Communication class first up...I went to class thinking I'd never sleep this hour, but it took all of five minutes for my eyes to shut down...I spent the rest of the hour rocking back and forth on my chair trying to chase away the sleep..and the sleep managed to win by 99 - 1 margin....
and then came the biggest blunder of the day...someone in class told Prof. Prasanna that lots of assignments were due, but in fact, not many were due for the day...just that a dumb document called SRS was due...so Prof. ended classes for the day...and we all walked off merrily to take a print out...We came to know later that Prof had consulted the TA's and asked them the reason....and the TA's promptly told them that no assignments were due...this really hurt Prof....
There's an idiot by name S***** in the second year...no, don't worry, his name is not Sucker...he is this childish, boy-from-village type...
He goes to the registrar and gives an eye-witness narration when in fact this guy was sleeping in his room at the time of the incident...and sends us a mail cc'ing to the registrar....
Most of the time, when he sends an email, the whole class is confused as to what he is trying to say....English pundits come up with various interpretations....one can even do a Ph.D on his emails and certainly be assured of a Nobel prize!!
Want to know more about this Suppaandi and his trysts with our batch??
watch this space for more adventures....
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Prabodh's birthday
There's a really big gang of people from Andhra in our batch....and yesterday, the 18th happened to be the birthday of one of my friends, Prabodh....
Prabodh is a strange guy....sleeps in class, suddenly wakes up and answers questions, springs up surprises in tests, but he is a hardworker, mind you....
At around 12 o clock, there was a huge commotion near the college grounds....around 40 guys had gathered there and were whacking Prabodh left and right...i could hear the screams from my room....
I didn't want to miss the fun...so i started running from my room and the momentum carried on until my foot landed firmly on his bums....that really was a sound whack!!!
Our college happens to have a pond within the campus....recycled water from the nearby companies are pumped into it....although it looks clean from the outside, it is frog's heaven literally!!!
As a part of the Birthday rituals here, the b'day baby is immersed into the holy water...(we call it the 'Holy Dip') around two or three times...
After all the beating up, Prabodh was taken to the pond and after sounds of 1, 2, 3....a loud thud and some splash...he landed in the center of the pond..he came back shivering...then a bottle of thums up was opened and sprayed on him...and then the cake came splat on his face....
The custom with telugu guys is that one more lamb has to be thrown into the holy water at a birthday bash...this time, it was the turn of my friend Chandrasekar K....he was enjoying all the fun watching from a corner and suddenly, 3 guys appeared out of nowhere and threw him quite some distance...the whole gang was squealing was laughter and my friend was dripping with smelly water....
Both the guys had a bath and then Prabodh cut the cake....I was supposed to study for an SQL test today...but had a great time partying with these guys upto 2:30...slept for 4 hours and woke up, went straight to the exam hall...couldn't understand what i wrote....compensated for the loss of sleep in class....and then boarded the bus in the afternoon....and now I'm home!!!!
Prabodh is a strange guy....sleeps in class, suddenly wakes up and answers questions, springs up surprises in tests, but he is a hardworker, mind you....
At around 12 o clock, there was a huge commotion near the college grounds....around 40 guys had gathered there and were whacking Prabodh left and right...i could hear the screams from my room....
I didn't want to miss the fun...so i started running from my room and the momentum carried on until my foot landed firmly on his bums....that really was a sound whack!!!
Our college happens to have a pond within the campus....recycled water from the nearby companies are pumped into it....although it looks clean from the outside, it is frog's heaven literally!!!
As a part of the Birthday rituals here, the b'day baby is immersed into the holy water...(we call it the 'Holy Dip') around two or three times...
After all the beating up, Prabodh was taken to the pond and after sounds of 1, 2, 3....a loud thud and some splash...he landed in the center of the pond..he came back shivering...then a bottle of thums up was opened and sprayed on him...and then the cake came splat on his face....
The custom with telugu guys is that one more lamb has to be thrown into the holy water at a birthday bash...this time, it was the turn of my friend Chandrasekar K....he was enjoying all the fun watching from a corner and suddenly, 3 guys appeared out of nowhere and threw him quite some distance...the whole gang was squealing was laughter and my friend was dripping with smelly water....
Both the guys had a bath and then Prabodh cut the cake....I was supposed to study for an SQL test today...but had a great time partying with these guys upto 2:30...slept for 4 hours and woke up, went straight to the exam hall...couldn't understand what i wrote....compensated for the loss of sleep in class....and then boarded the bus in the afternoon....and now I'm home!!!!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
An event free day
I had gone home for the weekend and returned to Bangalore Tuesday morning....only after coming here did I know that college would not function Wednesday....more than that, we came to know that there would be no food available for the whole of Wednesday...but fortunately dinner was provided, we had to survive on bread for most part of the day..
The wireless internet seems to work in a strange way here....I sit in the corridors and the signal strength is excellent, but one wrong step inside my room and it bombs !!!
This news update has come to you from the corridors of Men's Hostel 2...
The wireless internet seems to work in a strange way here....I sit in the corridors and the signal strength is excellent, but one wrong step inside my room and it bombs !!!
This news update has come to you from the corridors of Men's Hostel 2...
Sunday, September 17, 2006
A tiring day
Today's been a very tiring day....
I slept at around 2 o clock this morning....got up by around 8:30 am...had to take a pretty quick bath and then rush to the colege pantry to have the usual dose of bread jam and a big cup of Boost (definitely not the secret behind my low energy levels!!)...
Had Java classes in the morning from 9 to 12 noon....Fortunately, Mr. Shakeel taught us the language in a very innovative way....and I do not usually sleep during his lectures.
Then went back to the room and played a quick game of Tux racer on Linux...headed off to the canteeen for Lunch...the usual chapatthi, fried rice, side dish combo...general lacha with friends on some topic....
KP had told Vivek, my roommate, that the C test was scheduled to be held on Monday...KP hadn't passed on the info to the girls...but Vivek had broadcasted this to the girls hostel...but Vivek was adamantly denying that he sent any message at all..
After lunch, head off to the classroom for Prof. Prasanna' lecture on Algorithms...
