Underground aquarium in Hyderabad soon

After the tallest building, Hyderabad is ready for first of its kind in the country, the project at Mir Alam Tank(underground aquarium) will be the second Singapore on the planet.

The Underground aquarium near Mir Alam Tank would be a major attraction to the city which is quickly making its mark in the tourism.

A first of its kind underground aquarium in the country proposed at Mir Alam Tank by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority but delayed due to land dispute would finally take shape. The aquarium to come up on the lines of the one in Singapore would be executed in Public Private Partnership model and tenders were being invited from reputed international agencies, HUDA Vice-Chairman Jayesh Ranjan told The Hindu.

The master plan would have to be prepared by the selected agency in six months, HUDA VC said.

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DRAVIDIAN POLITICS - PART2 DISPUTE BETWEEN MARANS AND KARUNANIDHI

Murosoli Maran, a former central minister from DMK, is a close relative of Karunanidhi. He married karunanidhi daughter and has two sons - Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Maran. Kalanidhi maran is the founder and director of SUN NETWORK. Recently, SUN NETWORK business has crossed Rs 10,000 crore mark and is having huge popularity all over the world.

karunnanidhi used SUN channel to promote his party and mainly during the time of elections. It proved as a great campaigning tool and led others to think about. So as to compete with karunanidhi's SUN tv, J.Jayalalitha launched her own tv channel named JAYA TV.

Jaya tv airs the negatives of DMK party and SUN tv airs the negatives of AIADMK party.
This has become a routine job for both the channels and it is continuing.

After the demise of Murosoli Maran, DMK decided to give Murosoli’s party seat to his son Dayanidhi Maran. He contested for the election and was elected as the member of parliament (MP) and was appointed as COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MNISTER in the year 2004.

DAYANIDHI MARAN improved BSNL services by not only introducing new plans but also introducing broadband connection (internet) from BSNL. He was the prime architect in making India as IT hub. He encouraged many IT firms from all over the world to setup there projects in India, which is one of the reason behind our booming economy.

DAYANIDHI MARAN had a dark side too. He was accused for demanding 33% share from the TATA group.

Marans’ even have weekly magazines. Karunanidhi son's Azigiri and Stalin are also the members of DMK. A survey was conducted recently by DINAKARAN ( a weekly magazine) owned by Marans. The results said that Stalin has 70% chances to succeed the top post in DMK and Azigiri has only 20% chances.

Before printing the survey Marans approached karunanidhi. He did not like the idea of publishing it. In spite of karunanidhi’s disapproval, Dinakaran published the survey which led to a cold war.

This survey made Azigiri supporters angry and attacked Dinakarans office in Madurai recently. This created a stir and raised disputes between Marans’ and Karunanidhis’.

On one side there was destruction, and on the other side karunandhi’s supporters and party members organized a function to celebrate Karunanidhi’s 50 years in politics. Sonia Gandhi (Congress president) and Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of India) attended but Dayanidhi Maran did not show up at the function.

This controversy adding up with magazine controversy made DMK to think about Dayanidhi maran’s future in DMK and decided to expel Dayanidhi Maran from the DMK. Next day Dayanidhi maran himself came up with resignation for his ministry post.So now the ministry is given to another DMK member A.RAJA

After everything, few questions arise.
So whats next?
Will Karunanidhi family keep Marans aside and start there own TV channel
or
Will they continue their relation with Maran’s
We should wait and see.

Dravidian Politics - Part1

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Federer breaks Nadal clay streak

It is the worst season in his career since he became number 1 in 2004 but Federer knows how to win.

Everybody had lot of expectations from both the players in Hamburg Masters Final . Asusually, Nadal started off brilliantly and took the first set 6-2 but Federer lifted his game in second and third sets. He was aggressive and improved his first serve percentage and the shots were precise and powerful.

Federer broke the Nadal’s 81 match winning streak, a run dating back to April 2005 making it 1-5 with the clay master.

"It's absolutely a breakthrough," Federer said at a news conference. "It will be interesting to see how we both react to it in the French Open."

"For me it's just nice to be playing well again," said Federer. "It's not that I was playing so badly but it's my first clay-court title in a couple of years so that's great.

