Friday, July 24, 2009
Bipasha Basu and John Abraham at Cannes 2007
Indian film actress Bipasha Basu, the winner of Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996, is often cited by popular magazines and newspapers as one of Asia's sexiest celebrity women.
The New Delhi born actress of Bengali origin made her film debut in Abbas Mustan's Ajnabee with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor and won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance. Other memorable films Basu starred are Telugu movie Takkari Donga, Raaz, Jism, Race, No Entry, Corporate and Dhoom 2.
She is currently dating popular Bollywood actor John Abraham.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Best Actress National Film Award winner Priyamani
Priyamani born on June 4, 1983 in Palakkad, Kerala, India, is winner of National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2006 Tamil film Paruthi Veeran directed by Ameer Sultan. Her birth name is Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer but she is better known by her stage name Priyamani. She is one of the most talented and accomplished Indian actresses, having acted in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Planning my summer vacation to Hawaii
It was a few months back that our friends John and Sarah came up with a plan to visit Hawaii, with enough time being made available to go deep into the tropical archipelago’s rich environs, including rare flora and fauna that cannot be found anywhere in the continental North America.
John said we needed at least three weeks to explore everything in his list of important places to visit, the historic Pearl Harbor and the capital Honolulu included. I was in the midst of a big professional project and could not spare much time. So, I left everything to be decided by my wife and turned to view my favorite program on ABC.
Last week my wife said that it is time to get ready and head for Hawaii. In fact she had planned everything meticulously. But casually I asked her about home security while we were away. I knew it was a stupid question just because we have piece of mind by using ADT home alarm system, the best that WV alarm companies can offer. And that is already installed.
But a few things more needed to be done like including a motion detector on our porch, smoke and heat sensors to take care of any fire hazards that can occur due to any short circuits or other reasons, etc.
Mailbox is quite important from the point of view of home security. A fully stuffed mailbox with some of the mail sticking out is a sure indication to possible intruders that the occupants of the house are away for sometime. So, I need to tell my friends to collect the mail as I would do everyday. Similarly I have to ask them to pick up newspapers and magazines left by the newsvendors.
Open windows and doors are to be securely closed so that intruders do not find it easy to enter the house. Dust and dry leaves that get accumulated around the house also show that no body is using the house. I have to ensure that somebody cleans them up and do not allow them to accumulate.
