BBC Trust Launches Condom Campaign

Imagine a phone going off at a wedding reception and the mobile ringtone has the unlikely chant of “condom, condom”. This ‘condom a cappella’ ringtone is featured in a new ad campaign launched on August 8, 2008। The advertisement is part of a two year project using mass media to make condoms more generally acceptable. It is produced by the BBC World Service Trust and funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is also using the ad to support its condom promotion efforts.

The campaign therefore focuses on people who are sensible enough to appreciate and understand this, and so the tagline is Jo Samjha Wohi Sikander (“the one who understands is a winner”)
This original ringtone can be downloaded in India by SMSing “CONDOM” to 56887 (download charges apply) or free from anywhere worldwide on the website condomcondom।org .

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‘There are more difficult things in life’

Just read the Golden Boy interview thought of sharing with others…he seems to be very intellectual person. Infact his answers are very inspiring as well as down to earth.

1. Winning an Olympic medal should not be a big deal. I think this is no big deal.

2. I had goals till my second Olympics. Then I stopped believing in this goal theory and this preparation theory and that peaking theory. Obviously you approach the Olympics looking to win. But, nahin hoga to na sahi. Life goes on. Ho gaya to well and good.

3. OK, it’s the first individual gold. But I really can’t understand why no one has won it before. Really, I can’t! There are many more difficult things in life that are far scarier.

4. There’s a void right now. I worked four years for this. I worked for an Olympics medal for 12 years and now I have got it. It’s basically like you climb a mountain and you have reached the top and you find that there’s nothing there. You win a medal, so what? Life goes on, no? What’s the big deal? What’s the big fuss about?

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The World’s Worst Olympians

And…the honours goes to ….INDIA, well that’s what US’s foreign policies website is saying , to quote them:
“Think of India as the Washington Nationals of Olympic sport. India is by far the worst-performing Olympic country—no matter how you slice it. It’s not for lack of trying. A games participant since 1900, India still ranks behind Nigeria, a country with an economy one twentieth India’s size, in total medals. The country’s athletic ineptitude is so profound that a parliamentarian called for two minutes of silence to “lament the demise of Indian sports” after the squad failed to win any medals in Barcelona in 1992.”
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Real Indian Hero

Meet a ‘Real Indian Hero’, Mr. Rakesh Yadav who has to his credit the disposal of nearly 300 bombs in the last 13 years.

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Tendlya in bollywood!!!

Sachin Tendulkar will make his Bollywood debut with a cameo role in a film about the miracles of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh.Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of the world's best batsmen, will play himself in "Vighnaharta Shri Siddhivinayak," a film about the god, who is sometimes referred to as Siddhivinayak.
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Personal sex machines to boost your sex life

Want to add some more action in the bedroom? Well, all your 'naughty' wishes are about to be fulfilled, all thanks to personal sex machines that kick pleasure into overdrive.

From the smooth, silent glide of the Monkey Rocker Tango to Le Chair's ability to put two people into a dozen compromising positions, the new products and prototypes unveiled at this week's Adult Novelty Expo straddle the line between toy and machine.

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Note: Contributed by SHIV DAS, now don't blame me for always giving such nuances.....

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Indian prince to be prized guest at Swedish gay fest

Manvendra Singh Gohil, perhaps the only erstwhile Indian royal to have declared himself gay, is expected to be the main attraction at this year's StockholmPride, a famous global gay event, starting Friday.


StockholmPride will kick off at the prestigious and colourful Skansen, the oldest open air museum and nature park in the world, and will continue in other venues in the Swedish capital.

This year's the theme is "Swedish Sin, Breaking Borders", with the focus going beyond the Swedish borders on the situation for LGBT people.

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Indian Political League

BJP MPs show the packets of money they have been allegedly bribed to switch sides. (PTI)

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The first actor to be animated in Indian film history??

India gets its first 3-D superhero, when south Indian film star Rajnikanth dons an animated persona for a forthcoming film titled- 'Sultan the Warrior'.
Rajnikanth, a regional star whose flamboyance is unequalled by Bollywood actors and who may have even more fans than super star Amitabh Bachchan, has become the first actor to be animated ever in Indian entertainment history.
His unique acting style is characterised by a trademark gesture - toss a cigarette in the air, catch it in his lips, then light it with a match struck on a shirtsleeve.
'Sultan the Warrior' will also see the superstar-actor fighting off villains in his trademark style, though with a lot more stylish gestures thrown in for the viewer's delight.
Movie with animated Rajnikanth playing the main protagonist is being produced jointly by the actor's daughter Saundarya Rajnikanth owned Ocher Studios and Warner Brothers.
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