~anY better relatiOnship than this~

~britney spears~

Britney Spears is planning a special performance on Lauper's True Colors tour next weekend. Britney's choreographer Misha Gabriel has revealed she will join Lauper, Debbie Harry, Erasure, The Dresden Dolls and The MisShapes on stage at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre on June 30.

Britney, who had hoped to have her album out by the end of this year, has been left frustrated to discover the release date has now been pushed back to 2008.

~paris hiltOn a free bird nOw~

HOTEL heiress and ex-convict Paris Hilton has celebrated her first hours of liberty with a delivery of Mexican takeaway food, a pink-frosted cake and a hair appointment. She spent her first day as a free woman in her family's home in Beverly Hills, spending time with her parents and siblings.

~ cOmmOn hair prOblems ~

- Common Hair And Scalp Problems -

1 - Itchy Scalp - If you have itching of the scalp, there maybe two main causes.

1. Lice - Apart from affecting the scalp, lice can reside on the body anbd on the clothes as well.The lice suck blood from the skin and may cause infection.The main problem, however is itching.The thing to look for, to confirm the presence of lice, are the eggs laid by lice; these are attached to the hair and are the size of a pinhead, so you really have to search carfully for them.Once the diagnosis is made the problem is easily treated with malathion or gamma benzene hexachloride;both have to be applied once a week for two weeks.
   
2. Dandruff -We all shed dead skin cells as a normal process; these cells are not shed off individually but as aggravates which are normally too small to be seen.In dandruff, however, the shedding of the dead cells is in larger visible aggravates;there is also an excessive production of dead cells.Dandruff is generally rare in children.Scaling generally begins to emerge at adolescence.Starting at puberty, dandruff increases gradually over the next few years; it is maximum in the early twenties.Later over the years, it gradually decreases and is decidedly rare in the elderly.
   

Getting Rid Of Dandruff -

There are two ways of treating dandruff:either the scales are removed as quickly as they are formed, or the formation of scales is suppressed.Shampooing is a good way to rapidly remove the scales.To be effective the washing should be thorough and frequent.Application of oils temporarily improves the appearance of a scaly scalp because the scales stick to the scalp and are less visible.But oils tend to nullify the effect of shampooing to a considerable extent and are best avoided if you are suffering from dandruff.Medicated shampoos are very popular, these contain selenium sulphide, zinc pyrithione or coaltar.These agents decrease the production of scales in addition to removing the scales.Corticosteroid applications are also very effective in reducing the production of scales and are used for severe dandruff.But the most important aspect of treating dandruff is that the medications should be used regularly till you outgrow the problem.

2 - Greying Of Hair -

The age of onset of the greying process is largely determioned by our genes.Generally by the age of 50, 50% of the population have at least 50% grey hair.Grey hair can sometimes appear earlier too.Premature greying runs in certain families.Rapid greying of hair may occur after severe emotional stress.In certain internal diseases like diseases of the Thyroid Gland,certain anaemias, hair may grey early.

What Can Be Done -

The usual and the most effective way of dealing with greying of hair is dyeing it.There are several dyes available.The oxidative dyes are the most versatile and the most frequently used, despite the fact that they can cause reactions.Henna is also used because apart from its safety it is a superb conditioner.

3 - Loss Of Hair-Baldness -

Causes Of Baldness:

All of us loose hair.A loss of upto 100 hair a day is normal, as this hair loss is replaced.Excessive hair loss which is not replaced leads to baldness.Baldness or alopecia, as your doctor would call it, has several causes:

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  1) The commonest form of baldness that affects men.It is called male pattern baldness.The hair loss in this condition depends on two factors, namely the presence of androgens(male sex hormones), and a genetic tendency to develop baldness.One out of every ten men is likely to develop some degree of alopecia by the age of 25; by the age of 35, 4 out 10 men show some baldness; and by the age of 50, nearly half of all men are bald.
  
