Today (May 9, 2010)  is the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the legendary Bengali poet, philosopher, educationist, essayist, musician, novelist and playwright.

Wikipedia rightly refers to the person who alone reshaped Bengali literature and gifted with worldwide respect as a “Bengali polymath.” The word polymath means a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. His life and writings is a subject by itself but I here make an attempt to put down some of the interesting or lesser known facts about him.

• Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for Gitanjali.
• Rabindranath loved and admired Gandhi Ji and it was he who named the father of the nation “Mahatma” which is Sanskrit for great soul.
• Tagore is the only poet to have penned the national anthems of two countries – “Jana Gana Mana” for India and “Amar Shonar Bangla for Bangladesh”
• He started writing peoms as early as when he was just 8. His first work was published when he was 16 under the pseudonym Bhanusingho. In 1877, he wrote the Bengali language’s first short story – Bhikarini. …click here to read more

I just installed an appliciation to blog from my WM Phone. It was easy to find it actually. I googled for “WordPress Windows Mobile Blog Application” and found Phone Sharp MT. It was pretty easy to install and configure. And this is my first post and if you are reading this..the software works! …click here to read more

It has been already about a month since I subscribed to the BigFlix Online Movie Rental service. The experience has been quite good i.e I did not have any problem with scratched DVDs or delayed delivery. The BigFlix guy is at my door every day at almost the same time.

I have stopped watching HBO or Star Movies almost entirely as I always have a DVD to finish so that I can get a new one the next day.

List of movies I have watched :

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I did not blog for quite some time now! I was too lazy to develop on a new blog idea, put in the work on it and post it. For quite some time, the weeks are just flying by with me looking ahead to the weekends, the weekends are flying past faster. So, this weekend I decided to do something more active than lying on my back entire days. What did I do? Well, nothing to blog about! But yesterday, I registered at the Relaince bigflix.com movie rental service to add some fun to the evenings ahead when I come back from office and have nothing much to do. …click here to read more

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in news for something not directly related to cricket. After the Mittals and Ambanis, India now has a cricketer in the haloed lists of rich people published by Forbes magazine.

According to the Forbes magazine, Dhoni is now the richest cricketer making $10 million last year. He has surpassed even the legendary and India’s probably first super rich cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin however is still the country’s highest tax paying cricketer pulling out a whooping 8.1 crore rupees as tax this year.

The rise of this long haired bloke from Ranchi, a town not known for cricketers was phenomenal. The man has climbed up the ranks fast, never in awe of being in a club of legends like Sachin and Dravid, he established himself in the team finally ending India’s long search for a wicketkeeper who can bat. He grabbed the captain’s cap first in the ODIs and then after Kumble’s retirement in the Tests. The script of his career has been till now just remarkable. …click here to read more

Yesterday, I spent a good two hours trying to resolve a niggling issue in my newly bought netbook. I could not get to start the bluetooth device.

After buying the netbook, I had deleted the bluetooth system tray icon from the Startup as I prefer to keep my desktop and the toolbars clean. But, then when I wanted to turn the bluetooth on, I could not do it anymore as it appears that the only place in Windows XP from where you can start the device is from your system tray icon. …click here to read more

I have this fascination for networking and automating my home to transform it into a smart home. Although, some sort of basic electronic automation applications are being used in many homes here recently, it still cannot be called a trend.

In my home, I have a wireless network setup using a basic Netgear wireless router for the laptops and a wired network for the desktops with printer sharing. I plan to add an IP surveillance camera for the main gate and connect the TV to the network so that I can watch my movies on the bigger screen and share photos. But there is a lot of solutions available out there for designing a truly smart home.

The wide variety of solutions available like wireless networking,home theatre design with audio video integration across the home, automated lighting and electrical appliances control, curtain control, security and HVAC systems that bring technology to your home and blend it with the interiors. The result is that all the wires and controllers are hidden away somewhere and your home is transformed into a smart home customized to suit your lifestyle. …click here to read more

Entertainment channel Colors is all set to launch yet another reality show very soon, after showcasing very popular reality shows like Big Boss, Fear Factor and the now running India’s Got Talent which is the Indian version of the the original ‘Got Talent’ which has become a successful concept across the world.

This time Colors is planning to cash in on the popularity of wrestling which is the next popular sport after cricket in India! The show named 100% Lucha is a takeoff on a successful Argentinian show of the same name. …click here to read more