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Bugatti drives in Veyron; at Rs 16 cr it's India's most expensive car

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand

Buggati's online Veyron 16.4

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand

The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand

The benchmark for luxury cars in the country just got higher with Volkswagen Group company Bugatti Automobiles today launching its super premium sports car 'Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport', with price starting at Rs 16 crore, the most expensive car to hit the Indian roads.

"Bugatti has been doing well in America, Europe and the Middle East. Now we see India as an emerging market for us, hence we have decided to bring the car to India," Bugatti Automobiles Sales Market Manager (Middle East, Europe and India) Guy Caquelin told reporters here.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, priced at Rs 16 crore onwards, will be distributed by the company's Indian dealer Exclusive Motors. So far, the most expensive cars in India have been the Rolls Royce Phantom and the Maybach, which are priced around Rs 5 crore.
"The price of the car will be subject to foreign exchange fluctuation and the levels of customisation that a buyer demands," Exclusive Motors Managing Director Satya Bagla said.
He, however, said that with the Indian luxury car market growing at about 25 per cent there is an opportunity for such expensive cars.
"The Bugatti Veyron is four times more expensive than what's being sold in the India. So we are currently testing the customer response," Bagla said, when asked if there has been any order for the car.
He said delivery would take about 6-8 months from the date of order.
Caquelin said Bugatti is aiming between 60 and 80 units of the car to be sold across the globe this year and there have been queries from 3 to 4 Indians globally.
The company claims that the Bugatti Veyron is also the fastest car on production that is allowed to drive on normal roads in the world with a top speed of 407 km/hour with an acceleration of 0-100km/hour in 2.7 seconds.
The car, which uses components made of special materials like titanium, carbon fibre and magnesium is powered by an 8 litre engine with 16 cylinders and is assembled by hand at the company's hand headquarters Molsheim in France.

Baava Review

  

Baava Rating : 3/5

Director : Rambabu

Music Director : Chakri

Producer : M L Kumar Chowdary

Starring : Siddharth, Pranitha, Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam, Ali, Ahuti Prasad, Raghu Babu, Nassar and others

Siddharth is one amongst the very few actors who has worked with new directors in more than half the number of his movies. He introduces another debutant director Rambabu for Baava. He teams up with Rajendra Prasad to come up with what seems like a village comedy. Lets takes a look.
What’s it about: Veerababu (Siddharth) is a happy go lucky and mischievous village lad of Venkatapuram. While the entire village runs after him, his father (Rajendra Prasad)and mother adore him completely. The small family is happy together, though Rajendra Prasad seems to crave for a big family. Veerababu falls for Varalakshmi (Pranitha), who belongs to a rich and big family of an an adjacent village. Veera woos her incessantly. It is only after realizing that Veerababu is her childhood friend that Varalakshmi accepts his love. With pressure from her father to get married to the son of a neighboring village head, Vara forces Veerababu to do something. They end up getting married. When Veerababu takes her to his home, his father responds negatively. The reason is that Vara is the daughter of Veerababu’s maternal uncle! Why Veerababu’s mother never visits her relatives’ home, what happens after Veera’s father sends Varalakshmi back to home forms the rest of the story.
What is Good: Siddharth eases into the role of a village guy, quite unlike his old lover boy movies! He even managed the East Godavari accent well to an extent, but his expressions, his mischievous smiles are amazing. He crooned a small tragic number to the end of the film and also did his best playing the younger version of Rajendra Prasad in the flashback. This was taken from the screenplay technique used in Hindi film Love Aaja Kal, which is now being remade by Pawan Kalyan. But his final act toward the pre-climax is proves the talent he has.
He is complemented well by to actors – Rajendra Prasad and Pranitha. Rajendra Prasad brings all his experience to the fore. There are ordinary scenes and then there are good one, and Rajendra Prasad excels in each one of them. Pranitha looks good, and acted better compared to her first film. Sindhu Tolani makes an appreciable appearance in the flashback.
The spoof on Varudu by Brahmanandam and Ali is extremely funny. The songs have been done more or less neatly, with pannendella vayasu shot decently! Emotional scenes are good too, though they sometimes go overboard. The screenplay for the front line of the story is done well, and hence the first half breezes through. It is the second half that has major problems.
What is bad: The film falls into its own trap, thanks to limitations in the story itself. The story is pretty old fashioned, and hence the parallel line becomes very important. However, the parallel story line is this - a wall is erected between Rama and Sita because the temple falls in the border of two villages! It obviously fails to make the required emotional connect. Because the climax depends on this incredulous story, it becomes unbearable to see the climax. The dialogues in few emotional scenes remind of TV serials. Overall Baava is no different from many village films we've seen.
Technical Departments: : Director Rambabu makes an impression in few emotional scenes, though he fails to elevate his protagonist as a true hero. The best part is that he captures the village environment on screen and has managed to convince Telugu people that Siddharth can pull off playing 'mass-oriented' roles too. Introducing the heroine and her family as they dance to the hit number Ringa Ringa, and a tragic scene in which Siddharth shines are the only imaginative scenes in the movie.
Cinematography and editing are done well. The looks of Pranitha and Siddharth were given good care. But the biggest weak points of the film are its second half where the story falls flat, and screenplay can’t help but go the way it went.
Final Point: Siddharth’s fans will love this film and few might go to ogle at Pranitha. Family audiences, especially women, might like this second half. However, it will be interesting to see how the A center audiences will respond to the film!

