The Interactive History of Mughal India

Browsing across web has a great advantage to it. You can come across some very exciting people/stories/history articles. This one is about The British Museum's website on Mughal India. Within it you will find a wealth of visual and textual resources: paintings, coins, weapons, jewellery and models from The British Museum's collections.

Website give a detailed interactive info on Mughal Emperors and their daily lives. Be it warfare, religion or education. Emperor Akbar life is covered to the huge extent with translations from the history books. How the mughals invade and how they won is surely a treat to watch. Just visit this MUSEUM and remember your history.

A for Apple, B for Banana

Was just browsing across on the internet and I came across putting 'www' in Google Search and the auto-complete returned me 'www.sexy sania mirza' as the very first result. Shocked and Disgusted!! So, thought of collecting all the alphabets auto-complete results. Here is what Pakistani people search the most with the given alphabet

A - AIOU
B - BBC Urdu
C - Cricinfo
D - Daily Jang
E - Express News
F - Facebook
G - Gmail
H - Hotmail
I - Indian Songs
J - Jang
K - KSE
L - Lahore Girls Mobile Numbers
M - Mobile Prices in Pakistan
N - Nokia Mobile Prices in Pakistan
O - Orkut
P - Pakistan Girls Mobile Numbers
Q - Quotes
R - Rozee.pk
S - Sexiest Videos
T - Telenor Pakistan
U - Ufone
V - Vulms
W - www.sexy sania mirza.com
X - XXL movie
Y - YouTube
Z - Zong

Then I thought, Lets see what Indian Server www.google.co.in has in stores for us. Here is there alphabets auto-completion.

A - Airtel
B - Blue File
C - Cricinfo
D - Dictionary
E - Employment News
F - Facebook
G - Gmail
H - Hdfc NetBanking
I - Indian Railways
J - Just Dial
K - Kingfisher Airlines
L - LIC of India
M - Make My Trip
N - Naukri.com
O - Orkut
P - PNR Status
Q - Quotes
R - RediffMail
S - Songs.pk
T - Times of India
U - UPSC
V - Vodafone
W - Way2SMS
X - XE
Y - Yahoomail
Z - Zedge

Just compare and see the trend ... What Pakistanis are searching most is clearly Indicated!!!

India also to raise fuel prices sooner or later

As global crude prices shot to a record 135 dollar a barrel increasing import cost of state-run oil companies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government would not let them suffer.
"We will not allow oil companies to suffer," he told reporters at the fourth anniversary celebrations of the UPA government at his residence.
Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum lose close to Rs 600 crore per day on sale of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene and in a few months would be left with no money to import crude oil and products, a scenario that may see auto and cooking fuel shortages in the country.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora is due to meet heads of the three firms and then take them along to meet the Prime Minister to explain that the whopping Rs 200,000 crore under-realisation on fuel sales projected for the fiscal was unbearable and the government needs to act fast.
The Union Cabinet may be convened if Prime Minister agrees for a price rise, sources said, adding that a hike in the range of Rs 2 to 5 a litre was being suggested.
Deora on his part did not deny or confirm if price hike was on agenda. "We are discussing all possible measures to help and protect our public sector oil companies... some remedial measures need to be taken (urgently)," he said.
The three firms are losing Rs 16.34 a litre on petrol, Rs 23.49 per litre on diesel, Rs 305.90 per LPG cylinder and Rs 28.72 per litre on kerosene.
The three firms are faced with a huge liquidity crunch and are borrowing Rs 3,500 crore a month to meet day-to-day expenditure. With borrowings touching Rs 65,000 crore, the companies are now talking to banks to raise borrowing limit, said S Sundereshan, Additional Secretary in the Ministry.

Courtesy: THE HINDU

Yo know You Are an Asian When..

* When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.

* There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.

* You make tea in a saucepan.

* You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.

* You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.

* You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home.

* Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.

* You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".

* You hide everything from your parents.

* Your mother does everything for you if you are male.

* You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.

* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.

* Everyone is a family friend.

* Everyone always called you for help on homework.

* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.

* You were thick so you studied computer science or business instead.

* You know no one who has studied music.

* You went to a university as far away from home as possible.

* You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.

* Your best friend got married at the age of 18.

* You like the meat well done.

* You eat onions with everything.

* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.

* You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

* You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them

* You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.

* You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".

* You secure your baggage with a rope.

* You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.

* You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which is just 80 lbs. overweight.

* You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.

* You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school.

* Your Dad drives a Nissan.

* You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.

* You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go

* When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning

* To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid

* Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names

* You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku

* Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter)

* Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds

* Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day

* Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.

* At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India/Pakistan"

* No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.

* Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer.

* You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan"

US blames India,China for Oil Price Hike

White House has pointed a finger at India and China for the spike in oil prices even as it sought to clarify president George W Bush’s remark about Indian middle class contributing to rising food costs. A presidential spokesperson on Monday also stuck to its guns on bio-fuels asserting that US policy of promoting corn-based ethanol in motor fuel supplies was having only a “small impact” on world food prices.

“I would point out that obviously the demand for oil is growing around the world,” spokesperson Scott Stanzel told reporters when asked to comment on oil price hitting a record $120 a barrel Monday. “Many developing nations like India or China are having greatly increased demand, which obviously is having an impact on price,” he said.

Asked to clarify Mr Bush’s remark last week that growing prosperity of India’s large middle class is contributing to rising food prices around the world, Mr Stanzel said: “I can certainly clarify that. We think it is a good thing that countries are developing, that more and more people have higher and higher standards of living.”


Read the rest here ... THE ECONOMIC TIMES

India Marvolous Score in 2nd Test Match

As of now, India has scored 76 runs in 20 overs with all their batsmen back to pavilion. Marvelous on South Africa part.

Hip Hip Hurray!!!