KIMSTER ROX DOWN UNDER!!!

Wat a start to the 2007 season!!! The most exciting n at the same time the most boring starting race I’ve ever seen. Exciting for the fact that Lewis Hamilton lived upto the hype he was given and he did even better than that!!! Taking a chance on the left and losing to Kubica and then seeing a gap on the right, took the favor and slingshot his way past the illustrious team-mate who happens to be a double time world champion!!! Just awesome!!! Even better – He had Alonso trialing him almost all the race. The frikking fast BMW’s were on light fuel loads!!!Way to go Hamilton. Hope Mclaren doesn’t spoil his talent with unreliable cars and team-orders for Alonso.

Now back to the man who gave THE finger to his critics once and for all!!! I have always said KIMI is much much faster than Alonso and Schumi given he is driving a superior car. Now he did just that. The F2007 seems to be miles ahead with the seamless quickshift and the much much improved aero compared to other motors on the grid. He had a dominant race right from the start. In the first 5 laps Kimi was able to open up the gap to Heidfield by 6 seconds. That’s pretty awesome. But Kimi is still the same Kimster he used to be. He went off the road once – later apologised it was his mistake – cos he was watching another car on the track!!! Hope Todt has some good spanking left for the Iceman to behave – both on and off track.

People favorite Massa had his bad luck run wild again in the season opener!! He has started 4 times before this race in Melbourne. Thrice crashed out. Once scored a tenth. But today he started at the back and climbed back to 6^th by the end of the race. If it was not for Button who was holding both Rubeno and Massa for a long time, we could have witnessed a good dog-fight between Massa and Fisi. The less I talk about Button, better it is for his reputation. I strongly recommend him to quit racing and go do some prediction stuff for F1 as he is really good at that!!

The best part of the race was Alonso!!! Fernando was fighting to stay on the top. No… not with Ferrari. The Ferrari was not even in his sight!! It was Nick Heidfield’s BMW which was tormenting him with a light fuel load. And to add more to his woes Hamilton was already up there in front, driving a perfect stunner race like a pro. If it was not for the BMW’s wrong decision to load lightly, He would have never passed the car. The BMW looked like a beast covering ground faster than ever. Mario Theissen was right in saying they are the 3^rd best team in F1. Renault was no where in the picture. And poor Hamilton had to go thro the same Rubeno phase in letting his more illustrious Teammate pass thro. The pit stop was a calculated slow one. Hypocrites!!! Atleast Ferrari was blatant and outspoken about the team orders. But this one was too obvious. Why would a team so perfect and professional like Mclaren falter in a pitstop on a car that’s been running strong in second and allow a 8 second gap to close and let Alonso thro??? Simple crap!!!

Hope Kimster keeps his run going for long in the stunning F2007. Now the poor thing Massa has to keep up to the pace of Kimi and stay on top, close to him. Else Jean Todt will choose to help out the more performing and highest paid driver of F1!!! If Todt decides to go with Kimi in the later part of the season, then Massa will be on his own. Hope to see the Ferrari drivers fighting for position. Its been long since we saw Gilles Villenuve and Didier Pironi’s super driving and fights in the Schuderia!!!

Now to the tech details of F2007. The first main difference is the Front and Rear wings. I had told before that these modifications force the car to take the corners smooth and fast like never before. Kimi was putting very less inputs to the steering and the car was perfectly balanced on the tarmac. The only problem that the F2007 seems to have right now is the seamless quick shift transmission!!! Looks like a very very fragile unit compared to the former steptronic transmission. The new shark fin vents and 3^rd outlet for cooling the transmission kit seems to be a very wise choice. Overall a perfect balance!!!

Even though Kimi wasn’t pushing hard to get his pace thro the race, I suspect there might be problem all around the grid, let alone Ferrari in Sepang. Sepang is a very hot engine-consuming track. Needless to say the gear changes are more than any other race which multiple straights and numerous corners. Hope Kimi and Massa cruise thro the race in Sepang.

