Shakira Shakira – Hips Dont Lie
October 27, 2006 at 5:18 am (Music Videos)
Boy O Boy..This female drives people Crazy…..
Arabic – Shakira – Belly Dance
September 28, 2006 at 3:04 am (Music Videos)
| Guys This Female can really Dance and Blow Away your minds…. |
Tiger Woods clinches his 12th major title
August 22, 2006 at 9:24 am (Sports)
Woods closed the PGATour’s major championship season with a five-stroke victory on Sunday over Shaun Micheel, earning the 12th major title of his career and drawing ever closer to Jack Nicklaus’s record 18. Woods won his second major of 2006 and his third consecutive victory after wins at British Open and the Buick Open.
Woods became the first player to win the PGA Championship on the same course twice, adding to his victory here in 1999. Back then, he was still a skinny golfer not far from his days at Stanford University. Against Woods, it seems, the other guys always run out of holes. On Sunday, Woods showed just how versatile his game is, bringing it from a hard and fast links in England to a tree-lined, parkland course at Medinah, and outplaying opponents who have spent a decade running treadmills and beating balls on the range to match him.
Woods has won four of the last eight majors and will arrive at August National next April with a chance to win his third consecutive major title on a course that has given him four green jackets. Nicklaus’ mark is growing closer.
No matter what I think Tiger Woods is a master in the true sense. I am sure he is very soon beat the record of Jack Nicklaus’s 18 wins. He is only 30 now and he still has lots of time in him and guys i am sure he may rewrite many more records.
Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai's purest note takes his last breath….
August 22, 2006 at 6:23 am (General)
Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, 90, died of cardiac arrest at Varanasi’s Heritage Hospital early on Monday morning. A day’s State mourning has been declared in Uttar Pradesh and the national flag flew at half-mast. All government offices and schools and colleges in the State remained closed on Monday as a mark of respect to the maestro.
Thousands paid homage to ustad at Benia Bagh Park. UP governor T.V. Rajeswar, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, several ministers and other political leaders visited Varanasi to pay homage to Ustad Bismillah Khan. The ustad, who had been ailing for quite some time, was hospitalised on August 17 with age-related problems. He suffered a cardiac arrest at 1.45 am. Although he was put on the life-support system, doctors could not revive him. He was declared dead at 2.20 am on Monday.
Ustad Bismillah Khan had a keen desire to perform at India Gate in New Delhi. A recipient of the prestigious Bharat Ratna in 2001, Ustad Bismillah Khan had turned 90 in March this year, but he had refused to celebrate his birthday as a mark of protest against the Varanasi bomb blasts.
He was known for his secular leanings and had more friends in other communities than in his own. He was deeply attached to Varanasi and refused to leave the city even for treatment. He enthralled audiences at performances across the globe. He was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Tansen Award and the Padma Vibhushan. He was also awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. He was also conferred honorary doctorates by Benares Hindu University and Santiniketan.
Despite his fame, Bismillah Khan he led a simple life till his death. He always used the cycle rickshaw as his chief mode of transport which is an example of his simplicity. Born on March 21, 1916 in Bihar, the ustad’s ancestors were court musicians in the princely state of Dumraon.
Ustad Bismillah Khan gave a soul-stirring shehnai recital and poured his heart out into Raga Kafi from Red Fort on the eve of India’s first Republic Day ceremony. He also has the honor of performing in Indian Parliament. He was one of those rare
artistes who believed that musicians were supposed to be heard, and not seen. His Jugalbandi performnaces are one of the unforgetable moments for most of the people in India.
I would not say that Ustad’s demise has brought an end to Shehnai legacy in the country because there are lot of talented artists in India who can play this instrument but I am sure that it will really difficult for Indians to find one person who can match up with Bismillah Khan and continue his legacy and represent India and carry forward this culture.
