Being an Indian Muslim such attacks are double edged sword for us .First militanst don't care if you are Muslim/Hindu when killing, so Muslims take a toll there. Once investigation starts again Muslim are killed and tortured. In India there are more Hindu terrorists than Muslim terrorists but still all Muslims are terrorists has become reason behind harassing Muslims. Like the Delhi batli house case.
Read more...Three days after the Mumbai attacks, it is unclear who is behind them. And that in itself tells a story. Terrorism experts have been all over television and the Internet speculating on the identity of the perpetrators, more often than not attempting to divine their identity from the group's tactics. The problem is that terrorists do not follow rule books they learn and adapt from other groups. What we should be certain of, though, is that the Mumbai attackers were combat trained. You do not sustain a military assault for three days, taking only combat naps, unless you know what you are doing. You have to have been shot at before. You cannot be intimidated by flash-bang grenades, or commandos fast-roping down the side of a building. Indulging in the same sort of speculation as the terrorism experts, I would say it's likely the attackers picked up their combat experience in Afghanistan. They could have come out of Iraq as well, but Mumbai seems a little far afield for Iraqis.
Read more...Why media didnt cry and didnt go mad about symphathising with the killing of innocent muslims in 2002 State Sponsored Gujarat Massacre beacuse they people who got killed were muslims!! Media did same with Butchering & dying of 600 Iraqi children daily, during George Bush Senior brutal regime. but these media people only cry on non state sponsored crimes and genocides,
Both Iraq, Afghanistan, Babri Mosque demolition, and Gujrat massacre, just a few recent one to mention has been done with the state approval so these crimes are not terrorism, terrorism is only when someone kill someone on his own, same with Israel, Israel's soldiers kill Palestinian with U.S and Israel state approvals also, so thats not a terrorism. Now I hope you understand. The beaurocracy and politicians all are highly fanatical and partial. Its high we should geared up
So what is new about Mumbai, November 2008?
It is tempting to label the attackers as 'crazies' - but such a dismissive appellation may be misplaced
The obvious novelty is the use of frontal assault tactics instead of timed explosive devices.
This is new in the urban Indian context. There was one notable exception - an attack by a five-man squad armed with rifles and grenades on India's Parliament in New Delhi in December 2001.
The attackers were narrowly prevented by alert staff from gaining access to the building, where hundreds of parliamentarians and ministers were attending a session.
They were gunned down near the entrance by security personnel after an hour-long battle.
Nine guards and parliament stewards also died.
This attack led to the crisis of 2002 between India and Pakistan.
The Indian government blamed Pakistani religious radicals, and embarked on a major military build-up on the border with Pakistan, to which Pakistan responded with its own mobilisation.
The stand-off eventually wound down later in 2002 after months of tension and brinkmanship.
But frontal assaults, usually carried out by two-man teams firing semi-automatic rifles and lobbing grenades, were the favoured tactic of the insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir between 1999 and 2003.
Fidayeen technique
Scores of such attacks were carried out by "fidayeen" (literally "death-defying") squads in Indian-administered Kashmir during that period.
Ahmedabad saw rioting after the Gujarat killings in 2002In many instances, these attacks led to confrontations lasting anywhere between 24 and 72 hours between the raiders and security forces, who were often constrained by the presence of trapped civilians.
Most of the locations targeted were Indian military and police installations in the Kashmir Valley, particularly in the regional capital Srinagar.
But some attacks targeted civilians, especially in and around the Hindu-majority city of Jammu, in the southern part of Indian-administered Kashmir.
The perpetrators were not members of the main homegrown Kashmiri insurgent group, the Hizb-ul Mujahideen ("Warriors of the Faith").
The fidayeen technique - a rudimentary form of "shock and awe" warfare - was introduced into Kashmir by Pakistani radical organisations that entered the Kashmir insurgency from the mid-1990s onwards.
The large majority of fidayeen attacks in Kashmir were perpetrated by one such organisation, the Lashkar-e-Toiba, headquartered in Pakistan and founded and led by Pakistani religious radicals.
The Lashkar-e Toiba did over time recruit a handful of local Kashmiris as fidayeen cadre, but most of the attackers were Pakistani nationals who had crossed into Indian-administered Kashmir.
Fidayeen attacks have died down in Kashmir since India-Pakistan relations thawed from 2004 onward.
But the deployment of exactly the same tactic in central Mumbai shows that this technique has now found a new and even more dangerous theatre in which to operate.
