Sunday, January 06, 2008

Taare Zameen Par!!!


Never have I gotten so emotional watching a movie! This is one such movie that has been brilliantly shot which tells every parent how precious their child is and always being number 1 is not the most important thing in life.


The movie also shows how important it is to understand a child and encourage the child to pursue his/her passion.


Everything about the movie is great. The cast, dialogues, direction, music & the lyrics. There are a couple of songs (Maa & the title song) that stands out even after you have left the movie hall.


A must watch for everyone! As the tag line of the movie goes, every child is special! Love all the children.

Friday, January 04, 2008

First Caucus result is out!!!

Against all odds, Obama and Huckabee win the Iowa causus for democratic and republican nomination for the presidency battle in the US. This was the first test put in front of all the front runners for the presidential election this Autumn.

On the democratic front, Obama emerged a surprise winner much ahead of Hillary Clinton, who was placed a poor 3rd, with nearly a 5% lead. This was a completely unexpected result as a record number of caucus goers voted (most of them first time caucus voters)! Although a lot is not expected to be read into these results, the result did come in as a rude shock to Hillary who was considered to be the front runner of the Democratic party.

In the last 24 years, every person who has won either the Iowa Caucus or New Hampshire Primary has gone on to win the White House with the exception of 1 person. No Points for guessing who that is. Yes, all of you guessed it right. It was Bill Clinton!!! Will Mrs. Clinton be able to repeat the same thing??? Or would she win the New Hampshire primary??? Only time will tell! Watch this space for more...

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

The first test for the US Presidential hopefuls!!!

Continuing with the coverage on US Presidential elections, the first test for all the hopefuls will happen in the next 2 days. Iowa would be the state which would conduct the first caucus which would set the pace for the selection of candidates from both Democratic and Republican parties. Though not considered to be one of those most important states in terms of number of votes, everybody is still looking forward to the results from Iowa. Many believe that this would be the pace setter for the rest of the campaign.



As per the opinion polls conducted by various agencies, Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee are leading the Democratic and Republican race respectively.

Hillary Clinton has a narrow lead of 4% over Obama while John Edwards is placed 3rd, a further 1% less in the democratic front.

In the republican front, Mike Huckabee is leading by a huge margin.

Who is gonna win??? That's the most important and intruiging question that everybody wants answer for... Look out to this section for more on this...