Aggressive kids born of poor parenting

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 Kozhikode: Poor parenting and changes in lifestyle brought about by  the new socio-economic realities are also to blame for the increasing aggressiveness displayed by children and their use of abusive language today, believes noted psychiatrist, Dr S. Santhakumar.

 

“Changes in the socio-economic profile of the st­ate during the past three or four decades have to be taken into account while addressing the issue,” he says.

 

While agreeing that the language used by the new generation cinema and  on television has a big  influence on  children who are at an impressionable age and scores of studies have established the negative influence of television on them, he says this alone  cannot be blamed  for the foul language used by many of them today.

 

“We have to look at the larger picture as in most families parents don’t have enough time for their children as they are both working. They may think that by working hard to make  a living they are providing for their children’s future,  but unfortunately it is not so simple. Children have their own fantasies and desires and if parents are unable to devote more time to listening to them,  they  will try to fulfill them through other sources,” he warns.

 

“This is especially important in the age of the Internet and mobile phones. I am not saying parents should spy on their children, but they should have a clear understanding about the kind of networking they have, “ he underlines.

 

Although in most cases  children can be cured of aggressive behavior if the problem is addressed, in  some cases they are beyond help, he says. “ I feel sad for such children and their parents,” he adds. 

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Opening Brief in Supreme Court Gay Marriage

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Opening Brief in Supreme Court Gay Marriage Case

Let the filing of the gay marriage briefs begin! On Tuesday, proponents of Proposition 8 — the controversial California ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman — filed their opening briefs with the Supreme Court, urging the justices to reverse a lower court decision that struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage.

Arguments in the case will be heard at the end of March, and briefs from the opponents are due in about a month.
“By adopting Proposition 8,” Charles Cooper, a lawyer for ProtectMarriage.com, writes, “the People of California demonstrated their belief that this matter is best resolved by the People themselves, not by their courts. The Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the People of California — or any State — from making this choice. To the contrary, it leaves them free to do what they are doing — debating this controversial issue and seeking to resolve it in a way that will best serve their families, their children, and, ultimately their society as a whole.”
ProtectMarriage.com, the original sponsor of Prop 8, is defending the law because California’s elected officials refused to do so. The group argues that preserving traditional marriage furthers society’s “existential interests in responsible procreation and childrearing.”
“An animating purpose of marriage is to increase the likelihood that children will be born and raised in stable and enduring family units by their own mothers and fathers,” Cooper writes.”  Because relationships between persons of the same sex do not have the capacity to produce children, they do not implicate this interest in responsible procreation and childrearing in the same way.”
Cooper criticizes a federal appeals court that struck down Prop 8 on narrow grounds tailored closely to California and its history with gay marriage.
For a few months in 2008, gay couples in California were able to obtain marriage licenses after a ruling from the California Supreme Court. Some 18,000 same sex couples obtained marriage licenses in the state before Prop 8 was passed in November 2008.
In February of 2012, a panel of judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Prop 8 “stripped same-sex couples” of the right to use the designation of marriage to describe their relationships and that Prop 8 “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California and to officially reclassify their relationship and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”
In his brief, Cooper points out that there was only a brief period of time in California’s history when same-sex marriage was allowed. He writes, “it is difficult to think of a law with deeper roots in California’s and our Nation’s history, practices, and traditions than one defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. That definition has prevailed for all but 142 days of California’s 162 year history, and it continues to prevail in federal law and in the overwhelming majority of the States, most often through constitutional provisions much like Proposition 8. ”
Cooper makes a veiled reference to the fact that President Obama has only recently come out in support of gay marriage. He writes, “The Ninth Circuit’s charge thus impugns the motives of over seven million California voters and countless other Americans who believe that traditional marriage continues to serve society’s vital interests, including the citizens and lawmakers of 40 other states, the Members of Congress and President who supported enactment of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the large majority of state and federal appellate judges who have addressed the issue, an until very recently President Obama. ”
Cooper points out that prop 8 left “undisturbed” other laws, including domestic partnership laws available to gays and lesbians in the state.

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Facebook shares rise in buildup to mystery event, earnings

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's stock opened on Monday above $32 for the first time since July as anticipation about upcoming products and financial results underscored Wall Street's renewed confidence in the online social network.

