The traditional "Thoppukkaranam" is now "Super Brain Yoga"

This video amazed me at how advanced our ancestors (Indian ancestors) were in terms of keeping body, mind and soul sharp. I remember doing this as a kid in a "Pillaiyaar kovil" near my house! and now it is Super Brain Yoga in America!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs

Enjoy!

The dark truth behind Slumdog Millionaire

I was equally overwhelmed as anyone, when Slumdog Millionaire won a bunch of awards at the Oscars this year. That is when I decided to watch the movie and grabbed tickets for the next day. But what I saw in the theatre was a sad story full of negativity about what happens in the slums of Mumbai. I am really working hard at understanding what the Oscars panel saw in the movie! Remove the negative events shown as happenings in the slums of Mumbai and the movie is nothing but a pale love story that deserves nothing but a DVD release.

There are many movies that I would really like "talented directors" like Danny Boyle to take a look at: Lagaan, Taare Zameen Par to name a couple.

And it is really strange to see the sudden publicity that Dev Patel and Frieda are getting! On magazine covers just after one movie?

The slum"dog" getting some protests in India I feel is only anger misdirected. The real anger that enrages Indians really is about the negative events that are shown in the movie!

Personally I was so disgusted watching this movie that I had to walk out of the theatre in the middle of the movie.

A Web 2.0 Directory

I recently got to visit Go2Web20.net a great site that has all the upcoming Web2.0 based sites listed category-wise. It is a great place to be if you are really into Web 2.0 and need some great ideas to go about your Web 2.0 design/strategy.

Are you into Open Source?

With a lot of open source tools emerging as great utilities in projects, I thought of checking out the web for any sites that would carry information mapping commercial products to open source tools. One such site I found was this site (Osalt). A great site mapping most of the tools used in day to day technology world to some of their open source equivalents. Again, this site is more of a personal choice of mine and does not reflect any marketing towards the same :). Check it out and post more of such sites if you know any!

Happy browsing!