Sach is Life - 200*

For 20 long years He has treated us to pure master class. 
For 20 long years He has piled one century after another till he had 92 of them. 
For 20 long years we have cheered for each and every of his 30,000+ runs. 
For 20 long years He has been the best batsman the world has ever seen. 
If all that was not enough, He comes out and blasts a 200* in an ODI.


As SRT was nearing his 46th ODI century, a crowd was steadily building up in my office cafeteria. As SRT pushed past 150 the crowd turned raucous. It seemed like the entire 7000 of my office staff had gathered inside the cafeteria. The scene resembled a public place with people standing on chairs, tables, food serving counters (and some on their boss' shoulders too). SRT is more important afterall to all Indians. 


As SRT moved into 190's and Dhoni was hitting 4's and 6's, no one gave a damn about what Dhoni was upto or even what the Indian score was. The only focus was SRT. Another six by dhoni was greeted by someone in the crowd, "Abe Dhoni Ma******d, bh****** single le ha****". Every one echoed the same sentiments. Every one had forgotten that they were in the office premises. SRT had taken over our minds and hearts yet again. 


And then the moment, Sachin getting 200 with a single to backward point. I along with the crowd screamed as loud as i could and jumped as high as i could. Sachin had done it. Rather we all had done it. It was a 200* not only for sachin ... it belonged to each and every Indian. Teary eyed (with joy of course) i wondered that how could one man be loved so much by a billion people?


February 24, 2010 will be remembered forever. It was a day when people once again switched ON their televisions and switched OFF their lives.


Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar - Take a Bow - You are the greatest that ever was and ever will be ~Period~

Its Technology stup-pid

My college library has a "hi-tech" system wherein through an online portal, one can do the following activities:-

- view the books present in the library

- preview each book

- check the number of copies present

- reserve the book online

- most important of all, if the book is already reserved by someone, then put yourself in the waitlist so that once the book arrives in the library you get an e-mail asking you to collect the book

Extremely convenient ... no wasting time browsing books in the library ... simplifies the life of both librarian and the borrower. Technology sure is great.

But then, I get an e-mail saying this –

Dear ……,       On process of your reservation status the following book is received to the library and waiting for your arrival.
SNo	Accession	Item Name	Availability
1.	BK1763	Harvard business essentials : marketers toolkit:: the 10 strategies you need to succeed (Harvard Business School)	48 hours

Regards, Librarian

The best part is the date this e-mail was sent: 03-Feb-2010 12:19 PM

It is been almost a year since I graduated from my business school (yes people I went to a business school). Unfortunately the technology being used does not know this. It sure does make the institution look stupid.

But the most important point for writing this one is,

Did I actually reserve a book that too an academic book that too in my college LIBRARY? People knowing me can vouch for the fact that how ghastly this is. It surely must be some rush-of-blood moment that prompted me to do such a crime. Or was it some strategic plan to make the book inaccessible to other people so that they don’t score too well (its relative grading after all)!!! I’ll let you guys decide this one coz I surely can’t fathom what made me reserve a book in the library. And yeah the technology won’t let me forget this fact by sending regular book availability e-mails as long as I access my B-school’s mailbox!!

Ayodhya Solution

Ayodhya has raised its head yet again thanks to the BJP. Congress is sure to condemn it. Both of them are just that - stupid (the political parties i mean). Ayodhya is a non-issue as far as i am concerned. They are just raised by these parties either to evoke emotions (of the wrong kind) or to employ the divide and rule principle.


Religion is one of the most important factors that divides people. It creates hatred, doubt and violence among groups. Irony is that, religion is also an important factor that unites people. It gives a sense of belongingness, peace and identity to people. But thanks to our thoughtlessness we just fight among ourselves in the name of religion.


Of all the religions in this world, India is unique in a way that each and every religion will find a representative in our country. Now this calls for more violence and hatred. 


Only one religion is present in India that actually brings people together. One religion that is superior to all other religions. One religion that causes common pain and common joy. One religion that unites people of our motherland beyond caste, age, economic well being and other social norms. I think we need to give this religion a chance to wash out the Ayodhya issue.


