Sourav Ganguly – Dada,Bengal Tiger….. – My Favourite

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly turned 37 on Wednesday. The most successful Indian captain, Dada, retired form the Test cricket after Australia series in Nagpur. Though Ganguly still plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, has expressed interests in heading the Board of Control for Cricket in India in future.

Sourav already made his debut as a commentator in last month’s ICC World Twenty20 Championships in England. Man of many ambitions Sourav Ganguly likes to achieve his target and on many occasions have had his say….

The Prince of Kolkata made his ODI debut for India in 1992 against West Indies but failed to impress and was immediately dropped. However, after a good run in the domestic cricket, Ganguly was recalled for the Test series against England and made a memorable debut at Lord’s with 131 runs which included 20 fours. Rahul Dravid also made his debut and scored 95 runs.
Sourav smashed another century (136) in the following Test at Trent Bridge and shared a 255-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar. From there on it was no looking back.

The Bengal Tiger was a regular feature in the One-day team from 1996 onwards but recorded his first century (113) only in 1997 against Sri Lanka at Colombo. Now, Sourav Ganguly was a prolific run-scorer for India in One-dayers and grabbed four consecutive Man of the Match awards against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup.

He was also effective with his right-arm medium bowling and took the career-best 5/16 against Pakistan. The fearless Bengal southpaw liked to attack consistently and developed a special liking for spinners

Unstoppable Sourav Ganguly was bestowed with Indian captaincy in 2000 and took India to great heights. Under Ganguly, India reached the finals of 2003 World Cup but lost to champions Australia. Ganguly-led India had a dream run between 2000-05 and won series in Australia and Pakistan. He was responsible for unearthing in talent like Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Harbhajan Singh among others.

It was during this period that he became the most successful Indian Test captain. However, Sourav’s personal form deteriorated and was subsequently dropped in October 2005

It was during the 2002 NatWest Series that cricket witnessed a football like celebration at Lord’s. After a heroic performance by Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in chasing a huge 326 runs, Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt and celebrated the win in the balcony of Lord’s.

Later Ganguly clarified his behaviour saying that he was just mimicking the act performed by Andrew Flintoff during a tour of India.

Controversy and Sourav Ganguly walked all together. Ganguly was only responsible for bringing Greg Chappell as the coach for Indian team and they both made headlines for all wrong reasons. Chappell cited that Dada was unfit to lead the team in his letter to BCCI.

The dispute resulted in the removal of Ganguly as captain and even dropped from the ODI team in 2005. Ganguly said Chappell had asked him to step down and street protests followed in Kolkata; it was even discussed in the parliament

The lord of off-side made his comeback in 2006 during the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and performed well for India. Ganguly also reclaimed his place in the One-day team and played some useful knocks before being named in the squad for the 2007 World Cup. Sourav also scored his first double hundred against Pakistan in 2007.

Sourav Ganguly retired from international cricket with 7212 runs in Tests with 16 centuries and 11363 in ODIs with 22 tons. With all kind of records set by Ganguly on the field he is all set for off-field actions. Sourav is all set to contest against Jagmohan Dalmia in CAB elections. Reports also state that Dada may be the East Zone’s candidate for the post of BCCI president in 2014. So, get set for Dada’s another comeback.