"I had a tough draw but I beat really top-class players. I'm feeling very good going into the French Open and I'm excited it's coming around now."

DRAVIDIAN POLITICS

Dravidians are people mainly from Southern India and Northeastern Sri Lanka. Dravidians were envisaged as early inhabitants of India who had been partially displaced and assimilated by Aryan language speaking populations.

Tamil Nadu is one of the prominent Dravidian groups and the state is known for its Dravidian politics. The first party that originated from the dravidian people is called DMK ( Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam).

Annadurai is the man who founded DMK on September 19th in the year 1949, with the help of few others. Karunanidhi (the present chief minister and president of DMK) joined the party later. Karunanidhi is a great poet writer. Karunanidhi and MGR (great idol of tamil cinema) were best friends. After the demise of Annadurai, Karunanidhi took over as the president of DMK in the year 1969. The star image of MGR (M.G. Ramachandran) raised sky high and he became the topmost actor in Tamil cinema. Using that image he entered in to the politics and joined DMK. Before joining DMK he was in congress.

MGR could make a place in the people’s heart as a star and as a politician. He was the God. For this popularity he was rewarded with the ministry. "As we all know in the politics there are no permanent enemies and there are no permanent friends". With many things happening around and because of ego clashes between MGR and Karunanidhi, Karunanidhi decides to expel MGR from the party. This was the major turn around in the Dravidian politics.

Then MGR formed new party known as AIADMK(All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)in the year 1972 with his followers. The present president of AIADMK is J.Jayalalitha(associate of MGR). Within of few years MGR became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu in the year 1979. He ruled for few years. After the demise of MGR in the year 1987, J.Jayalalitha took over as the president of AIADMK party .

After this many smaller Dravidian parties came into existence but they had short life.

Google ON THE TOP

Come this September it has been nine years since the advent of Google and it’s been rated as the best place to work for.

"You can make money without doing evil," "You can be serious without a suit," and, "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun,"

These quotes, let us know about it’s cool and composed corporate culture. Google is able to attract the best talent since they provide a employee friendly environment.

Few of the mantras behind their success are:

• Employees are free to work anywhere in the office.
• Employees are provided with free meals and transportation in and around the office.
• Employees are provided with medical assistance, massage centers and gym inside the office.

Moreover, recreational amenities are scattered throughout the campus and include locker rooms, washers and dryers, assorted video games, Foosball, a baby grand piano, a pool table, and ping pong. In addition to the rec room, there are snack rooms stocked with various cereals, gummy bears, toffee, licorice, cashews, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit, and dozens of different drinks including fresh juice, soda, and make your own cappuccino.

All Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them. Some of Google's newer services, such as Gmail, Google News, Orkut, and AdSense originated from these independent endeavors.

Now who does not want to work in Google?

SAM'S SPIDERMAN 3: A Must Watch

Guys....this is what I feel about Spiderman 3!

The movie is a director's special. Sam Raimi scores in all aspects in making this movie. In concise, his direction was awesome. The movie lacks in the story but, if u could realize that a super-hero film doesn’t require a solid story line you can enjoy the movie to the fullest! The movie is a bit long (2 and 1/2 hrs) which if was reduced by 30mins would have been a roller coaster ride.

The movie is packed with plenty of special effects like the sand man and most importantly the Spiderman with a negative shade to his character (black-suited Spidey) in the second half.

Peter Parker finds a new face at the “Daily Bugle”, another photographer
appointed to take the spidey pics. Harry and Peter doesn’t get along well as Harry thinks Peter was his father’s killer. The police inform Peter that the actual ‘killer’ of his Uncle was on the loose, who eventually turns into a sandman. The Spiderman is attacked by a mysterious thing which turns him into a black spidey, which shows his negative shade. Finally, Spiderman gets rid of that species which eventually attacks his fellow photographer. In the climax, Harry comes to know that Peter did not kill his father and comes to rescue him and MJ, who has been taken as a hostage by the sand-man and the black suited photographer.