The religion i am talking about is CRICKET. The entire country is united when it comes to cricket. We forget everything (hatred included) when we watch cricket. Why not build a cricket stadium in the disputed land of Ayodhya and give peace and harmony a chance to thrive? 


Let us rejoice on that "disputed" land when India wins a match and sulk when we lose. At least we all will be united be it victory or defeat. Unity among ourselves is all that matters.


Jai Hind


P.S. This is entirely my opinion. I do not mean to hurt any religious sentiments of anyone.

Cricket: Is India going the Paki way?

Yup I know … even the thought of our beloved country going down the paki way is repulsive. Even I don’t feel comfortable comparing us with a nation where scumbags are bred, only to attack other peace loving nations. But some of events in the past few days, made me think otherwise.

We all know the way SL cricketers were air lifted after the bomb blasts in PAK. I don’t see cricket being played in PAK in the immediate future.

Back home, there have been various threats and unfortunate incidents in the past few days. All this puts the future of cricket matches played at home into serious doubt. Recent threats being
- Blast in Pune
-       Shiv Sena not to allow Aussies play in Mumbai
- Terror threat - Jaipur ODI
-       AP Govt boycotting IPL since hyderabad is not on the IPL menu (venue rather)
-       Media boycotting IPL due to stringent broadcasting rules
-       Naxals going beserck and killing people at will

Strange thing here is, we have more internal problems than external. So, can the Shiv Sena, AP Govt and the media please shut up and help resolve the pertinent problem of external terror and naxals?

United we stand, Divided we fall !
Jai Hind

Dreams are manifestations? I hope not

The last week has been hectic. My mind has been working over-time. Nah i am not talking of building castles in the air but building castles in sleep. In short, I have been dreaming a lot (2 dreams in 2 days is a lot for someone who rarely gets dreams). Maybe the dreams are resulting because i am too bored to sleep.


People say that dreams are cherished desires or maybe you want the real life to be the way represented in dreams.


Dream 1 
The scene is the Australian Open and I am one of the player participating in it. I mean i really worked hard to secure a place to play in the competition and determined to do well.   My friends from the bakar gang (GD, Lath, Diva & PaD) are there in the stadium. Any of you reading this will have no doubt of their intentions. They were of course there to cheer me. Even i thought so until later ...


As i was walking towards the entrance of the courts, surprisingly i was denied entry. So i walked around the complex and found a spot from where i could sneak in. Unfortunately the netter door was locked. As i fought with the door to open it, to my surprise i saw my idiotic friends laughing at me. After a long struggle i eventually managed to get in but my tennis racquet was broken. This evoked a huge bout of laughter especially from Diva. Needless to say i woke up abusing ...


Dream 2
Scene : Mumbai - Heavy rains - streets flooded
There was just one bus which seemed to be moving. So we boarded that bus. Unfortunately the whole of Mumbai thought on the same lines and boarded the same bus.


Oh i forgot to explain the 'we' part. It was me and billi (unfortunately which i realized later). I was trying to be nice and was planning to drop her home. I thought, " bechari akeli ladki ko is baarish mein kaise chhod du". Bechari my foot !!


In the same bus there were a couple of gorgeous girls, our eyes met and the things which usually happen in dreams happened (don't go that far you perverts). As i tried to make a movement towards them, billi grabbed me as if i was a stone.
She : kidhar jaa raha hai kamine
Me  : Ruk ek minute ... aata hoon hello bolke
She : tu mereko aise akele chhodke jayega ?
Me  : Of course haa
She : tu kaisa dost hai (in a sarcastic tone)
Me  : haa ... main aisa hi hoon
She : some more obscenities (family nature of this forum prevents me from giving out the details)
Me  : ruk naa ek minute ... aata hoon ... chhodke thodi naa jaa raha hoon
She : tu aise nahi manegaa ... more obscenities with dirty looks .. this time towards those gorgeous gals
Me  : I hate you !!


Another instance where she destroyed my chance to get acquainted with the fairer sex. Not to mention that she has never helped me by introducing me to at least one of her many friends. Girls are evil ... rather my friends are evil.


The above 2 instances just depict that i DO NOT want my dreams to turn into reality. Well i want to play Aus open but not bang at their doors instead and surely i don't want to be single life long !!