Hockey World Cup!

Let me start by congratulating the marauding Aussies who won the Hockey World cup with elan and they were the efficacy of efficiency .!

I was elated when the world cup was staged without any hassles like security problem or spectator trouble.I thank all the twelve teams who participated in the competitions despite the difficulties involved and the crowd support was better than expected for all the teams .

All teams together gave a message to the world that terrorism cannot instill fear and the world will overcome terrorism .

But , Indian hockey , has to go a long way before they can even think of finishing in the top 3 or 4!!! first , the board has to put up a proper structure in place and the officials has to take up responsibility for the mistakes or rather blunder . The players has to be more responsible , they just cant strike saying will not practise at a crucial time before world cup!!!!! , money is important but representing the country and playing for that pride should be more important !!! .

Indian hockey should stop blaming cricket and cricketers !!! they have a proper board and they know how to expand their coffers and at the same time , they have started taking responsibility on and off the field too !!!..

Being a National Game , i expect Hockey to be a sport to be reckoned with but unfortunately it will happen only of the Administrators , Players and the support staff take more responsibility.The appalling build up to the world cup and especially the sale of tickets!!! that can happen only in India !!!!

If Hockey India doesn't hold elections ,there is a grave danger that it will disaffiliated form the International hockey federation. I hope Hockey India pull up their socks and start steering the game in the right way .

And yeah India has proved that it is a safe place to be in and sports to be conducted , looking forward to IPL and Common wealth games ..Hope Hockey does will in common wealth Games .

Adios

And The Oscar Goes To!!!!!

Well, congarts to all oscar winners! .Nice show . It was nice to watch it live too. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were good as hosts .
The whole show was organised well , and especially i liked the part where selected people were chosen to praise accolades on the leading actors and actress!.
This year the oscar's were also different in a way that more than 5 pics were nominated for best pictures and the nominees were from different ethnic background . I personally would like to see more Hispanic's , Afro-Americans being nominated and winning .

My heartiest congratulations too all the winners especially Kathryn Bigelow on her film " The Hurt Locker" winning six including the best film and the best director . It was nice that a woman winning the best director for the first time and its international women's day .( Co-incidence?? Or Planned???). Well, i will leave that to your conclusion .

I would have been Happier if "Avatar" would have walked away with few more awards ( i would have picked Avatar for Best Direction and Picture ) It has set the trend for the future and James created the technology for that !!!

I Loved Sandra Bullock !! wow !! she is hot! , but i really felt let down when Meryl Streep was not awarded the Oscar after being nominated for the record 16th time!!!!.

All in a all , The awards were great ! Just pop in and feel free to post if you have any comments!.

Adios !

Tiger Woods And Media

Tiger Woods !!!! ..Awesome Athlete, King Of Golf . The man has reached pinnacle at such an young age .He inspires and make people aspire to be like him .

In the recent past his personal life has been under turmoil , his affairs have become public , currently his marriage hangs in balance , the man is running from pillar to post to save his image and marriage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZU8XMS9xn0

Let me ask something , why does have to issue an apology in public for whatever happened in his personal life??? why should he apologise to the whole world ??? why did this happen ???
Well to answer the question , i would have to blame the media !!!! .

Yes, Media is the culprit !!!! why does it have to interfere in his personal life? what bothers the media if there is a rift between him and his wife??? . The mistress are equally to be blamed !!! they just took the opportunity to make money out of the whole episode by selling their interviews to the media at an exhobirant rates!!! To top it all is iam right , a Canadian company is selling a set of golf balls with all Tiger's mistress pictures on them !!! .A Man;s personal Trauma has been commericliased so much .. its reallya pity on media and the people who used his personal pain to make money !!!!!.

The same was the case with Legendary Micheal Jackson !!! Media Killed Him!!!He was neither Lunatic nor crazy as the media projected him.The media gave a divorce to Bradd Pitt and Angelina without their consent ...wow !!!!
I pity the celebrities who are under constant media scrutiny and the media is waiting to shred their personal life in to pieces!!.

The people behind media should also realise that they are also doing the same kind of mistake as what the celebrities does . Media should refrain from prying on people's private life and should stick to their ethics!!!!

Ancient Wonders And Architectrures!

"Beauty Is only Stone Deep"

Behold ! The site of Pyramids , just intoxicates us !

Ancient Monuments or even a small burial ground of our ancient forefathers doesn't fail to make our heartbeat's skip a beat .Breathtaking craftsmanship and yeas , the spellbind architecture are really mind blowing . I really used to and still wonder , were our forefathers were more skillful and geniuses in tapping the full extent of human skill involving mind and body.

The Pyramids , The Stone henge ,The Colosseum The Angkor watts and off course numerous temples in India they are magnificent and they have withstood the test of time .

The architecture , the skill , the craftsmanship and the man power needed!!! how did they conceive such huge structures and how did they even manage to build them . Moving huge blocks of stones or rocks without any modern inventions are really inhuman tasks .I wonder how strong , focused and skillful in executing all the tasks.

