1. Rahul Dravid (c)
2. Verender Sehwag
3. Wasim Jaffer
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Saurav Ganguly
7. Mohammed Kaif
8. Dhoni
9. Irfan Pathan
10. S Sreesanth
11. Bhajji
12. Anil Kumble
13. R.P Singh/Munaf Patel
14. P Chawla
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Paul Barber
Everybody in a barber shop knows everybody else. Im the only guy who does not know anyone. And I always get the apprentice barber to do my hair. Looking at my hair you'd think he'd finish in 5 minutes. Nope, he took 45 minutes to cut my hair today. Was very meticulous in what he was doing. I believe he counts the hair before cutting it. Must check his log to find out how much I have left.
And the discussion in there are always polemical ( dictionary.com). I think every politician in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the State legislatures should get their hair cut everyday just so that they can understand how to run the country.
And if Dravid is very lucky and its his day, he might get some helpful advice too ( he missed today's ). I've heard that barbers have their own discussion forums on Tuesdays from early morning till midnight ( now u know why they're closed on Tuesdays) where they decide on the topics to be discussed in their shops for the next week. I hear this week its Bird Flu, Bush's visit, Piyush Chawla and the new KamaSutra ad.
And the discussion in there are always polemical ( dictionary.com). I think every politician in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the State legislatures should get their hair cut everyday just so that they can understand how to run the country.
And if Dravid is very lucky and its his day, he might get some helpful advice too ( he missed today's ). I've heard that barbers have their own discussion forums on Tuesdays from early morning till midnight ( now u know why they're closed on Tuesdays) where they decide on the topics to be discussed in their shops for the next week. I hear this week its Bird Flu, Bush's visit, Piyush Chawla and the new KamaSutra ad.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Ugly Girl
"Ugly Looking Girl."
That's what my mother had to say about the new model in the mysore sandal soap advertisement. At the moment when amma made the remark, the 'ugly girl' was going hammer and tongs at the Paki bowlers in the port city of Karachi.
Yup the girl was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. His hair flying all over the place in a soap ad.
Whatever products he endorses, he is worth his weight in gold as far as Indian cricket is concerned.
What amazes me most about the man is his calmness. I don't think India ever had such a good finisher of the game. Robin Singh and Jadeja were pretty good but they rarely finished off tough games for us. His sixers of the pacers were of such brute force you felt sorry for the bowler!
Anyways the way it is going now India are a fantastic ODI team but for us to reach the same heights in tests we need atleast 1 more good bowler capable of taking wickets on any track and with any ball.
Lets hope VRV, Munaf Patel or Sreesanth will be able to do the job.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The Last Pillar
The only remaining limb of the government which has remained (comparatively) out of reach of our money hungry, power greedy, vote seeking politicians is being seen as a source by which they can increase their vote banks.
Read this article for more details -
Muslims in the Army
The United Progressive Alliance brands the BJP as communal and hollers from roof tops about its 'secularism'. They have ordered an enquiry into the percentage of Muslims in the army. To what effect? This is just a starting point for a much more bigger agenda. Once the report comes out about the lesser number of Muslims in the army, ofcourse the 'secular' UPA will have to adjust this shortcoming by having reservation for Muslims. The army too HAS to be secular, right? The Army is the only government body which does not recruit based on caste creed or any other factor. And now and now.. the Congress has stumbled upon this brilliant idea of striking at the roots of the protectors of the nation. Every well built organization has its grounds on a good recruitment process. If the army recruitment is fooled about with for petty political gain..God help the Country.
Read this article for more details -
Muslims in the Army
The United Progressive Alliance brands the BJP as communal and hollers from roof tops about its 'secularism'. They have ordered an enquiry into the percentage of Muslims in the army. To what effect? This is just a starting point for a much more bigger agenda. Once the report comes out about the lesser number of Muslims in the army, ofcourse the 'secular' UPA will have to adjust this shortcoming by having reservation for Muslims. The army too HAS to be secular, right? The Army is the only government body which does not recruit based on caste creed or any other factor. And now and now.. the Congress has stumbled upon this brilliant idea of striking at the roots of the protectors of the nation. Every well built organization has its grounds on a good recruitment process. If the army recruitment is fooled about with for petty political gain..God help the Country.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Mor-e
Where is more and more technology taking us?
