India stare defeat at Adelaide

Do not go by the title of post, as it is too early to talk about the performance of the India team, batting in particular on a so-called placid pitch of Adelaide. But 2 days into the fourth and last test in Australia, and there is nothing to be seen in attitude of Indian Team which shows that they were ranked #1 in the world few months back. Drooping shoulders of the players in the second session itself on 1st day tells the story. It appears like all the players are just going though the motions. Seems like they are just to make up the numbers and they actually do not have anything to get from the series. Understandably, World cup is in pocket, we were number #1, have been T20 champions, so in a sense, most of the players have achieved it all. There is nothing left, unless you want to reach the benchmarks set by Australians or the West Indies team of yesteryear's. I feel that attitude is not to be seen as most of the players are on the brink of retirement. It is not far when half of the side will be new just because old players have retired. But the only worry is that, if this drags on, there will not be time left to groom new team for the next world cup. So it will not be easier for us to defend our title. Change should be the name of game now itself. It will take time, but atleast that will be acceptable. We should learn somethings from Australians. Hope some common sense prevail.

Push for giant leap

I find myself at a crucial juncture of my career. If I look at myself, I feel satisfied with what I have achieved. Starting my career with a minincule 3500 p.m., working at a remote area inside Chattisgarh, I have come a long way. I still remember the time when I used to work in a power plant. And here I am, sitting in a air conditioned office, earning more than the same amount in a day. An exponential growth, some might say. I have seen lot of world during this period. Had defining moments at times. Now well settled with a loving wife and a smart kid. What more can I ask from my life? I think I have achieved everything which a middle class person aspires for. But deep inside, I still feel something missing. I do not feel much motivated at work, though I am still giving 100%. What is it that will make me aspire for more and stretch myself to achieve the end? Most of the time, I have thought of moving to entrepreneurship, but earning a six-figure salary per month, is it worth the risk? Opportunities are many, but it is very tough to motivate myself to take one big giant leap. But there is one thing for sure, I need to move out of here. I guess that should be the big push which I need. I am sure, if I decide to go for it this time, there will be no turnig back. Thoughts have started to materialize, and I think just a couple of weeks will lay the foundation of giant leap. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Statues to be covered in UP

I recently came to know of the EC order of covering the statues which Mayawati has got erected all over UP. Those include statues of elephant, her election symbol, as well statues of herself and Kanshi Ram. The sole reason behind this move is that it influences voter's mind which can impact election results.

Of course I am not a fan of Mayawati nor I support her in wasting thousands of crores of poor man's money on these statues. For sure she wanted to make her presence felt in a country where this right is 'reserved' only for Congress leaders. But I believe there were better means to achieve this and money could have been spent for a better cause. But that is a seperate discussion.

What I could not understand is how in the world can one think that such actions can influence voters. We all are so busy in daily chores that we never bothered to look elsewhere, neither at a person bleeding on the road, nor at any statue. Nor I think, a glance can influence anyone to vote for a person. Especially when we talk about elephants, how will it bother anyone if its trunk is upwards or downwards. But when anything is kept under wraps, for sure it develops a curiosity. And later many thoughts wander in our mind, which can obviously influence anyone to vote.

My personal view is that this will in fact benefit Mayawati more than the peeople who had asked these statues to be covered. Maya would be laughing her way to Raj Bhavan while her detractors will need those pieces of clothes to cover themselves. EC infact has made a joke of itself by passing such orders. Hope common sense will prevail soon.

Big Boss 5 power 6

There is too much hype generated for Big Boss 5... and Colors has cashed it just as much as it can. Though instead of this becoming grand success, the finale is just as good(sic) as the show has been all this season. Looks to me like the channel needs to go back to drawing board to figure out what sells out. Or possibly trying to draw new shape, everything went wrong.

The performances by Rakhi and Pooja could have been retributing; rather it crossed the thin line to be crass.

I just could not understand why Colors has reserved 3 hours for this. Just waiting for the results to be out. Hope this torture gets over soon.

It is just a illusion

It is not easy to come back to this page after such a long gap. More so when there are so many new ways to communicate your thoughts. I do not even know if anyone even follows blogspot any more, leave alone following my blog.

This post is mainly directed towards accessing myself if I can ever again be the same avid blogger.

If only I will be able to post here atleast once every week, it will help me a lot in pushing myself to the goal which is currently wandering in my mind. Of course I will disclose details, but onlu after I had covered a portion on this little journey.

Till then ciao :-)