Sunday, 11 July 2010
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Infy- A journey equivalent to Bachelors
So, finally cometh the day....when e-Sep got approved and I can now bid adios to Infosys Technologies Limited.. it wont be just a goodbye to the 2nd ranked S/W firm in India.. but to all the memoirs of past 4 yrs, all the bashing and dashing, all those nite outs to find out a single @#$###$ bug, the days which taught how to spend 9.25 hrs in office without doing anything(productive :P) .., the colleagues (many of whom are the best of buddies now), the scrum calls(which used to be the replica of the last day updates), the Mezza9 parties before every Friday deployment(Gaurav S and Ashu would remember), team meetings( where everything was discussed but the project)..RESUE fundaes. (Haven't been able to implement anything till date in spite of being SME.. :$ .. Hope, I can reuse few of the lines from this blog in my last day @ Infy mail),... and it goes on and on and on.....
It had never been easy for a novice programmer(:P) like me (who never knew and for that sake will never understand the abC of programming) to join a so-called development project ; but, when I look in retrospective, it hadn't been that tough as well; thanx to all the ex-NSOians, for whom 'Being Kool or B+' didn't mean anything. The mantra had always been 'Be Agile'; and this is what which kept me going.
The period of 4 yrs has been nothing less than the 4 golden years @ ISM. The different shades of life and emotions learnt during the college days have been realized in its true potential here only. (Basically,as they say, came to know the bhaav of aata-daal..)
If I go for a 'Thank-You' list, it would be quite a huge 1.. but can't miss those....who have brought upon this e-Sep to me... its possible sometimes to run away from your own shadow, but not possible even in your wildest dreamzz to run away from these people... (Yess.. I am talking about managers... Its the same story everywhere.... No pun intended..)Will start in chronological order-- Sameer, Ashish, Ashu, Paresh, Ashraf, Amit, Ravi and Alok. Jokes apart, I have really been lucky to be under their able guidance and can't thank them enuf... So, here comes the end of a roller coaster ride with some good and some not-so-good memories to cherish upon. Wishing all the best to every1 and do wish me the same... please .. :P
Monday, 26 April 2010
और कुछ नया बताओ.....
Was tired of listening to this line hundred of times in the past 1 year... And had same boring answer' Nothing new yaar.. same old boring stufff... office to home and home 2 office...... Now finally, I would be having some new news to share which I have just received.... and it reads something like this--->
"Congratulations! You have been selected for admission to PGP (2010-2012 batch), IIMA"
Cant believe even in my wildest dreams and it will certainly take days for this news to sink and settle....The past few days have been nightmare for me.. On 10th, C results got out and was rejected straightaway and the hopes of making it to the big league shattered...... [:(].... I was disappointed but my parents were quite hopeful of me making it to IIM-A. They consoled me that you wont be joining C anyways.... My friends re-kindled my hopes that GOD has something big in store 4 me....and finally their prayers paid off......Last weekend on 24th and 25th, I browsed 'A' site more than 24 and 25 times to get the news (Good or not so gud)...Anxiety reached its peak when finally the lady luck smiled on me....I called up home and wasn’t able to hold my emotions......
It would be selfish of me( Though I am quite... :D)not to mention the people who brought me to this end so that I could write this blog.... I would like to thank the almighty and my family, my bro.. (who had more confidence on me than I have), Tabs(Helped a lot to push me fwd.. Wish him whole heartedly for his GMAT), Prat and Amrit (who just told one thing that u wod’ be thru if u prepare well.Congr8s to Amrit as well .. seems like we were destined to join in the same year..), Sardar and Malavika(The couple helped me immensely with whatever help I could have asked ranging from clutch pencil to reviewing by bakwaas SOP ;) ), Killi ( For always encouraging me and giving her boring fundaes..Please dont kill me...),Pari sir (I can show my face 2 u now!!! :D), Jatayu (Keeping the spirits up always..), Auntie @ Delhi ( It was from her place that I started my JEE journey as well and attended A interview from the same place after 9 yrs.. ; Us baar ka raha saha kasar is baar poora ho gaya..), Pappa.(For his valuable guidance..and reminding me ki hum usse tej hain... Smooth liar he is...), Puchu Di..(Hoping against all hope..).., Medu Vada(Who asked me to keep my impatience out of the way... I totally agree with him and would try not to disappoint him in future), Natu..(For his gyaan..),Tensi(who never liked the idea of me clearing CAT)..., my mangers who unbelievingly supported me whole heartedly… the list goes on... last but not the least.. all those.. who never believed I could do this.... Thanks a lot 4 their criticism....
