Sam Manekshaw - Prophet of Hate

In 1942 at the height of the World War II a fierce battle was raging in Myanmar, then Burma, at the Sittang Bridge. A company of the Indian Army was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the invading Japanese forces for the capture of a position, which was critical for the control of the bridge. The young company commander was exhorting his troops when his stomach was riddled by a machine gun burst. Afraid that his company would be left leaderless if he were evacuated, he continued fighting till he collapsed.

His company won the day and the general commanding the Indian forces arrived at the scene to congratulate the soldiers. On seeing the critically wounded commander, he announced the immediate award of the Military Cross -- the young officer was not expected to survive much longer and the Military Cross is not awarded posthumously. Thus began a historic military career that spanned the Indo-Pak wars and the Sino-Indian conflict, the wounded captain surviving to become India's first field marshal.

In 1947 when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, Sam Manekshaw was the colonel in charge of operations at the Army Headquarters. His incisive grasp of the situation and his acumen for planning instantly drew the attention of his superiors and Manekshaw's rise was spectacular, though not without controversy. He was outspoken and stood by his convictions. This, coupled with his sense of humour, often got him into trouble with politicians.

Energy positive building

Check this out.

As if the rotation wasn't sensational enough -

Dubai’s new masterpiece will feature 59 stories and as aforementioned, it will produce ten times the energy that it needs and this makes it a positive energy building.

It's also a positive energy building! I want one of those!!

Check out this video impression of the rotating building.

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Outside-in

An amazing collection of photographs by Pablo Bartholomew...

http://www.pablobartholomew.com/galleries/outside-in/

-Aditya Raghuwanshi

The end of an era

Software giant Microsoft will stop selling its ubiquitous XP operating system on Monday. But that doesn't mean the seven-year-old software won't continue contributing to the company's financial performance for years to come. Terminating XP was expected. It comes just 18 months after Redmond, Wash.- based Microsoft introduced a new, more advanced operating system called Vista. While the new system is powerful, upgrading means spending lots of time and money to rework applications designed to run XP specifically. As a result, some companies, including Microsoft partner Intel Corp, have balked at adopting Vista, preferring instead to continue using XP.

Though Monday will be the last day Microsoft sells XP or provides free support for the "hundreds of thousands" of computers that are estimated to run on it, the company has come up with a novel way to wring money from the aging operating system: It is killing XP but isn't letting it die. One way Microsoft will still make money from XP is by charging to provide support. Because the software continues to be popular, Microsoft's "extended" support program is sure to generate lots more revenue. Microsoft will offer the program at least through 2014. That will likely attract lots of big corporate customers. Meanwhile, Microsoft will make more money by supplying XP to computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and others. Because Vista has had trouble making headway in the corporate market, computer makers have asked for "downgrade rights" - the right to continue offering XP on their notebook and desktop computers after.

Source : Releaselog

-Aditya Raghuwanshi

Beauty of CSS

CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) are no longer a piece of code that aligns or serves as custom template. They've evolved into an art form that can, at times, surpass works of flash or flex. Don't believe me...check this out yourself...

-Aditya Raghuwanshi

Flashy

Funky flash applications on this site.

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Purest Form

found it on flickr

-Aditya Raghuwanshi