Bhargavi's Murder: Praveen's 3rd Wife Bhargavi

BHARGAVI

Praveen alias Bujji, the orchestra singer cum Flutist, who killed Bhargavi and committed suicide first married the daughter of an ex DSP Dolly. Later he divorced from her and married Swapna, the second heroine in Jr NTR's 'Subbu'. He separated from her and then married Bhargavi in the presence of some friends. Bujji met Bhargavi in Ongole as a dancer and fallen in her crush. Bhargavi also considered him as her best half. Things have been moving well until the success of 'Asta Chamma'.

Bujji developed inferiority complex with her success and went into depression. As his first two relations with women were failures, he thought to make his 3rd relation with Bhargavi an everlasting one. But Bhargavi's success appeared like an enemy for him and hence committed murder. Leaving no chance for anyone to question his act, he too committed suicide. The parents of both Bhargavi in Guntur and Bujji in Nellore are drowned in huge grief and shocked. They are talking to media with loud weep. The parents of both sides are condemning the marriage news.

They say that they were never married as per their knowledge. Bhargavi's mother said that her daughter called her for last time in the early morning at 6 AM stating that's he got ready for the shooting. Her death news has come to light through media at around 11 AM.

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Candystand Sold: Wrigley's Candystand.com Acquired by Funtank

Funtank, LLC, a newly formed online entertainment publisher, announced today that it has acquired one of the world wide web's most heavily trafficked online gaming destinations, Candystand.com, from the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for an undisclosed fee.



Candystand.com was among the web's first branded gaming portals and over the past 11 years, has grown to become one of the most successful, garnering nearly 10-million user visits per month.

Funtank, whose sister company, WDDG, Inc., has managed and maintained Candystand.com since 2005, will open the site to select brands and advertisers later this year. Since its launch in 1997, Candystand.com has been widely regarded as a pioneer in the online branded gaming and entertainment space, with a massive audience that is both geographically and demographically diverse, proving to be a highly attractive opportunity for potential advertisers.

"Over the past 11 years, Wrigley and its predecessors have done a remarkable job molding and growing Candystand.com into one of the web's most successful and well regarded branded casual gaming sites," said James Baker, CEO of Funtank. "We look forward to accentuating the website's point-of-difference by maintaining the high standards in content quality that has made Candystand.com so beloved without wavering from its long-standing commitment to family entertainment."
While Wrigley will no longer own Candystand.com, the Company sees the value for its brands and plans to maintain a presence on the site, signing on as its first and exclusive confectionery

"Candystand.com has been and will continue to be an excellent tool to connect our brands with our consumers, but now Wrigley's involvement in the site will be as an advertiser and not as the operator," said Martin Schlatter, Wrigley's Global Chief Marketing Officer. "We look forward to working with Funtank and see this as a win-win for both companies."

Over the last 11 years, Candystand.com has experienced overwhelming success due to word-of-mouth advertising, its ever-expanding collection of top-quality, free online games, and its incredibly loyal visitors, who spend nearly 13-minutes on the site per visit. Over the years, Candystand.com's portfolio of games has swelled to well over 100, most of which are exclusively available on the site.

Candystand.com will be managed out of Funtank's New York City offices. Please visit the site at

About Funtank, LLC

Funtank is a leading distributor of branded online gaming and entertainment. It owns and operates Candystand.com, one of the web's premier branded gaming portals, the site is visited by millions of consumers each month who flock to the site's suite of over 100 flash and shockwave games. Funtank is located in New York City.
For more information about Funtank, please visit

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Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2008

Pogo Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2008.


Deepika Paudkone appears On Stage with Children at the Pogo Amazing Kids Awards.

Bollywood celebs descended upon Vrundavan Studio in Malad, Mumbai on Saturday night for the Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2008!

The Pogo Amazing Kids Awards are held in celebration of the children’s channel of the same name. The channel was developed by Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (Tena), and it was created specifically for the Indian market. Akshay Kumar was in attendance and came decked out in full Chinese gear to promote his film, ‘Chandani Chowk to China,’ as he performed an elaborate stage show with children. Also on hand was Akshay’s ‘Chandani CHowk To China’ co-star, Deepika Padukone who came in a red hot dress and a black patent headband, probably to push back her new bangs that she’s recently been getting flack for. Other stars included media queen and Akshay Kumar’s ex, Shilpa Shetty in a low cut orange dress that showed off her sexy curves. She wasn’t voted the best body in Bollywood for nothing! Bollywood starlet Mahima Chaudhary was also there in a black and gold mini as well as top Bollywood crooner Sonu Nigam.


