Happy Pongal 2014

அனைவருக்கும் என் 

இனிய தைப் பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்...

நல்வாழ்வு மலரட்டும்!

- வெங்கடேஷ் ரவிச்சந்திரன்!

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11-12-13 "WE ARE LUCKY"

இன்று 

 

11.12.13

இந்த நாள் 100 வருடத்திற்க்கு ஒரு முறை தான் வரும், 



இனி வரும் எல்லா நாட்களிலும், 
நண்பர்கள் எல்லா வளமும் பெற வாழ்த்துகிறேன்...


Venkadesh Ravichandran

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Microsoft Windows - Version 1 to 7..

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet. The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2; the most recent mobile OS version is Windows Phone 7.

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Honourable Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (IAF )

03 Sep 2010: Sachin Tendulkar is captain again with two more records as he was honoured the honorary Group Captain Indian Air Force (IAF) and the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force.

 

Sachin Tendulkar is captain once again! No, not of the Indian cricket team this time, but a honour which is more coveted and desired! Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force has now added a new laurel to his crown. Today, by the Indian Air Force, Sachin Tendulkar was conferred the honorary rank of Group Captain IAF as a recognition of his service to India in the cricket ground.

Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force: One More Record:

Sachin Tendulkar is also the first sportsperson who was conferred a Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain. Sachin Tendulkar is also the first individual to receive the Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain from a non-aviationbackground. Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force has achieved this without any military or aviation background. This is also a unique feet by Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force. However, in 2008, Kapil Dev was conferred with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial Army.

Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain Indian Air Force was taken into the Indian Air Force as the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force by the IAF Air Chief Marshal PV Naik. So the Air Force auditorium today witnessed a rare Sachin Tendulkar - Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain Indian Air Force and Sachin Tendulkar brand ambassador of Indian Air Force.

After becoming Group Captain Indian Air Force Sachin Tendulkar was ecstatic. "It's a great pleasure and honour to be honoured by IAF. It was a wishful thinking and it has come true today. I'm extremely proud to be a part of IAF. I want to urge the youth to join air force and serve the nation. So dream, because dreams do come true," Sachin Tendulkar, first civilian Group Captain Indian Air ForceIAF Crest and the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force sounded excited today after being conferred with the Group Captain Indian Air Force and the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force honour.

Group Captain Indian Air Force honour to Sachin Tendulkar:

Back in January this year, Indian Air Force proposed to recognise Sachin Tendulkar with the Group Captain Indian Air Force and brand ambassador of Indian Air Force honours. On June 23, President Pratibha Patil had approved the conference of Group Captain Indian Air Force honour to Sachin Tendulkar and also acknowledged the proposal of making Sachin the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force. Before the actual felicitation with the honorary rank of Group Captain Indian Air Force, Sachin Tendulkar had undergone a familiarising session with the Indian Air Force (IAF). Before being the Group Captain Indian Air Force Sachin Tendulkar also practised some basic military drills. Being the Group Captain Indian Air Force Sachin Tendulkar was delighted.

Expectations from Group Captain Indian Air Force Sachin Tendulkar:

Indian Air Force is believing that conferring Group Captain Indian Air Force honour to Sachin Tendulkar and making him the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force will motivate the younger generation more and more to join the Indian Air Force and serve the nation, since Sachin is the unparalleled youth icon in India. Group Captain Indian Air Force Sachin Tendulkar will promote patriotism more in the youth, Mr Naik hoped today after the conference of the Group Captain Indian Air Force to Sachin Tendulkar...

JAI HO SACHIN.. LONG LIVE SACHIN...

Source: MumbaiSpider

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

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LG - ICC Awards

India's cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar was tonight named Cricketer of the Year at the prestigious LG ICC Awards, held at a glittering ceremony in Bengaluru. Tendulkar was also named as the first recipient of the inaugural LG People’s Choice Award and was named in both the Test and ODI Teams of the Year. (Yahoo! Cricket Photo/Azhar)

 Sachin Tendulkar was joined on the winners’ list by team-mate Virender Sehwag, who took the Test Player of the Year award. During the 12-month voting period, Sehwag put in some remarkable performances with the bat, making 1,282 runs with an impressive average of 85.46 in the 10 Test matches he played. He scored six centuries and four half-centuries during the period. 

(Yahoo! Cricket Photo/Azhar)

 India's captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has been named as captain of the 

ICC's Test Team of the Year. (Yahoo! Cricket Photo/Azhar)

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Non Stop Sachin

 Sachin Tendulkar roars in celebration after India won the second Test match between 

India and Australia at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. 

India won the match by 7 wickets and the series 2-0

He is the marathon man and the milestones just don’t stop as far as Sachin Tendulkar is concerned. The first to get 12,000 runs in Tests, the first to cross 13,000 runs and now, inevitably the first to cross 14,000 runs. The 15,000 run mark beckons as inevitably as night follows day. Allied to this is the hundreds milestones – the first to cross 35 centuries, the first to cross 40, then 45 and now again the 50 century landmark beckons as surely as 100 international hundreds.