Painting : “Discussing the divine comedy with dante” by Dai Dudu

This painting is called “discussing the divine comedy with dante” by “Dai Dudu“

1. Socrates
2. Cui Jian (father of Chinese rock music)
3. Vladimir Lenin
4. Prince Charles
5. Ramses or King Solomon or Sinuhe of Egypt
6. Bill Clinton
7. Tsar Peter The Great Of Russia
8. Charles de Gaulle
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Ulysses S. Grant
18. Bill Clinton
11. Bruce Lee
12. Winston Churchill
13. Raphael Sanzio
14. Robert Oppenheimer
15. Elvis Presley
16. William Shakespeare
17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. Genghis Kahn
19. Napoleon Bonaparte
20. Che Guevara
21. Fidel Castro
22. Marlon Brando
23. Lao zi
24. Marilyn Monroe
25. Yassar Arafat
26. Julius Caesar
27. Mike Tyson
28. George W. Bush
29. Luciano Pavarotti
30. Salvador Dali
31. Empress CiXi
32. Liu Xiang
33. Kofi Annan
34. Prince Charles
35. Ariel Sharon
36. Ho Chi Minh
37. Osama Bin Laden
38. Qin Shi Huang
39. Mikhail Gorbachev
40. Mother Teresa
41.
42. Otto Von Bismarck
43. Rabindranath Tagore
44. Li ZhenSheng
45. Voltaire
46. President Hu Jintao
47. Dante Alighieri or Julius Caesar
48. Pu-Yi
49. Saloth Sar (Pol Pot)
50. Yi Sun-sin líder
51. Michael Angelo
52. Hideki Tojo
53. Michael Jordan
54. Dwight Eisenhower or John Calvin Coolidge
55. Martin Lutero German Philosopher
56. Claude Monet
57. Mahatma Ghandi
58. Vincent Van Gogh
59. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
60. Marcel Duchamp
61. Confucius
62. Noah
63. Li Bai the Chinese Poet or Caravaggio
64. Mao Zhedong
65. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German Writer
66. Zhou Enlai
67. Marie Curie
68. Abraham Lincoln
69. Pablo Picasso
70. Stephen Spielberg
71. Freidrich Nietzsche
72. Karl Marx
73. Leonardo Da Vinci
74. Josef Stalin
75. Queen Elizabeth II
76. Lu Xun, Chinese Comunist Writer
77. Jose Francisco San Martín
78. Deng Xiaoping
79. Sun Yat-Sen
80. Theodore Roosevelt or Gen George Custer or Maxim Gorky or Philippe Pétain
81. Saddam Hussein
82. Benito Mussolini
83. Adolf Hitler
84. Guan Yu
85. Pele
86. Bill Gates
87. Audrey Hepburn
88. Ludwig Van Beethoven or Chopin
89. Charlie Chaplin
90. Henry Ford
91. Lei Feng
92. Norman Bethun
93. Mike Tyson
94. Sigmund Freud
95. Erich Honecker (leader of the GDR from 71-89)
96. Vladimir Putin
97. Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Caroll)
98. Shirley Temple
99. Chang Kai Chek
100. Leo Tolstoy
101. Albert Einstein
102. Ernest Hemingway
103. Franklin Roosevelt

WORLD’S OLDEST MAN DIES AT 113

Tomoji Tanabe the world’s oldest,died in his sleep at his home in southern Japan 19-Jun-09 .He was 113.Tanabe died of heart failure.Tanabe was born on Sept.18,1895, had eight children.who lived with a son and daughter-in- law, had eight children, 25 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and six great-great- grandchildren.

He was certified by Guiness World Records as the world’s oldest man when he was 111 years old.Tanabe,

Tanabe drank only milk and does not take alcohol and did not smoke.Tanabe was “the symbol of the Miyakonojo known as a city of long life.”

Following Tanabe’s death, British World War 1 veteran Henry Allingham is officially the world’s oldest’s man at 113,Guiness World Records.

Alligham was born in London on June 6,1896 .Allingham is one of the only two surviving World War 1 veterans in Britain and the last surviving founder member of the Royal Air Force.

Easy Vs Difficult

LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s dead body found

Colombo: Sri Lankan state television on Tuesday broadcast video footage of what it said was the body of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, with the face of the rebel leader visible. The images, also carried by the private Swarnavahini channel, showed the upper section of a corpse which was dressed in camouflage uniform.

The Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, General Sarath Fonseka, has confirmed that LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s body has been found on Tuesday morning by the Lankan troops.

The terror chief’s body was found by the 53 Division troops led by Major General Kamal Goonarathne, Sri Lankan military sources said.

A Lankan military spokesman also said that Prabhakaran was in uniform and there were bullet wounds on his head.

The Lankan military claimed that they have positively identified 18 bodies of senior LTTE cadres. The list of identified LTTE leaders include:

* Pottu Amman: LTTE’s Intelligence Wing Leader

* Bhanu: LTTE military leader

* Jeyam: LTTE military leader

* B Nadesan: LTTE’s Political Head

* S Pulidevan: Head of LTTE’s Peace Secretariat

* Ramesh: LTTE special military leader

* Ilango: LTTE Police Chief

* Charles Anthony: Eldest son of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran

* Sudharman: Aide to LTTE leader’s son

* Thomas: Senior intelligence leader

* Luxman: LTTE military leader

* Sri Ram: Senior Sea Tiger cadre

* Isei Aravi: LTTE female military leader

* Kapil Amman: LTTE deputy intelligence leader

* Ajanthi: Female LTTE training in charge

* Wardha: LTTE mortar in-charge

* Pudiyawan: Secretary to the LTTE leader

* Jenarthan: Special military leader

Election Result 2009-Tamilnadu

Source : http://www.dinamalar.com

10 Most Poisonous Animals in the World – Amaizing!!!

1. Box Jellyfish

The top prize for “The World Most Venomous Animal,” would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their venom is among the most deadly in the world. It’s toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies.

You have virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. After a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Wearing panty hose while swimming is also a good prevention measure since it can prevent jellies from being able to harm your legs.

Jelly box can be found in the waters around Asia and Australia.