Prof. is brilliant, but he discusses things at such a high level that it takes time for us to comprehend what he is actually talking about!! try to doze halfway through the lecture, but the camera is watching and taking snaps of those who are sleeping...
I wake up and decide not to sleep again for the whole hour....
the hour finally concludes at around 3:30...this is followed by a Database session for another 3 hours...the class goes on for around 2 hours...and then the heads all start drooping sideways...prof realises that we' re all asleep...decides to take class on some other day...
goto the common room to catch up with some cricket action....but indian procession continues even in Malaysia...India seems to mess up everytime against Australia ...
get back to the room, get ready for dinner and then head back to the lab for the assignment demo...still waiting for around 2 hours for my turn...it's already tomorrow and i still dont know when the day will end !!!
I slept at around 2 o clock this morning....got up by around 8:30 am...had to take a pretty quick bath and then rush to the colege pantry to have the usual dose of bread jam and a big cup of Boost (definitely not the secret behind my low energy levels!!)...
Had Java classes in the morning from 9 to 12 noon....Fortunately, Mr. Shakeel taught us the language in a very innovative way....and I do not usually sleep during his lectures.
Then went back to the room and played a quick game of Tux racer on Linux...headed off to the canteeen for Lunch...the usual chapatthi, fried rice, side dish combo...general lacha with friends on some topic....
KP had told Vivek, my roommate, that the C test was scheduled to be held on Monday...KP hadn't passed on the info to the girls...but Vivek had broadcasted this to the girls hostel...but Vivek was adamantly denying that he sent any message at all..
After lunch, head off to the classroom for Prof. Prasanna' lecture on Algorithms...
Prof. is brilliant, but he discusses things at such a high level that it takes time for us to comprehend what he is actually talking about!! try to doze halfway through the lecture, but the camera is watching and taking snaps of those who are sleeping...
I wake up and decide not to sleep again for the whole hour....
the hour finally concludes at around 3:30...this is followed by a Database session for another 3 hours...the class goes on for around 2 hours...and then the heads all start drooping sideways...prof realises that we' re all asleep...decides to take class on some other day...
goto the common room to catch up with some cricket action....but indian procession continues even in Malaysia...India seems to mess up everytime against Australia ...
get back to the room, get ready for dinner and then head back to the lab for the assignment demo...still waiting for around 2 hours for my turn...it's already tomorrow and i still dont know when the day will end !!!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Freshers Party
The freshers party for our batch took place yesterday....was supposed to start in the evening at around 5:30 pm....but i guess you know IST...the party finally started at 7 pm....
After the invocation, there was a dance by Aditya to the music of 'Dus Bahane'...he had a muscular frame...so he could flex his muscles any way...but the dance was good to watch....Post the dance, a senior called Tarun came to play the guitar....
seniors all around started howling...they had already started shouting slogans like "Please remove the interference...."
"Abey...juniors ko be mauka do yaar..."
it was a hilarious scene..
After the howling and the hootings, it was the turn of the juniors to perform...they played the song "Papa Kehte hain" on the guitar...and had the crowd singing along with them....
and the piece which the seniors had been waiting for...there's a girl in our batch who thinks she dances well...the organisers thought that they 'd give her an opportunity...
She decided to dance to the 'Dole Baaje' song...as the song went along, we found that she had been going round and round in circles and all along she 'd never danced...i was pretty relieved that the song got over pretty soon....
We had a scrumptuous meal after the party...but I still miss home food though...
After dinner, the dance floor was open to everyone...guys were present...but the girls slowly started to trickle in one by one...and then the guys also joined....
the party went on till 12...
overall, a memorable one
After the invocation, there was a dance by Aditya to the music of 'Dus Bahane'...he had a muscular frame...so he could flex his muscles any way...but the dance was good to watch....Post the dance, a senior called Tarun came to play the guitar....
seniors all around started howling...they had already started shouting slogans like "Please remove the interference...."
"Abey...juniors ko be mauka do yaar..."
it was a hilarious scene..
After the howling and the hootings, it was the turn of the juniors to perform...they played the song "Papa Kehte hain" on the guitar...and had the crowd singing along with them....
and the piece which the seniors had been waiting for...there's a girl in our batch who thinks she dances well...the organisers thought that they 'd give her an opportunity...
She decided to dance to the 'Dole Baaje' song...as the song went along, we found that she had been going round and round in circles and all along she 'd never danced...i was pretty relieved that the song got over pretty soon....
We had a scrumptuous meal after the party...but I still miss home food though...
After dinner, the dance floor was open to everyone...guys were present...but the girls slowly started to trickle in one by one...and then the guys also joined....
the party went on till 12...
overall, a memorable one
Sunday, September 03, 2006
General jottings
"You have busier times ahead"....was the warning...busy or overload or overburden...no one knows...but I believe that this is the sort of work that keeps one occupied every moment.
The hostel's wireless access sucks...somehow doesn't work in the morning, but works late in the evening and through the night...hmmm, maybe it's getting used to our routine..
Have attended most classes on time so far this sem....but had a bad time concentrating in the class...
If attendance was based on not sleeping in class, I guess 90% of the class would have lost it most of the time..
Had food outside the hostel after a week's time (Phew!!)...
Have booked my Deepavali tickets now itself....very few tickets were leftover when i booked around 2 weeks back...
The hostel's wireless access sucks...somehow doesn't work in the morning, but works late in the evening and through the night...hmmm, maybe it's getting used to our routine..
Have attended most classes on time so far this sem....but had a bad time concentrating in the class...
If attendance was based on not sleeping in class, I guess 90% of the class would have lost it most of the time..
Had food outside the hostel after a week's time (Phew!!)...
Have booked my Deepavali tickets now itself....very few tickets were leftover when i booked around 2 weeks back...
Monday, August 28, 2006
One month at IIITB
It's already a month since I landed here in Bangalore. I got my laptop two weeks back. It's a
Compaq nx6310. The routine of assignments and tests started the day before we got our laptops. I guess the course still hasn't reached full steam yet as we still haven't started working on our projects. Sleeping in class is not something new to me...but do you dare sleep in front of a camera that is capable of 240X zoom???
