.   WEAKNESS:- I don’t find myself ultrastrong to survive any inhuman condition. Certainly blood donation is not the one. I did not get even a hint of weakness though I did not go to gym for a week as a precautionary measure. But trust me, there is noticeable weakness in the body.

2.   BLOOD WILL DECREASE:- Our body is dynamic enough to replenish the lost blood which is hardly (350ml) within a maximum of 48 hours depending on your physical condition. Even then 48 hours of supposed blood shortage is ain’t too much asking for a person’s life.

3.   HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL:- The hemoglobin level definitely dips, however it decreases very little. The recovery time for the deplete is around one week. But you are medically examined before donating blood & if you are unfit they will never allow you to donate.

4. PAIN:- If you are strong enough to survive a tiny pinch, then you are able to survive the “immense pain” experienced during donation. Except for the slight pain during needle insertion, there is no pain at all.

Now I would like to mention certain advantages of Blood Donation which I feel are certainly more than balancing the supposed disadvantages:-

1. SATISFACTION:- Believe it or not, however nothing can compete with the feeling of saving someone’s life. You may not be a social activist, but this paramount feeling is all the same in everybody. You feel more confident because you just have earned one more reason to be proud of what you are.

2. GET RID OF EXCESS IRON ACCUMULATION:- Excessive iron accumulated in the body stimulate the free radicals which in turn not only damage body cells but also increase exposure to diseases like cancer and heart ailments. Blood donation helps you to shed this extra bit of iron for a healthy life.

3. SYSTEM REFRESHMENT:- Since after blood donation, new blood cells are formed, the body gets detoxified. Moreover the entire system gets refreshed.

Education aims at making us logical and reasonable. However still today a major crunch of the so called educated people are afraid of blood donation. I would like to extend my request to everyone to atleast donate once to get acquainted with the facts and myths.

To get into the details of blood donation visit the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_donation

Rahul Gandhi’s visit to ISM Dhanbad

Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Jharkhand and specially ISM Dhanbad had become the mouthpiece of every localite. This visit was supposed to be the groundbreaking development in the ISMU-IIT movement. Rahul Gandhi-the most charismatic leader of not only Congress but to some extent the entire nation, the politician with a difference, the man who spell bounded the entire nation with his seductive smile and charm, the representative of the 40 crore Indian youth, his visit was bound to take the “sacred” movement to new heights and greater level.

Rahul Gandhi came with all security and personnel and stayed @ ISM for almost one and half hour. He met with his local congress leaders and also had a meeting with the ISMU delegation. Though again the very democratic response ” I will see into the matter ” came however this time it was definitely charged with positive vibrations. In some way or another he has batted for ISM to get an IIT status.

This was a great achievement for the movement. When a leader of RAHUL GANDHI’s stature get behind you, the entire nation is forced to notice and observe the cause and think in the like manner. ISM’s largest headache is to get national attention and get the voices heard to every educational dignity’s deaf ears. The visit helped a lot in getting the national attention and national appreciation. We just hope that Rahul Gandhi works and thinks in a manner as propogated by the congress and the media. He seems to be a politician with a difference and that is what is to be tested by we people in these circumstances. ISMU-IIT conversion is always in the national interest and this conversion might work wonders for the educational reform in Jharkhand. With all the development s going on, the IIT tag doesn’t look like a distant dream. I just hope that we people retire from the college as IITians though ISMites tag always triggered the same pride in me.

ps :- I want to thank Shama, my frd though more of my frd’s gf.for spending valuable time over my blog and suggestions.

