tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37580297225668389242024-03-13T12:31:29.804-07:00lost in translationromithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-2031142999376356122009-07-30T09:25:00.000-07:002010-06-08T12:03:08.147-07:00bikeride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SnHJssyhynI/AAAAAAAAACw/jKKhaRSHifg/s1600-h/coffee.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SnHKaDs-mqI/AAAAAAAAADA/z9wgIBuQYDM/s1600-h/avenger-wp5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SnHKaDs-mqI/AAAAAAAAADA/z9wgIBuQYDM/s320/avenger-wp5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364291180194339490" border="0" /></a>this hazy winter noon<br />cool breeze in my hair<br />riding alone or with someone<br />now i just dont care<br />joyous essence of freedom<br />i wish i cud share<br />ride i shall to eternity<br />soon i will be there<br />vrooming my way to acme<br />dreams still not clear<br />speeding past myself<br />i never thought i would dare<br />riding so high now<br />high on that apathetic flair<br />still sometimes revving misses a stroke<br />and i wish u were here!!!!romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-32905681235514685182009-05-17T11:31:00.000-07:002009-05-17T11:36:47.140-07:00Poll DanceFor 1st time loosing money didnot feel that bad at all...<br />so much were we confident about another hung assembly that investing in options seemed a sureshot source of income. Well that investment is history and so is unwarranted support of left.<br />Its always tough to predict election results in India. Nearly half of the eligible voters turned out and exercised their power wisely without a doubt.<br /><br />It was heart warming to see scumbags like paswan voted out of power. Lalu survived by contesting from 2 places(a ridiculous rule one must admit).Ex-naxalite soren can head back to woods. kingmaker wannabe Karat can now see montek going ahead with disinvestment and silently acknowledge boons of nuclear power. sensex is most likely to celebrate ousting of left. jayalalitha and mayawati can forget about their PM dreams for the time being and worry about dominance in their states from now on. Incumbency is not a problem if good governance is taken care of as shown by Modi in Gujrat, Nitish in Bihar and congress in delhi<br /><br />Losing team BJP: Victory was always gonna be tough wen u have a leader who is a hardliner and doesnt has a huge fanfare. BJP need another Atal and its not clear where teh next leader is gonna come from. Pramod mahajan's death has left BJP limping. with virtually no presence in 3 of the 4 states in south BJP was banking on a miracle more than anything else.<br />Gujrat as expected turned out to be thr stronghold along with MP and chattisgarh. But victory is impossible if maharashtra, UP, TN and AP are not yours. Young promising leaders of BJP durin atal's era-- arun jaitley and sushma swaraj are just fading away. illogical leaders like manohar joshi are in contention to become leader of opposition<br />BJP has sunk further into abyss by losing their bastions Punjab and Rajasthan. With virtually no allies and no potential leaders BJP has got its job cut out<br /><br />Winning team Congress: the PM in making rahul already has a huge fanfare and he deserves it. His bold stand on fitin alone in Bihar and UP paid off and has forced mulayam and maya to run for shelter with tails tucked in legs. Next step would be for Rahul to ease into the job by becoming a minister this year. Let Congress not repeat teh mistake they did with Rajiv. Icing on the cake wud be if priyanka joins the wagon too. Manmohan is gonna have plenty of room to flex his muscles without left breathing down his neck. with manmohan as PM, montek as FM, Pranav, praful and rahul in minsitry suddenly Congress is luking as if they belong thr.<br />they just need to remember Indian voter is gonna support good work so better deliver.<br /><br />tamasha:<br />We have Mr azhar who despite selling out emotions of billion pple in match fixin gets a congress ticket and we pple of india vote to put him in lok sabha. thr is a special place for famous tainted pple in our lok sabha. Sunjay Dutt must be feelin really left out. if he had been allowed to contest then a claim to elections from abu salem wud have been on cards :)<br />Congress won the race this time with maximum contestants with criminal records<br /><br />Judiciary and leaders still paralyse us as a country but we still fite to grow by 8-10 %. Just imagine what mite happen if we get freedom from this paralysisromithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-3965472404864935492009-01-30T14:08:00.000-08:002009-02-16T14:06:51.284-08:00what if i want to fly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SZnJ-U15F5I/AAAAAAAAACQ/43Q9cLBQSHs/s1600-h/hope.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SZnJ-U15F5I/AAAAAAAAACQ/43Q9cLBQSHs/s320/hope.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303492108789290898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i want to be a free bird</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">have no worries....just fly</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">wat if i want noone to cut my wings</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but maybe smbdy with me to fly</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">What if there was no lie</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Nothing wrong, nothing right</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">What if there was no time</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">And no reason, or rhyme</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i cant be with u</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but still want u to be by my side</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i know u wont be with me</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but still wanna hear that u want to be mine</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i am also as free as a bird</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">and birds u cannot change</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i am caught on crossfire</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">of elusive love and freedom-my desire</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if wen we are young</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">we want to burn like sun</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if later on look in our eyes</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">will be like black holes in the sky</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">what if i want you to fly</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">but want u here wen tired<br /><br /></span>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-67224015990967098532008-11-19T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-16T14:07:31.862-08:00Just like thatanother day is gone...