I know that u guys are excited about the movie…so I leave it here!
Tobey McGuire did a splendid job once again. The roles of other characters have been well executed by the respective artists. The background score of the movie rocks!
The technical values such as photography stand up to the expectations of the audience that are needed for a super-hero film!

Go and watch the movie with your family or friends...don’t let it go!!!

Rating: 3.5-4/5

Written by: Vinaykanth
( nvinaykanth@yahoo.com)

* We are able to post a second review on SP3 only because of contributors. Thank you from NEXUS TEAM.

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Yahoo launched a new service called - Yahoo! Messenger for the Web , through which everybody can access messenger from anywhere and anytime on the web.

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Singapore and Valencia set to woo the world next year.

Singapore and Valencia had agreement to host F1 grand prixs’ from 2008.

In Singapore, it will be on a street circuit around the Marina Bay district, and is planned for September or early October.

"Singapore is going to be the leader with the street race at night - we're excited about the idea," said F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.

"Safety is of paramount concern to all of us," said Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran.

"Therefore, we will proceed with a night race only if the safety and operational requirements of all parties are fully met - if not, we will revert to a day race.

F1 cars do not have lights and so the circuit would have to be brilliantly lit for visibility purposes.

Singapore will stage the race for five years, with Ecclestone keeping the option to extend the deal for a further five years until 2017.Ecclestone wants to expand the F1 calendar from 17 to 20 races per season, and the addition of Singapore is the second new race in two days after Valencia joined the circuit on Thursday.

Singapore's government anticipates tourist revenues of around £33m from the event, and says it will cover 60% of the estimated cost.

Whereas, in Valencia it will be on a circuit around the Spanish city's new America's Cup port.

"This will be an urban circuit rather than a street circuit and even better than some of the ones that are already on the calendar," said Ecclestone.

"I'm convinced that we'll make a excellent job of it because it will be the best urban circuit in the world."

Valencia's willingness to pay an estimated 26 million euros ($35.20 million) to stage each race, and the boom in popularity of Formula One in Spain since the emergence of double world champion Fernando Alonso, are seen as major factors behind the decision.

The inclusion of the Valencia race would give Spain two grands prix next year, an announcement at odds with Ecclestone's previous opinion that no European country should have more than one race.

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Source: partly from Rediff

Seen Gudumba Shankar? then forget about Aata!(Aata Telugu Movie Review)

If someone asks me to describe Aata in one sentence then I would say ditto Gudumba shankar except the fact that hero, heroine and villian are changed.

The story, screenplay and direction has nothing to talk about since everything is like Gudumba shankar.

Songs are ok and I think everybody will forget them very easily.

I felt Siddhard had lost his image doin a film like Aata and asusually Illeyana showed some skin. Not to forget, there is a smooch scene of maybe 10secs in the movie .

The film only scores with the comedy king Brahmanandam and Sunil.. baki sab bakwaas.

Aata is total dissapointer.

Rating 4.5/10.

contributed by: Ranga P.S
( ranga_pacha@yahoo.co.in)
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Career in advertising

Youngsters looking to make it in the advertising industry should focus on two words -- 'simplicity' and 'commitment', says Hital.

He's one of hottest names in the Indian ad industry right how. He's even made it into advertising magazine Campaign Brief Asia's 'Hottest 1,050 Creatives in Asia' list, and is in the Top 50 no less.

Hital worked on for Levi's, the 'Slim vs Slim' ad, if you are a follower of NEXUS from the start you would have watched it on the previous posts.
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In terms of an educational background in advertising, he says, "If you're looking to get into the arts aspect of advertising, you need to have some sense of art and design. You can opt for a course in applied, commercial or fine arts. Copywriters, on the other hand, need to have good language skills and an ability to come up with original ideas that will sit well with the common man -- you know, they have to have a local flavour, so to speak."

The experts mantra to successed in advertising is to "Prove yourself through your work and effort. A successful career is 99 percent hard work and maybe one percent luck. Think of it this way -- the harder you work, the luckier you'll get careerwise!"

Source: Rediff

Tallest building in India

The historic Charminar might soon lose its status as Hyderabad's most famous structure, stated CNN-IBN.