To make predictions about records staying for any length of time is fraught ith danger what with the proliferation of Test matches, but Tendulkar has climbed a summit which does seem to be beyond the reach of lesser mortals. There was a time when a galloping Ricky Ponting appeared to be a serious challenger for both the main records.

In keeping with his reputation as Australia’s best batsman since Don Bradman, Ponting’s average soared past 59 and seemed headed to the 60-mark. He had also scored 33 hundreds to Tendulkar’s 35 and moved to within about 1200 runs of Tendulkar’s world record aggregate.

Being 19 months younger there appeared every chance that Ponting would one day surpass Tendulkar in both runs and centuries. However, in the evening of his career, Tendulkar has suddenly struck a purple patch which is beyond mere mortals – or even Ponting.

Currently, he is around 1800 runs ahead of the Australian captain and as far as centuries are concerned there is just no way Ponting can now catch up with Tendulkar. Not until he plays for another ten years!

The difference of ten (49 to 39) is just too much to be bridged especially as Tendulkar is still playing with gusto and showing no signs of getting rusty with age, let alone riding off into the sunset. He completes 21 years in international cricket next month but amazingly still retains his boyish enthusiasm for the game, has not lost his insatiable appetite for runs and hundreds and at 37, his hunger for success and more goals has not diminished one bit.

Indeed, the figures run up by Tendulkar and Ponting – and one must not forget Brian Lara who is the holder of the highest individual score in both Tests and first class cricket – take one’s breath away especially for someone like me who has been following the game closely for more than half a century.
In those days, 5000 runs in Tests were the hallmark of greatness. We knew that Jack Hobbs was the first to cross the 4000 and 5000 run marks in Tests, a figure that was raised with the increase in Test matches with Wally Hammond being the first to cross 6000 and then 7000 runs. That was the high watermark half a century ago and it seemed to be quite insurmountable especially since the legendary Englishman’s record had stood since 1947.

It was the same with hundreds. Bradman’s 29 had stood as a record since 1948 and even with the proliferation of Test cricket this seemed beyond the reach of even the greatest of batsmen who graced the scene through the fifties and sixties. Len Hutton could not get past 19 even as Neil Harvey notched up 21 both in the same number of matches (79). In the 70s Colin Cowdrey the first to play 100 Tests retired with 22 while Gary Sobers raised the figure to 26 from 93 Tests a stupendous feat considering his all round feats but that still fell short of Bradman’s mark.

In the early 80s, as the proliferation of Test cricket grew and Sri Lanka was added to the international fold, Geoff Boycott retired with 22 and Greg Chappell with 24. Bradman’s record still remained the Mount Everest for batsmen but in the meantime Hammond’s mark had been surpassed by Cowdrey and then Sobers became the first to score 8000 runs with his tally being surpassed by Geoff Boycott.

It was left to India’s Sunil Gavaskar to set new landmarks. During two glorious months in November and December 1983 he first surpassed Boycott as the leading run getter in Tests and then finally went past the most coveted record by going past Bradman’s 29. hundreds a feat at one time thought unconquerable. Predictably he was the first to cross 9000 runs and then even the magical 10,000-run mark was his in March 1987 the month in which he played his last Test.

By now it was clear that the sky was the limit for batsmen as far as runs and centuries were concerned as playing over 100 Tests became quite commonplace. South Africa returned to the international fold and Zimbabwe and Bangladesh were given Test status. But it would still require a really outstanding batsman to cross Gavaskar’s marks and few can argue that Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting are not in that elite, exalted class.

All the same, the runs and centuries aggregates that Tendulkar has set are really of the mind boggling and eye rubbing variety. It is dangerous to make predictions about records what with the proliferation of Test cricket but his marks could well stand for all time like Bradman’s 99.94 – arguably the most famous single statistic in cricket.

Jai Ho.. A.R.Rahman...

 

RK Shekhar-His Father

National Film Awards (India)
 

1993 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Roja
1997 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal 

 

Filmfare Awards South (India)

1993 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Roja
1994 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Gentleman
1995 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhalan
1996 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Bombay
1997 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Kadhal Desam
1998 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
1999 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Jeans
2000 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Mudhalvan
2001 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Alaipayuthey
2006 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Sillunu Oru Kadhal 

 

Filmfare Awards (India) 

1995 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela
1998 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se
1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal
2001 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan
2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya
2002 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2004 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades
2006 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rang de Basanti
He also won a "Filmfare R D Burman Music Debutant Award" for Roja's dubbed Hindi version.

