Alien Art

The Barbican's art gallery is holding what is considered a world's first - an art exhibition aimed at extraterrestrials. "It is a completely new way of conceiving contemporary art and, yes, the exhibition could look very strange," - Francesco Manacorda "Martian curator".

Two of the artworks on display at The Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art is hoped to bring about a better understanding and new interpretations of contemporary art .

HOPEFULLY!

Chak De Gals

There is a burst of creative energy and intellectual power.Women are just not eloquently blending their views on the environment, agriculture, sports, spirituality, women's rights into a powerful philosophy. There is no glass ceiling infact. Look at the women, girls in rural and urban India. Who would say they lag behind?

The first woman college band of MP will come into existence on Feb 14th 2008.It consist of 25 girls who form the band and play the various instruments.

Sarojini Naidu Government Girls' Postgraduate (Autonomous) College Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal one of the most prestigious women college imparting education to girls. And the first girl’s band on the lines of M.P. Police's well-known band will come into existence. The band will perform classical, Western, film and folk music with the help of various musical instruments managed by the girls. It will be launched in the college itself and the His Excellency Dr Balram Singh Jhakar will be the will launch the band formally.

It’s a big achievement for the girls who became the part of an idea given by the lady principal. Subsequent to watching the regular police band performing on most of the occasions, the idea of forming the band occurred. The Principal of the college Mrs. Maru made the visualization complete by forming the band with the verve of the adolescent and the bright and intelligent girls of the college.

Plans are being made for giving the band an aura. From dress appearance to promotion of the band is been planned

What Shah Rukh Khan and his band of girls in Chak De! India has done for Indian women and of course sports has come as a godsend. Even though a little reluctantly, people are hailing it as a film that has brought some focus on team sports like hockey in a cricket-crazed nation. Whatever the argument, the film has made a nation sit up along with women to take notice of women’s sports and other pasture at large.

And now it’s the turn of Bhopal girls. The girls are excited, as they are the only one and only girl’s band in the whole of MP. Who says sky is the limit?

Bravehearts

The victorious cricketers on their return home were greeted to cheers from ecstatic fans as they arrived in the national capital.The team received rousing welcome at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium by their crazy fans after winning an international triangular one-day series by beating Australia on their own turf.

It was India's third success at international level since September 2007 when they won the Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa. Sachin Tendulkar played match-winning knocks in both the finals.The Indian cricket team created history by winning the country's first tri-series title on Australian soil . more than 25,000 fans turned up for the an hour long function.

We also clinched the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia last Sunday.Bhopal lad Argal's performance in the world cup with a spell of 5-2-7-2 ensured victory for the team in the prestigious junior level tournament against South Africa.

Amidst the series we heard Australian sledge, worlds cricket community divided, world body of cricket is corrupt, double standards, long history of dishing out, attitude of win at any cost ,ICCC has no spotless record, White countries dominate cricket, ICCC has penalized more Asian players , very harsh judgments on Asians, no Indian umpire afterVenkat Raghavan, Rivalry between Ponting and Harbajan goes back to Sharjah, Ponting planned Harbajan in racism prism, Australians play mind games,The Umpires were bought , Success breed’s arrogance. Ponting wanted to break the 16-test victory of Steve Waugh, Success has gone into their head, Mr. Pawar buying time for a decision, BCCI is under scanner, Tendulkar Testimony ignored , senior players and junior players tetc etc this all very little as compared to Victory.