So, finally I can tell with pride.... " C rejected me... As if I care". Now people would tell I am arrogant..... My answer—“As if I care”. Goes right with my extempore topic @ FMS which was 'EGO'
Saturday, 14 March 2009
The boy in striped pyjamas
To start with, please go through this if you like watching meaningful cinemas. Its not for those who like normal masala flicks with action,comedy and romance.
I watched this movie around 4 months back, but looks like it was just yesterday. The movie has been set during World War II. The subject is the same old tortures against Jews but have been depicted in a very different way. In fact, it has been adapted from the best selling book with the same title.
Story is about a eight year old boy named Bruno whose father is a Nazi soldier and the family is transferred to countryside near to a Nazi concentration camp. Far away from his frens in Berlin, he doesn't like this place at all and in spite of several warnings; wanders in the forest. And in that process befriends another 8 yrs old boy in striped Pyjama ,a Jew named Shmuel. They play chekkers across the fence which divides Jews slave and Nazis. Bruno comes to know about the atrocity carried out against Jews and he decides to help Shmuel. He dresses himself in stipped pyjamas and finally what happens is something which you should watch for yourself.
In all, its a brave and heart scorching movie. As the tagline says its A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found. The climax of the movie left the complete theatre stunned and speechless. And your heart would automatically go out for the boy. I couldn't help myself shedding out a few drops in the end. After the movie ended, I could get up from my seat after 2-3 mins only. If you really like thoughtful but disturbing dramas, don't wait and watch this movie. You would not be disppointed. Highly recommended.....
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
S/W Engg. Life In A Prose...
Found it from one of the websites. Thought of sharing.....
'Twas the night before startup
and all through the house
not a program was working,
there clicked not a mouse
The users were nestled all snug in their beds
with visions of systems alive in their heads.
The programmers slumped round their screens in despair
and felt that a miracle now would be fair।
Then from the back office there rose such a chatter
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter
and there to my marveling eyes did appear
a wonder programmer with a six pack of beer।
His resume glowed with experience so rare
he turned out great code with that bit-pusher's flair.
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work,
turning specs into code like a sitcom berserk।
A wink of his eye and a nod of his head
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
More smoothly than salesmen his programs they come;
he whistled and shouted and called them by name।
On update, on add, on inquire and delete,
on batch jobs, on closing on functions complete.
His eyes all glazed over, hands nimble and lean,
from long days and nights spent in front of a screen।
He tapped and he hammered, he nothing did shirk,
turning specs into code; then he turned with a smirk,
and laying his finger upon Enter key,
the system came up and worked perfectly।
The updates updated, the deletes all deleted,
the inquiries inquired and the closing completed.
He tested each whistle, he tested each bell,
and with nary an append it all had gone well।
The system was finished, the tests were concluded,
the client’s last changes were even included.
Then the user explained in apocalypt font,
"It’s just what I asked for, but not what I want।"
~Anonymous
'Twas the night before startup
and all through the house
not a program was working,
there clicked not a mouse
The users were nestled all snug in their beds
with visions of systems alive in their heads.
The programmers slumped round their screens in despair
and felt that a miracle now would be fair।
Then from the back office there rose such a chatter
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter
and there to my marveling eyes did appear
a wonder programmer with a six pack of beer।
His resume glowed with experience so rare
he turned out great code with that bit-pusher's flair.
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work,
turning specs into code like a sitcom berserk।
A wink of his eye and a nod of his head
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
More smoothly than salesmen his programs they come;
he whistled and shouted and called them by name।
On update, on add, on inquire and delete,
on batch jobs, on closing on functions complete.