The award show features 24 kid nominees that have been chosen across eight categories including arts, sports, music, singing, dance, genius, leadership and entertainment form Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Allahbad, Mirzapur, Hyderbad, Bangalore and Chennai! Plus the winners in each category were awarded a benefit policy worth 500,000 rupees and a certificate for their wonderful achievements. Over three thousand kids between the ages of 6-14 entered for the fifth season of the show. The panel of judges that had the hard task of choosing the winners included, Bollywood composer and singer, Shankar Mahadevan, choreographer Ashley Lobo, actor Vinay Pathak, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s sister and politician Priya Dutt, commentator Charu Sharma, calculating prodigy Shakuntala Devi and artist Brinda Miller. Wow, seems pretty legit to us! Sounds like a great way for children to strive and be rewarded and acknowledged in a great way!

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A Time To Kill

In a small village deep in the rugged terrain of the mountainous region of Kalafgan district in North East Afghanistan ten-year old Amir Hosseni listened intensely to his religious teacher of the Madrasah dīniyyah (religious school) attended only by boys of mostly Pashtun tribe.

In most villages and towns in Afghanistan religious schools are only for boys.Girls have to learn the religion at home from older family members.The traditions had been passed down through many generations and had over the millennium remained unchanged in many parts of the country.This is a country where Islam and tribal laws entwined each other to become the most radical brand of Islam, the doctrinal Islamic brand of the Talibans.

Hosseni was a student of the madrasah where he learned to recite the Quran and listened to the daily sermon about Islam, how it is the only true religion in this world that all other religions are false and their followers the kafirs ( non-believers) were destined to burn in hell in the after life.No kafirs will ever go to heaven.He also learned that heaven is only reserved for good Muslims who followed and practised the teachings of Islam as prescribed by Allah in the Quran and the Hadith (oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of Prophet Mohammad) and practised in the strictest sense.He was told that jihad (struggle) against non-believers and the killing of those opposed to Islam would have cleansed him of all his sins and guaranteed his entry to heaven where Allah had provided the indulgences and pleasures of life not found on earth.

Hosseni was a model student, he was both a qari (reciter of the Quran) and hafiz (know all verses of the Quran by heart). His education was only limited to Islamic teachings.The path he took would lead him to one of the training camps of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and eventually as a trained-terrorist.

In Afghanisation Islam has a central and pervasive influence throughout Afghan society.Small community-maintained mosques stand in villages and towns.Other than serving as houses of worship these mosques also serve multitude of functions, including shelter for guests, a place to pray or gossip and as religious schools.

Thousands of miles away from where Hosseni lived and in a village in Central Java in Indonesia a young man listened attentively to the ustaz (religious teacher) in his school.Rustam Sutowo heard the same sermon that echoed in the classroom of
Hosseni's school delivered by a local ustaz of his village.He would take the same path as Hosseni and joined a militant group in South East Asia called Jemmaih Islamiyya.

Abjan Abdul Talip is a Suluk of the Tausug tribe and live in a village on the island of Jolo in the Philippines.He first learned to read the Quran from his uncle when he was eight years old.Over the years he managed to recite the Quran and learned some of the basic principles of his religion.He took the same path as Hosseni and Rustam and joined another South East Asia's Islamic militant group known as Abu Sayyaf.

Throughout the Islamic world in small villages and towns whether in madrasahs or mosques the message is loud and clear that only Islam is the greatest of all religions because it is the only true religion that God had sent down to us through his messenger Prophet Mohammad.The words of the Quran are words of God.The Quran had stayed in its original form since the day it was written and compiled by Mohammad's companions.The Prophet had no hand in the writing and compilation of the holy book because he was illiterate.The written text was compiled in 633 AD , a year after Mohammad's death.For most Muslims the Quran is a divine guidance and direction for mankind.The Hadith had become the user's manual for all Muslims.

Hosseni,Rustam and Abu Talip are the products of severe indoctrination of radical Islamic teachings.All three can recite the Quran with ease, pray five times a day, perform Friday prayers at the mosques and fast during Ramadan but none of them understand the meaning of the Quran or cares to find out whether what they have been told are in accordance with the true teachings of Islam.They have never for one moment dare to question the authority of their teachers.

