Hi tech आषाढी एकादशी..

#include <stdio.h>

void main(void)
{
for (;;)
{
printf (“विठ्ठल विठ्ठल जय हरी विठ्ठल..!\n”);
}
exit(0);
}

 

gcc -Wall -lm vitthal.c -o vitthal; ./vitthal

स्थळ कोणत्यातरी खेडेगावाहून निघणारी एस टी पात्र शेवंताबाई…

स्थळ -कोणत्यातरी खेडेगावाहून निघणारी  एस टी
पात्र – शेवंताबाई, गुलाबराव, इशल्या उर्फ विशाल आणि शकी उर्फ शकुंतला..
४ शहरात (पुण्याला) येत आहेत..

शकी (चिरक्या आवाजात) – “कुत्र्या, काळ्या, टिनपाट…!”
इशल्या – “ए डुकरे..मर  जाऊन  तिकडे..!”
शेवंताबाई – “आर्र्रा…बंद करा कालवा…आपन श्हारात येतुया..जरा शहरी रीतीभाती नि बोलाव की..!”

(थोड्या वेळानी)
शकी (चिरक्या आवाजात) – “son of a bitch, you n***a, crap..!”
इशल्या – “you bloody swine..piss off!”

शेवंताबाई (धन्य होऊन ) – “अहो ऐकला का? आपली पोर बी शरात ल्या पोरांच्या तोंडात मारतील…”
गुलाबराव (तोंड पान आणि गुटख्यानी भरल्यामुळे) – “ह्म्म्म…”(प्चाआक..)  “व्हाय…बराबर हाय..”

Unwritten letters (my love story, my beliefs, my space, etc)

Some freak economics a milkman taught me

Economics is a very facinating mix of theorotical science and practical art of managing money. Apart from spelling the word economics right, theres very little contribution to world economics from my side..

until now..

Few days ago, one interesting bill was attached to our common notepad – It was the milkman bill..Out of utter curiosity, I looked at it and was staggered..!! It read that I had to pay almost 1000/- to the milk man, and the service charges were extra. Service charges in this case was the salary given to the milk delivering boy and some supply chain management costs..

I just calculated – The milkman gets approx 1000 rupees from my house. He delivers milk to adjoining 50 homes. On an average, a family needs 1 litre of milk everyday, and in Pune, the well known brand costs around 32 rupees a litre. So, in all, it works about 30×32 = Rs 960/- per home. Multiply it with 50 families, and the monthly income of the milkman is – 960×50 = 48000..!! The milkman automatically gets a decent discount from the milk supplier since he purchases them in bulk. The other cost is that of the milkboy who delivers those bags early in the morning..I am not sure how much salary he will fetch, lets assume he gets 2500/- pm. Most of the time that boy needs to invest 2 hours per morning and then continue study or any other activity. That leaves Mr Milkman the amount of almost  47000/- pm. Add to it there is no known and official service tax on doing this.Wow..aint that awesome? Add to it that our milkman does work in a bank apart from delivering milk, so this salary is extra to him…

Incredible.!!

I read in papers that many freshers in engineering arent getting jobs and even if they land on one, they have to work as a trainee for well over 1.5 years till they start getting the standard salary. Add to it the cutting edge training costs these engineers invest in.

From the facts based above, I can safely say that I want to be a Milkman…instead of slogging in front of the computer writing cryptic and buggy software, its better I start something like this..!! Till few years ago, milk delivery man was just another poor mans job..today its turned to be a number one earning service with comparative less stress etc. Of course, even this field might have its own unknown risks, losses, and all that stuff, but did anyone ever look at the strange economy behind the scene??

I dont know..

PS  – All figures are indicative, your milage may vary. I am an ignorant and untrained economist, so please forgive me if I make mistakes..

Independence Day

Yesterday, our forfathers fought against the evil british empire..

Today..we have to fight against the evil corrupted system that they have left behind..

The battle isent over…

Happy Independence Day, India..

Swine flue in Pune, India, some reasons and questions

Everything is justified.

However, India is more prone to any kind of epidemics because of the inherent unclean habits the common people have.

Add to it the careless attitude of people who actually are supposed to work on complex issues. The recent epidemic wouldent have had been so grave if the airport authorities would have done a more strict check of the people coming from abroad..what did they do? Just filled up a form saying that we are safe..some infected blokes slipped in the city, mixed with people and today, after 10 lives gone, we are wondering from where did it all start..!!

Nuts..isent it??

And one more thing..

This swine flue isent a joke anymore we sit and analyse it esp the punekar way..

Some families have lost their children, working men. This loss cant be justified. At this point of time, we all should support them. We need to realize the gravity of this issue.

Lets not take it like ‘just-another-thing’

Ignorance is a deadly sin, and we are paying for it.

Some things that came in this light

1. Where is Sharad Pawar, the head of National Disaster Management Committee which was set in Mumbai 2005 floods? I think the old guy needs to divert his attention from ICC to India. People are dying, food is becoming expensive and this guy..what is he doing??

2. Where is Suresh Kalmadi? This man is invisible since the Deepak Mankar incident, and even during the swine flu epidemic, he hasent come across to punekars? Is this what we have elected him for?

3. Is this a plot of a foreign power to disrupt the Indian software industry??

4. The CM of MH is a MBA, he is supposed to have knowledge of how to manage things..but he missed it completely. Confused, Ignorant and Pathetic.. Asshok Chavan should sit in his house …

5. Dont get out of home for at least 4 days.

A sneek peek

Thats the first preview of India Force Linux Desktop. Stay Tuned…

Here it comes..

India Force Linux

6 years ago, I had my first ever tryst with Linux. One step towards the goal. Coming here was a task I dont want to remember. Still, I will reach to the top.

Here comes Agneya. The first release from India Force Linux.

1 year

It began last year..

13 June 2008.

1 year exactly…So many things there I dont want to remember.

It ended..it had to..either this way or that..I am relieved it did..not the way I wanted, but still….Its over…forever..

The end brings a new beginning

The end was actually hiding a new beginning in its sphere;

darkness became the light,

the wind turned into the smell of fear…

2008 will end soon. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I had promised, even if this blog might stop for a while, the journey still continues…Some of you mailed me, some of you called me, I thank you. I wont pretend, but your words helped me a lot..

I cannot make you wait for too long..

You can now find me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/sevenlives

This is a new venture by me into realms of unknown. I have tried to be honest while writing the Haiku, an art that is obscure, difficult to master, yet at the same time offers simple advice to the reader, the Zen way. At the same time, you can find humour, sarcasism, philosophy, rhythm a blend of everything…As a kid, I read a lot of Aesops Fables, Panchatantra, Indian legends, so expect to find the wise sages, the lonely Hermits, the houseless woods, speaking tigers, poisonous snakes, dangerous scorpions, smiling babies, everything that we encounter in our dreams and real life .Sometimes you might not actually feel like reading a stereotype Haiku, but i have tried to preserve the ’3 line rule’ , short is sweet..It offers me several advantages -

1. It requires less time to write

2. It helps to deliver the right message in right time

3. Offers you lot of flexibility in reading, you dont need to be holed up forever in front of pc all the time..

What more I can say now? Its time you can go and read it. Mind you, its Twitter, microblogging has got some limitations, the Haikus I wrote still maintain a rough edge, but I havent tried to hide the naiveness, maybe it will help to end the learning phase a little more fast..Twitter cannot substitute WordPress, but for the timebeing, it serves well..

This is the sample of what you can expect

People understand Tao

People understand Zen

Lying is a bad habit..

This Haiku is obviously meant to target all marketting mongers. They are all of the same catagory, they try to sell you anything making it appear useful, however you bring it, you realize, its a waste of resources. We all need to be careful. Dont invest into something that appears glamorous, glosy. Too much of shine can be harmful. Your money/time/resources are precious, use them wisely and dont succumb to any pressure. In todays age, where recession looms ahead, job cuts are round the corner, we need to make sure we act wisely.

Or

Peace and goodwill

they are everlasting desires

Weak people have got no options…

Todays tough age demands more out of us. No one can afford to be weak and request help all the time. Its apparant that a weakling is a burdan in any society. Unless you are strong, you are firm, you will always stay at the mercy of others, thus making your life miserable and weak. A weak person always desires peaec, but he is unable to fight for it, thus living forever in grief..A lesson we learn from Indias IT sectors debacle – Depend on US for yor jobs, you will always be at the perils of anti outsourcing voices. Obama isent a good man who will work in your favour, making life easy for you. The time isent the same now. Its time to get tough and act accordingly..Develop your own technology and then sell it. Sooner or later the world will be at your feet.

Ok, thats enough for now.

With all your blessings and compliments,

I will be there again…

See you on Twitter.

Harshad Joshi.

आता आठवताहेत..

आता अनोळखी होऊन गेलो आहोत आपण…. आता आहेत त्या फक्त आठवणी..

आधी.. सकाळी उठल्यावर पहिला फोन तुला.. जेवायच्या वेळेस फोन.. सन्ध्याकाळी फोन.. झोपण्यआधी फोन..
आता.. तुझ्याशी फोन वर बोलुन ८ महिने झाले.. ते हि बळजबरीचे बोलण..

तेव्हा.. रोज chatting.. खूप busy असलेल्या दिवशी सुद्धा missed call देवून.. वेळ ठरवून chatting..
आता.. शेवटचा mail कधी आला तुझा ते सुद्धा आठवत नाहिए..
आणि chatting?? बोलणच खुण्टलय तर कसल chatting??!!??

काय म्हणायच त्याला? जे पुर्वी होत? प्रेम? नाहिच.. अस विसरत का कोणी प्रेम? ती होती एक चूक.. तू केलेली, आणि तुझ्या प्रेमाखातर मी ही केलेली..

“मी तुझ्याशी बोलल्याशिवाय नाही राहू शकत ग.. “
“तुझा mail आला ना कि एकदम माझे डोले लकाकतात.. i feel much better..i donno why पण एकदम relaxed वाटत.. कितीही रुसलीस ना तरी mail करत जा.. “
“plz चिडू नकोस ग.. बोल ना ग plzzz..”

गेल ते सगळ..
आता उरल्या त्या सगळ्याच्या आठवणी आणि.. आणि हे..

“i just dont love u.. that was my mistake.. now will u plz stop ths and live ur life n let me live mine..”

Life is like that, and no matter how brave I pretend to be sometimes, some things really left an indelible mark on me, although it was nothing earth breaking or nerve shatttering thing, maybe I was a bit changed.

Tip – I want to know who reads this post and finds it relevant.

Moral of the story – This post is dedicated to a wide spread misuse of chatting and instant messaging. I wish I post the real dialog I had, but today, I do not have any kind of feelings left with me, Life has taken a new turn and all the old griefs are dead… For some strange reasons unknown to me, I have seen people behave like fools and they reason it for love, baah..There are very important things in life, and I do not think that a so called love is one of them..

I think this is the last post having a tag ‘Love’ on this little blog.

Happy Vijayadashami

विजयादशमीच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा..!!

Happy Vijayadashami to everyone. This is the day when Good conquered Evil. Lets win over our fears, ourshortcomings, and march ahead with faith, confidence and courage..

JaY Shree Ram

8 terrorists arrested in Pune

8 dangerous terrorists of Indian Mujahiddin are arrested from Pune today. They used to  hack Wifi connections and use the connection to send threatening emails to Police and government. Its notable that each of them were well educated, the head honcho Mohmmad Mansur Asgar Pirbhai,aged 31 used to work @ Yahoo! one of the most prestigious companies of India on a salary of Rs 19 lakh . Shame on Yahoo! for employing such a terrorist. (Yahoo! India has agreed to share Pirbhoys information to police, still is this the HR policy of Yahoo, shit….)

