I was in Bangalore ( now Bengaluru ) for a day for some personal work and had pleasure of traveling through newly opened Bengaluru International Airport at Devanahalli, which is 40 km from the city, begun its operations on 24th May 2008 after Govt. clearance. Initially I was booked on Indigo flight to Mumbai which was operating through the HAL airport (old airport) but I got SMS as well as call from the airline intimating me that I have to travel through the new airport.

All though I was not impressed with the time it takes to reach the airport from main city but on reaching the location I was taken by big surprise. The new BIAL Airport is of International standard housing wide range of facilities and services for national as well as international passengers. According to my self speculation, it is one of the finest airport we have in India so far. Bengaluru International Airport really leaps over its close rivals Mumbai and New Delhi airports namely.

I was stranded at the airport for hours as it was the first day of airport’s operation, the air traffic was in a pretty bad shape and many flights were delayed for hours. I can happily say that I feel very proud to travel on its first day of operation.

Please check out some low quality shots which I took with my Nokia 6300 phone before the battery died.

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Religious devotees around the world enjoy expressing their faith with customized cell phones, which may play religious ring tones; carry scriptures; or provide guidance, content filtering and other services specific to each religion. These phones are customized and marketed directly to religious communities in various parts of the world.

Which of the world’s most popular religions, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism (listed in order of size), has the world’s greatest cell phone?

While researching this article, I was unable to find a single Christian, Hindu or Sikh cell phone. I’m not saying they’re not out there somewhere, just that I’m “agnostic” on the point. I just don’t know.

That there is no Christian cell phone may surprise you. In fact, Christians lead the world in cell phone accessories and software, including cell phone stickers and cases, ring tones and Bible-related content specific to phones. So it’s easy for Christians to assemble their own faith-based cell phones from widely available “parts.” But, to the best of my knowledge, nobody is selling a prepackaged “Christian cell phone” designed to be marketed to Christians.

Also note that, although Apple Inc.’s iPhone is sometimes referred to as the “Jesus phone,” it’s not a Christian cell phone per se, and thus can’t be included in this little contest of mine.

That leaves us with the top three contenders: Islam, Buddhism and Judaism. So here they are, listed in reverse order: The top three religious cell phones. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I had privilege of meeting Tibetian leader Dalai Lama at Rajghat who had come there for “prayers for Tibet” by all top religious leaders of all faiths.