Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations are incomplete without modaks, dhurva blades, rakta chandan and most importantly the mantras, chants and aartis sung in the praise of Lord Ganesh.
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Whenever there is a LIVE cricket match. I see at least 3-4 channels broadcasting the same match in different languages. But why don't these channels broadcast the match with Marathi commentary.I think this would be a good chance to hear people like Kambli and Tendulkar do their commentary in marathi :). It would be great fun too , since they are not playing in 20/20 .
I think since Shiv-Sena sh
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Our 'Twenty20' stadium... 2 sessions of only 20 minutes each - power play, slamming, sledging, catches, slips...
galli batting, nearly 400 runs in three hours flat, cheerleaders :)
Does it also means end of golden days of test cricket and 50 overs ODI's full of strategies and game plans running all over the day? Where we see battles like McGrath vs. Sachin, Flintoff vs. Ponting, Jayasury
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Biogas has not been commercially viable because of the high amount of biodegradable waste required to produce small quantity of methane.
This scene is likely to change with the development of Compact Biogas Plant, which requires small amount of biodegradable waste and can be installed in a household. About 40 kg of dung is required to ferment for 40 days to produce 250 gm of methane.
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Asha bhosle..The most versatile voice of indian film industry turns 74 today. Fact that she has given playback to heroines like madhubala, helen to urmila showcases the number of years and the variety of the work.This link is an article by Varsha Bhosle on her mother Singing Legend rnAsha Bhosle.
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Ram Gopal Varma says that it was his mistake to attempt Sholay. Have any of you seen it? I am not a Sholay lover, but I went to see Aag and it was the stupidest picture I have seen!
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Get up now,Get up now,Get up now
Do you feel? The way I feel, for you
When tomorrow comes, early in the morning
You’re late to work again
You try to sneak in, so no one can see you
But your boss is wide awake
Wish you had a s
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The number of Marathi medium schools is shrinking in what is widely regarded as the cultural capital of the state that prides itself on the perfect accent and diction. The Environment Status Report (ESR) shows this number has gone down from 719 in 2006 to 604 in 2007. What’s more, the decline has been the biggest in the recent years.
rnHere we go... Those hair-free chests need buffed-up abs, baby. rnMasseur: Hard mattresses are a pain in the posterior. Stylist: Hmmm, may be, may be not. Sanjay Dutt turned out pretty well. rnSwimming pool: Jailers can pry while the stars preen. Disco: They need to rock around the clock
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Wanna know.Check out this blog on Mumbai.metblogs.com
"I travel the length of this city every day, realizing fully well that death and danger to life could happen in the most unanticipated, most mundane ways possible. Each day, like in the jungle, is a fight for survival. Like everyone else, I swallow that thought and go on or make a joke of it. It's just too much to bear otherwise."
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Today is Vada Pav Day. Nothing official about it, of course, because in Mumbai -the commom man eats Vada Pav 24/7. He doesn’t require an occasion to celebrate the city’s staple diet.
And it’s not as if the state government dedicates the day to the Vada Pav. But it was on this day that a food chain registered the Vada Pav as its main business six years ago and corporatised the chatpata street f
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Many stations have logical roots in history - named either after legendary people, age-old traditions or businesses carried on in the area or for unknown reasons.
Santa Cruz:
Santa Cruz was originally known by villagers as Khulbawdi (in Marathi khul is mortar or also a yard, bawdi, a well) Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) was so named by its population of Salsette East Indian Christians after a crud
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Guys check out some of the most amzing photographs I have even seen on Mumbai. Hope this inpires some wannabe's photographers in Mumbai to click some snaps of our beautiful city.
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