First, the Samajwadi Party, Congress and that old man Javed Akhtar  wailed in favour of Azamgarh based terrorists claiming that they indulged into terrorist activities becasue they didnt had education, jobs etc. Now look at this Mansur Pirbhoy. Educated, having a well secure job and future, still he manages to do terrorist acts, plant bombs, send hate mails, and what else..I was startled to read that this son of a swine Pirbhoy didnt had a hint of remorse for what he did, or what he wanted to do.  He was stone cold during interrogations. Should we riddle their bodies with metal in public, just to show what is the fate of being a terrorist?? Meanwhile, Maya Sharma, the widow of Delhi Police martyr, Mohan Chand Sharma has come back strongly at the son of a bitch Amar Singh when he made derrogatory comments againsts the Late Sharma. WTH is Amar Singh?? Why dosent someone rip off his bulging eyes?? Except for Amitabh Bacchan, I think no one would like Amar Singh.. 

Meanwhile here are few tips

1. If any muslim coms to stay in your building, area, inform the police.

2. If your company has employeed muslim people, check their activities, their mails, their surfing habbits etc.

3. Dont trust what the muslim religious authorities say, muslims *are* terrorists. The Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi is the biggest terrorist..dont trust the terrorists..

Navratri begins from today..Wishing everyone a happy and safe Navratri..

Navratri stands for ‘Nine nights’ where people worship Goddess Adi Maya for nine days..

Unexpected problems??

The best way to avoid problems, is to avoid them.

Look around, you will get to see people who are perfect, they just dont seem to have any kind of conflicts, or any issues, they get well with any situation, any kind of people, they appear so natural, so flawles, sometimes we call them as happy go lucky, but sadely,the moment we try to act like them, we are in deep deep trouble..Heaven sake dont try to copy someone because it appears attractive or seems so perfect and so right for them. Once you are in a problem, dont crib over you getting caught in there when someone else was deserving it, just accept the fact that you werent smart enough to get out of it.

Last week, an errant rave party convict started screaming at me explaining that the rave party was good, he was innocent, and things like that..Actually, I didnt bother anything, but I realized, that he, along with his physiotherapist sister were facing problems, just like I described above. For them, rave party wasent the problem. The problem was, they found their names in the list of convicted people I had put up almost year ago..I imply said- If all that you are fgetting problamatic over seeing your name, the best solution was not to attend the party where you knew drugs were distributed freely…Maybe thats was their fasination, who cares?? That called me a moral brigadeer, a moral police(Hey, what does it mean?), he also called me a Talibani (rofl)..

Anyway, all I can say is – ‘Dont ever get into trouble, and if at all you do, just accept it as fate.’

तू आकाश दिलेस मला
मनमुक्त उडण्यासाठी
आणिक एक घर दिलेस
थकून कुशीत शिरण्यासाठी

आता थोडे थोडे सगळ्यांना
आकाश वाटत फिरतोय
ज्यांना घर नाही त्यांना
घर देण्याचे स्वप्न बघतोय

घरी वाट पाहतय कोणी
तू असा दिला विश्वास
मी फिरतोय खिन्न दिव्यात
भरत अता ज्योतींचे श्वास

You were the one I was dreaming all my life..You were my rain, you were the Sun, I needed both, because I needed you..Words are poor substitutes for feelings, specifically those feelings which are intense, at the same time too complex…But now what remains is the Ashes…The Ashes of Desires…The word cruel is too overused, how can people be so cruel? Why? What makes them behave so brutally? Am I always wrong in learning people? How can it be? She was so beautiful…I remember..it was cold November..leaves were falling..life was a dream…Today my dreams are lost, but I thank God for the little chance he gave me to have those wonderful experiences. Thank You God, I used to see you through her. Bless her.

Poem is stolen from here.

Dedicated to my lost love – Honey, I loved you immensely

Every time u call i freeze
When your close to me i feel a chilly breeze
I know something is not right
Could u b the one making me feel so tight

I didn’t use to like u
But now could it b true..
Am i falling in love with u?

So innocent, so sweet and surreal
Casting a swirling aura around us
Turquoise eyes drowning and drenched
Within the angelic love song

The hearts had met to one mystic soul
Wanted to feel this forever and ever
Never to cease and fade, never to wane
My love I always felt , would always
Last till the end of the time.

I agree that this short peom isent mine, I take no credits for it. I dont know who’s written it, but what matters is that its an apt example of whats going through my mind..Normally I dont speak mushy, but now I am letting it out in public.

Honey, listen to me, you may never know or understand  it, but if you  read this, I confess that I loved you more then anything else. True we may never meet, but if I could show you what true love was, then its this….My words are turning empty, but the feelings arent…Dear God, if you get time from you daily chores, can you please listen up a prayer I sent for her? Keep her happy. Just keep her happy, I know what pain is like, but I wish she remains happy. She retaught me the purpose of life.Those beautiful moments she passed with me make me feel heaven. I have no complaints with what happened, nor I care a damn about whats gonna take place, but the fact is, I am in deep love, I am rediscovering myself in a form previously unknown to me..

Gosh, these feelings….let the rain come down and wash away my tears, let it shatter the walls and drown my fears..I feel as if I had been kissed by an angel of Love..A new day …has come…..

To all those boozing hounds and enemies of Love and haters of God, non believers in Love – This post is not meant for you. Not at all for you. If you are the pathetic and immature souls whose concepts are fake as that of Maya, get a life..shoo away, you get it, just fly away..hide yourself into deepest dark oceans or infinite space..Go….!!!!

Disclaimer While the people I write about are real, the experiences I post here may or may not be real and related to people I know. Its just my thoughts I have spoken to myself. If anyone of you finds a co-incidence, then rejoice…maybe I have taken some inspiration from you..And honestly, I do not hate anyone in life, even if you have managed to break my heart, you know that I am a brave soul Maybe 10 years from now I look back and say – O boy, I was so mad, crazy at times, I dont know. We are all strong and weak at times. So dont mind anything, just read, enjoy and move on with life

The 100th post

I am in love, inspite of the fact that I am not going to reach anywhere closer. Strange word this Love, one of the most primitive feelings yet the strongest one with no parallel. I know its crazy to fall in love with someone you have never seen, just occasionally heard and met only through Instant Messaging. Is this relation called cyber love? Whatever…

Even if its a cyber or virtual love, I wont deny, my feelings are as strong as ever…Love hurts, when the girl you are after seeks someone else, Love definately hurts…but falling for her is a crazy concept in all aspects, God knows why I have affinity to fall for someone elses girl….3 times it has happened. 1st time – I didnt had courage to speak up, the 2nd instance – she was married (she was my teacher..!!) and now, this 3rd time – Shes committed already, and poor me, is bruised yet again for absolutely no reasons..once again I experience the sadeness…

The only memories for a jilted cyber romancer like me is to occasionally go through the IM chat history desperately trying to capture those wonderful moments or to go through the sms she sent me…Boy, I have gone crazy, crazy as ever….

Monday, 16 Jun 08

Actually I am feeling much better now. I think a blog post helped me more then half a dozen anti depressant pills and couple of beers. So, moral of the story - The Zen Hindu Brahminism advices to write a blog each time you succeed, each time you fail, each time you are happy, each time you are sade. Posting or writting helps to unpersonify dukkha..

The heat is on…

Its 41 degrees celsius here @ Pune and its a difficult scenario at work places esp in this hot weather when the heat is taking its toll….Its hard to imagine that Pune, once known for its mild weather is boiling at high temperatures…!

Global warming, what else…???

Shri Ganesh

Unwiring Pune – Indias first Wi-Max enabled city

Finally its there. The ‘Unwiring Pune’ project has kicked off.. This new wirefree access utilizes WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) technologies to equip Pune with high-speed wireless internet. Wireless connectivity will allow people to access the Internet through a laptop or personal digital assistant (PDA), sans the need for cables. WiMAX is claimed to be the most cost-efficient way of building wireless data networks and a means to link people over large distances for “last mile” connectivity and bridging the digital divide. Taking a leap over Bangalore and Hyderabad, Pune will become the first Indian city to have a high-speed wireless Internet network even before the Centre’s much-awaited spectrum policy is announced. Initially Pune did had a demo of wireless internet access on Walking Plaza, but today, this project has finally taken off in grand style. Streaming, broadband access and that too with ease and convinience is sure to rock Pune. Imagine the power of Broadband without the hassles of wires..

What more can I say? Its true that Pune was coming in news for all the wrong reasons(rave parties, orkut misuse etc), but now I think that this news makes one feel good….Similar kind of service is provided by the search engine giant Google in San Francisco. Now we are at par with the developed regions in some departments, if not all, but that shouldent stop us from being happy..

Q. What is WiMAX?

A. WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, is expected to enable true broadband speeds over wireless networks at a cost point to enable mass market adoption. WiMAX is the only wireless standard today that has the ability to deliver true broadband speeds and help make the vision of pervasive connectivity a reality.

There are two main applications of WiMAX today: fixed WiMAX applications are point-to-multipoint enabling broadband access to homes and businesses, whereas mobile WiMAX offers the full mobility of cellular networks at true broadband speeds. Both fixed and mobile applications of WiMAX are engineered to help deliver ubiquitous, high-throughput broadband wireless services at a low cost.

Intel currently plans to integrate WiMAX and WiFi into its notebook platforms based on Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technologies. Pairing the two will help bring users the ultimate in high-speed mobile broadband. Intel believes that WiMAX, with its technical and economic advantages, should help enable mainstream adoption of personal broadband.

Moral of the story – Get a laptop having Intel Centrino Mobile Technology..

Update : 23 April 2008 – No further development and this project seems to have lost momentum

Pune rural police crack a rave party

Update on 6 Oct 2008

Vishwas Nangre Patil  on early Monday raided a rave party at a pub in Juhu area and detained 240 young men and women after seizing a large quantity of drugs.

According to a police official, the raid at Mumbai 72 Degree East, yielded over 100 tablets of ecstasy drugs and other narcotics like heroine, LSD and cocaine.

The official said that a filmmaker is one of the co-owners of the pub. That film maker is Mr Shakti Kapoor.

Among the detained include son of a Bollywood actor, 40 young women and a couple of foreign nationals.

Eight drug dealers who were present on the premises have been arrested.

अमली पदार्थांच्या नशेत व मद्याच्या धुंदीत “रेव्ह पार्टी’मध्ये झिंगलेल्या सुमारे २८९ जणांना जिल्हा पोलिसांनी आज पहाटे सिंहगड पायथ्याजवळ छापा घालून पकडले. त्यात प्रामुख्याने तरुण-तरुणींसह उच्चभ्रूंचा समावेश असून, तीन परदेशी “डीजे’ व पाच परदेशी नागरिकांचाही या कारवाईत समावेश आहे. …..
खास धूळवडीनिमित्त आयोजित करण्यात आलेल्या या “पार्टी’ची निमंत्रणे एका संकेतस्थळाद्वारे; तसेच “ऑर्कुट’ व “एसएमएस’द्वारे पोचविण्यात आली होती.

दिल्ली, मुंबई, अहमदाबाद, बंगळूर, चेन्नई, चंडीगड, ठाण्यासह पुण्यातील विद्यार्थी, “आयटी’ व्यावसायिक, बीपीओ व कॉल सेंटरचे कर्मचारी, दोन हवाई सुंदरी, धनाढ्य व्यावसायिक, खासगी कंपन्यांतील बड्या अधिकाऱ्यांची मुले आदी पार्टीत सहभागी झाली होती. अनेक जण या पार्टीसाठी विमानाने आल्याचे त्यांच्याकडे सापडलेल्या तिकिटांवरून आढळले. पोलिसांनी ताब्यात घेतलेल्यांमध्ये प्रामुख्याने युवकांचा भरणा आहे. त्याशिवाय पुणे, पिंपरी-चिंचवड परिसर व ठाणे परिसरातील परप्रांतीय विद्यार्थीही मोठ्या संख्येने आले होते. पोलिसांनी पहाटे ताब्यात घेतल्यावर सकाळी दहानंतर त्यांची नशा उतरली व नंतरच त्यांची नावे समजू शकली. पोलिसांनी एकूण २५१ तरुण व २९ तरुणींना ताब्यात घेतले आहे.

