birth, death, marriage.. and a lot more..... thts life !!

gooooooood mooooooooorrrrrrrrnin people...

A big hi from bright and sunny Mumbai :)... so todays edition of tHe mUmbAi XP will be released later in the day with better pics, and a lot of coverage of the city..

Anyways... was going through the papers and the subject of this post and the stories i read in the papers today, defines life to me !!..

1. Mr Mukesh Ambani - CMD, RIL, Celebrates his 50th Birthday ! - yea, and that too in grand style celebrations in the Jamnagar Refinery, and his wife has organised a small, family oriented party... where a biopic on Mr Ambani's life will be screened, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (RDB)... they sent special invites to the close family members... ( i saw one yesterday sent to masi... very well made.. blue colour... wil try and get a snap and upload it)... so heres wishing the 13th richest man in the world. a very happy birthday.. and may you create more wealth and opportunity for a lot of people !!

2. Abhiash !! - the media everywhere is just talking about Mr Abhishekh Bachchan's marriage with Ms Aishwarya Rai... the two most eligible unmarried people in india.. !!... there are reports of their sangeet and build up to their marriage... crores of rs hav already been spent collectively i guess to execute the marriage and publish it... !!... cabbies and rikshaw waalas are gaining here as a lot of people are visiting the place just to get a glimpse of the couple and the celebs... Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan danced on Kabhie Kabhie last nite.. (wish i could be there too...hehe)... anyways... wishing them a happy married life and a lot of good looking kids..

3. Minal Panchal Declared Dead - now comes the tragic part of life.. the mumbai girl Minal Panchal.. who studied in Virginia Tech Univertisty was finally declared dead when her body was identified .. what a loss of life of an innocent girl.. who wanted to pursue her dreams... My heart goes out to those 30 odd students who died.. and it reaffirms by belief that nothing is secure and safe in life.. and there is no point just building the future everytime.. you need to live the present.. as anything can happen to anyone !!.. just checked her Orkut profile.. and god.. hundreads of people praying that her soul rests in peace and scrapping her... i hope she reads it somewhere up there.. even i put a simple post.. and its not her.. even the people on her frens list gettin scrapped.. thts humanity for u !!...

4. 6 month old foetus found in a dustbin in mumbai : have no words for this kind of act.. i just hope the people who did it.. realise that what would have happened if the same stuff took place with them and their parents would have dropped them unborn in a dustbin !!.. i mean if you have the guts to have sex... then have the guts to carry the baby.. or dont do the mistake.. !!.. highly disturbing.. and i know only writing on a blog wont stop this.. but we all should take steps.. only to educate people.. as i guess education and the right approach will only solve the prob.. nothing else...

5. Web 2.0 not growing !!: well.. its the techie side of things... web 2.0 ( its the name for content on the internet where people can create their own content like youtube, flikr, blogging etc), is not growing at a very high rate... people as usual are more interested in viewing videos and reading blogs. than actually creating them!! (the coutch potatoes that they are.... )... only.016 % of people who visit youtube actually upload videos ( i am in that group.. yipppiee).. but i think as net penetration grows web 2.0 will also grow.. and it has immense scope of e commerce and online advertising!!

anyways... thanks fr reading this long post.. and i shall be back at the end of the day with tHe mUmBai XP... so keep reading.

urs in mumbai

Cheers

Niks