                                            Facebook will on Tuesday host its first major press event at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, since its troubled initial public offering in May, triggering a guessing game among technology observers and online blogs about what it could unveil - everything from a smartphone to a search engine.
"There's a lot of speculation. Nothing to me seems to be that certain," Jefferies & Co analyst Brian Pitz said.
"If I were to bet, I'd think it was something that was ad-platform related. I'm not convinced on the phone," said Pitz, citing previous comments by Facebook's leaders including CEO Mark Zuckerberg that making a smartphone would be the "wrong strategy" for Facebook.
In an email to reporters last week, Facebook invited the media to "come and see what we're building" without providing details.
Some analysts said the stock's recent gains - shares are up roughly 17 percent since the start of the year - may have more to do with the company's upcoming fourth-quarter financial results, slated for January 30.
"The stock is up because they have driven a dramatic increase in the ad load of their mobile app which is giving investors hope that they exceeded expectations," BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield said.
Shares were down about 1.3 percent to $31.30 in mid-afternoon trading.
The world's No.1 social network with 1 billion users, Facebook became the first U.S. company to debut on stock markets with a value of more than $100 billion. Its value subsequently plunged by more than 50 percent on mounting concerns about slowing revenue growth and the challenges of making money as users shift from personal computers to mobile devices.
Facebook surprised Wall Street in the third quarter by announcing that mobile ads accounted for 14 percent of its total ad revenue. Some analysts expect the company to report further growth in its nascent mobile ad business for the fourth quarter.
Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, has said that mobile is the "most misunderstood aspect" of Facebook. But he has repeatedly poured cold water on rumors that Facebook would build its own smartphone to compete against Apple Inc's iPhone and smartphones based on Google Inc's Android operating system.
During an on-stage interview at a conference in September, Zuckerberg said that he believed search could be a ripe area of growth for Facebook.
"Facebook is really uniquely positioned to answer a lot of the questions that people have," Zuckerberg said, such as finding a good restaurant or learning more about a job opportunity.
Still, many technology observers believe that Facebook is more likely to improve the search capabilities within Facebook than to develop a full-fledged search engine that indexes all the Web's content and competes head-on with search leader Google.
Among the other items that technology blogs and analysts speculate might be unveiled on Tuesday were new standalone apps for Apple's iPad tablet, new features to display video ads and even a new wing of corporate headquarters.
Some cautioned that expectations of a game-changing new product were likely to cause disappointment.
"There's no way they're announcing anything that has financial impact, or they wouldn't do it now, they'd wait two weeks," said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, citing Facebook's upcoming earnings

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Meet India at the U-19 World Cup

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Unmukt Chand — Captain, right-handed batsman and off-break bowler. He's the mainstay of the India U-19 batting line-up, having scored important hundreds for them in Australia and the Youth Asia Cup this year. Born March 26, 1993, Delhi. He has played 11 Ranji Trophy matches for Delhi. He had played two IPL games this year for Delhi Daredevils.

Akshdeep Nath — Right-hand batsman and medium pace bowler. He is the vice-captain of the team. Born May 10, 1993, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has played three one-dayers for Uttar Pradesh.

 Akhil Herwadkar — Left-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Born October 31, 1994 in Sangli, Maharashtra.

Ravikant Singh — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born March 18, 1994, Kolkata, West Bengal.

 Vijay Zol — Left-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Born November 23, 1994, Jalna, Maharashtra. He has represented Maharashtra and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Sandipan Das — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born November 29, 1992, Kolkata, West Bengal. Has played for Cricket Association of Bengal XI.

Harmeet Singh — Left-arm batsman and slow orthodox bowler. Born September 7, 1992, Mumbai. He has played three Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai.

 Smit Patel — Right-hand batsman and wicketkeeper. Born May 16, 1993, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Has played one one-dayer for his home state.

 Hanuman Vihari — Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. Born October 13, 1993, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He has represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Kamal Passi — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born November 30, 1992, Amritsar, Punjab. He has played for India U-19s in Australia.

Sandeep Sharma — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born May 18, 1993, Patiala, Punjab. He has played three Ranji games for his home state.

Vikas Mishra — Right-hand batsman and slow-left arm bowler. Born December 27, 1992, Delhi. He has played 15 Ranji Trophy matches for Delhi.

Baba Aparajith — Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. Born July 8, 1994, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has played for his home state four times.

Prashant Chopra — Right-hand batsman and leg-break bowler. Born October 7, 1992, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He has played six First Class games for HP.

