Cricket: How much worse can it get?

A few days ago, Geoff Lawson tried to assume the role of a school teacher during the post match press conference after the Sri lanka vs Pakistan match. His behavior angered the media which boycotted the press conference. No one will forget the Ponting episode with the press during India vs Australia series early this year. Is this really a problem with the people concerned or are we missing something from the media side?

The present situation is in complete contrast with that present a decade ago or before. During the 80’s and 90’s, most of the articles published used to contain facts only. Now, there is a lot of interpretation between the lines and there is a lot of scrutiny. With its vast network and huge resources, media has now become a huge phenomenon and this is putting a lot of pressure on the players. Every move of the players is under the scanner. The players private life is mixed with their on-field behavior and thus their actions on the field are being judged by what they do off the field. Now, the media is ready to pounce on anything and the players need to have a lot of constraint while doing anything. Also, sometimes the criticism is not well directed and all these pressures are building up and finding a vent during the press conferences and other public events.

I am a big cricket fan myself, but this kind of behavior from players hurts the game on the whole. We need to take measures before this problem goes out of our hands. Media should maintain restraint and not the cross the line while posing questions and also the players need to be more patient. I hope everyone does their part in taking the game back to “GENTLEMEN’s GAME.”

DataQuest College Rankings: (51-117)

51	Army Institute of Technology	Pune	17.3	38.4	49
52	Nitte	Karkala	12.4	36.1
53	College of Engineering-Andhra University	Visakhapatanam	17.7	34.1	44
54	GITAM College of Engineering	Vishakapatnam	10.7	33.8
55	Oriental Institute of Science & Technology	Bhopal	19.0	32.8	71
56	Kumaraguru College of Technology	Coimbatore	16.2	32.8
57	Marathwada Institute of Technology	Aurangabad	5.2	32.6	54
58	MIT	Pune	20.1	30.9
59	Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology	Bangalore	5.4	30.8	52
60	University Visversvaraya College of Engineering	Bangalore	19.8	30.5
61	Thakral College of Technology	Bhopal	17.0	29.5	68
62	Thiagarajar College of Technology	Madurai	15.2	29.5
63	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology	Chennai	11.9	28.6	67
64	Goa College of Engineering	Ponda	17.2	28.5	75
65	Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering	Bangalore	11.3	28.4
66	HKBK College of Engineering	Bangalore	15.6	28.3	64
67	RNS Institute of Technology	Bangalore	16.4	28.2	61
68	Panimalar Engineering College	Chennai	15.0	28.1
69	East West Institute of Technology	Bangalore	13.7	27.8	80
70	IMS Engineering College	Ghaziabad	12.7	27.0	50
71	Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology	Ghaziabad	15.5	26.9	87
72	Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology	Greater Noida	12.6	26.5	69
73	KS Institute of Technology	Bangalore	15.5	26.4	66
74	JSS Academy of Technical Education	Bangalore	13.0	26.3
75	B S Abdur Rehman Crescent Engineering College	Chennai	14.5	26.0
76	Government College of Engineering	Aurangabad	16.2	25.8
77	JSS Academy of Technical Education	NOIDA	12.2	25.4
78	Maharaj Surajmal Institute of Technology	New Delhi	12.1	25.4
79	Adesh Institute of Engineering & Technology	Faridkot	15.7	24.7
80	Academy of Business & Engineering Science	Ghaziabad	13.4	24.5	94
81	Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College.	Ludhiana	13.9	24.2
82	Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology	Ghaziabad	8.3	24.2	86
83	Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology & Science	Jabalpur	13.2	24.2
84	APS College of Engineering	Bangalore	13.0	24.1	90
85	Sri Ramanujar Engineering College	Chennai	15.5	24.1
86	Bangalore Institute of Technology	Bangalore	13.1	23.8
87	Dr. K N Modi Institute of Engineering & Technology	Modinagar	14.2	23.6
88	Acharya Institute of Technology	Bangalore	11.6	23.1	63
89	Bhilai Institute of Technology	Durg	11.6	22.9
90	University college of Engineering	Burla	11.8	22.4	55
91	BIT Sindri	Sindri	9.1	22.0	77
92	BNM Institute of Technology	Bangalore	11.8	21.7	76
93	University Institute of Technology	Bhopal	11.7	21.6
94	Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College	Ghaziabad	10.0	21.6
95	Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology	Navi Mumbai	13.3	21.1
96	BTL Institute of Technology	Bangalore	10.5	20.8
97	Global Academy of Technology	Bangalore	6.7	20.3
98	TKM College of Engg.	Kerala	9.9	19.5
99	Government S K S J T Institute	Bangalore	10.6	19.3
100	Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College	Aurangabad	8.2	19.0
101	M.H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering	Mumbai	9.6	18.9
102	PES College of Engineering	Aurangabad	10.1	18.7
103	Bharat Institute of Technology	Meerut	6.1	18.6
104	Anand Institute of Higher Technology	Chennai	9.4	17.9
105	Vivekananda Institute of Technology	Bangalore	8.8	17.5
106	Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering	Mysore	7.8	17.5
107	College of Engineering	Adoor	8.3	17.1
108	College of Engineering & Technology	Bhubaneswar	7.8	16.5
109	Finolex Academy of Management & Technology	Ratnagiri	8.7	16.4
110	Orissa Engineering College	Orissa	8.6	16.4
111	Abhinav College of Engg & Polytechnic	Pune	8.0	16.3
112	Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology	Chikmagalur	5.8	16.3
113	Khaja Nawaz College of Engineering	Gulbarga	4.0	16.1
114	MIT	Muzaffarpur	4.5	15.9
115	Atria Institute of Technology	Bangalore	7.6	14.8
116	MES College of Engineering	Kerala	5.7	14.6
117	Bellary Engineering College	Bellary	6.0	14.4

