Recently, after a very long time, i chanced upon the video below. It brought back memories of me sitting with my parents and sister on a small bed in a small house in the then suburbs of Bangalore and watching this video, with me being able to name every single athlete who used to come on the video and my sister passing comments which are just intended to irritate me. So when ever i watch this video far away from home in a foreign country those are the few happy moments which keep you going and act as an inspiration to move fwd. And i really wish i was home in this time of need when i know i will be of some help atleast.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Another one "bites the dust"
Being hit be a chappal or a shoe in India has traditionally been the highest form of protest to express ones anger at a situation.
It all started with the famous Bush incident ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8GOrc0-Ygg) when a reporter threw both his shoes at then President Bush. we are is election mode in India now. It is now that people can use this situation to express their anger the most. Not only this but also politicians are more in the "open" so they can interact more with the aam jantha. So when the Home Minister Mr. Chidambaram was giving his report on the action the Indian goverment is taking on terrorism and Kasab, a journo took this oppertunity to make a statement on the Tytler case. He flung his shoe at the minister ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwUpKYVRh6U). This morning when i opened the news page, i see that another minister Mr. Jindal was "attacked" by the shoe ( http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pc-finds-sole-mate-mp-jindal-gets-hit-by-shoe/89958-37.html) . I think it has now become a fashion for journos to attack politicians with a shoe. But people never underestimate the thinking of an Indian politicain and what he or she can do to win an election. Because soon you might find a member of the miniter support team sitting in the crowd and throwing a shoe at him. Because being hit by a shoe is also important to the politician, as it shows that he is popular, and the Indain media on the constant look out for TRP (no idea what it means BTW) would blow the situation out of propotion and that perticular poitician will be on all the peoples topics (take this very blog for example). So now waiting to see how many politician adopt this strategy, and waiting to see who is the next one who "bites the dust".
It all started with the famous Bush incident ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8GOrc0-Ygg) when a reporter threw both his shoes at then President Bush. we are is election mode in India now. It is now that people can use this situation to express their anger the most. Not only this but also politicians are more in the "open" so they can interact more with the aam jantha. So when the Home Minister Mr. Chidambaram was giving his report on the action the Indian goverment is taking on terrorism and Kasab, a journo took this oppertunity to make a statement on the Tytler case. He flung his shoe at the minister ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwUpKYVRh6U). This morning when i opened the news page, i see that another minister Mr. Jindal was "attacked" by the shoe ( http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pc-finds-sole-mate-mp-jindal-gets-hit-by-shoe/89958-37.html) . I think it has now become a fashion for journos to attack politicians with a shoe. But people never underestimate the thinking of an Indian politicain and what he or she can do to win an election. Because soon you might find a member of the miniter support team sitting in the crowd and throwing a shoe at him. Because being hit by a shoe is also important to the politician, as it shows that he is popular, and the Indain media on the constant look out for TRP (no idea what it means BTW) would blow the situation out of propotion and that perticular poitician will be on all the peoples topics (take this very blog for example). So now waiting to see how many politician adopt this strategy, and waiting to see who is the next one who "bites the dust".
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
real life dark knight
A nice piece of chat i had with a friend of mine, after the stampede incident in a temple in India
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/death-toll-rises-in-temple-stampede-147-dead/74652-3.html
"P: more people die in a temple stampede than all the bomb victims put together !
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/death-toll-rises-in-temple-stampede-147-dead/74652-3.html
"P: more people die in a temple stampede than all the bomb victims put together !
:|
this is the joker style
when everything goes to plan no prob
u expect a bomb to blow up fine
few ppl die
but
u put the fear in ppl that it is going to happen
it can be worse
serious real life joker
what do u say?"
This is as real as reel life gets.
This is as real as reel life gets.
Monday, July 28, 2008
give me a break
The media in India is getting on my nerves. We lost one test, ok rather humiliated, and websites of news channels start carrying reports of if should stop playing test matches. It is stupid i say. We were outplayed by a side with 2 world class spinners with them. And it is never easy to chase down a 1st innigs total of 600. And the Lankan's home record is as good as any team to have played the game. Agreed it is a very poor batting display. So relax. We will bounce back, if not in this series the next. Don't put this team down. After all this is one of the best test teams in the world of cricket. Don't give up boys.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
My gadget for my kitchen
So today, my kitchen took another small step forward towards being complete. I got my mixe :D. Woo hooo. so now time to start making dosa, idly, chutny and thogayal kind of dishes. Lets eat. Happy cooking to me.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
My 1st
1) Reached a Height of 2800m above sea level on foot.
2) Climbed 1400m in one day.
3) Walked through knee deep snow.
4) Saw the origin of a couple of rivers.
5) Did not meet a single desi for 1 week.
6) Did not speak Tamil/Hind for a week.
7) Did not have desi food for 1 week.
8) Had my 1st omelette, which ended up being my staple food for rest of the hike.
9) Just about visited Italy.
10) Did my longest hike of 6 days.
2) Climbed 1400m in one day.
3) Walked through knee deep snow.
4) Saw the origin of a couple of rivers.
5) Did not meet a single desi for 1 week.
6) Did not speak Tamil/Hind for a week.
7) Did not have desi food for 1 week.
8) Had my 1st omelette, which ended up being my staple food for rest of the hike.
9) Just about visited Italy.
10) Did my longest hike of 6 days.
Friday, June 13, 2008
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