His eyes all glazed over, hands nimble and lean,
from long days and nights spent in front of a screen।
He tapped and he hammered, he nothing did shirk,
turning specs into code; then he turned with a smirk,
and laying his finger upon Enter key,
the system came up and worked perfectly।
The updates updated, the deletes all deleted,
the inquiries inquired and the closing completed.
He tested each whistle, he tested each bell,
and with nary an append it all had gone well।
The system was finished, the tests were concluded,
the client’s last changes were even included.
Then the user explained in apocalypt font,
"It’s just what I asked for, but not what I want।"
~Anonymous
Monday, 2 March 2009
सफलता का मंत्र
This particular column is very hazardous and read at your own risk. I will not be responsible in any way,whatsoever, if you are having a thought to kill me after going through this
Success-- I have found it one of the most abstract of all abstract nouns encountered. Who should be hailed as successful or rather in another words what feat would one term as Success?
I don't have an answer to that.And I am sure there are many more like me who wouldn't be in a position to answer this. To decide one's success depends less on what somebody else think about it, but depends more on one's own individuality. It is a general buzz that you should be an MBA to be successful, should be getting good scores in GMAT and GRE, if not these thigs, should be at least spending a good time at onsite etc..etc.. etc...Are these really necessary and many others to get a susccessful tag and that too from someone who himself doesn't know what do you actually wanna acheive??????You may be hailed great by someone and may not be in good books of other. It all depends upon perception two different persons are having about you. But, a lot depends upon what goals have you set for yourself. And mind it!!! goals can't be quantified. Lets set the action points(Sounding like manager.. :-) )
1.You should be able to recognize yourself.(Recognizing oneself means one should be aware of limitations and potentials)
2.At least someone else (if not 100%, but still to a good extent), should be able to know your potentials and limits.
3.This one is tough but necessary.You should be able to choose the person(s) in 2nd clause. This choice is very important and only you can make it as you are the best judge of yourself so you should be knowing who could judge you best.
4.Based on X(your potentials) and Y (your limitations), you should set yourself some goal(say G) within a specified period of time(say T).
5.Now, calculation is pretty simple. If you have been able to fulfill G within T; given the fact that both you and other chosen person(s) are satisfied with that G, then, in my opinion you are successful.
6.There is another factor , luck (say L) , which would make it either easy or tough to have accomplished G within T. But, then you can't blame L completely for everything.
It can happen that you couldn't complete G1 within T1, G2 within T2,....Gn-1 within Tn-1 and it was all due to L. But, if you really have made all the other calcualtions(X and Y) right and learnt from previous Gn-1; then Gn must be accomplished within Tn and L would favor you in that case. Still, if n is approaching very high, then, its high time you should introspect yourself.
Again,this is a very basic quantification of the things, but not always true in all the cases. I tried it myself and have been benefitted a bit only but still not fully; on the course of introspecting myself. Lets see if it works for any of you.
Signing Off,
Krish
Success-- I have found it one of the most abstract of all abstract nouns encountered. Who should be hailed as successful or rather in another words what feat would one term as Success?
I don't have an answer to that.And I am sure there are many more like me who wouldn't be in a position to answer this. To decide one's success depends less on what somebody else think about it, but depends more on one's own individuality. It is a general buzz that you should be an MBA to be successful, should be getting good scores in GMAT and GRE, if not these thigs, should be at least spending a good time at onsite etc..etc.. etc...Are these really necessary and many others to get a susccessful tag and that too from someone who himself doesn't know what do you actually wanna acheive??????You may be hailed great by someone and may not be in good books of other. It all depends upon perception two different persons are having about you. But, a lot depends upon what goals have you set for yourself. And mind it!!! goals can't be quantified. Lets set the action points(Sounding like manager.. :-) )
1.You should be able to recognize yourself.(Recognizing oneself means one should be aware of limitations and potentials)
2.At least someone else (if not 100%, but still to a good extent), should be able to know your potentials and limits.
3.This one is tough but necessary.You should be able to choose the person(s) in 2nd clause. This choice is very important and only you can make it as you are the best judge of yourself so you should be knowing who could judge you best.
