Leisure is a wonderful thing. I realised it in the past 2 weeks while enjoying my absence from work. It feels good to lay stretched in the bed and watch some old football match wondering what to do once the match is over.
Coming back to present season:
Barcelona played like gods in the Spanish league match against Real Madrid and I have never seen Real Madrid having some 35% posession of the ball. Simply, Barcelona outperformed Real in every aspect of the game. The Ronaldinho jaggernaut just floored Real 's defence. That glaring mistake by Roberto Carlos.. what do I say about that? You dont expect that from Real Madrid.
Then came the next draw of Champions League.
Luis Figo missed a Penalty against Bayern Leverkusen. How could he afford to do that?? Wasnt he aware of the gravity of the situation? They are on the verge of being thrown out of the tournament. RMFC out of Champions League in the first stage itself. Can you imagine that???
Last year we had a boring Champions league with two worst teams Monaco and Porto reaching the finals. No...I dont want it to happen again. May some miracle send RMFC through to the next stages!!!!!
But the good news is that AC Milan struck 4 times and that too without Scheva...wow...that is something great.
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Ups and Lows!!!!
Ups:
1. Real Madrid scoring 6 goals in a spanish league match.
2. AC Milan keeps winning.
3. Arsenal back to winnning.
4. Ronaldo back into roaring form with those fantastic two goals.
Lows :
1. Barcelona losing 1-2 to Real Betis.
2. India losing to Pak after scoring 292 runs.
3. The arrest of Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
Tha last one being the hardest of all. It raises the questions again. Would have they arrested a Muslim leader in the same fashion? Some Bukhari of Delhi with so many cases on his head, have they ever tried even to question him??? A congress govt with pseudo secularists and Nehruvian Stalinists as allies ...what else can you expect from them? Most of the so called " sophisticated Hindus " dont react or they are too afraid of speaking. Because they dont want to get involved in anything religious. But , what they fail to recognise is that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of Life. If the very roots of that are shaken....well can that happen???
Many times in the past , ruthless barbarians and foreign invaders tried to kill the very roots of Hinduism. That onslaught gave birth to people like Adi Shankara. They came , they inspired millions and they re-stablished the ancient "Sanatana Dharma".
Many barbarians came and looted the holy land , they all presihed but the land prevailed, the culture prevailed and it will , forever. This doesnt come from a blind faith or irrational emotion. If mankind is alive on earth , the only way it can survive is by Virtue and in harmony with nature. And , which other way of life engulfs these two tenets other than Hinduism.
Quoting Mr. Bhagwan S Gidwani
" Hinduism is the Law of life, not a dogma; its aim is not to create a creed but a character and its goal is to achieve perfection through varied spiritual knowledge which rejects nothing and yet refines everything , through continuous testing".
"....Yet a Hindu must remain strong and united, for he must know that no external , outside force can crush him, except when he is divided and betrays his own ...."
1. Real Madrid scoring 6 goals in a spanish league match.
2. AC Milan keeps winning.
3. Arsenal back to winnning.
4. Ronaldo back into roaring form with those fantastic two goals.
Lows :
1. Barcelona losing 1-2 to Real Betis.
2. India losing to Pak after scoring 292 runs.
3. The arrest of Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
Tha last one being the hardest of all. It raises the questions again. Would have they arrested a Muslim leader in the same fashion? Some Bukhari of Delhi with so many cases on his head, have they ever tried even to question him??? A congress govt with pseudo secularists and Nehruvian Stalinists as allies ...what else can you expect from them? Most of the so called " sophisticated Hindus " dont react or they are too afraid of speaking. Because they dont want to get involved in anything religious. But , what they fail to recognise is that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of Life. If the very roots of that are shaken....well can that happen???
Many times in the past , ruthless barbarians and foreign invaders tried to kill the very roots of Hinduism. That onslaught gave birth to people like Adi Shankara. They came , they inspired millions and they re-stablished the ancient "Sanatana Dharma".
Many barbarians came and looted the holy land , they all presihed but the land prevailed, the culture prevailed and it will , forever. This doesnt come from a blind faith or irrational emotion. If mankind is alive on earth , the only way it can survive is by Virtue and in harmony with nature. And , which other way of life engulfs these two tenets other than Hinduism.
Quoting Mr. Bhagwan S Gidwani
" Hinduism is the Law of life, not a dogma; its aim is not to create a creed but a character and its goal is to achieve perfection through varied spiritual knowledge which rejects nothing and yet refines everything , through continuous testing".
