Shwaas, a Marathi film -best film is India's entry to the Oscars

Shwaas, a Marathi film which won this year's national award for best film is India's entry to the Oscars for the best foreign film.


But for a low budget film like Shwaas the biggest problem is money.

In a bid to give the film a fair chance at the Oscars, Amitabh Bacchan today contributed to a unique fund raising campaign for Shwaas.

The actor handed over a cheque worth Rs 1 lakh to the team of the Marathi film.

He however, admits that his contribution is a drop in the ocean. ''I do not know how much they are falling short of, but in my own way I have a small contribution. I know it is a drop in the ocean. But right now every drop matters," said Bachchan.

Apart from Bachchan's contribution and that of Sunil Dutt who pooled in Rs 50,000, there has been no contribution from Bollywood.

The film requires Rs 1.5 crore for publicity in America among Academy members.

People related to stage, culture and the Marathi film industry have scraped together Rs 65 lakh

IIM cutoff this year: 57 and above

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IIM cutoff this year: 57 and above
November 23, 2004

Get Ahead readers were treated to an hour-long chat conducted by Rakesh Kumar and Munish Kumar of Top Careers And You.
This is a transcript of the chat:

sainath : What will be the likely cutoff for TAPMI?
RAKESH KUMAR : The TAPMI cutoff will be 47and above.
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lola : How much time do you need, ideally, to bell the CAT?
RAKESH KUMAR : You need eight to 12 months to bell the CAT.
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reena : What is the likely cutoff in Quant?
RAKESH KUMAR : The Quant cutoff is 16.
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reena : How do you think students have fared this year? I felt it was very tough.
RAKESH KUMAR : The paper was easy, but the uncertainty made it tough initially.
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lola : Was the Quant section really tough?
RAKESH KUMAR : The Quant section was average. The cutoff is 16.
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ac : Was this year's exam more difficult than the previous years?
RAKESH KUMAR : No, the level of difficulty was almost the same. But the unanticipated sections/ structure took its toll [on students].
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Menon : Can we expect subsections in XAT also?
RAKESH KUMAR : XAT is not as uncertain as CAT. But going by the trend, please be ready for the worst.
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garimadelhi : I scored 56. Is it okay?
RAKESH KUMAR : If you have the sectional cutoffs, your chances are good.
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RAKESH KUMAR : Cutoffs for DI/DS: 14. Quant:16. Verbal Ability: 21.
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Dilip : What would be the expected cutoff in Verbal/RC in the worst case?
RAKESH KUMAR : Worst case: 18-21.
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hardik : What would be the cutoff for SP Jain?
RAKESH KUMAR : 53+.
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kanwal : At what score can we expect an IIM call?
RAKESH KUMAR : 57+
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Book Review - Five point someone

Written By Chetan Bhagat

The book has somthing related to IIT and the author of the book is an ex-IITan, was first thing that dragged me towards reading this book. Anything about IIT really fascinates, at least me! But don't go just with that.

As the book's homepage would describe its a book about three friends at IIT Delhi, who did all those things which are not supposed to be done by IITans, at least at IIT. Not that, there is more. I must say this is a bold book, that opens up without any hesitation. There is everything. Hari loves Neha, the daughter of his Head of dept., one of the most cruel hearted profs at IIT. And then they attempt to screw the system, which is screwing them up.

The characters are amazing! I used this word 'characters' intentionally, otherwise while reading the book, you live the story.. Thy al become your friends too! You too will love Neha, kid Alok, be impressed by Ryan.. some others to name.

It really reminded me of my college days! I am sure, it will be no different with you.

They Write the Right Stuff..

At T-minus 6.6 seconds, if the pressures, pumps, and temperatures are nominal, the computers give the order to light the shuttle main engines -- each of the three engines firing off precisely 160 milliseconds apart, tons of super-cooled liquid fuel pouring into combustion chambers, the ship rocking on its launch pad, held to the ground only by bolts. As the main engines come to one million pounds of thrust, their exhausts tighten into blue diamonds of flame.

Then and only then at T-minus zero seconds, if the computers are satisfied that the engines are running true, they give the order to light the solid rocket boosters. In less than one second, they achieve 6.6 million pounds of thrust. And at that exact same moment, the computers give the order for the explosive bolts to blow, and 4.5 million pounds of spacecraft lifts majestically off its launch pad.

It's an awesome display of hardware prowess. But no human pushes a button to make it happen, no astronaut jockeys a joy stick to settle the shuttle into orbit.

'You have a Muslim President, a Sikh PM, you should be proud'

In a side street off the straight deserted road to Madinah, in one of the guest palaces of the Saudi royal family, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sits in his chandelier-hung study, sipping 'kahva' and looking wistful about a world he has left far behind.

``I really admire the beauty of Indian democracy,'' he says. ``One prime minister is voted out and he quietly leaves without a fuss while another moves into the house. You have a Muslim President and a Sikh Prime Minister. Your democracy has grown and deepened. You should be proud of your democracy.''

Friendship..

'Friendship is - enjoying similarities and respecting differences between two persons.'

Whatever people I have met in my life, I always had a different test. I usually try to get into other 's skin to know what he/she feels and react accordingly. I met some people who called this 'defensive'. Some appreciated as 'caring'. What and what not! Even sometimes I feel that 'is this flirt?' :-) But this is not. I know. Because I think, unless we accept each other as true friends, we don't have any right to invade in each other's 'ThoughtWorld'.

What do you say?