Jodhpur-to-Bangalore in 6 hours

It would take only 6 hours by train to go from Jodhpur to Bangalore if
we had trains like China :-) Ashok Gehlot ji, give us those trains.

Acharya Tartuffe

Watched this fantastic play today at town hall,Jodhpur.
Genre : Comedy
Parent advisory : uses some adult words("chastity belt","periods")
Language : Hindi.
Image source.


Actors :
Acharya Tartuffe : Sadanand Paatil
Seth Omnaath : Anoop Trivedi
Deepanshu : Abdul Kaadir Shah
Mother of Seth Omnaath : Ambrish Saxena
Kamlesh : Navneet Singh Thakur
Kaamini : Sapna Khatana
Mamta : Kamini Dubey

Here is a description from Delhi Events.

About the Play : Acharya Tartuffe is a play based on Moliere’s French Play 'Tartuffe'.
Omnath, a businessman, met a saint, named Tartuffe in Pondichery and he got influenced by him. He brings him in his home. A turmoil occurs in the house. Omnath and his mother totally devote themselves in his godliness, whereas the rest of the family members go against him. They try to convince Omnath that Tartuffe is an imposter but their effort goes in vain. Tartuffe manipulates Omnath's weakness as his weapon and extends his wicked intention towards kamani, Omnath's wife.

Omnath puts pressure on his daughter, Mamta, to marry Tartuffe, whereas Mamta is already engaged to Rehan. The whole family is under severe pressure. In his blind faith on Tartuffe, Omnath not only throws his on, Dipanshu, out of his house but also disowns him from his property. His eccentricities lead Tartuffe being his legal heir of his property.
Finally Kamani takes charge of the situation. She weaves a plot where Tartuffe gets trapped and is caught red-handed by Omnath. Omnath orders Tartuffe to go out from the house but Tartuffe reminds him that legally it is his property. Tartuffe sends a summon to Omnath and at the same time incites few Hindu religious groups that Omnath has dishonoured a Hindu saint. Police arrives at the situation and in a dramatic way, Chunni, a disciple of Tartuffe reveals Tartuffe's evil background. Police arrest Tartuffe. The whole experience comes as an eye-opener for Omnath and he learns a lesson for life.
Watch the play to know More!

Written and Directed by : Prasanna
Prasanna is an eminent theatre director as well as a well known writer in Kannada. His is recipient of many awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Awar.

Movies based on not well known disabilities

Aamir khan seems to have started yet another trend
by making Taare Zameen Par, a movie which focused
on dyslexia - not a very well known disability.
Paa carried on the baton by touching the subject
of Progeria and now it's the turn of My Name is Khan
which shows a character with Autism.

Long live Aamir khan and the trends he starts !

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What makes Mafia wars tick?

In the earlier post, I had pointed out some reasons.
Here is another one.

Mafia wars - what makes it tick

There is a popular game on FaceBook/MySpace etc.
by the name of Mafia Wars. And I also happen to play
and enjoy it. I would just like to jot down, as to what
makes it kick/tick/whatever :

1. It's simple; or it is a 2-D text-based game
as people in gaming industry would categorize it.
So it doesn't require a high amount of user interaction.
You just have to visit its page as and when you wish,
scroll a bit, make few clicks and you are through.
Its simplicity ensures that it has a large audience.

2. What happens next or a high number of levels
I don't know what is the highest level in Mafia wars but
I have seen a player with level close to 500. With passage
of levels a wider variety of jobs/activities become available
and it keeps the surprise element intact. Talking of surprise
elements, same jobs yield random loot items. Also randomly
fighting people also springs up quite a lot of shocks/gifts.

3. Wonderful graphics.