The one with the Gentleman's Game !!!

I know wat everyone thinks, "hah !!!!!!!!  not about cricket again". Infact, it is another blog about cricket...

Sorry folks, it is indeed difficult to take the "cricket" out of me. I was wondering why cricket is called a "Gentleman's game". I have my own explanations of why it is called so. First and foremost, cricket was played long back during the 16th century in England and then later became a national sport for them. All set of rules and what is called " TheCode of Conduct" was established my ICC and Marylbourne Cricket Club(MCC) respectively ........... blah blah blah blah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Code of Conduct in short is to maintain the behaviour on the field by cricketers. More than that, it is so called because of the respect given to fellow athletes across both the teams.

But times have changed now. There seem to be a huge amount of cushioning provided to the code of conduct provided to players themselves. Sledging and Swearing has become common these days.

Above all, it is called as the Gentleman's game just because of the respect and passion players show towards the game.

A recent incident shows how the cricket played these days does not deserved to be called that way. With one run to win, plenty of balls remaining, and Viru on strike, even a dead man knows India's gonna win. If I were bowling, (or if any true, die-hard cricket fan is bowling), though I know that India's gonna win, I would'nt let them win in my over. I would die to save that one run being consumed in my over. That is how cricket should be played !!!!. But if so called facts posted by media are true, such as Dilshan or Sanga prompted Randiv to bowl the no-ball, it is pathetic on their part to do so. Such senior players doing a nasty thing like this is never acceptable and is a sure a big blow to Cricket.

Cricket truly is not a Gentleman's game anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The one where my fingers got numb !!!!!!!!!!!

I rarely post a blog. It's not that I dont have time or finding it difficult to think of a subject. Its because I wanted to write something interesting. Wink....

It has been quite a few months since I started working in Pune, the land of job opportunities especially for mechanical engineers. Infact it has been just more than an year and a half. Life has been almost routine then.
Things were getting monotonous and hence life started sucking !!!!!!!!!!!!

Was missing all the joy in my hometown with friends and family.. (According to me, job & money are deep below in the list compared to the ones I mentioned ....)

Imagine if I had fulfilled my mom's wish (infact any mom's wish) of pursuing an MS in the US, I would have by now killed myself ;)

Just when I started thinking of getting out of Pune and find a job in a place where I can hangout with my friends and visit my family often, a wisdom of light struck from nowhere. It said, "Dude !!!!, its time to fulfil some smaller goals in life" Then I started thinking, what small goals do I have in life. In a flash, Music and "Guitar" came to my mind (I shud say, I ve never thought so fast in life !!!!). One thing led to another and then I started learning guitar. (by the way, my apologies to Ilayaraja and ARR :) )

It is not as easy as I thot (ofcourse, easier for those who are dedicated). Day one, looking at a 16yr old , his guitar, the six strings and the strumming looked much simpler. But when I held it for the first time, I knew how much difficult it was to play. Weeks went by, top of the fingers started to lose skin, got harder and finally got numb. But the satisfaction I got when I played "sa re ga ma" for the first time was unforgettable.

I might not be earning as much as my conterparts in the US, but I wanted to say that I felt satisfied for giving importance to smaller things in life. :) :) ..........

The one with the present !!!

It is a usual day at work and I was going through some web portals related to sports, movies etc. With all articles about batting maestro Sachin, prolific Mani Ratnam, Maradonna, ARR, I was wondering how many such great legends lived in during our period. There were countless. For a moment I thought, this period has produced most number of greats in their respective fields and I proudly smiled sitting at my desk (Thank God that it is closed cubicle and no one saw !!!!) thinking that I would tell my grandchildren that my period was the best.

And now that the moment crossed by, I was thinking, How many such greats lived in the past. I could think
only of a very few like say Einstien, Newton, Bradman, Sobers. It is not that the world hasnt produced many legends previously, it is just that I am so pathetic in history which is the cause for my ignorancy . It is sure that there lived so many greats in the past and so many are yet to come in the future. We just have to sit down, lean back and wait for more to come.

The one with the new project

Hi all..meeting you guys after a long break.. Its not that I was busy or anything, but I just got out of the client place "forever" where as mentioned in my previous blog I was isolated from all the internet.. ;)..Now, it feels so good..

I now have a set of new challenges (with all the internet and browsing avl..thts the real challenge).. and thts the reason why I am able to post this blog on a wednesday morning ;).. Hope I will continue to post more blogs in the future.

I wish myself all the best for my new project.