Most of the Orkut profiles (Indian Citizens) go tri-color on Independence Day !

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15-08-2009, Mangalore: Well frankly speaking I got up late today as usual I was supposed to attend to the mass (Event: Annunciation of Mother Mary) today at 7:30 A.M. in our church (i.e. in Surathkal) but I didn’t go since I got up late at 7:25 A.M.. So after getting up from bed, I had my breakfast and then went online to check today’s news. After that I logged onto Orkut.com. I usually change my themes and status messages, in all the social networking sites, I am a part of. But today it actually went out of my mind, until I was reminded; My friend Dhiwin had actually left a scrap (message/scribble) on my profile. Below is a snapshot of the scrap, have a look.

So after reading the scrap I googled (searched in google.com) for images (Search term: Indian Flag +Animated); the results were overwhelming, but I had to cut short and end up in a few results. After choosing the best images I needed, I launched Photoshop (Photo editing software which I use) and then started editing my profile picture. Below is the result of my work.

After editing the picture, I uploaded the picture and changed it in myprofile. Later I updated my status message. The last task was to change the theme. I changed my theme to the ‘Independence Day’ that was readily available in Orkut’s list of themes.Here is a snapshot of my profile.(Sensitive information removed due to security reasons).

At last I finished my work. It was already 8:30 A.M. and I was supposed to reach the college (I study in St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore) at 9:00 A.M. for the flag hoist. Well, I reached there on time (Oops a bit late; only 10 minutes, no problem. )

For my surprise I saw a lot of Orkut profiles going tricolor today.

Did you celebrate Independence day on Orkut? Sounds strange, BUT I DID

Happy Independence Day, India. Many more years to come, this is just the 62^nd

Is Nuclear Power a Boon or a Bane?

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After coming home from the college after the lecture this sundown, I switched on the Television (which I habitually don’t; I am always hooked up on my comp, so TV is my last fondness). And I was in fact stunned to hear that Pakistan had a stock pile of nearly 60 nuclear weapons! (That’s a great deal! And a big threat to the neighbors if it falls into the wrong hands…).

As the news report continued, even more shameful facts came into light! In the past two years three of Pakistan’s Nuclear Bases were attacked (each one once, so total three attacks… yeah, that’s right…), so the main question you would have asked would be, who attacked? As of now you may have figured it yourself. Yes, you maybe right…Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Al-Qaeda (the terrorists). The main mastermind behind this as said in the news report was Osama Bin Laden. Pakistan saw to it that the news of the security breaches never leaked out its borders. As USA has always been warning Pakistan that its nuclear stock piles are not safe anymore; the PM of Pakistan always denied it saying that all its Nuclear Bases are under tight security. But now he may have to change his statements.

The fist nuclear tests in Pakistan took place in Kharan desert and Ras Koh back in 1998, this added Pakistan in the list of a few countries having Nuclear Capabilities. But since then the progress has been overwhelming. They are still preparing nuclear weapons. And right now they have nearly 60 nuclear weapons in their nuclear bases.

So the major concerns now are; why is Pakistan producing so many nuclear weapons? Are they preparing it to go on a war, or for their defense network? What ever the answer is, if these weapons fall into the wrong hands, then its quiet sure that, the terrorists will definitely use it against Pakistan or India or USA( Because they had always attacked the settlements of the terrorists in the past).

The entire Airtel Telecom Network went down for more than 6 hours in some parts of Surathkal (Mangalore) today

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29-07-2009 Surathkal, Mangalore: The entire Airtel telecom network went down in Surathkal (18 kms away from Mangalore city)  for more that 6 hours this afternoon after 2:00 P.M. It  has not yet recovered (its 8:00 P.M now). There are no official reports yet so as for why the network is not working.

The first problem I faced was when I tried to call my dad’s Airtel number (thank God mine is Vodafone), the quick response from Airtel was that the phone was switched off. Then I tried calling other residents of Surathkal from my contacts, the same problem continued. Then when I reached Surathkal my friends said the network was down from around 2:00 P.M and they were facing a lot of problems. Many of them missed some important calls and all that..

So what do you think is the problem? Is it a technical fault in the tower or some backup generator failure? Whatever the reason is, the people of Surathkal  had to face a lot of problems today due to this technical glitch

Lets hope for the best in the future from Airtel!