I VOTE NOBODY - Law 49-O

Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote anyone!

Yes such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called "49-O".

Why should you go and say "I VOTE NOBODY"... because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received "49-O" votes more than 123, then that

• polling will be canceled and
• Will have to be re-polled.
• Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.
  

This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public....

Please spread this news to as many as you know...Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India ...show your power, expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting.... so don't miss your chance.

So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote 49-O) and pass this info on...

"Please forward this mail to as many as possible, so that we, the people of India , can really use this power to save our nation".

Use your vote right for a better INDIA

India Beats Pakistan in First Test - Hurray!

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly relied on their vast experience to put India on the threshold of a memorable victory against arch rivals Pakistan with the hosts needing just 32 runs on the final day to clinch the first Test.

India ended an action-packed fourth day at 171 for three in 54.5 overs when bad light dropped early curtains on proceeding.

Earlier, spurred on by a near capacity holiday crowd, the home team took little over 17 overs to polish off the remaining five wickets to bundle out Pakistan for 247, leaving them with a moderate target.

I can now withdraw money from Paypal easily

I have some money lying in my Paypal account, not millions of dollars but very small amount, but since long it's lying there idle. Because withdrawing it was a big pain, but it's not any more.

Paypal introduced receiving money on your credit, debit cards recently, which is a big relief for people outside USA. In the asian countries like India, Malaysia - it takes around 7-10 days to receive the check from US and 21-28 days to encash the check after depositing in local bank - which is pretty long period but now, people can receive cash on their cards within a week for a small fee of $5. I did not try this service yet, as I have very small amount and $5 charges will be a considerable %age for the withdrawal.

Australia Beat India in 6th ODI - Andrew Symonds Showed all rounder performance

Australia held on their nerves to win the sixth One-Dayer against India by 18 runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium today few minutes back. With this win, Australia also claimed the seven-match ODI series and now lead 4-1 in the Future Cup. Andrew Symonds celebrated a fast century in Nagpur with a nice spell in bowling as well.

The match turned to be very exciting match when I watched the opening pair, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourabh Ganguly opening up with century partnership. The middle order of India could not help the great opening partnership when Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh could not show some hard hitting. Those were the overs probably costed a lot to India as they struggled to achieve 12 runs per over run rate towards end.

I still kept on sticking my eyes to the television and I at least could enjoy the fast hitting of Robin Utthappa, he could not finish his 50 but he went close to it within 28 balls only.

Any ways, I wished India could win this match but they could not. Now, I don't think there would be lot of excitement for the last One day match in Mumbai.

Sachin Tendulkar's Plethora of Records

In the 4th One Day International cricket match against Australia at Chandigarh, India; Sachin made 79 runs in his innings. Tendulkar got a few important records on his name.

Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer against Australia in one-day internationals when his score reached 23. He surpassed Desmond Haynes' tally of 2,262 runs. Interestingly, Tendulkar needed 13 matches lesser than Haynes to obliterate his record.

Tendulkar's half-century was 84th of his career, which puts him ahead of Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq. Tendulkar has now scored more fifties than any other batsman in ODI history. He already holds the record of scoring most number of centuries.

When his score reached 53, Tendulkar completed his 1,000 runs in ODIs in the calendar year 2007. He is the second Indian after Sourav Ganguly (1,065 runs) and seventh batsman overall to accomplish this feat this year.

Tendulkar has now aggregated 1,000 runs in a calendar year on seven occasions - in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007, which is also another world record. Tendulkar was earlier at level with fellow teammate Ganguly. Wow! Go Sachin Tendulkar Go!!!

Jail for talking on cell & driving

In a first-of-its-kind case anywhere in the country, a Mumbai magistrate’s court on Friday sentenced three persons to a day’s imprisonment for talking on their mobile phones while driving. They were also fined amounts ranging between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,500 and had their licenses suspended for six months.

When the Mumbai police started locking up people for drunken driving, we enthusiastically welcomed the development. Today, when they have started putting people in jail for talking on cellphones while driving, we have to point out that this is carrying things too far. To equate the two violations of traffic rules is simply absurd. Drunken driving has beyond doubt led to dozens of deaths in accidents. The same can hardly be said of using the mobile while driving. It is a tendency that should be discouraged, but the punishment must be proportionate to the offense — a hefty fine should do the job.

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

Today is Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and anyone would see a different celebration this year. Last year, the movie "Lage Raho Munnabhai" starring Sanjay Dutt and Vidya Balan had a great impact on Indian minds with it's "Gandhigiri" concept. While watching that movie, I had felt that we were forgetting Mahatma Gandhi and this movie helped us to remember that Gandhi was the pioneer of Satyagraha.

If you are near by Novi, MI, US - you may like to watch "Lage Raho Munnabhai" movie Lage Raho Munnabhai for free today. I think this a cool way to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi

Ducky Sachin Tendulkar and Sreesanth's Dance for Matthew Haydon

I was pretty excited today for this match which was the first match for Indian cricket team after winning the prestigious T20 World cup. Specially, when the series of matches is against the ODI World cup winner Australia.

But India Australia Match Called off Due to Heavy Rains in Bangalore. Australia played really well, specially Clarke and helped them to build the mammoth total of 307 and made it a difficult task for Indian team to achieve, specially when the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck. After just 4 balls after Sachin got out, heavy rains started and match needed to be abandoned. Sachin must have been thinking why rain delayed for 4 balls, could have saved him getting out for a duck at least.. LOL!

In today's match, I liked the moment of Matthew Haydon losing his wicket to Sreesanth. Did you enjoy Sreesanth's flying high after he has clean bowled Matthew Haydon in consecutively second match - I did.

Shame the Corrupt with Rs 0 - Eliminate Corruption at all levels!

There is this organization in Chennai, Fifth Pillar India that battles corruption. The movement called "Freedom from Corruption" launched in all 30 districts of Tamilnadu early this month and will make its Mumbai debut in Cities colleges and schools, said M Vijayanand, the president of Fifth Pillar India.

Taj Mahal Made it to the New 7 Wonders of the World

Taj Mahal has finally made into the elite list of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

I was watching the television for last half an hour. Just few minutes back the new list of 7 wonders was unveiled at in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. And as a reward for all prayers, I happen to listen to this wonderful news which made my day.

Rest of the six monuments to enter into the New 7 Wonders of the World:

• The ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Perú
• Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, Southern Mexico
• Colosseum, Rome, Italy
• The Great Wall of China
• The Khazneh, or Treasury in Petra, Jordan
• The statue of Christ the Redeemer, at Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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