New 100 Rupee Coin (Released by RBI) In Pics (First On Net)

New 100 Rupee Coin (Released by RBI) In Pics
(First On Net)

Endhiran beats James Bond !

Endhiran beats James Bond !

Shankar's magnum-opus Endhiran has already broken many records. If, for a first, the music was launched in Malaysia, the songs of Endhiran were top-sellers in Apple's iStore in two days' time. Being the costliest Indian movie ever, Endhiran now has another feather in his cap. The song "Kilimanjaro" from the Endhiran album is a big hit. Sung by Javed Ali and Chinmayee, this song has been shot in the Machu Pichu mountain range. Situated in Peru, this Lost land of the Incas is one of the wonders of the world.

Now if you are wondering what is the connection with James Bond, read along. Machu Pichu is a UNESCO World heritage site and attracts a lot of tourists from around the world. A request to shoot the James Bond movie 'Quantum of Solace' was turned down, a couple of years back, as the place is rarely used for shooting. Now aren't we proud that Endhiran has been shot in the same place where no commercial film has ever been filmed before? That’s how you beat James Bond round and square!

Sun Pictures : Marudhanayagam after Endhiran

Barriers and limitations exist only in the mind. They cease to exist when someone comes along and believes that they can be broken or surpassed. That one person or incident breaks barriers not only for themselves, but also for all those who aspire to do so. It is all about showing others that ‘this is possible’! What many once thought impossible has later gone on to become commonplace occurrences once the mental barrier was broken by a pioneer or a brave heart. Instances are dime a dozen.

The sub-four minute mile was considered a humanly impossible achievement by many until Roger Bannister proved them wrong. Now, running a sub-four minute mile cannot even guarantee an athlete’s qualification for the Olympics. 100 meters in under 10 seconds is the domain of mean machines, kangaroos and cheetahs, many would have thought a few decades back. Now, we have people gunning for the 9.5 second mark. But, it is not just about athletics. In every walk of life, it has taken pioneers to show us that barriers are there only to be broken, if you are willing to try. Science too has its instances of inventions that have had sweeping effects in the ways of thinking. No one thought that man could have traveled at the speed of sound - that was around 50 years back. Now, we are in an era where Concorde jets, which have gone at twice the speed of sound, have been phased out. Yes, all it takes is one foot in the door to keep it open, so that it never closes again. So, what does this have to do with cinema? Cinema too has its share of barriers and limitations which have been repeatedly broken from time to time by people who have dared to broaden their horizons.

Right from the day cinema began, one of the major rate limiting steps in its growth has been finance, as is the case with most fields. But, it is more so with cinema because of the risks involved in the business. In fact, it would be fair to say that cinema is the one industry where losses seem to be more common than profits. Therefore, it is pretty understandable that it takes a bit more courage, confidence and gumption than normal when it comes to breaking new ground in cinema. Because, if things go wrong, then losses could be huge and heads would roll.

It is this apprehension that has kept Tamil cinema, or regional cinema to be precise, from spreading its wings. As cinema becomes more and more technologically driven, money can make a huge difference, no matter how much the artistic competence of the people making a film, and the best technology always costs a fortune. It is this fact that has always kept Hollywood, at least a decade ahead, in terms of technology, to Indian cinema. But, now, it seems that we have a leveler at hand.

Yes, one man, or let’s say, a ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’, have shown the courage to take on the barrier and let me daresay, break it. If budgets were a constraint in getting the best technology, then it no longer will be – post Endhiran. Many an ambitious Tamil project has met a dead end or had to be (cruelly) altered because of the great budget barrier that existed.