PS: Micheal called Kimi before the podium presentation. Quite funny remark from Kimi given his Icecold nature. Also Kimster hasn’t grown up yet!!! He signed in for a snowmobile race in Finland after the Bahrain testing under a false name and won!!! Only to be found out by Ferrari later and blasted by Todt!!! All said and done KIMSTER roxx.

THE LEGEND WILL CONTINUE TO RULE!!!

This is not a real good time in my life. It is not going as smooth as I had expected. But I never did get down by it. Thanks to the support given by all around me, I held my own and still holding it far away from home. Though I got irritated and frustrated at times I was never emotional for a long time. But nothing could hold me today, when I heard Schumi announcing his retirement from F1 at the post race conference. I was this close to letting the tears out of my eyes. He had been one of my favorite personalities in the world and will always be. I knew it was coming but was never really ready for it.

It all began one Sunday afternoon in Udumalpet in 1995, when I saw the final 3 races of the season on star sports. Though I was a kid, I was strongly attracted to the driving and my passion to speed just added fuel to the fire!!! The main reason being one man who was standing tall amongst others. Micheal Schumacher. The way he fought for the win and titles was sheer poetry!!! And he went on to win the title for the second consecutive time. And with it came the announcement of him switching to Ferrari – whose cars I’ve been worshipping for a long time (Ferrari story was a diff one n long too)

All through 96-99, I enjoyed watching him drive in that scarlet car, did not matter whether he won or not – and even if he did – did not matter if it was legal or not!!! But I knew one thing… He was going to stay… and He was the on his way to being a legend. I still remember fighting with Jaikar (both of us ended up bleeding n grounded for a week) over Mclaren and Ferrari. That was the extent of his influence on me. Then came the disaster in Silverstone – his leg broke – jus when I broke mine and watched the races from a hospital bed for about 4 months.

From 2000 on I enjoyed every win of his and every second of racing. I used to cut classes to watch qualifying(Saturday was a working day for SW!!!) He beat Mika fair and square and from then went to break every record in the F1 history – all but one. The year is still my favorite year of racing. His arch rival – Mika wasn’t bad either. He was the best in the business and the only one who can match Schumi is driving skills. After nurturing and resurrecting a team which was a former champion and on a draught of Race Wins for 20 years – Micheal brought em back to where they belonged. From then the rest is history.

With 39 wins and five championships – He was standing tall almost invincible in racing and the greatest driver in the pinnacle of motorsports – FORMULA ONE. The secret of success is pure magic. His driving skills are matched by only one driver so far. He is the only man who can confidently wave to the crowd on the penultimate lap of a race – inspite being chased by others. He is one of those few who can change the car-setup midway on track and adjust the driving accordingly. He is the RAINMASTER – not even Mika could stand the rain. He is one of the toughest to pass – very few have accomplished this after he moved to Ferrari. He is GOD when it comes to F1.

He qualified on a old beaten up Jordan Ford in his first ever race (after being called in to replace the official driver – who was arrested the night before) impressing Benetton to sign him up for 2 seasons. Eleven years in Formula one – being the successful driver in the history of the sport is no mean task – almost impossible. Except for 2005 – where the Schuderia suffered from a loss of its chief aero designer to Mclaren and the underdogs Renault (With whom he had won two back to back championships) and Alonso went onto torment the tracks with the new mass-dampers and an almost turbo like engine. But He managed a distant third in the championship with a non-performing car – which only he could do.

Criticism never leaves famous men and Schumi wasn’t an exception. He was notorious, going to all extents to get what he wanted. Ferrari issued team orders to help him snatch the win from his teammates – but nobody – Eddie – Rubeno – Felippe – complained. But they were happy to do that. Though Schumi handed over the trophy and stepped down to make Rubeno stand on top!!! He was an admirable character. Not to mention his skills when it came to run down with a Euro Fighter Typhoon and the Fighter sucked it up!!! Ferrari had crossed the line much before the fighter did.