ही पार्टी आयोजित केल्याच्या आरोपावरून एकूण नऊ जणांना अटक करण्यात आली आहे. सूत्रधार ध्रुव पवन कौशल (वय २२, रा. निवेदिता टेरेस, वानवडी) व परमजितसिंग हरचरणसिंग ब्रार (वय २७, रा. नॅन्सी गार्डन, वानवडी) यांना अटक झाली आहे. जागामालक रामदास चंद्रकांत हगवणे (रा. डोणजे), शरद मुलोत शंकर (रा. अंधेरी, मुंबई), शिवेंद्रू प्रभातकुमार गुप्ता, स्टीफन एर्विन मुल्लर, ख्रिस्तोफर (दोघे रा. जर्मनी), शिलार्ण अच्युत वझे (वय २४, रा. जुहू), सिमृत हरीश सिल्मली (वय २४, रा. वरळी, मुंबई) यांना अमली पदार्थांच्या विक्री व त्यासाठी मदत केल्याच्या आरोपावरून अटक झाली आहे. या “पार्टी’मागे संघटित टोळी कार्यान्वित आहे का, याचाही पोलिस तपास करीत आहेत. पॅलेस्टाईनचे तीन, जर्मनीचे दोन व इराणचे तीन नागरिक या पार्टीत सापडले.

घटनास्थळावरून पोलिसांनी १७ चिलीम, १०० ग्रॅम चरस, अमली पदार्थांच्या “कॅप्सूल’ व पावडर, ३०० टीन बिअर, म्युझिक सिस्टीम व मोठ्या प्रमाणात अमली पदार्थांचा साठा जप्त केला आहे. काही अमली पदार्थांची रासायनिक प्रयोगशाळेतून खात्री झाल्यावर ते कोणत्या प्रकारचे आहेत हे निष्पन्न होईल, अशी माहिती जिल्हा अधीक्षक विश्‍वास नांगरे-पाटील व अतिरिक्त अधीक्षक प्रवीण पाटील यांनी दिली. पुणे पोलिसांच्या अमली पदार्थविरोधी पथकाचे प्रमुख निरीक्षक शेषराव सूर्यवंशी यांनी आर्थिक गुन्हे विभागाचे उपायुक्त सुनील फुलारी यांना ही घटना कळविली. श्री. फुलारी यांनी श्री. नांगरे यांच्याशी काल रात्री संपर्क साधला.

श्री. नांगरे, श्री. पाटील यांच्यासह १५ अधिकारी, दहा महिला कर्मचारी व ८० कर्मचाऱ्यांच्या पथकाने साध्या वेशात पहाटे दोन वाजून दहा मिनिटांनी छापा घातला. छापा घालण्यापूर्वी तयारीचा भाग म्हणून पोलिस वेशांतर करून सुमारे अर्धा तास “पार्टी’मध्ये सहभागी झाले. त्यानंतर सर्व पथकांनी एकाच वेळी कारवाई केली. त्या वेळी ४५ मोटारी व २९ दुचाकीही पोलिसांनी ताब्यात घेतल्या.

या पार्टीसाठी प्रवेश शुल्क होते. प्रवेशासाठी “कार्ड’ तयार करण्यात आले होते. एक संकेतस्थळ, ऑर्कुट व “एसएमएस’द्वारे गेल्या आठवड्यापासून संपर्क साधून पार्टीचे आमंत्रण दिले जात होते. ताब्यात घेतलेल्या सर्वांना सात पोलिस वाहनांतून जिल्हा अधीक्षक कार्यालयात आणण्यात आले. छापा घालून पोलिस परतत असताना पहाटेपर्यंत या पार्टीसाठी लोक येत होते; मात्र छाप्याची माहिती कळताच त्यांची वाहने माघारी फिरत होती.

या प्रकरणी हवेली पोलिस ठाण्यात गुन्हा दाखल झाला आहे. ताब्यात घेतलेल्या व्यक्तींवर अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन केल्याच्या आरोपावरून गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात येणार आहे, असे श्री. नांगरे यांनी सांगितले.

“शायनी’ निसटली
या पार्टीमध्ये “शायनी’ नावाची महिला “कॅलिफोर्निया ड्रॉप्स’च्या दीड हजार बाटल्या (आंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजारपेठेतील किंमत तीन कोटी रुपये) घेऊन येणार आहे, असे पोलिसांना समजले होते. त्यासाठी पोलिसांनी सापळा रचला होता; मात्र पोलिसांचा छापा पडल्याचे समजल्यावर ती महिला तिकडे फिरकली नाही. तिच्यावर आयर्लंडमध्ये अमली पदार्थ विक्रीचे तीन गुन्हे आहेत, अशी माहिती समजली असून, त्याबाबत सध्या खातरजमा सुरू असल्याचे पोलिसांनी सांगितले.

“रेव्ह पार्टी’ म्हणजे काय?
एका ठराविक ठिकाणी विशिष्ट दिवशी “पार्टी’ आयोजित केली जाते. शुल्क आकारून फक्त निमंत्रित किंवा काही ठराविक व्यक्तींनाच प्रवेश दिला जातो. त्या ठिकाणी दारू, बिअरची खुलेआम विक्री होते; तसेच अमली पदार्थही विकले जातात. या पार्ट्यांत येणारा वर्ग प्रामुख्याने अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन करण्यासाठी येतो. त्या वेळी “डीजे’च्या मदतीने संगीताची धूम सुरू असते. रात्री अकराला सुरू होणारी पार्टी सकाळी सातपर्यंत चालते. अशा प्रकारच्या पार्ट्या, दिल्ली, मुंबईत नियमितपणे होतात. मुंबईतील “अक्‍सा’ बीच त्यासाठी कुख्यात आहे. पुण्यातही सिंहगड पायथा परिसरात नुकतीच अशी एक पार्टी झाल्याची माहिती पोलिसांना मिळाली आहे.

पुण्याला अमली पदार्थांचा विळखा?

• गेल्या वर्षी ऑगस्टमध्ये ऑस्ट्रेलियाला पाठविण्यासाठीचे दोन कोटींचे चरस पुण्यात जप्त झाले होते.
• जानेवारी २००७ मध्ये टेक्‍सासला पाठविण्यासाठीचे अडीच कोटींचे हेरॉइन पुण्यातून जप्त झाले होते.
• त्याशिवाय पणजीमध्ये नुकतेच पंधरा कोटी रुपयांचे हेरॉइन पकडण्यात आले. ते पुणे- पणजी बसमधून जप्त करण्यात आले होते.
• पुण्यातील काही पब, कोरेगाव पार्क भागातील हॉटेले व उच्चभ्रूंची ऊठबस असलेली हॉटेले, क्‍लबमध्ये अमली पदार्थांच्या खरेदी-विक्रीचे व्यवहार होत असल्याच्या पोलिसांकडे तक्रारी आल्या आहेत.
• केंद्रीय उत्पादनशुल्क विभागाच्या अधिकाऱ्यांच्या मतानुसार, अमली पदार्थांची पुण्यातून मोठ्या प्रमाणात वाहतूक होते. मुंबई, बंगळूर व दिल्लीसाठी येथून “माल’ जातो व “येतो’. त्यासाठी सध्या “कुरिअर’ व्यवसायासह अन्य ठिकाणी अधिकाऱ्यांचे लक्ष. पुणे हे “ट्रान्स्पोर्ट स्टेशन’.

पुण्याचे बदलते स्वरूप
पुण्याचे स्वरूप बदलत आहे, त्याचे प्रतिबिंब या पार्टीत दिसून आले. शिक्षण, नोकरी, व्यवसाय आदींसाठी परराज्यांतून येथे आलेले विद्यार्थी, युवक बेकायदेशीर कृत्यांत सहभागी होत असल्याचे आढळून येत आहे. माहिती तंत्रज्ञान कंपन्या, कॉल सेंटर, बीपीओ, खासगी कंपन्या येथे काम करणाऱ्या युवकांना मोठ्या प्रमाणात वेतन मिळते. पैसे भरपूर मिळाल्यावर काही जण वाईट सवयींकडे आकृष्ट होतात, असे दिसून येत असल्याचे पुणे पोलिसांच्या आर्थिक गुन्हे विभागाचे उपायुक्त सुनील फुलारी यांनी नमूद केले.

If we observe the list, we will find a number of people well inside their thirties. Fast growing IT and service industry has no doubt increased the income of many, but at the same time, has caused the ‘evil’ elements of quick money to rise..The number of girls caught have raised various social issues that need to be addressed and resolved soon.

Actually, the disturbing fact found in this crackdown was the use of digital social networking tool – Orkut, which was used as a means of communication between peer groups. According to me, now its high time that Google bring an Indianized version of Orkut example – http://www.orkut.co.in which will function mostly for Indian users and will comply by Indian legal codes.

Is the purity of Pune muddled? Who can answer this?

