Aquaria Grande - The luxury side of "Third World" Country

Feast your eyes on a residential Complex that would put any "Luxury" to shame! James Law, an architect, or rather should we say, "The Cyber Architect" is spearheading the construction of this distinct landmark, "Aquaria Grande" in Borivalli Suburbs of Mumbai. The Twin Sky Scraper residential complex has every luxury you could ask for, a floating balcony garden, titan of a swimming pool, self cooling environment friendly vents, heck a space-pod sort of reception to welcome guests and a fully equipped Clubhouse for its privileged residents!

The roof top structure resembles a leaf sprout. The builders say that the design was inspired from the abundant woods that surround the Borivali Suburbs.

The reception is designed to be taller than most complexes and pays attention to aesthetics and ingenuity. In day time, natural sunlight is used to reflect and illuminate the hallways with an aim to optimize power consumption. The roofs are laid in such a way that natural wind cools the hallway despite the day's warmth.

The floating balcony design gives its inhabitants unobstructed view of Mumbai.

An enormous Car park to ensure that you don't have to hunt for parking spaces. If you have visited India, you would know how tough it is to find a parking space during busy hours in metros ;)

A commercial blueprint of the complex in PDF format can be downloaded from here. I must say, it looks impressive nonetheless and personally, I wouldn't mind owning a 3BHK luxury flat here myself! Pre booking for the flat are going for about 4 - 5.7Crores INR ($800,000 - $1,000,000 USD approx) each.

This is NOT the first one that's being pitched and built in India. Dear readers from the West, this kinda gives you a contradictory look of India as compared to the "Slumdog Millionaire" isn't it? ;)

But the question is, Do we really need to invest in such a luxury when more than 60% of the population reeks in hunger and poor sanitation? If I was commissioning such an unique architecture of this sort, I would have rather insisted it to be built as a public complex, say, a shopping mall wherein it would draw in tourism and generate revenue for the land as visitors globally would want to come and experience this cyber-unique architect's intended lifestyle. A private residential complex just seems too much of an unwanted luxury. Imagine the amount of power required to pump up water that high to the pools, the need for maintenance of those trees uprooted from their nativity and planted within the complex premises. A clubhouse within the complex?? I mean, what were they thinking? Only the residents on the 37 storeyed apartment get to mingle and party over and over again disconnected from the outer public? In my opinion, this residential complex however of luxury it might be, still seems to be a flawed jewel...

Dear James law, I honestly applaud this amazing creation of yours, but only if this was more of something that adds value to the land, (read monuments that attract tourism) rather than a piece of private luxury to boast off  just "Because we can"...Why is it that luxury deserves to be accessible only to those with deep pockets? Is it also because We can and They can't...?

Why Indian Politicians should use Facebook

Facebook has become the numero uno place of existence to the online world. From pre-teens to youth to older people basking in the summer sun, everyone is fond of Facebook. Each day the social media giant seems to reel in a number of new users and the success they enjoy is alarmingly fearsome. However, I often wonder, why shouldn't the Politicians and leaders of our great nation use Facebook? Why you ask? I ask, why not?

First, I am sure you all are aware that most complaint Indian Politicians never, i mean never! keep up the promises that they make during election campaign. Second, no one really has a clue on how to keep record of their activities. Third, unlike their Western counterparts, it is near impossible for common man to reach out to these leaders for plea or a common voice. The list can go on and on. how does Facebook save the day? Well here's how.

1. The Facebook addiction
Any desi neta (leader) who has loads of spare time to kill, ultra high speed cheap internet, boring bills to pass is bound to get addicted to Facebook! Facebook has this addictive formula to keep its users glued to the screen and post some whack-o-jack status updates from time to time. As much as this would sound fun to the leaders, people can keep a tab on what the leaders are really up to during their working hours ;)

2. The Timeline!
A scary feature this, justifies the proverb "The writing's on the wall"  Whatever our dear neta promises, it's gonna be on the wall for all to see

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This would definitely be fun!

3. LIKE my swag

Any decision or post the leaders make, can be seen by the "Fanpage" and we can comment our approval or disapproval. You get the idea now, don't you? Comment away why you think Indian politicians should use Facebook!

 

Boring Married Life? Here's something that "Could" fix it

I have habit of browsing random articles online every weekends, & here's a short story that i bumped onto. If you've been married & things aren't exactly going smooth for the both of you, maybe its time to take a trip down the memory lane.

