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Zonkboard, the blabber board useful in allowing instant comments to the blogs is gone pay-only. So I am taking that out off my blog and until I find an alternate….wait.

Last night was amazing with CUBS winning the game against MARLINS with 4 home runs only to end up with a series split.

While it’s happening here, The Great WALL of India, Rahul Dravid, celebrated a double century back in India proving he is the most consistent of all times. Also the tiger’s century proved he is worth the gamble and hope he wins the match with an innings defeat.

After the first flash mob performed in India, Rohit Tikmany, the organizer has called off the flash mobs in mumbai and has also closed his flash mobs site.

The reason was simple. After the flash mob on October 4th, he received a telephone call from Amitabh Gupta at the Mumbai Police commissioner office, who explained that prohibitory orders were still in place in Mumbai after the twin blasts of August 25.

Read more on rediff.

I am sure there are some more mischievous dudes out there waiting to do it. Hey but don’t do it in the already tense mumbai.

A Dramatically Different World

Goldman Sachs‘s research on The Path to 2050 shows a positive path for countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China. They call this the BRIC and these are the countries which are going to dramatically change the list of the world’s ten largest economies.

Here are some highlights :

Over the next 50 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China—the BRICs economies—could become a much larger force in the world economy. We map out GDP growth, income per capita and currency movements in the BRICs economies until 2050.

The results are startling. If things go right, in less than 40 years, the BRICs economies together could be larger than the G6 in US dollar terms. By 2025 they could account for over half the size of the G6. Of the current G6, only the US and Japan may be among the six largest economies in US dollar terms in 2050.

The list of the world’s ten largest economies may look quite different in 2050. The largest economies in the world (by GDP)mayno longer be the richest (by income per capita), making strategic choices for firms more complex.

This research paper was done in April 2003 and with the information overload, you must have encountered this fact a couple of months back. If no , click to read the entire research paper as PDF.

Aayudha Ezhuthu – Update:

Mani Ratnam is in news again. His latest film Aayudha Ezhuthu or Ayudha Ezhuthu in tamil and Yuva in hindi are getting ready fast. After 10 days of shooting in kovalam, the crew has just moved to mumbai port to shoot scenes involving Madhavan and Esha Deol.

It looks like Vairamuthu would pen the lyrics for AR Rahman again after the BOYS break. You can expect another Alai Payuthey in terms of music. Also first time Mani is experimenting the Sync Sound technology so it reduces the dubbing time. Esha Deol has already proven in her television interview that she is well versed in tamil with the help of her mother Hema Malini.

It is expected that the entire tamil version to be shot in 35-40 days which is one of the quickest films in these days when films are being shot for months and years.

The most cutest and newest phenomenon of flash mobs hits mumbai. I hope there could be a flash mob in chennai also. Probable places are Spencer Plaza- Landmark shop, Cozee restaurant in besant nagar, Sathyam theatre and Alsa Mall in egmore. So now that the places are suggested, someone do it.

Read rediff’s account of the mumbai flash mob. Also the script and pics of the mumbai mob here.

For newbies to flash mob :

What is a flash mob ?

Flash mobs are sudden gatherings of people at a predetermined location at a predetermined time. People in flash mobs usually perform according to a written script, then disperse quickly. Flash mobs can be for many purposes but most groups stick to having fun. From Flashmob.com.