अटक झालेल्या आरोपींची नाव(list of convicted people caught in rave party pune)े -

१) कॉड्रॅन डिसोझा (वय २०), रा. शिवाजी मार्केट, नियामी अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. २०६, कॅम्प.
२) अजय विजय सोनी (वय २१), रा. ११/३, मुळे क्‍लासिक, अशोकनगर, विद्यापीठ रोड.
३) तरुण अजयसिंग सिंग (वय २१), रा. २०२ कानिफनाथ अपार्टमेंट, पौड रोड, कोथरूड.
४) केव्हीन जॉन डिसोझा (वय २०), रा. १० शलाका अपार्टमेंट, डी. पी. रोड, औंध.
५) मनिंदरसिंग जगमोहनसिंग सिंग (वय १९), रा. गोकुळेश अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. ८, डेक्कन जिमखाना.
६) हरजितसिंग करमजितसिंग (वय १८), रा. १२/६ मारी गोल्ड अपार्टमेंट, कल्याणीनगर.
७) महंमद सय्यद अब्दुल सय्यद (वय २२), रा. ९९१ पद्‌मजी पार्क, गुलमोहर अपार्टमेंट, दुसरा मजला, कॅम्प.
८) कुणाल रमेश प्रसन्न (वय २२), रा. ६ गुलिस्तान अपार्टमेंट, एस. व्ही. रोड, अंधेरी, मुंबई.
९) दिगंत नरेश सोनी (वय २१), रा. डी २/७०४ गंगा ऑर्केड, मुंढवा, मूळगाव फ्लॅट नं, २१८, बेहरामजी टाऊनसमोर, पूनम चेंबर, नागपूर.
१०) अनीस राजेंदर बन्सल (वय २७), रा. कल्याणीनगर,ज नीलांजली सोसायटी, मधुराज बिल्डिंग, फ्लॅट नं. ४.
११) मोहम्मद अली खालीद (वय २०), रा. सी ३०१, कोनार्कपुरम बिल्डिंग, कोंढवा, पुणे, मूळ रा. मदान पार्क, दौरखातम सोसा., बी. ए. – ३, ५०२ सौदी अरेबिया.
१२) युसफ फतेह मोहमद (वय २३), रा. सी-३०१, कोनार्कपुरम बिल्डिंग, कोंढवा, मूळ रा. मदान पार्क, दौरखातम सोसा. बी. ए-३, ५०२ सौदी अरेबिया.
१३) सौरभ प्रवीणकुमार गुप्ता (वय २३), रा. १४ स्वप्नशिल्प अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. ४ ए विंग, पौड रोड, रामबाग कॉलनी, कोथरूड.
१४) अजिंक्‍य दिलीप गायकवाड (वय २०), रा. बी-३९, चंद्राई सहकारनगर नं.२, तुळशीबागवाले कॉलनी, पर्वती.
१५) गुरुतेजश्‍वरसिंग सुतनामसिंग (वय २३), रा. एस-९ संकुल, एरंडवणा.
१६) अनुमोल सुरिंदरकुमार मेहता (वय २४), रा. मॉडेल कॉलनी फ्लॅट नं.१, रचना ग्लोरी सोसायटी, डीएसके टोयटोसमोर.
१७) कुश सुनील मेहता (वय २३), रा. चंद्रलेखा २०, शिवाजी हौसिंग सोसायटी.
१८) प्रणव चंद्रप्रकाश गुप्त (वय १९), रा. संकुल अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. ९, एरंडवणा.
१९) संदेश प्रकाश डोंगरे (वय २८), रा. प्रेम रेस्टॉरंट कोरेगाव पार्क, मूळ रा. सुरेंद्र गड गेट्टी, खदान काटोळ रोड, नागपूर.
२०) कौशल प्रकाश सॅम्युअल (वय २०), रा. बी-५०१ भारतीविहार इमारत, कात्रज.
२१) आदित्य अरविंद आरोरा (वय २३), रा. २-बी/३३३ विजय विशाल कॉम्प्लेक्‍स, जोगेश्‍वरी वेस्ट, जोगेश्‍वरी मेन रोड.
२२) विनीतकुमार शिकलदेव प्रसाद पद्‌माकर (वय २३), रा. एल-१० सावंतविहार कात्रज डेअरीजवळ.
२३) अमहद सय्यद तारिक सय्यद (वय २३), रा. ११४० भवानी पेठ, एडीगम चौक.
२४) परवेझ शकील कुरेशी (वय २३), रा. ३११ सोलापूर रोड, कॅम्प, डेक्कन टॉवर बिल्डिंग.
२५) अभिजित गुलाब नानगुडे (वय २३), रा. जंजीर हॉटेल, डोणजे फाटा, ता. हवेली.
२६) कृष्णा सुशीलकुमार मुजुमदार (वय २३). रा. सदर.
२७) नितीन रामगौर (वय २३), रा. बी-४ सुखवानी पार्क, कोरेगाव पार्क.
२८) रितूल मुकेश मजेडिया (वय १९), रा. एन. एस. रोड, पी. एस. बिल्डिंग, मुलुंड, पश्‍चिम मुंबई-१८.
२९) नितीन राम रॉन चंदानी (वय १८), रा. ए-३५ प्लॅझेन्ट ऍव्हेन्यू, विमाननगर.
३०) मोईन अहमद पटेल (वय ३०), रा. ३०१ बी विंग पंचवटी बिल्डिंग, मरोळ, मुंबई.
३१) सिद्धार्थ अलोक शर्मा (वय १९), रा. ७०४ ए एम्प्रेस कोर्ट, सोपानबाग.
३२) रमणजित मनमोहनसिंग (वय २१), रा. रूम नं. २५ खांडाळीशीर, चंडीगड.
३३) पल्लव भूपेन नियोग (वय २४), रा. टिपलिंग दुलीयाजाना, जि. दिब्रुगड, आसाम.
३४) उजेका जोहेर कपाडिया (वय २४), रा. १८ ए, चमानटेस गार्डन, बोटक्‍लब रोड.
३५) अस्मित प्रताप खनुजा (वय २१), रा. ब्रह्मा मॅजेस्टिक, बी-१२, ५०४ एनआयबीएम रोड, कोंढवा.
३६) सोहेल अशिफ शेख (वय १८), रा. यू-६ कोणार्कपूरम, कोंढवा.
३७) करण अरुण कदम (वय १८), रा. साईनिवास बंगला नं. १ उंड्री, ता. हवेली.
३८) जयेश संजीव सिंगल (वय २३), रा. १०१ फ्रेंड्‌स अपार्टमेंट, खंदारी आग्रा, उत्तर प्रदेश.
३९) विक्रम नरेंद्र सरोदे (वय २३), रा. ए-५ कृतिक अपार्टमेंट, डहाणूकर कॉलनी.
४०) गौरव गॅंम कोहली (वय २७), रा. डी-४/१०२ नेहरूनगर, पिंपरी.
४१) राजू हसमुख राठोड (वय २३), रा. सीताकुट्टी जुहू स्कीम, अंधेरी, पश्‍चिम मुंबई.
४२) कृष्णा वेंकटाचल प्रसाद (वय ३१), रा. अमेय बिल्डिंग, डी. एन. नगर अंधेरी, पश्‍चिम मुंबई.
४३) विनय बलवंतसिंग (वय २६), रा. ऍपिट कॉलनी, सहार रोड, अंधेरी, पश्‍चिम मुंबई.
४४) मौसम फुकन (वय २६), रा. सेक्‍टर नं. ५, कोरेगाव पार्क.
४५) त्रिदीप भीमेश्‍वर धावरे, (वय २६), रा. लुल्लानगर, ए बिल्डिंग, २०१.
४६) गौतम जगदीश राजपूत (वय २७), रा. ए-१ रूम नं. ४, कोणार्क प्लेंडर.
४७) अभिषेक श्‍यामल मुखर्जी (वय २७), रा. गेरा फॉलीज, विमाननगर, फ्लॅट नं. ए/ ६०८.
४८) अजय अभिषेक रावत (वय २०), रा. बी-१, १९ गोयल गंगा, मुंढवा रोड, मूळ रा. जालंधर, मॉडेल टाऊन, पंजाब.
४९) केशव राजीव गर्क (वय २१), रा. ए-२५ प्लेझंट ऍव्हेन्यू आयएसबीएम कॉलेजपाठीमागे, विमाननगर, मूळ रा. गर्क निवास, लेक ऍव्हेन्यू, काके रोड, धनबाद, झारखंड.
५०) अब्बास फकुद्दीन शेफी (वय २०), रा. वर्षा अपार्टमेंट फ्लॅट नं. ४, दीप बंगला चौक, मॉडेल कॉलनी, शिवाजीनगर.
५१) अहमद पायोजी मुस्तफा (वय २२), रा. फ्लॅट नं. जी-२, ७०४, गंगा आर्केड, मुंढवा, मूळ रा. पी. ए. मानसिल साऊथ ब्रिज, कालेकत, केरळ.
५२) अभिजयसिंग अजयसिंह चव्हाण (वय २४), रा. बी-१३ शेफश्रुती अपार्टमेंट, कात्रज डेअरीजवळ, भारती विद्यापीठ, मूळ रा. २२० सिव्हिल लाइन्स मेन रोड, नरसिंगपूर, मध्य प्रदेश.
५३) नितीन अल्बर्ट वारड (वय २४), रा. बी-२/२५ , डिफेन्स रेसिडेन्सी, प्रतीकनगर, विश्रांतवाडी, मूळ रा. ५२/१२४६ आर्मिक शाही पार्क, अहमदाबाद, गुजरात.
५४) अमनज्योत कन्वरदीश सिंग (वय २३), रा. बी-२/२४, ड्रीम रेसिडेन्सी, प्रतीकनगर, विश्रांतवाडी, मूळ रा. बी-९/३, पार्थ इंद्रप्रस्थ टॉवर, वस्तरापूरजवळ अहमदाबाद.
५५) आदित्य रवींद्रकुमार थापर (वय २०) रा. ७ वैशाली अपार्टमेंट, बावधन.
५६) अभिषेक गोपाल पुरकाअस्ता (वय २४), रा. २९ लडकतवाडी रोड, जहांगीर हॉस्पिटलजवळ, रूम नं. २, मूळ रा. कोलकता, डमडम ६७/१ मौसमी अपार्टमेंट.
५७) दीप श्‍यामशिश गोशाल (वय २३), २९ लडकतवाडी रोड, जहांगीर हॉस्पिटलजवळ, रूम नं. २.
५८) इन्तियाज महंमद सय्यद (वय २१), रा. बी-१०/५, कुबेरा पार्क कोंढवा.
५९) राहुल चंदू प्रेमदानी (वय १९), रा. ८४१- दस्तूर मेहेर रोड, दुसरा मजला, फ्लॅट नं. ९.
६०) इम्रान सय्यद शेख (वय २६), रा. फ्लॅट नं. ८ पोलिस ग्राऊंडमागे, हॉटेल रामसरमध्ये, शिवाजीनगर.
६१) शादाब शहाबुद्दीन हुसेन (वय २५), रा. बी/१६, फ्लॅट नं. १४ मीरानगर गार्डन, वडगाव शेरी.
६२) अभिराम शन्नुगम (वय २०), रा. विमाननगर, मूळ रा. १ अमरज्योती केबिन कॉलनी, ३ स्ट्रीट त्रिपूर, तमिळनाडू.
६३) अनिकेत सुभाष चित्रोडा (वय २१), रा. ए-२५, फातिमानगर, सोपानबाग, मिटकॉन सोसायटी.
६४) सुडिमा राज चौधरी (वय २०), रा. बी-१२, ६६ साळुंके विहार रोड, ब्रह्मअंगण सोसायटी.
६५) अहमद हासीन (वय २०), रा. ए-२, ४०३ फोरअलिजा, कोरेगाव पार्क.
६६) रॉबिन जॉन (वय २१), रा. ई-१९, कुमार पद्मालय, औंध.
६७) अंकित अरुण दुवा (वय २०), रा. ५०२, फ्लोरिना अपार्टमेंट, कर्वे रोड.
६८) विष्णुदत्त शर्मा (वय २४), रा. १७-१८ ऐश्‍वर्या रेसिडेन्सी, अभिनव शाळेमागे, लॉ कॉलेज रोड.
६९) जंजीर अहमद (वय २१), रा. ८, शाहूश्री लेन नं. ७, कोरेगाव पार्क.
७०) हिमांशू सिंग (वय २२), रा. घोरपडी आनंद टॉकीजच्या पाठीमागे, जय रेस्टॉरंटच्या जवळ.