Even on this day – Criticism reigns high over his retirement – in the form of Alonso. Though he dint mean to block Felippe in anyway during the final 2 seconds – Rules say that – He should have moved to give the way to Felippe – who was on a hot lap!!! All said and done – Schumi was flawless all thro the race and won it fair. He was not at fault for a Renault blowing into smithereens!!!

With 90 wins(another 3 races to come) 68 pole positions 75 fastest laps 1354 Championship points and 247 race starts – MICHEAL SCHUMACHER – will remain unbeatable - FOREVER!!! From being an ordinary bricklayer’s son in Germany to one of the greatest in F1 History – he will remain a Legend always be an inspiration to so many drivers and teams around the world. And he will always be my hero. Be it speed, natural talent, loyalty, ruthlessness or hard work, You have always had it all – The very reason I was inspired by you and wil continue to be. We all loved watching you race in that Scarlet car and will savor those moments for a lifetime!!! Wish you good luck for the final races and I certainly hope you to sign off in style – with an unprecedented 8^th world championship!!!

I salute you – Micheal Schumacher – one of the greatest driver ever!!!! Hail Ferrari!!!!

2006 LINE UP...

SCHUDERIA MARLBORO FERRARI

The 248F1 is the sleek among the lot. Better aero Better performance. Ferrari Engines have always been reliable - even thro 2005. With their Aero Chief back in business, the new V8's are setting pace. MS has been dominating the timing all along. I personally expect the team to be back at the top. MS should sign off in style. The car has been facing close stand downs from Renault and Honda. But all of them were running Hybrids during that time. The first shakedown with all the new cars is not expected until 10th march. So expecting the RED STREAK to back among the top. With Rubeno in the threatening HONDA, 2006 is a sure entertainer!!!! ALL THE BEST 248f1.

MCLAREN
The all new MP421 looks awesome in its new livery(i'm not a big fan of chrome though). Though Kimi has expressed concerns about it being a top contender Juan has no problems so far. The Mercedes Engine reliability is still under threat. The engine blew up on practice twice already... Hoping KIMI to rock with the pace just like MP420 - superior to none!!!

HONDA

Team Honda are threatening with their pace and already is causing worries to Ferrari and Renault. The car looks almost the same. Except for the BAR n Lucky Strike wiped off it. Rubeno is still getting used to the inferior handling car. Button is topping charts!!!

RENAULT

Not a big fan of it. But Alonso is setting a good pace. The car remains the same. No change from it championship winner. The engine change and tyre rule can bring back the difficulties to the team in 2006.

TOYOTA

New car and new plans. Radical new aero packs for every circuit is unheard of. But with their budget second to Ferrari,they can afford it and they expect themselves to be at the top. But as far asi can guess they are gonna be at the same level of the grid like 2005.

MIDLAND F1

The most awesome looking car livery on the grid. The grpahics are goddamn good. The car is showing early pace with the Toyota V8s. But timing charts are still showing them at the bottom competing with Toro Rosso n RedBull. With 3 teams at same level I expect the battle at the bottom is gonna be exciting to watch...

WILLIAMS

The Cosworth powered FW28 is setting up good timings. Narain had loads of spin in the new car. It is clearly ahead of the last rung in the grid. Dont get surprised if it clears timing sheets in qualifying.

BMW Sauber

The Kid. With almost no livery on it, BMW is expected to give stiff competition for Williams and Redbull. Hoping to see some good drives from Jacques. It has been quite sometime since his awesome overtakings with MS.

SQUADRO TORO ROSSO

The renamed Minardi's are expected to perform better than its old cousin cos of Ferrari Power. The Ferrari V8s are stronger than most of the cars in the lower rung of the grid. But the Package is wat makes the difference. Ferrari runs away with it. But with new kids set to drive the cars, rookies down the order can be expected to give full entertainment for all.