It's not that the professors complain about sleeping in class....I guess they have seen this in their life....and the worst part is that the notebooks tend to fall down from the desk with a loud thud...and everyone turns in that direction immediately...
the person wakes up from his sleep and gives a sheepish grin...
Compaq nx6310. The routine of assignments and tests started the day before we got our laptops. I guess the course still hasn't reached full steam yet as we still haven't started working on our projects. Sleeping in class is not something new to me...but do you dare sleep in front of a camera that is capable of 240X zoom???
It's not that the professors complain about sleeping in class....I guess they have seen this in their life....and the worst part is that the notebooks tend to fall down from the desk with a loud thud...and everyone turns in that direction immediately...
the person wakes up from his sleep and gives a sheepish grin...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Home Sweet Home
I've returned home for a short vacation...till the 15th of August..
Yesterday I had to rush to the station with my friends and got a good taste of Bangalore's horrible traffic...The railway station is around 35 km. away from where I study. I caught the bus at 7:30 pm. Under normal circumstances, it would have taken me an hour to reach the station, but I reached the station at 10 pm. Fortunately, my train was only at 11:45 pm. But still....
Some of my observations...
1. Driving sense gets an absolute zero...sometimes goes into negative values as well... Not that other cities in India have a driving sense....but still these people never use that something called a common sense.
2. All people drive on all sides of the roads...buses on all roads in India, except Bangalore, are supposed to keep to the left or rather drive on the left side of the road...
Here 's the base rule...In all other parts of India, people drive on the left side of the remaining road, but in Bangalore, people drive on the remaining of what's left...
3. Bus drivers think they drive a bicycle and that they can squeeze in within the smallest of gaps. The bus driver on the other side of the road thinks he can do better...and finally both of them end up in front of each other and quarrel in the middle of the road, while the whole traffic goes around them a la Kathipara junction..
4. Every hour is busy/ rush hour....however you wish to call it
5. The horn is the most potent weapon on the road...everyone thinks honking would scare the hell out of the other person....but when all people have the same opinion, it only ends in noise pollution...
I'm not a Bangalore basher by any means....I love the place for the beautiful weather, but if only God could give the people of Garden City some common sense...
Yesterday I had to rush to the station with my friends and got a good taste of Bangalore's horrible traffic...The railway station is around 35 km. away from where I study. I caught the bus at 7:30 pm. Under normal circumstances, it would have taken me an hour to reach the station, but I reached the station at 10 pm. Fortunately, my train was only at 11:45 pm. But still....
Some of my observations...
1. Driving sense gets an absolute zero...sometimes goes into negative values as well... Not that other cities in India have a driving sense....but still these people never use that something called a common sense.
2. All people drive on all sides of the roads...buses on all roads in India, except Bangalore, are supposed to keep to the left or rather drive on the left side of the road...
Here 's the base rule...In all other parts of India, people drive on the left side of the remaining road, but in Bangalore, people drive on the remaining of what's left...
3. Bus drivers think they drive a bicycle and that they can squeeze in within the smallest of gaps. The bus driver on the other side of the road thinks he can do better...and finally both of them end up in front of each other and quarrel in the middle of the road, while the whole traffic goes around them a la Kathipara junction..
4. Every hour is busy/ rush hour....however you wish to call it
5. The horn is the most potent weapon on the road...everyone thinks honking would scare the hell out of the other person....but when all people have the same opinion, it only ends in noise pollution...
I'm not a Bangalore basher by any means....I love the place for the beautiful weather, but if only God could give the people of Garden City some common sense...
Friday, August 04, 2006
A Simple Man
It's been a week's time since I landed up at the hostel in IIITB. Classes started on Monday, July the 31st. We have 5 courses to complete this semester. Among them is one Algorithms course....
The prof. who handles the course is the simplest person you can ever meet....He's a gold medallist at MIT, not Madras Institute of Technology, damnit....did his Ph.D work there with 6 Nobel laureates...got his B.Tech at IIT, Kanpur....M.S at MIT
He has biscuits and fruits for lunch and dinner....travels by the city's public transport system.
Now, here comes the best part....in his first class...he showed us an animation of a knight moving around a chessboard on all directions and decrypting a 'Sloka'
And then he jumped off into a realm of information....at the end of it we were all fully drained and did not understand a word of what he said!!!
He handled the subject at such a high level that everyone in class started wondering if it was right to come here in the first place....
Then we had a one-to-one session with our seniors...and they said that we would come across several situations like this and this was part of life here.....
Hmmm.....Lets see.....
The prof. who handles the course is the simplest person you can ever meet....He's a gold medallist at MIT, not Madras Institute of Technology, damnit....did his Ph.D work there with 6 Nobel laureates...got his B.Tech at IIT, Kanpur....M.S at MIT
He has biscuits and fruits for lunch and dinner....travels by the city's public transport system.
Now, here comes the best part....in his first class...he showed us an animation of a knight moving around a chessboard on all directions and decrypting a 'Sloka'
And then he jumped off into a realm of information....at the end of it we were all fully drained and did not understand a word of what he said!!!
He handled the subject at such a high level that everyone in class started wondering if it was right to come here in the first place....
Then we had a one-to-one session with our seniors...and they said that we would come across several situations like this and this was part of life here.....
Hmmm.....Lets see.....
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
2 Years
It’s been 2 years since I’ve finished college and joined work…and I’m going to be a student again!!
This is a reflection of how the last 2 years have been in my life!
T’ was 2004 and I was fresh out of college
Armed with all but little knowledge!! :D
Campus interviews came and went
But no one would let me hold tent
Wipro, Infy et al were on the list
But only Cognizant was willing to give me a tryst
The interview didn’t go all that well…
But I got selected… swell!!!
I was destined to work on mainframes
But to work on them, I needed more brains!!
Lady luck made me work on an AS/400
Fortunately, my managers didn’t ask me to score a hundred!
3M was the client I worked for
And relations with my colleagues never did turn sour
I made friends thick and fast
And at parties, I always had a blast!
