Thursday, July 14, 2011

Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" has music resembling an old Hindi song..

I recently heard J-Lo's latest single featuring Pitbull called "On the Floor" and something told me that I had heard the theme music somewhere.... So, after racking my brain for some time, I realized that the song's interlude music piece is similar to the theme music of the song "Sochna Kya Jo bhi Hoga.." from Ghayal - a 1990 Hindi movie featuring Sunny Deol.

Here are the 2 songs:

J-Lo's 2011 song: "On the Floor"



Ghayal - 1990: "Sochna Kya.."














Monday, July 4, 2011

Tracking the treasure

Since this interesting piece of news came July 1, 2011, about the discovery of billions of rupees worth of treasure unearthed in a temple in Kerala, I have been wondering what will be the fate of this money. Will it be squandered or put in safe hands and made good use of. While the inspectors are still evaluating the total worth of the treasure, I am going to keep a diary of the events to see how far and where this trail of gold reaches.

June 27, 2011: Treasure found in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala.  The security has been upped and the complex has been sealed by the authorities.

July 4, 2011:   Inspectors are evaluating the total worth of the treasure that includes gold coins, jewelry, statues, precious stones etc. Initial estimates : ~ 75000 crore rupees / $17 billion


July 5, 2011: Vault A is being inventoried. "A golden idol of Mahavishnu was found among other things. (Source: The Hindu). Vault B remains to be opened and inventoried.

July 5, 2011: The Hindu reports that Kerala chief minister has said that the treasure belonged to the temple and the authorities are going to decide how to use it.

July 27, 2011: The Supreme Court has ordered that the treasure found at the temple will now be filmed and photographed.

Aug 15, 2011: A group of priests who performed an astrological exam of the treasure have said that Vault B should not be opened as it could only be opened by "God." The five remaining vaults have already been opened. (Source: deccan chronicle)