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Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan: Gilani

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back to singing his ‘K-tune’ by describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s jugular vein.

Interacting with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar party at the PM House here, Gilani said Islamabad’s policy on Kashmir was based on Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s stance that “Kashmir was the jugular vein of Pakistan.”

Referring to the government’s recent decision to grant internal autonomy to Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilani said Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir would remain unchanged.

“I want to express in clear and unequivocal terms that this decision of the government will not bring any change in Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir,” Gilani said.

Gilani blamed India of neglecting the long pending Kashmir issue and said that Pakistan wants a peaceful resolution to the dispute.

“We want to resolve the Kashmir dispute peacefully and have invited India for negotiations, despite it repeatedly ignoring them,” The Daily times quoted Gilani, as saying.

Gilani said he had categorically told Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh during their meeting at the margins of the NAM summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh earlier this year that resolving the issue was very important for establishing peace in the region.

“There could be no peace in the region until the Kashmir dispute was resolved according to the aspirations of its people,” he added. (ANI)

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Gandhians in Ahmedabad laud government’s austerity drive

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ahmedabad, Sep 18(ANI): In contrast to leaders of some political parties, who are criticising the austerity measures mooted by the government as mere ‘tokenism’, Gandhians associated with the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad have lauded the initiative.

The Gandhains, who themselves live a life of extreme simplicity, following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, said that if politicians lead a simple life, people would certainly follow in tune with the adage: Follow the leader.

Amrut Modi, the managing trustee Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, a staunch Gandhian himself, is a firm believer in Gandhi’s teaching of ‘doing one’s work by oneself’, and professes it religiously.

Appreciating the austerity drive of the government, he said that politicians through such measures inspire people towards leading a simple life, as the Mahatma did.

“If simplicity is acquired, it can lead to change. Gandhiji himself had brought about change in the country. He prepared the people for independence and self-rule. The principle of simplicity is included in his teachings. He inspired the common man, through his simple life. Even today if our politicians adopt simplicity, then people will take inspiration from them,” Modi said.

Several other believers of Gandhi’s teaching also said that simplicity could help the nation develop, and also set an example in front of the whole world.

“The ministers should adopt Gandhiji’s principles and teachings pertaining to simplicity. This will help in the development of the country financially and otherwise and they can also send the message to the world, that how beneficial it can be to walk on Gandhiji’s principles,” said Dhimant Badiya, another Gandhian. (ANI)

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Despite IAEA findings, Iran sings its old nuke-for-peaceful-purposes tune

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Tehran, Sep. 18 (ANI): Even as a secret IAEA report revealed that Iran is capable of making a nuclear bomb and is developing a missile system to carry an atomic warhead, Iranian officials have reiterated claims that the Islamic nation’s nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes.

Fox News quoted Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as saying that Iran is sincere in wanting to negotiate with the West.

He added that Western countries should “read between the lines” about Iran’s intentions.

Although the prospects of finding anything between the lines were almost nil after the surfacing of the IAEA report, but Soltanieh insisted that discussions with the West would be a “real, new window of opportunity.”

The secret U.N. watchdog report, titled “Possible Military Dimension of Iran’s Nuclear Program,” concludes:

*Iran worked on developing a chamber inside a ballistic missile capable of housing a warhead payload “that is quite likely to be nuclear.”

*Iran engaged in “probable testing” of explosives commonly used to detonate a nuclear warhead – a method known as a “full-scale hemispherical explosively driven shock system.”

*Iran worked on developing a system “for initiating a hemispherical high explosive charge” of the kind used to help spark a nuclear blast.

“Iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device (an atomic bomb) based on HEU (highly enriched uranium) as the fission fuel,” The agency assessed.

On October 1, Iran is scheduled to meet with the U.S. and five other world powers seeking curbs on its atomic activities for the first time in more than a year.

However, Tehran says it is not prepared to discuss its nuclear activities. (ANI)

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Song birds have to deal with cover artists too

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Sep 9 (ANI): Just like great singers among humans, birds too have to deal with cover artists who copy songs.

A new research has revealed that some bird species have evolved to sing the same tune as their rivals, in order to compete effectively.

Led by Dr. Joseph Tobias and Dr Nathalie Seddon from the Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, the research team analysed the calls and songs of two antbird species that were living side-by-side in the Amazon rainforest- the Peruvian warbling-antbird and the yellow-breasted warbling-antbird.

