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Tamil Movie Review: Amaran 2024: Based On True Amazing Story

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Amaran” is a 2024 biographical action film directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, based on the book series “‘s Most Fearless.” Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International and Sony Pictures Films India, it stars Sivakarthikeyan as Major Mukund Varadarajan, alongside Sai Pallavi. The film’s production involved extensive location in Kashmir, Chennai, and Pondicherry, spanning roughly a year. With by G.V. Prakash Kumar, “Amaran” was released on October 31, 2024, coinciding with Diwali, and has garnered praise for its performances and production values. Image source: IMDB

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Military 101: Military Trucks Exposed: The Unsung Heroes of World War II

HICOM Military Trucks Handalan DefTech Malaysia

The current with the Malaysian Armed Forces, the HICOM Handalan truck series was developed by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies (DefTech) in collaboration with Isuzu and comes in several variants. The first variant, Handalan I, was powered by an Isuzu 6HE1 diesel engine, delivering 180 horsepower through a 5-speed manual transmission and configured for a 4×4 drive.  The third generation, Handalan III, introduced in 2012, uses Tata diesel engines with an output of 230 horsepower. As for the number in service, the Malaysian Army currently operates 2,260 units with an additional 414 on order. Image source: Wikipedia/AstropythonRead More »Military 101: Military Trucks Exposed: The Unsung Heroes of World War II

Project Management 101: India’s Impressive Operation Ganga in Ukraine

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The crisis with has been ongoing since 2014 but the full action by Russia only happened on 21st February 2022 and this forced a huge refugee crisis and forced all other countries like & to quickly evacuate their citizens & staff from Ukraine before it becomes too late. Image source: Al Jazeera

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National Security 101: Sulu Dubious Claim – Countering Wrong & Fake Information

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Sulu heirs basically shot themselves in the leg for any legal claims when 235 Sulu militants decided to invade in 2013 which saw 68 of these killed and 10 of the brave Malaysian forces losing their life. Imagine the gall of these terrorists now wanting to claim billions of from the Malaysian after all the murders they have committed. Image source: Lelarentaka

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Gaming 101: Playing Tactical Realistic Military Game War Scenarios

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shooter these days is fast becoming so realistic and tactical, you can no longer simply switch on and shoot blindly. The scenarios can be as real as an actual war scenario.

In the same manner, Polyphony Digital will soon be launching PlayStation all-time favourite and the next iteration in the Gran Turismo series, the Gran Turismo 7. The realism of the cars in this latest series is a galaxy away from my PlayStation game, Gran Turismo 2. Image source: Gran Tourismo.

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Military 101: The Fuss About Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defence System

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In recent days, the saw the interesting show of force from Israel’s against the Hamas’ rockets fired from Gaza. The question is whether this is a new concept or it is an evolution of an old aged air defence system that integrates air radars, fire control station and fast intercepting missile? Image source: India Today

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Human Relationship 101: The Beautiful Malak Who Stole Our Cold Hearts

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This story of a young girl named whose father and mother had died tragically is indeed has been an eye-opener on the plight of innocent refugee in the many zones around the . The situation around the world is now even more precarious with the COVID19 pandemic which also saw the reduction of travel and aid. Image source: Preemptive Love

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National Security 2020: ISIS Terrorists – Why Indonesia Can Do It, We Can’t?

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Seriously, the Pakatan Harapan needs to go to a corner and reflect on its decision when it comes to bringing former ISIS terrorists and their radicalised families back to . Why we are rolling out the red carpet to these ? source: ISIS

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Nuisance 101: Damn, I Hate Cats! They Are So Evil!

WARNING: Cat lovers, walk away right now…you may not like this post. You have been warned!

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(Cats are evil indeed – something in their eyes when they stare at you when you trying to chase it away from your home. Image source: http://www.debate.org)

One of the joys of moving a new house many years ago was the chance to do up a garden.

It was a joy because we used to stay in apartments which do not enough space for a garden (I mean a proper garden where we can dig in and plant things). So when I had the chance to buy a house of my own, I had great ideas on what I wanted to do with my garden, starting with beautiful carpet grass.

And when my dad retired and looking for a hobby to spend his time at home, he took up gardening. And he was good at it too – a mango tree at the front, several types of flowering plants and he would spend hours running through the carpet grass to look for weeds. At one point, carpet grass was clean and trimmed and was wonderful to walk on.

And then evil descended at my neighbourhood…

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Movie Review: War of the Worlds 2005, Good But Disappointed for Wrong Reasons

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of the worlds is a classic story by H.G. Wells (mind you, it came out in 1898!) but how much difference that can make in his remake in 2005? That was the thought running through my mind when I saw the movie showing at my local theatre. Image source: Movieclips.com

After hearing about the movie and seeing that it got an “A” rating in The Star, I and my wife set aside our Sunday to see the movie.

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