• 2) Many systemic diseases can cause diffuse hair loss.Any prolonged debilitation(thyroid, viral fevers, malaria, operations, accidents and even child-birth) can be followed by diffuse loss of hair.Mental stress must be included as a cause of this type of baldness.Nutritional deficiencies, crash dieting and anorexia nervosa are all also associated with hair loss.Anaemia is an important cause of hair loss in women.
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  3) The third type of baldness is called alopecia areata.Patches of baldness first appear on the scalp, but can spread to the eyebrows and eyelashes as well.In men the beard area may be involved.Fortunately most of the time, the problem resolves on its own.This pattern of alopecia is more commonly seen in men and is sometimes associated with leucoderma and diabetes.
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  4) Some diseases of the scalp like fungal and bacterial infections on scalp can also cause baldness.
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  5) Finally physical trauma also results in hair loss; this type of hair loss affects women more often than it affects men.Tight hair styles, too much exposure to hot air can also be a cause to some extent.

Remedy -

The easiest and the cheapest solution is to grow the remaining hair, and to restyle it to cover the bald areas.Conditioning the hair would give body to the hair, but these methods can be resorted to only in mild cases of baldness.

Another but rather expensive solution is hair transplantation.Hair when transplanted from a hair producing area to a bald area of the scalp, continues to function and grow normally for a lifetime.If done with skill this method seems to work fairly well.

4 - Superflous Hair -

Superflous hair or hirsutism maybe due to heredity or ethnic causes.A mild hirsutism might be seen in women after menopause.

• Remedy -
  Bleaching: Bleaching is one way of making existing hair less conspicuous-it is good for down, rather than for thick coarse hair.It is the most commonly used method for camouflaging facial hair.But blaching might cause irritations in some.
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  Shaving: It is a fallacy that hair grows faster and becomes coarser after shaving.Yes, after shaving hair does reappear with great rapidity(within 24 hrs), because shaving cuts the hair just at the surface.
  
• Pumice Stone: Abrasives in the form of pumice stones and special emery covered mitts and pads, are frequently used to remove unwanted hair.Though this method is cheap, its effects are temporary.This method is most effectively used on moderately coarse hair of the legs and arms and is not practical for use on the face.
  
• Chemical Depilation: Depilatory agents such as creams, lotions and sprays used in the method of depilation may cause irritation and dryness of the skin and thus should never be used on broken skin.However conduct a patch test before using any of the depilatory agents.
  
• Waxing: This is one of the oldest methods of removing hair.However, the wax should be warmed to the right temperature(neither too hot or too cold) and applied by an expert.If doing at home use cold waxing method instead.Waxing reduces hair growth if done frequently and is the best method of hair removal
  
• Plucking And Threading: These methods are usually reserved for eye-brows, hair on the upper lip and chin and for removing odd hair around the nipples.These methods do not increase hair growth.
  
• Electrolysis: Electric epilation is considered a safe and a cosmetically acceptable method of removing unwanted hair permanently.It is a useful way of getting rid of facial hair, but for hairy arms and legs it might prove too expensive and time-consuming.
  

~kareena kapOOr~

~ danneel harris ~

~sOme great One liners~

1. Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.

2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.

3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried- but they wanted cash.

5. A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

6. Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

7. Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without... but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.

8. You can't buy love. . But you pay heavily for it.

9. True friends stab you in the front.

10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me.

11. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

12. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

13. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

14. Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

15. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.

16. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

17. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

18. Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

19. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

20. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books

~creative phOtOgraphy~

~painted bOdy and faces~

~sOuth indian aCtress :: naMita~

Namitha Kapoor is a popular Tamil actress. She started out, by participating in the Femina Miss India. She was born on May 10, 1981 in Surat, India. She has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu & Hindi films. Although she started out in Telugu movies, she became famous after the Tamil film Engal Anna opposite Vijayakanth. She starred in the song "Arjuna Arjuna" along with Sarath Kumar, which ended up as a big hit.Being quite voluptuous, she's constantly cast in almost all her films, entirely for skin show.

Namitha loves White and Black colors. White roses are her favorite flowers. She swims and plays Badminton in her leisure. Interestingly she used to coach swimming for kids. Namitha reads Novels of Sidney Sheldon and prefers reading Comics.

~marriaGe :: fUnny quOtes~

Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends.You order what you want, then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that.

