tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109148292024-03-23T11:22:39.827-07:00Expressions of LifeNarayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.comBlogger846125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-34746138481930191762012-02-05T12:02:00.000-08:002012-02-05T12:02:50.665-08:00திருநாட்டில் ஒரு தெரு!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">என்ன வளம் இல்லை எங்கள் திருநாட்டில் <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Men and women talking to their phones, asking if it loves them, asking for directions, asking about weather, laughing, crying. These would have been 'Ridiculous' thoughts a few decades back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks to Apple's - SIRI, I see people around me asking all kinds of questions to their Iphones! Men and women, have their Iphones near or on their beds ! Life has gone this far in 2012..God knows what's in store in the coming years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now, this report - <b><u> Plants can talk</u></b> ! Yes..no kidding, here is a c&p from <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2863239.ece?homepage=true" target="_blank">THE HINDU</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think the next few decades ( <b><u><i>if we pass the Mayan EOE later this year</i></u></b> ) will certainly be 'Ridiculous' even looking ahead from this point on !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-66733201788641084782012-02-04T17:43:00.000-08:002012-02-04T17:43:45.304-08:00Rahul Sharma - India's future?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've seen quite a few wonderful leggies so far in my life. BS Chandrasekhar, VV Kumar Narasimha Rao, Narendra Hirwani, L.Sivaramakrishnan, Anil Kumble, Abdul Qadir and Shane Warne. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cricket lovers all over the world would know how these bowlers tormented the batsmen during their peak years ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gautham's movies have always been different and refreshing with a style that's very unique and classy. He announced his arrival with a wonderful Tamil movie '<b>Minnale</b>'. The ones that followed that - <b>Kakka Kakka</b> ,<b> Vettaiyadu Vilayaadu</b>, <b>Vaaranam Aayiraman</b> and <b>Vinnaithandi Varuvayaa</b> - to name a few - showcased his talent to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That leads us to the announcement that <u>Maestro Ilayaraja will be the Music director for Gautham Menon's next venture - <b>Neethane en Ponvasantham</b></u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are the Desi websites and newspapers. <u>Most</u> of the cricket celebs in India (as expected) are afraid to come out against Tendulkar !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The team flew out of Bombay sorry Mumbai, which was on Earth's lowest elevation on that day. It's well known that starting anything at that point would result in failure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The team flew Air-India. If you add up the digits for Air-India ( <u>minus Hypen which is called <b>Uchishma</b> in Astrology</u> ) it comes to 5 which is odd and very BAD. The odds also played a big role in this series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">It was widely reported that several cricketers sneezed when the plane too off. <u><b>This is real..real bad omen</b></u>. The BCCI should have asked the ATC to immediately ground the plane. And we all know what happened due to this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Agreed that most cricketers wore yellow, black, green and red threads ( to name a few ) around their necks and wrists. Laxman even wore a pre-historic wrist guard in Perth to see if it will help ( ignoring the stink of the aged guard ) ! Sehwag was looking at the Sun..but nothing worked. <b><u>Reason</u></b> - no matter what, this is a bad year for Indian cricket. The Houses of Sun and Moon are rotten now, clearly white due to the recent whitewashes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Same with Virat Kohli</u>. He did well, but he must learn to keep quiet and not care about what the crowd does or says. He must worry about his game and always try 'Gandhi Karate'. I mean..<u>show the other cheek </u>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>The weeds have to go</u> - Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. They have done well ( Old Glory) , but it's time for them to go home and take care of other businesses .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know VVS's resume has solid SAP skills along with Oracle, Teradata, DB2 etc. He can come over to US on a H1B. Sachin can squeak in the commentary box and Dravid can be a charming talker and lecture kids about Walls, fences etc ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The selectors and BCCI have no flesh on their butts and are a bunch of jokers ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">We need a Anna Hazare to try and cleanse Indian cricket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I write this email - Dravid and Tendulkar are playing in the middle. I have a very strong feeling that both of them will score a 100 (at least!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's see!</span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-87850860085519062202012-01-24T20:46:00.000-08:002012-01-24T21:06:12.406-08:00Adelaide - Grandpa Paradise<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">On this kind pitch - even I can score a hundred.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> They'll all play for another 10 years!</span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-42802954287807052572012-01-22T20:51:00.000-08:002012-01-22T20:51:56.211-08:00Adelaide Test<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Indians go into Adelaide hoping to avoid the 4-0 whitewash. The Aussies will be eager to whitewash the Indians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">History would probably repeat itself. Grandpas in the brink of extinction would score and try to retain their places again ! I've seen this happen over and over again the last 20-30 years in Indian cricket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The press and the fans would say 'Look we told you...they still have stuff'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Somewhere, in some corner of India a deserving youngster would lose hope playing for the country !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a feeling Sachin would get his 100 here.</span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-44788717021377051522012-01-21T19:56:00.000-08:002012-01-21T19:57:56.330-08:00VIBRAM - KSO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://runningshoes.productwiki.com/vibram-fivefingers-kso/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZM6hspY0PrZ1YjN-BoBk0oOhR_-i6wRbDzGgV1xwRQ6Vu0keA8_xPNhN4yDtuZZkb3rRWwn9FPD3NbQH7g35RCUduACptUj8QI-kOuTIfXMwhaFnd911P_KIa2vHASVeGczp_g/s320/vibram.