<br />things are just fine...<br /><br />again we worked with all our grit<br />to earn that essential dime<br /><br />tomorrow mornin we will run and jog<br />at nite we will have beer and wine<br /><br />some will long for that smone special<br />some will embrace and sleep with one they call "mine"<br /><br />it's one big cosmic conspiracy<br />leaves some smiling and some cryin<br /><br />planner shows 2 more gloomy workdays<br />then the weekend will shine :-)romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-11309592094807793512008-09-15T10:48:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:08:43.903-08:00my fav beer quotes"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."<br /><br />"Everybody has to believe in something.....I believe I'll have another drink."<br /><br />"I drink to make other people interesting."<br /><br />"He was a wise man who invented beer."<br /><br />"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."<br /><br />"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world."<br /><br />Who does not love beer, wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long."<br /><br />"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."<br /><br />24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?<br /><br />"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"<br /><br />"Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862!"<br /><br />"Beer that is not drunk had missed its vocation."<br /><br />I work until beer o’clock."<br /><br />"If beer and women aren't the answer, then you're asking the wrong questions."<br /><br />"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."<br /><br />“The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer.”<br /><br />“Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.”<br /><br />I never met a pub I didn't like.<br /><br />Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.<br /><br />finally the best reason to drink beer...too good....<br /><br /><br />"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-65586323864102127862008-09-08T03:36:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:12:07.652-08:00salaam mumbaiits a city where pple are fond of running around(at least they give this impression).....<br />stale smell all around......crumbling infrastructure......irrational real estate prices.....nothing seems good about this city....<br />the endless comparisions between delhi and mumbai will never end.....<br />best part of 1st yr in mumbai was spent cribbin bout the city.....nvr endin traffic jams.....peculiar way of mumbaikars to call others with a cheap kiss-like act.....mumbai way of talkin.....everything...<br />but mumbai grows on u with time....though all wrong things bout mumbai will stay...but still mumbai makes u wanna stay back<br />2 yrs spent in mumbai surely were special...<br />rains at band stand....<br />sizzlers at carter road....<br />train journeys to colaba....<br />beer and cheese toast at mondy's..... egg naan and panner bhurji at bade miyan....<br />karaoke at tunga....<br />killin hours at ccd powai...<br />taking a leak at hilton...<br />jumbo king vada pao...<br />cutting and vada pao outside nitie gate....<br />poison and enigma....<br />smokin joe's pizzas<br />happy hours at pop tates.... :)<br />late nite rides to bandra...<br />bewdaa nite outs....<br />hiranandani....romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-62581683989260207322008-09-08T02:31:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:13:46.702-08:00one nite stand!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SZnKP4eI1vI/AAAAAAAAACY/5WF_0RPjbAk/s1600-h/good+bye+so+long+farewell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SZnKP4eI1vI/AAAAAAAAACY/5WF_0RPjbAk/s320/good+bye+so+long+farewell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303492410411112178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Her kiss tells me it's goodbye<br />Just like nothing happened last night<br />But if I had one chance<br />I'd do it all over again<span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="Justify Full" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Justify Full" class="gl_align_full" border="0" /></span></span><br /><br />One night stand I don't think she's coming back for more<br /><br />Now I'm left up in my lonely room<br />She left behind her magic and her perfume<br />I never thought that it could be this good<br />one nite stand...now she is gone for her good<br /><br />Its so odd to believe that she is gone<br />she wont even think bout ringin my phone<br />But if I had one chance<br />I'd do it all over again<br /><br />Baby like a blind man I rushed in<br />Now do I have the right to ask you,<br />Will you be coming back again?<br /><br />One night stand but I'd do it all again for sure<br /><br /></div>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-38185349364966810562008-08-05T13:16:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:14:45.611-08:00pehla pehla pyar<span style="font-family:georgia;">there are some incidents in life without which life would have been very dull, the repurcussions at that time mite have been undesirable but reflecting back at them always brings smile to you. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">story about chunni lal and paro....names are fictitious but characters are very real.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni lal had been in an all boys school from kindergarten to std 10th...all his love interests had been pretty teachers in school......one sided love affair with the beautiful and sensuous biology teacher was the longest and most serious of the lot.