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http://www.youtube.com/v/S7M8jwTF524&hl=en&fs=1A surprising news, President Barack Obama lit a lamp (White House Diya) at the White House attending the Diwali Celebration

Obama said

“This coming Saturday, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, here in America and around the world, will celebrate this holiday by lighting Diyas, or lamps, which symbolize the victory of light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance… And in that spirit of celebration and contemplation, I am happy to light the White House Diya, and wish you all a Happy Diwali, and a Saal Mubarak.”

President Obama has created history of becoming the first President of America to lit a Diwali lamp at the White House recognizing this popular festival of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains around the World and greeting them on the occasion of Diwali.

Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating his 67th birthday today. At 67 he is one of the most highly paid artist in the Indian Film Industry.

He quotes

"I would disagree that actors of my age don’t get important roles to play in movies. Look at Dada Muni (Ashok Kumar)……he was an example. He kept doing important roles even till he was 80 years old," Amitabh told IANS.

If you thought that Amitabh Bachchan was just the ‘Pop Philosopher’ or a so called host on ‘Bigg Boss 3’, then there’s news, for the Bollywood supremo is also the scriptwriter for the same.

According to reports, Big B introduced himself as the scriptwriter of the third season of ‘Bigg Boss’ at the launch of the latest leg of this reality show in Mumbai. The announcement came right after he presented a few rather interesting lines in Hindi. More here…

Right now Mr Bachchan is working on the Big Boss being paid 1.5 crores per episode.

Eiffel Tower is 984 feet tall iron tower built during 1887-89 besides the Seine River in Paris. Eiffel tower is one of the most popular structure in the world and is the Global icon of France.

This tower was named by the designer of this tower, Gustave Eiffel and is the tallest building in Paris. This is also the most visited paid monument in the World

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The much awaited Bandra Worli Sea link to be inaugurated tomorrow (30th June 2009) by Sonia Gandhi after a long 9 years of start. This bridge was built spending about Rs 1,340 crore (340-million dollars) which is an eight-lane freeway will help cut the 40-minute journey between the suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight minutes. There will be a toll charge of Rs 50 for small vehicles like cars and Rs 75 for heavy vehicles for one way.

This bridge is 5.6-kilometres long and this project of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is being executed by Hindustan Construction Company. Designs and Project management is by M/s DAR Consultants

You can find some pictures of different stages of construction here.

POP king Michael Jackson died on Thursday at LA.  Michael had come back after 10 years of break recently. The death of Jackson is bit shocking as he was just 50. The cause was cardiac arrest, lapsing into a coma, and pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. According to USA Today, paramedics were called at 12:30pm to the Bel Air home of Michael Jackson where extreme care was given to Jackson in cardiac arrest and rushed to the hospital in an effort to treat the immediate condition of Michael before he passed away.

Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. After the recent attacks on the Indian students in Australia, he is in a dilemma whether to accept the honor. He is very upset with the racist attack on the innocent Indian students studying in different universities in Australia. Amitji on his blog has asked his readers to help him decide to take a decision. There were above 500 comments on this post when I visited just now and the response were mixed, some say yes he should accept as its not the fault of the entire country, but he should show his protest by mentioning this in his speech at the University. Some says he should not.

My opinion – Yes he should accept it as I was watching this topic closely during these days. Some people who had studied in Australia says that they did not find anything like this in the past and it was a very safe country promoting a multicultural and multilingual society. These kind of attacks were started recently by some elements. Its not something which every Indian has to face or every Australian treats Indian badly. There are good and bad people everywhere in this world. Even India has people who brings shame to us which doesn’t mean all the Indians are same. So I feel Mr Bachchan should accept this aware and use the opportunity to address the world and make it very clear that we Indians are very much un-happy with such acts. We have about 90,000 Indian students studying in Australia and its a big revenue for them. We Indians should be given the respect we deserve.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar have received Padma Shri Award from the Bollywood. Other than Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan , Jaya Bachchan and Harivansh Rai Bachchan (Padma Bhushan) has received this nations biggest honour.

Aishwarya is the youngest person to ever achieve this honor from the film industry.

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Today 9th March, the birth of prophet Mohamed is being celebrated today by Muslims world over this year. It is a special holiday for many in the Muslim faith. It is celebrated to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, who entered the world in 570. It is celebrated on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal, the fifth month of the Islamic Calendar.

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