But, one man has time and again shown the courage to keep on breaking barriers, even as new ones kept cropping up before him every time. At the beginning of the decade, the 20 crore mark was unheard of in Kollywood. Along came Shankar and shocked the industry by splurging (that is what everyone called it at that time) almost that amount on a movie based on 5 ‘Boys’. That was the craziest thing to do, some thought, until it went on to become a trendsetter of sorts, showing that with good making and strong backing, even 20 crores can be retrieved from the market. Still, many thought of it as a flash in the pan, but it was no longer the same after Anniyan. More than 25 crores were retrieved from the market and a new era had dawned on Tamil cinema. Again, it took the same man to go past the 50 crore mark with Sivaji and showed that even this was possible. And, when we thought that saturation had been reached, here he goes, leaping four times to a budget of nearly 200 crores. Yes, from 20 crores at the beginning of the decade, he has shown a 10 fold increase to touch almost 200. That is a growth rate that cannot be matched by the previous three decades of Tamil cinema, one guesses. Shankar is really like an explorer whose thirst for finding new lands never ceases. Now, we might be thinking that 200 crores is as big as Tamil cinema can get. But, sit tight; we never know what he is thinking about next. If he can take it from 20 to 200 in ten years, and still has many more years left in him, we can only wonder where he will finish. And, it is not only his journey; Tamil cinema too will get bigger with Shankar’s dream and vision.

But, what good are visions and dreams if they do not inspire others. If the era of exponential growth is limited only to Shankar, it would mean nothing to Tamil cinema because all that would end the moment Shankar decides to call it a day. Shankar has taken the first step, as he so often has. Now is Tamil cinema’s chance to follow the precedent and grab the opportunity to get bigger while the glow of Endhiran is still alive. Well. We are not being overly optimistic or confident about the success of the movie. But, as a person who truly wishes that Tamil cinema gets bigger and better, there is nothing else that I would want more than Endhiran succeeding. If (and I am hoping it will) Endhiran brings back the 200 crores that was spent on it, it will prove to the industry that even such a big budget is feasible. We have had great artistes and technicians who have had to keep the best of their ideas in cold storage because budgets could just not be met. Endhiran might just open the doors for all of them to script their dreams.

The prime candidate for this would be Tamil cinema’s long standing dream, Marudhanayagam. More than a decade back, a few portions were shot for the trailer of the movie at a (then) whopping cost of 6 crores. It would have been the biggest ever in Indian cinema. The total budget was estimated to cross 50 and so it never happened. At today’s costs, it would go past 200, one guesses and the chances of it being revived and made depending on Endhiran’s show at the box office. Marmayogi too is something similar.

Yes, this is Tamil cinema’s big chance to grow to the next level, touch the sky and make films that are truly international. The barrier has been breached, now the pressure has to be sustained till it is completely shattered. And, all those who love Tamil cinema, let us keep our fingers crossed and hope that Endhiran vindicates a 200 crore budget. And let us also not forget to once again thank the vision and courage shown by Shankar and Sun Pictures. If all goes well, we might soon be celebrating the birth of a new era in Tamil cinema.

India’s First Antivirus Browser Epic is Launched : Try It !!

The Internet has changed the people they do things. With more information going online now-a-days, it is vital to have a fast and safe browser on your computer. So, by keeping this demand of user in mind, Bangalore-based Hidden Reflex has introduced ‘Epic Internet Browser’, so that user can use surf internet with much more ease and comfort.

Epic, which is based on Mozilla platform and open source software technology, is India’s first free web browser that has built-in Anti Virus and Anti Spyware scanning.

Epic Browser opens the web pages at lightening speed, and its file size is just 10 MB, which can be installed within no time, however the Antivirus Software takes 25 MB space on your computer’s hard disk drive.

The main feature of Epic is its Sidebar, which has got many apps/widgets in it. The developer of Epic browser has taken care off, that in Epic, the user can simultaneously access the apps in the Sidebar, while browsing his favourite sites.

Furthermore, Epic through My Computer App allow user to access the files, folders in their system i.e. listen to the Latest Soundtracks, check the News updates, Live Cricket Scores, search for Jobs, Type in any Indic Languages, and do many more such things.

Epic comes with option of changeable skins, through which user can control the appearance of its Internet Browser. Epic’s Skins app has theme for header, sidebar, footer and wallpaper for the browsing page.

Apart from this, Epic has some exciting games which will provide entertainment and recreation to the user. So, what’s you waiting for…..just go and try your hands on it.

Download Epic Internet Browser Here

How to type Indian Rupee Symbol using your keyboard

Indian Rupee symbol has been announced and has been sent to the government for approval. And if you are wondering how will you type the rupee symbol using your keyboard, well it might take a year or so to get the symbol in action (to gain acceptance in India) and two years for international acceptance.