Work was sometimes easy and sometimes difficult
But I learnt to ride them both like wearing a belt
There were times when my morale was pretty low
I thought my career had been dealt a severe blow
But it was just one of those days…
A year had passed and appraisal time it was
And I had to fight for my cause
I had a meeting with my manager
Fortunately, he did not become my Damager!!
Cricket practice was on every weekend
And I got introduced to lots of managers at every bend…
The time had come for me to study
I had to become hardy…
I set my goals on reaching IIIT Bangalore
And with everyone’s blessings… I did!!
This is a reflection of how the last 2 years have been in my life!
T’ was 2004 and I was fresh out of college
Armed with all but little knowledge!! :D
Campus interviews came and went
But no one would let me hold tent
Wipro, Infy et al were on the list
But only Cognizant was willing to give me a tryst
The interview didn’t go all that well…
But I got selected… swell!!!
I was destined to work on mainframes
But to work on them, I needed more brains!!
Lady luck made me work on an AS/400
Fortunately, my managers didn’t ask me to score a hundred!
3M was the client I worked for
And relations with my colleagues never did turn sour
I made friends thick and fast
And at parties, I always had a blast!
Work was sometimes easy and sometimes difficult
But I learnt to ride them both like wearing a belt
There were times when my morale was pretty low
I thought my career had been dealt a severe blow
But it was just one of those days…
A year had passed and appraisal time it was
And I had to fight for my cause
I had a meeting with my manager
Fortunately, he did not become my Damager!!
Cricket practice was on every weekend
And I got introduced to lots of managers at every bend…
The time had come for me to study
I had to become hardy…
I set my goals on reaching IIIT Bangalore
And with everyone’s blessings… I did!!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
One week to go
Last friday was my last day in my project at work. I was released from my project and with that, my seat and all my possessions at office have been allotted to someone else.
This Friday, 7th July will be my last day at work. After 3 weeks of relaxing at home, I 'll be moving to IIIT-Bangalore to pursue my M.Tech degree.
My teammates have been arguing over who's going to take up my seat at work. Amit, would love to take up that seat to sit next to the prettiest girl in the wing...Rajeena and Rekha, my other team mates want to take up that seat because people sitting there(me inclusive) haven't stayed for long in the company (except one person who left for onsite).
Over the last two years at work, i've made lots of friends...far more than what i have made at college....and the good part is that I have shared a good rapport with all the managers in our wing. This whole week will be spent in telling goodbye's and bidding farewells to a nice gang of friends....
Thanks, Cognizant for 2 years of fun and work....I truly "Celebrated Work"
Monday, June 05, 2006
One helluva match
Me and my gang of thick school friends usually play cricket matches every summer vacation. The cricket ground always used to be the beach…
The beach has a small portion of tar road and then a good distance covered by sand....every inch of the road would be take up for some tournament or a friendly/ bet match…
The beach, because of the breeze aids in swing bowling….the ball would curve around like a snake...one had to be a bit careful while playing the ball. The keeper would be standing up to the stumps for pace bowlers.....and their hands were like the Reserve Bank....as safe as Hell!! Batsmen never used to play lofted shots because the swing in the air would not carry it over a long distance.It takes some practice to judge a catch in the beach.
The matches usually start by around 6:30 in the morning… this is because of the heat in the summer, and in the evenings by around 3 o clock…
This match, which I’ll be talking about, happened to take place on a cool day in Chennai, just one of those odd summer days…..
Sai, our team’s spinner wanted to play a friendly match with his area-friends….we decided on a 16- overs a side match
And we happened to get the center pitch on that day…..
The center pitch is a privileged piece of land on the tar road….happens to be on the center of the road and has equal boundaries on either side of the road as well…
Arvind, our team captain won the toss and elected to bat….our batting, though not very strong, contained an array of pinch hitters and few good batsmen. The batsmen being David, Jude, Kannan and Arvind….rest including me were tall men with strong hands.
We practiced swishing and flicking the bat…if the ball met the meat of the bat, it would go flying….else the stumps would go flying!!!
Our batsmen got off to a disastrous start…. We were tottering at 4 for the loss of 3 wickets in 5 overs…..after nudging and hanging around, we managed a meager total of 24 in 16 overs...but still managed to keep 1 wicket in hand!!!
We were all pissed off with our dismal show….and we wanted to redeem ourselves for the poor batting in some way.
I happened to be the opening bowler...I was willing to go all out to get a few early wickets…and Lady Luck didn’t disappoint.
My first ball happened to be a Yorker....the batsman couldn’t jam the bat down in time and the ball sneaked its way to the stump....I couldn’t hide my joy and went around jumping…..But, they still had nine wickets in hand!!!
Then, off the last ball of the over, I bowled a bouner....it got high on the batsman as he tried a lofted shot….and he was caught in the deep….score read 1 for the loss of 2 wickets in 1 over….
Then Arvind came on….he got two batsmen bowled in the next over….the score read 4 for the loss of 4 wickets..
A few overs went by but they still needed only 21 to win from 10 overs….Arvind decided to bring the fielders in and stop the singles….
Never did we know that they were really poor runners between the wickets…..two nervous run-outs happened…..and they were really in a spot of bother…
9 for the loss of 6 wickets in 7 overs….
I came back into the attack again and bowled a few bouncers, but to no avail…batsmen were happy to see me off…
A few more quick wickets and they were all out for 12 runs….we won the match by 12 runs!!!
Arvind, our captain, treated us all to a glass of Paneer Soda!!!
This is one match I’ll never forget my whole life…..
To this day, we still tease Sai as to why he chose to play a match with that team!!!
The beach has a small portion of tar road and then a good distance covered by sand....every inch of the road would be take up for some tournament or a friendly/ bet match…
The beach, because of the breeze aids in swing bowling….the ball would curve around like a snake...one had to be a bit careful while playing the ball. The keeper would be standing up to the stumps for pace bowlers.....and their hands were like the Reserve Bank....as safe as Hell!! Batsmen never used to play lofted shots because the swing in the air would not carry it over a long distance.It takes some practice to judge a catch in the beach.
The matches usually start by around 6:30 in the morning… this is because of the heat in the summer, and in the evenings by around 3 o clock…
This match, which I’ll be talking about, happened to take place on a cool day in Chennai, just one of those odd summer days…..
