Archive for December, 2007
Washington: Corruption in nearly half the world’s nations is not getting better, but “a few, most notably India, managed to bootstrap themselves barely out of the truly corrupt group,” according to Forbes.
While a year ago, some 72 out of 158 nations surveyed by the international watchdog group Transparency International (TI) were classified as “corrupt,” now 74 of the 163 countries fall into the same category, the US business magazine reported.
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In IndiaUncut a blog by Amit Varma , Is a roundup of the years news which includes Rakhi, Shilpa and many others which make India what it is.
I found it very interesting and amusing have a look for sure.
The year begins with reality-show WTFness. In January, Rakhi Sawant steams it up on Bigg Boss, with one choice conversation being the bit where Roopali Ganguly tells her that she hasn’t been kissed in five years. “Tere hont kunwaare hai,†Rakhi tells her. “Tujhe jung lag chuka hai.â€
Go there to read the complete post 
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Always wanted to wear a sari but dint know how to wear one this image will describe it in details
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It’s against our culture to attack woman says Taliban.
“We are sad over Benazir Bhutto’s death. We do not have any enmity with Pakistani leaders and are only opposed to the US,” Omar said and described the government’s claims about Mehsud’s involvement in the suicide attack as ‘propaganda’.
Well isn’t this amazing news now we know Taliban has Culture the world seems so much more safer now! *insert bucket loads of sarcasm here*
Taliban’s claim is a tissue of lies. They had assembled crowds in erstwhile football fields and executed number of ‘loose’ females publicly. Photos of such were openly available for viewing on the ‘ORGISH’ forums. One such series of photos depicted the last moments of a woman condemned to death. It showed the woman sobbing and shivering with terror as her captives lowered her into a freshly dug pit upto her chest letting her upper body remain exposed for her to be stoned to death in that macabre position. Do you want to believe these agents of the devil? by Great Divide on 30 Dec 2007
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Amazing Photography by Joakim Eskildsen,
Some Sample Images:
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Some Features:
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Irritating Ringtones killer, you can drain the battery out of other phones in your nearby area!
Gutter and PotHole avoiding system.
Bulk conversion of all pirated MAC and Windows software is free of charge.
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Top songs
Last year’s top song was definitely Beedi Jalai Le. Its trendy folk-flavour floored everyone in 2006. This year, Chak De India’s anthem was by far the best song of the year. The singer Sukhvinder Singh, who also had a major role in Beedi’s success, has thus received top of the year honors twice.
Remixes
The painful glut of remixes has slowed down, though not stopped entirely. Now, composers include remixed versions on the original albums before anyone else has a chance to manipulate the tunes. In short, this trend is a lesser of the two evils.
Top 10 Songs
Amidst largely similar-sounding songs, a few songs made a difference.
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Chak De
(Chak De India) Sukhvinder Singh
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Aankhon Mein Teri
(Om Shanti Om) KK
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Jabse Tere Naina
(Saawariya) Shaan
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Halke Halke
(Honeymoon Travels) Neraj Shridhar
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In Dinon Dil Mera
(Life In A… Metro) Soham
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Kitni Der Tak
(Delhi Heights) Sonu Nigam
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Cheeni Kum Hai
(Cheeni Kum) Shreya Ghoshal
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Mind Blowing Mahiya
(Cash) Sunidhi Chouhan
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Aye Ganpat
(Shootout at Lokhandwala) Mika Singh
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
(Jhoom Barabar Jhoom) Shankar Mahadevan
Top 5 Albums of the year
1. Khoya Khoya Chand by Shantanu Moitra
2. Life In A Metro by Pritam
3. Saawariya by Monty Sharma
4. Om Shanti Om by Vishal-Shekhar
5. Delhi Heights by Rabbi Shergil
ARTISTE’S CHOICE
- Shankar Mahadevan
“I think our work, as composers,in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (he was a part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composer-trio for JBJ) was appreciated, even though the film did not do well at the box-office. As a singer, I enjoyed singing its title song. I am happy to explore different music genres on different soundtracks.”
