Have you heard about Saarang?
Its the name of the collge festival conducted every year at IIT Madras.
I heard that its one of the biggest events in chennai that youngsters enjoy.

I came across this firefox theme on the mozilla site today.
It does’nt so good but, it comes from Chennai

You can download the theme here.
Also visit Saarang.org

NEW DELHI, JAN 4: Hyderabad-based IT company Value Labs, Malaysian broadcaster Astro and news channel NDTV on Wednesday announced they had bought out Living Media in radio channel Red FM.

The Financial Express writes:
“The deal should not be more than Rs 30-35 crore,” industry sources indicated. No confirmation was available on the exact nature of financial arrangement between the three investors.

While Astro, being a foreign company can hold only 20% (foreign direct investment in private FM radio is capped at 20%), NDTV’s stake (purchased by NDTV News, a fully-owned subsidiary of NDTV) is expected to be in the same region. ValueLabs is the majority stake holder. Together, the three investors will acquire Radio Today (Mumbai) Broadcasting Ltd, Radio Today (Delhi) Broadcasting Ltd and Radio Today (Calcutta) Broadcasting Ltd from the Living Media Group. The three radio companies hold licenses for FM radio broadcasting in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata respectively, under the Red FM brand.

The sources said, Red FM was scouting for funds to kick-start the phase-II of private FM radio. “NDTV was interested in FM radio business as it had done a market study before the FM-II bidding process began. The fact that they did not submit their application was very surprising,” an industry observer said.

Other existing private FM operators reacted sharply to the change of ownership in Red FM. “Its surprising that NDTV is not the majority stake holder in Red FM. Unless they have a full-fledged command over programming and marketing operations, the deal will not make financial sense to them,” a senior executive of a leading FM station told FE. While Arjun Rao, founder promoter and CEO of Value Labs termed the investment as expanding into the radio sector to build upon their global experience in the multimedia space, Narayan Rao, director, NDTV summed it up as an “option of migrating to phase II without the old fixed license regime.”

Its Bakrid today for muslims worldwide and in India. Its festival time for them. But on the other side, its the worst day for the poor goats. A day for which they are feeded/grown. Yes, I am talking about the goats which are sacrifised on this day. Also called as Bakras. The word bakra today means idiot or fool. even MTV takes its advantage and makes a show. huh… bakra? what kind of world are we living in? can we make fun of an animals name?
If these MTV bakra show assholes ever come to me, that will be their worst day.

Coming back.. I see burnt heads lying everywhere on the streets of Hyderabad today. People are buying these heads. Have no idea what they will do with the heads. May be a dish with heads? I am sure its the same case all over India. I feel this country and its people have a lot to learn…. I do love my country and its people but some activities really make me an enemy to the whole system. This is not just about the muslim community, even hindus and others do such things. I dont understand how they can be so ignorant about the life of a poor animal. How can a man be so cruel? I dont oppose eating them, but why sacrifise? If you are going to a 100 goats will you be a millionaire?

Where are these blue cross societies gone on this day? why does everyone sit silent?

Some words for those who enjoy seeing them die:
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If we show the same spirit of sacrifice as was shown by Ibrahim, God would rend the clouds and shower on us His blessing as He did on Ibrahim… The greater the sacrifices are made the purer and more chastened shall we emerge like gold from fire… So my message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence.
- From Jinnah’s 1947 Eid-ul-Azha message.

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
- Mahatma Gandhi

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
- Arabian proverb

Hungry not only for bread — but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing — but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks — but homeless because of rejection.
- Mother Teresa

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
- Erich Fromm
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No idea how many think like me. but here are few:
Did someone say ignorance is bliss?
Why are we so superstitious?