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">things changed once chunni lal started with class 11th in a co-ed school. suddenly there were just too many hot gals around. bollywwod movies make most of us believe in the funda of true love. in the first week only of new school it happened.....during lunch break in afternoon....the big ground populated with students from KG to class 12.....the area around canteen crowded the most......there stood paro close to pavement of canteen.....5 feet 6 inches....blunt haired.....beautiful angelic face.....the perfect figure.....fair skin......just too beautiful....it was love at first sight....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro noticed chunni lal ogling at her totally dumbfound.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">the way they looked at each other said a lot</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni lal: all i want is u!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">jill: dude! there are millions here that want what u want...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">this one sided puppy love continued as chunni lal could never gather courage to walk up to her and tell her which pple mite have told her million times over. so it turned out to be quiet affair but the impact was quite loud in 1st term results. from handsome 88% in 10th board exams to abominal 49% now while flunking in maths :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">nothing changed much other than the route taken by chunni lal back home.....it started from school....to paro's home..driving beside or behind her scooty all the time till the time she reached home and then back to his home. then there was more travelling as it was vital to escort paro to her to physics, chemistry and maths coaching classes. all that burning of fuel added a lot to global warming...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">they talked for 1st time thanks to diwali fireworks....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">diwali fireworks echoed for a long time in chunni lal's life.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">memorable nite for wrong reasons......3 frnds on bike...bitin at delicious chicken leg pieces......1..2...3...........20 so called gedis of paro's house where she was celebrating diwali with parents.......the perfect impression a guy can make on a gal's family......</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">next day......the phone rang.....call frm a senior teacher from school.......complaint frm paro's parents against chunni lal .....mom answered the call.....rest as they say is history.......after 2 hrs chunni was sittin at teacher's home lookin down with shloks flowin in full flow.....mom , mam and her daughter....all were non stop......"man....what did i do....i did nt say nething" thought chunni.....but apparently thr was smthing too wrong with wat he had done.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">after few days wen chunni met paro they talked for 1st time....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: y did u call up my mom...thr was nothin serious</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: it was nt my decision...u choose to show ur heroics in front of my family!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: neways.....tell me where do we go frm here</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: wat do u mean?</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: obviously u kno wat i want....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: i dnt kno...wat do u want?(so typical of gals)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni(wtf man, y is she playin around): i wanna be a close frnd( how stupid was that proposal!!!)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: we r already frnds!!....all my schoolmates are my frnds...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: i wanna be a close frnd...smone who can talk to u regularly...call u up at odd hrs</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: u already call me up.....u just dnt speak after callin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni(smiles): btw...does ur num end with 15 or 51....i have to call up both to make sure....ease me of this pain...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: fine....but thr is a conditin....u have to come to my home to meet my parents....it wont be much of a pain....u keep comin to that area....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: i just want to be frnds.....i m nt askin for ur hand.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: then i wud want to talk to ur mother on phone 1st......if any of these can happen....then we can be gud frnds....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: this is like visiting assasin or commiting suicide....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro: now its ur call...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">chunni: i mite consider coming to ur home if u promise me that u will nt leave ur dog untied....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">paro(smiles): dnt worry.....his bite does nt kill.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">somehow pretty gals are very tactful in saying no to arbit proposals......the story did nt end.....they went to same college where chunni chased her around for a while.....now she is happily married :)....and so now they will live happily ever after.....</span>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-24524298879967141482008-08-02T13:50:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:15:51.962-08:00the beer diaries:<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SJTJgNyblHI/AAAAAAAAAA8/QlmFIX4bvqk/s1600-h/fostersLOGO-w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/SJTJgNyblHI/AAAAAAAAAA8/QlmFIX4bvqk/s320/fostersLOGO-w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230026622578168946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >i am in the business of spreading happyness.....my work is to make sure more and more pple drink beer....responsibly as we proudly say....but frankly we wont mind any one gettin sloshed by gulping 3-4 bottles of foster's/haywards 5000/royal challenge/haywards black/knock out/castle lager.