Do bloggers see blogging as a form of journalism? Why they do what they do? Washington Post has an interesting article.
Most of his songs/albums sound repetitive. Himesh trusts none and thrusts his own voice into most his compositions. When a reporter recently questioned him about his ‘nasal songs’, he burst out saying, “Even Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had a nasal voice and was very successful. Nobody pointed fingers at his singing talents then. Why target me?”
Himesh’s antics were much on show for everyone during the last edition of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest in which he made Vinit a ‘topiwala’, and managed to make a clown out of him until Debojit walked away with the honours towards the end.
Last heard, Himesh is going to compose music for a Tamil movie! Hoooooooonnn…
Hindustan Times report:
12 sites on Govt gag listNew Delhi, July 18, 2006
The government has instructed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block 12 websites. The order has come in the wake of the Mumbai bomb blasts, and these websites are perceived to be anti-India. Unfortunately, one of these is blogger or blogspot.com, a Google affiliated site which hosts millions of blogs worldwide.
Sources in the government said that a circular was issued by the Home Affairs Ministry three days back asking the Ministry of Information and Technology to block the 12 websites which posted content maligning India. Hundreds of netizens tried unsuccessfully to log on to blogger.com on Monday. These bloggers exchanged flash messages to discover that none of them were being able to log on to the website.
Officials defended the decision saying, “We would like those people to come forward who access these (the 12) radical websites and please explain to us what are they missing from their lives in the absence of these sites.”
Fair enough if the offensive blog was ticked off. Why target the entire bunch for no fault of theirs? Soon Hotmail and Yahoo mails may be blocked citing security concerns. Anything is possible.
Now, a Zidane game hits the web. Check it out.
Children beating the heat in a falaj (water flows across the passage between yellow lines). In the background is the Al-Hamra village.