2. King Cobra

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake – growing up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft) in length. Ophiophagus, literally means “snake-eater” as it eats other snakes. One single bite of this deadly snake can easily kill a human. This snake is even capable of killing a full-grown Asian Elephant within 3 hours if the larger animal is bitten in a vulnerable area such as the trunk.

It’s venom is not as toxic as other venomous snakes, but King Cobra is capable of injecting 5 times more venom than black mamba and can result in mortality up to 5 times faster than that of the black mamba. It is quite widespread, ranging across South and South-east Asia, living in dense highland forests.

3. Marbled Cone Snail

This little beautiful looking Marbled Cone snail can be as deadly as any other animal on this list. One drop of its venom is so powerful that it can kill more than 20 humans. If you ever happen to be in warm salt water environment (where these snails are often found) and see it, don’t even think of picking it up. Of course, the true purpose of its venom is to catch its prey.

Symptoms of a cone snail sting can start immediately or can be delayed in onset for days. It results in intense pain, swelling, numbness and tingling. Severe cases involve muscle paralysis, vision changes and breathing failure. There is no antivenom. However, only about 30 human deaths have been recorded from cone snail envenomation.

4. Blue-Ringed Octopus

The Blue-Ringed Octopus is very small, only the size of a golf ball, but its venom is so powerful that can kill a human. Actually it carries enough poison to kill 26 adult humans within minutes, and there is no antidote. They are currently recognized as one of the world’s most venomous animals.

Its painless bite may seem harmless, but the deadly neurotoxins begin working immediately resulting in muscular weakness, numbness, followed by a cessation and breathing and ultimately death.

They can be found in tide pools in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia.

5. Death Stalker Scorpion

Contrarily to the popular belief most of the scorpions are relatively harmless to humans as stings produce only local effects (pain, numbness or swelling). However, the Death Starker Scorpion is highly dangerous species because its venom is a powerful cocktail of neurotoxins which causes an intense and unbearable pain, then fever, followed by coma, convulsions, paralysis and death. Fortunately, while a sting from this scorpion is extremely painful, it would be unlikely to kill a healthy, adult human. Young children, the old, or infirm (with a heart condition) are at the biggest risk.

Death stalker scorpions are spread in North Africa and Middle East.

6. Stonefish

Maybe Stonefish would never win a beauty contest, but it would definitely win the top prize for being “The World Most Venomous Fish”. Its venom causes such a severe pain that the victims of its sting want the affected limb to be amputated. It is described as the worst pain known to man. It is accompanied with possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death. If not given medical attention within a couple of hours It can be fatal to humans.

Stonefish stores its toxins in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators.

Stonefish mostly live above the tropic of Capricorn, often found in the shallow tropical marine waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, ranging from the Red Sea to the Queensland Great Barrier Reef

7. The Brazilian wandering spider

This spider is believed to have the most potent neurotoxic venom of any living spider. Only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. They are also so dangerous because of their wandering nature. They often hide during daytime in highly populated areas inside houses, clothes, boots, and cars.

Its venomous bite causes not only intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism – uncomfortable erections lasting for many hours that lead to impotence.

8. Inland Taipan

The prize for “The World’s Most Venomous Snake” goes to the Inland Taipan of Australia. Just a single bite from this snake contains enough venom to kill 100 human adults or an army of 250,000 mice. Its venom is at least 200 – 400 times more toxic than a common cobra. The Inland Taiwan’s extremely neurotoxic venom can kill an adult human in as little as 45 minutes. Fortunately this snake is very shy and there have been no documented human fatalities (all known bites were treated with antivenin).

9. Poison Dart Frog

If you ever happen to be running through the rain forests somewhere in Central or South America, do not ever pick up beautiful and colorful frogs – it can be the Poison Dart Frog. This frog is probably the most poisonous animal on earth.The 2 inch long (5cm) golden poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 adult humans or 20,000 mice. Only 2 micrograms of this lethal toxin (the amount that fits on the head of a pin) is capable of killing a human or other large mammal. They are called “dart frogs” because indigenous Amerindians’ use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of their blow-darts. Poison dart frogs keep their poison in their skins and will sicken or kill anybody who touches or eats it.

10. Puffer Fish

Thank for all you have – Nice Image Collection

If you think you are unhappy, look at them

If you think your salary is low, how about her?

If you think you don’t have many friends..

When you feel like giving up, think of this man

If you think you suffer in life, do you suffer as much as he does?

If you complain about your transport system, how about them?

If your society is unfair to you, how about her?

PAN Card Structure

If your brain works normally – amazing illusion!!!

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one colour, pink.

However if you stare at the black ‘ + ‘ in the centre, the moving dot turns to green.
Now, concentrate on the black ‘ + ‘ in the centre of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating.
It’s amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot , and the pink ones don’t really disappear. This should be proof enough, we don’t always see what we think we see.