I caught up with some episodes of "BBC's around the world in 80 treasure" during Sunday mornings recently.
I liked Imam's Square (Isfahan) as soon as I saw it. It is a huge place with Mosque, bazaar etc... spread over such a big landscape. Probably similar to Tinannmen square in size. Just check out the link below to feel the place.
http://www.art-arena.com/Imam.html
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Stock market outlook - april 2008
Good amount of correction witnessed in March thanks to insipid budget, FII sale, slow down of GDP etc... Majority of Midcap and Smallcap stocks recorded their intermediary bottom on March 24.
Corporate results would be out in april, inflation taming started across the world in big way thereby containing the prices of commodities, US and Europe results would provide further writedowns thereby bringing some predictability of outlook.
Hence, my outlook for april month is consolidation and framing of intermediary bottom of Nifty around 4550 to 4650 levels and Sensex around 14500 - 15000 levels.
I expect market to stage a smart rally in april 2nd or 3rd week. Any further fall in indian stock prices could be curtailed by strong stocks like Hind Unilever, ITC, Reliance to a major extent. I dont expect Sensex to touch 13500 levels without these stocks falling heavily. Be very cautious while trading in commodities hereafter.
Corporate results would be out in april, inflation taming started across the world in big way thereby containing the prices of commodities, US and Europe results would provide further writedowns thereby bringing some predictability of outlook.
Hence, my outlook for april month is consolidation and framing of intermediary bottom of Nifty around 4550 to 4650 levels and Sensex around 14500 - 15000 levels.
I expect market to stage a smart rally in april 2nd or 3rd week. Any further fall in indian stock prices could be curtailed by strong stocks like Hind Unilever, ITC, Reliance to a major extent. I dont expect Sensex to touch 13500 levels without these stocks falling heavily. Be very cautious while trading in commodities hereafter.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Injury Scare for Cricket India
Gloster filed one super negative report about fitness before his last working day with BCCI.
Sachin Tendulkar disputed the story at that time... and he is out of second test due to injury... Nothing can be said about Zaheer, RP Singh, Kumble, Ishant etc...
Sad State indeed.... Idhukku than thayir saadam mattum sapdathey-nnu sonnen :)
Sachin Tendulkar disputed the story at that time... and he is out of second test due to injury... Nothing can be said about Zaheer, RP Singh, Kumble, Ishant etc...
Sad State indeed.... Idhukku than thayir saadam mattum sapdathey-nnu sonnen :)
RBI Governer Reddy & his policy
Let me congratulate Mr Reddy for his long sighted policy moves...
Background:
Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram wanted cut in interest rates for the past one year to fuel the growth. He told in all sort of forum but Mr Reddy didnt take the cue from the FM saying that Inflation is a concern. Both of them repeated their stand for the past one year thereby indicating conflicting ideas between RBI & Finance Ministry.
Current Trend:
Inflation touched record high of 6.68 last friday. If the real fuel prices are passed on to customers, the real inflation could have been around 8.5% in my opinion.
Now the experts are talking about interest rate hike to tame inflation !!!!!
Point to Note:
1. Reddy acted with long term vision and hence no short term decisions were taken. He was abused in media by "experts" and Mr Reddy proved to be having last laugh on his critics. I salute your great show Sir...
2. Finance Minister proved to be a politician rather than a economist.
3. Finance Minister is in real trouble for not taking any concrete action to tame inflation or control of food prices in the last 2-3 years. He wasted last three years by not reforming, disinvesting etc... and earned all the bad name for inflation.
4. It is a huge dis-advantage to Congress during poll year and his farmer loan waiver could be forgotten too fast.
Background:
Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram wanted cut in interest rates for the past one year to fuel the growth. He told in all sort of forum but Mr Reddy didnt take the cue from the FM saying that Inflation is a concern. Both of them repeated their stand for the past one year thereby indicating conflicting ideas between RBI & Finance Ministry.
Current Trend:
Inflation touched record high of 6.68 last friday. If the real fuel prices are passed on to customers, the real inflation could have been around 8.5% in my opinion.
Now the experts are talking about interest rate hike to tame inflation !!!!!
Point to Note:
1. Reddy acted with long term vision and hence no short term decisions were taken. He was abused in media by "experts" and Mr Reddy proved to be having last laugh on his critics. I salute your great show Sir...
2. Finance Minister proved to be a politician rather than a economist.
3. Finance Minister is in real trouble for not taking any concrete action to tame inflation or control of food prices in the last 2-3 years. He wasted last three years by not reforming, disinvesting etc... and earned all the bad name for inflation.
