The Indian Film Industry The Indian film industry is a world of dreams. Fondly and popularly called Bollywood the term a droll reference to Bombay’s version of Hollywood: India produces more than 1,000 films annually in over 20 languages, and the industry is largest in the world. Although extremely lucrative for youngsters, it is a highly unorganized and volatile sector where one can make or break careers. It has major film...

Cartoon – Networking Children Children have become much more interested in cartoons over many years and it has become a primary action to some lives. Cartoon network has a tremendous influence on how children view the world. Normally, they begin watching cartoons on TV at an early age of 6 months, and by the age of 2-3 years become enthusiastic viewers. Up to the age of 10 or 12 years they...

Advertisements: Leading or Misleading Advertisement is the act of advertising. Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to purchase or to consume more of a particular brand of product or service. Many advertisements are designed to generate increased consumption of products and services through the creation and reinforcement of “brand image” and “brand loyalty”. For these purposes, advertisements sometimes embed their persuasive message with factual...

Modes of Communication   Communication is the method by which people share their ideas, information, opinions and feelings. People sharing ideas, information, opinions and feelings may contribute to the operations of teams and the work of individuals. Communication is a two-way activity between two or more people. There are various modes of communication, some of which are used more commonly in some workplaces than others. Verbal Communication: Verbal communication is when...

The Reality of Reality Shows These days there is ‘a growing trend towards reality TV shows that are based on external shallow values. With the appeal of junk food, it has a powerful hypnotic effect even on the strongest minds. But while reality TV may seem like a harmless form of entertainment, the damage (which is done so subtly) is very powerful and therefore it deserves a closer look. So the...

Mobile Phones When fierce storms hit California in early January, submerging streets and felling power lines, Steve Livingston was prepared. Armed with a text message alert from the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services, he dodged the flood and made it home safely. A few months earlier, when a surprise earthquake shook the region, Livingston, chief marketing officer of Sunnyvale, California based mobile transaction firm was in Los Angeles on...

Languages – Their Diversity and Future Linguists estimate that about 5,000-7000 different languages are spoken in the world today. The imprecision in this estimate is due to some dialects being in the process of diverging and it is not clear that they have reached the stage of being separate languages. If two people find each other’s speech unintelligible, they are usually thought to be speaking different languages rather than dialects. About...

The Magnificent Himalayas Himalayas (Sanskrit for ‘Abode of Snow’) is the name given to the greatest mountain chain on the planet. It separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateau and stretches across six countries viz. Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The range-proper runs from west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley thereby forming an arc about 2400 km long. They reach their...