<br />i work for SABMiller...the largest beer company in the world today. we want to make sure indians drink more and we want government to allow us to achieve this noble aim by easing the policies. our country still lags way behind in consumption of beer....per capita consumption of 1 ltr per yr compared to global avg of 22.....czech republicans consume 156 ltr beer per yr per person....must be a very happy nation....<br /></span> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >our vision....to take india higher</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br />our mission....not leave anyone sober<br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >till the time inbev acquires budweiser, SAbMiller will continue to be the largest beer company in the world....not a bad place to start a career in sales and marketing after completing mba from premier b-school of country. i had dreamt of this....a top notch mnc....lots of travel.....staying at best places.....flying all across the nation with those fancy travel bags and wearing business suits.<br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >honeymoon started wen we joined in bangalore...stay at a lavish guest house....chauffer driven cab at disposal....welcome party at a hep place with unlimited foster's. for quite a while we were the big blue eyed boys....back to back ppts from all the big shots discussing strategies for all brands and business development..</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br />the first tryst with reality happened wen company made travel arrangements to send us to delhi for regional induction....the blue eyed boys that are paid about 1600 bucks a day travelled in a train that took only 42 hrs to reach delhi....<br /></span> <span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >dreadful policy num 1....no air travel allowed....ofcourse we can spend and travel if we want to...</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >royal treatment continued in delhi durin regional induction.....thought of delectable north indian food for heavy lunch is still mouth watering...one more party...this time at 'club saphire' in gurgaon....needless to mention bout unlimited foster's again...bakra halal karne se pehle party<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >4 of us were sent for brewery visit to god forsaken place called neemrana in rajasthan...we were supposed to learn how beer is made....the highlight of the visit was tasting the chilled freshest draught beer ever...</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >3 days in neemrana...had it been more than that then maybe boredom would have claimed some lives...</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ><br />thank god we came back to gurgaon for 2-3 days before i and one more MT were sent to jaipur for a one month sales stint...</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >august in jaipur.....september in delhi......oct-dec in bangalore.....jan in hyd...feb in delhi/bangalore.....march in aurangabad.....this is gonna be my life in coming 9 mnths...</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >dreadful policy no 2.....we have to arrange for our accomodation at every place from the day of arrival onwards....use our hra for our stay....our company firmly believes that gettin a place to live fr a mnth is like a walk in park....we have been adviced to stay with frnds :)</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >so here we are...2 of us in jaipur...</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >the royal treatment is over.....for the past one week we have been travelling to daru ka thekas in burning heat and hot sun laughing down at us....someday the salesmen take us separately on bike, someday on the extinct bajaj chetak....</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >theka( wine shop) is not the best place to spend bulk of your day when passing by ladies look at u as if u r the social evil personified....</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >neways...past one week has been very similar.....dust...sun....wineshops.....daily sales report....drinking ghat ghat ka pani....eatin at roadside dhabas....this is just the beginning...</span>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-87980583688589460942007-10-01T18:47:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:17:29.071-08:00cricket----an emotional affair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/RwGkUjhD7kI/AAAAAAAAAAU/N60ArNx1RCY/s1600-h/INDIA1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/RwGkUjhD7kI/AAAAAAAAAAU/N60ArNx1RCY/s320/INDIA1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116551324707843650" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> won the world cup in 1983 about a month before I was born. That means I have witnessed only one Indian world cup victory in my life so far. It happened in 20-20, the format which we had not been dreaming of winning but a world cup is a world cup after all.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cricket is more than a game for most of the people in this country. Some define it as a religion here. For me it’s the greatest passion I have had. There have been many unforgettable memories that this wonderful passion has given me. One unpleasant occasion that I will never forget is that I flunked for the first time in my life in biology in std 9 becoz I cud nt stop myself from watching the India-pakistan match during <span style=""> </span>the independence cup.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My relation with cricket goes back to as far as I can remember. I still remember mcgrath splitting the helmet of the young sachin tendulkar with a hostile bouncer in the 1992 world cup. How I thought we were going to be the first team to beat newzealand in that tournament which we didn’t. I remember following five world cups from 1992 to 2007, not to mention all the cricket I followed between those world cups. Like most of the Indians I also consoled myself with the brilliant performance my sachin to be the top scorer in 1996 and 2003 and the fact that we have always defeated <st1:country-region><st1:place>Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> whenever we have played against them in the world cups. After the 20-20 quest we can say that we never lost to them as one match ended in a nail biting tie. