I have come across very few instances wherein the cookin a house gets more mentioned than the inmates of thehouse . When any of our family member happens to be inBadri's house in Delhi, they say more about the cookin his house than about Badri !! So when I , alongwith my friends, got an opportunity to be in his house, on our way to Kathmandu, I had a chance to check outthe veracity behind these statements ..
True to what they all had said, he made us paneer ,which was simply " out of the world " !! I have had myshare of fills in many places , but I have never hadsuch a tasty paneer. This was even corraborated by myfriends ...
Before I left for Delhi, I had enquired Neela Athai asto whether she is sending something to Badri . Now Irealised as to why she was not so keen to send anyeatable to him :-)))) (By no means, I am belittlingher culinary skills - I still vividly remember theupma she had concocted for me the last time I wasthere in their home - It was yummy !!)Now I know as to why Badri is not so keen on movingback to chennai .. If his stomach is taken care of(that too in this way !!) I am sure he won't mindbeing there for long ...
I hope Badri,despite this mail, will lemme stay in his house the next time I am there :-))))
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Education
"We study to get a job. But education in
school/college does not reflect the reality that one
faces in work". This is an oft repeated accusation
that is levied against our educational institutions
all over the world by the students themselves, by guys
who pass out of their college and spend some time in
their first job, and even by many business leaders.
This statement was thrown to me by one of the students
in the institute ,where i studied, when I had
visited it three weeks back . Personally speaking, I
feel that education can never , at any point of time,
reflect the reality one faces at work. Business/Work
or Life for that matter is so dynamic that one cannot
tailor make a course for it. What education does is
to hone our brain by making us think to respond for
various situations. These situations can vary from a
mathematics problem to a case study.Neither these
situations can be exhaustive nor the solutions for
these.
Hence it is unreasonable on anyone's part to expect
education to have answer for all questions ..
school/college does not reflect the reality that one
faces in work". This is an oft repeated accusation
that is levied against our educational institutions
all over the world by the students themselves, by guys
who pass out of their college and spend some time in
their first job, and even by many business leaders.
This statement was thrown to me by one of the students
in the institute ,where i studied, when I had
visited it three weeks back . Personally speaking, I
feel that education can never , at any point of time,
reflect the reality one faces at work. Business/Work
or Life for that matter is so dynamic that one cannot
tailor make a course for it. What education does is
to hone our brain by making us think to respond for
various situations. These situations can vary from a
mathematics problem to a case study.Neither these
situations can be exhaustive nor the solutions for
these.
Hence it is unreasonable on anyone's part to expect
education to have answer for all questions ..
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sydney Saga
The events which had happened in Sydney had atlast made even me to come out of my laziness to pen this blog ..
Broadly speaking , there are questions/views that have been raised on three issues here:
a)The allegation made on Harbhajan
b)The gamesmen/sportsmen spirit of the Australians
c)The umpiring debacle
Coming to the first one, going thru the video replays shown on the television, we can safely assume that at the exact moment when Bhajji had ostensibly mentioned the "dreaded" word, only two people were witness to it, Symonds & Harbhajan. Considering the fact that even the umpires had not heard the same, it all boils down to word of one person/team against the other. In this scenario, to proclaim Bhajji as guilty is grossly unfair. In order to throw more light what had transpired during the hearing, the details of hearing has to be shared with the public. When there have been events of more significance which had been discussed in courts (which is open to public , normally), I am sure disclosing the hearing details is not that a big deal !!! As of things stand, the boards/players are fully justified in doing the present course of action that they are pursuing ..
Australians have always prided themselves about playing the game hard and fair. Frankly, despite being an Indian, I am a die hard Aussie fan . However some pertinent questions need to be asked to them in light of the recent happenings:
- What happened to the famous Australian's unwritten rule that "what is said in the field stays in the field ..:??Considering the fact that even the umpires did not hear the conversation, the issue must have definitely confined itself strictly between the players of the two teams.
- Ponting was miffed at the fact that his integrity was questioned. He had used words to the effect that person(s) doubting his integrity must not be present in the press conference room. If that be the case, shouldn't he/his team take Sachin's word that there was no racist comment hurled by Bhajji. I am sure Sachin commands respect to that extent !!! (atleast more than Clarke or Symonds for that matter!!)
- Replays had showed pretty clearly that the both the catches (Ponting & Clarke) were grounded after they had been caught. I am sure that both of them would have been unaware of the fact as things happen so fast and in the excitement it would have never occurred to them. But what in fact is surprising is the stance taken by Ponting that the catches were clean even after watching the television footage .