The study was aimed at investigating their similar songs, and, in particular, at testing the theory that the birds’ songs could become increasingly similar to enable effective communication between competing species.

The above notion has attracted controversy as many scientists have argued that convergence in territorial or mating signals results in needless confrontation or crossbreeding and the creation of hybrids.

“Biologists have long been fascinated by convergence in ecological traits as it offers tangible evidence of evolution and the forces of selection by which it operates, but until now there is no clear evidence that social competition between animal species can produce convergent signals. We examined this idea by analysing the structure and function of songs in two birds which we knew to be strong social competitors,” said Tobias.

The researchers studied the species in Peru and Bolivia at one site where they lived together, and two sites where they lived in isolation.

Firstly, they recorded three sets of signals-songs, calls, and plumage colour of both species (including a total of 504 songs from 150 individuals).

Later, they played them back to individuals of each species to test the significance of songs of both types.

The results showed that territorial songs of both species were extremely similar particularly where they lived together, such that territorial birds treated songs of both species as equally threatening.

In the meantime, they discovered that non-territorial signals like calls and plumage were highly divergent.

“In effect, the territorial songs of these birds are more or less interchangeable in design and function. Given that they last shared a common ancestor more than 3 million years ago, it is almost equivalent to humans and chimpanzees – which diverged around 5 million years ago – using the same language to settle disputes over resources” said Tobias.

“Our results provide the first compelling evidence that social interaction can cause convergent evolution in species competing for space and resources.

They also suggest that while competition drives convergence in territorial songs, this is offset by divergence in non-competitive signals such as plumage colour to promote species recognition and reduce the chance of interbreeding,” he added.

The study has been published in Evolution.(ANI)

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Salman Khan spends time with mentally challenged children in Jaipur

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jaipur, Sep 3 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Thursday attended a function that was hosted exclusively for mentally challenged children in Rajasthan’s capital city Jaipur.

Salman was accompanied by choreographer Prabhu Deva, who has directed Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Wanted’, were invited by Umang, a voluntary organisation that works for the welfare of mentally challenged children.

The children were excited to see their favourite actor amidst them, and danced to the tune of songs from Khan’s movie including hits from his upcoming movie, ‘Wanted’.

A visibly emotional Salman was seen obliging the children with his autographs, and further he and Prabhu Deva also enthusiastically joined the dancing children.

Earlier in 2007, Salman had visited the kids of Umang. He said that he will keep coming to Jaipur to meet children of Umang.

“That year also it was lot of fun. This year also it was a lot of fun. Isn’t it? I will keep coming again and again,” said Khan.

Salman also announced to donate Rs. 5,00,000 for a new building, which Umang intends to construct for these children. (ANI)

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Lunar clock to be built by River Thames by 2012

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 3 (ANI): Scientists and artists are planning to build a 40m-wide lunar clock by the River Thames by the year 2012.

According to a report by BBC News, the aim is to create a new London landmark close to the proposed Olympic stadium as a monument to a more natural way of marking time.

The proposed site is at East India Dock, six miles along the river from Westminster Palace. It is currently a bedraggled nature reserve.

The designers of the clock hope that the instrument will become as iconic as Big Ben, which has been marking time for 150 years.

Laura Williams, an East London artist, explained that the clock would be powered by the tides from the Thames.

“There are three giant concentric rings made from recycled glass. Light shines through from the glass in time with the Moon’s cycles so the largest ring shows the lunar phase,” she said.

“Gradually, the light waxes on all the way around the ring and connects full circle when it’s full Moon,” she added.

“The second ring is like the big hand of the clock. It’s a marker of light that tracks the Moon around the globe so that’s the lunar day cycle,” said Williams.

“The third ring – the smallest – is the small hand that tracks the tide as it goes from high tide to low,” she said.

The clock has been called Aluna. It is a word from the Kogi indigenous people of Colombia.

“It means memory, possibility. It’s also being in tune with the planet’s rhythms and living in harmony with our planet,” said Williams.

According to Dr Usama Hasan, an astronomer, in this age of iPods and atomic clocks, there is a greater need than ever for an older way of measuring time.

“Aluna is a project which tries to connect us back to the cosmic cycle, with nature. I think that’s very important especially in the very technological age we live in,” said Hasan. (ANI)

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‘Israel won’t return to 1967 line’

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jerusalem, Aug. 25 (ANI): Israel is open to discussion on the final borders with Palestine, but the country will surely not return to the line of 1967, Israeli Intelligence Affairs Minister Dan Meridor has said.

