Tamil Blog

I ve started a TAMIL BLOG (after my favorite Raja number from Nizhalgal).. I got the software called Baraha..its awesome and fun..more importantly,easy to type…Will b posting regularly in tamil hereafter..

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Comfortably DUMB

For the second time in my life, I cried while watching a cricket match. The first was during the 96 World Cup. No. Not during India’s shambolic defeat against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. I cried during India’s group match against West Indies. I am a leftie and Lara was the only southpaw performing well the world over(India din’t even have a decent left handed batsman in its line up then xcpt for the ever in n out vinod kambli). So naturally, I was hoping Lara would come good against India(din care much about patriotism back then…).Srinath bowled a peach of a delivery and Lara edged it to the keeper. West Indies were bowled out for 180 odd and India won comfortably. I cried.

I cried again yesterday night. Mind you, I am not a regular cricket watcher these days. I would prefer watching football over cricket. But WC is something special and I was hooked to the tele yesterday right from the first ball that Zaheer sent down to Jayasuriya.

India bowled really well and the fielding was gud enough. But Lankans had an edge over us. Even when Munaf Patel and Agarkar were bamboozling them, they dint flinch and were ready to wait for the bad balls. Compare this with Indian batting: Four dot balls. Ganguly went for a big hit and lost his wicket. One ball down the leg side that almost hit the stumps;Sehwag suddenly lost all his confidence and edged one to the slips couple of deliveries later. The less said about the other batsmen, the better I guess. This ain’t the first time. Even against Bangladesh, the same thing happened. In fact, Zaheer and Munaf Patel batted better against Bangladesh compared to the top order. Atleast now I hope, we wouldn’t be referred to as the strongest batting line-up in the whole world!

Tactically too, Lankans had an edge over us. Asking Sangakkara to keep upfront for Vaas was a brilliant ploy. And the positioning of their fielders was superb. Indian batsman struggled to get the ball past the 30 yard circle. Sachin should have opened and Dravid should have come at number 3. Knowing very well that Murali feared Ganguly, he should probably been sent down the order. Of course, its easy for us fans to suggest things. But where the heck was Greg Chappell and what the f**k was he doing??Booking tickets for the trip bak home??Chappell’s performance has made even Sven Erikson look like a great manager.

During the post-match interview, Dravid said that we din deserve to go the second round. He was spot-on. With a selection chief openly criticizing his selections and a coach whose tactically superior brain churning out one dud after the other(experimentation with the top order, pathan fiasco,etc), what could he do? I think he was ready for such a thing to happen even before the WC began.

India went into the World Cup with High Hopes. Ready to sizzle and bring back the Cup. And what happened? we all became comfortably dumb by witnessing the Great GiG in the sKy(Floyd overdose..I know).Things can’t get worse for Indian Cricket. Watching all those ads during the match only reaffirmed my view on Indian Cricket:the vultures are feasting on the carcass. Or is there still life in it as yet?
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All You Need is Love

Once upon a time.

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” …not anymore…”

(stare and look away…)

“…good bye….”

(walk off in opposite directions…)

“…if only…”

“…if only…”

(turns..looks…waits…turns back and walks off…)

(turns..looks…)”…HEYyyy…”(waits…)

(..turns…)”…hhEYY…”

(with disdain…)”…whatever…”(shrugs shoulder)

(irritated…clenches fist)

(turns and keeps walking)

(unclenches fist, turns and keeps walking)

“…good bye…”

“…whatever..”

“…not anymore…”

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And they lived happily ever after.

Taggit

Trinity Teal had tagged me…so finally got sth to blog abt..
its a set of 10 qs..here r my answers

1..One thing you are very much afraid of?
What if all those dystopian thoughts in my head come true one day..??

2.Two incidents you can never forget in your life?
1.Watching DDLJ with my dad and sis sometime during feb ’96…last days of innocent childhood..
2.My engineering studies…an exercise in futility.

3.Three books you would love reading again and again?
Tried voting here…
realised i have not read anything at all..:-(

rmmr:these r books i enjoy reading again and again…ther r whole lot of books which r gr8 but i cant read them again..

.Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
.I met a lady by Howard Spring
.Barbarians at the Gates by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar.

4.Four women who are most beautiful?
.Elisha Curthbert.
.Ayesha Takia.
.____________
.____________
[to be filled in later…;-)]

5.Five of you favorite food items?
.Onion vetha kuzhambu(with tiny pieces of fried coconuts :D) and deep potato or cabbage or kovakka fry cooked by ma mom(unlyk my sis, my mom deep fries it..i prefer it tat way)
.Akka’s patented veg. rice and whole lot of other food items[she experiments a lot..almost everytime i ve been the guinea pig 😦 ]
.Paati’s puri masala and rava kesari.
.Coffee@5 30 am…@Chennai…no adding any water to arokya milk and rite amt. of dicoction and sugar.(for the exact formula, ask my dad)
.Finally,Martini, shaken but not stirred :P(seriously,vodka…)

6.Six words you use very often oral/written?
Fill it wit six swear words in any lang…fuck tops the list tho

7.Seven things you like about yourself?
And I thot this was a tag…not a job interview 😛

8.Eight film personalities who are your all time favorites?
.A. R Rahman and Illayaraja
.Sivaji Ganesan and Kamal Hassan.(Sivaji only b&w…exception:thevar magan..)
.Martin Scorcese and Robert De Niro
.Al Pacino.
.Steven Spielberg,Tom Hanks and Janusz Kaminski
.Mani Ratnam, P.C Sriram and Santosh Sivan.
.Darren Aronofsky.
.Countamani, Senthil, Vivek and Vadivelu
.Jyothika…..first heroine on whom i had a crush..
[yeha i ve listed more than 8..cant count..so wat? :P]

9.Nine movies you wont mind watching again and again?
Gonna watch Scorcese’s Raging Bull, Goodfellas this weekend…
1.Godfather( I and II)
2.Iruvar, Mouna Raagam.
3.The Departed.
4.If Only
5.Reservoir Dogs, City of God(this movie deserved an Oscar for the best picture..)
6.The Matrix Trilogy (duh!)
7.Munich, Saving Private Ryan
8.American Beauty,Requiem for a Dream
9.Karakaatakaran, Micheal Madana Kaama Rajan, Singaara Velan.

10.Ten songs you would like to listen to everyday?
Been listening to rock for quite sometime but listening to it seriously these days[yt to listen to metallica,iron maiden and lots of others..studyin II std in the skool of rock :-)].
1.Stevie Ray Vaughan cover version of Hendrix’s voodoo child(first song in any playlist of mine…SRV=God)
2.John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess’ Hang On and Furia Taurina(Petrucci and Rudess create magic!)
3.Illayaraja’s melodies from the 70’s,80’s,90’s(any time,any day..)
4.Breaking the Habit from Linkin Park’s Meteora(lyrics speak for itself)
5.Dream On and Janies got a gun by Aerosmith(truly inspiring stuff!)
6.Your body is a wonderland by John Mayer(even romantically challenged wud b swayed by Mayer’s singing)
7.Santana’s Evil Ways and Smooth[Santana’s guitar+Rob Thomas’ voice=Grammy 😉 ]
8.Bob Dylan’s Things have changed[Best lyrics in any english song i ve heard till now..]
9.High Hopes by Pink Floyd.[Best Pink Floyd song according to me]
10.Music Director: A. R Rahman. Song:_________ (U can fill it :D)

Anyone who wants to continue this tag,feel free to do so 🙂