4.Based on X(your potentials) and Y (your limitations), you should set yourself some goal(say G) within a specified period of time(say T).
5.Now, calculation is pretty simple. If you have been able to fulfill G within T; given the fact that both you and other chosen person(s) are satisfied with that G, then, in my opinion you are successful.
6.There is another factor , luck (say L) , which would make it either easy or tough to have accomplished G within T. But, then you can't blame L completely for everything.
It can happen that you couldn't complete G1 within T1, G2 within T2,....Gn-1 within Tn-1 and it was all due to L. But, if you really have made all the other calcualtions(X and Y) right and learnt from previous Gn-1; then Gn must be accomplished within Tn and L would favor you in that case. Still, if n is approaching very high, then, its high time you should introspect yourself.
Again,this is a very basic quantification of the things, but not always true in all the cases. I tried it myself and have been benefitted a bit only but still not fully; on the course of introspecting myself. Lets see if it works for any of you.
Signing Off,
Krish
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Being Kool...
It has become a buzzword now a days.. Wherever you go. whtever you do.. however you do.. whenevr you meet someone.....this word seems to be flowing in the air always.... 'KOOL'. And these days, it has now become a fashion among guys to show(case) themselves cool... I am not among the exceptions...Sometimes I think what does 'cool' exactly mean?? If you go by dictionary definition, it means "Thanda". So, why someone needs to do so many weird things to be thanda.. Strange naa!!!! I am too sometimes baffled by this thought.
Though the definition in itself seems pretty simple.. but urban definition of this word has too many parameters and attributes assigned to it...Someone is cool; if one abuses very frankly almost about every relation which you can think of; if one is sporting new hairstyles almost every fortnight; if one is going to pubs with his piyakkar frens and boozing; if one smokes his heart out in the public without even knwing what one is doing; if one is wearing a good,not necessarily expensive, stylish watch; if one is wearing googles inspite of the fact it is rainy outside;if one listens to English rock songs; if one discusses about new fast bikes and drives them at even faster speed; if one is dating a so-called sexy gal today and another tomorrow and would spend hours in after-midnite calls just to sort things out for the next day...... and this list goes on and on.....
I don't possess any of these virtues... Alas!!! I am not kool...And here I am... am I out of this world.. sort of alien. who can't keep himself in line with the current trend... Its a fact that I too wanted to do all this.... but couldn't. There are a few English songs like 'Words' and 'Summer of 69' which I can digest, but not much.. even tried to go out and have a nite out at disc.. but the only good thing happened that nite was I had a very good dinner with my friends after a long time..Dating with girls..Hmmmn.. Last time I felt for a girl ;was in my college when she solved a Maths sum faster than most of my male colleagues.. OMG...It was unnatural for a girl...
Sometimes I feel that I am being old.. Just 2.5 yrs ago..was a carefree lad wandering in college canteen and RD, bunking classes, night out with my PC running RON whole nite and then classes @ 8 AM half sleeping. Have I changed a lot in these 2.5 yrs??? Now, life looks a bit more disciplined.. but how can just 2 and a half yrs can change a person so much..But then yaa. I am older than those who are still living a carefree life in colleges... and its certainly no use trying to be younger any more....... Cant go against the laws of nature be it KOOL OR NOT!!!!!
So.. my blog caption reads... LET IT BE!!!!
Though the definition in itself seems pretty simple.. but urban definition of this word has too many parameters and attributes assigned to it...Someone is cool; if one abuses very frankly almost about every relation which you can think of; if one is sporting new hairstyles almost every fortnight; if one is going to pubs with his piyakkar frens and boozing; if one smokes his heart out in the public without even knwing what one is doing; if one is wearing a good,not necessarily expensive, stylish watch; if one is wearing googles inspite of the fact it is rainy outside;if one listens to English rock songs; if one discusses about new fast bikes and drives them at even faster speed; if one is dating a so-called sexy gal today and another tomorrow and would spend hours in after-midnite calls just to sort things out for the next day...... and this list goes on and on.....
