I'm 350 yrs old today  

Happy at 350

I'm 350 years old today.Not everybody is happy after turning 30.I'm tentimes past that,still standing tall.Witness to the saga of love & romance,regime changes,freedom struggle and independence around me nothing much has changed since than.

My walls now pale but the foundation of love still glitters.I never knew I'll be a symbol of love across the universe ...not till the Guinness came and than I was the seventh wonder.I did hear about the brewing controversy that 350th anniversary celebrations are delayed by a decade 'coz someone in the government didn't get the dates right...I'm not surprised.

I'm elated to welcome more than 3 million guests a year for Concerts & Mahotsavas.Also happy to be in picture with Prince Charles Lady Di,Bill & Hillary and ofcourse our very own Ramprasad & Rukmani Chaurasia.

Today as I turn 350, I just want to be symbol of immortal love or as Tagore once said 'tear in the face of eternity'.What I definitely don't want is being a teaser to any husband on this earth.

The only thing I regret is the blinding of Ustad Ahmed, the very eyes that envisioned me.

Buffaloes at Wichita Mountains,OK

Wichita Mountains Animal Refuge,OK 

Evening at Union Square,San Francisco 

To boldly go where no man has gone before....

"Ladies and Gentleman this is your Captain speaking ..I apologise the delay in the take off there are still some hutments on the runway I'll try to manouver around as we try to take off. The tarmac is still used as a cowshade ,I also apologise if you had to move through cattle herds to get in the plane."

Few minutes later ......

"I'll request you to not use the seatbelts.....due to unfavorable conditions in the sky our 747 will take this journey by road.All the passengers are eligible for 50% discount on their next flight....if they choose to make one...."

Iraq's national carrier Iraqi Airways resumed international flights today after a gap of fourteen years.Out of fleet of sixteen airplanes only one is operable.

Iraqi Airways says its offices have already sold dozens of tickets, but at prices the majority cannot afford. A return ticket to Damascus would cost $600, and a return to Amman $750. The same trip by road costs about $40.

All the return flights to Iraq will be free.

Please like me ...I'm a Billionaire

I have started liking reality television.I love shows where some dudes make an ass of themselves to get a rose or some girls rolling tears for a made for TV bachelor. I like it when a young man gives up his love to get a cheque of one million dollar only to discover that it was only for one dollar and not what it appeared in the begining of the show . Lets leave that here ...its far more complex than that ....I'm glued to the shows where some people are stuffed in a TV home and than captured live for guilty pleasure of millions of audience and how about rich heiress with no life at all living a simple life ....I also like some body builders eat horse's rectum and live spiders.

And its not all about money. Why would billionaires like Mark Cuban and Donald Trump ask contestants to be a part of their circus and reendorse their egos.

My suggestion to both ..stop firing these guys from your show . They keep a better trimmed grass on their lawns than you keep your hair..yes...I'm talking about Mark and for the Trumpster...somebody advise him ,its not hygenic to carry a blow dried blonde racoon on head.

Flavors

That's my movie of the month.Very few movies have recently made me laugh so hard .Even though its a sidesplitting comedy it couldn't have been more close to reality.

Indian software consulting companies,software engineers on bench,telemarketers never looked so funny.

There have been a lot of movies on Desis in America but this one truly deserves all the praise and a green card.

Best Sellers - Fall 2004

Paris Hilton has launched her jewelery line and a new book this fall.Inspired, some other celebrties too got busy with their projects.

Celebrity books competing for ranks in the best sellers list this fall are :

Revised Rapidex English Speaking Course By Navjyot Singh Sidhu
(Preface by Kapil Dev)

Prisnor of Azkaban- Before and After By Martha Stewart

My life and Carbs By Bill Clinton

Googlies and Bouncers By Sergey Brin & Larry Page

How I'll kill the Mocking Bird By Manmohan Singh

The year of Jackass and other predictions for 2005 By Laloo Prasad Yadav

First Grader's Assignment

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We just don't sell Lumber ....

Fifty Home Depot employees participated in Athens Olympics.They brought home five Gold,two Silver and three Bronze medals.

If Home Depot was a country( I guess it already is...)they would have ranked 21st in the list of 202 nations.A rank below Canada and 42 above India.