DataQuest Top 50 Colleges

Rank	Institute	City	Placement	Overall Score	Last Year Ranks
1	IIT-Kharagpur	Kharagpur	33.1	84.4	3
2	IIT-Madras	Chennai	26.2	77.9	1
3	IIT-Mumbai	Mumbai	20.6	74.3	5
4	IIT-Delhi	New Delhi	24.9	74.1	2
5	IIT-Roorkee	Roorkee	26.5	72.5	7
6	IIT-Guwahati	Guwahati	26.9	68.8	4
7	IIT-Kanpur	Kanpur	17.4	66.0	6
8	NIT-WARANGAL	Warangal	24.7	63.2	12
9	IIIT Hyderabad	Hyderabad	25.0	62.5	10
10	IT-BHU	Varanasi	20.9	62.1	8
11	BITS, Pilani	Pilani	20.8	61.9	9
12	NIT-Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	23.1	61.4	13
13	IIIT-Allahabad	Allahabad	24.8	61.1	11
14	Jadavpur University	Kolkata	20.3	59.0	18
15	NIT-Calicut	Calicut	20.2	58.2	14
16	NIT-Rourkella	Rourkella	21.9	57.9	24
17	MNNIT-Allahabad	Allahabad	22.6	57.1	19
18	Thapar University-Patiala	Patiala	22.1	57.0	20
19	BIT-Mesra	Ranchi	18.4	55.4	17
20	NIT, Hamirpur (HP)	Hamirpur	20.6	55.3	34
21	ISM-Dhanbad	Dhanbad	17.9	55.1
22	DA-IICT	Gandhinagar	18.5	53.9
23	Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology	Delhi	22.3	53.4	16
24	P E S Institute of Technology	Bangalore	19.9	53.4	23
25	NIT-Kurukshetra	Kurushetra	17.4	53.1
26	NIT-Silchar	Silchar	19.8	52.8
27	NIT-Durgapur	Durgapur	17.4	52.2	26
28	Manipal Institute of Technology	Udupi	16.4	52.1	31
29	SSN College of Engineering	Chennai	18.8	51.5	33
30	Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology	Bangalore	18.4	51.2	38
31	Harcourt Butler Technology Institute	Kanpur	18.5	50.6	32
32	New Horizon College of Engineering	Bangalore	20.1	50.4	35
33	SIT	Kolkata	16.0	50.0	46
34	NIT-Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur	19.1	49.7	40
35	Sardar Patel College of Engineering	Mumbai	17.1	49.6	37
36	M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)	Bangalore	18.3	49.3
37	National Institute of Engineering	Mysore	15.0	47.8
38	RV College of Engineering	Bangalore	16.4	47.8	30
39	College of Engineering Trivandrum	Trivandrum	16.4	47.2
40	Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)	Surat	15.2	46.8	42
41	Nirma Institute of Technology	Ahmedabad	15.2	45.5
42	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College-Sivakasi	Sivakasi	13.7	45.4	51
43	Maharaj Agrasen Institute of Technology	Delhi	14.4	45.3	58
44	Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology	Ghaziabad	14.2	44.7	59
45	Bharti Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering	Pune	13.5	44.4	43
46	SGS Institute of Technology & Science	Indore	12.6	44.4
47	Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology	Kochi	14.4	43.9	56
48	Amity School of Engineering & Technology	Delhi	14.8	43.6
49	Siddaganga Institute of Technology	Tumkur	11.9	43.0
50	Galgoties College of Engineering & Technology	Greater Noida	11.9	41.6	74