REDBULL

The team is the worst hit of the lot. The Chasis had aero problems in Valencia then Cooling system failure in Silverstone. The Cars are expected to perform better than last year and faces tough challenge from BMW n WILLIAMS. The launch of STR n RB is not over. So official livery is not out. The cars have been running with their 2005 livery all through the Winter testing. GO DC!!!!

SUPER AGURI

They have finally signed up SATO n YUJI IDE as race drivers. The team had a private in Kemble Airfield with the old ARROWS chasis with HONDA V8s. Though it is not seen as a threat to any, SATO can prove devastating as he was earlier for all the front runners when they lap him. WATCH OUT FOR SATO n his SUPER DRIVING!!! If anymore hinderance, he should be punished with driving a cycle on Old Mahabalipuram Road for 30 days!!!!

Still 25 more days!!! Bahrain - here we come....

248F1...

Its out and its already topping the timesheets... The sexiest thing I've ever seen. Look at the aero packs at the back. Another radical FERRARI package..

All the best 248F1.

GRAN PREMIO DI CHENNAI – CIRCUIT DE OMR-ECR…

A combination of precision driving, technical excellence and sheer bravery is required to drive in this circuit, facets which highlight the differences between the sensible and the non-sense in streets. The Median-lined (not continuous) circuit leaves no margin for error, demanding more concentration that any other track. Cars run with minimum downforce and still brakes are worked hard. Overtaking is next to impossible so qualifying to drive in this circuit is more critical than at any other circuit.OMR-ECR's mix of high and low-speed corners, plus its abrasive and rather bumpy track(where the hell is the track???) surface, makes for a physically and mechanically taxing lap. Alright I’ll get to the flying lap of the circuit…

The Start-Finish straight (ECR) is one of the smoothest and best roads you’ll ever finds in India – particularly Chennai. The Car starts at the end of the straight and up thro the gears until 3rd before it turns into the tight left handed corner and then a jittering 50 m stretch into the LBR before you encounter the smooth left handed curve into the OMR. The car experiences the minimum downforce here and adds to the wind blowing across the Lattice Bridge over the Buckingham Canal. The driver has to watch out to his right and left before turning into the OMR for there is traffic coming both in front and back (yeah that’s right – traffic coming in FRONT in the wrong side). The circuit now comes to a very tight right handed corner turning into the Taramani Road. The Pit Lane Entry is on the left here. This is one of the slowest corners in the circuit where you’ll have to actually stop for the signal n also for the vehicles who don’t respect the signals!!!

The Taramani road stretches ahead with lots of vehicles parked on both sides of the road – making the road actually smaller than it should be. The Awesome MRTS railing moves over head as the car shifts up thro the gears until 45 kmph and turns sharp into the Bypass which starts on the left immediately after the highly classified Bio-tech facility. The Car shifts up thro the gears again along this part of the stretch until 60 kmph (The only thing the driver has to take care of is the children running across here and there in the road – but even international circuits has experienced breaches, so who cares!!!) At the end of the Bypass the car shifts down braking hard to turn right into the OMR again. This is one of the trickiest corners you can ever find in the world. Literally with no road at this junction of Bypass and OMR, the car shakes down to the core!!! The earth shattering experiences are taxing on the driver and worse than the G-Forces. One wrong move here and a driver could break his spine!!!!

The OMR(oldest part of the circuit) is a mix of slow and much slow curves and straights. The mainstay in this part of the circuit is the speed traps. Here the speed traps are manned by Mr and Mrs Buffalo. (Yeah u read it right… you can find them inspecting the track at any time they wish and they’ll check your speed.) Avoiding them is simply impossible on this part of the circuit. The OMR stretches for 6 kms and all thro the 6kms it’s a drivers nightmare with people walking across any time, Cars coming on the opposite side if the road… Speed Traps, Water logs (have been there since 200 BC – esp. in front of my office) etc… The straight ends at sholinganallur taking a hard left (a barely visible corner – hiding in the midst of teakkadais and bus stops.. ) into the connecting road for ECR. This road is worse than the OMR though its only for 2kms. There is literally no road with huge holes in the centre (Ofcourse water will be there in it!!!) and the unique thorny bush fencing!!! One wrong step and your car paint scheme is damaged but drivers generally prefer this to going thro the holes – which are heavy on the shock absorption system and might break it too!!! The highly characteristic point of this road is the small chicane at the starting of the bridge over the Buckingham Canal. Once you negotiate it successfully, the bridge high up gives a unique challenge to the drivers. If you drive with your windows down… or without helmet… you are sure to be hit by atleast 14 - 15 insects (yeah I counted once and don’t know about the species)