I don't possess any of these virtues... Alas!!! I am not kool...And here I am... am I out of this world.. sort of alien. who can't keep himself in line with the current trend... Its a fact that I too wanted to do all this.... but couldn't. There are a few English songs like 'Words' and 'Summer of 69' which I can digest, but not much.. even tried to go out and have a nite out at disc.. but the only good thing happened that nite was I had a very good dinner with my friends after a long time..Dating with girls..Hmmmn.. Last time I felt for a girl ;was in my college when she solved a Maths sum faster than most of my male colleagues.. OMG...It was unnatural for a girl...
Sometimes I feel that I am being old.. Just 2.5 yrs ago..was a carefree lad wandering in college canteen and RD, bunking classes, night out with my PC running RON whole nite and then classes @ 8 AM half sleeping. Have I changed a lot in these 2.5 yrs??? Now, life looks a bit more disciplined.. but how can just 2 and a half yrs can change a person so much..But then yaa. I am older than those who are still living a carefree life in colleges... and its certainly no use trying to be younger any more....... Cant go against the laws of nature be it KOOL OR NOT!!!!!
So.. my blog caption reads... LET IT BE!!!!
Thursday, 30 October 2008
HAIL GOD!!!!!
I believe in GOD.People know the ONE by many names based on their religion.
For Hindus--- Ishwar,
For Muslims--- Allah,
For Christians---Jesus,
For Sikhs--- Wahe Guru...... and the list continues.
We believe in some divine power who protect us from all kind of evils in this world. I too have felt him a lot of times. But, I have never seen him.
Or Am I wrong??? I have seen him and see him almost daily battling(read batting).. against all kind of evils.(Read bowlers)..
If in the list above , I add another religion(Though its not for many people but many of you would support me.. that India has got an additional religion and that is cricket)...then, we have another GOD incarnated and sane people call him Sachin Tendulkar...But there are a few insane like me who couldnt find another name for him other than God. Someone rightly said... If Cricket is a religion then Sachin is God...
For last 19 years,we have been living a life enforced by him. When he hits a century and India wins, he is happy.. so are we.. If he doesn't perform well, it does reflect on our performance in our day-2-day activities..Believe me or not. it is cent percent true for many Indans who follow cricket religiously; though they may deny this fact.
Last week,he broke another record and it was my day.. Things went smoothly..without any hicupps. Why do I hail him as GOD?? Do I really need to answer this? Just see him with his willow on the cricket ground..and you will know the answer. People always compared him with Sunny,Vivian,Lara,Haynes( I have intentionally missed Punter.He is not worhty to be in this list.Read my previous post) and I-dont-remember so many batting maesteros and tried to belittle his achievements by finding something or the other.
But, it has not affected him as he knows it that he is beyond this comparison.
Just a simple logic I have for my arguement:- Find me any player who has such phenomenal success in both forms of game. You can't find one. We have Lara and Sunny who are really gr8s in Test matches; then we have Vivian and Desmond, gr8 in Onedays. But, once you look at their records in other forms of the games,answer will flash befor you and how hard you try to deny it, you would not be able to deny the fact that Sachu is the most accomplished batsman in the modern era.I can't really comment about Don as I haven't seen him playing LIVE. May be I missed another GOD in action.
One could just tell that he doesn't hit century in every match and wins..but then its we who are expecting this from him. Just think, how often does your wish come true in your real life. Here at least, percentage of him making us cheerful is pretty high.
I have been really fortunate to be be born in his era and watching him play. I know its not too long that I would continue watching him but for now I would not want to think about that and would just live in present and cherish all the precious moments he is providing to me.
Congratulating him on his wonderful feat.. and hope there is a lot more to come...
HAIL GOD!!!!
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Wlcum 2 Sajjanpur [:D]
In the last one month, while watching bolly movies; it seems that bollywood seems to come of ages now. And we are now not only producing masala filcks with the same cliched stories but experimenting with new ideas. And a pretty amazing fact is that our producers are successfully experimenting this time...Last 2-3 weeks; I have seen a few movies like Rock On!!, A Wednesday, and Wlcum 2 Sajjanpur...These movies forced me to change my view about movie making in bollywood.They are not great hits on Box office, but for me they are nothing less than blockbusters. Again nothing wrng with the movie; as Indian juntaaa has still a long way to go to keep in line with these sort of movies. (NOM :) )..Coming to Wlcum to Sajjanpur... its a simple,sobre, and filled with a lot of humor which is refreshing.. As soon as u start watching the movie, from the word "Go"; u would find urself connected to the movie. If someone belongs to rural India or has been a part of rural India some day, one would find oneself reliving the past yet again... Saying it just a fine comedy flick would be a big disgrace to this movie; it encompasses a wider message for the audience. It deals with a few burning issues which present day rural India faces now and deals quite beautifully with them.
