For the past few days, there has been a quiet buzz going around that Radio City – which, arguably, is one of the best FM Stations out there – has started operation in Hyderabad. I have seen atleast one print ad and a few messages on message boards. But apart from that there was no inkling about the station having gone on air. But today, I happened to hear it! Radio City is testing the airwaves, so it seems and was definitely on air for quite some time. It broadcasts on the 106.4 Mhz frequency and as Asiawaves puts it, the 106.4 Mhz bandwidth is eserved for Radio City and the status is shown as "Reported Testing,May 2006" 
I haven't been able to find the Radio City webpage though! I remember that they used to syndicated through Indya.com sometime ago but now the site doesn't feature there 
. So looks like we've to wait some more days before we can say for sure that Radio City has indeed kicked off operations in Hyderabad! Until then…keep tuning to 106.4 Mhz and try to catch'em in action!
…Not that its a piece O' cake but let's not dwell on that matter! So I shall patiently wait till the much-awaited and much-delayed Vista makes it onto any of moi co-workers workstations or elsewhere. Enthu people can however check its features at 
Round 8 of the Formula One Grand Prix was held in the Principality of Monaco and boy oh boy! it was one helluva race weekend. The Saturday Qualifying threw up lotsa controversies as Michael Schumacher – who had set the fastest time until then – inexplicably stalled on the Rascasse hairpin turn with only few minutes to go; thus robbing late runners such as world champion Fernando Alonso to set a lap time. The accusations flew thick and fast that Michael had deliberately cheated to gain pole position as it is a known fact that overtaking on the racetrack was well-nigh impossible at Monaco. After a lengthy inquiry into the incident, 
teammate, however, had no such problems and took over the second position and stayed there till the end, so not a bad weekend for McLaren, I must say. Other retirements included Toyoya's Jarno Trulli who was gunning for 3rd place when his engine failed on lap 73 ,Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg, amongst others. Trulli's retirement played into the hands of Honda's Rubens Barrichello as he had lost that place due to a drive-through-penalty. But the real advantage went to Red Bull's David Coulthard whose one-stop strategy saw him clinch the 3rd position, in what is an important result for Red Bull. Particularly when they were promoting the hollywood blockbuster 
So, after all that hype and hoopla about the movie and all the controversy it has managed to generate – for all the wrong reasons IMHO – Fanaa turns out to be yet another offbeat-yet-mainstream bollywood flick. Surprised by the tag that I've attributed to it? I, for one, sure felt like it. Take one of the sub-nuance of Fanaa – Blind-girl-meets-flirt – is an oft-repeated theme for bollywood. The fact that the hero leaves her just when her sight is restored, is also been-there-seen-that stuff. And so is the mish-mash of Free Kashmir and the struggle for it. In fact, all the basic premises of the film evoke a sense of deja vu in the viewer's mind. But when woven together as skillfully as it has been done and peppered with power-packed performances from the lead characters, Fanaa rises to such meteoronomic standards as few hinde movies have managed to do.
flamboyance of it all does leave an impact. Songs in the first half are situational and well-placed though Des Rangila deserved a better picturisation & setting. Chand Sifarish and Dekho Naa are easily the pick of the lot …particularly the latter, which has been excellently shot.
The speciality restaurant, one of the largest and undoubtedly the best in town, is known for its exquisite decor and choicest cuisine. Here one can actually savour the delicacies of the royal bygone era. Situated at the heart of the city, at Greenlands, Begumpet, at a close proximity of 3 kms from the Airport.
) Arranged neatly on one side were Freshly cut Mangoes, Jelly Mangoes, Pineapples, Papaya slices, Strawberries with cream and fruit salad, whereas on the other side, there lurked Kalakand, Malai Chaman, Kaajas, shrikhand, kaalajamoon, semiya kheer – both with sugar & sugarless – baked pineapples, an assortment of pastries like blackcurrant, raisin, butter scotch and pineapple, strawberry jelly, orange jelly, strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream (with chocolate sauce, tutti-fruity & nuts as toppings). A spread fit for a king, as they say!!!
Tangram is an ancient chinese puzzle which consists of seven pieces , usually made from plastic nowadays , which are in geometrical shapes. There are two big triangles, two small triangles, one square, one parallelogram and one medium-sized triangle. The objective of the game is to arrange the seven pieces in various alignments so that they do not overlap each other and form several interesting shapes n designs. 
There are more than 500 possible designs and it is quite fun to be able to do atleast most of'em. I had a set of Tans as the individual pieces are called and I used to spend long hours arranging and rearranging them to complete the designs that were provided in the booklet accompanying the set. But now almost all designs are done and over with and am not getting any new books for newer patterns!
The smaller cubes can be rotated and re-oriented to disturb the colour arrangements and the aim of the game is to re-arrange the cube by twisting and turning groups of the smaller cubes either horizontally or vertically, and bring back the cube to its original state – with each side in the same color. Though it is very tough to explain the real intent & procedure, it is quite fun to work at and can be a real test of one's patience. The last time i tried my hand at one of those was way back in 9th grade and I remember i used to take 3-4 days to complete it! In fact, once I became so frustrated because I could not complete it, I jus' broke it apart and re-joined the pieces to make the full cube 
I tried out Central, Lifestyle, Himalaya Book Depot, Odyssey and even a few Archies galleries and Hallmark galleries but to no avail! Methinks I have to wait that little bit more to get to lay my hands on it! Though there are online versions of both Tangram and Rubik's cube, the fun n patience levels involved in the real deal is difficult to recreate in an online version, IMHO! 