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After reading about it in a lot of magazines I decided to try the <a href="http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/Five-Fingers-KSO-Mens.htm" target="_blank">VIBRAM FiveFingers</a>. Bought it from a local store a few weeks back and I am enjoying them !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Growing up in India in the 70's, shoes were a 'Rich Dad' item. My dad couldn't afford to buy shoes for me for playing cricket. So, it was all 'barefoot'. Rain or shine, we played cricket barefoot. We ran barefoot, we jumped barefoot !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The VIBRAM KSO shoes give me the same exact feel. It's really light and I don't feel that I am wearing a shoe. The comfort is also amazing. With VIBRAM rubber soles, these shoes absorb shock quite well I must say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Above all, whenever I use the <a href="http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/Five-Fingers-KSO-Mens.htm" target="_blank">VIBRAM KSO</a>, my memories drift to the 70's !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Thank you VIBRAM !</b></span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-78785164787424150462012-01-20T20:29:00.000-08:002012-01-20T20:29:39.282-08:00Yesudas Rocks !<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A nice Malayalam song from the movie 'Kunjaliyan'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Singers - KJ Yesudas, Swetha</span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-90251537035447820002012-01-20T19:47:00.000-08:002012-01-20T19:49:13.306-08:00BCCI President's Joke !<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
Indian cricket has gone to dogs I must say. The players talk nonsense, the selectors talk nonsense and now the BCCI President Mr.N.Srinivasan.</div>
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The president of BCCI Mr. N.Srinivasan has said:</div>
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<a href="http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5768949" target="_blank">"Even now, this team is good enough to beat anybody. This is the best team we have. We definitely felt they would do well in Australia, and I think even if you take the first test, there were moments when I think we were on top, and for some reason or the other the Aussies got away," Srinivasan was quoted as saying by NDTV.</a></blockquote>
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This tells it all. The guy is only capable of running a profitable cement company! ( <a href="http://www.indiacements.co.in/management.htm" target="_blank">FYI - NS is the Managing Director of India Cements, which is a leading cement producer in India</a> ) <br />
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His comments on '<b><u>Some reason or other</u></b>' is ridiculous ! He doesn't know the simple fact ..which is the only reason..why the Aussies got away - <b><u>Poor performance by the Indian players with the bat and ball along with poor selection of players !</u></b><br />
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<u><b>Let's ask ourselves</b></u>: Is this the best team we have? How did Mr.NS come to this conclusion. Several wonderful players have been overlooked. Ranji trophy performers have been sidelined. The team has ageing arthritic players who still continue to hold their positions thanks to OLD GLORY !<br />
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So, Mr.NS - How could this be the best team we have? You must be kidding sir !<br />
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<b>Mr.NS - Focus on cement please and refrain from talking about cricket.</b> <b>Would be the best you can do for Indian cricket.</b></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-27565085818862905122012-01-19T21:08:00.000-08:002012-01-20T19:47:44.020-08:00AMERICA !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I am happy about several things in my life. One of those is '<u><b>MIGRATING TO THE USA</b></u>'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I attempted once to move back to my home country, India, but didn't like it. I moved back to the US <u><b>and never looked back</b></u>. I am extremely happy I made the right choice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I am happy that my girls are raised in the USA. I am happy that I am a permanent resident of the USA. I can go on and on about why I am happy about the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">In spite of the economic downturn, lack of jobs etc. I am surprised that most Desi movies and Desi TV shows I watch, have something about migrating to the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Recently I watched a <b><u>Tamil movie NANBAN</u></b>. Voila, there is something about migrating to the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I watched PONGAL programs on Tamil TV and noticed a Tamil actor Dhanush mentioning about how his kids would migrate to the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Why do everyone talk about USA? Why not the other countries ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Because - AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH !</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I've written quite a few posts on this subject : <a href="http://mentalcentral.blogspot.com/2010/02/prisoners-of-past.html" target="_blank">OLD GLORY</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was only laughing at Gautham Gambhir's comment today about Mr. Wheel Chair Laxman !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is what is reported in Cricinfo: </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/549794.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b>He has been a legend of the game. He has served Indian cricket for a long, long time.</b></span></span></a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/549794.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gambhir said it was not fair for anyone other than the player himself to talk of retirement, or for people to criticise just one man</span></b></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a typical desi comment clearly on the lines of 'OLD GLORY'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><u>Mr.Gambhir</u></b> - Mr. VVS Laxman has done well in the past, everyone agrees. Doesn't mean that the world shouldn't criticize him ( <b>also applies to Dravid and Tendulkar</b> )and ask him to retire when he fails <u><b>continuously</b></u>. Would you agree?