Homeless man with God-Gifted Golden Voice!

Mr.Williams. Does that name ring a Bell? No? Well, its because he's just another homeless guy on the Street. The only difference is, He's got that perfect, I mean "Perfect" and breathtaking vocal chords! Check out his video below.


Youtube User, RITCHEY found this man on road, with a sign that "I have God Gifted Voice" . Ritchey decided to help this guy out by posting his short video on youtube, two days ago, that went viral with more than 9 million views! His updates say that he's finally got a radio-jockey job!
Talk about luck!

Leopard nurses a new born Baboon

Its Nat Geo documentary of Lakedema, a 3 year old Leopard, that hunts down a pregnant baboon. When the mother is about to loose her life, she delivers a baby baboon, the story takes a surprising new shift. Watch inside!

4 year old Super Human Hybrid?

Would you believe if I told you he's just over 4? This Kid is critically acclaimed as the strongest kid in the world, a super human hybrid maybe?? Watch the video inside.

One of the most Beautiful time lapses you'll ever see

This morning, My friend Nandhini, had pinged me on twitter with a link to a new site she dug out probably last night. And here's what she shared with me and yes, with you guys too ^_^


TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.



The video is from the Timescapes blog, by Tom Lowe, titled "Southwest Light" and it all began in January 2010. The team set out to make their 45 minute film equipped with Bad-Ass cameras from Canon and Red! ;-D

Rare Gun-Camera world war footage from Japan

On my usual trail of browsing online for some Good stuff to bring to you guys, here's what I bumped onto. A rare 1945 dog fight footage from Japan.
There was only one thing that ran in my mind when I watched this..." How many lives..."

Call from mysterious number makes your mobile handsets explode

For the past two days, there has been a bizarre news flocking the Assam region of India. Victims say that their mobile phone exploded soon after they received a call from an unknown number.

Cool weapons of mass destruction that you can own!

How about owning a real gun that resembles Big Red's gun from the Hell Boy series?? Or a matchbox sized canon that punches a hole through anything 10 times bigger than thou? These are available for around 

30$-60$ USD. Welcome to weapons of mass destruction, private! 

Indian Voting Matchines NOT hackproof? Researcher Arrested

An IT security researcher, India, has been arrested this week for disclosing problems with the Indian Electronic Voting Machines [EVM]. His video shows how the I-EVM can be tampered with and votes be counted in any individual's favor.

Apple Iphone for $2 on auctions? Bids as less as a cent?

How does the idea of getting yourself that much awaited Apple Iphone or that 50'' inch LCD TV you wanted for your living room, all under $10?? Sounds too good to be true? Read on

Decent Laptops for less than $35

India finally surpasses the "Affordable" range of laptops and tablet PCs, they come with 2GB RAM and video capabilities, running a Android OS. The best part, its $35 (INR 1500) and less!

Two videos that would make you cry

Must watch video that will definitely make you shed a tear..

Abode of Shiva: Thiruvannamalai

For the past two days, I had been away from home on a Pilgrim trip to Thiruvannamalai, an Holy place in South India, which is the homeplace of Thiru Annamalaiyar (Lord Shiva), located at the foot of Annamalai hills.

 I normally do not goto temples but something deep within beckoned me to visit this place.

Case of a 5 headed Indian king cobra

Great epic tales of India, like the Mahabharata and the Ramayan, tells about a magnificient five headed snakes that were equally powerful as

INDIAN currency rupee to get a whole new Avatar

The Indian currency, rupee, usually abbreviated as [Rs] or [Re] or [INR], is finally to get a new International standard symbol like the US Dollar($), Pound Sterling(£),Yen(¥).

Is it a Girl Or a Doll?? Awesomeness!!

Can you guess if this is a doll or a real life girl??

Best Gaming Laptops under 1000$

           There are times when the inner gamer within us awakens and makes us go berserk to play the games out there on best possible settings! But any gamer worth his salt would know, to play a game in the way its meant to be played, one has to have the big boys under the hood and no, I am not talking about BFG*, I meant the hardware that runs your games... ;)

Send your Face To outer space on NASA Shuttles

               Last year, somewhere around september 2009, NASA Mars Science Laboratory Rover carried thousands of names of people in its