Method
The tactic is thus not without precedent, but the mayhem in Mumbai may nonetheless mark a new chapter in the evolution of urban terrorism in India.
Bombs planted in markets and on commuter trains kill and maim working-class and middle-class Indians.
The gunmen who attacked two luxury hotels, and a fashionable cafe frequented by visiting Westerners, have brought the "war" - as they see it - to India's elite class, and to affluent Westerners living in or visiting India's most cosmopolitan city.
If reports that the gunmen specifically looked for American and British citizens to take hostage are true, it would suggest that this terrorist spectacular had little to do with the prejudice and discrimination many Muslims do encounter in India.
It is tempting to label the attackers as "crazies". But such a dismissive appellation may be misplaced.
It is more than likely that the masterminds are seasoned operatives and that the foot-soldiers, young as they may have been, had undergone rigorous training for months, perhaps years.
The attacks also show every sign of having been designed to maximise media attention on a global scale. In other words, there is a method to the madness.
W all may hear about DL method in matches, that India has won by DL method, Wanted to briefly explain what is Duckworth-Lewis method. In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L method) is a mathematical way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty-20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. It is generally accepted to be a fair and accurate method of setting a target score, but as it attempts to predict what would have happened had the game come to its natural conclusion, it generates some controversy. The D/L method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis.
Stoppage in 1st Innings
In the 4th India - England ODI in the 2008 series, the first innings was interrupted by rain on two occasions, resulting in the match being reduced to 22 overs a side. India (batting first) made 166/4. England's target was therefore set by the D/L method at 198 from 22 overs.
This example illustrates how the D/L method sets a higher target for the team batting second when the delay occurs in the 1st innings. Because England knew they had only 22 overs the expectation is that they will be able to score more runs from those overs than India had from their (interrupted) innings. England made 178/8 from 22 overs, and so the match was listed as "India won by 19 runs (D/L method)"
The essence of the D/L method is 'resources'. Each team is taken to have two 'resources' to use to make as many runs as possible: the number of overs they have to receive; and the number of wickets they have in hand. At any point in any innings, a team's ability to score more runs depends on the combination of these two resources. Looking at historical scores, there is a very close correspondence between the availability of these resources and a team's final score, a correspondence which D/L exploits
Using a published table which gives the percentage of these combined resources remaining for any number of overs (or, more accurately, balls) left and wickets lost, the target score can be adjusted up or down to reflect the loss of resources to one or both teams when a match is shortened one or more times. This percentage is then used to calculate a target (sometimes called a 'par score') that is usually a fractional number of runs. If the second team passes the target then the second team is taken to have won the match; if the match ends when the second team has exactly met (but not passed) the target (rounded down to the next integer) then the match is taken to be a tie.
Application
The D/L method is relatively simple to apply, but requires a published reference table and some simple mathematical calculations. As with most non-trivial statistical derivations, however, the D/L method can produce results that are somewhat counterintuitive, and the announcement of the derived target score can provoke a good deal of second-guessing and discussion amongst the crowd at the cricket ground. This can also be seen as one of the method's successes, adding interest to a "slow" rain-affected day of play.
Applied to 50 over matches, each team has to face at least 20 overs before D/L can decide the game. In Twenty20 games, each side has to face at least 5 overs.
koramangala one of the best places to stay and work in bangalore, I have been staying here since june 2005.
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Yuvraj Singh performance England was breath taking all the three matches he performed. he has style and the way he hits the ball.Dhoni said "He is a pleasure to watch when in full flow. Even Sachin and Sehwag are so, but Yuvraj somehow stands out…he is such a strong hitter,"
Not only with the bat but also with the bat he should great talent, he was man of the match in second ODI.
ICL 2 finals will be best of three and played between Hyderabad and Lahore on the folwoing days
Match 1 Nov 13,200819:30 (IST)
Match 2 Nov 14,200819:30 (IST)
Match 3 Nov 5,200819:30 (IST)
Lahore Badshahs seem to be favourite here because all players are in tremendous form escpecially Inzamam, The great Inzamam was just proving his batting prowess, playing a clinical knock to take the score to 130 /3 putting the Lahore Badshahs in the front at the end of the 15th over in company of Mohammad Yousuf. Inzamam brought his second ICL fifty in the 17th over coming off only 28 balls; laced with 6 fours and 2 sixes. In the end a clinical 87 run partnership for the forth wicket, powered by a 62 run knock from the Lahore skipper Inzamam saw the Lahore Badshahs romp home to a 6 wicket victory in the 19th over.
