Pakorakorner

Firefox 3 has been released recently with a lot of fanfare as usual -- Record breaking downloads , data about increasing market share , the admiration and praise for the open source movement, among other things. I have been an active user of Firefox ever since its launch. IE 6.0 was great but IE 7.0 was awful. Thus my preference for Firefox has been further strengthened over the years. So when Firefox 3.0 was released I promptly downloaded it and ...

Title : Dasavatharam (Meaning: Ten Avatars) Starring : Kamalahasan, Asin Direction : K. S. Ravikumar The thought of a movie where a single actor plays ten different roles does raise some basic questions about how it might even be possible to weave a sensible story (unless of course it is a comedy like Naya Din Nai Raat). Watching the film just confirms the worst of these fears. Dasavatharam is a poorly concocted, meaningless film, with Kamalahasan playing ten roles in addition ...

I was scouting the web for thoughts from other parents about the Challenger school system and I was surprised not to find any posts whatsoever on this topic. Schools are discussed so often in social circles so I was expecting to find at least one parent who would take the time to share their experiences. (Ok, for now, let us blame it on Google's poor search technology). I have had the opportunity to get familiar with the Challenger ...

Dinesh Karthik's exit from the ODI was on the cards. The big three Rahul Dravid, Ganguly and VVS Laxman are unlikely to play ODI again for India. Sachin is injured and Harbhajan is serving his sentence. The injured Sreesanth has just been replaced by the impressive Goni. With this, India's team for the Kitply Cup extends Dhoni's virtually complete control over the team selection. He initiated the changes he desired on the Australian tour and refined it further ...