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A year of time travel from one blogsphere to another.

For heaven's sake they're cricketers not box office grossers

And its very unfair that a bad sports performance should be chastised so !

To some sports is entertainment, to others it's a way of life. What is the most endearing about sports is, however, the fact that it is real. So real that it would have its share of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, disappointments and cheers. Cricket is a sport. Why do Indians think otherwise. We hear of advertisers and telecasters crying foul that India crashed out of the World Cup early. And of the supposed losses that they have incurred. Right from the bidding for television rights to clamor for ad space media has commercialised cricket to no end. End result, cricket's transition from sport to business. Someone should regulate this before it gets out of hand. Maybe the BCCI can turn around from being a box office to an ombudsman for the game.

The savage-like behavior of the 'Indian fan' was shameful. In a country where whacking children in schools is criminal, countrymen have been attacking cricketers' for a disappointing performance. Televised attacks, were caught on camera or were they enacted in front of it?

In a billion, there will be a few who want to make a quick buck and another few who vie for their 30 seconds of fame. I am a sports fan and my words to Dravid's men are, disappointing performance guys, but i'm with you. Better luck next time.

One depressing Working Saturday Morning

One depressing Working Saturday Morning to brighten my mood I decided to wear a bright orange hand-me-down short kurtaa from my aunt for the first time to work. Liven my mood it sure did cause I thought I looked smart with the collared top. Sauntered into office, slipped into my seat no less when a friend came over and rolled her eyes indicating her appreciation of the same. And I think that's where the appreciation ended .....

To my horror there was in front of me one of the buddies who I hang out with @work wearing the EXACT same clothes! She could've worn a different colour, different pattern, but no .. the very same thing! We resembled chinese waiters I think. This is probably one of the funniest things to have happened to me. The two of us who hang out together, wearing the same outfit ( in bright orange ! ) for the first time to office as well. People would see one of us first say "nice kurta" only to turn around see the other and burst out laughing.

Friends,Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears

Everyone feels there is a need for change in the Indian Political System. How many of them stand up to create that change?

When someone does I believe in supporting the same cause. Don't think they are standing in my constituency but there is a Santhanagopalan standing @ Mylapore.

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Unbelievable Stuff!

It's an amazing feeling to watch a moment that would be replayed time and again in days to come as one of the Golden Moments of Indian Cricket unfold in front of your eyes on television. Television commentary of the first Pakistani wicket by Pathan could be heard just as I was getting in to the shower. Retracted my steps and perched myself next to one of cricket's greatest fans, my dad, to see India do very well for a Pak Score of 0/1. At the fall of the next wicket we were very glad to see a very emotionally charged Pathan come back to form. Pathan was now on a hat-trick.Hat tricks are so much more easier to claim down the tail. First over, top three batsmen. What are the odds! No one would've really thought that Irfan would bowl out the charismatic Mohd Yousuf not even himself and not definitely the erstwhile Youhana. But bowled him out he sure did as the whole world watched in disbelief !! Tough times come and go, tough people just come, they don't go. Well done Irfan!

Piracy kills, Inspiration lives.

I believe the music & the movie industry are oxymoronic. However, the issue kicks up some moot points:

1) In some cases they make the original more famous than it ever got.
2) Yet at other times, unknown originals are never given due credit.
3) Or they just kill the creativity of the industry.

aankhen - the eyes

Made a trip to the eye doc today to check if my astigmatic eye defect was still there. Too many gadgets and too many readings to compare drove the poor optometrist crazy. Apparently the computerised reading said I had astig .. while the manual reading, ( where they place glasses on your nose and drop in lenses in its slot ) said short sight. They made me read the different sized letters a couple of times and just as I was wondering that going through them another time is a test of memory and not eye sight, she changed them to Tamil letters ( Innovative !) A couple of you might agree with me when I say the worst has to be when in the end they place a lens that you can finally read with and then they replace it with another one and ask you, "Is this better or the previous one?". !!!! Which one do I chose? With both I can just about read the last line and living with the wrong power can screw up your eye sight. I made a random choice which I think added to her confusion.

Took a few more computerised tests, which were actually quite interesting. One of them had separate images of a lion and a cage. turning a few knobs I had to cage the lion. Separate images of coconut trees, and a kid standing to the left of one and another kid standing on the right of the other had to be merged into one as well.

All in all, 'eyes' swear it wasn't an easy job.

PS: About the Heading. I'm hoping Bollywood would run into this and take the cue that multi lingual titles are not as good as they thought they were.

Robin Hood ITC?

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Is the pen mightier than the pencil?

I know I'm thinking too hard when I wonder,

If, the pen is mightier than the pencil? -
Since when writing with a pencil, the thought flow is not constrained as words can be erased much easier than with a pen.

That, all earning more money gives you is the choice to buy something else.

That, after the 80s, movie love songs like Ghazab Ka yeh Din and Ninukori Varanam don't get made.
There are just sad love songs or one's where the protagonists are mere fashion props.