Few lines from Loona - Shiv Kumar Batalvi's Magnum Opus

Dharmi babul paap kamaaya
Lar laaya mere phul kumlaaya
Jis da Ichhran roop handhaaya
Mein Pooran di maa, Pooran de haan di

Mein us ton ik chumman vaddi
Par mein keekan maa ohdi laggi
Oh meri garbh joon na aaya
Saiye ni main dhee vargi Salvaan di

Pita je dhee da roop handhave
Ta lokan nu laaj na aawe
Je Loona Pooran nu chahve
Chritarheen kahe kyon jeebh jahaan di

Chritarheen te taan koi aakhe
Jekar Loona veche haase
Par je haan na labhan maape
Aap labhan vich ki hai gall apmaan di

Mein Pooran di maa Pooran de haan di.....

If anybody is having full version of Loona in ebook format, please mail a copy to me.

Essential Apps for your Mobile

I am sure you have a mobile phone, don't you? Well, everybody has it coz we cannot live without it anymore. How else can you tweet on the go and Foursquare would look a very stupid idea without a mobile phone. Most of us spend a lot of time pressing those tiny buttons or moving our fingers across that 'touchy' screen. So what do you do on that phone? You surely don't make calls or type texts whole day long! You either surf the internet or use some cool apps for tweeting or productivity or whatever! So here's a list of some apps which help you just do that.

1. Opera Mini

This is by far the best web browser for a mobile phone. Opera Mini 5 has speed dials, supports tabbed browsing and comes with pretty good download manager. It's available for all major mobile OS including Java, Symbian, iOS,
Alternatives: Bolt, Teashark, UCWeb.

2. Twitter

Nowadays, everybody tweets. Its more likely than not, that you use twitter too. While the Twitter mobile site is quite nice but it has some limitations and the biggest one is the inability to add a comment when you retweet somebody's tweet. Well, the Twitter clients come to our rescue. There are many of them (infact, too many!) and you may choose one according to your OS and your style. But my picks are:
Symbian and J2ME: Twibble
Blackberry: Twitter for Blackberry
iOS: TweetDeck

3. IM Client

Most of us use one IM service or the other while some use more than one. For single IM users, their respective IM sites provide them with their mobile clients. Multi-IM users have a choice between numerous IM clients. You may use any one out of Fring, Nimbuzz, Palringo, eBuddy, IM+ etc. But My fav is Fring.

4.File Explorer

To manage files efficiently on your mobile, you can use a file manager. I recommend Y-browser for Symbian and File Explorer for
J2ME phones.

5. Skype

Skype is a very good service to save on your telephone bill. Skype provides apps for Symbian, Blackberry and iPhone.

6. Maps

If you use a Nokia smartphone, you already have Ovi maps installed on your phone. Ovi Maps are the best Maps application with Free voice navigation for your GPS enabled Nokia. For others, Google Maps is quite good.

Bonus Apps:

6. Youtube mobile app:
Watch Youtube videos directly on your phone.

7. Snaptu:
Lovely app with Facebook, Twitter, Techcrunch, Engadget, Weather, Cricinfo, Sudoku, Picasa, Flickr, Blogs and much more.

8. Ebook Reader:
My choice is Mobipocket while you may pick one you like.

9. Battery Opitimizer

10. Thesaurus

FIFA World Cup: The Indian Perspective

FIFA World Cup is here and the whole world is caught in football fever. World's top 32 teams are in South Africa to play for the ultimate glory.

Here in India, we are all exited about it but one thing every Indian is gonna miss, for sure, is an Indian team in the World Cup. It is not unusual though. India has never played in the Football World Cup finals. The biggest reason cited for this has always been the lack of public and corporate support. I too thought that the public support was lacking as seen during most I-league games.

But as the world cup started, India turned into a completely different nation. It seemed as if Football was our National game. My Twitter Timeline was full of World Cup related tweets. Some tweeted how excited they were about the world cup, others tweeted about their favorite teams and yet others about why India wasn't in the World Cup. It was almost forgotten that next day India vs Zimbabwe T20 Cricket series is going to start. All were caught in a Football Frenzy. When the first match Kicked Off, I was even more surprised to see my Mom, Uncle and Auntie, who are Cricket crazy people, sitting with me and asking me about the rules of football and other questions about football. They even watched almost whole of the match, leaving at 9 PM to watch their favorite show 'Desi Girl'.

This all is nothing else but a hint that the much needed public support and passion for football in India is slowly but surely,
increasing.

What next? Well, what is needed now is the very important media support. Indian media only talks football during the world cup. No Indian news channel covers India&'s domestic football league, the I-league. I always have to look for latest I-league results and standings on some British sites. The Indian media can play a huge role by not just increasing public support but also by bringing the corporate support to the game.

If all goes well then, if not for Brazil 2014, we may be able to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. It would be even more special to watch the World Cup with India in it. Until then, lets be satisfied with what we are getting. Enjoy the World Cup!

JAMIE SIDHU