News Channels or Entertainment Channels

Browse through TV Channels and most of the channels you will find will be the so called ” NEWS CHANNELS “. With the advent of cable tv and its explosive popularity news channels spread at an infectious speed. However very soon they realise that being a complete news channel is not sufficient to fulfill their desires and everincreasing lust. SO they dedicate themselves to news of cricket, movies, tv serials, more cricket, more movies and more tv serials. In the process what they forget is that they are news channels and someone may be watching it expecting to get acquainted with what is happening in his/her city and country. These “news” channels claim themselves to be one of the four pillars or Indian democracy i.e press and in return demand previleges from the government for a real news channel. In circumstances when 90% of their airtime is dedicated over cricket and entertainment issues, their news channel tag should be snatched and better they should be infact banned for not only wasting time of 1 billion people but even misleading them in various issues. I would like to give an example which I strongly felt about: Today an underconstruction chimney of BALCO Power Plant @ Korba, Chhattisgarh collapsed under a lightning strike and more than 50 people died. Even after 3-4 hours of the accident I would like to discuss what the so called NATIONAL NEWS CHANNELS were airing.

1. AAJ TAK:- This channel claims to be the “No. 1 news channel of India”. And this best news channel was busy declaring to world that Yuvraj Singh will not be available for 6 weeks for some finger injury. Even on a day when there was no cricket match of India it continued airing the same news with a big mention that this exclusive news is brought to you by xyz from xyz.

2. NEWS 24:- A national news channel serving as a loyal servant of the cricket fraternity. In 1-2 hour show what it could convey was that Yuvraj will not be available for 6 weeks and he is coming back to India. What was more worse that it was not even flashing the news @ bottom. After some time it started giving a breaking news with heading ” cricket ka kamasutra”. “Yuvraj ka sex secret”. I just don’t have words to praise the channel.

3. INDIA TV:- The infamous news channel. I was never expecting anything productive or informative and as usual this channel never fails to cheat my expectations. Some really absurd news of Indian cricket and TV Serials was going on.

 3. ETV Bihar:- Being a local news channel I was not expecting more than a flashing news at bottom about the accident. But then I realised that if it can air news about the Yuvraj’s broken finger for about half an hour, why it cannot provide news about the mishappening.

 4. DD News:- This was the only channel which was continuosly updating news about the accident. Though it was also in the form of a flashing news at the bottom. I expected more but when I see conditions of other news channel, I am still happy about this channel.

 Unfortunately my cable operator can avail us with only these channels. But I am sure the condition would have been same with all the other “NATIONAL NEWS CHANNELS”. Probably its really good that our cable operator provides us few channels due to which our some time is saved. More than 50 people dying in an accident is a national calamity and it deserves proper mention in each and every news channel be it national or regional. Why do these channels forget many people would have been watching these channels with a hope to get information about the accident to know the well being of their near and dear ones. These channels have no right to deny this social responsibilty and if they deny I really feel that they should be banned and infact they should be sued.

IIT DHANBAD: Fingers Crossed !!

IIT Dhanbad has been a long awaited dream of ISM Dhanbad students. The voices have been raised now and then and the result has been NIL. Whatever may be the reason, but the loss has been to the students and the institute. Though personally I am not that much in favour of changing the name of this heritage institute but in present scenario ( corruption, inadequate infrastructure for increased seats and the non-functional administration ) changing the name and carrying IIT tag would be the only feasible and practical situation.

The voices are being raised again but this time the voices are loud, clear, organised and backed by the professors. It has the potential to shake the entire HRD (atleast I believe so). KAPIL SIBBAL’s new decision to downgrade ISM and reduce the salary of ISM professors compared to IIT professors has proved to be the fuel behind this fire. Infact it is also in the news that ISMU will no longer be taking admission through IIT-JEE. This is a real shocking news as one needs to wonder that it this energy scarce scenario how he even dares to discourage best minds of country in entering energy sector. Probably for the time in history of India, anyone’s pay has been decreased. Moreover today HINDUSTAN TIMES reported that HRD is taking away the “Deemed University” status from ISMU. This news alone can send 2500 students of ISMU onto indefinite strike but right now problem has a simple solution -”Convert ISMU Dhanbad into IIT Dhanbad.”

I had to write over this issue as this is something from which I cannot aloof myself. I sincerely hope and wish that ISM brand image survives no matter it becomes IIT Dhanbad or remain ISM Dhanbad. Though for my part I would like to encourage anyone and everyone reading this article to sign the following petition and help our cause.

Petition to convert ISMU Dhanbad to IIT Dhanbad.