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Man: Is there any way for long life?Dr: Get married.Man: Will it help?Dr: No, but the thought of long life will never come.
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Why do couples hold hands during their wedding?It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fightbegins!
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Wife: Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do?Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.
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It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged.It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered.
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It is difficult to understand GOD. He makes such beautiful things aswomen and then he turns them into Wives !
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A man, who surrenders when he's wrong, is Honest. A man whosurrenders when not Sure, is Wise. A man who surrenders even if he's Right, is a Husband.
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If u r married please ignore this msg, for everyone else: HappyIndependence Day
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Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking aboutsomething you say. After marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish.
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There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronicbanking. It's called marriage
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Aadmi shaadi kyon karta hai?Take vo Marne ke baad agar Swarg jaye to achcha feel kare aur agarNark jaye to homely feel kare..
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Why do Bride & Groom exchange varmaala during wedding ?To tell each other affectionately. .. Sweetheart U R Dead!
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Different Phases of a man:After engagement: SupermanAfter Marriage: GentlemanAfter 10 years: WatchmanAfter 20 years: Doberman
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There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.There is only one perfect wife in the world and every neighbor has it
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Prospective husband: Do you have a book called 'Man, The Master ofWomen'?Salesgirl: The fiction department is on the other side, sir.
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Man receives telegram: Wife dead-should be buried or cremated?Man: Don't take any chances. Burn the body and bury the ash.

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~hanSika :: pretty faCe~

Are u thinking that you have seen this pretty face somewhere ? Do you watch serials? This girl was there in "Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki" and "Des mein Nikla Hoga Chand" as a child actress. Just 3 years back she was 13 years old. If you watch her before 3 years you would be shocked to see the present Hansika.

Yes she is the one who is playing the lead role in Himesh Reshmaniya starrer " Aap ki Suroor"

~meDicinal effect~

~this is happening in Our lifetime ~

Year 1969 :
The Karnataka State BTS bus no. 10 A between Majestic to Srinagar ( two cities in Bengaluru) was crowded with passengers and the 20 years old bus conductor Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was busy giving tickets to the passengers and the driver Raj Bahadoor was busy thinking which movie to go that night with Shivaji.

Year 2007 :
One of the highly spent movies in the entire Indian film industry, acted by one of the highest paid actor in the entire ASIA is going to be released on this Friday (15th June).

Many of you might have already found out the resemblance between above two incidents. Yes you are right. The ordinary bus conductor few decades back is now the superstar of Tamil movie industry and his new movie SIvaji the title of which resembles his original name is much awaited by his fans in the entire world.

It’s not strange that many people who don’t have enough money even sell their blood for the sake of money in Tamilnadu when this movie gets released in order to watch it on the first day. No functions are any ceremonies are held there before and after one month of his movie release.

“Thalivar” as he is usually referred by Tamilians, the carpenter-turned-coolie-turned-conductor-turned Super Star Rajanikanth’s life story itself will be substance for many movies.

Born in a Marathi Family on December 12 1949 in Karnataka, India, with the original name was Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rajanikanth lost his mother at the age of five. He had his schooling at the Acharya Patasala in Bangalore and then at the Vivekananda Balak Sangh, a unit of the Ramakrishna Mission.

A small roll in “Apoorva Ragangal” directed by K Balachander opened the gate way of movie land for this now Superstar Rajanikanth. From Antihero to Blockbuster Superstar, Rajanikanth is loved and applauded by millions of his fans across the globe for his unique style and mannerism - both onscreen and off screen.

In the initial stage as an actor Rajanikanth established himself as an Antihero till the movie “Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri” was released which depicted him in a positive role. Many movies were released which were especially made for him and all were huge success. But at that crucial time in his career when his market price had just begun to zoom, he decided to opt out of films completely, sending shock waves to his fans.

But the reentry was even more colorful. Many block busters like Billa, Pokkiri Raja, Moondru Mugham and Nettrikkam were made at this time.