Is it making the quality of our life better? And when I say life I don't mean the things you do from morning till night. I don't mean the activities or people in your life. I mean your LIFE.
Is more technology the need of the hour? ( this thought has been put into my head by Eckhart Tolle ) What is knowledge without wisdom?
An interesting theory by Osho on technology and 'fast' food and 'fast' love and fast 'whatever'. Osho says it is Christianity which has brought about this concept of doing everything fast. No, he is not blaming Christianity. Listen to the reason he states. Made sense to me. Christianity does not believe in reincarnation. So this life here now is all you get and therefore you need to do EVERYTHING in this short time. Which is the exact opposite of Hinduism where everyone is easygoing and will wait for a couple of years or decades or lifetimes before getting something done.
(That is how the 'Hindu rate of growth' came up). Guess we probably need a judicious mix of both.
Look at this story I found in rediff The Dang Story . Its seems straight out of a Suresh Gopi flick. Its so typical of our country, it does not shock us anymore.
Is it making the quality of our life better? And when I say life I don't mean the things you do from morning till night. I don't mean the activities or people in your life. I mean your LIFE.
Is more technology the need of the hour? ( this thought has been put into my head by Eckhart Tolle ) What is knowledge without wisdom?
An interesting theory by Osho on technology and 'fast' food and 'fast' love and fast 'whatever'. Osho says it is Christianity which has brought about this concept of doing everything fast. No, he is not blaming Christianity. Listen to the reason he states. Made sense to me. Christianity does not believe in reincarnation. So this life here now is all you get and therefore you need to do EVERYTHING in this short time. Which is the exact opposite of Hinduism where everyone is easygoing and will wait for a couple of years or decades or lifetimes before getting something done.
(That is how the 'Hindu rate of growth' came up). Guess we probably need a judicious mix of both.
Look at this story I found in rediff The Dang Story . Its seems straight out of a Suresh Gopi flick. Its so typical of our country, it does not shock us anymore.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Kyun Sehte Rahe....
Namo nishan rahe na rahe
Ye Kaarvan rahe na rahe
Ujale mein pee gaya
Roshan huan, jee gaya
Kyun sehte rahe....
Ye Kaarvan rahe na rahe
Ujale mein pee gaya
Roshan huan, jee gaya
Kyun sehte rahe....
Friday, February 03, 2006
Airport Strike
What drives the politicians to behave like politicians?
How do they live with themselves? I suppose they do not have a moment to reflect, so the pangs of guilt have no time to strike.
The Airport strike has inconvenienced the common man. Who the hell are these people to prevent the common man from traveling? I just heard that some flights have been cancelled due to the strike. The left wants to be in power above anything else. But they also want to keep their image of pro - people ( well the politicians are also people..I guess) intact. No one loses by this except you and me. The UPA will call the leaders of the labour unions supporting the strike to a meeting and things will be sorted out after a lot of hullabaloo. So everyone wins. The left keeps their image intact, the UPA settled everything by pursuing a 'tough' stand and the public..Well who cares about the public?
How do they live with themselves? I suppose they do not have a moment to reflect, so the pangs of guilt have no time to strike.
The Airport strike has inconvenienced the common man. Who the hell are these people to prevent the common man from traveling? I just heard that some flights have been cancelled due to the strike. The left wants to be in power above anything else. But they also want to keep their image of pro - people ( well the politicians are also people..I guess) intact. No one loses by this except you and me. The UPA will call the leaders of the labour unions supporting the strike to a meeting and things will be sorted out after a lot of hullabaloo. So everyone wins. The left keeps their image intact, the UPA settled everything by pursuing a 'tough' stand and the public..Well who cares about the public?
Thursday, February 02, 2006
The Three Towers
From the Terrific Threesome to the Fabulous Foursome ( remember March 13,2001 - Kolkata) to now, the 'Onerable Onesome ( sounds like TOI,eh ).
The Three remaining Towers have fallen.
