Has the eyes really opened?
“Heeeeeellllllllllloooooooooo” after a pause “can everyone hear me?” screamed a voice that must have certainly taken many by many by surprise or even shocked when they get to hear this in an office premises. Next moment the man continued “What is the significance of this day?”. Any replies. Please don expect the unexpected. ha ha ha. So it was none opened their mouth. The voice continued “I am shocked. Today its world Environment day. Okay how many know that today is that day?” . Surprisingly few hands went up. Man whats happening. People dont remember such an important day? yeah thats the bitter truth. The man from the Environment friendly organisation quoted few dangerous examples for Global warming. Then he left. People continued with their work. But something interesting and heart warming happened on the same day. There were free saplings for distributing which ran out of stock within minutes. Thanks people for ur interest but there is long way to go.
Also the next morning i saw in the Newapapers that India to spend this much on the green revolution(obviously with a ? that will it be spent properly?) and Mayor of Madras announcing that every new born child will be given a new sapling to plant. Good beginning Mayor. But i would say these revolution and the need to preserve the world for the future needs to be done in school. Let them know the dangers that we are about to face.
Avoid plastics….. Save the earth for the future…………..
IPL 2 – A Talent Hunt
“IPL has changed the way the Indians play their cricket. It has created a winning attitude in them” – Andrew Flintoff
Yeah it has certainly done the things that Freddie and many others say. It unleashed so many talents in India and also all around the world like Raina(Comeback platform), Y. Pathan, R. Jadeja(fielder par excellence) , Team spirit ( Rajasthan Royals), Gony(overcame all personal problem), Shaun Marsh (find of the season) etc etc… I have named just a few. Main thing the Ipl succeeded was bringing crowds in larger nos. to the stadium which included ladies ( cant see many in test matches and ODIs). India all of a sudden became a strong team in ODIs. We had great bench strength which according to me is the greatest positive out of IPL 1. India have a reasonable back up for every player now. The crowds reaction was awesome. I am proud to be a CSK fan who were appreciated by players from all the teams for their support for quality cricket. (remember the reaction of chennai crowd after Pakistan victory in 1999).
So what can we expect out of IPL 2 as it has moved out of India??? Its a simple small question which has many mind blowing beautiful answers. i would like to focus on thing which according to me is the biggest positive that will come out of IPL 2. The thing that i am talking about is adaptability. Yes IPL 2 is bound to act as a talent hunt according to me. What will happen to the Indian team once Sachin, dravid and laxman hang up their boots. India will be in need of players who can adapt quickly to foreign conditions. It is the biggest question right in front of us and this IPl is a good oppurtunity for us to test it. As IPL is organised in a short duration people need to adapt very quickly. this can be used as a test for certain players to prove their worth in bouncy pace tracks of SA(they seemed to be slow in the SA-AUS series though). Though i would miss the live action of IPL. i will still pray and support CSk or MI to win the IPL…. Hope India finds more suitable, Stable and reliable talents this time also…..
There is also so much money involved… i am waiting to see any person who has slept in platforms to attend cricket trails (Kamran khan)…. could he be the next Slumman millionaire?? ha ha ha used a careful text so that nobody files a case on me…. Jai Ho……
Let his wish come true
Whose wish am i gonna write about? Its about the wish of a gr8 man who is few hours away from knowing whats in store for him at a Kodak Arena. I think most of u could have got it now. Yeah its the wish of AR Rahman who started it all with the block bluster ROJA that i am going to write about. What wish is it? Is it about winning the Oscars?? No i am not talking about his wish of winning the Oscars for India. I am talking about his wish which won him honors from various corners and also the National award for conveying a the most important message thro one of his master piece with was a part in the famous movie “Kannathil Mutham ittal”. It s the song “Vellai pokkal ulagam engum malaravey” (”Let the peace spread all over the word”). Incidentally it happens to be my caller tune also. Hope the word peace and anti terrorism start spreading even faster from today(22/2/09). The day i am pretty much certain that the master is going to win the Oscars for India.
AR Rahman “WE LOVE YOU”
Jai Hind!!!! Lets save this world for the future generation!!!!