- Shreya Ghoshal
“Luckily, this year I managed to sing quite a few good songs such as the title song of Cheeni Kum, the slow version of Tara Rum Pum, the item number Yeh Ishq Haaye and the semi-classical Chhand Re. In Khoya Khoya Chaand, I enjoyed singing Thirak Thirak, a duet with Sonu Nigam, where I received specific instructions not to go overboard. I also sang Chale Aao Sainya, which was a good classical number.”
- Shaan
“I loved the title-songs of Johnny Gaddar, Aankhon Mein Teri, Om Shanti Om and the romantic duet – Bol Na Halke from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Among my own efforts, I liked Jabse Tere Naina from Saawariya and Yeh Pyar Kya Hai – the romantic ballad from Marigold.”
How the composers fared
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The year that was 2007
Film
Chak De! India was voted the No. 1 Bollywood film of 2007. BestDesi.com asked a cross section of people in the Indian film industry about their favourite film.
- Last year when Bollywood stars were asked about their favorite film of the year 2006, most of them couldn’t decide between Rang De Basanti and Lage Raho Munnabhai. This year, the Bollywood industry seems to have found universal appeal in the Shah Rukh Khan starred Chak De! India.
- The film had everything: a taut screenplay, a patriotic theme, great direction, brilliant characters and superb performances. It was a combination which worked exceptionally well.
- There were films such as Om Shanti Om
, Bheja Fry, Black Friday, Metro, Gandhi My Father and Jab We Met that came across the stars’ minds, but none of them equaled the universal acceptance that Chak De! India received to take first place.
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It’s now confirmed that she didn’t survive. This is a very sad day for Pakistan.
think what you will of her politics, Bhutto was brave to return to Pakistan and to openly oppose the government. her days were numbered from the first moment she arrived.
The sad days are ahead for Pakistan her death has opened up many issues..
1. Will the elections happen peacefully ?
2. Chances of Mushsaraf survival with life and position ?
3. Security of Necular weapons in Pakistan ?
4. Is this the start of Islamic fundamentalist’s rise in Pakistan ?
and few other points
Thursday, December 27, 2007 (Islamabad)
Pakistan’s charismatic leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today as gunmen opened fire at her vehicle just before a suicide attack at an election rally addressed by her in Rawalpindi.
The attack killed more than 20 people and left several others injured.
Following Bhutto’s death, a high alert has been sounded in Pakistan. President Musharraf has convened an emergency meeting of top advisors. Shops and petrol pumps have closed in many cities fearing violence.
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Rakhi alleges she was cheated in reality show.
Crime Branch Deptt. Of the Mumbai Police will enquire into Rakhi Sawant’s and Abhishek’s complaint against Star Plus, the reality show owner of Nach Baliye-3.
- On 15th December, 2007, TV stars Sanjeeda and her Baliye Amir were declared winners of the third Nach Baliye reality dance show, Rakhi-Abhishek were declared the runners up (read related article on this in Bestdesi.com)
- Rakhi alleges that voting was tampered and SMSs in her support were blocked, thus indulging in software manipulation. She further alleges that even before the results were out, they had known that they were lost in the run. She adds that the channel was trying to promote its own shows by ensuring victory for those who act in them, she added. Both Sanjida and Amir act in different serials aired on Star Plus.
- The duo alleges that if the police do not enquire into the matter under “cyber crimeâ€, such frauds will never stop and Rakhi has pleaded the Mumbai Police to act as “Santa†and initiate action against the channel and the show organizers.
- Incidentally, Mumbai Police has made it clear that was a “non priority†matter and would be probed in a routine manner only as according to the Police there are far bigger issues of importance than this, so they will deploy their men as per the merits of the case.
- Rakhi also challenged other contestants saying, “I and Abhishek will be performing on 31st night, which will be a challenge for us and everybody else. People will come to know the real abilities of Rakhi and Abhishek.”
- We at BestDesi.com feels that all over again this is a media hype feat of Rakhi, she is not even an established actress and as us usual Rakhi is very superlative undertaking these form of gimmicks and it is absolute squander of time on her part to do these type of campaigns thus wasting the time and energy of Mumbai Police who have lots of other significant everyday jobs on their shoulders than intriguing care of melodramatic queen Rakhi’s tantrums. She just wants to create a controversy for the sake of it, she lost because of her DIRTY image rather than vote rigging.
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