Many Muslims had very little concept of the Quran other than knowing how to recite it and have little understanding of the actual teachings of the religion other than what they learned from some bigoted ulamas,imams,mullahs and anyone who has some knowledge of the religion and add their own ingredients into the interpretation.Even some Islamic scholars admitted that some of the Arabic words used in the Quran are so ancient it can only create ambiguity in its interpretation.

How could the three Muslims coming from completely different cultural background come to the conclusion that killing innocent people in the name of Islam is justifiable and approved by the religion? Are there flaws in the teaching or in the religion itself that led to some Muslims forming militant groups to terrorise the world and to kill innocent and defenceless people without any remorse on their part?

We blamed the West of branding Muslims as terrorists but can we run away from the fact that most global act of terrorism were committed by Muslims.

The hijacking of four planes and used them to carry out an attack to demolish the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon on 11 Sept 2001, the Bali bombing in 2002, bombing of the Marriott Hotels in Jakarta in 2003, London underground bombing in 2005,assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007,Marriott Hotel bombing in Pakistan in Sept 2008, countless suicide bombings in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan and just two days ago terrorist attack on 10 locations in Mumbai killing close to 200 innocent lives were the work of Muslim militants.These terrorist groups often described their actions as Islamic jihad.

If they truly believe in jihad and wanted to die a shaheed (martyrdom) why are they not taking on the armies of their enemies as what Islam would require them to do in a jihad instead of killing innocent people.

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MAC Cosmetics Dame Edna palette swatches

MAC Cosmetics Dame Edna palette swatches



I got the Dame Edna palette with Fineshine, Wisteria, and Divine Knight today, it's super pretty. As you can see the palettes literally sparkle and I'm love love love loving the red glasses. I also love the special little card on the inside with a message from Dame Edna.

I'll be wearing this tomorrow for sure! Can't wait!

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Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Housing Scheme 2008

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), one of the biggest city housing developers in India, recently invited applications for about 5000 flats. ...

The year 2008 must be a bewildering experience for economists as well as social scientists. Sometimes, collective human behaviour defies
explanation based on past trends, so it becomes difficult to understand the present and look into the future. How do you read the manner in which real economies
around the world are behaving in an almost identical fashion? The month of October seems to have caused industrial output growth in most emerging economies to turn negative, as if orchestrated by a common psychology and sentiment of fear. This would certainly be recorded as a rare occurrence in the history of economic globalisation. The last quarter of 2008, generally, appears to be producing a strange effect as if economies around the world are falling off a cliff.

Of course, there are many (this writer included) who believe that the largely homogenous experience across all economies is largely a result of sentiment and psychology. You could call it the fear factor. Some critical differentiation in their behaviour, based on real domestic factors, will start occurring in a few months. The International Monetary Fund has tried to make sense of what is going on by analysing some 122 recessions in the last 50 years. It has looked at all recessions between 1960 and 2007 and found that these last, on an average, 12 months. The shortest of these recessions was six months long and the longest over three years. Typically, the peak to trough GDP loss in these recessions has been 2%. However, these recessions were not accompanied by a combination of credit freeze, housing and equity busts.

The IMF believes that recessions accompanied by credit freeze and housing/equity busts could see GDP losses which are two to three times greater. Which means many slowing economies across the world which have experienced a cocktail of a banking
crises, equity and housing bust will suffer much more and could lose 4 - 6 % output. In some sense, this is already happening in the United States, the epicentre of all the economic maladies. The US economy is poised to lose 4% to 5% GDP in 2008, relative to 2007.

But does India fall in this category? Most unlikely. Simply because India has not had banking crises and a widespread housing bust. Of course, equities in India have fallen about 50% from its peak, like elsewhere in the world. Once the global fear factor wanes, the growth recession in India could get limited to about 2%, before the economy bounces back to its trend GDP growth rate of 8%. Recessions caused by a housing bust take much longer to remedy. In this context, India has been lucky because housing finance penetration is still relatively very low in our economy. This means there is a huge scope for using housing itself as a key growth driver.

This point is best illustrated with one example. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), one of the biggest city housing developers in India, recently invited applications for about 5,000 flats. It got over 5,00,000 applications. There were 125 applications per flat on offer. What does this tell you? There is a huge pent up demand for affordable housing in India. Some analysts put the demand-supply gap in affordable housing at about 30 million.

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