Thursday, March 8, 2012

Names of Places in city

Nampally, derives its name from a Persian diwan of Hyderabad during the Qutub Shahi period, who was given the title Nekh-Nam-Khan. After his death in 1672, a village was named Nekh-Nam-Khanpally after him which has now become Nampally, points out Raza Ali Khan, in his book 'Hyderabad, 400 Years.

ABIDS:
The origin of Abids is traced by Narendra Luther in his blog to "Albert Abid... a Jew and a valet of Mir Mehboob Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad (b:1866, d: 911). In course of time, he became quite rich and so he set up a shop where Palace Talkies ( presently Big Bazaar) and Bank of Baroda are located. He called it Abid & Company." It was from this shop that the whole locality derived its name, Luther writes. Alternatively, there is another version of an American Jewish gentleman called Abid Evans, after whose shop the area got its name.

LAAD BAZAR:
The origin of Abids is traced by Narendra Luther in his blog to "Albert Abid... a Jew and a valet of Mir Mehboob Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad (b:1866, d: 911). In course of time, he became quite rich and so he set up a shop where Palace Talkies ( presently Big Bazaar) and Bank of Baroda are located. He called it Abid & Company." It was from this shop that the whole locality derived its name, Luther writes. Alternatively, there is another version of an American Jewish gentleman called Abid Evans, after whose shop the area got its name.

BIBI-ka-Chasma:
Bibi ka Chashma located in the vicinity of Falaknuma Palace, does not mean 'wife's spectacles'. Here Bibi refers to Hayat Bakshi Begum, daughter of Quli Qutub Shah and 'chashma' in Urdu is a perennial water stream

Mehbub Ki Mehendi does not derive its name from any courtesan. Instead it gets its name from Mehbub Subhani Chhila, a place of worship in that area, says Verma.


There are Laltekdi, Laldarwaza, Kali Qabr, Kala Pathhar, Haribowli, Harimasjid among others. Jambagh, Sitaphalmandi, Imlibun and Keoraban are the fruity ones while animal names are appended in areas such as Mitti Ka Sher (tiger), Ghode Ke Qabr (horse), Feelkhana (elephant), Untwadi (camel), Domalguda (mosquito), Magar Ki Baoli (crocodile) and Myakalbanda (goats). Verma says that like every other city, even Hyderabad had pockets traditionally inhabited by people of a certain occupation. Topping the list are Bhaiderwadi (coconutsellers), Bhalderwadi (carrier of spears), Kumharwadi (earthern pot makers) and Kacheguda (fishermen).


Kadve Saheb Ki Galli, for instance, is named after an angry-faced person who always talked ill of others. Or for that matter Malakpet, named after Malik Yakoob, a servant of Abdulah Qutub Shah, Golconda king, who resided in the place which once had a market, hence the name Malakpet. Also, AC Guards colony near Masab Tank is named after the Abyssinia guards of the Nizam's troupe.

ref:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Names-of-city-localities-hark-back-to-a-forgotten-era/articleshow/12191550.cms

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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insert 0000 1010

unsigned int orig = 0xF0F0; // 1111 0000 1111 0000
unsigned int insert = 0x000A; // 0000 0000 0000 1010

unsigned int OR = orig | (insert << 6); // 1111 0010 1111 0000

The left shift operator isn't only useful for setting individual bits in a 32-bit value; it can also be used to 'read' a single bit from a larger valu

The left shift operator isn't only useful for setting individual bits in a 32-bit value; it can also be used to 'read' a single bit from a larger value, as you can see in the following code: unsigned long testValue = 0xFF00FF00;

// Check if the fifth bit is equal to 1 (hint: it isn't!)
if (testValue & (1 << 4))
{
// Fifth bit is equal to 1
}
else
{
// Fifth bit is equal to 0
}

Can you understand how this example code works? We are shifting a '1' bit 4 positions to the left (which will give us the following 32-bit value: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000). We are then 'comparing' this to our testValue with an & AND operator, which means that if bit 5 of our testValue is also 1 (as in the value we have just created), a '1' will be returned. If the values are different, the AND operator will fail and return 0.

