A bizarre traditional ritual in India where babies are thrown from a height of 50 feet onto a cloth sheet held below for the sake of good health…
Devotees say no babies were injured during the ritual, which is practised annually by Muslims and Hindus in a village in western India’s Solapur district for 500 years.
Speechless.
[video via eltelbarker@Youtube]
Punjabi music video of “Tunak Tunak Tun” by Indian pop singer Daler Mehndi; one of the funniest MV I’ve seen…
The song was released in 1998 and enjoys its international fame thanks to the Youtube phenomenon [credits to tarv for the upload]
Fun music, interesting beat and wacky dance moves… the music video oozed awesomeness lol. It’s almost unbelievable that Tunak is actually a love song :p
Actress Katrina Kaif is to be the model of India’s first Barbie Doll, which goes into production in September… [more on Telegraph]
The 24-year-old beauty is one of Bollywood’s current hottest stars.
India’s Tata Motors announced on Monday (Mar 23) the commercial launch of Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car at 100,000 rupees (USD1,990) apiece.
Nano created huge buzz worldwide when it was unveiled in January 2008; the car is in hot demand in India where it’ll hit the roads in July 2009.
The demand for the car is so high that the company has to make a lucky draw to decide their first 100,000 customers for the first phase of deliveries. A dedicated assembly plant will be ready in 2010 with an annualised capacity of 350,000 cars.
There are reasons why Tata Nano is so cheap; but as it’s often stressed, the Nano’s main aim is to provide safe, affordable, four-wheel transportation to families… and we can’t argue that a car would be much safer than a bike.
Some environmentalists are not that fond of the car, as more cars = more pollution. Tata has responded to the issue that an electric version of Nano is in mind, which has sprung wide interest in western countries.
Btw, the car might lack certain comfortability features, but it’s not lacking in design… that’s one cute car that I don’t mind owning based on appearance alone.
At least 130 people were killed in a series of synchronised attacks across India’s commercial capital of Mumbai since Wednesday night (Nov 26).
Militants armed with machine-guns and grenades attacked the iconic Taj Mahal Hotel and Oberoi Trident Hotel, as well as the main train station, two hospitals and several other locations. The situation seems to be under control on Friday evening, but the city is still on high alert.
A group calling itself the “Deccan Mujahedeen” claimed responsibility for the attacks, but some Indian officials are pointing fingers at neighbouring Pakistan instead.
Terrorist attacks have occurred frequently in India in recent years; statistics from the Interior Ministry show that a total of 5,011 people were killed between 2002 and 2007. Check this link for some of the major attacks since 2007.
[last updated on Nov 28]
[Updated Dec 17] E! Entertainment recently released its “25 Sexiest Men of the World” 2008 list, in which Canadian-Chinese star Edison Chen somehow ranked higher (15th) than Chinese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (20th).
Well, Edison might be sexier than Takeshi in E!’s point of views (I guess the sex pics might help a bit), but the sexiest Asian title goes to Dingdong Dantes (3th) from the Philippines instead.
Bollywood actor John Abraham is the other Asian celebrity that made the list, and he too was ranked higher than the two Chinese stars at 10th.
This E! sexiest men list is a bit unique as the chosen celebs covered a wide range of different nationalities and ethnicity as compared to most other sexiest/hottest lists which are dominated by Hollywood stars. Arguable… but nice try.
Here are the top 25 sexiest men of the world according to E!…
Singapore’s Iggy’s is Asia’s best restaurant according to the Miele Guide which made its grand debut last week. The guide is claimed to be Asia’s first truly independent regional restaurant guide.
The Miele Guide 2008/2009 edition evaluates restaurants in 16 Asian countries… Brunei, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The top 20 restaurants according to the Miele Guide 2008/2009…
Steve Winter from US won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 award with a picture of an elusive snow leopard on a night time prowl. The image was captured during a 13-month quest to snap the perfect photo of the endangered species in its hostile habitat high in the mountains of India’s Hemis National Park [more on BBC]
The competition, now in its 44th year, is run by BBC Wildlife magazine and London’s Natural History Museum. An exhibition of the best images from the 2008 competition opens to visitors of the Natural History Museum, London, on October 31.
