Addictive Funda of the Day!

Question: Connect the following: Karna from the Mahabharata, the liberation of Goa in 1961, Amitabh Bachan, and the Kargil War of 1999?

The Bandra Worli Sea Link:Mumbai's Newest Landmark

The Bandra Worli Sea Link(BWSL) has been continuously making news since a month now.So,me being enthusiastic about the same could n't resist myself from publishing a post!

To begin with The BWSL is an 8-lane cable stayed bridge which will link Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli & central Mumbai and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system. The Rs.1600 crore project is being executed by Hindustan Construction Company.The bridge was innaugurated on July 1,2009 by congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi.It will enable speedy travel between Bandra & Worli cutting travel times from 60 minutes to just 15 minutes.An estimated 1,25000 vehicles will be using it daily!Almost 10 crores will be spent for illuminating alone.

Now that every1 is going gaga over the new landmark,it would n't have been possible without the 77 year old man behind it... A 1958 Post-Graduate in Structural Engineering from Madras University, Seshadri Srinivasan is must be 1 o' the most happiest persons alive! When asked about the no. of bridges he has designed..He pauses for a few second n tap comes the reply.."It would be safe to say I designed my 100th bridge a long time ago!!! Indeed he has to his credit The JJ Flyover,the Jamarat Bridge in the holy city of Mecca,which is used by Muslims during Haj in the stoning-of-devil ritual.Hats-off to You Sir.By the time my Addictive Mind wrtes more abt it..njoy the Videos attached.

BOOKS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ADDICTIVE (NON-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL)
1. LOITA by VLADIMIR NABAKOV
2. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by SALMAN RUSHDIE
3. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE
4. THE GODFATHER by MARIO PUZO
5. FIVE POINT SOMEONE by CHETAN BHAGAT
6. CATCH-22 by JOSEPH HELLER
7. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by KEN KESEY
8. 1984 by GEORGE ORWELL
9. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME by STEPHEN HAWKING
10. JAMES BOND by IAN FLEMING
11. MALGUDI DAYS by R.K.NARAYAN
12. SHANTARAM by GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS
13. THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by ARUNDHATI ROY
14. A SUITABLE BOY by VIKRAM SETH
15. TRUTH,LOVE & A LITTLE MALICE by KHUSHWANT SINGH
16. TRAIN TO PAKISTAN by KHUSHWANT SINGH
17. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by MARK TWAIN
18. ANNA KARENINA by LEO TOLSTOY
19. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTE
20. DON QUIXOTE by CERVANTES MIGUEL
21. DAVID COPPERFIELD by CHARLES DICKENS
22. THE THREE MUSKETEERS by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
23. LES MISERABLES by VICTOR HUGO
24. THE LORD OF THE RING by J.R.R. TOLKIEN
25. BRAVE NEW WORLD by ALDOUS HUXLEY

... to be continued (comment on which are your favourites from the list)

Hey all,these days I'm reading the autobiography o' Lee Iacoca( YES!, you guessed it right..Iacoca,the father o' Ford Mustang). n I'm suggesting everyone to go through it at leat once to get the feel o' what lyf was all about in Ford those days. We've all heard about the phrase "Selling like Hotcakes". But,the Mustang sold so well in the US in the 60's that even Bakers in the used to advertise by putting slogans in front o' their bakeries which read: "My Hotcakes 're selling like the Mustang!!!!!!" Can u believe it? Read the book to discover more..

MY FAVOURITE TEAM LOST TO BARCA!

i dunno if it's coz man u u lost to barca that i'm drinkin' more! but, i really thought it would be the other way. neways, once a man u fan always a man u fan. better luck nxt tym.