His sense of humor and comic timings with his natural talent made all movies acted by him in the last decade were trendsetters. The movies Badshah, Annamalai, Arunachalam, Ejaman, Muthu Padayappa, Baba and Chandramukhi ( ran in the same theatre for more than 800 days) all broke records set by his own films.

You have to believe the fact that his movie songs have become a rage in Japan and Padayappa was shown to packed houses in the UK and USA. And now the posters of Sivaji are displayed all over Malaysia.

He became the superstar not just because of the films but his behaviors off screen. Whatever stories you have heard about his helping hands to his friends, his simplicity are true. Ego and starry airs are unknown to Rajanikanth. During breaks he hardly ever rushes to his air-conditioned makeup room. Instead, he prefers to sleep on the sets, even without a pillow. All people who helped him during his hard days have been rewarded suitably by him, not just that they are all remembered by him all the time.

It’s everyone’s dream to make friendship with Rajanikanth or to have one of our friends like him. He's the sort who deserves all the superstardom he's earned. Such men, indeed, are rare.

Shashi Shetty.
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~these are really very interestinG faCts~

Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.

To Err is human, to forgive is not a COMPANY policy.

The road to success??.. Is always under construction.

Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.

In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.

All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.

Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.

Everyone has a scheme of getting rich?.. Which never works.

If at first you don't succeed?. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried.

You can never determine which side of the bread to butter.

If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.

Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.

As soon as you mention something?? if it is good, it is taken?. If it is bad, it happens.

He who has the gold, makes the rules ---- Murphy's golden rule.

If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late?? the bus is still late.

Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.

When in a queue, the other line always moves faster and the person in front of you will always have the most complex of transactions.

If you have paper, you don't have a pen??. If you have a pen, you don't have paper?? if you have both, no one calls.

Especially for Students ---- If you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.

You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.

The door bell or your mobile will always ring when you are in the bathroom.

After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.

If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.

Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the non-smoker.

~rOck hOtel~

~aishwarYa rai :: black & white~

~charming imaGes Of china~

The entrance to Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bustles with activity. This Taoist shrine is famed for its gardens and for the fortune tellers who frequent its grounds.

A Chinese farmer pauses to regard an ancient landscape of terraced rice fields in China's Hunan Province.

A terra cotta army bears silent witness to an emperor's greatness. More than 2,200 years ago thousands of unique clay soldiers and horses were commissioned to help Qin Shi Huang Di conquer the afterlife as he once did China.

Buddhist monks gather each year at Nechung Monastery to celebrate Losar—the Tibetan New Year. The distinctive yellow hat designates members of the Gelug school, to which the Dalai Lama belongs.

The world's largest Buddha statue dwarfs a visitor to Leshan, China. The 231-foot-tall (83-meter-tall) Buddha was carved from a riverside cliff in the 8th century to safeguard boaters on the treacherous waters below.

Prayer flags stretch toward the Potala Palace, which is perched on Red Mountain in Tibet's Lhasa Valley. The former winter home of the Dalai Lama has symbolized Tibetan Buddhism since the 7th century.

A cyclist peddles a Yangshuo street in the aftermath of a spirited celebration. The wet pavement is littered with spent firecrackers.

A plethora of signs point the way down Nanjing Road—the bustling heart of Shanghai's shopping district. The road ends at the city's waterfront Bund.

China is rapidly modernizing, yet the bicycle still provides transportation for many of its 1.3 billion people.

Sunlight brightens the flanks of China's Great Wall—one of the most ambitious construction projects in human history. The wall was a barrier between China and "barbarian" lands.

~why dO pregnant wOmen like eating tamarind and raw mangOes~

Craving for unusual food (and some non food items like ash called pica) is considered as the first sign of pregnancy. In reality, although some women do get strong cravings, many do notNo one knows for sure what causes food cravings. Many women find that their senses of taste and smell are changed by pregnancy. For example, some women experience an odd metallic taste in their mouths very early in pregnancy (maybe the first sign of pregnancy for an `experienced' mother); others find that taste and smell are dulled. It is possible that these changes affect food likes and dislikes.

Some people think that cravings happen in response to temporary deficiency of specific nutrients. There is probably some truth in this, but it is not the whole story. We only need minute quantities of each vitamin and mineral — certainly not enough to justify a continual craving for just one food. For some women, food cravings may be a conscious or subconscious response to emotion.

