Thoughts provoked

Slumdog Millionaire, the British-made film set in Mumbai which has become this year's word-of-mouth hit, continued its unstoppable rise. Danny Boyle's rags-to-riches flick, which is an adaptation of the Boeke Prize winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize nominated novel Q and A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup , and has already won four Golden Globes earlier t his month, recently had its Indian premiere in Mumbai. It is one of five films in contention for best picture. The others are The Reader; Milk, the true story of America's first openly gay politician; Frost/Nixon, the dramatisation of Sir David Frost's televised showdown with former US President Richard Nixon; and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a fantasy starring Brad Pitt as a man who ages backwards, which leads the race with 13 nominations. Each of the films has a best director nomination. "To win so many nominations is unbelievable and for two Indians to be in the nominations

Ganesha, Ganpati, lambodar, ekdanta, etc, etc or Lalbaghcha raja ... dagdubhai seth.... (d richest Ganpati in mumbai...or maybe of India) Dagdubhai Seth Ganpati Oh! the cutest n adorable Elephant God is known by sooo many names all over India, & esp in Maharashtra n other konkani parts of over India on the fourth day of bhadrapad (or bhadon). Ganesh Chaturthi - [thats tomorrow - Sep3, 2008] is celebrated as Ganpati ji's birthday. Seeing the moon is strictly prohibited on Ganesh Chaturthi . Here's the story Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees on this day. The festival lasts 10 days, and ends with Lord Ganpati ji's visarjan on Anant Chaturdashi. The awesome elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is widely worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. I wish I knew a bit of marathi and could actually understand whats sung in these fav-since childhood artis of Ganpatiji :) Ja