http://www.manikarthik.com Thoughts about life, people, emotions, technology and the country. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:23:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to the Guardian, the eldest daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has composed a rap song about her mother's killing. "There's a few things I never got to say," sings Bakhtawar, a student at the University of Edinburgh, at the beginning of the five-minute song, ... http://www.manikarthik.com/benazir-bhuttos-daughter-writes-rap-song-about-mothers-death/ I was happy to hear the news today, that Malayalam cine super star Mammootty started blogging on Jan 1, 2009. But was surprised to see that he’s on blogspot, and that too with an awkward domain name. The URL is at http://i-am-mammootty.blogspot.com I think Mr.Mammooty had to go with ... http://www.manikarthik.com/mammooty-starts-blogging-but-on-blogspot/ One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo. Spectacular is the word. http://www.manikarthik.com/an-entire-year-recorded-on-video-in-40-seconds/ Just yesterday, the cochin bloggers group had a quick meetup at Cafe Coffeeday,. As usual, along with the steamy discussions, came up some productive thoughts too. We were thinking of new ways to promote the “citizen blogging” concept for KeralaCitizenBloggers, and came up with an idea of viral video series for KCB. ... http://www.manikarthik.com/cochin-bloggers-meetup-at-cafe-coffeeday/ Viral videos are in. Indian portals have embraced the idea of viral social media (though late) and two prominent portals have come up with cool videos to promote their services. Here are they. One- Sulekha.com Two – Oktatabyebye.com http://www.manikarthik.com/two-great-viral-videos-from-two-popular-indian-portals/ Radio shows are cool, is it not ? And what if you can have one for yourself, yea with your name all over ! Sounds great ? But things are not easy as setting up a podcast in the case of radio shows you know. ... http://www.manikarthik.com/how-to-create-a-radio-show-yourself/ Honestly, I quite like the show, no foul mouth,  it’s fun and entertainment after all. And I must agree that Raghu Ram is a keen observer and is a great analyst, he’s great at auditions too. But from what is seen on TV (a lot would be unseen to us ... http://www.manikarthik.com/mtv-roadies-insulting-people-to-make-a-living-wow-that-sure-sounds-like-fun/ Sheru was a stray dog hit by an errant bullet when two gunmen opened fire in a crowded railway station during the first night of the assault. The survival of the aging Sheru, despite a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, has become an uplifting and soothing ... http://www.manikarthik.com/sheru-the-dog-who-survived-the-mumbai-attacks/ Well, looks like many of us would actually be serious about this in the future. Some folks from Japan (particularly women) are bothered about Blood types and even go to the extreme of predicting your personality based on it. So what will happen to all those ... http://www.manikarthik.com/what-is-your-blood-type-i-can-probably-predict-your-personality/ Here’s an interesting “experiment” from Burger King. Well; it’s sort of an online marketing social media campaign from Burger King, so no surprise if this is something weird. Okay, what BK does is go out to remote places on the planet, pick up people who have no clue what burgers are, ... http://www.manikarthik.com/the-whopper-virgins-test-by-burger-king/