"....Yet a Hindu must remain strong and united, for he must know that no external , outside force can crush him, except when he is divided and betrays his own ...."
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Vicious Waters!!
Water- The life giver , the fountain head of all life.....isnt this an ancient perception?? That very water has become so vicious that people get scared to drink "unknown " water.
I see some people in my office who doesnt even drink water that is availble here in the office premises. This water is certified by diff govt bodies as fit for human consumption. Still, people dont want to take risk. They drink only boiled water or mineral water.They are so health conscious that they dont even eat sweets and some other fat rich food. I really wonder at their capacity to control taste buds. I cant resist a sweet ...I just tield to the temptation.
But, most amazing thing is these health conscious , clean water conscious people gulp bottles of alcohol without any second thought. A life on earth which is scarred of water and assured about the good effects of Alcohol.
Itz cool to drink...I hear this many times. What do I do? I am a tee-to-taler who doesnt know the good effects of alcohol and not much about escorting home a girl who is drunk ;-)
I can write pages about this topic...but ..drinking is a personal choice..everyone has their own opinions.....after all everything is personal choice...what is nota personal choice????
Our friendly TOI is lamenting that the sales of alcohol has decreased in Bangalore this year when compared with last year. Dont worry, our Bangalore Times will come up with more photos regulary of many so called " celebrities " with "drinks " in their hands and write "cool " things about them. So, the " wanna be " cool people will gulp more and more alcohol meanwhile helping the brewery business to grow.
I wish all of you a very happy Deepavali ( southindian) or Diwali ( North Indian istyle ;-) .
I see some people in my office who doesnt even drink water that is availble here in the office premises. This water is certified by diff govt bodies as fit for human consumption. Still, people dont want to take risk. They drink only boiled water or mineral water.They are so health conscious that they dont even eat sweets and some other fat rich food. I really wonder at their capacity to control taste buds. I cant resist a sweet ...I just tield to the temptation.
But, most amazing thing is these health conscious , clean water conscious people gulp bottles of alcohol without any second thought. A life on earth which is scarred of water and assured about the good effects of Alcohol.
Itz cool to drink...I hear this many times. What do I do? I am a tee-to-taler who doesnt know the good effects of alcohol and not much about escorting home a girl who is drunk ;-)
I can write pages about this topic...but ..drinking is a personal choice..everyone has their own opinions.....after all everything is personal choice...what is nota personal choice????
Our friendly TOI is lamenting that the sales of alcohol has decreased in Bangalore this year when compared with last year. Dont worry, our Bangalore Times will come up with more photos regulary of many so called " celebrities " with "drinks " in their hands and write "cool " things about them. So, the " wanna be " cool people will gulp more and more alcohol meanwhile helping the brewery business to grow.
I wish all of you a very happy Deepavali ( southindian) or Diwali ( North Indian istyle ;-) .
Friday, November 05, 2004
He is Back!!
Mr. Bush is back to the presidency. The world will hear more of "fight against evil " and " peace in middle east " withouot bothering why the crude prices are going north. Unites States of America like Queen in an Ant Colony. All the ants feed it so that the Queen is healthy and kicking. In a similar way, economically,the entire world is completely dependent on US of A . The entire world is working hard to keep US of A wealthy and happy. We have already seen what happens to the world if something happens to US of A. At the same time world should be watchful about who is formulating the policies of US of A. Because the presidential seat of US of A has always been like a stone in a madmans' hand. An unbroken chain of Paranoid presidents have wreacked havoc on the world and made it what is it today.
In the context of this , Mr. Bush is worse than any of his predecessors. His war mongerness is the reason he won the elections again. Nothing can beat the insecurity feeling of an American.
Our politicians reaffirm the people that Indo-US relations would be good as usual. But a keen observer has his own doubts. Were they good ever??
What should India do? We need to get away with this US dependency on outsourcing, textiles and in whatever way possible. We should look for avenues where we are self sufficient not only agriculturally but also technologically. India has never been an innovative country but Indians are. Many great inventions that happened in US of A involved many outstanding Indians. Hope India can retain the domestic talent and nurture it towards its own prosperity.
When a rich man has granades along with money, it is better to keep away from his money.
Back to Football
The Barca Vs AC Milan Champions league match was a spectacle in itself. A new god of Football is making his intentions clear. Ronaldinho , the way he inspired Barca to win against Milan was awesome. If you can break the defense guarded by Maldini, Nesta and Cafu twice...you achieved some thing really great.