Rush Kalaria — Right-hand batsman and left-arm medium pacer. Born January 16, 1993, Rajkot, Gujarat. He has played one one-dayer for Gujarat.

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Olympics hockey: India suffer another reverse, lose 1-3 to Kiwis

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 London, Aug 1 (IANS) New Zealand chalked up a 3-1 win over India who thus slid to their second defeat in as many matches in the Olympic men's hockey competition here Wednesday.

India, after a sensational start when Sandeep Singh converted a second minute penalty corner, faded away as the Kiwis came storming back with goals by Andrew Hayward (13th), Phillip Burrows (24th) and Nicolas Wilson (29th), and then nursed the lead to the end.It was a very disappointing performance by the Indians who just did not have the pace or power to overwhelm the Kiwis. Rather, age-old errors seemed to creep into India's game with badly positioned forwards inside the striking circle, over-dribbling and lack of variety in their attacks.

In the deep defence, too, the Indians looked a step slower than the Kiwis and, more often than not, struggled to get the ball away from the danger zone. So much so that for the second-half coach Michael Nobbs replaced captain and goalkeeper Bharat Chetri with Sreejesh, who justified the substitution with a couple of good saves.In contrast, the Black Sticks, who had beaten India 5-1 en route to winning the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia earlier this summer, appeared better organized in the midfield and deep defence while the forwards bided time for the long balls to counter attack.

In fact, the Kiwi defenders seemed to read the Indian attacks rather well and had enough men behind the ball to stall the rivals.India, who went down 2-3 to the Netherlands Monday, promised a lot in the opening minutes when they forced a penalty corner that Sandeep Singh converted, picking a brilliant angle and height to slot the drag-flick into the net.

However, the Kiwis kept their composure and gradually came back into the match while the Indians backpedalled at the first sign of counter-attack and provided a lot of space for the Black Sticks to make their moves.The Kiwis, who lost 0-2 to Korea in their opening game, accepted the invitation and began to attack in waves and forced two penalty corners, the second of which Hayward converted for the equaliser.

The Kiwis sustained the pressure and, with their forwards slipping through a rather porous Indian defence, it was only a matter of time before they scored. Another Hayward penalty corner attempt saw the ball deflecting on to defender Birendra Lakra's body off goalkeeper Bharat Chetri's stick resulting in a penalty stroke that Burrows converted.

The pattern continued and the Kiwis scored again on a counter-attack from the right wing as Wilson put Shea McAleese through and then was on hand to put home the return pass to put New Zealand 3-1 up.The Indians, apart from their opening spell, were hardly in the frame except during some sporadic raids that were easily repelled by a well-structured Kiwi defence.

The second-half was rather scrappy with the Kiwis more intent on pegging the opponents inside their own half while the Indians seemed to wilt under ceaseless pressure, unable to put together an effective attack.

Also, two yellow card suspensions in this session, first Sardar Singh for retaliation and Manpreet Singh for deliberate infringement, did not help India's cause while Sandeep Singh failed to convert two back-to-back penalty corners in the last quarter while Raghunath's attempt came off the post in the dying minutes.The Kiwis had a few chances to add to their first-half tally, notably three penalty corners, but Sreejesh brought off some fine saves to peg the score-line.

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5 Secrets to a Happy Marriage: Revealed by Divorce

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In 25 years of studying marriage, Dr. Terri Orbuch, research professor at the University of Michigan and author of the new book "Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship," has found that some of the best relationship advice comes from people who are actually divorced.

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In 1986, Orbuch embarked on a long-term study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which followed the relationships of 373 newlyweds. By 2012, 46% had divorced, about the same as the national average.

In interviews with Orbuch, people who had divorced or ended a serious relationship over and over again brought up the same five issues that they would improve if they had the chance to do it all again.

1. Money. Over the course of her research, one the biggest surprises for Orbuch was the role money played in marital strife. “Many divorced singles say that money was the number one source of conflict in the early years of marriage,” she tells Yahoo! Shine. She also found that, “6 out of 10 said they would not share living expenses in their next relationship.” She recommends that each partner evaluate their own approach to spending and saving money and discuss with their spouse early on. She says there is no one-size-fits-all-financial plan, but couples need to determine their own rules and adhere to them.