Technically speaking, the symbol will be first sent to Unicode Consortium’s technical committee, in order to include the same in Unicode database.

The symbol will also be included in the Indian Standards, viz. 13194:1991 – Indian Script Code for Information Interchange (ISCII), through an amendment to the existing list by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The ISCII specifies various codes for Indian languages for processing on computers along with the key-board lay outs.

While the Government of India can mandate hardware manufacturers to include the symbol in keyboards, it can also be accessed through assigned keyboard combination or via the operating system’s Character Map, post approval from the Unicode Consortium .

Here are a possible options you can play with
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using U+0930 (i.e. Devnagari Letter, RA) and

R

i.e., U+0052 (Latin letter R), and
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( U+20a8, i.e. Rupee sign).

Maybe, to get the official Rupee symbol, you would have to wait for the new keyboards or hack from a typographer.

Indian Rupee Gets a New Symbol

D Udaya Kumar - Designer of new Rupee Symbol

The jury has given its verdict: the rupee will retain its Indian character with an international flavour. The five-member panel has chosen IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar’s design from among five shortlisted symbols and recommended it for Cabinet approval.


Kumar’s symbol (below) is an amalgam of the Devanagari ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem, very much in line with what Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had envisioned. “We intend to formalise a symbol for the Indian rupee which reflects and captures Indian ethos and culture,” Mukherjee said in his Budget speech this year.

The cabinet meeting, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to adopt a new symbol for the Indian rupee to put it in the same bracket as other international currencies like the US dollar, the British pound and the Japanese yen. The chosen symbol has the Finance Minister’s approval, said a Ministry official.


The Ministry had organised a symbol design competition with a prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh with the condition that it should be applicable to the standard keyboard, be in the national language script or a visual representation and should represent the historical and cultural ethos of the country.


The new symbol is an amalgam of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem.

The Reserve Bank of India had announced the competition for a design of the rupee symbol with a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh.

After being shortlisted, Kumar along with the other designers made presentation of their designs in December 2009.

“Most of them were almost similar in concept and execution. I thought I had an edge, as Indian script was represented,” said Kumar.

“The Devnagari is the only script which has a line on the top. I also put another horizontal line…. so that we get a tricolour,” he said.

“I wanted the flag to be flying high and be represented in the symbol,” added Kumar, who will be joining IIT-Guwahati as an assistant professor Friday.

Courtesy : The Indian Express

Paramahamsa Nithyananda Sex Scandal Video Telecasted On Sun News !

Sex Scandal Video of Paramahamsa Nithyananda with a tamil actress was shown in special flash news telecasted on Sun News Channel. The Video is creating waves since Paramahamsa Nithyananda is one of the famous spiritual icons of South India.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a spiritual and mystic guru. He was born on January 1, 1978 in Tamil Nadu, India and took the path of self-realisation with a natural passion for the Truth. He experimented with yoga, tantra, vedanta and other Eastern metaphysical sciences, from the age of 3.

He is the founder of Dhyanapeetam, a worldwide movement for meditation and healing. The foundation has its spiritual headquarters in Bengaluru (Bangalore),India.

The actress shown in the video was hinted to be a tamil actress whose name begins with the letter R by the news channel !

Update : The actress whose face was blurred in the video footage shown by Sun Tv is now revealed.

Its RANJITHA - Heroine of tamil movie JAIHIND (Arjun Starrer)

Nithyananda Sex Scandal Video
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Nithyananda Preaching About Lust And Sex

What is sex?

Nithyananda's Answer :

Sex is a tremendous

creative Energy. It is a meditative energy. The whole world has arisen out of sex energy.

Our ancient enlightened Masters, the Rishis, have given us great clarity on this subject. Do you know that Vatsyayana the man who wrote the Kama Sutra, the book on the science of sex was a sannyasi? He was a celibate!

In fact, he delivered the Kama Sutra to his own mother.

After his enlightenment, he came back to his mother one day. When the Master appears, his first job becomes to undo all that has been done to you. Only then, can he start penetrating you!

She told him that if he was enlightened, then he should have insight into any subject on planet Earth.