“Surely, nobody expects Netanyahu to offer more than what Olmert (former PM) offered (to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas)…Final borders are open for discussion. But we will not return to the line of 1967 – that’s for sure,” The Jerusalem Post quoted him, as saying.

In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Berlin, Meridor said he was optimistic about the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

“All in all, I am quite optimistic that things in the Middle East will develop in a positive way. There’s something in the air.”

However, Meridor pointed out that Abbas currently refuses to negotiate until Israel completely freezes settlement activity, despite the fact that he negotiated with Olmert for three years during the reign of President George W. Bush.

Drawing a red line, Meridor said: “The Old City with the Jewish Quarter and the Wailing Wall will never be part of an Arab state. There could be a compromise on land in Judea and Samaria. But all Israeli governments have agreed on having a united Jerusalem. This is our clear position, but we can negotiate about Jerusalem. There are no preconditions.”

He noted that the introduction of religion into a conflict that was historically defined on nationalistic ideas has complicated matters in recent times.

“It has become more difficult over the years because of the introduction of religion into this conflict. Arab rulers hated us in the past, but they did it because of nationalistic ideas. Since the (1979) revolution in Teheran, we hear a different tune: The Iranians, Hizbullah and Hamas fight us in the name of religion. This is very bad because people can compromise, but gods never compromise,” he said. (ANI)

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Tone-deaf people lack an important neural pathway

August 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Researchers have found that the nerve fibres that link perception and motor regions of the brain are disconnected in tone-deaf people.

According to experts’ estimates, at least 10 percent of the population may be tone deaf – unable to sing in tune.

The new finding has pinpointed a particular brain circuit that is believed to be absent in these individuals.

“The anomaly suggests that tone-deafness may be a previously undetected neurological syndrome similar to other speech and language disorders, in which connections between perceptual and motor regions are impaired,” said Dr. Psyche Loui, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, one of the study’s authors.

For the study, the researchers used an MRI-based technique called diffusion tensor imaging to examine connections between the right temporal and frontal lobes.

It is known that this region, a neural “highway” called the arcuate fasciculus, is involved in linking music and language perception with vocal production.

They took brain images of 20 people, half of whom had been identified as tone-deaf through listening tests.

The arcuate fasciculus was smaller in volume, and had a lower fibre count in the tone-deaf individuals.

Particularly, the superior branch of the arcuate fasciculus in the right hemisphere could not be detected in the tone-deaf individuals.

Thus, the researchers speculated that this could mean the branch is missing entirely, or is so abnormally deformed that it appears invisible to even the most advanced neuroimaging methods.

“The findings are clear. They show that the arcuate fasciculus, a structure long-known to join perceptual and motor areas, has reduced connectivity in individuals with tone deafness. Beyond improving our understanding of the anatomical underpinnings of tone-deafness, this study provides new insight into a person’s ability to detect pitch,” said Dr. Nina Kraus, at Northwestern University.

The findings add to previous work by the same researchers demonstrating that tone-deaf people could not consciously hear their own singing, and work by other researchers indicating abnormalities in brain regions that affect sound perception and production.

The study has been published in the latest issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. (ANI)

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Railways plan outlay to be Rs.40745 crore

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed an outlay of Rs.40,745 crore for 2009-2010, which is 2840 crore more than the allocation proposed in the interim budget.

“Rs. 15, 675 crore will be deployed through internal resources and Rs.9, 170 crore from market borrowings. The Ministry will also go for issue of tax free bonds for resource generation,” she said.

She proposed increase in the allocation for new lines from Rs.1100 crore in the interim budget to Rs.2921 crore.

“Similarly, provision for gauge conversion has been increased by 24 per cent over the interim budget by allocating Rs. 1750 crore,” she added.

The Minister also said passenger amenities will now have Rs. 1102 crore while the allocation in the interim budget was only Rs.502 cr. Thus, 119 per cent more money will be spent on passenger amenities.

Declaring staff welfare as a priority area, she proposed 49 per cent increase for the construction of staff quarters by allocating Rs. 335 crore and 79 per cent increase for staff amenities by allocating Rs.424 crore.

The Minister further said, “Additional funds to the tune of Rs.1949 crore have been sought from the Ministry of Finance for eleven railway projects spread over in Jammu and Kashmir and the North East.” (ANI)

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Brit Army’s Band of the Coldstream Guards marches to Jacko’s ‘Thriller’

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jul 3 (ANI): Brit army’s world-famous Band of the Coldstream Guards left hordes of tourist stunned after they started playing Michael Jackson’s mega hit ‘Thriller’, and even marched to its tune on Wednesday.