Sai, our team’s spinner wanted to play a friendly match with his area-friends….we decided on a 16- overs a side match
And we happened to get the center pitch on that day…..
The center pitch is a privileged piece of land on the tar road….happens to be on the center of the road and has equal boundaries on either side of the road as well…
Arvind, our team captain won the toss and elected to bat….our batting, though not very strong, contained an array of pinch hitters and few good batsmen. The batsmen being David, Jude, Kannan and Arvind….rest including me were tall men with strong hands.
We practiced swishing and flicking the bat…if the ball met the meat of the bat, it would go flying….else the stumps would go flying!!!
Our batsmen got off to a disastrous start…. We were tottering at 4 for the loss of 3 wickets in 5 overs…..after nudging and hanging around, we managed a meager total of 24 in 16 overs...but still managed to keep 1 wicket in hand!!!
We were all pissed off with our dismal show….and we wanted to redeem ourselves for the poor batting in some way.
I happened to be the opening bowler...I was willing to go all out to get a few early wickets…and Lady Luck didn’t disappoint.
My first ball happened to be a Yorker....the batsman couldn’t jam the bat down in time and the ball sneaked its way to the stump....I couldn’t hide my joy and went around jumping…..But, they still had nine wickets in hand!!!
Then, off the last ball of the over, I bowled a bouner....it got high on the batsman as he tried a lofted shot….and he was caught in the deep….score read 1 for the loss of 2 wickets in 1 over….
Then Arvind came on….he got two batsmen bowled in the next over….the score read 4 for the loss of 4 wickets..
A few overs went by but they still needed only 21 to win from 10 overs….Arvind decided to bring the fielders in and stop the singles….
Never did we know that they were really poor runners between the wickets…..two nervous run-outs happened…..and they were really in a spot of bother…
9 for the loss of 6 wickets in 7 overs….
I came back into the attack again and bowled a few bouncers, but to no avail…batsmen were happy to see me off…
A few more quick wickets and they were all out for 12 runs….we won the match by 12 runs!!!
Arvind, our captain, treated us all to a glass of Paneer Soda!!!
This is one match I’ll never forget my whole life…..
To this day, we still tease Sai as to why he chose to play a match with that team!!!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Gabtun Rules....
On his first day at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Gabtun (actually Captain) walks up to the entrance and wishes to put his right foot in.
Kalaignar Karunanidhi stops him and asks him "Enna paa, satta sabaikku thaniya vara?" (Why have you come alone to the assembly?)
Gabtun looks up at Kalaignar and replies in style "Singam thaniya thaan varum...panni thaan kootama varum" (Lion comes alone, only pigs flock in numbers)
Then Gabtun makes him traditional sound....Awunnn.....(with hands on his hips)
Kalaignar faints....
Kalaignar Karunanidhi stops him and asks him "Enna paa, satta sabaikku thaniya vara?" (Why have you come alone to the assembly?)
Gabtun looks up at Kalaignar and replies in style "Singam thaniya thaan varum...panni thaan kootama varum" (Lion comes alone, only pigs flock in numbers)
Then Gabtun makes him traditional sound....Awunnn.....(with hands on his hips)
Kalaignar faints....
Yawn.......
Just over a day to go for the weekend...It's been a lazy start to the week, actually....
For the whole of Monday and Tuesday, I did not have much work...
On Monday, colleagues at work asked me to draft a mail cum poll for an outstation tour. We were short-listing the locations for the tour. We discussed about Kutraalam, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Elagiri and Coorg. Coorg was withdrawn from the list since it was quite far away and required some time for travel. So, Ooty and Kodaikanal were our final choices. The response for the tour was along expected lines. No girl was interested in coming...we were a relieved lot...
Last year around this time, I had organized a tour to Yercaud.....we had good fun there...of course, no girls on that tour as well. I guess the girls knew what we 'd be upto and decided to abstain from voting.
A bunch of friends here at office have formed a fictitious group called "ABAMK (Agila Bodhai Aikiya Munnani Kazagam)".
Our job: Grab a bottle of beer and settle down in a round table conference.
The poll results were out and here are the statistics....
Total people in 3 projects: > 200
Number of people who voted: 46
People who chose Kodaikanal: 18
People who chose Ooty : 3
And among the 18 who chose Kodai, 14 were honorary members of ABAMK. So Monday went off like this...
Tuesday was again a boring affair...going around everyone's seats asking everyone for money....
Got some work on Wednesday morning...but can't continue the work today because the files were not present on the client's machine.
Yawn....
For the whole of Monday and Tuesday, I did not have much work...
On Monday, colleagues at work asked me to draft a mail cum poll for an outstation tour. We were short-listing the locations for the tour. We discussed about Kutraalam, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Elagiri and Coorg. Coorg was withdrawn from the list since it was quite far away and required some time for travel. So, Ooty and Kodaikanal were our final choices. The response for the tour was along expected lines. No girl was interested in coming...we were a relieved lot...
Last year around this time, I had organized a tour to Yercaud.....we had good fun there...of course, no girls on that tour as well. I guess the girls knew what we 'd be upto and decided to abstain from voting.
A bunch of friends here at office have formed a fictitious group called "ABAMK (Agila Bodhai Aikiya Munnani Kazagam)".
Our job: Grab a bottle of beer and settle down in a round table conference.
The poll results were out and here are the statistics....
Total people in 3 projects: > 200
Number of people who voted: 46
People who chose Kodaikanal: 18
People who chose Ooty : 3
And among the 18 who chose Kodai, 14 were honorary members of ABAMK. So Monday went off like this...
Tuesday was again a boring affair...going around everyone's seats asking everyone for money....
Got some work on Wednesday morning...but can't continue the work today because the files were not present on the client's machine.
Yawn....
Friday, May 26, 2006
Arjun Singh - The Senile Moron
For those who don't know Arjun Singh, he happens to be one among the 543 idiots that were wrongly elected to Parliament by the people of India. Unfortunately, he also happens to be the Union HRD Minister.
He is 93 years old, talks sense sometimes, but rubbish most of the time.....and is a vily old fox!!