Well!!!,; I am not going to narrate the story of the movie, would just like to say that 'Go and watch this movie urself' and it will certainly bring smile to your faces. Director Shyam Benegal has once again proved his mettle and its really brave of him to come out of such a movie with (not-so-known ) star cast and still got the best out of them. Hats off to him!!!. Music of the movie was light and Seetaram track was superb. Shreyas Talpade yet again shows he has a lot of potential inside him and he just needs a big platform to become a star. Benegal has portrayed the characters in such a way that every1 in the movie seems real and perfectly suited for the role for which one has been chosen. In other words, every actor has done full justice to their role.
My verdict :- Highly Recommended.
A/c to Rajeev Masand's (Coutesy CNN-IBN):- Filmmaker Shyam Benegal's Welcome To Sajjanpur is not only one of the best films of this year, it's among the finest films you'll see in a long time. It is on the one hand, a humorous portrait of life in a small village in northern India; and on the other an honest exploration of human personalities
Well!!!,; I am not going to narrate the story of the movie, would just like to say that 'Go and watch this movie urself' and it will certainly bring smile to your faces. Director Shyam Benegal has once again proved his mettle and its really brave of him to come out of such a movie with (not-so-known ) star cast and still got the best out of them. Hats off to him!!!. Music of the movie was light and Seetaram track was superb. Shreyas Talpade yet again shows he has a lot of potential inside him and he just needs a big platform to become a star. Benegal has portrayed the characters in such a way that every1 in the movie seems real and perfectly suited for the role for which one has been chosen. In other words, every actor has done full justice to their role.
My verdict :- Highly Recommended.
A/c to Rajeev Masand's (Coutesy CNN-IBN):- Filmmaker Shyam Benegal's Welcome To Sajjanpur is not only one of the best films of this year, it's among the finest films you'll see in a long time. It is on the one hand, a humorous portrait of life in a small village in northern India; and on the other an honest exploration of human personalities
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Fall from Grace
I am a diehard cricket fan... So I must be posting at least one blog about cricket...and what cod be a better topic oder than sledging Aussies....(The so called unbeatables.. invincibles...) in their own language....... There was a time when Alexander thot to rule this world.. he codnt succeed.. den came Hitler....and in between many more.. and after dat many more as well... but noone cod succeed....I can't take it from them their efforts...They were all gr8 persons...but still alas......Now is the time when Aussies want to rule the world..(of cricket..).. They almost succedded too...but every time it seemed they are ready to beat Hitlers of old time.. it was us yaaa (We Indians...) who proved...not only at that time... but at this time as well.... tyranny codnt be tolerated....
The way we defeated dem in 20-20 World Cup.. den in CB Series Finals.... tell the story in itself...and needless to mention the fierce bouncy Perth track(Their trump card).. where we decimated dem.. and gave them a lesson for a lifetime. Such was the wrath from Sydney test...that Aussies almost surrendered themselves in Perth. Some wise man has told once.. "Only the worthy should be getting fruits for work not the greedy"...and thats what we can see.... You cant become a champion by sledging and riding on ur luck all the time....
What Kangoos did at Sydney is not at all what we expect of a champion... Even Mr. Pointing (though he will not admit it).. would have been thinking "What have I done!!! Is dat what u call cricket" India was not defeated that day..cricket was devastated..The so-called gentleman's game has been gently manhandled... That was really what u call Fall from Grace.... Its not a coincidence that the grandold man of this game was W.G.Grace.. and game was always played with so much grace.... Here 'Fall from Grace' also characterizes falling from the great man's standards he set for others....