They may crave a favourite childhood food, or a food that is of special significance to their religion or culture. Craving unusual foods may also be a private way of marking the special state of being pregnant. Rather than develop a food craving, many women find they suddenly go off certain foods or drinks like fried foods and coffee.

This is often related to pregnancy sickness, but may also be the body's way of ensuring that they eat and drink wisely. Generally, there's no harm in giving into food cravings, especially if doing so helps getting through phases like early morning sickness which can be pretty distressing. However this must be done in moderation.

Eating a lot of one food only means eating less of other foods and therefore running the risk of becoming deficient in important nutrient. A craving for non-food items — such as ash or soap or toothpaste — is known as `pica'.Pica is potentially very harmful if indulged in and must be resisted. Also, substances like soaps and ash may prevent the absorption of nutrients and other food substances.

~cUte child mOdel~

~histOry :: sOme rare pictures~

The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s. This picture and the others in this series appear in a new book, 'India Then and Now', by Vir Sanghvi and Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Roli Books, India. Pictures courtesy: Roli Books.

A throwback from the Raj: A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.

The Grand Trunk Road, built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul. Here, transport leaves Ambala for Delhi.

A group of dancing girls. Dancing or nautch girls began performing at courts around 1830. They were known for their elaborate costumes and jewellery.

A rare aerial view of the president's palace and the parliament building in Delhi, both designed by architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.

Women gather at a party in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1910, a sign that women were very much part of the social scene in many respects.

A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs and own several temples.

An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, built between 1650 and 1658 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.

~parties in aiR~

~heavy rain in Oman~

A powerful cyclone which skirted the coast of Oman early today, appeared to be weakening and moving north through a major shipping channel towards Iran. Tropical cyclone Gonu, which earlier reached the level of a maximum-force Category Five hurricane, was the strongest to reach Oman's coast since 1977, the Omani weather service said, with strong winds and heavy rains pummelling the coast and forcing thousands from their homes.

~finest chOreography~

~gOlden smile :: perizaad zOrabian~

~the simple faCts~

1. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world?

2. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

3. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

4. Banging your head against a wall uses an average of 900 calories an hour.

5. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

6. The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

7. "I am ." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

8. The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

9. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

10. Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

11. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

12. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

13. Every time you lick a stamp,you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

14. Cat's urine glows under a black light.

15. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

16. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

17. Babies are born without knee caps.They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

18. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

19. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

20. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

22. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30's lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.

23. You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

24. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

25. There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.

26. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

27. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

28. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

29. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds,dogs only have about ten.

30. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

~paris hiltOn~

Paris Whitney Hilton most commonly known as Paris Hilton was born in New York City on 17th February 1981. She was a born rich. The world famous Hilton Hotels were founded by her grand parents. At the age of 19 itself Paris Hilton was a well known model in the New York City.

It was in the year 2003, Paris Hilton become famous world wide when a home made video of hers with her then boyfriend Rick Salomon leaked in to the media.

Paris is quite famous for her controversial social life too. She was arrested in September 2006, for driving under the influence and subsequently sentenced to 36 months probation and had her license suspended. In February 2007, she was stopped for driving at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone and charged with violating her probation. Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail, which was later reduced to 36.

~cUte kiDz~

~fOrts in maharaStra~

Maharashtra has been gifted with the Sahyadri ranges. This range is well populated with many forts. These forts offer us a chance to observe the beauty of nature, skills of our ancestors and allow us to add a little thrill to our life. There are numerous such forts in the vicinity of Thane and Pune which are ideal for an one day or two day trek.

Most of the forts in Maharashtra whether up in the hills or near the seas are associated with Shivaji --the great Maratha warrior and an equally great fort builder. Moreover, these forts were treated as mini-cities, such as Panhala, which is now a hill station. The concept of the fort-city was, however, not peculiar to Shivaji alone. The Portuguese who came to India as traders and missionaries, built within a century of their coming, Bassein, a garden city to rival many a European capital.