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So, give us a break and play your game. I saw you wearing diapers the last innings you played. Thankfully the diapers went back to the pavilion without damage ! You did play well. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wonderful piece in '<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2806156.ece" target="_blank">The Hindu</a>' today about <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2806156.ece" target="_blank">Billionaires Control Cricket in India</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thoroughly enjoyed the piece. Lots of truth and grief in that article.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Indian Cricket - thanks to IPL <u>has gone to dogs</u>. All the cricketers have been transformed into 'ITEM NUMBER' performers ! They don't care, as long as they see the $ ! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">IPL is a wonderful platform setup cleverly by BCCI and the crooks to <u><b>help convert Black to White masked with Glamour </b></u>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Who else to blame? The fans of this format of cricket and the Glamour</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If the cricket fans of India rise up to the occasion and don't patronize IPL-2012, BCCI and rest of the world will learn a lesson. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Question is - Who will bell the cat? Can we have a Anna Hazare for Indian cricket !</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>How am I going to contribute to this cause - I won't buy the games on TV. I don't even want to patronize the websites that carry the details of IPL!</b></span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-25114046183927221062012-01-15T10:46:00.000-08:002012-01-15T11:04:11.610-08:00BCCI - Idiots !<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything gets copied ! I mean everything from the West in particular. Umbrellas to underwear. A-Z. Even the 'Middle finger' gets into the Indian culture ! But not the sacking of the captain, coach or revamping of a team when there are severe failures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most of the world would have dismantled the Indian team and their captain, after the pathetic show in England, but the idiots at BCCI didn't do that. <b>Remember what happened to Ricky Ponting after the Ashes?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Idiots at BCCI went with the ageing, arthritic Grandpa Gang...forgetting that they need wheelchairs and not knowing that the grandpas also need Oxygen Masks to help them walk and run</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Grandpas led by Sachin, Dravid & VVS Laxman even demanded that they leave early to practice in Aussie Wickets</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><u>The end Result....almost a white Wash! A well deserved trashing !</u></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At least now, cricket enthusiasts should send a strong message to BCCI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The captain DHONI must be fired, the team must be dismantled and the entire group of selectors led by Srikkanth has to be let go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><u>Will that happen? I doubt it, knowing Indian Cricket. An example today is Sachin's inclusion in the ODIs.</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a shame when youngsters are overlooked even in the faster formats.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan, R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin</span>
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</div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-41756317660892696932012-01-14T15:07:00.001-08:002012-01-14T15:07:54.261-08:00Happy Pongal !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-58430989317798250342012-01-14T05:31:00.000-08:002012-01-14T05:31:38.803-08:00Bhanwari Devi Case - Hollywood Thriller !<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been following the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bhanwari-Devi-murder-case" target="_blank">'<u><b>Bhanwari Devi Murder case</b></u>'</a> for a few months now, just like every other high profile case from 'Desi Land' that finally gets dumped and closed with '<b>NO JUSTICE</b>'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-chief-likes-Bhanwari-case-to-Hollywood-thriller/articleshow/11482233.cms" target="_blank">TIMES OF INDIA</a>'<span id="goog_1854726934"></span><span id="goog_1854726935"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a>s thoughts are right so far in equating this case with a HOLLYWOOD Thriller. All the events that have unfolded so far looks like a OSCAR movie too, in my opinion. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;"><u>I won't be surprised to see a Bolly/Tolly/Kolly/Hollywood movie soon based on this case</u> !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the Hollywood movies, the ending would be 'PRISON' for the ones who committed the crime (99%). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope this sad story also ends the 'HOLLYWOOD MOVIE' way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Looking forward to Justice being served here. We'll see !</span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-43800468203836201452012-01-12T21:05:00.000-08:002012-01-12T21:07:19.514-08:00Molachu Moonu - Wonderful song !<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another wonderful song by a favorite Music Director - Vijay Antony ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not sure why South Indian Music Directors fall head over heels for non native Female singers. Is there a shortage of Female singers in Tamil or does it have to do with something else?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><u>Film</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Velayudham - Tamil - 2011</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hK-_5dmj5Nc" width="560"></iframe></span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-56246574741952792142012-01-11T22:11:00.000-08:002012-01-11T22:14:11.347-08:00BCCI & Selectors - Show your guts !<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Indian selectors are going to stick to the seniors ! After all which selector has the guts to bring in changes? Spineless aren't they ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I feel that <b><u>Virat Kohli</u></b> will be axed and <b><u>Rohit Sharma</u></b> will be in and <u><b>Umesh Yadav</b></u> will probably be rested and <b><u>VinayKumar</u></b> or <u><b>Varun Aaron</b></u> will play. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I won't be surprised if <u>Ashwin</u> is dropped for <u>Ojha</u>! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So, here is my guess of the eleven for tomorrow: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>(<u>Note that I went for 2 spinners!</u>) </b></span></div>