Update: Our mozart has won the Oscar now. Should he not be given Bharat Ratna now??
Fame and Respect
Fame and respect the two things that humans crave for in excess equivalent or a bit less than the “M” word- Money. First of all on this republic day eve i would like salute the military, the para- military forces and all the armed men(licensed) for all their sacrifices. Actually i am writing this out of anger. The Indian Govt is full of non sense. The people who sacrified their lives for during the various wars against terror have been hardly recognised while Aishwarya Rai who has hardly done anything for India as a whole but for skin show and a marriage to Junior Bhachan has been conferred with Padma Shri one of the highest civilian honour in India and only those who died in the 26/11 have been given Ashok Chandra. What about the rest who put their life at stake for the nation’ s sake? Is this not a discrimination? Remember the martyrs day is just around. I hope they get the due required. Even the pay commission has been partial to them. They don sit in AC rooms like our collectors. The temperature in the border goes in minus degree C more often.
If this is not enough. Why is Abinav Bindra alone given the award? what about the wrestler and the boxer? They were not born millionaires like Mr. Bindra. They came from a poor back ground and low training facilities. They passed all the test to prove themselves. Shouldn they be respected? I ahve nothing against Bindra. A gold medal is huge. But according to me those 2 bronze medals were obtained after gr8 amount of hard work and sweating blood. Its high time that the Indian Govt starts to confer awards for people who really deserve.
Jai Jawan Jai kisan Jai Hind
The True Maharaj
I dont know if its good to be a popular celebrity. The media’s spotlight is always upon u. Each and every movement of yours is monitored. Your private life is no more private. your children aren spared either. U can’t emote ur anguish. U have got to patient irrespective of whatever is being written or told about u. Sometimes this continuous spotlight on u can cause ur downfall or in fact end ur career. Y am i speaking all these stuffs??? I know its answer myself. The power of media has just broken down the Phoenix of Indian Cricket The DADA the Maharaj, the bengal tiger and God of off side “Sourav Ganguly”.
Sourav
I am not a great fan of the former India captain but i am not a person who hates him. I accept i wanted him out of the team be4 but not after his all famous comeback against Sa in 2006 and proved everyone including me wrong. I am a decent critic of Ganguly. He has been one of the greatest ODI batsmen. 11 on the off side i firmly believe that he can score a boundary thro the off side. His Man management skills can be documented that will be very helpful for any management student. He is the best example for fighting back and getting ur place back. He as a captain instilled faith and fearlessness in the mind of Indians. We started winning abroad. Famous bare chested shirt swinging act showed his aggression. he always gives back what he got from others. He feared nobody. Greg was a dark phase in his life. The man so called coach spoiled India and Ganguly’s career.
ganguly
He started his captaincy when India was in a crisis. He led bravely and his captaincy record speaks for that.I went to MAC Chennai Superkings Vs KKR only to see his captaincy. I am really out of words. only thing that comes to my mind is Who is next in line??? I cant imagine seeing Cricket after knowing the fact that the God of Cricket “Sachin”, the wall “Dravid”, the ver very Special laxman won play here after. For now hail the Maharaj. Hope this being his last series spurs on others to perform well rather than adding pressure on other Seniors as told by Azhar, and Ponting. I hope the media does the job of reporting alone and let the great players decide the retirement on their own. Will the media person retire if they pronounce one word wrongly or reports late for an interview or if the most people don like watching them??? Its their profession they ll carry on till they have the desire to report or interview same is the case with Sportsmen too.
The phoenix
Hail the Maharaj of Indian Cricket…….. All the best Dada……….. My heart is really heavy…. I am literally out of words…. A true Leader………… THE REAL MAHARAJ
Rock On
Wow wow wow…… I was simply amazed…. the temperature was close to 40 degrees…. 31/8/2008 can never be forgotten in my life …… I witnessed one of the spectaculars…… i was privileged to be a part of one the biggest event in the country but i would say biggest event in the world rather….. We didn have greats like Sachin, SRK, the Bachans to promote the event….. yet it turned out to be a massive massive hit….. All these things refers to the Chennai marathon….. People hold ur breathe for a minute….. It was recorded that nearly 1.7 lakh people participated in the event….. The place was so heavily crowded that the Chennai run turned out to be Chennai walk…..
