Saturday, September 30, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Pakistan army recruits first Hindu cadet
Islamabad, Sept. 24 (PTI): Pakistan army has recruited a Hindu for the first time in its nearly 60-year-old history, months after it commissioned a Sikh youth.
Danesh formally donned the Pakistan army colours at a parade here yesterday along with fellow recruits.
Danesh, who hails from Tharparker district in rural Sindh bordering Rajasthan, said he was inspired by Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf to join the forces.
"President Musharraf has all the qualities that a great leader should possess," he was quoted as saying by state-run APP news agency.
To a question, he said "It is my country, and I would serve it to the best of my capabilities and energy to bring a good name to it".
"We live here as brothers. It never occurred to my mind that I belonged to a religion other than Islam," he said.
Minorities in Pakistan are allowed to sit the examinations including the one conducted by Inter Services Selection Board but only a Sikh has been selected for the army service since the country's inception. However, many Christians serve in the army.
Harcharan Singh of Nankana Sahib became the first Sikh in the country to get into the Pakistani armed forces in December last.
Source: The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200609241515.htm
Friday, September 22, 2006
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Parting my e815
My phone broke for again, this time by accident. I'm fed up with Motorolas and vow never to get another and highly recommend people to stay away from the company! I've gone back to my LG VX6000 for now and am parting what I can of the e815 on eBay. The following items are up for auction:
SanDisk 256MB TransFlash/microSD Flash Memory Card
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MOTOROLA V710 E815 OEM SLIM BATTERY SNN5760A
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Motorola E815 V710 OEM LCD Screen (Main & Caller ID)
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MOTOROLA LCD FLEX CABLE V710 E815 OEM
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Monday, June 05, 2006
X-MEN 3: Juggernaut
This was one of the funniest scenes of all time (only in Old School, when Will Ferrell takes the tranquilizer shot in the neck, was funnier). Too funny!!
For who may not know, during the film, Juggernaut utters the line "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!", a reference to a popular internet meme (The Juggernaut Bitch) in which an episode of the X-Men cartoon series is dubbed in the style of blaxploitation dialogue, changing the meaning of the original series considerably.