७१) जोहेब आसिफ शेख (वय २३), रा. यू-६, कोणार्क पूरम, कोंढवा खुर्द.
७२)ओम्‌कार संतोष सोनी (वय २३), रा. पीएल-२५२, आरडी-२, सचिन तिडस, सुरत, सध्या रा. हॉटेल राधिका नाना पेठ.
७३) मॅन्युल जे. व्हेलनटाईन (वय २३), रा. ७६७ गुरुवार पेठ.
७४) सौरभ दिलीप परदेशी (वय २६), रा. फ्लॅट नं. ११-१२ शैलेंद्र अपार्टमेंट, सानेगुरुजी हौसिंग सोसायटी, वडगाव शेरी.
७५) करणवीर सोहनवीर सिंग (वय २०), रा. ५/८ ईश्‍वर शरण अपार्टमेंट, नॉर्थ मेन रोड, कोरेगाव पार्क.
७६) शिवम राकेशकुमार गर्क (वय २१), रा. एल-१/४०७, हरिगंगा, खडकी.
७७) प्रवीण पशुपती सराफ (वय २४), रा. ८५, शांतिभवन, कलमाडी हाऊसमागे, नळ स्टॉप.
७८) अभय अमूल थोरात (वय २२), रा. फ्लॅट नं. ३२, ओरीयन अपार्टमेंट, मॉडेल कॉलनी.
७९) अनिमेश अरुणबर ठाकूर (वय २२), रा. बी-१६, निलगिरी हाईट्‌स बहीरटवाडी, एस. बी. रोड.
८०) सौरभ रविप्रकाश रस्तोगी (वय २३), रा. ए-२, माणिकमोती फ्लॅट नं. १३, कात्रज.
८१) अन्शल रविप्रकाश रस्तोगी (वय २७), रा. सदर.
८२) शुभ शैलेंद्र चौक्‍शी (वय २६), रा. ५०१ लीली टॉवर, अंबोली, अंधेरी, मुंबई.
८३) गौरभ जगेंद्रपाल भगत (वय २३), रा. रूम नं. ११०, नटराज सोसायटी, फुल्डवर्डजवळ, कर्वेनगर.
८४) सुजित बिडशस परदेशी (वय १८), रा. जंजिरा हॉटेल, खडकवासला, मूळ रा. नादिया, जि. बिथवाडहडी, पश्‍चिम बंगाल, कोलकता.
८५) बहादूर सिराज शेख (वय २०), रा. सदर, ८६) बेबी पुरबा सरकार (वय २०) रा. सदर,
८७) गौरव पार्थसारथी रॉय (वय २०), रा. एल-१ ४०७ हरिगंगा सोसायटी, फुलेनगर, मूळ रा. ७७२, ए ब्लॉक, पी न्यू मलिपूर, कोलकता.
८८) भास्कर टंकाया रेड्डी (वय २९), रा. रक्षकनगर रोड, बी-आर फ्लॅट नं. ३०६ खराडी.
८९) सायरस विल्सन ख्रिश्‍चन (वय २४), ६०१ साचापीर स्ट्रीट, कॅम्प.
९०) शाकीर साबीर शेख (वय २०), रा. अलामीन सोसायटी फ्लॅट नं. २५, सॅलिसबरी पार्क.
९१) शेख अनीस बाबू (वय २१), रा. २०४ गंज पेठ.
९२) प्रियेश मुकेश गणत्रा (वय २१), रा. ८०१, महावीर टॉवर, एलबीएस मार्ग, मुलुंड, वेस्ट मुंबई.
९३) मेहुल ललित ठक्कर (वय २१), रा. बी-२८, श्रीराम अपार्टमेंट, गार्डन हॉटेल, श्रीनगर, मुंबई.
९४) अंकित दिलीप जैन (वय २०) रा. बी-१८, सुखवानी पार्क, कोरेगाव पार्क.
९५) सिद्धार्थ संवारिया अगरवाल (वय २२), रा. माणिकचंद, मलाबार, ए-१/२, लुल्लानगर, मूळ रा. पो. बिल्हा, जि. बिलासपूर, छत्तीसगड,
९६) फत्तेसिंग जगरूपसिंग खारा (वय २०), रा. डी/२, गंगा आर्केड, मुंढवा रोड, कोरेगाव पार्क, मूळ रा. निलगिरी स्टड फार्म, होहानी, जि. फल्या?ाद, हरियाना.
९७) मजिद अरिफ खान (वय २०), रा. ३, गुलमोहर सोसायटी, साळुंखे विहार.
९८) फय्याज सरफराज शेख (वय २१), रा. श्रीयोग अपार्टमेंट, ३/२७, लुल्लानगर.
९९) राहुल चंद्रकांत ठाकूर, (वय २१), रा. ११/२२ आनंद सोसायटी, शंकरशेठ रोड.
१००) जुबेर बशीर अहमद बेग (वय २३), रा. डी/३, हरर्मेस क्‍लासिक, कोरेगाव पार्क.
१०१) अकीब मुश्‍ताक (वय २२), रा. ४३, उदय पार्क, तळमजला, कोरेगाव पार्क.
१०२) फईम बशीर शहा (वय २३), रा. ए/२, अवधूत विहार, भारती विद्यापीठ, कात्रज.
१०३) शोएब अहमद खानयादी, (वय २३), रा. ई/७, सीताडेल अपार्टमेंट, बी. टी. कवडे रोड, घोरपडी.
१०४) अंकती सतीश कुमार सिंग (वय २०), रा. डायमंड आवा बॉईज होस्टेल, कालिना, मुंबई, सध्या रा. १४१ डिफेन्स एन्क्‍लेव्ह सदर नागपूर.
१०५) रुमी कुमार भीम रावल (वय २३), रा. १८/ए क्‍लॅमेटीस गार्डन, हौसिंग सोसायटी, बोटक्‍लब रोड, मूळ रा. घर नं.१, वॉर्ड नं.९, टिकापूर कैलाली, नेपाळ.
१०६) दिनेशकुमार भीम रावल (वय २१), रा. सदर.
१०७) समीर अहमद डार (वय २३), रा. नीलांजली सोसायटी, फ्लॅट नं.४, कल्याणीनगर, मूळ रा. एफ १६, रामालोन तलाब तेब्बो, जम्मू-काश्‍मीर.
१०८) दिलप्रतिसिंग सुखजितसिंग (वय २४), रा. २०७/१, परमार कॉम्प्लेक्‍स, एस. पी. मॅनेजमेंटजवळ, निगडी नाका.
१०९) देवांग हरिश चव्हाण, (वय २१), रा. १०, पतंग प्लाझा, फेज १, पीआयसीटी कॉलेजसमोर, कात्रज.
११०) कॉलन शॉन डिसोझा (वय १९), रा. मायामी हौसिंग सोसायटी, सेंट ऍन्थोनी श्रायनसमोर, कॅम्प.
१११) दिनेश भरत ठक्कर (वय २२)
११२) निखिल अजित आपटे (वय २४), रा. ३८९/३२, मीरा सोसायटी, शंकरशेठ रोड.
११३) विकार इब्राहीम जोजेफ (वय २५), रा. वीर अशोक बिल्डिंग, फ्लॅट नं. २३, ऍलेन्स रेस्टॉरंटच्या पाठीमागे, लुल्लानगर.
११४) श्रीकांत प्रसाद सबनवीस (वय २६), रा. बी-११, वयोला सोसायटी, वारजे.
११५) गौरव सतीश दुगल (वय २५), रा. ११ क्‍लायमेटीस गार्डन सोसायटी, ढोले-पाटील रोड,
११६) सारस्वत सुधीर पांडे (वय २६), रा. फ्लॅट नं.१, मंत्री ऍव्हेन्यू, २ पंचवटी, पाषाण.
११७) प्रशांत डिक्रुझ फ्रान्सिस डिक्रुझ (वय २५), रा. ६७ कन्याशाळा मार्ग, कॅम्प.
११८) अनॉथा दे लाय (वय २८), रा. डी-१३, सुखवानी पार्क, नॉर्थ, मेन रोड, कोरेगाव पार्क.
११९) सागर गोविंद अहुजा (वय २२), रा. जी-२ फ्लॅट नं. २९, ग्रीन एर्क्‍स, केदारेनगर, कोंढवा.
१२०) ओमर मोहम्मद अळाकाबी (वय २३), रा. फ्लॅट नं.५, अमिना मंझील, एन. जी. रोड.
१२१) गुरुदत्त सुरेश हगवणे (वय ३०), रा. मु. पो. डोणजे, ता. हवेली.
१२२) रोहन भट्टाचार्य रोजनराजकुमार भट्टाचार्य, (वय २४), फ्लॅट नं. १, बिल्डिंग नं. १६, ई. के. टी. पी. रुबी हॉस्पिटल, कोलकता,
१२३) रितेशकुमार भीम रावळ (वय २१), १८ ए, क्‍लायमेटास गार्डन हौसिंग सोसायटी, बोट क्‍लब रोड,
१२४) मयांक जयप्रकाश भारती (वय २५), १२२७, सेक्‍टर १७, वॉर्ड २, गोडगाव,
१२५) मोहंमद मोसीन अलयफोशी (वय २०), क्वार्टर्स फौंडेशन, पाचगणी,
१२६) अलेफ युनुस खान (वय २१) बी ६, शिवतीर्थ हौसिंग सोसायटी, राजबन,
१२७) राजश्री आतनू दे (वय २०), ६ डी, गुलमार्ग अनुशक्तीनगर, मुंबई,
१२८) स्वागत प्रदीप गुहा (वय २२), डी २, १६ नेरळ, नवी मुंबई,
१२९) रोहन कृष्णा रानडे (वय २०), कस्तुरबा हौसिंग सोसायटी, विश्रांतवाडी,
१३०) अभिजित कृष्णा रानडे (वय २८), कस्तुरबा हौसिंग सोसायटी, विश्रांतवाडी,
१३१) अक्षय विनोद मल्होत्रा (वय २२), बी ६, शिवतीर्थ हौसिंग सोसायटी, सनबन,
१३२) प्रवेश देवेंद्र शर्मा (वय २१), ३५ ए, प्रसाद बंगला, वृंदावन सोसायटी, पाषाण,
१३३) अफेत रिबेरा गर्ग (वय २०) बी १८, सोपानी पार्क, कोरेगाव,
१३४) गौरव सतीश दुगल (वय २६), ११ क्‍लोमेंस्टिक गार्डन, ढोले पाटील रस्ता,
१३५) उमर महंमद अलकाबी (वय २३), अमिना मंझील,एम. जी. रोड,
१३६) अश्‍विन जयप्रकाश मिस्त्री (वय २१) जंगली महाराज रोड, डेक्कन,
१३७) मगेद साको यबीत अलवान (वय २३), फ्लॅट नंबर २९ सी, २ कुबेरा पार्क,
१३८) उजेका जोहेर कपाडिया (वय २४), १८ ए, कलमायटीज बोटक्‍लब,
१३९) लिबोनार्ड ऍन्थोनी नायडू (वय २५), बी. टी. कांबळे रोड, ब्रह्माबाग अपार्टमेंट, सी. १८,
१४०) नॉबीन जॉन (वय २२) ई१९, लोकसंगम विहार, मेडीपॉइंट, औंधगाव,
१४१) करण दिलबागसिंग संदुक (वय २२), गोखलेश अपार्टमेंट, जी.एम. रोड,
१४२) दीपककुमार छाबडा (वय २४), ई १, ब्रह्मा मेमोरियल भोसलेनगर,
१४३) अमित हसन कर्ड, (वय २२) सी. एच. ओ. राहुल तरस, कोरेगाव पार्क,
१४४) नितीश भीमराव वाघमारे (वय २१), प्लॅट नं. ४, ३११ सेक्‍टर १५, नवी मुंबई,
१४५) रितुल मुकेश मजेरिया (वय १९) मुलुंड, वेस्ट मुंबई,
१४६) वल्लभ भिगत नियोग (वय २४), फ्लॅट नं. २, न्यूटन हाउस, सांगवी,
१४७) विपुल कांजीभाई विराडिया (वय २५), फ्लॅट नं. ५९, अशोकनगर, गणेशखिंड,
१४८) शिव शैलेंद्र चौकशे (वय २२), ए १, फ्लॅट नं. ८०१, गगनविहार, बिबवेवाडी,
१४९) धनंजय तेवातीया संतोषकुमार (वय २२) ५८) परमेश्‍वर शरण अपार्टमेंट, कोरेगाव पार्क,
१५०) अर्जुन रवी नायर (वय १९), शिवाजी हौसिंग सोसायटी, सेनापती बापट रोड,
१५१) सुपिदु शंभू बागची (वय २२), ई १०८, सावंत विहार, कात्रज,
१५२) विष्णू दत्ता शर्मा (वय २४), फ्लॅट नं. १७, १८ ऐश्‍वर्या रेसिडेन्सी, लॉ कॉलेज,
