I couldn't find a better superlative for the master class from The Genius. The first ODI double. Many more records were broken in the process. Even after more than 5 hours, I am yet to control my breath. Just done with the highlights of this sheer Master's work which tore SA bowling in pieces. All Set to see the longer version of highlights of Indian inning now.
He is gradually setting the batting (and cricketing) standards higher, inning after inning. When we lost to Aussies even after Master scoring 175 in Hyderabad, I thought that was the closest instance he came across in the recent past to set this record but we even went on to loose the match. I didn't imagine that inning left more hunger in him - to score more, to dominate a quality attack and to redefine perfection. I was dumb as I couldn’t interpret his words in the award ceremony in that match as he said in a heavy voice “…I care about playing for India”. I couldn’t infer his intentions to go for the bigger one.
Warne was right to say after today’s inning “…Glad I'm not bowling to him today” and it was Styen and company who bore the ruthlessness, who blew away in the storm today which’ll definitely last right in their minds for a long time, if not the whole life.
Though he has nothing to prove, it is his modesty when he dedicated this inning to The India, To the Indian People.
I wont say it took more than 20 years to achieve this rather I’ll look in this way - When no one seems touching the double figure in ODI (though many came a bit closer to it) he took the onus himself and completed the task. A benchmark!
Take a bow, God!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
German Bakery - Terror Strike or Accident?
Coffee, Conversations and Chemistry - three words come to my mind each time I used to hear about this place.
I, many times, planned to visit it but for some reason or the other I never had a chance to be there. The closest one is today afternoon, just couple of hours before the blast, when we were there but this time too; we changed our plan at the last moment and chose to eat somewhere else.
The place which remains always packed with foreigners, Osho commune visitors and the normal localites, German Bakery is a hot favorite. Hot favorite of everyone. It serves clean and fresh food and had (and I am sure will have again) great ambiance too.
Whatever be it is - a terror strike or an accident - very sad for all those who are the causalities, who got injured, who are affected.
May god bless all the deceased and lets hope for the minimum possible casualties onwards.
I, many times, planned to visit it but for some reason or the other I never had a chance to be there. The closest one is today afternoon, just couple of hours before the blast, when we were there but this time too; we changed our plan at the last moment and chose to eat somewhere else.
The place which remains always packed with foreigners, Osho commune visitors and the normal localites, German Bakery is a hot favorite. Hot favorite of everyone. It serves clean and fresh food and had (and I am sure will have again) great ambiance too.
Whatever be it is - a terror strike or an accident - very sad for all those who are the causalities, who got injured, who are affected.
May god bless all the deceased and lets hope for the minimum possible casualties onwards.
Friday, January 1, 2010
A Letter to Aamir!!
Thanks a ton Mr Aamir for giving us a laughing-our-heart-out kinda enjoyment through your latest flick – ‘3 Idiots’. You did it, yet again! You stamped your authority on millions-of-your-established fans. You won many new ones too.
However, in the process, you lost your credibility. Credibility of being called 'Mr Perfectionist'. Credibility - in front of handful of readers as well as movie viewers like me. Yes, you are losing credibility because of not giving credit to a person who inspired the movie. Chetan - the man with the original idea, the creator of a simple book which game me, and I am sure for most of others, a new perspective of spending college life.
No one is denying here about the credit for Abhijat, Raju and everyone who effortlesly worked for almost 3 years and contributed to this magnificant piece of cinema. However, It is very unfair to claim (read misguide) that the movie is only 2-5% based on the book. Atleast not in front of whom who've read FPS.
And even if somehow I consent my mind of your claim that you didn’t read FPS (which is very contrary given your track record of indulging yourself so-much in a role) then how could you be so confident and make a statement like ‘The movie’s starting point is the book ...’? And then you went on saying (to Chetan) that ‘Don’t bother because the script is very different from the book…’. Ofcourse, it’ll bother. Atleast to the person who gave the birth of new ideas, new ways to look into education system, new ways to live life.
I can’t measure distress and anguish the writer went through after he and his family waited through nearly 3 hours to the very end. They saw his name was zooming past in a jiffy in the very end when almost the entire theatre became empty (Read this ..). Although it was shear entertainment for rest of the crowd in the move hall but, for him, it must have been like everyone was laughing only on him – for expecting a credit note in the beginning (too much Hollywood dosed poor guy!), for expecting a respect of the original work (too much from a Bollywood dosed fellow, poor guy!).
Now on, for me and on behalf of no one, you are an actor by all means but an artist..well I am not sure by any means.
However, in the process, you lost your credibility. Credibility of being called 'Mr Perfectionist'. Credibility - in front of handful of readers as well as movie viewers like me. Yes, you are losing credibility because of not giving credit to a person who inspired the movie. Chetan - the man with the original idea, the creator of a simple book which game me, and I am sure for most of others, a new perspective of spending college life.
No one is denying here about the credit for Abhijat, Raju and everyone who effortlesly worked for almost 3 years and contributed to this magnificant piece of cinema. However, It is very unfair to claim (read misguide) that the movie is only 2-5% based on the book. Atleast not in front of whom who've read FPS.
And even if somehow I consent my mind of your claim that you didn’t read FPS (which is very contrary given your track record of indulging yourself so-much in a role) then how could you be so confident and make a statement like ‘The movie’s starting point is the book ...’? And then you went on saying (to Chetan) that ‘Don’t bother because the script is very different from the book…’. Ofcourse, it’ll bother. Atleast to the person who gave the birth of new ideas, new ways to look into education system, new ways to live life.
I can’t measure distress and anguish the writer went through after he and his family waited through nearly 3 hours to the very end. They saw his name was zooming past in a jiffy in the very end when almost the entire theatre became empty (Read this ..). Although it was shear entertainment for rest of the crowd in the move hall but, for him, it must have been like everyone was laughing only on him – for expecting a credit note in the beginning (too much Hollywood dosed poor guy!), for expecting a respect of the original work (too much from a Bollywood dosed fellow, poor guy!).
Now on, for me and on behalf of no one, you are an actor by all means but an artist..well I am not sure by any means.
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