A website has been made to promote the cause. ISMU2IIT.org.

Strikes are being carried in constructive manner and meetings are set with MPs of Jharkhand and other prominent leaders of Jharkhand. A meeting with Kapil Sibbal and Rahul Gandhi is probably on the cards. Clearly the forces behind this petition are strong and the students are not going to stop efforts too soon. Though strangely, few days ago a Hindi newspaper reported that even BIT Sindri will ask for IIT status. This is not only absurdly funny but it is very clear that the proposal will not yield anything for them but can surely raise eyebrows over our ” well deserved candidature “.

I would try to upload my new updates on this issue . In between don’t forget to sign the petition and help the one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering institutes to retain its pride and fame.

Petition ISM 2 IIT Conversion

Recently I found this website connect.in.com and I found the following request to Dr. Manmohan Singh by a parent.

http://connect.in.com/Manmohan-Singh/view-comments-2391346-311-3435921.html

धारा एवं जलेबी

स्वादिष्ट जलेबी

आज मेरे होस्टल के मेस में नास्ता के रूप में समोसा-जलेबी प्रस्तुत किया गया था । वैसे तो जलेबी मुझे काफ़ी पसंद है परन्तु पता नहीं आज क्या बात थी कि अपना 6-7वाँ  जलेबी खाते समय मुझे अचानक से धारा के उस पुराने इश्तहार की याद आ गयी । शायद आपको भी याद होगा वह मन-मोहक टीवी इश्तहार जिसमें एक छोटा और बड़ा ही प्यारा बच्चा घर छोड़ कर जाते समय स्टेश्न पर बैठा होता है । इतनें में ही उसके दादाजी उसे खोजते हुये स्टेशन पर पहुँचते हैं और उसे बताते हैं कि घर में लड़के की माँ ने जलेबियाँ बनायीं हैं । और जिस अन्दाज़ में वह लड़का अपने दादाजी से पुछ्ता है – “जलेबी” वास्तव में वह पुरी बाजी मार लेता है ।

उम्मीद तो है कि आपलोगों के भी मानस पटल पर वह इश्तहार अंकित होगा । किन्तु फ़िर भी मैं यहाँ उस इश्तहार को दे रहा हूँ । देखिये और मज़ा लीजिए इस बेहतरीन इश्तहार का ।

इस साधारण से दिखने वाले इश्तहार में आखिर ऐसा क्या था जो लोग इसके दीवाने हो गये थे । इस में आखिर ऐसा क्या था जिसने धारा को घर-घर में पहुँचा दिया । वास्तविकता में यह इश्तहार एक उदाहरण है हमारा हमारी संस्कृति से लगाव का । इस इश्तहार ने न केवल बच्चों के जलेबी प्रेम को छुआ था बल्कि इसने तो बड़ों को भी बच्चा बनने पर मजबुर कर दिया था । एक आधुनिक किन्तु संस्कारों से जुड़े परिवार की झलक प्रस्तुत किया था इस इश्तहार ने जिसमें तीन पीढ़ियों में प्रेम एवं सौहार्द दिखाया गया था । जलेबी के रुप में परिवार के रिश्ते को रेखांकित किया गया वह वास्तव में सराहनीय है । आज के फ़ूहड़ एवं अर्थहीन इश्तहारों के दौर में यह इश्तहार एक आईना दिखाता है जो बताता है कि आज भी आम भारतीय अपनी संस्कृति पर गर्व करता है । जिस भारत की आत्मा गावों में बसती है वैसे भारत के लिये यह इश्तहार एक उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करता है ।

मु्झे नहीं पता कि धारा ने इसे प्रसारित करना क्यों बन्द कर दिया क्योंकि आज के दौर में भी यह इश्तहार उतना ही प्रासंगिक है जितना पहले हुआ करता था । आशा करता हुँ कि टीवी पर कुछ तर्कसंगत इश्तहार प्रसारित होंगे अन्यथा हमें बार-बार यू ट्यूब की शरण में ही जाना पड़ेगा ।