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<td>Gambhir</td>
<td>Gambhir</td>
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<tr><td>Sehwag</td>
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<tr><td><span style="background-color: white;">Dravid</span></td>
<td><span style="background-color: lime;">Rohit Sharma</span></td>
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<tr><td>Tendulkar</td>
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<tr><td><span style="background-color: white;">Laxman</span></td>
<td>Kohli</td>
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<tr><td>Kohli</td>
<td>Dhoni</td>
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<tr><td>Dhoni</td>
<td>Ashwin</td>
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<tr><td>Ashwin</td>
<td>Zaheer</td>
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<tr><td>Zaheer</td>
<td>Ishant</td>
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<tr><td>Ishant</td>
<td><span style="background-color: lime;">Varun/Vinay/Mithun</span></td>
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<tr><td><span style="background-color: white;">Umesh Yadav</span></td>
<td><span style="background-color: lime;">Ojha</span></td>
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</tbody></table>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-60563379722159401552012-01-08T17:08:00.000-08:002012-01-08T17:16:53.657-08:00Moron-2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-56833028797226327852012-01-08T12:52:00.000-08:002012-01-08T13:06:47.405-08:00Drop the Seniors !<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /><b>It was nice to see Maninder Singh's comment in <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/548562.html" target="_blank">Cricinfo</a></b>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(</span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Someone who shares my feelings</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">):</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/548562.html" target="_blank"><b><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"The pendulum has shifted. Indian cricket must be bold and be prepared to lose with younger players. Let them learn the ropes. There is no point losing with declining giants."</span></span></b></b></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/548562.html" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Maninder Singh, former India </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>off-spinner</i></span></span></span></b></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've written about this in my blog for a few years now and I will do it again and again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drop all the Senior players. So what ? We keep losing even with these men in the team. If this is affordable,<u><b> we can also lose for a few years grooming youngsters</b></u>. Let's give the aspiring young cricketers unconditional chances. Let's prepare them for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800; line-height: 19px;">So, here you go again: </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800; line-height: 19px;">BCCI , Selectors and Indian cricket Lovers - Let's say 'Bye Bye' to the seniors in the team. Never mind if they are due for landmarks etc. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800; line-height: 19px;">(<u> See how Clarke declared... despite the records being so easy for breaking</u> )<span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 800; line-height: 19px;">Drop - Sachin, Dravid & VVS Laxman.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's good for Indian Cricket. </span></b></div>
<br />Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914829.post-32062961908228242022012-01-07T10:57:00.000-08:002012-01-07T11:01:15.671-08:00Restaurant food & Body Weight<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How difficult is it to lose 20 pounds in a year without medications or any drastic moves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of my best friends who is a professor at a renowned University here, did just that, <u>by doing something</u> along with a list of the regular things that we all do, to get a few pounds out of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He told me that he just stopped - <b><u>I mean totally stopped</u></b> - eating out in Restaurants ! Add that to regular exercise and good food and he dropped 20 pounds in a year. That's really impressive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been watching what I eat. I even did a chart of my weight for 2011 along with my eating patterns ( I maintain an Excel Sheet which I update everyday). I also noticed that whenever, 'Eating out' went up, my average weight also went up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">My New Year's resolution - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>That said, I found this interesting in '<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/article2780584.ece" target="_blank">The Hindu</a>' today:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1100286877"><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">‘Only the patient will be served’</span> at <b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Mani’s Cafe</b></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1100286877"><b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Signature dish</b>: The ‘keerai dosai’</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1100286877"><b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">What’s cooking</b>: <u><b>Sample dosas with a heavy health accent- Arukampul, Chirukurichan, mudakathan, thuthuvalai, karisalangankanni and vallarai- something your doctor and grandma would be happy about!</b></u></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1100286877"><b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Trade Secret</b>: The USP of this eatery is the medicinal value invested in every entry. The menu outlines health benefits of each item and also offers recommended items for diabetics and people with high Blood Pressure. These include ragi, corn and wheat dosas. All for Rs. 25</a></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1100286877"><b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Where to find</b>: Therku vassal, Srirrangam</a></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/article2780584.ece" target="_blank"><b style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Darshan time</b>: Mornings and evenings</a></i></span></div>Narayanan Venkituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755584455282379863noreply@blogger.com0