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">What has been happening in cricket is very comparable to how we have been growing as a nation in this world. We have for long been the nation that tend to overlook the failure of team and enjoy the records that some outstanding individuals hold. We people are not much bothered about loosing to aussies but we are really concerned about sachin’s record for most test centuries that is under threat from ricky ponting. What could be the reason for this attitude. Why the hell are we too docile to just accept the defeats and just feel happy with some sparkling individual performances? Maybe it has something to do with the history of our country. Maybe becoz of the lack of self belief. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is all of this going to change. Will the young and vibrant <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> make its mark in cricket also like it has been doing in the world economy. We are being recognized as the emerging power in the world. The people responsible for that are the youngsters who are not afraid to spread their wings. Its such a delightful sight to see an aggressive sreeshant sledging hayden on the cricket field. He epitomises the attitude of today’s <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The future lies in the hand of these youngsters who have the appetite for success. They certainly need guidance from the stalwarts like sachin, saurav, rahul and anil but they need the freedom to play. The seniors should be willing to hand over the reigns to the future performers. I had a diary in which I wrote down all the scores of sachin for 4 continuous years. I worried about the time when he would have to retire. It will still be very sad to see him depart but there is no fear about the future after his departure.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nobody missed the three biggies after we won the 20-20 world cup. Success is very sweet and the game is always bigger than the players. Indian fans wont complain about departure of their heroes if team <st1:country-region><st1:place>India</st1:place></st1:country-region> delights them with the taste of success more often. More importantly players like sachin and rahul deserve to leave like warnie and mcgrath did, at the top of their game. Let the question being asked at the time of their exit be why rather than why not……</p>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-34204093506071523242007-09-10T13:49:00.000-07:002009-02-16T14:20:48.946-08:00MBA------Movies Bakar Aaram<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/Rvu5FDhD7jI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZxHBSyrNcuY/s1600-h/Image000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qi-XmLS1hho/Rvu5FDhD7jI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZxHBSyrNcuY/s320/Image000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114885298303790642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">staying up all nite for finishing the never ending assignments............giving presentations throughout the week........if u get to sleep more 5-6 hours in a day it would be luxury......this was supposed to be the mba in the coveted b-schools across the world i guess.....this is how i imagined the lifestyle is goin to be like when i entered NITIE bout 15 mnths before........<br /> the experience thankfully however has been quite the opposite......except for the first module it has been like a vacation..........an idyllic campus surrounded by lakes.....greenery all around.......(this place could have been a resort instead).......cozy single rooms.....all these things make the stay here very comfortable indeed.....<br /> unlike all the articles that the outer world reads about the grilling day in the life of an mba grad.....most of us spend the day sleepin for bout 9-10 hours.........if u hav large apetite for movies then u have plenty of time to see atleast 2 in a day(i guess thats y laptops are considered so vital for completing mba).......and most of the nite outs happen by the virtue of the great bakar sessions.....well it wud be unfair to say that there is nothin really to study here......pple who are really fond of studying can achieve a lot with the resources available.........but for the ones like me(believe me thr are plenty around here) there is no excuse to waste this precious time by studying......the best part is that the 75 % attendance rule only exists on paper........u can enjoy those morning sleeps after missing the lectures and at worse u end up doin an extra assignment at the end of the module.......not a bad trade off at all considering that the learning in that morning class is not worth the effort.....<br />5 mnths still left for this honeymoon to get over........and after that office will be back to haunt the life once again and this time that demon is goin to stay........<br /></span>romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758029722566838924.post-14206863239166978222007-09-09T17:03:00.000-07:002007-09-09T17:48:14.120-07:00my first blog<span style="font-family:georgia;">i hav been planning to start writing on my blog for ages now......dnt hav the option to literally pen down my thots thanks to my pathetic hand writing so mr moudgil welcome to the world of blogs.........these long nites at NITIE offer plenty of time for the mind to meander to the past and dream about a wonderful future......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">some nites pass by thinking about the wonderful yesteryears......about the moments that continue to bring smile......about the moments which i so desperately want to change by travellin back in time........the wonderful pple i knew then.........about all the crazy things without which life wud have been so boring.......i luk fwd to relive those moments in my writings....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">on some nites i think about my future......my career........which makes me promise myself that i m goin to work hard from the next day......that ellusive next day.......shud be writin about that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">most of the nites are devoted to movies on my lappy........the most valuable thing i hav done in the past year.......the delight that a wonderful movie brings to me is comparable to all the other truly wonderful things in my life....</span>.romithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687159763055791695noreply@blogger.com2