Rangoli is a popular art form among Indian women 50 Best Rangoli Designs and Patterns 2012

Rangoli is a popular art form among Indian women. Rangoli are painted on the ground in front of houses using colored rice powder -- sometimes supplemented by flower petals and other colorful materials. Rangoli are typically painted during the tamil month of Maarkazhi (between December 15th and January 15th).

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Aakash Tablet’s upgraded version UbiSlate 7 at the cost of Rs 2999 Order Your Aakash Tablet Now

The much anticipated world’s ultra low cost Tablet PC, Aakash tablet is finally available for sale online and is creating vibrations all around. Datawind, the developers of Aakash has put up for sale about 30,000 tablets on the internet at the cost of Rs 2500 each and the delivery is done in 7 days.

You can also pre-book Aakash Tablet’s upgraded version, UbiSlate 7, at the cost of Rs 2999 which will be launched during the end of January, 2012. This next generation of Aakash Tablet is loaded with better features and functionalities. Both the tablets are commercially available to everyone at its official website through Cash On Delivery option.

Specifications	Aakash	UbiSlate 7 (The upgraded version of Aakash)
Availability	NOW!	Late January, 2012
Pricing	Rs.2,500	Rs.2,999
Microprocessor	Arm11 – 366Mhz	Cortex A8 – 700 Mhz
Battery	2100 mAh	3200 mAh
OS	Android 2.2	Android 2.3
Network	WiFi	WiFi & GPRS (SIM & Phone functionality)

Aakash’s commercial version is powered by Android 2.3 and has a resistive touchscreen, a 7 inch display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB internal memory, 3.5 mm audio jack, and a graphics accelerator HD video processor.

According to Economic Times, Datawind has achieved presale orders of approximately 400,000 tablets from various companies and individuals. However, the current supplies will be limited for individual buyers only.

According to sources, the Indian government is also planning to provide a new specification for Aakash, which will have a better battery life and a faster processor. The battery life of current version is about 1.5 hours.

The Indian government has obtained 10,000 tablets till now and it needs to obtain 90,000 more tablets for distribution in colleges and schools. Many other nations are also showing interest to the government for similar low-cost computing devices.

The CEO of DataWind, Mr. Suneet Singh Tuli says to media “This is a made-in-India product. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this.” he adds, “The final goal is to either provide the same features at a lower cost or provide better functionality and features at the same cost.”

The tablet has a lot of add-on accessories as well. External antennas and car charges can be attached to it. You can also use a keyboard case. It comes with two USB ports and can be used as a phone. The commercial version will have a 3G option and also supports an external 3G dongle.

At the launch of Aakash, The Telecom and Education Minister, Kabil Sibbal, said, “The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide.”

Definitely there is no other touch pad computing device or tablet available close to the price of Aakash or UbiSlate 7. It is an up-to-date and low cost computing device which comes with a lot of attractive features and functionalities. Though the basic aim of this tablet is to provide low cost tablet for students, anyone can buy it from Aakash official website.

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Bradley Cooper Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Bradley Cooper named People's Sexiest Man Alive 2011

Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper has revealed that he thinks being tagged as the 'Sexiest Man Alive' is rather "awful", as it actually makes him aware of how "not sexy" he actually is.The 'Limitless' star was recently awarded the coveted title by People magazine."It's the worst. Oh, it's just so awful. I'm finally at an age - I'm 36 years old - where I really don't care about anything like that anymore, which is wonderful thing, and then it happened. And then I started to realise just how not sexy I am," Contactmusic quoted him as telling The Graham Norton Show."I have a lot of moments where I'm walking out and I'll open up the door and think to myself, 'I could do that a lot sexier'," he said.However, the 36-year-old heartthrob thinks that the honour should have been handed to 'The Notebook' star Ryan Gosling."He literally looks like he's in a photo shoot, like he just came off the runway. I literally look like the neighbour who never comes really out of his house," he added.
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper has revealed that he thinks being tagged as the 'Sexiest Man Alive' is rather "awful", as it actually makes him aware of how "not sexy" he actually is.The 'Limitless' star was recently awarded the coveted title by People magazine."It's the worst. Oh, it's just so awful. I'm finally at an age - I'm 36 years old - where I really don't care about anything like that anymore, which is wonderful thing, and then it happened. And then I started to realise just how not sexy I am," Contactmusic quoted him as telling The Graham Norton Show."I have a lot of moments where I'm walking out and I'll open up the door and think to myself, 'I could do that a lot sexier'," he said.However, the 36-year-old heartthrob thinks that the honour should have been handed to 'The Notebook' star Ryan Gosling."He literally looks like he's in a photo shoot, like he just came off the runway. I literally look like the neighbour who never comes really out of his house," he added.

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Big B infuriated by Twitter imposter

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is left fuming after an imposter used his identity on Twitter to criticise Shahrukh Khan's latest release Ra.One.

The 69-year-old actor has come out strongly against this attempt to malign his relationship with the King Khan.

"Attention !!! Someone using my fake ID and writing rubbish... My ID is @SrBachchan... fake ID being disgustingly used is @SrBachhann (sic)," he wrote on Twitter.

"Fake ID of mine being used to write opinions on Ra.One... I have not even seen the film and shall always wish the best for ShahRukh (sic)," he added.

The imposter bashed Shahrukh's superhero film, which released yesterday, saying, "Saw #RA1. What a WASTE. Even the worst of Abhishek's like Drona were much better. May be SRK's mid age crises (sic)."

Bachchan also warned the miscreant saying he would not tolerate such negativity and malice.

"Of late a great amount of negative, malicious, completely untrue remarks being written against me... I shall bear with silence... but beware the fury of a silent man .." Bachchan said.

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