As many as 40 drummers, trumpeters, clarinet, and trombone players played out the song, with the band marching in formations almost mimicking the famous choreographed zombie routine from the music video.

“It came out of nowhere,” the Sun quoted Philip Marfleet, 22, a lighting engineer, from Colchester, Essex, as saying.

“We were stunned. They were practising some more traditional tunes and then all of a sudden they started playing Thriller.

“What a moment,” he added.

Marfleet, who managed to capture the show on his mobile phone, had gathered with more than 20 foreign tourists outside The Guards Museum, in Birdcage Walk, central London to enjoy the spectacle.

“It obviously wasn’t the first time they had played it. It was a polished performance,” he said.

“A few foreign tourists asked me what it was all about, but I was unable to give them an explanation. I was as stunned as they were.

“At one point the musicians even appeared to be putting together some moves to go with the music.

“Instead of marching in straight lines they formed a triangle,” he added.

The oldest and best known band in the Army, based at the capital’s Wellington Barracks, have actually been doing the routine for the last two months.

“The piece has been part of their summer repertoire for a number of events and they’ve been playing it publicly for the last eight weeks, including at the Windsor Tattoo,” a MoD spokesman said.

“It is just a coincidence and not a tribute to Jackson,” he added. (ANI)

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Jacko wanted ‘One Day In Your Life’ played at his funeral, says pal

June 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 30 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s former producer has revealed that the King of Pop wanted 1981 tune ‘One Day In Your Life’ to be played at his farewell ‘concert’.

The track was recorded by Jackson for his 1975 album Forever, and he himself thought if would make a great tune for his funeral, reports Contactmusic.

The song’s co-writer and producer, Samm Brown recalls, “It’s a very prophetic song. The lyrics are very deep and Michael even told me, ‘This would be a good song for my obituary or my funeral.’”

Brown insists the song was always one of Michael’s favourites: “He liked using that part of his voice. He had incredible range but he liked that sound.”

He adds, “Michael was such a perfectionist and he had a lot of stuff that he didn’t use. I know for a fact that Motown (record label) has a deep vault and I would say there are 100 or more tracks sitting at Motown alone.

“Plus there will be somebody in his (Jackson) camp who will want to release all of the lost tracks he recorded – dating way back to the 1960s. There’s huge money to be made off of these recordings, and this is the way of the music business – it’s still a business.” (ANI)

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Dalai Lama’s special teaching session on Buddhism

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dharamshala, June 24 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday started a two-day special teaching session for Buddhist students in Dharamsala.

Thousands of Buddhist students from across the world gathered at the Tibetan Children Villa School for the teachings on the text of thirty-seven practices of Bodhisattvas.

“We are very happy to gather here. All the Tibetan youngsters are here so we could learn something on Buddhist (Buddhism),” said Tenzin Namgyal, a Tibetan student.

Many Buddhist monks and nuns and other local people also gathered to attend teachings of the spiritual leader.

Tibetans believe that Dalai Lama follows a different approach to teaching and explains basics of everything.

“This is very important particularly the approach his holiness takes is very different. And this is very much in tune with audience here. He is putting everything in perspective, not just going about the traditional way of explaining things. But rather really touching on the very basics of it and then making sense of everything that he teaches. And thereby making them get the essence of Buddha teaching which is to bring about a positive transformation in their mentality,” said Damdul Namgyal, a monk.

Dharamsala, which is also called ‘Little Tibet’, is home to thousands of Tibetans who found a new haven to preserve their unique faith, culture and identity.

Tibetan exiles are protesting around the world by reviving the spirit of the Tibetan national uprising of 1959, engaging in non-violent direct action, to end China’s occupation of Tibet.

An estimated 134,000 Tibetans live in exile, a majority of them in India and Nepal. (ANI)

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Ten steps to extended massive orgasm

June 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 23 (ANI): While majority of couples wish to have extended massive orgasm (EMO), not everybody comes down to experiencing these repeated orgasmic waves.

Lovers experiencing one of these massive orgasms have reported enjoying more of life’s joys in general, becoming nicer and more generous in their relationship.

An EMO can last minutes or hours, offering up blissful sensations at increasing intensities, reports Fox News.