Dravid stands tall. And he stands tall because he does not need to lean on the past. He does not have 35 test centuries to his credit, he is not India's most successful captain and he is not a very very special talent. He is India's most dependable player, the most committed and now the Indian captain. If Ganguly is dropped based on his non performance, then the same criteria applies to everyone else. Sachin, VVS, Kumble, Agarkar. Lets face it. Sachin seems past his prime, Laxman is not dependable and the Indian bowling is taken to the cleaners by Akmal,Afridi,Razzak and any body else who is interested.
Dravid is the only man who has the tenacity to carry India into the future. Bring in fresh talent. Open up those heavily bolted doors to the Indian middle order. No pace? Get back to bowling fast( remember Zaheer at 140 kmph taking Steve Waugh's middle stump out?). We have enough spinners. We don't need our 'fast' bowlers to bowl at 120k's. Venky Prasad slower ball is more of a threat than Pathan's bouncer.
I've had enough of heart breaks from Indian cricket. I resign as a devout Indian cricket fan. Im rooting for Bangladesh from now.
Bashar Bashar Bashar!
The Three remaining Towers have fallen.
Dravid stands tall. And he stands tall because he does not need to lean on the past. He does not have 35 test centuries to his credit, he is not India's most successful captain and he is not a very very special talent. He is India's most dependable player, the most committed and now the Indian captain. If Ganguly is dropped based on his non performance, then the same criteria applies to everyone else. Sachin, VVS, Kumble, Agarkar. Lets face it. Sachin seems past his prime, Laxman is not dependable and the Indian bowling is taken to the cleaners by Akmal,Afridi,Razzak and any body else who is interested.
Dravid is the only man who has the tenacity to carry India into the future. Bring in fresh talent. Open up those heavily bolted doors to the Indian middle order. No pace? Get back to bowling fast( remember Zaheer at 140 kmph taking Steve Waugh's middle stump out?). We have enough spinners. We don't need our 'fast' bowlers to bowl at 120k's. Venky Prasad slower ball is more of a threat than Pathan's bouncer.
I've had enough of heart breaks from Indian cricket. I resign as a devout Indian cricket fan. Im rooting for Bangladesh from now.
Bashar Bashar Bashar!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Khoon Chala
"You're not in the services for the money"
"No"
"Want to make a difference? Want to DO something?"
"Ya"
"join the IAS, IPS"
"Maybe"
"politics?"
"Maybe"
"well.. see you at the parliament."
"No"
"Want to make a difference? Want to DO something?"
"Ya"
"join the IAS, IPS"
"Maybe"
"politics?"
"Maybe"
"well.. see you at the parliament."
Sachin a la re
India need 607 runs to win the 3rd test and thereby the series.
We've already lost 2 of our best bats while the score was on 8.
Where do we go from here? It might go the way most Indian 2nd innings collapses go.We get all out for under 200 with zaheer khan and pathan probably chipping in a bit to get the score to near 200. Sachin gets out for 27.
Or we could see the innings I have been yearning for. A Sachin masterpiece. I think we'd still lose. But for once..for once I'd like to see the Sachin of old. And I saw a glimpse of it today when we cut and pulled Shoaib 'crooked - arm - due - to genetic - reasons' Akhtar to the fence. No one cuts the bowler to size as Sachin does. I remember the time ( not too far ago ) when watching Sachin bat was pure joy. Nowadays im not interested when he comes in.
We've already lost 2 of our best bats while the score was on 8.
Where do we go from here? It might go the way most Indian 2nd innings collapses go.We get all out for under 200 with zaheer khan and pathan probably chipping in a bit to get the score to near 200. Sachin gets out for 27.
Or we could see the innings I have been yearning for. A Sachin masterpiece. I think we'd still lose. But for once..for once I'd like to see the Sachin of old. And I saw a glimpse of it today when we cut and pulled Shoaib 'crooked - arm - due - to genetic - reasons' Akhtar to the fence. No one cuts the bowler to size as Sachin does. I remember the time ( not too far ago ) when watching Sachin bat was pure joy. Nowadays im not interested when he comes in.
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