2. Affection. Another surprise was that men crave affection—but not necessarily sex—more than women. “It’s counterintuitive,” says Orbuch, “but men crave feeling special and being noticed by their wives.” She adds that men who report not getting enough nonsexual affection were twice as likely to ask for a divorce, but the reverse was not true for women. “Women are fortunate. We get this kind of affirmation from more people in our lives, our mothers, children, our best friends”—so women tend to need less from husbands. She recommends carving out time for regular cuddling, kissing, hand holding, and saying “I love you.”

3. Blame. “When divorced couples found fault with their relationship using ‘we’ statements, they were significantly more likely to find love than those who used ‘I’ or ‘you’ statements.” Those who found blame in factors such as being incompatible or too young experienced less anxiety, insomnia, and depression than those who blamed their former partner or themselves for a break-up. Examine what went wrong in the relationship instead of assigning individual blame, suggests Orbuch, and think about how you can resolve conflict better next time.

4. Communication.

Orbuch says a trap many couples fall into is “maintenance” rather than true communication. She suggests having a “10 minute rule” every day when you, “Talk to your partner about something other than work, the relationship, the house, or the children.” The key is revealing something about yourself and learning something about your spouse. “Forty-one percent of divorced people say they would change their communication style,” says Orbuch,“and, 91% of happily married couples say they know their partner intimately.”

5. Move on.

Letting go of the past is a key to being in a happy relationship. This is true for people who are currently married as well as those seeking love. If you are irked by thoughts of your partner’s old boyfriend or girlfriend or of a fight that happened weeks ago, you might not be interacting in a healthy, positive way. “That animosity prevents you from being fully present,” says Orbuch. She also points out that people who felt neutral toward their ex were significantly more likely to find love after a divorce. If you can’t let go of your anger, her book outlines a number of exercises including writing a detailed letter to the person you are angry at—and burning it.

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7 things men find unattractive about women

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Unattractive female habits

Too much makeup, talking about bodily functions, and belittling the opposite sex are just a few of the female habits that men find unattractive about women. We know that not all women are like this, but when we meet them, boy do we know about it. Here are seven things men find unattractive in a woman:

Unattractive female habit 1: Being too drunk

We all love a girl who knows how to have a good time but when she’s had such a good time that she’s slumped over a bar with her knickers tucked into her skirt and toilet paper trailing from her shoe, it’s not attractive and it doesn’t make us want to walk over and kiss you in a “hands off folks – she’s mine” kind of manner. You ladies also have the tendency to speak so loud that you drown the music out in a loud bar when you’re drunk. There’s nothing wrong with getting merry, but when everyone starts looking at us because we’re with “that drunk woman” who is putting her skirt over her head and laughing hysterically, it’s embarrassing.

Unattractive female habit 2: Talking about bodily functions

Yes, we know we agreed not to keep secrets from each other but can we skip that rule on this occasion? The day we realised that women do ‘number twos’ was the day our world came crashing down, bringing all our sexual fantasies down with it. When you’re spending a long time in the bathroom, we like to think that it’s because you’re refreshing your makeup and hair. We could possibly – emphasis on the word “possibly” – stretch our imagination to think that you may be going for a tinkle, but we’d rather not. Please don’t talk about any of your bodily functions; leave topics about “the time of the month” and your bowel movements for your girl friends.

Unattractive female habit 3: Excessive body hair

We associate body hair with testosterone and testicles so seeing it in excessive amounts on a woman can be quite a turn off. We know it’s painful to go through the rigmarole of waxing, plucking, epilating, and whatever other fancy hair removal systems you use (notice how we know all about this stuff because it’s one of those things you nag about?) but at least keep it trimmed so it looks presentable.

Unattractive female habit 4: Too much makeup

It’s great to take pride in your appearance and that goes for clothes, hair, and makeup too. If this is a first date, wearing minimal makeup to enhance your looks is sexier than the overdone look, in our opinion. If we’ve been together for a while, we love you no matter how much makeup you wear, but we’d prefer it if you kept it to a minimum. Purple, pink and green eye shadow with red lips? Someone pass my sunglasses. We go in for a kiss and end up looking like a clown from the circus and it isn’t a good look for either of us. Ladies, if you insist on wearing that much makeup, please refrain from snuggling up on our shoulders – that’s my favourite white shirt you just stained with your makeup.

