The Chappel Effect!

Now, that's what they call the Chappel Effect.

The Ultimate Sex Diet!

Guys, shed off all your extra pounds and save on your gym expenses. Can You believe? But, spouses do not!!! Check it out here. The very fact that they appeared on Oprah show validates the news. Read more and believe.

Sourin, another one for you to add to your Utopian dream :))

Akshardham Temple - Monument To World Peace!

After 5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive and awesome, Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace has been inaugrated. The Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, India, constructed by the BAPS foundation – the builders of the various Swaminaryan Temples across the world, is truely a modern day Wonder of the World.

It is one of the biggest and most intricate religious places of worship everconstructed. Combining several completely different and contrasting architectural styles of Hindu temple architecture of northern India -- Rajasthani, Orrisan, Gujarati, Mughal and Jain -- the Akshardham Monument is entirely constructed of marble and the red-sandstone that Delhi is famous for, and that so many of her monuments are constructed of. It was completed in only 5 years a world record of sorts.
The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is entirely composed of sandstone and marble. It consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 ornate domes, 20 quadrangled shikhars, spectacular Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants) and 20,000 murtis and statues of India's great sadhus, devotees, acharyas and divine personalities. The monument is a fusion of several architectural styles of pink stone and \r\n pure white marble. Pink stone symbolizes bhakti (devotion) in eternal bloom and white marble of absolute purity and eternal peace. The monument was built after over 300 million man hours of services rendered by 11,000 volunteers, sadhus and artisans.


It is the one of the wonders of the modern world and the wonders of modern India.

Oh, GM!!!

I'm starting to feel sorry for General Motors (NYSE: GM). Unlike competitors such as Honda (NYSE: HMC) and Toyota (NYSE: TM), it can't seem to interest buyers in its cars without major price breaks. So after retiring the summer's incentive programs, and then suffering a disastrous few weeks of slumping sales, GM -- like its rival Ford (NYSE: F) -- has come up with an exciting new way to woo consumers back.

Markdowns.

No wait, hear GM out. Instead of the gimmicky "employee pricing," which helped the company get some revenues, if not profits, earlier this year, GM is now announcing a "Red Tag" sale. Here's the premise, straight from the GM website: "The price on our tag is the price you pay. Not a penny more.*

That little asterisk sends you to a disclaimer that should be read by one of those fast-talking radio small-print guys: "Tax, title, license, dealer fees, and [other] optional equipment extra.

Overheads @ General Motors (or should we call it as 'Generous Motors'), issues of retirement liabilities, revenue slump and finally the quality of the cars is leading them towards the bankruptcy route. To add to GM's trauma, SEC is also looking into the accounting practices within the organization. Read here.

With all these constants and variables, GM's probability of filing for Chapter 11 has increased in recent past.

Now, the question is...Will GM come out of this rut? Will GM come out of this rut soon enough? Will GM come out of this rut soon enough to re-gain the market share and there credibility. Points to ponder and act accordingly!

Toons...In The News!

The Rise Of "Chinindia"

At an elite Tech school near Calcutta, someone is trying to invent the next Blackberry, but one that will sell at a fraction of the U.S. price. Outside Mumbai, they're putting the finishing touches on a $2,200 people's car. In a world-class Shanghai lab, a Chinese team is mapping breakthrough cancer-research.

Now go to the infamous Dharavi slum in Mumbai, and see the teachers combating a staggering national illetracy rate of 37%. At a workers' right center in Guangzhou, hear the strident voices of an embryonic movement that alarms Beijing's authoritarian leaders.

The next superpowers? Societies on the brink of chaos? The countries that will take all other countries jobs? Since India and China have 1/3rd of the world's people, almost anything you say about them will be partly right. China nd India will be both allies and counterweights to America - at the expense of Japan and Europe.

China's competitive edge is shifting from low-cost workers to state-of-the-art manufacturing. India is creating world-class hubs, and it's companies are far better performers than China.

And a market-driven "Chinindia" is fast emerging.