4. It is a huge dis-advantage to Congress during poll year and his farmer loan waiver could be forgotten too fast.
Dosa for Kids
Every married couple knows how difficult to make kids eat…
My wife tries some methods which make our life little simpler… See below for the star fish & goat shaped dosas :)
I am sure that we are not the first one to try these things... Kudos to good spirits of every mom !!!
My wife tries some methods which make our life little simpler… See below for the star fish & goat shaped dosas :)
I am sure that we are not the first one to try these things... Kudos to good spirits of every mom !!!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
India Vs SA - Chennai First Test Match
I watched the first test match between India and South Africa from Coromandel Cement Stand (H) on 3rd and 4th day. It was the first attempt from my side to venture into crowds and I enjoyed it fully.
On Cricket:
Lovely to see Sehwag scoring a triple hundred. He was at ease and punched all around the park. He never seemed to be under pressure whereas he put the bowlers under severe test. Dravid was normal and played at his own pace. Great third day indeed.
Play turned upside down on fourth day and South african bowlers took the match under control and dismissed India. I thought India would go and score 700 runs or so but it turned out to be "No Way". Couldnt understand why players like Sachin, Ganguly , Laxman & Dhoni didnt play their natural game and acted as if they are under pressure.
Come on guys.. where is the pressure when you are near "scores level" ?
On Stadium:
Nothing much to say. All I can say, choose Canara bank, IOB or Coromandel stand for good view of the pitch and if you want to avoid the hot sun effect to reasonable extent.
Free for all male toilets..very transparent without any partition. Bisibelabath, Melaga bajji, Curd Rice, Vada available all over the stadium.
No Queue system during lunch and tea breaks. But "outpass" concept was damn good and using that one can get out of stadium anytime and come back. No real checking by security guards... I could spot lot of people sneaked in with digi cams even though it is prohibited under rule.
Good to see posters on discrimination (effect of symond - monkey episode) !!!!!!
On People:
Genrally noisy. And players who came to boundary line greeted fully. Everyone is so curious to come on TV definitely. One poster "Multan Sultan is now Chiranjeevi of Chennai".
Overheard:
1. Enna Sir.. Sehwag 300 adippana? (when Sehwag was at 285)... reply came: adicha pottuduvan... (what a reply :) )
2. Generally, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were most cursed players from the spectator's point of view.
Final Conclusion:
If one likes cricket and if one can tolerate maximum noise, pls do visit the stadium once. It gives a real "feel good" factor.
Thanks once again to Radio One for giving the ticket as "contest winner"; Good selection folks... especially for the "H" Stand.
On Cricket:
Lovely to see Sehwag scoring a triple hundred. He was at ease and punched all around the park. He never seemed to be under pressure whereas he put the bowlers under severe test. Dravid was normal and played at his own pace. Great third day indeed.
Play turned upside down on fourth day and South african bowlers took the match under control and dismissed India. I thought India would go and score 700 runs or so but it turned out to be "No Way". Couldnt understand why players like Sachin, Ganguly , Laxman & Dhoni didnt play their natural game and acted as if they are under pressure.
Come on guys.. where is the pressure when you are near "scores level" ?
On Stadium:
Nothing much to say. All I can say, choose Canara bank, IOB or Coromandel stand for good view of the pitch and if you want to avoid the hot sun effect to reasonable extent.
Free for all male toilets..very transparent without any partition. Bisibelabath, Melaga bajji, Curd Rice, Vada available all over the stadium.
No Queue system during lunch and tea breaks. But "outpass" concept was damn good and using that one can get out of stadium anytime and come back. No real checking by security guards... I could spot lot of people sneaked in with digi cams even though it is prohibited under rule.
Good to see posters on discrimination (effect of symond - monkey episode) !!!!!!
On People:
Genrally noisy. And players who came to boundary line greeted fully. Everyone is so curious to come on TV definitely. One poster "Multan Sultan is now Chiranjeevi of Chennai".
Overheard:
1. Enna Sir.. Sehwag 300 adippana? (when Sehwag was at 285)... reply came: adicha pottuduvan... (what a reply :) )
2. Generally, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were most cursed players from the spectator's point of view.
Final Conclusion:
If one likes cricket and if one can tolerate maximum noise, pls do visit the stadium once. It gives a real "feel good" factor.
Thanks once again to Radio One for giving the ticket as "contest winner"; Good selection folks... especially for the "H" Stand.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
chennai cricket
I am going to watch the first test match between India Vs South Africa - live at chennai cheupak stadium. Do check out for my detailed update by week end about my experience. Thanks to - Radio One 94.3 contest.
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