Expectations of Management.. (TRUE)...

A woman goes to the doctor, beaten black and blue. . . . . :)

A woman goes to the doctor, beaten black and blue. . . . .


Doctor: "What happened?"


Woman:" Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every time my husband comes
home drunk he beats me to a pulp...."


Doctor:"I have a real good medicine against that: When your husband
comes home drunk, just take a glass of chamomile tea and start
gargling with it.... Just gargle and gargle".


2 weeks later she comes back to the doctor and looks reborn and fresh again.


Woman:" Doc, that was a brilliant idea! Every time my husband came
home drunk I gargled repeatedly with chamomile tea and he never
touched me.


Doctor: "You see how keeping your mouth shut helps!"  

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BEWARE - Police warning when driving.!!

This is happening now!  

Sad, especially if you are inclined to 'help' people...

While driving on a rural end of the roadway on Thursday morning, I saw an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over it.  For whatever reason, I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of thoughts running through my head.  But when I got to my destination, I called the  Police and they were going to check it out. But, this is what the Police advised even before they went out there to check....

"There are several things to be aware of ... gangs and thieves are now plotting different ways to get a person (mostly women)to stop their vehicle and get out of the car.

"There is a gang initiation reported by the local Police  where  gangs are placing a car seat by the road...with a fake baby in
it...waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the abandoned baby.  

"Note that the location of this car seat is usually beside a wooded or grassy (field) area and the person  -- woman  -- will be dragged into the woods, beaten and raped, and usually left for dead.  If it's a man, they're usually beaten and robbed and maybe left for dead, too.

DO NOT STOP FOR ANY  REASON!!!

DIAL 0-0-0
AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN.

"IF YOU  ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSCREEN, DO NOT STOP TO CHECK THE CAR,  DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER  AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED
WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5%,  AND  YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THESE CRIMINALS.

THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS, SO PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE ARE UNSAVOURY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT."


Please talk to your loved ones about this. This is a new tactic used.  Please be safe.  

LOVE is to GIVE.... Giving When it Counts..

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease.

Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease

and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little

boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying,

“Yes I’ll do it if it will save her.” As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek..

Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right way”.

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

Teachers called him a 'REBEL' while he was in school

Teachers called him a 'rebel' while he was in school. The quest for knowledge made him raise many questions, which were disliked by teachers who considered his doubts a waste of time. 

Unlike other students, Kranthi Kiran Vistakula was never interested in marks, he only wanted to learn and understand everything. "I was very curious about everything under the sun. This curiosity often landed me in trouble. While many thought I was a trouble maker, it was actually my genuine pursuit to explore and understand things in the right perspective," says Kranthi. 

Fortunately, his parents were very supportive. They gave him the freedom to learn and never pressurised him to score high marks.

"In India, the education system is too examination oriented, killing the creativity in students. You are taught not to think differently. This mindset has to change," Kranthi points out.

The school teachers who deplored him are now amazed to see his success. Not just his teachers, he has won global recognition for one of the most outstanding innovations. He holds a patent for the ClimaCon technology. 


"This ClimaCon (climate control) technology can be incorporated into any kind of apparel/accessory to provide both heating and cooling on demand. We have launched jackets, helmets, neck scarves, gloves which help users to choose the temperature between 4 to 45 degree Celsius, providing comfort (warmth or cold)," says 29-year-old Kranthi, CEO, Dhama Apparel Innovations.

The ClimaWare products will be available in medical stores and retail outlets by the end of December.

