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GOD was never before so easily accessible! If you feel like offering prayer, and don’t feel like walking up to the temple, all you are required to do now is just  SMS your wishes to the temple-managed electronic message box. After doing that tough, tedious and tiring job(!), you can rest assured that your prayer has reached the destination, the temple, the God’s abode! And if you thought it’s a joke, dear friend, you are utterly mistaken!  Shree Siddhivinayak Temple  in Mumbai, which is known to be frequented by celebrity-devotees, including aging-Don  Big B  and oft-in trouble  Sanjay Dutt , has struck a deal with a mobile phone service provider. Using this  mobile  service, now  couch potatoes  and those really hard-pressed for time can SMS their prayers to the “wish box” of the temple…to be heard (and acted upon?) by  Lord Ganesha  at His convenience. With around 1,000 SMSes lying to be attended to by the deity in just a week’s time, it seems hi-tech prayer is catching fast! Shree S...

A revelation: “All developing and underdeveloped countries have a large number of illiterates!” You are neither surprised nor amused...I bet! “Revelation? Joking or what...!” you might say. And one won't dispute you. It’s been a Third World truth since ages. But what if you were to hear that 11 million Americans can’t read English? You might say again, “Joking or what?” But now it's your turn to be truely surprised...that's another piece of TRUTH. However incredible it may sound, the fact remains that one out of every 20 American adults can’t make out the head and tail of English language, leave apart English literature, according to a federal study conducted some time back. This means that no less than 11 million Americans are unfit for performing even everyday tasks. The survey studied a varied sample of 19,000 adults, who are living in homes, college hostels and even those behind the bar. As many as 30 million adults have ‘below basic’ skills in English language. Their ...