Harry Potter and the Indian Connection

Like many i was also Harryed. It is a great book especially for kids and those enjoy magic. I feel there is lot of Indian Connection-few.. The Deathky Hallows(The three Brothers-questioned by Death) - In Mahabharath Pandavas were questioned by Yama(The Hindu God of Death). The Silver Doe- Reminds me of Maricha(In Ramayana) though in Ramayana the deeer form-Maricha tricks the Heros. And Nagini(Ofcourse we all know about Nagas ,in many of the Indian Stories). Least of all - people can remember Sridevi's Nagina.

Die Hard - Federer vs Nadal

"You don hv any idea what i am capable off" - this is the dialogue by the Villain in Die hard 4.0. It seems like that was the message Nadal was conveying to Fed. on the Wimbledon finals. Though Nadal is not the villain, his message was very clear- grass is not my favourite but i will make you "Cry".. thats what exactly he did to Fed. made him cry(Huge relief for Fed, the match is over.). Nadal unnerved Fed., the guy who is so cool, at one point was so unnerved he uttered to the Chair Umpire " How in this World this point is in?" (The Challenge point which Nadal got on his favour). Rest apart - what a match... both of them at their best, except for the last game... the match was evenly poised.. at many times it was like Nadal is Winning. There is no meaning of Unforced errors in this match, the % for both players showed 45 , 46... but what is "unforced"..both of them were forcing the other player... though it looked like a open court... unless the ball is dead, no one is sure.you play a drop the other guy comes from the base line and hots a winner...so you are forced to think extreme and play extreme to win a single point. Great rivalry and we are going to see more... if Roger is not so exhausted.. Nadal is ready. Comaring with Die Hard if Fedex almost got hit by MIG.

Great Banyan Tree- Calcutta

Visited the botanical garden on 10th June and saw the great banyan tree.Amazing , there are more than 10,000 branches and each one is like a tree in itself, we will never know which is the mail tree(my relative told me the a main tree has been removed).A must for anyone visiting Calcutta.