Unattractive female habit 5: Belittling us

We can just about cope with being called “snuggle bunny” and “baby boy” but when you belittle us to the point that we look stupid in front of other people, that’s one step too far. Don’t correct everything we do and say as if we don’t know anything. Just because we do things differently to you, that doesn’t mean that your way is right.
Unattractive female habit 6: Swearing

We can forgive you the odd cheeky swear word, but when you’re effing and jeffing like there’s no tomorrow it can be a real turn-off for some men. We like our ladies with a touch of class and cramming your vocabulary with swear words doesn’t quite ooze sophistication. What’s wrong with using normal words to express your feelings? Dictionaries and thesauruses are brimming with options – take your pick. We’re not suggesting that you express your feelings using sentences such as “I am feeling ever so disenchanted” or “I’m awfully embittered by this” but saying something along the lines of “I am flipping angry” or “this is blimming frustrating” are much nicer replacements for sentences packed with foul words.

Unattractive female habit 7: Nagging

We’ve spent long enough silently moaning to ourselves about how annoying women are when they nag, that we’re taking this opportunity to get it off our chests once and for all. We can’t usually raise it in conversation you see, because no matter how delicately we approach the idea that you might possibly annoy us when you nag, we will be sentencing ourselves to even more endless nagging about pointing out that your nagging is getting too much. You nag at us for leaving the toilet seat up, you nag at us for “not caring”, you nag at us for not shaving for a few days... sheesh. Would you prefer us to go to the toilet sitting down? Would you prefer us to be over emotional? And perfectly groomed? Then you’d nag at us for not being manly enough. Three words: we can’t win. Don’t mess with how nature intended men to be, and we won’t mess with ho

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Gatecrasher Madhura Strikes Again

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Madhura Honey seen walking alongside India's flag bearer Sushil Kumar at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games July 27, 2012.

She's seen at the Royal Wedding...














and having lunch atop a skyscraper...

 and then stealing Neil Armstrong's thunder...

















and watching Osama die...












and celebrating Tendulkar's 100th hundred...




















and seen with the Oscar winners...
 














 and celebrating with the Indian team at the Wankhede Stadium

 and attending Congress Party's general meetings...

and seeing Obama being sworn in...











and also seen by Michael Phelps' side when he created history at the Beijing Olympics.

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Tough road ahead for Indian hockey team: Pargat Singh

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 The Indian hockey team is riding on the wings of hope once again. Back in the Olympic line-up after missing out of the Beijing Games in 2008, India are again where they ought to be and the entire country's best wishes are with our players as they look ahead to the stiff test that the Olympic Games will provide.India's performance has shown signs of promise, but a realistic assessment is essential for the boys to look at the challenge ahead. India's hopes of producing a fine show will depend upon how well the defenders cope with rival strikers and penalty corner specialists.

The Indian strikers always fancy themselves in creating chances upfront, but it is the defenders whose performance will be the key to what the team manages to achieve in the end. As always, it will be sustainability of the Indian defence coming into focus from the moment the team enters the hockey arena at London's Olympic Park. Let us not get overawed by slogans or boastful claims that may tend to convey that the Indian team is in the hunt for a gold medal. Where we stand at the moment, every small success is welcome.

There is a tough road ahead for the Indian team as it There is a tough road ahead for the Indian team as it strives to regain some of the lost prestige of Indian hockey. Success never comes easily. Having played in three Olympic Games, I consider myself competent to talk about the challenge ahead. When the Indian team's defence comes under pressure, its sustainability becomes critical to the end result. The situation is going to be no different.

The pressure will be acute and it will be a test of the team's mettle. Looking back at the draw, the pattern indicates that India tends to get a stiff opening match at the Olympics. The situation will be no different this time as one of the strongest European teams, The Netherlands will open the Olympic campaign against India on July 30. The Netherlands may not be the same force they once were, but the Dutch are always a formidable opposition. One must also not forget that India's international ranking is not something we can boast of in the hockey circles.

The Netherlands have, in recent years, not been able to reproduce their best, which was evident in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and yet their strikers tend to produce dazzling stickwork. The opening outings tend to provide an indication of where teams are headed. During my Olympic days, it was the opening match against Germany that delivered a big blow to us in 1992, while four years later we missed qualifying for the semifinals essentially due to the shock defeat we suffered in the opening outing against Argentina. After that, it was a tough climb and we just fell short of securing entry into the semifinal. A spot in the semifinal has continued to remain elusive for India.