Ever since his announcement that the government will go ahead with the proposed 27% reservation for the Other Backward Castes(OBC's) in premier educational institutions, he 's been under the line of fire....Lets analyze some of the reasons for this proposal...
Reason #1: Arjun Singh just happened to refer the Mandal Commission report on reservation of seats/jobs for the socially backward people. This report was presented to the Indian Parliament way back in 1980 and was partially implemented by the then prime Minster V.P. Singh. The hero relies on the facts that were collected in 1980 and wishes to reserve seats for the Other Backward class people in colleges now. He shows a deaf ear to the current sitation prevalent in India.
Reason 2: The Congress wishes to stay in power for the next tenure, so they want to implement this policy as soon as possible. This way, they 'll get votes from the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Other Backward Class people, who form a majority of the Indian population. This is what we call Vote-Bank politics.
But what the Congress doesn't know is that, a good portion of the OBC's themselves are against reservation.
Reason 3: Brahmins, who were the creators of the so-called caste system then, have to eat dust now. They want the situation to do a full U-turn. The reason they give is that, brahmins hold key positions in important organisations and they have been doing that for a long time now. They need to be replaced at any cost!!
Let me tell you something, I am all for the upliftment of the socially and economically poor. But I am totally opposed to this stupid policy of reservation by the government.
Let's take a situation....an ordinary student and an SC/ST/OBC student...
an ordinary student studies almost 12 hours a day for 2 years to get into an IIT...and if he gets through, he is able to manage the demanding schedule because of this rigorous training...
This many not be true in all cases, but this does happen....
An SC/ST/OBC guy attends classes, but scores just 40% of the marks the other guy has scored. But he gets an admit to the IIT. Now who do you think will manage to complete the course? Who do you think recruiters will prefer? Who do you think will contribute to society?
Premier educational instituitions are the heart of India. Think how you feel when someone partially blocks the blood circulating to your heart and brain.....do you feel like you are alive??? Well that's how we look to other countries.....
The jewels of a nation are its youth....and if you don't allow youth to prosper on merit...well then, just throw the country to the Dogs!!!
Jai Hind!!
He is 93 years old, talks sense sometimes, but rubbish most of the time.....and is a vily old fox!!
Ever since his announcement that the government will go ahead with the proposed 27% reservation for the Other Backward Castes(OBC's) in premier educational institutions, he 's been under the line of fire....Lets analyze some of the reasons for this proposal...
Reason #1: Arjun Singh just happened to refer the Mandal Commission report on reservation of seats/jobs for the socially backward people. This report was presented to the Indian Parliament way back in 1980 and was partially implemented by the then prime Minster V.P. Singh. The hero relies on the facts that were collected in 1980 and wishes to reserve seats for the Other Backward class people in colleges now. He shows a deaf ear to the current sitation prevalent in India.
Reason 2: The Congress wishes to stay in power for the next tenure, so they want to implement this policy as soon as possible. This way, they 'll get votes from the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Other Backward Class people, who form a majority of the Indian population. This is what we call Vote-Bank politics.
But what the Congress doesn't know is that, a good portion of the OBC's themselves are against reservation.
Reason 3: Brahmins, who were the creators of the so-called caste system then, have to eat dust now. They want the situation to do a full U-turn. The reason they give is that, brahmins hold key positions in important organisations and they have been doing that for a long time now. They need to be replaced at any cost!!
Let me tell you something, I am all for the upliftment of the socially and economically poor. But I am totally opposed to this stupid policy of reservation by the government.
Let's take a situation....an ordinary student and an SC/ST/OBC student...
an ordinary student studies almost 12 hours a day for 2 years to get into an IIT...and if he gets through, he is able to manage the demanding schedule because of this rigorous training...
This many not be true in all cases, but this does happen....
An SC/ST/OBC guy attends classes, but scores just 40% of the marks the other guy has scored. But he gets an admit to the IIT. Now who do you think will manage to complete the course? Who do you think recruiters will prefer? Who do you think will contribute to society?
Premier educational instituitions are the heart of India. Think how you feel when someone partially blocks the blood circulating to your heart and brain.....do you feel like you are alive??? Well that's how we look to other countries.....
The jewels of a nation are its youth....and if you don't allow youth to prosper on merit...well then, just throw the country to the Dogs!!!
Jai Hind!!
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
An article on Reservation
This article - courtesy 'The Economic Times'
ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in
Wipro?"
As expected most of the posts agree with him...
here is someone who put his pt in a v diff way.. :))
--------------------------------------------------------
I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely
support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start
the
reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation
for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should
be
modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST
player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and
a
six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player
scoring
60 runs should be declared as a century.
We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like
Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers
should
bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any
delivery
above this speed should be made illegal.
Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an
OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.
There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST
and
OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and
politicians (that can really help the country.. )
Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the
ministers
and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)
Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...
Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of
being an INDIAN..
May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...
ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in
Wipro?"
As expected most of the posts agree with him...
here is someone who put his pt in a v diff way.. :))
--------------------------------------------------------
I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely
support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start
the
reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation
for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should
be
modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST
player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and
a
six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player
scoring
60 runs should be declared as a century.
We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like
Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers
should
bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any
delivery
above this speed should be made illegal.
Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an
OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.
There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST
and
OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and
politicians (that can really help the country.. )
Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the
ministers
and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)
Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...
Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of
being an INDIAN..
May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...
Saturday, May 13, 2006
I'm Back....
All of 83 years.....being elected Chief Minister a record fifth time...
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is the person I'm talking about...
Here's a partial list of his promises to the electorate during the election campaigning...
1. Free Color Television sets for people below the poverty line....
2. Rice @ Rs. 2 per kg
3. Waiver of all the loans held by the farmers at the co-operative society
He's already fulfilled number 2.....but lets see how long he keeps his word. Apart from this, he has promised a cent of land for every landless farmer...Popular leaders have asked him a very simple question...."Where's the land to simply giveaway for free? Has he bought some land in outer space or in the skies?"
How long then will taxpayers' money be given to the masses as freebies? I'm not the only person asking this question...the whole of India asks this...
