Evergreen star Dev Anand, one of the icons of Indian cinema, died on Sunday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in London. He was 88.
Dev Anand began his career with ‘Hum Ek Hain’ in 1946. However, he got his first big break with ‘Ziddi’ in 1948.The flamboyant star is also known for giving big hits like ‘Baazi’, ‘Guide’, ‘Jewel Thief’, ‘Johnny Mera Naam’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’, ‘CID’ and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’.
An era of Indian Cinema ended with the death of the legend.
Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel says his win in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix was the one of the best in his career and he will take back a lot from the country which has inspired him immensely.
Vettel secured his second world title in Japan three weeks ago and on Sunday won his 11th race of the season.
The German, who has not put a foot wrong this season, is floored by everything concerned with India.
He rates the Buddh International Circuit as one of the best on the F1 calendar, loves the people who according to him are poor but happy and can’t wait to come back next year.
“Coming to India has been an inspiration. A great learning experience,” said a humble Vettel.
“I haven’t spent a lot of time here but it was very inspiring when I had a bit of time to spend in the country. I went to see the Taj Mahal which is obviously a touristy thing to do but driving there by car, and not falling asleep because the roads were pretty… it was a good adventure, let’s say,” he said.
“All in all, it was great to be here, a great circuit, which obviously – speaking about our job, about racing, that’s what we judge most, the circuit is fantastic to drive. I was surprised that the race went by pretty quickly. I was always trying to keep the gap to him (Button), trying to push but my engineer came on the radio and said ‘twelve laps to go’ and I was surprised because I thought, bloody hell, that went by quickly. It is a good sign, because you enjoy the circuit and it is a good sign for the future.”
“It is great what people did here in a short amount of time. We heard about it (circuit) a couple of years ago but to put up this arena is incredible. It’s not 100 per cent finished but I am sure they will fix it next year. I am very proud to be the first winner here in India. It is a very impressive country.”
Vettel says it was the first time he saw people happy despite being poor, something he hasn’t seen in Europe.
“I think some things are very difficult to imagine for us. If you look where we come from, I think it’s hard to imagine things if you haven’t seen them.”
“The really surprising bit for us… where sometimes you measure happiness in our lives, in our world, with what you have achieved, what you have etc. For the people here, it doesn’t really matter, they are happy with what they have, even if you compare they have so little, but they are happy and friendly, helpful, respectful.”
“The people have so little here I think in a way they are much richer than a lot of people back in Europe so there is a lot we can learn. They enjoy life and in the end that’s what counts.”
“If your life comes to an end, it is more about the thoughts, the emotions, the friendship that you take with you rather than what you have in your bank account,” said an emotional Vettel.
When asked to describe the country, Vettel promptly replied: “Incredible India”, sparking a loud round of applause from the local media.
Source : ndtv.com of 31 Oct 2011
Could you make out anything from this amazing photo? Certainly, it is a satellite image of earth. The brighter parts of the image is of course the view of certain prominent cities which were illuminated in the night. More importantly we could also find a thicker orange colored line across this image.
The stunning image of the earth, taken from Expedition 28 International Space Station Crew during August 2011.
The orange line which is snaking for hundreds of miles across the earth’s surface, is a land border between two countries and the countries are India and Pakistan. Yes, the image shows the illuminated (flood-lighted)border between India and Pakistan. India has undertaken a massive work of fencing and floodlighting this border.
Source : Daily Mail and Ministry of home affairs, through www.gconnect.in
Finally Hyundai has designed that dream car for India. Eon, the latest offering from the Hyundai stable that is expected on Indian roads in October, priced around 2.5 lakh. 
The Eon will be powered by an 814cc IRDE petrol engine developing 56bhp, which is definitely zippy on a car that weighs at 715-795kg. To add joy, Hyundai is claiming 21.1 kmpl, too.
Above all it has awesome look from all sides and even spacious interior neatly finished. With all these, it will definitely dethron the Maruti’s Alto from its No. 1 super selling posuition. 
Some more cars to be seen soon on the Indian roads :
HONDA Brio will soon hit the Indian roads
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
(Above) Awesome beauty. A Smart, beautiful, popular car seen on the roads of Europe. Lookwise it is really a smart, beautiful car. I was stunned when I saw it moving on the street of Europe, especially in Rome and Switzerland. Its brand name is also SMART. Its a two seater, electric car. This was photographed in Rome.
Renault Twizy EV. It is also an electrically powered car.
TATA Pixel for Europe.
Today in a Bengali daily (Kolkata based) there is a news about the bank of River Hoogly (part of Ganges) to be made like the banks of Thames in London , Rhine in Basel, Switzerland and like some more. The daily has published the pictures of those river banks too but pics are too small and hard to make out how beautiful they are.