I have no reservations in saying that Australian side has shamed the game. Australian Cricket Board chief executive James Sutherland was moved to remind the team about the spirit of cricket........ Some have even said the lingering legacy of Ponting's team will be its surly behaviour, a view suggesting that in 50 years, it will be remembered for its failings of deportment rather than because it became statistically the greatest in history. .....
Quoted somewhere:-
We have taught dem well about ascendant trend inspite of being caught in the middle of controversy...... All top players adopt the similar route before plotting their own fall from grace : from enthusiasm comes commitment, commitment comes expertise, from expertise comes confidence, from confidence without humility comes over-confidence, from over-confidence without restraint comes arrogance, from arrogance without common sense comes humiliation, from humiliation comes knowledge of reality !
The way we defeated dem in 20-20 World Cup.. den in CB Series Finals.... tell the story in itself...and needless to mention the fierce bouncy Perth track(Their trump card).. where we decimated dem.. and gave them a lesson for a lifetime. Such was the wrath from Sydney test...that Aussies almost surrendered themselves in Perth. Some wise man has told once.. "Only the worthy should be getting fruits for work not the greedy"...and thats what we can see.... You cant become a champion by sledging and riding on ur luck all the time....
What Kangoos did at Sydney is not at all what we expect of a champion... Even Mr. Pointing (though he will not admit it).. would have been thinking "What have I done!!! Is dat what u call cricket" India was not defeated that day..cricket was devastated..The so-called gentleman's game has been gently manhandled... That was really what u call Fall from Grace.... Its not a coincidence that the grandold man of this game was W.G.Grace.. and game was always played with so much grace.... Here 'Fall from Grace' also characterizes falling from the great man's standards he set for others....
I have no reservations in saying that Australian side has shamed the game. Australian Cricket Board chief executive James Sutherland was moved to remind the team about the spirit of cricket........ Some have even said the lingering legacy of Ponting's team will be its surly behaviour, a view suggesting that in 50 years, it will be remembered for its failings of deportment rather than because it became statistically the greatest in history. .....
Quoted somewhere:-
We have taught dem well about ascendant trend inspite of being caught in the middle of controversy...... All top players adopt the similar route before plotting their own fall from grace : from enthusiasm comes commitment, commitment comes expertise, from expertise comes confidence, from confidence without humility comes over-confidence, from over-confidence without restraint comes arrogance, from arrogance without common sense comes humiliation, from humiliation comes knowledge of reality !
Sunday, 3 August 2008
दिल के अरमान आसूओन में बह गए...
Dats what was my Orkut name for a majority of the past 6 months or so.... Very people are aware why so.... Sadly I am not one of dem...... but a lots of guesses.... I tried to dig in and find out the reasons..but alas..codnt succeed...and then the title itself speaks a lot....
When I landed @ Heathrow ... here at UK I just thot that I will be landing altogether on a different planet.. where I will be finding a lot of aliens..behaving in a quite strnage manner( to me)...(N.O.M.)...but to my utter surprise, I found that I have reached Mumbai yet again...... The same chaos... and same crowd and similar people... The cab driver was waiting for m outside to drop me at Ipswich.. and it took him around an hour to come out of Heathrow thru multi level parking.. He was pissed off.. (Dont mind the language..I codnt find a better word to describe his situation)...and was complaining "You will not find a second airport in the world where it takes an hour to get down from 3rd floor".. I suddenly struck me 'Yeaahh. I found one...'Situation is same everywhere b it India or UK.. people find it very easy to ridicule about others... Anyways I didn't like him boasting about UK.I was very really hurt.. and replied him back... "Its not the case Steve... we have one in India as well".... and he codnt stop smiling... he wod have thot as well that he found one.....
After reaching Ipswich....I went thru what people call 'Jet Lag'. Was feeling sleepy...My roomies were telling due to jet lag.. I consoled myself( Didnt believe in jet lag).. telling them its due to journey.. I am feeling tired and sleepy. Slept and got up at 3:00 in morning on Sunday.. Still I prided in getting up early..but wen was feeling sleepy yet again at 8:00 P.M.; codn't help but believe in Jet Lag...