After doing his Masters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kranthi came back to India to build the product, which won him MIT's business plan competition. He founded Dhama Apparel Innovations in 2008 to develop a range of products for personal, military, industrial and sports using the ClimaCon technology.

He has won the gold medal at Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programs Innovator's competition and India Innovation Pioneers Challenge.

He was also the co-principal investigator in a NASA project to create a mechanism to generate electricity using proteins for space applications.

"The individual intelligence of Indians is higher than foreigners but when it comes to group intelligence, foreigners score high. That's why when an Indian goes abroad, he works well in the group and does a commendable job," he says.

How did the idea of the ClimaCon jacket come about? What long did it take for you to make this jacket?

While I was studying at the MIT, the cold winters were unbearable. I had to wear layers of clothing to keep myself warm while going out. Once inside, I had to remove them as the rooms had centralised heating systems.I used to feel very uncomfortable doing this.

It was then that I thought of finding a solution for this problem. Initially, it was more fun than work to me. But the most difficult part was finding time to do the experiments when I had to spend 80 hours every week on research and classes.

I tried to find as much time as possible, many days spending 11-12 hours and finding time during the weekend as well. The MIT business plan competition won me an award of $1000, which was a great morale booster.

It was difficult to meet all sorts of requirements while making the jacket. After I made the first prototype, I realized that I could make a range of products with this technology that can benefit people all over the world.

What are the features of the jacket? How much does it cost?

Dhama's ClimaCon is a patent protected technology. It is a combination of thermoelectric, heat sink and efficient heat transport mechanisms. The technology can be incorporated into any kind of apparel/accessory to provide both heating and cooling on demand.

ClimaCon is designed to supplement the human body's thermal regulation by not obstructing the sweat evaporation. For maximal effect, the cooling/heating points are strategically located on places where sweat production is minimal and there is high concentration of blood vessels.

Our products incorporate this technology allowing the user to choose the temperature between 4 degree Celsius to 45 degree Celsius, providing comfort warmth or cold). The jackets have different variants so the price ranges from Rs 13,000 to Rs 40,000.

What are the advantages of this technology?

This application enables the wearer to remain in any harsh environment without stress, discomfort, health problems, or lowering productivity.

This feature also enables us in developing medical products for providing relief to the patients. ClimaCon technology is superior to all existing technologies such as phase change or vapour compression as it is active and is the lightest.

Our products are lightweight (jacket - 800 gm, it is one third the weight of current active products, neck wrap 80 gm, knee pack- 320 gm), fashionable and aesthetic, easy to use, and have no moving parts.

The temperature can be changed with a remote control device. They are powered with rechargeable batteries lasting 4-8 hours per charge. The products are developed at our manufacturing unit at Hyderabad.

What are the other products on offer?

ClimaWare-neck wrap is an extremely lightweight product for use in extreme temperatures. Powered with rechargeable batteries, this neck wrap is capable of neutralising the effects of adverse climate on the entire body by cooling/heating the blood that flows to the brain.

We have shoes that help you choose the temperature your feet like the best. Another product is the ice pack, currently, if you need an ice pack you have to take ice from the refrigerator. But with our ice pack, you no longer need to make ice. It will be very useful in hospitals and in some industrial sectors and the army.

Who are your customers? How has their response been?

We have sold only 25-30 jackets so far to the Indian Army and the US Army. They are testing our products. The India Army at Siachen and Himalayas are in need of such apparels as they face adverse weather conditions.

The India Army would like the products to be more customised. They want the jackets to be powered by the vehicle. We can easily incorporate such changes.

We expect them to place an order soon as they are testing the product. People have given us a good feedback and we are hopeful of getting bulk orders soon.

How was your experience at MIT?

MIT was a great experience, a life changer. It is one of the best places to do research. It broadened my horizons, changed my outlook completely. I also got an opportunity to work on a project with NASA as a part of the academics.

What was your ambition as a child? How did you perform in studies?

I wanted to become a scientist. I was always yearning to know more about every subject. I always sought explanations and if I was not satisfied with the answer, I used to try and find the answer myself.

I was never among the top scorers. But I always knew that I was more knowledgeable than the top rankers. I used to take part in sports as well.

Were you innovative during your school, college days?

I used to take part in science fair and competitions. I won several competitions. My experiments often landed me trouble as well.

Once, I took calcium carbide from the school lab and tried to create a flame. I added water and it exploded. I got hurt as well. I have also got electric shocks several times during my experiments.

Everyone thought I was notorious. My parents have been called to school many times. But I was lucky beacuse they understood me very well. 