And here are the tricks of this tantalizing trade:

1. Truly recognize your pleasure

You want to immediately approve of your present sensations. This starts before you even get in the sack by overcoming anxieties you have about sex. This may require identifying limitations you’ve been taught about sex, like how you’re supposed to respond (or not respond). You need to then challenge any social conditioning that impedes upon your response.

Ridding yourself of the uninvited “others” in your bed will enable you to solely focus on the orgasmic sensations, including ones that come from simply anticipating action.

2. Learn to relax

Lovers have the tendency to tense up during sexual excitement, which is not conducive to extended orgasm. You need to be able to surrender your nervous system during genital stimulation. It’s this letting go of tension that allows you to embrace your pleasure.

3. Get in the know

The more we know about our bodies, sex, and sexual response, the better we can recognize sensations, the more we can lose ourselves in them. Become knowledgeable about sexual response, sexual anatomy, and erotic techniques.

4. Give yourselves time for pleasuring

Lovers may stimulate each other by fantasizing out loud, taking your time getting to the genitals and hot spots. Teasing allows for greater energy awareness and arousal, and these are what make the experience ultimately so mind-blowing.

5. Touch for pleasure

You can show your partner that you are into the moment by informing them about what you are going to do so he or she can surrender more easily. Highlighting a lover’s physical responses further enables them to tune into the sensations.

6. Learn to channel your energy

You want to get out of your head, directing your energy to your groin. This will make for more explosive results, plus help you to further tune into your sexual response.

7. Become an effective communicator

To amplify things up, you may need to request changes that will intensify your pleasure if you’re the receiver. As the giver, you may need to ask for feedback or direction. In either case, asking for more will help you to feel more. Giving approval can do wonders for a lover’s ego.

8. Develop your pelvic floor muscles

Exercising your pubbococcygeus (PC) muscle will put you more in tune with your sexual response. It’s also what makes for more powerful orgasms.

9. Have plenty of lubricant handy

As you will be loving for the long-haul, make sure you avoid the friction, pain, and discomfort that can result from working each other raw by using lube.

10. Do away with any drive-thru mentality

Having an EMO isn’t like going for fast food. One can’t go into it thinking instant gratification. Instead, approach it as though training for a sport. (ANI)

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Beyonce can’t help dancing to her own song

May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 30 (ANI): Every time Beyonce listens to her latest number Single Ladies (Put a Ring a It), she can’t stop herself from dancing, revealed the diva recently.

The RnB singer has confessed that she usually changes channels when one of her tracks is played.

However, she has claimed that there’s something about the catchy tune of ‘Single Ladies’ that makes her want to dance.

“I can’t stop seeing the choreography (in the video) when I hear it. My foot just starts doing the steps,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

She added: “It’s so embarrassing. I don’t want people to think I’m dancing to my own song, but I can’t help it.” (ANI)

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Girl in coma wakes up singing Mamma Mia!

May 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 26 (ANI): A three-year-old girl fell into a coma after being struck down by meningitis, but stunned her family when she woke up five days later – singing Abba hit Mamma Mia.

Layla Towsey was so ill after getting the brain bug she had been put on a life support machine.

The little girl’s family was told to give her a final kiss goodbye when she fell into coma.

However, it was far from the final curtain for Layla, who regain consciousness singing Abba tune.

“We had been preparing for bad news as the life support machine was keeping her alive. But on the Sunday I could hear her singing Mamma Mia quietly. I couldn’t believe it. I knew then she would be OK,” the Sun quoted Layla’s mum Katy as saying.

Layla, from Gidea Park, East London, had learned the song after seeing the Mamma Mia! movie. She has now made a good recovery, with just scars on her legs from blood poisoning.

“It’s one of her favourite songs – she loves it. She got as close to death as you can get. She’s a miracle,” Katy added. (ANI)

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Amy Winehouse, Duffy in contention for next Bond theme song

May 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 22 (ANI): English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse may have to battle it out with Duffy to land the opportunity of recording next James Bond flick’s theme song.

After losing the opportunity to make music for last Bond flick ‘Quantum of Solace’ to Alicia Keys and Jack white, Winehouse is again in the race to record for the forthcoming Bond flick.

Winehouse and Duffy both have been tipped to record for the 23rd instalment of the Bond franchise.

However, it seems that producer Michael G Wilson prefers Duffy to Winehouse.