Leaving the lag lagging behind.. I was back to normalcy in a few days..... and continued my journey further.... The best timepass for Ukeites.. is to talk about weather..and dey go on talking abt it.... till the weather doesn't improve even after a lot of cursing.. and they seem to remember, it cant be helped... I codnt find much of a difference( Now I am exaggerating this....) except for the facts that people here are self-dependent... there are more cars than people.. people here follow traffic rules..they are cordial..vehicles run at the speed of sound and still no accidents take place......and most importantly.....whole city is clean..... you can wear a T-Shirt.. twice without using Denim or AXE.......(Now dats not much of a difference..)Though this is not complete truth that eveyone @ UK adheres to this;there are quite a few who dont know the rules..but deb they are very few..contrary to India..... (Again NOM)...
Now some similarities...half of (what I have visited till date) is India.... with Indians lying here and there..and there is a place..Eastham where u can without an iota of doubt tell dat u r in India with some foreigners visiting this place.....Now anoder catch here.. Indians dont really mean people from India( but all the people of sub continent are referred as Indians..)
Dats enuf of UK and India......but den I have just started n this was abt wht I cod have written........
Chao.....
Krishna
When I landed @ Heathrow ... here at UK I just thot that I will be landing altogether on a different planet.. where I will be finding a lot of aliens..behaving in a quite strnage manner( to me)...(N.O.M.)...but to my utter surprise, I found that I have reached Mumbai yet again...... The same chaos... and same crowd and similar people... The cab driver was waiting for m outside to drop me at Ipswich.. and it took him around an hour to come out of Heathrow thru multi level parking.. He was pissed off.. (Dont mind the language..I codnt find a better word to describe his situation)...and was complaining "You will not find a second airport in the world where it takes an hour to get down from 3rd floor".. I suddenly struck me 'Yeaahh. I found one...'Situation is same everywhere b it India or UK.. people find it very easy to ridicule about others... Anyways I didn't like him boasting about UK.I was very really hurt.. and replied him back... "Its not the case Steve... we have one in India as well".... and he codnt stop smiling... he wod have thot as well that he found one.....
After reaching Ipswich....I went thru what people call 'Jet Lag'. Was feeling sleepy...My roomies were telling due to jet lag.. I consoled myself( Didnt believe in jet lag).. telling them its due to journey.. I am feeling tired and sleepy. Slept and got up at 3:00 in morning on Sunday.. Still I prided in getting up early..but wen was feeling sleepy yet again at 8:00 P.M.; codn't help but believe in Jet Lag...
Leaving the lag lagging behind.. I was back to normalcy in a few days..... and continued my journey further.... The best timepass for Ukeites.. is to talk about weather..and dey go on talking abt it.... till the weather doesn't improve even after a lot of cursing.. and they seem to remember, it cant be helped... I codnt find much of a difference( Now I am exaggerating this....) except for the facts that people here are self-dependent... there are more cars than people.. people here follow traffic rules..they are cordial..vehicles run at the speed of sound and still no accidents take place......and most importantly.....whole city is clean..... you can wear a T-Shirt.. twice without using Denim or AXE.......(Now dats not much of a difference..)Though this is not complete truth that eveyone @ UK adheres to this;there are quite a few who dont know the rules..but deb they are very few..contrary to India..... (Again NOM)...
Now some similarities...half of (what I have visited till date) is India.... with Indians lying here and there..and there is a place..Eastham where u can without an iota of doubt tell dat u r in India with some foreigners visiting this place.....Now anoder catch here.. Indians dont really mean people from India( but all the people of sub continent are referred as Indians..)
Dats enuf of UK and India......but den I have just started n this was abt wht I cod have written........
Chao.....
Krishna
Friday, 1 August 2008
4'o clock @ Ipswich
My 20th day @ U.K. specifically in Ipswich...... and I was wide awake at 0300 hours.. Donno why??????and here at 0400 I am writing my first blog... and what a weird way to start.... Basically... whenever in the past, I thot of jotting down my first blog.. I codnt decide on frm where I wod b starting on...So, when this opportunity came, I codnt choose another apt title...So...just went wid this one........
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