How did you start off? What kind of constraints did you face initially as an entrepreneur?

Once I made the prototype, I decided to come back to India. I got one of the best job offers but I declined it to start my own venture. With the support of the government's Technopreneur Programme, Dhama Apparel Innovations started off at the National Institute of Design's business incubator in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Today it operates independently from Hyderabad. Though specialised apparels have a good business potential, I knew I was taking a big risk. I did not have enough capital. I had never worked anywhere so I had no savings. All I had was $1000 I won from the business competition at MIT.

I believe if you have the motivation to do something, you can achieve a lot. There were days when nothing would go right. I used to spend many sleepless nights, working out things.

At the same time, friends who studied with me had got good jobs and they were driving around in luxury cars like Audi, whereas I was struggling to make ends meet.

Even now, I have won only half the battle. Getting a market for the product is the next big challenge. We are in talks for marketing alliances.

How much has the company invested so far?

Initially, I got a grant of about Rs 60 lakh from the government. The total Investment is around Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million). We are set to break even within a year. We are set to break even within a year.

What is the business potential of specialised apparels? What are your revenue projections?

We expect to sell 20,000 jackets and 20,000 units of healthcare products by 2011-12. There is a huge demand for these products. At present there is no product in the world that can match the quality of our apparels and healthcare products.

Last year, our revenue was Rs 27 lakh (Rs 2.7 million). We expect this to rise to Rs 6 crore (Rs 60 million) next year and Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in five years.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of running a company in India?

Being born and brought up in India, I am basically very attached to this land. It is easier to get a good workforce in India. Since I know the local landscape it is easier to get some things done.

India being a growing economy offers a good opportunity for a business as well. So I believe its best to start a company here and perhaps have a subsidiary in the US at a later stage.

There are too many bureaucratic hurdles, which hampers the flow of work. Funding is also difficult to get in India.

What are the reasons for your success at such a young age? What is the best compliment you have received?

Thinking differently is an answer to many problems. I am a very self motivated person and I have the drive to get ahead despite hurdles. I connect with people very easily so I have lot of friends.

We have got a great response for our products. The marketing head at DuPont called our product as one of the best products launched in the last 10 years. Other people who use the jacket said it is an amazing product.

What are the most important things that entrepreneurs must have to succeed?

Entrepreneurs must be very motivated. This motivation must not be out of frustration. You will not succeed if you start a venture just because you are frustrated with your job.

You need to be passionate about your work.

You should know to control finances and have a risk taking ability.

They should also think differently and be aware of the market realities.

You need to put in a lot of hard work. For me, it just two activities: work and sleep.

What is the best part of being an entrepreneur?

It is a fulfilling experience. I just had one person with me when I started the company. Now, we are a 15-member strong team. Though I had the technology, I struggled for about two years testing the product, making improvisation and working on other products.

But I always believed that if I worked in any other company, I would not be able to bring out my true potential. Now, I am happy that I have been able to make as much money as I would get from a corporate job and I have got satisfaction no job can ever offer.

What can be done to create more innovators, entrepreneurs so that India can be an innovation powerhouse?

India is a very attractive country with highly creative and intelligent people. But their intelligence is not channelised in the right direction. We need to enhance our creativity. The next generation must mould India in the right direction.

If we do things differently, we are punished by teachers.

Right from childhood, we enter this race for marks and ranks. The 10th and 12th standard examinations create so much pressure on the students. In this process, we fail to learn and understand things in the right perspective.

We are also very selfish, while we believe in keeping our houses clean, we have no problem in throwing garbage on the streets.

India needs a huge transformation. It would be too idealistic to say this but I really wish I could bring about a change across different systems in India starting from education. I would like to bring about small changes which can have a far reaching implications.

If I find like minded people, I do not mind even joining politics to build a new India. Unless someone takes the first step, nothing will change.

Mahesh Babu to act in historical movie?

Guess, Prince Mahesh babu doing some historical character? Terrific? Yes, it is true. If, everything goes smooth then it will happen soon. According to a popular news paper, Mahesh babu has agreed to do a historical movie under the direction of Mani Ratnam. It’s learnt that, script for this film is near completion stage and the film may go to sets in the end of next year.
By the time, Mahesh babu will be able to complete his latest project with Sreenu Vytla and his other two projects with Mehar Ramesh and Kollywood director Lingu Swamy. Hence, one thing is certain that, Mahesh babu too is not seeking any intervals for the next one year for acting in the films

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