He agreed and asked what she might like to hear from him.

She told him, "As your mother, I know that you are celibate since birth. There is no chance that you would know anything about the subject of sex. Can you tell me something about it?"

Vatsyayana smiled and delivered the Kama Sutra the science of sex!

Vatsyayana was questioned once, "What authority do you have to speak on this subject?"

A natural question! I think many of you might be silently putting this question to me also!


The answer that Vatsyayana gave, I am translating into modern language for you, using a modern analogy:

An electrician who visits your home, knows exactly what happens when each electric switch in each room is put on and off.

He knows the entire circuitry hidden beneath the wall. If there is a problem, he can gauge the possible problem and give a solution for it, is it not? He understands the science of electricity.

On the other hand, you, who puts these switches on and off fifty times a day, have absolutely no idea what is actually going on behind them! Am I right?

Many of us know nothing more than how to put on and off the switches. That's why we sometimes get an electric shock! So, understand: We may be fathers, mothers, grandparents but still, we may know nothing about sex.

We are all under continuous hormonal torture. The television and other forms of media show lust in various forms and we watch this and think we know all about sex and love.

Only an enlightened person, can give you the science of sex.

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Barack Obama wins Nobel Prize for Peace !

US President Barack Obama has sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize, just nine months into his term, with the jury hailing his ''extraordinary'' efforts in international diplomacy and to hasten nuclear disarmament.

Mr Obama said he was ''humbled'' by the distinction but some questioned how the award could be given so quickly.

''The Nobel committee has in particular looked at Obama's vision and work towards a world without atomic weapons,'' said Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the five-member committee. ''Obama has, as President, created a new climate in international politics".

''Multilateral diplomacy is again central, with emphasis on the role the United Nations and other international institutions should play,'' Mr Jagland said. ''Dialogue and negotiations are the preferred method to solve even the most difficult international conflicts.''

The committee said it wanted to enhance Mr Obama's diplomatic efforts. "Many other people and leaders and nations have to respond in a positive way to President Obama's diplomacy.''

Mr Obama, 48, was elected last year on a platform of extracting the US from the Iraq war while increasing focus on an eight-year conflict in Afghanistan.

But while some applauded the decision, others said it was premature. ''Obama? So fast? Too fast - he hasn't had the time to do anything yet,'' was the response of Poland's anti-communist leader and 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa.

''For the time being Obama's just making proposals.''

Sydney Peace Foundation director Professor Stuart Rees, who was shocked by the decision, said the President had much work to do if he was to live up to the award. ''We've all got our fingers crossed [Obama] can wave his magic wand and make these things happen. Perhaps the Nobel organisation wants to give him a magic wand,'' Professor Rees said.

The Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown praised Mr Obama's moves to rid the world of nuclear weapons but said he was ''surprised'' to learn of the award. ''His actions certainly merit a very big accolade,'' he said.

Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, who has often been tipped for the prestigious prize for her fight on behalf of the Chinese minority group, offered congratulations to Mr Obama.

''I am very happy that he got it. Now he has to do something with the award. It raises expectations on him to stand up for oppressed nations,'' she said.

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said he hoped the award would encourage people hoping to build a safer world. And the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said he was ''absolutely delighted'' by the news. ''In less than a year in office, he has transformed the way we look at ourselves and the world we live in and rekindled hope for a world at peace with itself.''

Iranian President Mohammed Ahmadinejad said the award should prompt Mr Obama to start working towards ending injustice.

The Taliban condemned the decision, saying Mr Obama had ''not taken a single step for peace in Afghanistan or to make this country stable''.

Mr Obama is the third sitting US president to be awarded the prize, following Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.

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Michael Jackson leaves behind huge financial debt

Reuters: Michael Jackson leaves behind huge financial debt

Along with a vast musical legacy and legions of adoring fans, pop superstar Michael Jackson leaves behind a mountain of debt and an unfulfilled comeback many hoped would rake in millions and erase his financial troubles, according to Reuters News Service. The King of Pop died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 50, after a career spanning 40 years that included the biggest-selling pop album of all time, "Thriller."