After all these events, definitely, the australians cannot have any shred of moral superiority over other teams stating that they play the game hard but fair !!!
Last but not the least, commenting on the umpiring quality in this game, I am sure everyone is rightly justified in feeling that the standards were abysmal. However, asking for Bucknor to be removed is a very extreme and a sad step on part of the Indian team. Weren't sachin/kumble/sehwag/ganguly/any player for that matter given another/innumerable chance(s) in spite of repeated failures ? If that be the case, why to remove Bucknor for one horrendous match ?? Secondly, Is this the only or ,for that matter, the first match in which a team had lost due to dubious decisions by the umpires ??? If no, then why to penalise the umpires in this particluar match ??
If one has to put a exact finger on this issue , one would have to ask - Would India have taken this step if it had won/drawn this match ??I am sure, the answer in all its sincerity would have been "No".
Criticise the umpire, table a strong complaint against the umpire by all means - but asking him not to stand for the next test due to the inability of our team to last 70 overs or to wipe out the australians in spite of having them on the mat is not fair ..
This issue would have never even arisen if we had won this match !!! The sooner the team/media/administration realises this , the better for us.I sincerely believe Bucknor was made a scapegoat !!
Broadly speaking , there are questions/views that have been raised on three issues here:
a)The allegation made on Harbhajan
b)The gamesmen/sportsmen spirit of the Australians
c)The umpiring debacle
Coming to the first one, going thru the video replays shown on the television, we can safely assume that at the exact moment when Bhajji had ostensibly mentioned the "dreaded" word, only two people were witness to it, Symonds & Harbhajan. Considering the fact that even the umpires had not heard the same, it all boils down to word of one person/team against the other. In this scenario, to proclaim Bhajji as guilty is grossly unfair. In order to throw more light what had transpired during the hearing, the details of hearing has to be shared with the public. When there have been events of more significance which had been discussed in courts (which is open to public , normally), I am sure disclosing the hearing details is not that a big deal !!! As of things stand, the boards/players are fully justified in doing the present course of action that they are pursuing ..
Australians have always prided themselves about playing the game hard and fair. Frankly, despite being an Indian, I am a die hard Aussie fan . However some pertinent questions need to be asked to them in light of the recent happenings:
- What happened to the famous Australian's unwritten rule that "what is said in the field stays in the field ..:??Considering the fact that even the umpires did not hear the conversation, the issue must have definitely confined itself strictly between the players of the two teams.
- Ponting was miffed at the fact that his integrity was questioned. He had used words to the effect that person(s) doubting his integrity must not be present in the press conference room. If that be the case, shouldn't he/his team take Sachin's word that there was no racist comment hurled by Bhajji. I am sure Sachin commands respect to that extent !!! (atleast more than Clarke or Symonds for that matter!!)
- Replays had showed pretty clearly that the both the catches (Ponting & Clarke) were grounded after they had been caught. I am sure that both of them would have been unaware of the fact as things happen so fast and in the excitement it would have never occurred to them. But what in fact is surprising is the stance taken by Ponting that the catches were clean even after watching the television footage .
After all these events, definitely, the australians cannot have any shred of moral superiority over other teams stating that they play the game hard but fair !!!
Last but not the least, commenting on the umpiring quality in this game, I am sure everyone is rightly justified in feeling that the standards were abysmal. However, asking for Bucknor to be removed is a very extreme and a sad step on part of the Indian team. Weren't sachin/kumble/sehwag/ganguly/any player for that matter given another/innumerable chance(s) in spite of repeated failures ? If that be the case, why to remove Bucknor for one horrendous match ?? Secondly, Is this the only or ,for that matter, the first match in which a team had lost due to dubious decisions by the umpires ??? If no, then why to penalise the umpires in this particluar match ??
If one has to put a exact finger on this issue , one would have to ask - Would India have taken this step if it had won/drawn this match ??I am sure, the answer in all its sincerity would have been "No".
Criticise the umpire, table a strong complaint against the umpire by all means - but asking him not to stand for the next test due to the inability of our team to last 70 overs or to wipe out the australians in spite of having them on the mat is not fair ..
This issue would have never even arisen if we had won this match !!! The sooner the team/media/administration realises this , the better for us.I sincerely believe Bucknor was made a scapegoat !!
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