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Anushka Sharma a 5'9" tall elite model is the heroine of the forthcoming Indian Bollywood film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi that stars Shahrukh Khan in the pivotal role. Directed by Aditya Chopra, the film is currently in its filming stage and is expected to release on December 12, 2008.
Shahrukh has been my favourite actor since Daar and Bazigaar,Also my Dad's. I really respect his style and have loved all his movies.This post is a tribute to him and wishing him many more glorius years in bollywood.
SHAHRUKH KHAN (SRK) is the new superstar. Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan were the previous superstars of Bollywood. Popularly known as Badshah Khan or King Khan, Shahrukh Khan is celebrating his 44th birthday today i.e 2nd november 2008
From a Fauji and Circus boy, Shahrukh Khan has now become the superstar and also the first choice of millions of people across the world. In fact, it’s only Shahrukh who got the chance to ape superstar Dilip Kumar in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’ and millennium star Amitabh Bachchan in Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Don’. On his 43rd birthday here is a brief account, Shahrukh Khan’s biography, mainly an account of his 15 year film career.
Born in Delhi, on November 2, 1965, in a Muslim family, Shahrukh Khan is a perfect example of a self made man. In fact, what he is today is totally due to his own effort and now he is one of the best actors that Indian cinema has ever seen. Shahrukh started his acting journey right from his college going days. Armed with an unfinished Masters Degree in Mass Communications from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and learning the nitty-gritties he took the plunge in the world of acting.
Shahrukh Khan’s performance was first noticed in the television serial ‘Fauji’, which was his small screen debut. But then nobody was expecting that the thin shy boy would become a superstar one day. In the next teleserial, ‘Circus’ Shahrukh played the role of an unconcerned son of a circus owner. Shahrukh’s Bollywood journey began with Raj Kanwar’s ‘Deewana’ (1992) and he was awarded the Filmfare Best newcomer award for the same film. From there till date Shahrukh Khan never looked back. In a period, success became synonymous with Shahrukh’s name.
Shahrukh Khan’s life history is quite interesting. Cinema lovers have accepted Shahrukh Khan in various kinds of roles particularly as the romantic boy. Most importantly in the initial stage of his career when he was trying to get a foothold in Hindi film industry, he accepted the negative roles. He played an obsessed lover in Yash Johar’s ‘Darr’, that challenging role provided him an instant recognition. The unique style of dialogue delivery "Ka...Ka.... Kaa.... Kiran" became very popoular during those days. ‘Baazigar’, ‘Ram Jaane’ and ‘Anjaam’ were other films in which Shahrukh played negative characters.
‘Darr’ opened the floodgates of success for Shahrukh and he made an entry into the Yash Chopra camp. Yash Raj’s ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ (1995) was a roaring hit that got him the Filmfare Best Actor Award. The film made a record of running continuously over 500 weeks in Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir. ‘Dil to Pagal Hai’, ‘Mohabbatein’ and ‘Veer Zaara’ were other successful films under the Yash Raj banner and all praised the work of Shahrukh Khan’s performance in these films. Karan Johar’s ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’, ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ and ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ were another feathers in his cap. Shahrukh’s other notable films include ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’, ‘Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa’, ‘Pardes’, ‘Yes Boss’, ‘Dil Se’ and ‘Josh’.
With a wish to enact dual responsibility, Shahrukh Khan launched his own production company ‘Dreamz Unlimited’ in collaboration with actress Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza. ‘Dreamz Unlimited’ made remarkable films ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’ and ‘Chalte Chalte’. In the year 2004, Shahrukh launched another banner called ‘Red Chillies Entertainment’ and made ‘Main Hoon Naa’ that become a big hit. SRK’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ is another film from ‘Red Chillies Entertainment’, which is set to release on November 9. Om Shanti Om’s success can be his best birthday gift.
Shahrukh Khan has won above fifty national and international awards. In 2004 he was conferred with prestigious ’Padma Shri’ Award for his valuable contribution to Indian art and culture. Shahrukh is catching up with veteran actor Dilip Kumar in bagging the maximum number of Filmfare Best Actor awards. He has won six Filmfare awards in the best actor category till now.
His forth coming movies Billo Barber and Rab ne Bana Jodi are supposed to be good.
Reference: Merinews