“I would love to get Duffy to sing the next tune. I think she is wonderful. Amy Winehouse would be good too,” Contactmusic quoted Wilson as saying. (ANI)

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Bob Dylan’s ‘teenage poem’ based on lyrics by Hank Snow

May 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washing ton, May 21 (ANI): An early Bob Dylan poem up for sale in New York City is based on the lyrics of a tune penned by late Canadian country singer Hank Snow.

The poem about the dead dog – thought to have been written by a 16-year-old Dylan in 1957 – was due to go under the hammer in New York on 23 June (09) – with an expected sale price of 15,000 dollars, reports Contactmusic.

However, bosses at auction house Christie’s have found that Dylan’s words are in fact “a revised version of lyrics of a Hank Snow song”.

The poem will still be auctioned, along with a collection of Dylan memorabilia.

Auctioneers expect it will still fetch hundreds of dollars, because it “remains among the earliest known handwritten lyrics of Bob Dylan”. (ANI)

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Jennifer Love Hewitt enters country music

May 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 19 (ANI): Singer/actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is planning to launch a career in country music.

The I Know What You Did Last Summer star has recorded a new country tune, and according to boyfriend Jamie Kennedy, “she’s a natural”.

“I really want to make her a new demo for her music, because I think she should do singing again. She’s so good,” Contactmusic quoted Kennedy as saying.

Hewitt is already a big popstar in Japan. However she hasn’t worked on any new material since 2002.

She recorded her first album, Love Songs, when she was 12. It was released solely in Japan. (ANI)

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A film song similar to national anthem turns controversial

May 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 9 (ANI): Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has said that he wouldppeal against a ban on the title song of his upcoming film ‘Rann’, which has whipped up a controversy.

The censor board has decided to ban the title song that appears similar to the national anthem in its tune, but with different lyrics.

“Rann” (Battle), delves into the highly competitive world of television news reporting in India, putting the spotlight on the media industry’s insatiable appetite for advertisers and viewers.

The film is touted as a behind-the-scenes look at how news channels greedy for ratings are being manipulated into sensationalizing stories to grab eyeballs.

“If the censor board like they said, if they don’t want to pass, I will go to the tribunal advising committee and whatever the procedures allow me I will do that,” Varma said.

He said that the critics did not really understand the context of the song, adding that he was ready for a debate.

“I think the people who are having a problem are in minority and they are not listening seriously to what exactly the song is saying. I like to have a conversation with them,” Varma said.

With more than 60 English and regional-language news channels in India beaming into TV-owning homes, the film comes at a time when broadcasters are scrambling to provide exclusive content. (ANI)

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All Miley Cyrus wants in life is chapstick and music

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 2 (ANI): With the Hannah Montana movie all set for release, Miley Cyrus is being flocked by hoards of fans and paparazzi, but all she really wants in life is her chapstick and music.

In a recent interview, the 16-year-old starlet has admitted that although she hates make-up but always remembers to carry a chapstick in her bag.

“I’m like chapstick-obsessed so always have chapstick. I hate it when my lips get dry, especially on the plane my lips get terribly dry,” The Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.

When asked to give some beauty tips for fans, Miley said: “I think just like being natural and having confidence, you know. When I’m not working I don’t like a lot of make-up or being very done up. I think just be very natural. Chapstick is my main thing but usually I don’t wear make-up. I don’t like the way it feels. I feel like I have a mask. You can’t move.

However, music is her life, and when it comes to partying, she’d dance to a ‘Beatles’ tune any day.

She said: “Just music. Just like lying on my bed, listening to music, that’s my favourite thing. That’s why I like plane rides ’cause I can just sit there and listen to all my music.

“I’m like a ginormous Beatles fan so that’s my favourite stuff. I like chilling around and playing old Johnny Cash songs and old John Lennon songs . . . it’s all good.”

Revealing her favourite John Lennon song, she said: “Well, ‘Imagine’ is my favourite but I feel like it’s a little cliched to say that you know, so ‘Jealous Guy’ is my favourite. Yeah, he’s amazing.”

And with all the adulation from fans Miley is experiencing a lot many things.

When asked about the most memorable way a fan has tried to catch her attention, she said: “There’s a lot. I’ve been proposed to a few times. You would freak if you saw some of the signs they make sometimes, big flashing signs. It’s crazy but it’s pretty cool.

“I think they’re very creative. It’s crazy how creative people get. I’m like, I don’t know if I ever loved a star that much, to go through and buy them a ring and everything.” (ANI)

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