Apart from the famous pearls and biryani, Hyderabad will now be known for it's (soon to be contrsucted) tallest building in India. The building is to be located in a 100-acre Business District in Manchirevula near Hyderabad.

"In the area that the building is coming up, the minimum height of a building should be 30-storeys. The building that we are making will be 100-plus storeyed building surrounded by a series of 10-12 30-storeyed towers. It will be a compact business district like Manhattan or Nariman point," said APIIC Vice-Chairman, B PAcharya.

The proposed Trade Tower will house corporates, hotels and other establishments. 22 international players participated in the recently-concluded bidding process.

The APIIC had initially proposed to build 60-floor twin towers. Teams were sent to study the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Sears Towers in Chicago and high-rise buildings in Dubai.
Based on their reports, a single trade tower was approved. At present, the 16-storey Babu Khan Estate, built in 1987, is the tallest commercial building in Hyderabad followed by the 13-storeyed Haj House.

According to the APIIC, the construction of the trade tower will start by July this year and it is likely to be ready in the next three years.
Source: ibnlive.com

POLL CHECK

When NEXUS asked "What is your most awaited movie this year?"

40% of us voted for Spiderman3

6.7% of us voted for Tararumpum

6.7% of us voted for Jodha Akbar

6.7% of us voted for Chak De India

6.7% of us voted for Saawariya

33.3% of us voted for Sarkar2

Nothing less than Spectacular!
(Spiderman3 Movie Review)

38.5% of us in Nexus have voted it as one of the much awaited movies this year. SP3 has finally released today with very high expectations from all around the world. Yesterday I was browsing the SP3 official website and I was very much surprised to see some amazing behind the scenes- videos. I have never even thought of such a hard and constructive work involved in making this movie. After having checked that, my expectations were skyrocketed. As I was done with my exams, I was hoping for this movie to be a good entertainer and stress buster. I, along with some of my friends made it to the 9.30 pm show at Wabush landing 9.

The movie begins with a typical fashion, by a bit of recap from the previous movies. Most of the movies I would say, begin with a slow note and picks up their pace, but this one is definitely in contrary to of all those. It starts with an excellent pace carrying the whole feel with some good comedy, which was a highlight of the movie and was missing in previous spidey movies, along with superb storyline and screenplay. The editing part is fantastic which made the whole movie flow with ease. The major plus points are the comedy and breath taking action scenes. This time the director Sam, had his share of transforming the comic into a meaningful and well modeled plot. Audience can enjoy the action scenes for much longer time and were done with some great expertise. Visual effects were at their best and the background score adds to it. This movie is a stunner including every aspect that audience could expect. The love life between Peter and MJ was given more importance stressing the ups and lows. I believe the hard work put into this movie will pay off by showering the money on producers and distributors. I would expect the box office analysis to be very high and to set a new record in openings.

Performances:

• Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker) – asusually brilliant as spidey and what more interesting is his darkness. He did an excellent job in being a punk.
• Kirsten Dusnt (Mary Jane Watson) - improved a lot when compared to the previous movies and did a decent job. This time she looked even better.
• James Franco (Harry Osborn) – Very good being a follower of his father’s revenge and as well as a true friend.
• Thomas Haden church (Flint Marko) – was ok as a sand man.
• Topher Grace (Eddie Brock) - Did a fair job as a guy who adds humor and darkness to the screen.

I feel this movie is a perfect superhero movie ever made including with great drama, good comedy, importance to the characters and with some spectacular, breath-defying action sequences. I would give 8 of 10 on a straight scale. I will assure all the readers that you would thoroughly enjoy watching this movie if you were a typical movie goer. Imagine Spidey being challenged by the two most powerful villains in the Spiderman comic. What will happen to Harry after the second part? Will he take revenge this time? Will Peter and MJ get married? Will aunt May tortured this time as well? Who are venom and sandman? How can a person battle with himself? Can he help himself from being disconnected? In the battle of four people, who would finally win? Will spidey able to win alone by himself? To unveil these questions, you got to watch this movie. If I were you, I wouldn't miss SPIDERMAN 3.

Written by: Manohar Vanamadi
(v_manu1@yahoo.com)

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