The left shift operator isn't only useful for setting individual bits in a 32-bit value; it can also be used to 'read' a single bit from a larger valu

The left shift operator isn't only useful for setting individual bits in a 32-bit value; it can also be used to 'read' a single bit from a larger value, as you can see in the following code: unsigned long testValue = 0xFF00FF00;

// Check if the fifth bit is equal to 1 (hint: it isn't!)
if (testValue & (1 << 4))
{
// Fifth bit is equal to 1
}
else
{
// Fifth bit is equal to 0
}

Can you understand how this example code works? We are shifting a '1' bit 4 positions to the left (which will give us the following 32-bit value: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000). We are then 'comparing' this to our testValue with an & AND operator, which means that if bit 5 of our testValue is also 1 (as in the value we have just created), a '1' will be returned. If the values are different, the AND operator will fail and return 0.

macros to manipulate the flags

Imagine there are two flags in the program that are independent of each other. We might implement macros to manipulate them as shown in the code sample below. It would probably be wise to put the macros in a header file.
// the flag definitions
#define CAR_LOCKED 0x01 // 0000 0001
#define CAR_PARKED 0x02 // 0000 0010
#define CAR_RESET 0x00 // 0000 0000

// macros to manipulate the flags
#define RESET_CAR(x) (x = CAR_RESET)

#define SET_LOCKED(x) (x |= CAR_LOCKED)
#define SET_PARKED(x) (x |= CAR_PARKED)

#define UNSET_LOCKED(x) (x &= (~CAR_LOCKED))
#define UNSET_PARKED(x) (x &= (~CAR_PARKED))

#define TOGGLE_LOCKED(x) (x ^= CAR_LOCKED)
#define TOGGLE_PARKED(x) (x ^= CAR_PARKED)

// these evaluate to non-zero if the flag is set
#define IS_LOCKED(x) (x & CAR_LOCKED)
#define IS_PARKED(x) (x & CAR_PARKED)

// a short program that demonstrates how to use the macros
int
main(void)
{
unsigned char fMercedes, fCivic;

RESET_CAR(fMercedes);
RESET_CAR(fCivic);

SET_LOCKED(fMercedes);

if( IS_LOCKED(fMercedes) != 0 )
{
UNSET_PARKED(fCivic);
}

TOGGLE_LOCKED(fMercedes);

return 0;
}

Monday, January 2, 2012

AjithaBachan carrier

My first school was a playschool called Tiny Tots, followed by another one called Miniland... Sadly, it doesn’t exist now. It was near Vie Lounge. Then, it was Bombay Scottish. We were 15-16 of us in a car pool. One car would drop us, one brought the lunch and another picked us up.

It was quite a starry bunch. Aditya and Uday Chopra, Goldie and Shrishti Behl, my cousins, sister and I, Jatin, who was Sujit Kumar’s son, Amit and Sumit Mehra, who were Prakash Mehra’s sons, and Hrithik and Sunaina Roshan.

Hrithik was three years my senior and John Abraham and he were classmates. Aamir Khan and Dharmesh Darshan were apparently in the same class. They were our seniors. I was then shifted to Jamnabai Narsee, which was closer to home. Then my father got into politics and we moved to Delhi where I went to Modern School, Vasant Vihar. At nine, I was moved to the boarding school in Switzerland.

I went off to Boston University, USA, for a degree in performing arts. Back in Mumbai, my father
had launched ABCL company that was running through bad weather. I left my studies half way and returned. He assigned me the job of a production boy on Major Saab, where I graduated to be an assistant director. Manmohan Desai having tea with my father at our place. Or for that matter, have Yash uncle (Yash Chopra) at home. For the world, and for me after growing up, he’s this big producer-director. Back then, he was my friends’ father. So star kids take this life in their stride

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/My-father-never-made-a-film-for-me-Abhishek/Article1-790023.aspx