Thakur vs. Gabbar
Funny animation ad for orbit chewing gum. Check out the original Gabbar scene.
“Jo Dar Gaya Samjho Mar Gaya”
Working for Google India can increase marriage prospects!
Working at Google India can earn you three times the average tech salaries in India ($13,000 to $100,000), which can possibly improve your marriage prospects. What next, a cow with a photo id for dowry?!
Rajasthan
Photographer Pauline van Lynden’s book of photographs and other materials collected from over fifteen years of wanderings in Rajasthan. The book is available on Amazon.
India’s Modern Maharajas
Photos from exhibition by Indian photographer Prashant Panjiar focusing on descendants of kings from ancient Indian royal families.
Gujarat ‘02 Riots, The Truth
Tehelka uncovers The Truth about the Gujarat riots through first-hand accounts from the men who plotted and executed the genocide.
Roads in Kerala
Roads in Kerala compared to rest of the world.
Indian Matchbox Images
A collection of Indian matchbox images put together by counterclockwise.
Delhi Deputy Mayor Falls to Death After Monkey Attack
New Delhi Deputy Mayor S.S. Bajwa was attacked by Rhesus macaques, and died after falling from a balcony at his home.
Storrz: Online Shopping Mall for Bangalore
Storrz is an online shopping mall, currently available in Bangalore, with next day delivery of orders. See FAQ for more details.
DLF to build 20 big malls across India
DLF group, a leading real estate developer based in New Delhi, is planning to invest $4 billion in building 20 large scale malls across India.
Google to launch YouTube India
Even though only 1% of traffic on YouTube is from India, Google is planning to launch YouTube India sometime early next year. Google has already tied with Eros Entertainment to showcase new releases.
Indian School: A BBC Documentary
A BBC documentary which follows two contrasting Indian schools in Pune for a year. This is episode two: Transcendental education at Rewachand Bhojwani Academy
Theyyam Dancer
A strong and beautiful shot of a Theyyam dancer taken by Anoop Negi during “Athachamayam”, an Onam carnival in Tripunithra.
India’s success will help halve world poverty
Spectacular poverty-cutting gains made by India will help the United Nations meet its goal of halving world poverty by 2015.
Wedding Cinematography
A sample of Memories in Motion’s wedding cinematography, taking capturing your wedding to a whole new level.
Vanilla from Cow Dung
Mayu Yamamoto, a Japanese researcher has won Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to extract vanillin from cow dung. Vanillin is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean, used in vanilla fragrance and flavoring.
Ig Nobel prize is a parody on the Nobel Prizes, where the prizes are given out for achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.”
Free Burma
After Free Tibet now we have Free Burma. I personally don’t feel passive campaigns like this one are very effective, look at for how long “Free Tibet” has been around, and Tibet is nowhere close to being free. All of us sitting in our comfortable free societies and posting images on the internet is not going to free anyone!
A serene image of a devotee taken, in a temple, early in the morning by photographer Jegan. See more dazzling images in his