Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Google chrome


It has always been rhapsodic whenever Google has made a scientific and industrial progress in the field of technology. Everything that they do is not only par excellence or peerless, it's just way beyond words.
So far we have been using Internet Explorer,Mozilla's Firefox,Apple's webkit and Netscape navigator as browser but finally the Google has stepped in with a new browser of its own and has again added to ongoing fight between Microsoft, Apple etc.
Yeah..!! An Internet Browser from Google : "Google Chrome".
Google chrome is an internet browser which has been developed by Google itself and can be downloaded free of cost. For how much the web has evolved,browser as a platform haven't evolved that much. This is an attempt to evolve browser in order to provide next level for the development of web. Google has always been unique in its various products and this time too they have come up with a complete new browser to provide a whole new experience of internet browsing and developing or using application therein.

Google chrome is simple,streamlined and a whole lot of fun to use. With new features,interesting look and amazing speed this is indeed going to a big one. Trust me..It's more than fun or browsing using Google chrome as you come across a whole new invention and experience.
To download it..Kindly follow the link:
http://http://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en-US/features.html#
or click on the title of the post.
The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another innovation.
Download and Experience "Excellence"

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Q & A by Vikas Swarup


Speechless,spellbound and totally entranced...is what you experience once you cross your path with an impeccable debut of that of an author like Vikas Swarup for his classic work "Question and Answer". Yeah..! I m in all praise for Vikas's book "Q And A".
It was indeed a pleasure to go through this very exciting, page-turning romp which will oblige you to think and question ... and a book which is already being filmed.

First let me discuss the plot. An ill-educated, 18 year old orphan, working as a waiter in Jimmy's Bar in Mumbai, appears on the latest show in town called W3B - "Who Will Win A Billion" and correctly answers all 12 questions to win the jackpot of one billion rupees. The unscrupulous producers of the show are stunned. How can an illierate waiter, who has never been to a school or has never read a newspaper in his life,answer all these tough questions. So they promptly bribe the police and ask them to frame Ram Mohammad Thomas for cheating. A young lawyer called Smita Shah suddenly appears in the police station where Thomas is being tortured, reads out the law to the Inspector and takes him away to her house. Then, over the course of that night - the longest night of Thomas's life - she gets him to recount the story of his life and how it enabled him to answer the 12 questions on the quiz show, question by question. So, as can guess, the novel has exactly 12 chapters. Every single course of the Ram's life leaves an indelible mark onto your mind and you finally end up in all applause for the author.

Vikas Swarup writes a well-paced novel. Although the action moves back and forth through our anti-hero's young life, the pace of the novel is such that the various strands remain imprinted on your mind. Indeed, the author twists and manipulates your reading, holding back little surprises for you.

This is an exceptional read. It's, and I do not exxagerate, one of the finest debut novels I have ever read. It is the finest novel from an Indian Author I have ever read, because it doesn't pretend to be anything, it doesn't try to be poetic, or flowery. I usually prefer a book by an Indian author to be able to relate my self with the plot.
I finished the book, and aside from an appreciative content smile on my face, only one thing came to mind, "Damn, I wish I could meet in person with this guy". The ending has the kind of twist you expect at the end of a great story and I couldn't help but appreciate the thought and sentiment that goes into coming up with something like that.
What is it?
Read it and find out.
Oh, I'll leave you with the last line though.
"Because luck comes from within."