I have a gut feeling that he 'll give away the TV sets just in time before the next elections...so that people will appreciate the good will that he has and vote for him again...
During J's tenure, Tamil Nadu was voted as the 'Best Protector State' by India Today magazine...Lets' see how Mr. K lives up to the reputation....
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Mid-term exams @ College
This incident happened during my first year at college.....the mid-term exams were about to start and the seating arrangements for the exams had just been announced.
Exams....i really hated them. But, i was in for a pleasant surprise!!!
I belonged to 'D' batch in the first year at college....and as per the seating arrangement, we were supposed to sit with another batch of students....and sight-seeing was a pain with this batch....except for one or two people... you know what i mean!!
And then on the day of the first exam...Lady Luck had answered prayers that I hadn't asked for....
nay, I didn't ask for a tough question paper...but (let's call her 'X') 'X' came and sat near me...I gave her a big wide smile and almost brought my handkerchief to my mouth....she smiled back....
I happened to be seated on the first bench...i turned around to see all my classmates and woooow...boy ,were their stomachs on fire!!!!
Though 'X' seemed to sit near me, my performance in the exams never seemed to improve, though....then came the turning point...
Before the start of the Physics exam, we just had a little casual chat...
she asked me what my favorite subject was...and i said Electronics...and then she said..."I am not really good in that subject"...
I wanted to blurt "I can help you out in that subject"...but then, she said "I wish I could do well in that exam"....I got a feeling that she didn't like the subject that much.....So I decided that I could at least help her in some way...
Physics exam had got over and Chemistry was up next and Electonics was about 3 days away...D' Oh! but who bothered....
I took up the Electronics book and started reading....MOSFET, JFET, BJT's....I would write an essay even if someone asked about it in my sleep....
D'day came and well, the question and answer papers had been distributed and I started writing like mad and placed my Electronics answer papers on one side. She seemed to be in oblivion....I wondered what was stopping her...She hadn't written much on her answer sheet and that was bothering me...
She didn't look at my answer papers, though I had put in so much preparation....
Finally after the exams got over I ran after her and asked here "Why didn't you look at my answers...I told you Electronics was my favorite subject"...she asked "Did you actually say that?...I'm sorry, I forgot about that....Lets see the next exam"...Aww...ED was the next exam and I was absolutely scared of ED...
I felt like all my preparations had gone waste.....well, I did get the highest mark in Electronics....but it was of no use to me!!!
Exams....i really hated them. But, i was in for a pleasant surprise!!!
I belonged to 'D' batch in the first year at college....and as per the seating arrangement, we were supposed to sit with another batch of students....and sight-seeing was a pain with this batch....except for one or two people... you know what i mean!!
And then on the day of the first exam...Lady Luck had answered prayers that I hadn't asked for....
nay, I didn't ask for a tough question paper...but (let's call her 'X') 'X' came and sat near me...I gave her a big wide smile and almost brought my handkerchief to my mouth....she smiled back....
I happened to be seated on the first bench...i turned around to see all my classmates and woooow...boy ,were their stomachs on fire!!!!
Though 'X' seemed to sit near me, my performance in the exams never seemed to improve, though....then came the turning point...
Before the start of the Physics exam, we just had a little casual chat...
she asked me what my favorite subject was...and i said Electronics...and then she said..."I am not really good in that subject"...
I wanted to blurt "I can help you out in that subject"...but then, she said "I wish I could do well in that exam"....I got a feeling that she didn't like the subject that much.....So I decided that I could at least help her in some way...
Physics exam had got over and Chemistry was up next and Electonics was about 3 days away...D' Oh! but who bothered....
I took up the Electronics book and started reading....MOSFET, JFET, BJT's....I would write an essay even if someone asked about it in my sleep....
D'day came and well, the question and answer papers had been distributed and I started writing like mad and placed my Electronics answer papers on one side. She seemed to be in oblivion....I wondered what was stopping her...She hadn't written much on her answer sheet and that was bothering me...
She didn't look at my answer papers, though I had put in so much preparation....
Finally after the exams got over I ran after her and asked here "Why didn't you look at my answers...I told you Electronics was my favorite subject"...she asked "Did you actually say that?...I'm sorry, I forgot about that....Lets see the next exam"...Aww...ED was the next exam and I was absolutely scared of ED...
I felt like all my preparations had gone waste.....well, I did get the highest mark in Electronics....but it was of no use to me!!!
Friday, March 24, 2006
Sachin...Sachin
Sachin..Sachin..
Sachin Tendulkar 1, Mumbai crowd 0...read the headlines on The Hindustan Times the day after India’s first innings debacle against England at Mumbai.
Well, the reason behind the headline…Sachin was booed off the field for scoring a solitary run off 21 balls in his home country and home ground..how many people have been given such a treatment?? Does he actually deserve it?
Let’s have a look at the stats…..miserable scores in the last 8 test innings….
Moreover, not even a single 50 or a 100 in these innings…. A tagline which would bemuse bowlers world over….Tendulkar himself wouldn’t be proud of this…
Reporters at home craving for his neck, giving headlines such as ‘Endulkar’, ‘lacking in confidence’... In my opinion, this is all absolute rubbish…
For a man who has been a good son to Indian cricket for 17 years now, is this the treatment that his home crowd gives him? Absolute shame on Mumbai. How can they ever do this? Indian cricket fans tend to suffer from amnesia of some sort...and most cricket fans say that he has never scored a match winning knock….
Now, lets rewind 16 years back….to Sialkot in 1989...a 16 year old kid facing Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram…possibly the fastest bowlers around that time...scoring a 50 against that sort of an attack...the world then noticed a special talent that India had...a batsman who would infuse fear in the bowlers’ mind, giving them nightmares before they even bowled to him...A one man demolition army…
Comment: Sachin hasn’t played a match winning knock to date…
You call that an accusation?…..how many times have you enjoyed watching Sachin play...praying all the time that he stay at the crease...have you forgotten all that?? Have you?
For a long time, Sachin used to stand tall amidst Indian ruins….and the Indian public would not notice the way the whole team has played, but would simply tell that he hadn’t played any match-winning knock..A match winning knock would necessarily need some support from other batsmen...but when nobody gave him support, how could you expect him to provide that?
