Thought Garage

Changing makeup and costumes is an integral part of Movie actor’s life that is hard to leave. Here are few pictures from PRP Praja Ankita Yatra showing Chiranjeevi in different costumes.

Reliving the life of an Actor or truly trying to understand the issues by enacting common man’s life in costumes? Hard to tell.

It is very surprising these days, why people are turning up so heavily to Political road shows, in most cases, irrespective of the political party. Thought, many people just want to come see their matinee idol’s real face when they poured in to Chiranjeevi’s meetings. But quite baffled to see similar (but not equal) response to every other political meeting.

Political polarization? Want to just watch how it goes? or signs of political action?

(Images from Eenadu.net )

In multiple interviews, Peter Schiff, explains that US Economy foundation is weaker and ‘the game is over America’.  He also predicted in detail what markets are affected, credit crunch and how it will lead to recession, only to be laughed away by rest of the Pros on TV.  We all should have watched it earlier (

This is a very interesting and could be quite valuable TED Talk presentation, if you are currently pitching, to anybody. This presentation is a bad example though, of ‘how-to’ do it (I had trouble understanding the whole presentation without watching it twice), but offers ‘what to’ pitch.

Thinking startup? David S. Rose’s rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself — and prove to a VC — before you fire up your slideshow.

Good news for first time home buyers. You may defer tax up to $7,500 in your next year tax filings and you get 15 years to pay that tax amount.

First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit at a Glance

• The tax credit is available for first-time home buyers only.
• The maximum credit amount is $7,500.
• The credit is available for homes purchased on or after April 9, 2008 and before
  July 1, 2009.
• Single taxpayers with incomes up to $75,000 and married couples with incomes up to $150,000 qualify for the full tax credit.
• The tax credit works like an interest-free loan and must be repaid over a 15-year period.

For more visit http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com/index.html.