Rudd Van Nistelrooy made amends to his disgraceful taclke of Ashely Cole at Old Trafford by a record equalling 4 goals in a single match.
Real Madrid are scoring well but they are conceding. I think they need to address that issue.
Tha Champions League is geting hotter as it should.
In the context of this , Mr. Bush is worse than any of his predecessors. His war mongerness is the reason he won the elections again. Nothing can beat the insecurity feeling of an American.
Our politicians reaffirm the people that Indo-US relations would be good as usual. But a keen observer has his own doubts. Were they good ever??
What should India do? We need to get away with this US dependency on outsourcing, textiles and in whatever way possible. We should look for avenues where we are self sufficient not only agriculturally but also technologically. India has never been an innovative country but Indians are. Many great inventions that happened in US of A involved many outstanding Indians. Hope India can retain the domestic talent and nurture it towards its own prosperity.
When a rich man has granades along with money, it is better to keep away from his money.
Back to Football
The Barca Vs AC Milan Champions league match was a spectacle in itself. A new god of Football is making his intentions clear. Ronaldinho , the way he inspired Barca to win against Milan was awesome. If you can break the defense guarded by Maldini, Nesta and Cafu twice...you achieved some thing really great.
Rudd Van Nistelrooy made amends to his disgraceful taclke of Ashely Cole at Old Trafford by a record equalling 4 goals in a single match.
Real Madrid are scoring well but they are conceding. I think they need to address that issue.
Tha Champions League is geting hotter as it should.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
The Unknown!!!!!
every now and then a fire rages from the depths of a futile weariness; ever hungry to eat away
whatever comes in its way but rejecting each and every offering that tries to calm it down;the
inferno breaks free and kills all the existing tenets of life and existence;it is accentuated by
the perptual feeding of what? where? why? where from?; a colony of grey cells powered by a
conscience without a known source, try thousands of extrapolations to check the advance of the
inferno...alas...the grey cells soon realize that the inferno is more rational than anythings
else they come across...
a flash of liberation appears but it blinds the eyes with its brightness; meanwhile the grey
cells realise that they already lost time in the race to unknown goal; never knowing where , why
, what for...
an illusiory marker demarcates knowledge from ignorance; never asks knowledge of what? but the
race is never ending,full of baits and mirages...in the name of subduing the inferno...the grey
cells mistake the mirage to be a river ..the fountain head of life..
existence for the sake of existence...running for the sake of running...a reality that is like an
illusion or an illusion that is like a reality...
a state of weariness, confusion camouflaged by a sense of knowing, groping in the dark
misunderstood as journey towards perfection...
chaos ...utter chaos...but ignorance is bliss...the grey cells just ignore the chaos and this
gives birth to another chaos..
a fusion or fission of the spirit;road to perfection or the road to perdition...
Yesssss....I wrote it....but still dont understand what I wanted to write and what I ended up with...
whatever comes in its way but rejecting each and every offering that tries to calm it down;the
inferno breaks free and kills all the existing tenets of life and existence;it is accentuated by
the perptual feeding of what? where? why? where from?; a colony of grey cells powered by a
conscience without a known source, try thousands of extrapolations to check the advance of the
inferno...alas...the grey cells soon realize that the inferno is more rational than anythings
else they come across...
a flash of liberation appears but it blinds the eyes with its brightness; meanwhile the grey
cells realise that they already lost time in the race to unknown goal; never knowing where , why
, what for...
an illusiory marker demarcates knowledge from ignorance; never asks knowledge of what? but the
race is never ending,full of baits and mirages...in the name of subduing the inferno...the grey
cells mistake the mirage to be a river ..the fountain head of life..
existence for the sake of existence...running for the sake of running...a reality that is like an
illusion or an illusion that is like a reality...
a state of weariness, confusion camouflaged by a sense of knowing, groping in the dark
misunderstood as journey towards perfection...
chaos ...utter chaos...but ignorance is bliss...the grey cells just ignore the chaos and this
gives birth to another chaos..
a fusion or fission of the spirit;road to perfection or the road to perdition...
Yesssss....I wrote it....but still dont understand what I wanted to write and what I ended up with...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Torn apart!!!!!
I want to do so many things, at the same time dont want to even think of many other things.