१५३) आझाद हुसेन शेख (वय २०), बालाजी अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. २०३, सॅलसबरी पार्क,
१५४) मोसम सुरेश फुकन (वय २६), हरिओम सोसायटी, कोरेगाव,
१५५) निकी केराण चावला (वय १९) मॉडर्न कॉलेज, शरद अपार्टमेंट, फ्लॅट नं. २, टोयोटा शोरूमसमोर,
१५६) रीतेश भरत ठक्कर (वय २३), ३०४ विजय विशाल बिल्डिंग, पाटील पुतळ्याजवळ, अंधेरी, वेस्ट मुंबई, १
५७) अंकित सतीशकुमार सिंग (वय २०), बंगला नं. ९, स्लोअर व्हिला, एन.आय.बी.एम. कोंढवा बु.,
१५८) सचिन मोहनराज (वय २०), सी २, गंगा आर्केड, कोरेगाव पार्क,
१५९) अभिषेक पुरका होसया (वय २४), २९ लडकतवाडी रोड, जहांगीर हॉस्पिटल,
१६०) विनीतकुमार एस. बी. पद्माकर (वय २३), ८-१० सावंत विहार, कात्रज,
१६१) सावन अनिलकुमार गुप्ता (वय २५), फ्लॅट नं. सी ९, शेहनशहा को-ऑप. हौसिंग सोसायटी, कोरेगाव पार्क,
१६२) विक्रम नरेंद्र सरोदे (वय २३), ए ५, डहाणूकर कॉलनी, श्रवविक अपार्टमेंट,
१६३) निशांत निम्हण केलाणी (वय २१) एच ८, राहुल टेरेस, कोरेगाव,
१६४) विनीयन वीरेंद्र खोगड (वय २२), राजश्री व्हिला रेंजहिल,
१६५) अली अकबर अब्बास निधाम (वय २१) १२ ए, भीमदीप अपार्टमेंट, गोखलेनगर,
१६६) वेनस्टन पॉल बोर्ज (वय २१), परमार पार्क, वानवडी,
१६७) इक्‍बाल चिनीवाला ताहीर (वय २४), वानवडी,
१६८) सिद्धार्थ अनिल मेहता (वय २२), ६०१ ताश्‍कंद माडा, अंधेरी, मुंबई,
१६९) आशुतोष प्रभू धामणे (वय २६), रामप्रसाद, ४ बंगला, अंधेरी, मुंबई,
१७०) राहुल चंद्रकांत ठाकूर (वय २१), अनंत सोसायटी, शंकरशेठ रोड,
१७१) अश्‍मीन प्रताप खनुजा (वय २१) रमा मॅजेस्टिक एन. आय. बी. एम. रोड,
१७२) चॅरविन जेकब (वय २४), ५०४ ऑडोसी हिरानंदानी गार्डन, वेस्ट मुंबई,
१७३) शोएब अहमदखान यारी (वय २३) ७ इंदिरानगर, श्रीनगर – काश्‍मीर, सध्या रा. ई ३, घोरपडी,
१७४) आकेश रंगलो (वय २२) ४०, उदयपार्क, खेळगाव, दिल्ली. सध्या रा. कोरेगाव पार्क,
१७५) हरप्रीतसिंग सहगल (वय २५), वैशालीनगर, छत्तीसगड, सध्या रा. सूस रोड,
१७६) शाहीद शेख (वय २०), २६ सरोज अपार्टमेंट, फातिमानगर,
१७७) देवाशिष मल्होत्रा (वय २०), सॅलसबरी पार्क, आय. सी. आय. कॉलनी,
१७८) अभिमन्यू सिंग (वय २०), व्हिलेज गव्हाणू, सिमला, सध्या रा. सेनापती बापट रोड.
१७९) मोनीश शेट्टी (वय २०), रा. गोविंदनगर कानपूर, सध्या रा. न्यू राहुल टेरेस सोसायटी, कोरेगाव पार्क.
१८०) परवेझ शकील कुरेशी (वय २३), रा. ३११ पुलगेट कॅम्प.
१८१) अदित्य रविकुमार थापट (वय २०), रा. वैशाली अपार्टमेंट बावधन.
१८२) कुणाल जयंतीभाई पटेल (वय २०), रा. ३९ शांतिवन सोसायटी, राष्ट्रीय महामार्ग सुरत गुजरात.
१८३) अमीर रामेश्‍वर कुमार (वय २६), रा. बी. १२ त्रिशूल एम. सी. रोड, मुंबई ९३.
१८४) श्रेयस रमेश जाकब (वय २४), रा. प्लॅट नंबर २, शरद अपार्टमेंट मॉडेल कॉलनी.
१८५) धर्मेश उमोद कुमार (वय २५), रा. बी. १२, त्रिशूल अपार्टमेंट एम. सी. रोड, मुंबई ९३.
१८६) दिगंद सोनी (वय २१), रा. डी-१ ७०४, गंगा ऍश्‍चर्ड मुंबई.
१८७) करण अरुण कदम (वय २२), रा. बंगलो नंबर १, साई निवास, उंड्री.
१८८) सिमरन हरिंदरजित सिंग (वय २३), रा. हलेटिना बंगला सोसायटी, प्लॅट नंबर १०, नॉर्थ मेन रोड, कोरेगाव पार्क.
१८९) शब्बीर हुसेन चंगी (वय २४), रा. ग्रिवेला अपार्टमेंट हडपसर.
१९०) संदेश प्रकाश डोंगरे (वय २२), रा. इट्टीखदान खटोला रोड, नागपूर.
१९१) गौतम जगदीशसिंग (वय २३), रा. कल्याणीनगर कोणार्क स्प्लेंडर ब्लॉक ४,
१९२) हिमांडशू भूपेंद्र सिंग (वय २२), रा. प्लॅट नंबर १७, सर्वसुखी कॉलनी, मराठपल्ली, सिकंदराबाद.
१९३) कृष्णा सुशील मजिंदर (वय २३), रा. खेपरोडी नकाशी पारा, नादिया पश्‍चिम बंगाल.
१९४) बहादूर शिराली शेख (वय २४), रा. मामपुरा शिडुंगा नादिया पश्‍चिम बंगाल.
१९५) सुजित परितस किशस (वय १९), रा. लेथरोडी नकाशीपारा नादिया, पश्‍चिम बंगाल.
१९६) मोहीन अहमद पटेल (वय ३१), रा. बी. ३०१ पंचवटी मरोळ, अंधेरी मुंबई.
१९७) युद्धजित विश्‍वजितसिंग (वय २१), रा. ७०४ प्रेरणा अपार्टमेंट, आय.आय.टी. मेन गेटसमोर पवई, मुंबई ७६.
१९८) बादल प्रदीप दीक्षित (वय २६), रा. यू ११ बिल्डिंग ३, इंडियन इन्स्टिटूट टेक्‍नॉलॉजी, पवई.
१९९) प्रशांत फ्रान्सिस डिसूझा (वय ३१), रा. ७६ सोलापूर बाजार.
२००) वरुण महादेव मोहिते (वय २०), रा. ब्रह्मनगर साळुंके विहार रोड कोंढवा.
२०१) नोएल फिरोज इराणी (वय २२), रा. रवी पार्क बिल्डिंग नंबर २ वानवडी.
२०२) हुसेन शोएब रंगवाला (वय २३), रा. १२ ए, भीमदीप सोसायटी. गोखलेनगर.
२०३) युसेफ फती मोहंमद (वय २३), रा. कोंढवा, कोणार्कपुरम.
२०४) अशिश ओमप्रकाश ठाकूर (वय २३), रा. ७०१ बिल्डिंग राहुल कंन्स्ट्रक्‍शन, कोथरूड.
२०५) समर सिंग (२३), रा. १०१ विमान प्रेस्टिज विमानगर.
२०६) मुकेश धनजानी (वय २२), रा. १२ ए, भीम दीप सोसायटी, गोखलेनगर.
२०७) सलीम टिनवाला (वय २२), रा. १२ ए. भीम दीप सोसायटी, गोखलेनगर.
२०८) अनुराग पवनकुमार शापर (वय २२), रा. बी. १० एल.ए. रोहन हाईटस संत तुकारामनगर.
२०९) वहीम बशीर शहा (वय २३), रा. ए २ अवधूत विहार बिबवेवाडी सातारा रोड.
२१०) प्रणव नरेंद्र भगत (वय २२), रा. एच ८ राहुल टेरेस, कोरेगाव पार्क.
२११) फयाज सर्फराज शेख (वय २१), रा. मुल्लानगर सुयोग अपार्टमेंट.
२१२) जो जोजे, डी. जे. जोसेफ (वय ३२), रा. कृष्णा निवास, बांद्रा मुंबई.
२१३) माजीद असिफ शेख (वय १९) रा. साळुंके विहार, गुलमोहोर सोसायटी.
२१४) पोबीश होडकर (वय २३), रा, धोजा मकान, कोलकता.
२१५) अतुल कॉल (वय २४), रा. ४०१ सिद्धार्थ टॉवर्स, कोथरूड.
२१६) वैभव वेदपाठक (वय २८), नवी मुंबई, सीबीडी सेक्‍टर, बि. नं. ११,
२१७) जुबेर बेग (वय २३), फ्लॅट नं. ७ अहन क्‍लासिक, कोरेगाव पार्क.
२१८) साहील सल्लामियॉं (वय २४), ४०१ सिद्धार्थ टॉवर्स, कोथरूड.
२१९) सुमित सहदेव (वय २३), फ्लॅट नं. ६-११, जिदानंद सोसायटी, सूस रोड.
२२०) राजेश बचुगा शर्मा (वय २२), कोरेगाव पार्क, फ्लोअर पार्क व्ह्यू.
२२१) अभिषेक श्रीयोबी चौधरी (वय १९), स्वप्ना गौरी मॉडेल, फ्लॅट नं. १.
२२२) केव्हिन डिसिल्व्हा (वय २०), चंद्रभागा अपार्टमेंट, आयटीआय रोड, औंध.
२२३) केशव गर्ग राजीव गर्ग (वय २१), ए-२५ प्लेंझंट ऍव्हेन्यू आयएसबीएम कॉलेज पाठीमागे, विमाननगर.
२२४) अजिंक्‍य दिलीप गायकवाड (वय २०), बी-३९, चंद्राई सहकारनगर.
२२५) असीम नरेश चढ्ढा (वय २०), ५-८ ईश्‍वर सदन कोरेगाव पार्क.
२२६) अदित्य अरोरा (वय २३), विजय विशाल कॉम्प्लेक्‍स, जोगेश्‍वरी, मुंबई.
२२७) प्राणम रॉय खन्ना (वय १९), ४१३ जी बिल्डिंग लोखंडवाला कॉम्प्लेक्‍स, कांदिवली, मुंबई.
२२८) प्रवीण सराफ (वय २४), ए-५ शांती निवास, नळस्टॉप.
२२९) अमन ज्योतिसिंग (२३), ड्रीम रेसिडन्सी टिंगरेनगर, विश्रांतवाडी.
२३०) निशांत वर्मा (वय २७), डी-७ कोणार्कपुरम कोंढवा.
२३१) कुणाल प्रभू धामणे (वय २३), ब्रह्मा मेमोरियल बी-विंग, भोसलेनगर, येरवडा.
२३२) मोहीन नरेंद्र जैन (वय २३), ४०२ टिनेटी को.ऑ. सोसायटी, हिरानंदानी पवई, मुंबई.
२३३) सूर्या रॉय चौधरी (वय २२), साळुंके विहार, ६६.
२३४) संजय शारीधरन (वय २६), सिंधी सोसायटी, फ्लॅट नं. ७०३, चेंबूर, मुंबई.
२३५) कवलसिंग चरणसिंग नागपाल (वय २०), कोरेगाव पार्क, व्ह्यू ५५८.
२३६) धीरज शाम रॉय (वय २१), ए-२ कुमार हाईट्‌स, एनआयबीएम, कोंढवा.
२३७) विजय मुरलीधर मोरे (वय ३०), ५६९ नारायण पेठ.
२३८) विशाल रंजन मुकुंद रंजन (वय २२), २२ मुलुंड व्हिला कॉलेज रोड.
२३९) सत्यप्रधान महेंद्र प्रधान (वय २१), २२-७ माहीम मजल हेल्थ प्रेस मारुतीनगर, बेंगलोर.
२४०) कृष्णाप्रसाद व्यंकटचलन अय्यर (वय २१), अमेया बिल्डिंग नं.९, डी.एस.नगर अंधेरी वेस्ट मुंबई.
२४१) सुधांयू सुधीर सोनटक्के (वय १८), फ्लॅट नं. १०६, नवी बाजार, खडकी.
२४२) रिनोंश इब्राहिम कोरा (वय २५), व्ह्यू पार्क पाषाण.
२४३) ब्रिजेश प्रकाश सिंग (वय २२) एच-६ पॅराडाईज अपार्टमेंट, सनपाडा, मुंबई.