The road finally ends up at the ECR and taking a sharp left turn the car is back onto the newest part of the circuit and the driver can push it up thro the gears until 90 – 110 kmph (Ofcourse a driver has to mind the oncoming traffic, Buses coming along side and the people on the sides!!!) before reaching the Start-Finish Line.

Whew!!! That one hell of a Lap is taken daily by me and many others for work.

PS:
The Circuit de OMR-ECR is located only 12km from Chennai. It is easily accessible on major routes, either the IT HIGHWAY or the LB motorway (exit 13) towards IIFT.

Alternatively, it is served by rail from PARK station (Line 2) to Tiruvanmiyur Station with journey time lasting about 45 minutes. The circuit is a short walk from the station.

If you're flying, then the nearest international airport is Anna International Airport in Meenambakkam, which is 27km from the circuit. There are regular connections to the circuit from the airport via bus.



Glossary:

OMR – Old Mahabalipuram Road
ECR – East Coast Road
LBR – Lattice Bridge Road

ECR ADVENTURE!!!

The mood was dropping down to a new low cos noone was interested in the first place.Only me n rahul were jumping up and down about this trip.The prodigal Roommate MR.RAJU was not in a mood to get up from his bed.He was in two minds all the time about it i suppose.Then came the model rahul... exactly asi had suspected after the fixed time.After deciding up,v both started alone for the ride.The Santro zoomed off ... leaving the Chennai city to trail behind far... on the ECR...Jus then i got the Message from Anu about my cd's n she had called me GOOD at the camera...that was some motivation for the day... right when i wanted.Don know how it happens all the time...but it happens with her.But ....

I had bought KISNA the day before.All the songs were not good.But some of them were in the ok range.Anyways i bought it...so it ought to be nice.But the title song.. kept reminding me of my personal life... the state it is in now... walking on a wall wihtout knowing which side is safe to jump.Listening to it... i tried to concentrate on the matter at hand.The mission had to go well.Never mind who were coming or not coming.So i tried to concentrate and bring in some ideas and tricks to work upon my Canon EOS.Sadly i had bought it very early and then Digital EOS was costing a fortune in the standards of a College Student.

Doing the thinking on one side and talking to my model of the day rahul,we were racing thro the road at blistering speed.the guy was in the shoes of Schumacher... watching the tachometer rather than the road... occasionally shouting 100...110...120...130... i was a bit terrified about it cos u never know when u would encounter a person crossing that road from the small lanes not visible from the speeding car to the sides.

Soon we stopped at MAyAJAAL,jus to have a sneek peak at the CCA Cup of my company..the finals were going on.It was the worst mistake i can do on a bright sunny day..that too with a mood set for working out on the coastal region as a shutterbug!!! they were playing something...called cricket.couldnot recognize it for a long time... The whole batting team except the 2 batsmen was standing right next to the pitch..CHEERIN UP THE batswomen!!!Girls are girls!!!i pulled rahul out of the place as soon as we got in and went back to the car to continue our trip back on the SCENIC ECR!!!

I was framing the shots in my overworked brain which could think nothing much other than COBOL n JCL's.It was too slow process by any standards.i jus could not get back from the hibernation.i had handled the EOS 300 before this in Goa...some 8 months back.By the time we had crossed Mahabalipuram and then got into much scenic ECR passing thro the paddy fields and small villages.The environment had suddenly gone rustic and this was doing some good for the thinking of the shots.