Sunitha returns to Earth…

  Indian-American astronaut Sunitha Williams returned to earth when Space shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Edwards Air Force Base in California on Saturday at 0119 IST. Williams crossed the milestone for longest uninterrupted stay by a woman in space on Saturday last surpassing the 188-day, four-hour mark set by US astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1996 on a mission to the Russian Mir space station. 

Atlantis coming back in a few hours….

Stormy weather in the vicinity of the Kennedy Space Centre forced NASA mangers to abandon the first landing opportunity of space shuttle Atlantis returning to earth after a 13-day mission. Thunderstorms within 55 kilometres and clouds within 8,000 feet of the landing strip at Kennedy Space Center forced mission managers to skip the first landing opportunity at 2220 IST for a 2325 IST touchdown in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The shuttle has on board Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who is returning to earth after creating a record for the longest stay by a woman in space.

Best Employers in India, 2007

The following are the results of the Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services company, fifth Best Employers in India 2007 study. Aditya Birla Group was the Best employer in India. Below, is the list of top 25 employers from the 230 participating companies.

Rank	Organization Name

1	Aditya Birla Group
2	Satyam Computer Services Limited
3	Marriott Hotels India
4	Eureka Forbes Limited
5	Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited
6	Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.
7	Agilent Technologies Ltd.
8	Standard Chartered Scope International – India
9	Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
10	Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
11	Wipro BPO
12	Covansys (India) Private Limited
13	Ajuba Solutions India Private Limited
14	Pantaloon Retail India Limited
15	Text 100 India Pvt. Ltd.
16	Domino’s Pizza India Limited
17	Ford India
18	Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd.
19	Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd.
20	HCL Technologies Ltd.- BPO Services
21	Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited
22	Johnson and Johnson Medical, India
23	GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd.
24	HSBC
25	Monsanto India Limited

Sivaji Review

Sivaji : – 2.5 /5

Sivaji (Rajini) is an NRI who comes back to India with the dream of setting up educational institutes and hospital for providing free education and medical treatment. Adi Sheshu( suman) is the king maker in the city. He also runs a medical college and hospital to earn money. Sivaji loves umadevi on first sight and proposes to her. But, she rejects him for some undisclosed reasons. Adisheshu and some corrupt politicians stop sivaji from constructing his institutes. He loses everything. How he fullfills his dream and how he wins umadevi’s heart forms the rest of the story.

Sivaji was nothing in comparsion to Rajinikanth’s earlier movies. The trademark powerful rajini style is missing in the film. Rajinikanth displayed a lot of discomfort in dance and fight sequences. The dialogues too looked pretty ordinary. Shriya looked very beautiful. She performed well in the role given to her. Nayanatara looked pale in the song she acted.The comedy track failed to generate laughter. Suman was good in the role of villain.

Shankar tried to present the level of corruption in the government offices and the government itself in a commercial manner. However, he failed to project the story in a powerful manner. His solution to the corruption problem by converting the black money into white was unconvincing. The movie looked unrealistic. The narration was slow in the first half. The love track between hero and heroine along with the comedy track was a bit boring. The second half started well but soon the tempo was lost. The sets for the songs looked lavish and got a rich look. Rajini’s getups looked different.