A brief Update March 7, 2007 – Majority of the convicts have been bailed out, while some have been booked under illegal drug trafficing and various other charges. It was not very good to see that arrogant parents and their equeally arrogant idiots were blaming the ‘media’ for the damage..Hmph…what a bunch of jerks…

The latest in this case on 7 April 07

रेव्ह पार्टी’मध्ये अटक करण्यात आलेल्या २८८ जणांपैकी २४९ जणांनी अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन केल्याचे त्यांच्या वैद्यकीय तपासणी अहवालात जिल्हा पोलिसांना आढळून आले आहे. एका जाहीर कार्यक्रमात जिल्हा पोलिस अधीक्षक विश्‍वास नांगरे पाटील यांनी याबाबत माहिती दिली. ते म्हणाले, “”रेव्ह पार्टी’मध्ये सहभागी होऊन अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन केल्याच्या आरोपावरून चार मार्चला सिंहगड पायथ्याजवळ २८८ जणांना अटक झाली होती. त्यातील आठ-नऊजण अमली पदार्थ विक्रेते होते. त्यामुळे त्यांच्यावर गंभीर स्वरूपाच्या कलमांन्वये गुन्हा दाखल करण्यात आला आहे.”त्यावेळी पकडण्यात आलेल्या युवक-युवतींनी अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन केले आहे किंवा नाही, याची खात्री करण्यासाठी त्यांची विशेष वैद्यकीय तपासणी करण्यात आली होती. त्याचे अहवाल आज मिळाले आहेत. त्यानुसार २८८ जणांपैकी २४९ जणांनी अमली पदार्थांचे सेवन केले होते, असे आढळून आले आहे. त्यांच्यावर कायद्यानुसार पुढील कारवाई होईल, असे त्यांनी सांगितले.

The drug test gave positive results for 249 convicts out of the 288 arrested. Thats quite high percentage. Hmm..tough deal, lifes isent a joke.

Police planning to ban Orkut in India

According to media reports, the Pune police is in full swing to ban Orkut, the Google owned digital social networking tool following its controversial communities and its probable role in anti social activities.

To a certain extent, I feel that there is a ‘real’ need in maintaining Orkut. Given its liberal policies, a madman can create real mess on Orkut by creating hate topics, insultive discussions and also spoil images of well known personalities. Its sort of a free ground for cheap and unconstructive publicity. And after the recent blasts, things are turning pretty hot.

But is banning a solution to this problem?

Nope. Given Googles brand influence, I dont think it will be practically possible. Even if the police dont succumb to the influence of any media, there still will be a wide disarray among the ‘anti-social’ elements in the society. Only China is the state which officially monitors Google content. So much so the my blog – The First Tones of Freedom cannot be viewed on any Chinese ISP, sole reason being the word – Freedom, I preach about the importance of Freedom and Liberty in life..

Anyway – A middle path should be adopted and Orkut should make use of a better ‘Report as Bogus’ system. I mean its ridiculous the way things are handled as of now. Things will be clear in a few days.

Google job opportunities as an Adword Representative

Sometimes its better to hear the most honest voice within you. I did that, and even if others might feel that I did wrong; personally I feel much better now. The inner voice knows all the secrets and truths.

Thats all.

Happy Birthday Orkut

Today is Orkuts 3rd birthday.

The Beginning
Orkut was quietly launched on January 30, 2004 by Google, the search engine company. Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish software engineer, developed it as an independent project while working at Google (required by its policy). Some discomfort with this exists among users and potential users of orkut, especially since Google’s other noteworthy product of 2004, the Web-based email client Gmail, had servers scan emails for keywords in order to deliver advertisements targeted at them, which sparked an idea that Google was “reading your email”.

While previously working for Affinity Engines, he had developed a similar system, InCircle, intended for use by university alumni groups. In late June 2004, Affinity Engines filed suit against Google, claiming that Büyükkökten and Google based orkut on inCircle code. The allegation is based on the presence of 9 identical bugs in orkut that also exist in InCircle. Originally, the orkut community was felt to be elite, because its membership is by invitation only. However, at the end of July 2004 orkut surpassed the 1,000,000 member mark, and at the end of September it surpassed the 2,000,000 mark.

While the intended invitation method was e-mail between two acquaintances, invitations to orkut are obtainable via the web with a bit of diligence or eBay, just like Gmail invites.
Orkut’s use as a social tool is complex, because various people frequently try to add strangers to their own pool of friends, more often than not just to increase the number indicating their number of friends next to their name in their profile. Many “add-me” communities exist, solely for this purpose. A large number of bogus, cloned, fake, invisible and “orphaned” profiles also exist.
As of today; there are 41,282,563 users on orkut.

Speed and reliability
Orkut often is unavailable, producing a “Bad, bad server. ” error message — behavior consistent with that of an underpowered server under heavy load. The outages tend to occur during the day hours in the Americas, home of more than 80% of orkut users.

Iranian censorship
Orkut was very popular in Iran, but the website is blocked by the government. As they say, this is due to national security issues, as orkut users have the ability to spread messages rapidly, but the government says it’s due to Islamic ethical issues about dating and match making. To get around this block, sites such as “orkutproxy.xom” (now defunct) were made for Iranian users. Other websites such as Groups likw Yahoo, Google have communities dedicated to receiving updates on the newest location of Iran’s orkut proxy. Though it was once possible to bypass governmental blockage of orkut, the site has closed its HTTPS pages on all anonymous proxies. Now it is almost impossible for ordinary users to visit this site inside Iran.

In August 2006 UAE followed the footsteps of Iran in blocking the site.

Demographics of orkut
The latest information can be obtained from here.

Some prominent controversies faced by Orkut in these 3 years.

1. Recently an Indian girl had filed a complaint against a boy who put up her fake profile along with abuses and profanities. But now its gone a step above a notice was issued by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court to Google’s social networking site Orkut, for spreading “hatred against India.” The Court responded to a public interest litigation (PIL) that took exception to a “We hate India’ community in Orkut. The community, set up by a *Russian, Miraslov Stankovic, states that it is against all those people who are against Pakistan. The community is about having a group of people who have enmity against India because of its oppressive and hostile approach, it says in the description of the community. The number of members of the community as on Thursday was 91, down from 100 the previous day.

2. A case has been filed against ‘Orkut’ website at Pune for deplorable denigration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Lord Rama. An assurance was given by the police to investigate the matter. The case has been filed under article 67 of Information Technology Act and article 505 of Indian Penal Code.

Actually, whatever may be the problems, its certain now that social networking groups have a long way to go. Lets wish Orkut a happy birthday and hope that it maintains a clean environment.

A very popular story about Orkut Büyükkökten is circulated on Orkut social networking site through mails and scraps. Its something like the follows

A guy lost his girlfriend in a train accident,but the gal’s name nowhere appeared in the dead list. This guy grew up n became IT technical architect in his late 20?s, achievement in itself!!He hired developers from the whole globe and plan to make a software where he could search for his gf through the web.Things went as planned n he found her, after losing millions of dollars and 3 long years!!

It was time to shut down the search operation, when the CEO of Google had a word with this guy n took over this application.This Software made a whopping 1 billion dollars profit in its first year,which we today know as ORKUT.

The guy’s name is ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN.Yes its named after him only.Today he is paid a hefty sum by Google for the things we do like scrapping.He is expected to b the richest person by 2009.ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN today has 13 assistants to monitor his scrapbook & 8 to monitor his friends-list. He gets around 20,000 friend-requests a day & about 85,000 scraps!!!

Some more cool facts about him

He gets $12 from Google when every person registers to this website.

• He also gets $10 when you add somebody as a friend.

• He gets $8 when your friend’s friend adds you as a friend & gets $6 if

anybody adds you as friend in the resulting chain.

• He gets $5 when you scrap somebody & $4 when somebody scraps you.

• He also gets $200 for each photograph you upload on Orkut.

• He gets $2.5 when you add your friend in the crush-list or in the hot-list.

• He gets $2 when you become somebody’s fan.

• He gets $1.5 when somebody else becomes your fan.

• He even gets $1 every time you logout of Orkut.

• He gets $0.5 every time you just change your profile-photograph.

• He also gets $0.5 every time you read your friend’s scrap-book & $0.5 every time

you view your friend’s friend-list.

“Moral of the story”?
LOSE U R GIRLFRIEND AND MAKE BILLIONS !!!!

I dont know if its real or unreal, its very much of a bollywood type thing. Who knows??

Dont believe me?? Well..you can take a look at Orkut Büyükkökten  (Orkuts) official profile on Orkut..

Here is a list of Orkut Büyükkökten s research papers

• Exploiting Geographical Location Information of Web Pages
• Focused Web Searching with PDAs
• Power Browser: Efficient Web Browsing for PDAs
• Efficient Query Subscription Processing in a Multicast Environment
• Research paper: Accordion Summarization for End-Game Browsing on PDAs and Cellular Phones
• Efficient Web Form Entry on PDAs
• Seeing the Whole in Parts: Text Summarization for Web Browsing on Handheld Devices
• Power Email: Efficient Email Entry on Pen-Based Handheld Devices

Dont get sade if you are not able to make any sense out of any of this material. I tell ye – You are not alone..

Notes:

• Not sure of origins. Information based on the profile.

1 year of blogging

Gosh..Its my blogs 1st birthday today. Happy birthday little blog.

Broadband in India and Abroad – part 2

Today BSNL announced a launch of a new broadband service codenamed ‘TripleNet’ which will allow users to use the phone, surf the net, and above all, watch the TV on PC.

Phase 1 will include free to air TV channels and Phase 2 will have value added services like games, FM radio, movies on demand and above all – video telephony. Instead of a modem, a set top box will be provided, and cable media will be used as the default connection. However, its unclear whether satellite communication will be used or not.

Pune will be the first city in India where this kind of service will be tested and will be launched for all around Jan 2007. Apart from some technical hitches, BSNL broadband is regarded as an affordable way to get online comparatively fast.

The other exciting thing would be a wirefree connection, and according to some sources, Pune is soon to get Wi-Max too.

Hmm..the future appears bright and connected.

Google’giri’

Googlegiri is a new term which is used to symbolize an act of unexpected  fiasco of an overhyped incident arising mainly due to a lot of backfiring. This word was recently coined during the excessive wait of Google Wordmasters 2006 result, courtesy of Harshad Joshi and his colluges. Used largely in geek and nerd community, it can also be extended into common public. Its somewhat analogous to term ‘Gandhigiri’, which also became a sort of hype when the latest version of a  film called Munnabhai was released, although the terms and the meanings are totally unrelated.

Googlegiri (c) Harshad Joshi 2006, but can be freely used by anyone in any local language. No need to preserve this notice while speaking, but while using it in public media, a refrence wont do any harm

Google Co-op Search Engine

I think I am a little late on this topic,but anyway…

This is my new Google Co-op Search Engine over here.

Feel free to experiment, but note that it dosent index thousand/million/billion pages. However, it does incorporate nice links and good content for technology/food/linux/Web 2.0 fans and users. And following Googles method, its currently in beta.

Direct link to Semantic Space – http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004747769890504554559%3Anckzlkyfnc0

There is one Rollyo also, but I think that its less technical.

Google Wordmasters, Pune – An insiders story(part 2)

Gosh..only 5 more days to go and the winner of Google Wordmasters 2K6 will be announced on 30 October 2006. Theres a lot of excitment amongs almost 3000 participants across 10 cities of India. Whoa..who will be the lucky one to take the cream cake. Who will lead from the front?

Wow..its tense moments for some of us, except for the Winner who at the back of his mind might be thinking – ‘Oh, it was too easy. Just a presence of mind and some luck. Thats all. You do require some skill…but taking 2999 people at a time,God must be crazy..But its a sort of feat and an achievment. ‘

And those who know that they are not gonna win might be thinking on somewhat these lines – ‘Many people have got truck loads of skills, but unfortunately, its the winner who takes it all at the end. God must been feeling crazy while designing this system, but probably even he didnt had any other option.Hmph…Better luck next time..’

