Diwali / Deepavali - Festival of Lights

As you all know, people from all parts of the country celebrate Diwali with the same gusto and splendour. It is a time to visit friends and family, exchange wishes, interact and bond. It is also a time of great rejoicement and festivities. Diwali is a more general form of pronouncing Deepavali, which means an array of Deeps (lamps).

How Many Horses

How Many Horses Do You See...........?


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2.Four
3.Five
4.Six

Saina Nehwal..The new icon

NEW DELHI: Women shuttlers led by singles title-favourite Saina Nehwal provided India with a golden double to pilot the country to a historic second-place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended on Thursday.

Saina rallied brilliantly from a first-game loss to put it across Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 in the women's singles final after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had captured the doubles crown.

The men's hockey team crashed to a humiliating 0-8 defeat against world and defending champions Australia in the final, but the two-gold final flourish in badminton enabled India to rise to the second spot in the medals tally with 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.

England, ahead of India going into the last day of the Games, finished in third place with a total haul of 37-59-46 while Australia ended up in the top position with a huge heist of 74-55-48.

The push for the second spot on the concluding day was started by Jwala and Ashwini. The duo overwhelmed Singapore's Sari Shanti Mulia and Yao Lei in straight games to become India's first women's doubles pair to win a gold medal in badminton.

The second-seeded Indian pair subdued their top-seeded rivals 21-16, 21-19 by combining attack and defense in the right mixture in front of the packed crowd at the Siri Fort complex.

Then came Saina's crucial gold-winning effort that pushed the country ahead of England, in their bitter fight for the runner-up position in the Games.

The hosts clinched another medal, a bronze, in table tennis when Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das prevailed in the women's doubles bronze medal play-off against Australian duo Tan Zed Vivian and Peri Campbell-Innes.

But in men's hockey gold medal-deciding clash, the Indian team suffered one of their worst-ever defeats in front of a huge crowd that included Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Sachin Tendulkar as Air Force Group Captain: Air Chief Marshal says Master Blaster a role model

Sachin Tendulkar has been welcomed to the Indian Air Force with the rank of Honorary Group Captain on Friday. On the occasion, the master blaster has expressed his desire to fly a Sukhoi-30MKI, the most prominent fighter jet with the Air Force. He revealed his wish after being enquired which fighter jet he would like to fly. Earlier in 2008, the Territorial Army had conferred former cricketer Kapil Dev with an honorary Lt. Colonel title.
Meanwhile, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik admitted himself to be great fan of Tendulkar and claimed it was a delightful moment for the Air Force to have him among its ranks. He also added Sachin would be able realize his dream of flying a Sukhoi, provided he had the time to spare for training.
The Chief of the Air Staff also explained the reasons behind inducting the batting legend into the Air Force. He said that Sachin’s dedication and devotion towards his profession has served in upholding the pride of the nation. His humilty and family values have added to his image a wonderful human being. The Chief opined that these qualities too were essential within the Air Force to serve the nation to perfection.

A R Rahman Composed theme song swagatham for Common Wealth Games 2010

Its A R Rahman once again composing a theme song for one more event after enormous response for tamil classic conference theme song. Rahman has officially confirmed that the theme song has been approved by the common wealth game committee and will be released within ten days.Rahman told that he is making some additional tweaks to the song .