AJITH in remake of RACE

Ajith's passion for motorbike racing is widely known. He took part in many motor racing championships and carved a niche for himself.

The actor, who bid adieu to car races a couple of years ago, is now getting ready to act in the Tamil remake of Hindi blockbuster 'Race'.

According to sources, Ashok Amritraj who produced Shankar's film 'Jeans' has approached Ajith with this offer. 'Race' is about two brothers played by Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Khanna double crossing each other which eventually leads to their downfall.

Attracted by the storyline, Ajith has expressed his consent to act in the film. Meanwhile, 'Aegan', the next venture of Ajith is also a remake of the Bollywood super hit movie Main Hoon Naa. 'Aegan' is nearing its completion.

Sunny n Viru part of World XI

Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag are the only Indians to figure in a World XI selected by The Times writers .

While Gavaskar is picked by the celebrated Christopher Martin-Jenkins for being "pure technical close-to-perfection," Alan Lee and John Woodcock second him, the latter describing Sunny as a "wonderful player".

"He was a wonderful, wonderful player. How could I leave him out?" says Woodcock.

Meanwhile, Mike Artherton picked Sehwag in his squad.

The writers seem to be confused regarding the inclusion of Sachin Tendulkar in their list.

However, in the most of the lists there is a certain similarity.

Sir Don Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Barry Richards, Sir Viv Richards , Gordon Greenidge, Graham Gooch, Saeed Anwar, Adam Gilchrist , Ray Lindwall, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Dennis Lillee and Richard Hadlee are few of the more likely entries in the list.

There's also a certain unanimity regarding the captain -- most zero down to Shane Warne , describing him as the best captain Australia never had.

Interesting Quotes

"If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning'

"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it." - Jonathan Winters

"Success will win you false friends and true enemies - succeed anyway." - Mother Teresa


"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless" - Mother Teresa

"There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle" Albert Einstein

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." Somerset Maugham

"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning." - Aristotle Onassi

"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early." Charles Lamb

"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time." - Marilyn Munroe

"Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter."

chris fletcher (Kamal) , a copy of Marv (Mickey Rourke)

The characterization and the macho look of Fletcher has been inspired by the villain of Sin City, Marv. All the killing and the action sequences also look alike except Dasavatharam's effort looks like child's play . It was just a face mask for Kamal .

Bopanna stuns top seed Fish in Newport

India's Rohan Bopanna stunned top seed Mardy Fish of USA at the $385,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport on Wednesday to advance into the first ATP quarter-final of his career.
Bopanna served 14 aces, saved seven of nine break points and fought off one set point at 5/6 in the first-set tie-break.

Mendis is now second lieutenant

Sri Lanka's latest spin sensation Ajantha Mendis is mobbed by the media as the team arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on Wednesday.

The unorthodox spinner has been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the army after his match-winning exploits

The 23-year-old soldier was promoted five ranks in the army by the island's President Mahinda Rajapakse in recognition of his performance.

Internet to be 60 times faster!

University of Sydney scientists say they have developed a new technology that could make Internet 60 times faster and give users unlimited, error-free access anywhere in the world. And all this at no extra cost.

Lead researcher Ben Eggleton while making the announcement said, initial testing of the technology showed it was possible to achieve Internet speeds 60 times faster than the current Telstra network. But if developed further, the circuit could reach speeds 100 times faster, he added.

The scientists have claimed that this 'small scratch on a piece of glass' is a critical building block and a fundamental advance on what is already out there.

"The scratched glass we have developed is actually a Photonic Integrated Circuit. This circuit uses the 'scratch' as a guide or a switching path for information -- kind of like when trains are switched from one track to another -- except this switch takes only one picosecond to change tracks.

"This means that in one second the switch is turning on and off about one million times. We are talking about photonic technology that has terabit per second capacity," Eggleton explained.

"Currently we use electronics for our switching and that has been OK but as we move toward a more tech-savvy future there's demand for instant Web gratification. Photonic technology delivers what's needed and, importantly, what is wanted," he said.

The University of Sydney has developed the scratch in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark and with financial support from Australian Research Council.