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Bored

He was bored. It was last term of his MBA. Placements were still at least a month and a half away. Number of subjects in this term were very few. He sat at the local canteen nibbling a samosa and leisurely chatting with a friend who was apparently having a hot cup of coffee, but had actually become cold coffee in last 25 minutes. He was not so bored, and wished that his bored friend becomes not so bored. "Why are you so bored" "I have nothing to do" "Nahi yaar. Kuch to hoga? Classes" "Yeah. I have one at 3: 30 PM" "What you'll do till then. Still 4 hours to go" "Dunno" "Have you read the Harsha Bhogle Article on India's tour of Down under? Those cheater Aussies" "Yeah. I read it on internet yesterday. Seriously ... Too much hai yaar ... But seems that notheing else is happening int he universe in last 2 days ... hadh hai " "No. A different one came in today's newspaper" "I haven&#

Random Thoughts - Indian Team @ Down Under

Much has been talked and written about the Indian tour of Australia, of double standards, of sportsman spirit, of 'integrity' or absolute lack of it, of the extent a team can go to dominate, of the yardsticks used to evaluate 'our team and 'their team'. And it feels bad that Indian team has been at the receiving end of all these. Yes. There have been other teams at the receiving end in the past, if not to this extent. It has been a height of double standards by the Australians coupled with incompetent and probably highly biased umpiring. It makes me feel that "All teams are equal but some teams are more equal than others" Like many others, I usually accept that errors are part and parcel of the game, and criticize them, but usually like to take that in stride and not make a fuss of it. But there are times when these 'errors' are not actually 'errors' but something much more and may probably make us question the very basic terms like 'sp

A wish

Mera New year reolution ... rather wish ... is the entire song "Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya ..." (the Non-smoking part of it !!) How about this ! Esp. the lines ---> ________-- "Barbadiyon Ka Shok Manana Fizul Tha Barbadiyon Ka Jashan Manata Chala Gaya" "Jo Mil Gaya Usi Ko Muqaddar Samajh Liya Jo Kho Gaya Maein Usko Bhulata Chala Gaya" "Gham Aur Khushi Mein Farq Na Mehsoos Ho Jahan Main Dil Ko Us Muqaam Pe Laata Chala Gaya " ________-- Almost th whole song is covered! Still ... Amzing philosophy methinks!

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