I am proud to be in chennai…. I have always wondered y people here have not gathered as in Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi for certain things like Conditional Access System, Fuel Price Hike etc etc…. But i learnt that people in chennai never mind spending their time for something very useful like the marathon…. the theme for the event was Chennai Life Marathon “Idhu Silar life mara than“(That is this MARATHON is to change certain peoples life). This event was organised to help raise funds for children to leave work and
join school. I happened to see people like SURYA the actor and Kanni mozhi MP etc etc encouraging the enthusiastic gathering…. There were cheer leaders, multi color banners, so many corporate advertisements, Balloons in different colors flying all around….
I was more moved when i saw certain section of that crowd…. There were physically and mentally challenged people in the crowd…. I was out of words…. My heart was full of joy seeing their involvement for such a noble cause and it was also sad to hear that a student lost his life in Marathon due to Cardiac arrest…. I just pray GOD that for the sake of these people let the money be used for the purpose it was collected…. May the soul of the deceased rest in peace… Also saw people dressed in green, black, leaves to support the causes for less fuel usage and save the environment… But it was noticed by only a few…. hope it gathers momentum soon…
The chennai crowd rocks…… Vandharai Vazhavaikum Tamizhagam(”We make people from all race,creed etc etc to lead a healthy living) is true… this is yet another feature to cap of Chennai crowd… I still remember the standing ovation that the Pakistani Cricket team got when they won over India @ chepauk…. regardless of which team played in the IPL chennai crowd never booed any Indian playing against Superkings…. We love u Chennai….. “ROCK ON CHENNAI”
But i was really let down by the way it was organised. Man management was very poor. It became more of a mess for some people. But my blogs intend was to wish and salute the people of chennai with such a gr8 heart. Hope the organisation learns from its mistake and put up a better organised Marathon from next time.
Elusive Gold
In many movies we hear heroes say ” In a population of a billion and more we still cant find a person who can make the country proud by winning an Olympic gold medal”. At last India have found that “One in a billion”. The credit goes to Abinav Bindra who has done the whole of India proud by clinching the Gold in 10m air rifle event in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. let this mark the new beginning of the Indian sports. When the religion of Indian Sports Cricket is struggling the others are shining. India has made it to the finals of the FInals of AFC challenge. A win here could take us through to the Asia Cup tournament. I pray God that this gold paves way for more Glory for Indian sports.
Even i wondered why we couldn win a gold in Olympics despite having a huge population. I got my answer the same night when i saw Tare Zameen Par. In one scene when Amir is happy about the boys(Darsheel) art works, the boys da would ask whats the use of it??? yeah this is what is happening in India. there is no professionalism in sports. Unless the government thinks over it we cant think of many more medals……
But for now lets hail the Champ Abinav……. Jai Hind…….. Whats even more gr8 is that this one comes when we are about to celebrate our independence Day in 4 days time…….
Care and Affection
I decided to blog on this issue after seeing so many friends of mine behaved in a similar way. I have found people get close to another person. Be it a girl or a boy. They get close to them due to certain features like speaking frankly, being bubbly, always smiling, being very cheerful, bringing a charm to the people around them. But once they become close the people in the name of POSSESSIVENESS want them to stop doing it to others. Y do people stop their friend from doing what they liked in them?? Is this real love, care and affection?? y do they kill the kid inside the person in the name of possessiveness??
An art of life
Just if u find time go out and note the following people. People traveling in company buses, Student traveling by college or school bus, or else even in train. One thing thats so common in these people is that once they get in to the bus or train they fall asleep. I was not sure how comfortable sleep would be. Whenever i ask people they say they experience a good comfortable sleep. I have tried it a lot of times but i could not do that. Hats off to people who are professional at it. How are they managing to do that??? Don’t people feel insecure when i sleep when they travel??? I must learn this art of life very soon as i don’t know what to do in the 2 hours of my travel back from office and 1 and half hours when i travel in the morning to the office with all my colleague in deep sleep 
…… Hope i get a company to speak or learn to sleep…….
