Ms. Sushmita Sen vs [insert name here]

One Indian 'newspaper' - called so only because it is printed on paper - today reported about cyber squatters buying web domain names based on some 'bollywood' personalities.

Who would say that www.liveindia.com is Priyanka Chopra’s site or that www.fisheyenetwork.com is Pooja Bhatt’s? Others like Kareena Kapoor are totally disinterested in a cyber presence.

Says Kapoor, “I’m a hardcore Bollywood heroine and have no clue about the net or its misuse. Neither do I own a domain name. My staff handles all my mail.” Like Kareena many stars are shocked when told that their domain names could be abused and turned into porn sites.

Fisheyenetwork.com is not Pooja Bhatt's personal website, it is about her production company 'Fisheye Networks.' And, Kareena Kapoor '[has] no clue about the [inter]net or its misuse'. Maybe she had forgotten that it was just a few months before that a clip showing her tongue-wresting with her 'boyfriend' in a bar. The movie, caught on a mobile phone camera, was widely circulated through email and was available for downloads in some 'desi' websites (so was I told). Maybe she thought they were sent through 'MMS' alone, which is beyond the reach for most mobile users - cost of handset (which is coming down), cost of sending one big MMS (which they say is coming down), etc.

The main story was about Sushmita Sen, who said she was going to sue the squatter. While the news article is new, the news that the name sushmitasen.com was taken up by some Toronto guy is old.

Domain: SUSHMITASEN.COM

Created: 2003-05-30
Updated: 2005-06-27
Expires: 2006-05-30

Registrant
SUSHMITASEN.COM
c/o Nameview Whois IDentity Shield
141-757 W. Hastings St., Suite #777
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6C 1A1

For two years, didn't anyone know about this? Moreover, this has been registed by a name which doesn't look like a company to me. With the guy 'under the care of ' of Nameview Whois IDentity Shield (nameview.com)Repeated requests to view the webpage nameview.com were refused.

“The guy who has stolen the domain name is sitting in Toronto,” fumes Sen. “He should brace himself for a nightmare as I’m taking him to court.”

I have no experience of any courts, even within India, atleast till now. But, judging by the court cases that newspapers (real ones) report about, I think I must laugh at her naivety. Or, I could be wrong in this one.

Dear Lord!!

I know North Indian guys know nought about South India or the North East. But, I just can't belive the conversation that just happened near the water cooler. We were chatting about where he and his team came from, they had all come from the same place - Pune. He then asked me where I was from. 'Tamil Nadu,' I said. He then lobbed a question straight back to me - Aren't Tamil people called Andhrites? I could just utter 'Oh My God!' That must've been the nadir. He then asked me what language 'they' spoke (Telugu) and told me he always got confused between Tamil and Telugu! What could I have said?

what the hell

Philips dude tagged me, what the hell...

names you go by:
manoj
manojar
kalaiñar

three screen names:
manojar
darkangel
...

three physical things you like about yourself
paunch
skin
hair

three physical things you don't like about yourself
baby fat
biceps

three parts of your heritage
lineage/clan
culture
bloodline

Three Things That Scare You
getting stranded in a theocratic country
losing my purse
put in jail

Three Of Your Everyday Essentials
my work
bloglines
hunting for food, a restaurant, that is

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now
shirt
pant
shoes
(doesn't mean I am not wearing other stuff)

Three Things You Want In A Relationship
girl
reciprocity
fit

Two Truths and A Lie (in no particular order)
I like warm weather
I love the sea
only one of the above

Three Physical Things About the Opposite Sex That Appeal To You
grace
girls are pretty:)
bootyliciousity

Three Things You Want To Do Really Badly Right Now
go home
tell mom to make chicken briyani
go on a boat

Three Careers You Are Considering
newspaper editing
starting a restaurant
become a sailor

Three Places You Want To Go On Vacation
maldives
lakshadweep islands
andaman and nicobar islands

Three Kids Name You Like
?

Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die
fly to space
fly a sea-harrier
be a sailor

People Who Have To Take The Quiz Now:
new york dude
govar
kuchi dude

Weekend shopping

Back again, what good it is to be! Especially after a period of illness. I guess it all started about 2 weeks back, at the birthday dinner of this b-school friend at Bandra. We were supposed to go to this open air Cafe Mocha, but instead went to a place called Sizzlers nearby. Their speciality is a dish called sizzlers and they named the place after it. Anyway, I was never a fan of this sizzlers but still went because I didn't have dinner that day in anticipation of this party. Had steak pizza and shrimp cocktail, though, and a bit of other guys' sizzlers. Later we went for a stroll to bandstand. Whenever I go out with these guys, composed mostly of North Indian guys, is the noise they create - especially three or four of them, enough to bring the place down. Even though Mumbai is considered part of North India, they don't share that noisy part of North Indians. I was supposed to meet greenpeace guy last week, but missed out due to my illness. He wishes to clarify that the spamming he did was not for greenpeace but for some other company of which is not anymore a part of.

After a sombre weekend (and week), the roomie and I went to this place called Garnish Peninsula, an awfully expensive restaurant. 150 grams of briyani costs Rs 70 here, more than the Rs 50 for 1/4 kg which I used to consider costly just a month back!

This saturday, I went to Alfa at Vile Parle, a place where I found most of the things I was looking for, at a reasonable price. Not bad! I also found this 'factory outlet' where they say I can buy shirts and trousers for 20% less than market price. Must try that once. Hmm.

American Jets, Iranian Gas

USA is trying to make IAF buy F16 and/or F18 jet fighters from it's companies. It assures us it won't let any sanctions prevent the delivery of those jets after a deal is made. Now, We are being threatened by none other than Condaleeza Rice herself about sanctions if we proceed with gas pipeline from Iran. Now, if the government decides to go ahead with the pipeline, and sanctions are placed (because the USA doesn't like Iran), would they stop Boeing and/or Lockheed Martin from selling those aeroplanes to us? What will happen to their promises of them being the 'most reliable suppliers,' who want a 'longlasting friendship?' How the hell can they deal with this cognitive dissonance? Would Pakistan be affected inspite of it being a 'major non-NATO ally?' I guess they will be given more armaments for trying to help Iran 'return to the mainstream.'