India has not just failed to win a medal since clinching India has not just failed to win a medal since clinching men's hockey gold at the 1980 Olympic Games, but it has not secured passage to the semifinals in seven Olympics thereafter. That, of course, included the 2008 Olympic Games where India was not even in the starting lineup of nations. Everyone connected to sport in India is hoping for a good show from our hockey team. For that to materialise, the Indian team needs to produce its finest display against the Dutch team, which can set us up nicely in the Olympic hockey competition. There are no easy opponents these days.

Look at who we have in our group. Defending Olympic champions Germany and The Netherlands are both multiple time Olympic gold medallists, while New Zealand and South Korea are equally strong. Belgium is the only team India could trouble, but the way they rallied from a two-goal deficit to draw parity in the dying minutes underscored their newly found confidence. A medal of course will be wonderful, but we must be realistic.

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Is Kareena Kapoor’s 'Heroine' poster copied?

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Do you find similarities between Heroine poster and the cover of Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi's book?

 For all the puffs director Madhur Bhandarkar has been getting for the poster of his next film Heroine, here’s a little dampener.

It appears that the poster that has Kareena Kapoor lolling on a bed has been inspired, if not blatantly copied. The inspiration, as you can see above, seems to the book cover of Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi's The Lost Flamingoes Of Bombay.

The similarity doesn’t end here. Even the protagonist of Sanghvi’s book is a film heroine named Zaira. And do we need to tell you that in Heroine, Kareena Kapoor plays a silver screen diva.

The first poster of Heroine was unveiled recently by Madhur Bhandarkar himself and it got positive feedback.

“Thank you for the enormous & overwhelming response for the posters. Promo to be launched online on 25th evening,” Madhur tweeted.

However, the filmmaker hasn’t yet responded to the allegation of the poster being copied.

Comparing the two posters above, though it may not be ruled out that Heroine poster could be inspired, but to call it a blatant copy would be unfair.

The first trailer of Heroine comes out on Wednesday. We will share it with you as soon as it is out.

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London Olympics: India's medal hopes; Support Them

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                      A Muhammad Ali fan, Mary Kom is easily India's best bet to win a gold medal at the London Olympics. Mary Kom recently beat Chinese opponent Ren Cancan to win a gold medal at the sixth Asian Women's Boxing Championship. Mary Kom won her world amateur titles at 46 and 48kg but the lightest of the three weight categories in London will be 51kg. Her defeat at the weight class in the 2010 Asian Games semi-finals was a wake-up call and she spent a month in Pune sparring with three heavier male boxers to prepare. She knows that the transition from the 48-kg weight category to 51 kg has its pitfalls. A game trier, she says will certainly make a fight out of it. A mother of two, the 29-year-old says that the Olympics will be tough as she has powerful opponents to box against in her new weight category.

                                           Named India's flag-bearer at London Olympics, Sushil Kumar won the bronze in the Men's 66kg Freestyle wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the second Indian after Kashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav to win a medal in the wrestling event. Hailing from a modest family in Delhi, Sushil Kumar came to the limelight after he won a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2003 and then followed it up with gold at the 2004 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He also won a gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

            Saina Nehwal has struck stunning form at just the right time ahead of the 2012 London Games where she hopes to deliver India a first Olympic badminton medal. The world number five followed up victory in the Thailand Open with a third Indonesian Open triumph. In 2010, on home territory and once more with the aspirations of the country swirling around her, Nehwal won Commonwealth Games gold, surviving a match point against Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo. Nehwal was 18 at the Beijing Olympics where she reached the quarter-finals only to lose out in three sets to Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti. Despite her stellar June, a tough challenge lies ahead for Nehwal but the hope is constant as Wembley looms. "My dream is to win a medal for India in badminton," Nehwal says.

                      Deepika, who won two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and is touted to be a huge prospect for the country in the upcoming London Olympics 2012, is said to have accepted the job offer. Deepika, who has been training with the Tata Archery Academy for the past four years or so, has also won the gold medal at the Youth World Championship in Turkey in 2008. She represented the Indian team that won the silver medal in the 1st Asian Archery Grand Prix held at Bangkok in 2009. She won the Silver Medal in World Cup Stage III held at Ogden in August 2010.