River Rhine, Basel, Switzerland. Behind ‘Ramada Plaza’ the tallest building of Basel.
Recently I have returned from Basel Switzerland after living there (in Basel city) for more than a month. I have many pictures of Basel and the River Rhine, out of which few are posted here which shows the Bank of the river of Rhine, the road along the Bank etc. In the evening people usually sit there on the steps and pass time. They drinks and eats but they are very conscious about cleanliness and I have not seen anybody throwing any plastic or paper or anything on the bank or in the river or even on the road or public places. Of course sufficient numbers of dustbins are placed everywhere, even in the buses, trams and trains. People just use them. There sun sets at about 0930 -0945 45 Pm ( in Jun) thats why most of the time people like to spend the evening on the bank of the river.
Between the Bank and the Houses, there is a beautiful cleaned road which can not be seen in this picture.The same has been shown below. They grow the tress beautifully to make a beautiful avenue.They take care of trees individually for each tree after plantation. .
The Road between the houses and the river bank.
Chief Minister of West Bengal is talking about beautification of the Bank / ghats of river Hoogly of city Kolkata. We should welcome the idea and the positive attitude of the new Chief Minister of the state. In Europe, I think, every city has got one river or other way we should say every city has grown up on the banks of a river. Every city is proud of their river and all monuments and developments, infrastructure for tourism have come up on the banks of the rivers. They make everything possible for the people of the city and for tourist attractions. We should also be considered lucky to have our Hoogly (Ganges) river but unfortunately nothing has been done for its beautification so far. Nobody has thought of this previously. I am sure, to some extend it can be changed but that can not be compared with Rhine (at Basel Switzerland) because people of this country has to be changed and that is can not be done overnight.
Rhine water is crystal clear (see above pic).and close up of steps are shown in this picture.
Lake Geneva is 72 KM long and there are cities on its both banks. I have visited Geneva, Montraux and Vevey where the banks are so beautiful that you can not forget in your life time. First of all it is guarded with railings and there are gardens, seating arrangements, and very limited small restaurants. It is needless to say that there are sufficient trees throughout the bank which enhanced the beauty of the banks.
This is the standard roads (Highways) of Europe and it is noticed that there is no road is crossing the highway. All crossings are avoided by overbridges so there is no interuption of traffic on the Highway. We travelled smoothly 600 to 800 Kms per day but never felt tireness because of the smooth highways and also may be the climatic conditions.
Copyright Anilm 2011. Photographed by Anilm at Casino Garden, Interlaken West, Switzerland on 11 Jul 2011. Interlaken is the place which connects Jungfraujoch (top of Europe) and many other tourist spots and also Golden Pass Express can be availed from that place (Interlaken West or Interlaken OST (East)).Interlaken itself is a beautiful tourist place where lot many Hotels, Indian Restaurants are available.
Copyright Anilm 2011. Photographed by anilm at Thun Lake on 02 Jul 2011.
Famous International village of Switzerland – Gstaad where Film like DDLJ and Bengali Film Paglu were shot. The village was visited on 03 Jul 2011. To know more about this star village, read my post ‘Gstaad – Switzerland’s most famous village’ At background Glacier 3000 is seen.
Copyright Anilm. Photographed by Anil m at Swarovski, Austria during my Europe tour in Jun 2011. Swarovski Crystals are world famous. This beautiful fountain is created and maintained by Swarovski in their campus where a beautiful Crystal Museum “World of Swarovski Crystals” is available to be explored by the tourists.
The great big Fork of Vevey, Switzerland. Photographed by Anil m at Vevey on 03 Jul 2011. Vevey is the town on the bank of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, where the world HQ of Nestle is situated and the Fork has been installed by Nestle and it has become the symbol of the town Vevey.
No, it is not a manipulated picture. Its a true picture taken on 3 Jul 2011 by me at Vevey town of Switzerland. Chairs are permanently fixed on the rocks of the Lake shore which can be used by anyone. See carefully, at your left, some more chirs are occupied by some beautiful ladies, It their way of life. The lady is reading a book on the lake side and other ladies seems to be interested in chit chatting to pass their time at this beautiful atmoshphere.
I will be on Europe tour from 31st May 2011 for about one and half month. For my discoveries through lens and my own eyes will be shared with you all with the help of another Blog “My Europe tour“.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, at the centre of the 2G Spectrum allocation scam , has earned the dubious distinction of figuring in the list of Time Magazine’s “an ignominious club of privileged leaders who stepped too far”.
Raja, who is cooling his heels in New Delhi’s Tihar jail, has beaten some tough contenders to be ranked second and be ahead of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, North Korean autocratic leader Kim Jong-II and skirt-chasing Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Source : PTI via SiliconIndia News
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