Surprising elements: –

Rajini’s imitation of NTR, ANR and Chiranjeevi.

Also, the scene where he applies fairness creams and the resulting fair complexion looked novel

On the overall, the movie may not run well in Telugu. Rajini’s charisma may make the movie a hit in tamil. Also, telugu may not like the tamil nativity. The movie failed to reach the pre-release expectations.

DataQuest College rankings

IIIT-H has been rated top #5, in campus placement, among all technology
schools in the country, by DataQuest-IDC’s annual survey – 2007. The
University has been ranked ahead of IIT-K, IIT-D, IIT-M, BITS-Pilani, BHU-IT, and all other NITs and IIITs in placement. Overall, IIIT-H has been ranked top #9, among all engineering colleges in India.

This is the list of Top 20: –

Rank 2007 Institute Score 2006 rank

1 IIT- Kharaghpur 84.4 3

2 IIT- Madras 77.9 1

3 IIT-Bombay 74.3 5

4 IIT- Delhi 74.1 2

5 IIT-Roorkee 72.5 7

6 IIT-Guwahati 68.8 4

7 IIT- Kanpur 66.0 6

8 NIT-Warangal 63.2 12

9 IIIT-Hyderabad 62.5 10

10 IT-BHU 62.1 8

11 BITS-Pilani 61.9 9

12 NIT Trichi 61.4 13

13 IIIT-Allahbad 61.1 11

14 Jadavpur Unversity 59.0 18

15 NIT- Calicut 58.2 14

16 NIT-Rourkela 57.9 24

17 MNNIT-Allahbad 57.1 19

18 Thapar University 57.0 20

19 BIT-Mesra 55.4 17

20 NIT-Hamirpur 55.3 34

 

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Dubai Seenu Review

Dubai Seenu : – 3.25/5.

Story: – Seenu has the ambition of going to Dubai and earning big bucks. For this reason, he is fondly called Dubai seenu. His gang is rebuked by venumadhav and they setup a pavbhaji center on the roadside and earn their living.There he meets Madhu and loves her. Seenu comes from Mumbai and stays with his sister in Hyderabad. He spots Madhu
one day and talks to her. But, she says she doesn’t recognize him due to fear of her uncle. Later, Madhu agrees to his proposal. Jinnabhai, the most wanted criminal arrives in Hyderabad to kill the rival gangster Mutka Nayak. Suddenly, Seenu attacks Jinnabhai. Why he does so and how the story ends forms the rest of the film.

Ravi Teja’s performance as a cheerful guy and his don’t-care attitude reminds us of his earlier films Venky, Idiot. He suited the role aptly. Nayanatara showed ample measures of glamour with little scope for performance. She looked slim and attractive. Neha looked very beautiful in her short role. The villain’s picturisation as a master of disguise was good. The rest of the cast is same as that of Venky.

The director gave more importance to comedy. The first half of the film doesn’t reveal any story. It is entirely packed with comedy. In the second half, the story moves rapidly. Just when the film goes into a more serious tone, the introduction of MS.Narayana starts the laughter again. The comedy of MS.Narayana and Venu Madhav is very good.
Shayaji Shindey was also successful in spilling laughs from the audience in his role as a competitor to Seenu in winning madhu’s heart. The gang of hero’s friends, brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagawan, Sunil and Raghu Babu also performed their roles well. The dialogues were pretty humorous.

Drawbacks: –
The songs are a big letdown in the film. They failed to capture people’s attention.( nearly half of the seats were empty during the songs). Some scenes looked pretty similar to Venky. Also, the director could have avoided the repetition of the drinking scenes.( It looked boring the second time ). The roles of heroine and Villain could have looked better with more meaty roles.

on the whole, the film looks good and neat. Even though the story is an old one, Sreenu Vytla made the narration interesting by the induction of comedy and maintaining soem suspense through out the first half. People can have a good laugh throughout the film.
With no big films lined up for competetion,the movie may actually end up as a runaway hit like Dhee.

Verdict:- Above average/Hit