                     Teenage boxer Shiva Thapa qualified for the 2012 Olympics by entering the final of the 56 kg category at the Asian Olympic qualifying event, becoming the youngest Indian to do so. Shiva, a silver medallist at the 2010 Youth Olympics, was down 6-7 in the opening round. He changed gears in the second, taking a comfortable 15-6 lead. The Indian did not look back from there on and completed a comprehensive win. Shiva created quite a flutter by defeating a world champion in the finals in his debut senior international tournament, in Belgrade, where he went on to clinch a gold medal.

                             Whatever Sania Mirza has had to say on the mire that is Indian tennis should be taken with a pinch of salt. Sania, despite being torn out of a winning mixed doubles combination with Mahesh Bhupathi, will pair up (under pressure?) with Leander Paes, the country’s top-ranked doubles player – not such a bad state of affairs, one might think. The trouble is that Paes and Sania have not played competitively since the 2010 Commonwealth Games. One strategy that might work is Sania playing from the ad court, and Paes manning his usual spot on the deuce court. Sania might also consider landing her serve in once in a while. That would be a big help.

                                            He began by shattering beer bottles on the lawn and graduated to smashing ampoules with pellets from the air gun - a decade later Abhinav Bindra went on to become the first Indian to win a gold in the 10m air rifle event of the 2008 Games. Starved of significant Olympic success, Bindra feat at the Beijing Olympics has raised expectations of the world's second most populous nation. His fans have virtually taken a second Olympic medal for granted, but Bindra is not saddling himself with unnecessary pressure.

                             Vijender Singh, became the first Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, he defeated Ecuadorian Carlos Góngora in the quarterfinals to win a bronze for India. Vijender became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games for a third successive time after beating Chuluuntumur Tumurkhuyag of Mongolia. After the Beijing Olympics and the Milan World Championships Vijender was the top ranked boxer in the 75kg weight category, however injuries and a spate of poor performances has seen him drop out of the top 45.

                                        She thinks it may take India years to emulate China's sporting success, but the badminton doubles specialist hopes to bring her country a step closer to that goal by earning a medal at the London Olympics. Having beaten some of the formidable Chinese pairs earlier, Gutta and Ponnappa gives themselves a fair chance of winning a medal in the women's doubles and mixed doubles events at London. Ashwini started playing with Jwala only in 2009 but the pair soon achieved success, winning the Commonwealth Games gold and bronze in World Championship at Wimbley arena in London, the same venue where badminton events will be held during the London Olympics

                                               Rifle ace Gagan Narang is hoping to be third time lucky and experience the heroic feeling of winning the planet's biggest sporting event in the upcoming London Olympics after two unsuccessful attempts in Athens and Beijing. Since missing out on the final by a point in the Beijing Games fours summers ago, Narang has gone on to win numerous medals in the ISSF World Cups, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and the Asiad, besides creating a new world record in 2008. Going by his form over the past couple of years, Narang stands a realistic chance of making a podium finish in London.

                                                    Is half the battle won already for this duo, now that they’ve finagled their way – as a team – to the Olympics. We think not! Since pairing up together at the beginning of 2012 – with an eye on London (as is repeatedly reinforced) – Bhupathi and Bopanna have won a solitary tournament from 14 outings. They have racked up five semifinals appearances too, but have been a stark disappointment in the majors, as indicated by a first round exit at Roland Garros and a second round ouster at Wimbledon. How Bhupathi’s solid baseline game complements Bopanna’s cannonball serve remains to be seen - especially on a surface as capriciously inconsistent as grass – and on that survives the hope of an Indian medal in tennis.

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Warner Bros's Man of Steel Posters

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Warner Bros. has debuted a new poster artwork for director Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL (due June 13, 2013) at the Comic-Con 2012. Check out the image below to see Henry Cavill looking all gloomy in the new one-sheet!

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Kamal's Vishwaroopam 2 is ready?

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Vishwaroopam 2

No doubt Kamal Haasan is super fast, but from what we have heard, he seems like a superman. If reports are to be believed the shoot for the sequel of Viswaroopam has also been completed. The rumour is that the sequel will release soon after the release of the first part of Vishwaroopam.

The magnum-opus stars Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Rahul Bose, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nassar and Zarina Wahab. Shankar-Eshaan-Loy have composed music for the film. Presently, the post-production of the film is going on at a rapid pace.

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NAAN EE 09/07/2012

      

Billa 2 did not release today due to this movie..It is the MOST EXPECTED Movie in Telugu.

