Cristiano Ronaldo watch out.. :)

Cristiano Ronaldo watch out !!



Contributor: Ashish

Wake Up !!

Contributed: Pratibha

Tata's journey from Trucks to Nano

1954
Tata launched its first Mercedes Benz diesel truck, Telco.



1958
India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, walks through the apprentice shop at Jamshedpur.



1965
The owner of the first Mercedes Benz diesel truck, Sardar Kartar singh is presented with the key of the 1,00,000th truck.




1969
Employees cheer as the first Tata branded truck rolls out, ending the collaboration with Daimler Benz, Germany.



1977
Tata manufactures its first commercial vehicle at its plant in Pune.



1986
Tata launches its first light commercial vehicle from Telco, the Tata 407.



1992
Tata Estate, Telco's second passenger vehicle launched by JRD Tata and Ratan Tata.



1994
Tata Motors released its multi-utility car, Tata Sumo in the year 1994. After that, there was no stopping the car manufacturing unit.




1998
Ratan Tata drives the first Tata Indica off the assembly line.




1998
Tata Motors produced an SUV, Tata Safari. It was the first SUV to be designed, developed and manufactured entirely in India.





2002
Tata introduced India's most competitive indigenous sedan, the Indigo.



2003
Tata Engineering formally changes to Tata Motors.


2004
Tata Motors acquires Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company, South Korea. The first range of Tata Novus vehicles from Tata Daewoo is launched soon after.



2004
Tata Motors starts its globalisation drive and launches the Tata Indica in South Africa.



2008

Tata Motors launched the most-awaited car of the year, its one-lakh car called Nano, at the 9th Auto Expo.

Contributed by: Sadiq Ahmed

Effects of Nano

Contributor: Gopichand Pai

SUMMARY OF EMAILS FROM 2007

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an email to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 I dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!

If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician...

Have a wonderful day....

Oh, by the way.....A South American scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse. Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.

Thanks for Being my FRIEND

Thanks for Being my FRIEND

Contributor - Namrata

A rich nation that has remained poor

India is a rich nation. We are culturally rich, emotionally rich and intellectually rich. When the rest of the world wore leaves, we were busy inventing steel. When the rest of the world had not yet awakened to the light of learning, we were studying science. We had invented the Zero much before the others saw the dawn of civilization.

Rich in all walks of life! Things Indian are so cool outside India. Bhangra and Indipop figure in the US pop charts. Indians are heading global corporations and some of the top scientists in NASA are Indian too.

But, we are a rich nation that has remained poor…

Let’s look at some startling statistics on India’s poor status.

Four out of every ten Indians today live below the poverty line.

While we smugly rejoice that ours is a country with the most qualified, educated human resource, we try to ignore the data that 30% of the world’s illiterate population hails from and resides in India.

Every night, over 200 million people go to bed hungry, a number far exceeding that of the combined population of Canada and the USA. If all the food grains lying unused in our warehouses were to be packed in gunny bags and placed one after the other, it would make a path to the moon and back. Yet this country bears the cross of over 200 million starving Indians.

We raised a hue and cry when 50 people died of plague because its effect was also felt by the rich sector of our economy, but no one raises even a whimper for the 4,50,000 people who die of tuberculosis every year and half a million people who suffer from diarrhea every day.

Studying the agriculture scene in our country leaves you with little confidence! China produces 450 million tonnes of food grain from just 60% arable land compared to India while India produces a mere 200 million tonnes. The Chinese have achieved this primarily by creating excellent irrigation facilities. Irrigation requires basic investment, which we don’t seem to have.

Another important machinery of a true democracy, the Judiciary. We have 10 judges to every 10 Lakh people in India while USA has 120. A recent survey conducted reveals that there is a backlog of more than 30 million court cases in India and on an average it takes 20 years to resolve a dispute. Yes, it is another matter that resolved disputes don’t necessarily mean justice done. Very often the criminal gets away scot-free. Isn’t justice delayed justice denied?

An extract from "The Great Indian Dream" by Mr.Arindam Chaudhuri

A unique Wedding Invitation from kerala....Awesome...!!!!!!!!!!

Contributor: Namrata