Let me tell that winning is an astonishing experience. Some feel it like adreline pumping through blood, while some feel it as the tight hug of sweetheart – up, close and personal.

Whatever it may be, I bet that the entire 3000 blokes want to win..Lets enjoy this waiting till 30th.

Broadband in India and abroad.

If by any chance you have encountered this image on some other site for more then 40 seconds, then you know that you are not using Broadband to access that particular site.

Broadband is often called high-speed Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data. In general, any connection to the customer of 256 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or more is considered broadband Internet. The International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to 2 Mbit/s. The FCC definition of broadband is 200 kbit/s (0.2 Mbit/s) in one direction, and advanced broadband is at least 200 kbit/s in both directions. The OECD has defined broadband as 256 kbit/s in at least one direction and this bit rate is the most common baseline that is marketed as “broadband” around the world. There is no specific bitrate defined by the industry, however, and “broadband” can mean lower-bitrate transmission methods. Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use this to their advantage in marketing lower-bitrate connections as broadband.

In practice, the advertised bandwidth is not always reliably available to the customer; ISPs often allow a greater number of subscribers than their backbone connection can handle, under the assumption that most users will not be using their full connection capacity very frequently. This aggregation strategy works more often than not, so users can typically burst to their full bandwidth most of the time; however, peer-to-peer file sharing systems, often requiring extended durations of high bandwidth, stress these assumptions, and can cause major problems for ISPs who have excessively overbooked their capacity. As takeup for these introductory products increases, telcos are starting to offer higher bit rate services. For existing connections, this most of the time simply involves reconfiguring the existing equipment at each end of the connection.

As the bandwidth delivered to end-users increases, the market expects that video on demand services streamed over the Internet will become more popular, though at the present time such services generally require specialised networks. The data rates on most broadband services still do not suffice to provide good quality video, as MPEG-2 quality video requires about 6 Mbit/s for good results. Adequate video for some purposes becomes possible at lower data rates, with rates of 768 kbit/s and 384 kbit/s used for some video conferencing applications. The MPEG-4 format delivers high-quality video at 2 Mbit/s, at the high end of cable modem and ADSL performance.

India has created a mobile revolution, but now, we are waiting for yet another broadband revolution that will help in faster communication and easy sharing of information at a rapid speed. As time progresses, we will definately feel the need of fast internet access due to following reasons.

1. The paradigm change from ‘fixed’ desktop apps to ‘live’ and usable ‘online widgets. Many sites like Google and Yahoo! have got various useful services and widgets that can be utilized efficiently only on a relatively fast net access. Most importantly, these apps are available at a cost of 0 rs. Money saved is money earned.

2. Conventional media services have proven inefficient and unsufficient to reach the masses, only radios have succeded, but the time taken to do so is very slow and a radio service has got very few VAS. To reach more people at a time and enable to them to have a multiple way of communication is another advantage of broadband. We see that todays media is only a ‘one-way’ information transfer system. You can listen, but you cannot ‘talk’

3. Financial institutes like banks, stock markets, etc will recieve a boost and will enchance their capability.

4. Broadband will also help to spread education and at the same time, will help in reducing the digital divide and economical rift between the various levels of society.

Its very brief, but I think that all readers of this blog will agree that India needs more broadband services as compared with abroad.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive in Pune

Its hard to believe but its true. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and her friend Brad Pitt are in Pune for a film shooting which depicts the story of Daniel Perl, the US journalist and news reporter who was massacared in Afghanistan by the Taliban terrorists. Irfan Khan, the versatile actor from Mumbai’s film industry will also play a major role in the film.

Actually, very few people knew about this, but paparazzis from the US came a week ago in Pune, and it was then that people realized that something big is gonna happen. Woo..a whole month. I will definately try to hunt them. If I succeed, I will definately post it over here. Else, we will have to wait for other journalist who will give us the news anyway.

Whoa..Pune rocks..Angelina rocks…this blog rocks..I am so happy…

BTW- Leave that aside and just take a look at Mrs/Ms Angelina..her lips appear so delicious…I wonder how it feels like…

Google Wordmasters, Pune – An insiders story(part 1)

In this post, I am about to present before you one of my worst ever documented literature in English language. And unfortunately it was at Google Wordmasters on 30 Sept 2006.

“I know that it sounds a little weird to when I call Google as my best Gini. It also sounds absurd concept to imagine Google, an out-of-the-box web phenomena as my personal manager. But its true^. Each Before using Google each time I try my luck at blogging. I get to read comments like ‘Can you ever analyse the validity and relevance of what you post?’. I put my thinking hat and carefully went through the comment. My observation was that – People get more readers when they make use of Google services. The best amongst them is ‘Google Alert’. With its insquisite method of alerting each time an event occurs. So I registerd myself on Google Alert and found that now it is impossible for me to loose the track of any news or the web (?).I also found that the more you experiment with Google, the more energy you utilize in smart thinking, you can have an insquisite topic and content at your hand.

Now this is the secret that will help you to create a smash hit blog post. Definately (?) I also like the way Gmail Notifier^^ informs me like ‘Eureka’ its found.

All right – Now you know how to write a blog. Get practical. Get in the right direction, use Google. It makes no horse-sense of slogging with no use. Give up your old ideas. Accept the new standard. I have a right to say this because I have gone through the experiment of blogging.

Good Luck”

(Let the OCR scanning this doc at Google not crash due to my illegible handwriting. Let the judge not rip his/her hair at the end of reading this.)
^ - I an not praising Google. I just had to form a sentence for the heck of it.

^^ - Geez, I was just trying to impress Google that I know its little tool. But I forgot that the judge will be an expert in English and not in Google services. No need to tell that it was a waste. BTW, no one uses this one as we have a little GTalk, which not only alerts us about a new mail, but also lets us share files. folders. data. voice etc. Someday, it will transfer video too..

FYI – The words that are marked as bold were the keywords that we had to include in the writeup, no matter we liked them or not. There were some 20 of them and because all of them were selected randomly by a computer, there was no hint of making any sense out of it.

Disclaimer – 1. Dont complain if you are ro,fl. This was my very rough draft scribbled at Pune Wordmasters 2006. The final version of this is (was) much better(!).

2. Dont send me comments or mails regarding the bad grammar. I know that already. Any mail/comment in this regard will be found deleted in my trash box.

*You can also take it as an informal HOWTO of ‘How to create blog topics from nowhere using Google’(barring the irrelevant claims and bad grammar).

Google Wordmasters, Pune

Today I went to the (much advertised and much hyped) Google Wordmaster competition held to find Indias most creative writer (!).

The competition was very simple(Google says it, not me). Two options were given, each having 20 words. We had to choose one of those two and had to write a paragraph/essay/story/dialogue/poem/whatever incorporating those 20 words. The best part was that you had to write it on only one ruled paper provided by courtesy of Google. The hall was filled almost completely as more people turned out to attend the Google event. On top of that, it was great to see that the AC was not working. I had a nice sweat and probably this was the compensatition of missing todays workout. (How can people survice without an AC or cooler or fan? No questions to be asked. )

I am tempted to provide you with one of my worst ever written literature, but after seeing the response to this post.Click this link to find what I wrote at Google WM, Pune.

Meanwhile, curious cats can view the photocopy of Google’s paper* here. (Beware though, the image is scanned in a real life size for optimum viewing.Paper and its contents are (c) Google India 2006)

Todays advice – Dont fall prey to any competition, even if the sponsers name is Google. Those who are curious, wait for 30 Oct 2006 to see the winners of this great Google Wordmasters bash 2006…

* All content(including the nonsense concept) (c) 2006 Google India .

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Please go through this link too.

Mission Google Wordmaster

Tommorow is gonna a great day. 298* people. 6 different cities. One competition, One aim – Who is going to be a Google Wordmaster..??

Here I come…

Because I blog of nothing but mainly of Google and its related technologies, I shouldent worry much. But its scary when someone asks you to write an essay. Theres always a difference between an essay and a blog.

The last time I remember writin’ an essay is my 12th HSC English paper in 2001, where I scored a decent 73%.

But for no reasons it adds pressure when Google asks for its potential impacts on society and blah..blah blah..

Who cares?? Google is good for me. I dunno of the rest of remaining mortals.

• I registered twice and Dad said no to the invitation. So it leaves a total of 300 – 2 == 298 blokes trying hard to reach to the top of glory.

Shrimant Bajirao Peshwa

Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhatt (August 18, 1699- April 25, 1740), also known as Baji Rao I, was a noted general who served as Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (King) Shahu between 1719 until Baji Rao’s death. He is also known as Thorala (Marathi for Elder) Baji Rao.

Baji Rao was the son of the first Bhatt family Peshwa – Balaji Vishwanath. At the tender age of 17,he was appointed by Shahu as Peshwa upon the death of his father, keeping aside all other claimants.Thus making the position of Peshwa hereditary in the Bhatt family.It is quite clear from this appointement that Shahu recognised the talent of this boy and reared him as peshwa.Bajirao was well trained by the maratha cavalry generals who have distinguished in the war of 27 years.Perhaps his early association with these maratha cavalry made him a part and parcel of them.Like Shivaji or Dhanaji Jadhav, Bajirao was popular with his soldiers and even today his name is a honorable one in countryside.

• Baji Rao, who fought over 36 battles, is reputed to have never lost one.

• He was one of the first to understand and exploit the fragmenting Mughal Empire, following the footsteps of his father. The declining influence of the Sayyid brothers at the Imperial court was another factor influencing his decision to attack.

• The later Kingdoms of Scindias (Ranoji) of Gwalior, Holkars (Malharrao) of Indore, Gaekwads (Pilaji) of Baroda, and Pawars (Udaiji) of Dhar were Baji Rao’s creation of a Maratha confederacy as he wreaked havoc on the disintegrating Mughal Empire and set up his jahagirdars (governors).

• He moved the administrative capital of the Maratha Empire from Satara to the new city of Pune in 1728 with permission of his master. His general, Bapuji Shripat persuaded some of the richer families of Satara to settle in the new city, which was divided into 18 peths (boroughs).

His famous quotes are -
“Remember that night has nothing to do with sleep. It was created by God, to raid territory held by your enemy. The night is your shield, your screen against the cannons and swords of vastly superior enemy forces.”

Download this fantastic book – a_history_of_the_mahrattas

Info courtesy – Wikipedia.

The First Tones of Freedom

Long ago, almost 60 years ago – 15 August 1947, Indians made their tryst with destiny..and heard the first tones of freedom at the stroke of midnight, with dreams of creating a strong and powerful India.

60 year laters, the struggle still continues….

But, now there is a hope of making it in the future..Happy Independence Day, India.

Chattrapati Shivrai

My bows to the founder of Hindavi Swaraaj and Marathi Empire. Jai Shivaji.

The Agneya Hymn

अि॒ग्नम् ई॑ळे पुरो॒िह॑तं यज्ञ॒स्य॑ देव॒म् ऋि॒त्वज॑म् । होता॑रं रत्नधा॒त॑मम् ॥

Untold Sutra..
Still Heard…
The Radiant shine of the frosty Sun,
from the silver crest of Himalayas…
guide the men,
waiting for the Revalations..
Untold Sutra…
Still Heard..
Agni…Agni…
The Sutra of Agni…
Burn evil desires,
those unseen dangers, already present on the Faded path..
Protect the tribe marching towards their journey..
Hear the Ancient Voices..
The illusion remains…
Men create..
Men destroy…
The final truth..
Still Unknown..
Untold Sutra..
Still Heard…

From – The Teaching of Zen Hindu Brahminism

The Agneya Hymn first appeared in my blog agneya2.blogspot.com

Agneya Raksheetam, Agneya Pujeetam