I like to do this, this, that ,.....so many other things...which one should I do first??? will I be able to do all these at all?? with all these thouoghts in my mind, I think of writing something...but the interest dies off in seconds because I want to do something else...eventually I end up doing nothing....many things are half done and they need to be completed...there is no time to do all these things...errr....I should say I am too lazy to strecth myself to make all these effots...it is not a case of " there is no inherent zeal to do all these things" .....
only good thing I am doing these days is reading. 2 hrs of bus journey everyday is facilitating this good habit of reading books. I am lost in this book related to Aryans and their origin. Finished some chapters and the books seems to be worthy of investing some time....
You wish many things to happen the way you wanted it ....but it cant happen that way always....
one needs to accept reality and go on with it...I wanted Arsenal to thrash ManU but..some shameless and pathetic refereing saw Gunners being thrashed by ManU....hope that the retrun match will be good and Gunners will come backl with their guns blazing and thrash ManU....
However, Real Madrid is cruising along...they are on the way back to their for and Michael Owen is learning to play with all the other superstars....the icing on the cake is that Ronaldo started scoring......
and, Barca....what do I say abt them??? Some conventional football wisdom says that if you like Real Madrid you should hate Barca evn though they play well....
well...I cant do that when I see one of my fav players Ronaldinho giving some classical touches....he is a footballing genius...no doubt about that......
I dont like the present ManU team but I like Christiano Ronaldo....he is another Figo in the making...I see a propspect for Real Madrid...
Cominig back to my lost love....that is Indian Cricket...I dont want to write about it...because simply there is nothing to write. The Indian cricket team seems to be lost in some wilderness where there is nothing like "professional Cricket " exists. Well, hope that good days will return to Indian Cricket!!!!!
The world is getting ready to witness another farce . A tussle between two great fools to test who is the bigger fool. Yeah...I am talking abt US presedential elections. How does the end result matter? Every US president is hungry for Oil and human lives irrespective of whether he is democrat or a republican. But the real jokers British. You should see the way Tony Blair is reacting to US Presidential elections. Man...these Brits are ......I dont have words to describe the utter contempt I have for this contry. They are the people who have sold their souls....it reminds me of the story of Dr Faustus and Mephistophilus. Now US is on the verge of deciding who is going the be the next Mephistophilous....either Bush or Kerry.....
I like to do this, this, that ,.....so many other things...which one should I do first??? will I be able to do all these at all?? with all these thouoghts in my mind, I think of writing something...but the interest dies off in seconds because I want to do something else...eventually I end up doing nothing....many things are half done and they need to be completed...there is no time to do all these things...errr....I should say I am too lazy to strecth myself to make all these effots...it is not a case of " there is no inherent zeal to do all these things" .....
only good thing I am doing these days is reading. 2 hrs of bus journey everyday is facilitating this good habit of reading books. I am lost in this book related to Aryans and their origin. Finished some chapters and the books seems to be worthy of investing some time....
You wish many things to happen the way you wanted it ....but it cant happen that way always....
one needs to accept reality and go on with it...I wanted Arsenal to thrash ManU but..some shameless and pathetic refereing saw Gunners being thrashed by ManU....hope that the retrun match will be good and Gunners will come backl with their guns blazing and thrash ManU....
However, Real Madrid is cruising along...they are on the way back to their for and Michael Owen is learning to play with all the other superstars....the icing on the cake is that Ronaldo started scoring......
and, Barca....what do I say abt them??? Some conventional football wisdom says that if you like Real Madrid you should hate Barca evn though they play well....
well...I cant do that when I see one of my fav players Ronaldinho giving some classical touches....he is a footballing genius...no doubt about that......
I dont like the present ManU team but I like Christiano Ronaldo....he is another Figo in the making...I see a propspect for Real Madrid...
Cominig back to my lost love....that is Indian Cricket...I dont want to write about it...because simply there is nothing to write. The Indian cricket team seems to be lost in some wilderness where there is nothing like "professional Cricket " exists. Well, hope that good days will return to Indian Cricket!!!!!
The world is getting ready to witness another farce . A tussle between two great fools to test who is the bigger fool. Yeah...I am talking abt US presedential elections. How does the end result matter? Every US president is hungry for Oil and human lives irrespective of whether he is democrat or a republican. But the real jokers British. You should see the way Tony Blair is reacting to US Presidential elections. Man...these Brits are ......I dont have words to describe the utter contempt I have for this contry. They are the people who have sold their souls....it reminds me of the story of Dr Faustus and Mephistophilus. Now US is on the verge of deciding who is going the be the next Mephistophilous....either Bush or Kerry.....
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