Soon we had crossed Kalpakkam with the Reactors passing out in the window.We had come more than what we wanted to so decided to turn back.I had figured it out that beyond that point the road is gonna be the same.There were no beaches for atleast some 20 - 30 kms and after that we would be in Pondicherry.That would be useless as almost all the beaches on this marina stretch looked alike.

So i decided to start of with a shot in front of the marker with the distance of various places on that road.I was positioning my camera to get an auto shot of both of us below the board when rahul suddenly jumped.He had locked the car with the keys inside.The worst thing was he was doind it for the second time.First was atleast in the civilised area nearby Hyundai showroom came to the rescue for 160 bucks.But now we were stranded in the middle of no where.we saw a couple of shops nearby.Rahul went to ask abt the mechanic and got the info that there was one some 4 kms back near the bridge... he started joggin back towards the bridge while i was standing there guarding the car...helplessly watching my mobile on the dash!!!!

Then i crossed the road took a shot of a serene pathway with coconut trees lining up on both sides.Then when i was crossing the road i noticed a small snake trying to cross the road.But before it crossed half of it,a speeding truck went over it.I dint c the remains of the snake after that.Probably the hot rubber tyres took it with them...When i was searching on the road for the caucus of the poor snake,a huge truck was coming towards me.i jumped to the side of the road to get nito safety.But the truck slowed down and stopped some 2 feet b4 me... Rahul had got the help from some truck driver..nice guy actually...he got into action trying to break the windows of the santro with a screwdriver.I dint like that idea of it.

i started walking towards that shop where rahul ahd got info about the mechanic shop.I suddenly saw a welding shop and the first thing that came into my mind was the metal ruler.I went in and asked the owner for a scale,borrowed it and went back to the car.The truck driver was still trying hard to pull down the glass.Then using his expertise in picking car's rahul made a clean hit on the first time and voila!!! opened the car...i was a bit relieved.Then we turned back after returning the ruler in the shop.

The first stop on the way back was in the paddy fields... it was huge... stretching on both the sides.took some shots but not that great.The sunlight was too bright and spoiled the coloring...i adjusted the aperture but i don think i wud 've got it right.Then had a miscalculated shot when we both tried an auto shot in front of the camera.Man that is what i hate the most.Wasting snaps.Ive always had this mantra going on b4 taking a shot...do it to the perfection or never do it..but lost it already....

The next stop was on road leading into kalpakkam.Nice field this one.Was lucky enough with the flourescent green caterpillar on the green leaves.The toad was in a very mischievious mood yesterday.It was jumping to my left and right all the time... but not standing at one place.Probably it was a PALAYA PANJAANGAM type of toad... shy of the camera,i suppose.Then some shots of lonely trees and rahul the model went into the camera...before leaving from kalpakkam.

The next stop was on a bridge near mahabalipuram.I had noticed some white webby salt deposits on the way.Thought of taking some close up shots of those.So the biggest task was to do some rock climbing under the bridge.It was some 20 feet high.But no holdings at all.I was finding it a tough time to climb down with the camera.Then rahul deivised a way out of it.He went down using the path of some barren rocks and the pillars os the bridge as support.Then i followed suit holging the camera,closing the eyes and following rahul's instructions to find the holds while climbing down.Finally i made it.

The white spooky salt deposits were too good.I jus cant wait to c it in print.Then we had a few friends visting that place.A indian some lizard .. i forgot the name.. appeared out of nowhere and was standing guard of what it is supposed to be its nest.That was too good for my camera.I could not resist bending down too much.I was afraid i wud scare the little thing away.But it was standing there without moving a cm...i got my shot and left it in peace and went back... then had some fun shots near the dried up waterbody.and one over the bridge near the car and started back.