Against New Zealand in 1994, when Sidhu was unavailable for opening the innings, Sachin was asked to open….and the result, a stunning 82 from 49 balls faced...winning us the match
Against Australia in 1996 World Cup @ the Wankhede..thrashing McGrath all over the park leaving him frustrated and gnawing at his cap…
Rewind back to Sharjah in 1998…when he single handedly won us the match against Australia…..wouldn’t you love to see that match again and again on Ten Sports ‘ Great Innings?
Bangladesh – Independence Cup 1998 – Sachin thrashed Saqlain Mushtaq for six the very first ball he faced
Against Pakistan in Chennai – suffering from severe back pain and taking India to the brink of victory, only for India to lose…
World cup 2003 - match against Pakistan when he thrashed Shoaib Akhtar out of the park….. But all people remembered was his failure in the final of the World Cup 2003 against Australia…
and there are so many instances...
16 years of hard cricket has taken its toll on his body….major surgeries apart, the battered soldier still has the heart, mind and body of a 16 year old kid on the cricket field…one cannot expect Sachin to play the same attacking way he used to play some time back….
Let me explain the feeling of watching a Sachin in free flow @ the Chepauk against Australia in 1998. I had my Standard 10 exams the next week….but sneaked out of home along with my friends to watch a special knock…
The time I entered the stadium, Rahul Dravid had just got out on 51 and Sachin was not out on 60….Sachin danced down the track and almost played all the shots in the book to Shane Warne, leaving him flabbergasted….watching him play was like a dream come true for me….. I had seen him on TV…but seeing him disband bowlers with such ease was a treat for me..
Comment: Sachin should retire now…
Oh Yeah…and have you found a replacement??...the replacement should be a person who is a great batsman, a swing/ off-spin/ leg-spin/ off-break/ leg-break bowler and a great fielder/ athlete….come one, have you found one? Well, then. Who’s filling up the void…?
The Indian public are nothing short of traitors…. Baying for Sachin’s blood whenever he fails and praising him when he scores…
I believe he still has the energy to keep him going for another 3 years at least….
You must read this article….Watching Sachin leave
And you still believe Sachin must retire? Huh….then God save Indian Cricket…
Sachin Tendulkar 1, Mumbai crowd 0...read the headlines on The Hindustan Times the day after India’s first innings debacle against England at Mumbai.
Well, the reason behind the headline…Sachin was booed off the field for scoring a solitary run off 21 balls in his home country and home ground..how many people have been given such a treatment?? Does he actually deserve it?
Let’s have a look at the stats…..miserable scores in the last 8 test innings….
Moreover, not even a single 50 or a 100 in these innings…. A tagline which would bemuse bowlers world over….Tendulkar himself wouldn’t be proud of this…
Reporters at home craving for his neck, giving headlines such as ‘Endulkar’, ‘lacking in confidence’... In my opinion, this is all absolute rubbish…
For a man who has been a good son to Indian cricket for 17 years now, is this the treatment that his home crowd gives him? Absolute shame on Mumbai. How can they ever do this? Indian cricket fans tend to suffer from amnesia of some sort...and most cricket fans say that he has never scored a match winning knock….
Now, lets rewind 16 years back….to Sialkot in 1989...a 16 year old kid facing Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram…possibly the fastest bowlers around that time...scoring a 50 against that sort of an attack...the world then noticed a special talent that India had...a batsman who would infuse fear in the bowlers’ mind, giving them nightmares before they even bowled to him...A one man demolition army…
Comment: Sachin hasn’t played a match winning knock to date…
You call that an accusation?…..how many times have you enjoyed watching Sachin play...praying all the time that he stay at the crease...have you forgotten all that?? Have you?
For a long time, Sachin used to stand tall amidst Indian ruins….and the Indian public would not notice the way the whole team has played, but would simply tell that he hadn’t played any match-winning knock..A match winning knock would necessarily need some support from other batsmen...but when nobody gave him support, how could you expect him to provide that?
Against New Zealand in 1994, when Sidhu was unavailable for opening the innings, Sachin was asked to open….and the result, a stunning 82 from 49 balls faced...winning us the match
Against Australia in 1996 World Cup @ the Wankhede..thrashing McGrath all over the park leaving him frustrated and gnawing at his cap…
Rewind back to Sharjah in 1998…when he single handedly won us the match against Australia…..wouldn’t you love to see that match again and again on Ten Sports ‘ Great Innings?
Bangladesh – Independence Cup 1998 – Sachin thrashed Saqlain Mushtaq for six the very first ball he faced
Against Pakistan in Chennai – suffering from severe back pain and taking India to the brink of victory, only for India to lose…
World cup 2003 - match against Pakistan when he thrashed Shoaib Akhtar out of the park….. But all people remembered was his failure in the final of the World Cup 2003 against Australia…
and there are so many instances...
16 years of hard cricket has taken its toll on his body….major surgeries apart, the battered soldier still has the heart, mind and body of a 16 year old kid on the cricket field…one cannot expect Sachin to play the same attacking way he used to play some time back….
Let me explain the feeling of watching a Sachin in free flow @ the Chepauk against Australia in 1998. I had my Standard 10 exams the next week….but sneaked out of home along with my friends to watch a special knock…
The time I entered the stadium, Rahul Dravid had just got out on 51 and Sachin was not out on 60….Sachin danced down the track and almost played all the shots in the book to Shane Warne, leaving him flabbergasted….watching him play was like a dream come true for me….. I had seen him on TV…but seeing him disband bowlers with such ease was a treat for me..
Comment: Sachin should retire now…
Oh Yeah…and have you found a replacement??...the replacement should be a person who is a great batsman, a swing/ off-spin/ leg-spin/ off-break/ leg-break bowler and a great fielder/ athlete….come one, have you found one? Well, then. Who’s filling up the void…?
The Indian public are nothing short of traitors…. Baying for Sachin’s blood whenever he fails and praising him when he scores…
I believe he still has the energy to keep him going for another 3 years at least….
You must read this article….Watching Sachin leave
And you still believe Sachin must retire? Huh….then God save Indian Cricket…
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