Despite taking in hundreds of millions of dollars as one of the most successful pop musicians of all time, Jackson racked up about $500 million of debt, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. His top assets, however, including copyrights to his own songs and a stake in the Beatles' song catalog, are worth more than $1 billion, according to a music industry source. Jackson's career and image were tarnished by his mounting financial and legal troubles in recent years.

Known for huge shopping sprees for toys and antiques, Jackson was accused by an accountant during his 2005 trial on child molestation charges of spending $20 million to $30 million more than he was bringing in per year. The lavish lifestyle was made possible in part by a $200 million loan secured by his stake in the Beatles catalog. Jackson owned the music in a joint venture with Sony Corp known as Sony/ATV. Jackson refinanced those loans in 2006 in a bid to stave off insolvency.

In addition, Jackson last November had to hand over the title on his Neverland estate in California to a company made up of himself and Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust Colony Capital LLC, the firm that holds his $23 million loan on the property. Colony Capital has been sprucing up the ranch and planned to sell it, according to the Journal. Colony Chief Executive Tom Barrack told the newspaper last month the estate could fetch $70 million to $80 million, or more if Jackson's career were revitalized. In a statement on Thursday, Barrack said he was "deeply saddened" by Jackson's death, but did not comment on the impact on Colony's business. To help turn around his financial fortunes, Jackson was planning a major comeback in London this summer, 12 years since his last tour. AEG Live, which was promoting the 50-concert run at the 02 Arena, stands to lose as much as $40 million if its insurance is not substantial enough to cover what it has already spent on the production, Billboard reported, and one attorney said the company would not be able to recover any of those costs from Jackson's estate. "The concert promoters can't sue the estate," said Bob Rasmussen, dean of the Gould Law School at the University of Southern California.

"Once he dies, he doesn't have any obligation to perform." AEG, wholly owned by privately held Anschutz Co, will also certainly miss out on the $400 million the company estimated it could raise through a 3 1/2-year plan to work with Jackson.

Courtesy : Reuters

Michael Jackson's sudden death - Mystery Unsolved

One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before his long-awaited series of comeback concerts. Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before a descending into a strange and reclusive lifestyle, died on Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been rushed in full cardiac arrest after collapsing at his nearby rental home.

Few details were known early on Friday about the circumstances surrounding his death, but the entertainer was reportedly unconscious and not breathing by the time he arrived at UCLA Medical Center, and doctors were unable to revive him. His body was flown by helicopter from the hospital to the coroner's office late on Thursday.

Brian Oxman, a spokesman for the Jackson family, told CNN on Thursday that the family had been concerned about his health and had tried in vain to take care of him for months. "Michael appeared at rehearsals a couple of times, he was very seriously trying to be able to do those rehearsals," Oxman said of Jackson's preparations for a series of 50 concerts that were scheduled to begin in London in July. "His use of medications had gotten in the way, his injuries which he had sustained performing, where he had broken a vertebrae and he had broken his leg from a fall on the stage, were getting in the way," Oxman told CNN.

Authorities have scheduled an autopsy for Friday. But they cautioned that it could take weeks to determine a cause of death, which will likely have to wait for the return of toxicology tests. Those tests will determine if Jackson had any drugs, alcohol or prescription medications in his system.
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide division searched Jackson's home in the upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles at the behest of Chief William Bratton. But they called the investigation an "every day" event.

The London concert swing was billed as a comeback for Jackson, who dominated the pop charts during the 1980s with such hits as "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" and was credited with turning music videos into a costly and cinematic art form. 750 MILLION RECORDS SOLD He is considered one of the most successful entertainers of the past century, with a lifetime sales tally estimated at 750 million records and 13 Grammy Awards.

Courtesy : reuters

Michael Jackson,King of Pop dead at 50 News,Pics,Videos

King of Pop Michael Jackson has died after a suspected heart attack at home in Los Angeles News in Picture : Jackson's body is taken off a helicopter following its removal from hospital

News in Video :

The 50-year-old singer was rushed to the UCLA medical centre after paramedics were called to his Bel Air home on Thursday at around midday local time. The TMZ website reported that UCLA staff had tried to resuscitate Jackson on arrival at the hospital, but that he was "completely unresponsive". The singer was due to begin a series of concerts at London's O2 Arena on 13 July.