The next stop was on the beach somewhere in between kovalam and mamallapuram.Took some shots that i could think of.I liked one shot there.Want to c the result of that too.Then started back... i was driving for quite some distance.Rahul was holdng the wheels teaching me how to do some better driving for i never tried and improved my driving from the basic levels.Should improve it to the next level soon.

Then we went to the cricket stadium again.Rahul has this never say die spirit.Always tries to the max.I completely lost hope after the early morning show.This time it was the guys.Match was not that good.But i saw the jutting jaw girl there.She had played in some team today morning.I was wishing that Anu was there to get me an intro.Then msged her abt it... never expecting a reply.. as that is always the good old golden rule.All this walking on the beach n rock climbing had made both of us very hungry.We gobbled down the burgers at the new Marrybrown joint on the ECR and then went home directly.

I tried some shots from the terrace of my building.It has some beautiful arches and semi's that make a good subject for modern art kind of unclear photographs.Then roamed abt till evening there.Then tried some trick shots at 6... with the dusk on the background...then came down and msgd Anu by mistake.Then it started out as a conversation.Then i slept for quite sometime.Then got a message when i was about to crash into the dream world... feeling a bit happy icalled up Anu hoping tat she would be on her way back from TCo to Kilpauk.But no...that idiot had gone outsomewhere and came back...i was disappointed.But she was full of energy .. and something was strange about her yesterday.I like it a lot but.Deep probing questions of the things that i was not sure of in the first place.

Then went to sleep,had an impossible dream and got up.And after that never slept for the night.Doing the crazy stuff to put myself back into sleep,but ended up thinking about Anu and then after sometime about finishing off my roll soon.By the time i realised it was late to goto bed... time was 730... so had no choice other than getting ready for the office...the boring idiot box.. infront of which i am sitting till now for the past 8 hours!!!!ADIOS GUYS... see u soon with the snaps soon!!!

Angels and Demons.

gr8 weekend it was.went out for quite excitin places.had gud fun.apart from that the same old chronic insomniac's weekend.sleepless...all time thinking...and staying away from slumber...fighting the boredom.
And Angels and Demons...proved to be a good entertainer.Nothing gr8...but good enough to kill time.

Alright...here goes...the devil's advocate job is pretty tough...The book is almost same as the Da Vinci Code.
Except for the Place n Crisis.The same Brotherhood...going against church...and all the same experiences of Robert Langdon ...
A disguised form of this one has got out as Da Vinci Code.

But the best part is the Climax...it never ends.So many twists and turns...that keeps u moving thro the pages..
Once u reach there...u cannot keep the book down,until u finish it.But the disadvantage here...as always...its
too lengthy...and so many plots unveiling at the last moment...one inside one!!!gr8 thinking though...

Guess the author rewrote the same story with some more Art with the help of the GREAT Da Vinci n others...
and trimmed the climax to form the Da Vinci Code.Also he might 've researched extensively for this one.Might not 've got the expected result.so used the same research to do another book
and it became a raging success..as pointed out by Annoo...One gr8 book buff...a friend of mine...watever...

The book is about a secret brotherhood ILLUMINATI resurfacing with an Hassassin to take away the faith in people about the church and god.Also they leave marks behind which as b4 only langdon...a prof of arts in harvard can decipher...ultimately to be shocked to find the truth behind.The exciting thing here is the CERN...
a new phenonmenon called antimatter...and a lot of info for Science buffs...

a good enjoyable book..but if u had already read Da Vinci...u wont like this except for the Climax...thats the best part...

And also about the comment our friend Tyaga made...i was not trying to outthink the author.I meant the clues given were so bland n simple for the reader to decipher inspite of the information that was dealt with.So mr.tyaga...i accept the fact that if people cud 've recognised the clues...the book wont b a rage...but read Angel's n Demons b4 u think again.Those clues r far more better than Da Vinci's...and the book is not so popular...thats wat i said...i apologise if anything was wrong in wat i said.thanks.

adios...makkale...got to do some work in the office also...ciao...