Why the Movie was too expected, even though it didn’t have a leading hero?

Answer is Rajamouli..He is one of the leading directors in Telugu and has never tasted failure for 12 years.

Tamil Movie Siruthai (Vikramarkudu) and Maaveran (Maghadeera) are his recent blockbusters.

Story: A usual Story which you have been watching since the days you started watching Tamil Movies...Villain kills the Hero, Hero takes revenge on his re-birth with the help of heroine. But, what makes this movie Special is, hero reincarnates as a HOUSEFLY.

Though Naani is the hero of the movie (Vijay TV awards BEST DEBUTANT Actor for "Veppam"), he just comes for 20 minutes and has done a decent job. We must have thought

"Ee" to be the hero after seeing the trailer, but to our surprise, the real hero of the movie is SUDEEP. He has done his job to PERFECTION..We can't even imagine any other actor in this role. Nice to see Tamil Audience clapping for his ACTING SKILLS in 2 or 3 scenes

Samantha - she has acted in only 2 Movies as Heroine - Moscowin Kavery and Baana Kathadi..Both the movies were flops, but surprisingly she has got as much fans as the leading Tamil actress. She can boldly say that she is a complete South Indian Artist as she was born to a Malayali mother & Telugu dad and was brought up in Chennai. Nice to see a pretty actress who speaks very good Tamil in Tamil Movies after a long time.

Santhanam -- They were putting posters with Santhanam and Samantha. Each and every producer needs Santhanam in their movie to have a big opening without having Top Heroes. Santhanam just comes for 5 minutes in the movie..Hope, they won’t cheat people by saying Santhanam acted in this movie. 3 Minutes come after the movie End Title Credits which clearly shows that they are just using name for PUBLICITY.

Keeravani's BACKGROUND MUSIC is the one which makes the usual revenge scenes interesting. Movie would have been pretty ordinary if the back ground music was even good. He has done an excellent job. People who watch in DVD's or Online may say that Movie is BAD. This Movie can be enjoyed only if you watch in THEATERS with good sound effects

Housefly evolution, successive scenes after the evolution are Mind Blowing..First Half of the Movie has all the components for a HIT Movie but the second half lacks to some extent due to a "PREDICTABLE STORY"

It is a movie which will make ALL INDIANS proud. Even Hollywood Directors make movies with huge animals like Dinosaur, Dragon etc and didn’t think taking a movie with tiniest insect in the world.

Hats off to Rajamouli..

It is a MUST WATCH Movie for TELUGU FANS, KIDS and People who love DIFFERENT MOVIES...

People who expect commercial masala, story-oriented, regular cinema may not hate it completely due to several brilliant scenes in the movie.

RATING 3.5/5

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 Former India captain Kapil Dev heaped praise on master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for his dedication to the game and said that his records will also be broken some day.

"When we were playing we used to think that whether the future will see any greater batsman than Sunil Gavaskar. But we were wrong. There have been greater players than Gavaskar. Because the game of cricket is bigger than any player."
Kapil Dev further added saying that human race would fall behind if the legendary cricketer's records are not broken.

"Sachin has played brilliantly throughout the career and has accumulated huge records but his records will also be broken one day because this is cricket," Kapil said.Kapil Dev, who was in Kolkata to address a programme of Akash Institute, for students who cracked the medical and engineering entrance exams said the three factors that makes a person successful were discipline, dedication and self confidence.

In our time we used to think, can anybody ever go past Sunil Gavaskar?"
"But it happened, it's happening and it will happen for sure. Records are meant to be broken. Sachin has achieved such a big milestone, if nobody breaks it then the human race will fall behind. We are waiting for the day when somebody will come and break Sachin's record," India's first World Cup winning skipper said.

He also said that a talented person also needs to plan one's career in order to be successful in life.Talking about two cricketers who were in limelight during the end of his career, said media had also termed them as the best to have played for the country.

"During the end of my cricket career there was a lot of hype regarding two young talents: one was Sachin Tendulkar and the other one was Vinod Kambli.
"Both of them were very talented. But now look where Sachin has reached. Kambli couldn't make it big because of his lack of discipline," he said.

"Kambli did not have the roadmap for himself as to what he wanted to achieve.Sometimes, you have the talent but if you don't understand yourself, you can't become Sachin Tendulkar. You have to have a role model. But that is not the end as you have to go beyond your role models," Kapil pointed.


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