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 

1993 - Best Music - Roja
1994 - Best Music - Gentleman
1995 - Best Music - Kadhalan
1996 - Best Music - Bombay
1997 - Best Music - Minsaara Kanavu
2000 - Best Music - Sangamam

 

Zee Cine Awards (India) 

2000 - ** 2002 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Lagaan
2006 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Rang De Basanti 

 

GIFA Awards (Malaysia)

 

2006 - GIFA Award for Best Music - Rang De Basanti
2006 - GIFA Award for Best Background Music - Rang De Basanti 

 

IIFA Awards (India)

 

2007 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Rang De Basanti
2002 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Saathiya
2000 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Taal 

 

Star Screen Awards

 

2002 - Best Background Music
2007 - Best Music Direction - Guru 

 
Swaralaya Yesudas Award (India)

 

2006 - Swaralaya-Kairali- Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music field
2000 - Padma Shri (India) Screen-Videocon Awards 

Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997) 

Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998) 

Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998) 

Taal (Hindi; 2000) 

Other Awards was nominated for Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (2003) 

(The Hilton Award) for "Best New Musical of 2002" - Bombay Dreams Musical Sangeet Awards 2005 Best Music Director (Film music - Swades) 
 
The Mahavir-Mahatma Award (Instituted by the Oneness Forum) National Lata Mangeshkar awards for 2004-05 

( The awards instituted by Madhya Pradesh government ) 

 
Sangeet Awards 2004 Best Music Director (Film music - Yuva) 
Best music arranger (Critics award) for 'Yeh Rishta' - Meenakshi 2004 
American India Awards R D Burman Award at the SuMu Music Awards (1993) 

Madras Telugu Academy Puraskar (1992 to 1994) 
Bommai Nagi Reddy Award (1995/96) 
Lux-Kumudam Award for Kadhalan (1995) 
Mauritius National Award (1995; for contribution to music) Malaysian Award (1996; for contribution to music) 

Sanskriti Award from Delhi based Sanskriti foundation (1994) 

Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Government (1995) 

Thangapillai Award Rajiv Gandhi Award 3rd Channel [V] Awards - Coca Cola Viewer's Choice Award 1998 
The Channel [V]-IMI Award for Best Producer for Vandemataram 1998 
Fanta Award in 1999 Stardust Cine Honours Taal (2000) 

Filmgoers's Award Taal (2000) 
First Bollywood Music Awards (Best Music Director and Best Song) Taal (2000) 
V Shantaram Award: Taal (2001), 
Best Music(Guru)2006- 2007 
Bollywood US Awards (2003) 
Best Music Director : Saathiya 
8th Annual Planet-Bollywood Awards (People's Choice Awards! - Best of 2002) 
Best Music Direction : Saathiya, The Legend of Bhagat Singh Star Screen Award - Best Background Score - Rang De Basanti


Dinakaran Cine Awards Minsara Kanavu (1998)

Jeans (1999) Mudalvan, Kadhalar Dhinam (2000)
MTV Awards MTV-VMA Award for Dil Se Re song from Dil Se.. 1999 

MTV Asia Awards 2003 for Favourite Artist India 

MTV IMMIES 2003 - Best Music Composer - 'Saathiya' - Saathiya( Hindi )

A. R. Rahman has been nominated for the following awards:
Laurence Olivier Awards (UK)
2003 - Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical - Bombay Dreams
Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada)
2006 - General Theatre Division - Outstanding Musical Direction - The Lord of the Rings musical

 Check out an elated A R Rahman as he poses with his Oscar statuettes at the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

 

 A R Rahman giving his thanksgiving speech after winning his 2 Oscars.

 Rahman performing the award winning song Jai Ho at the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

A R Rahman holding the Oscar statuettes in his hands.

Washington: Music maestro A.R. Rahman has become the first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe award for best original music score as the Mumbai-based "Slumdog Millionaire" bagged four top prizes, including Best Motion Picture-Drama. Sunday's award was a first Golden Globe for Boyle, who is best known for his cult 1996 movie "Trainspotting" , "The Beach" and "28 Days Later".

His latest offering won over "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", "Frost/Nixon" , "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road".British Indian actor Dev Patel plays the protagonist in the film telling the heartwarming story of an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who goes on to win a staggering Rs.20 million (approx $412,000) on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? " game show.

Rahman also won the Best Composer award Friday as "Slumdog Millionaire" swept the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards winning five top prizes including Best Picture of 2008. The film also won Best Director for Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, and Best Young Actor/Actress for Dev Patel.

Besides the Golden Globes, "Slumdog Millionaire" has now won nominations for the top award by all five of the US film industry's major artistic guilds - Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, and American Society of Cinematographers.

Members of these groups represent a substantial block of the 5,810 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which will award the Oscars Feb 22.
Meanwhile, the film took its total gross earning to over $34 million to surpass the $32.5 million gross of "Bend it Like Beckham". It has also exceeded the combined grosses of "The Namesake" ($13.6 million) and "Monsoon Wedding ($13.9 million).