The process to build these great structures were time consuming and tedious and in fact ,many empires would have rose and fallen , but still these beauties were constructed and yeah , off course they have withstood everything, changing times , different people , world wars!!!.

Most of the sites were either temples or burial grounds , this shows the importance our ancestors had for our gods and for the dead !!! do we have the same now??

I wonder and amaze , will we know the facts behind how these were constructed !!! Was there a extra -terrestrial help as speculated ??? if so , why they don't help us now ???

Questions to ponder over !! but answers remains elusive !

Time Travel !

The word Travel has inspired many and many have aspired for it and the word brings a lot of joy to anyone!.

We can travel to different places , cities , states or across countries , each travelling experience is an unique one and from each experience we learn a lot like cultures, customs and life style !!!.

In the modern times , i.e. today we are even able to travel to space as tourist , which was a distant dream to man not a long ago . What transformation travel has undergone from discovering voyages in the early age to space travel in the modern time ! Indeed Marvellous !.

What captures my imagination even more is Time Travel !! Just the thought gives me goose bumps and sends me into a state of excitement .Just the thought we could just go to the time when the Pyramids were built makes me just excited!.

Time Travel has eluded Man , I keep asking these questions myself is Time Travel Possible ? if possible , how? can we travel to the future or to the Past??? well .. many great personalities have been intrigued by the same thought , H.G Wells to name one .

His book Time Machine stills holds everybody in awe! Trust me iam earning for a machine like that.

There has been numerous debate on how time travel is possible and not possible !! But iam sure one day man will decipher this mystery too ! I have included few references here as for what the scientific world is doing on time travel:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/time-travel.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel

Iam eager to go in to the past , to meet all the great Emperors and Kings and to study their technologies . The Troy war, The Pyramids , Mayans Pyramids , Stone Henge and Anghor watt and many more still remains a mystery to man , to unravel all this .. The Travel to the Past is essential.

Just the amount of knowledge we can gain and and to reprimand of his mistakes in the past, to avoid world wars and to save the extinct animals , to protect the forests , to learn to live with nature so that the Present is not affected just appears to me a bliss!

To travel to the future and to know what blunders we committed and to avoid the same to make our future secure is another great thought.

Ancient world and the Future world , Here we come !!!!!

Couples Retreat !

Wow! that was a mesmerising journey !! Iam just talking about the journey which the album " ".Couples Retreat" Made me to take !

Another Master Piece form the " Mozart Of Madras" A.R Rahman .He made to Travel from Chennai , India to various destinations ranging from Hollywood , USA to Ibiza! .That's the Magic of his music in his latest work " Couples Retreat".

There are 15 songs each one of them is a masterpiece , such life , such divinity and filled with passion .The album has a song for every mood from hip shaking Nana to soft hum .. Kuru Kuru which is a Tamil Song! That's a master stroke .( There is a Hindi song thrown in and one Spanish /Mexican track too!!!!)

He is just inspiring and and he also makes aspire to earn for more such masterpieces.

I couldn't stop listening to the album , it just keeps ringing in my ear !!!! such intoxicating numbers !!! and surely a listener's delight.

Trust me another round of Oscars and Golden Globes are sure .!!!!!! If not then the judges sure don't have the caliber to judge.

Iam proud to say we reside in the same locality !!!!

Jai HO!

A Millennium Of Magnificence-Tanjore Temple!

How would we feel if we have lived for a 1000 years !!!! .. well , let alone 1000 how about a 100 year in perfect good health !!! That would be an exuberant feeling ! wouldn't it???

The Tanjore Brihasivara Temple has completed 1000 years in existence .The Temple was formally opened in the year 1010 by the great Tamil Emperor Rajaraja Chola in his 25th year of reign. This Temple is an architectural wonder and really a magnificent example of the Tamil especially the Chola dynasty's craftsmanship .

The Pyramids of the Pharaohs have always enchanted us because of their architectural brilliance and the workmanship , in the same The Tanjor Temple will just mystify us with its sheer grandeur and craftsmanship.The Tanjor Big Temple is India's answer to the Pyramids, Angkor Watt and the Pyramids of Incas !!!.

The Temple also called as Big Temple , it was damaged in a way that it would collapse itself ( this happened in the 19th century ), nothing shook this Great wonder and it is still standing stall .

The Temple Vimana is 216 feet and occupies an area of 750 feet by 400 feet is one of the finest wonder in India .The Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is incarnated in the form of a Giant Lingam .This Temple is also a treasure trove of Chola Painting and Sculpture .The Topmost Stone weighing 80 tons has baffled all engineers on how it was positioned that is how it was possible to lift and place that on top without the help of any modern contrivances .

I still wonder how come this Great Monument is not among one of the wonders of the world,The Indian Government should realise the importance of this great monument and take every possible step to recognise The Big temple has one of the wonders of the world.

For More Info Please refer to the link Below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadeeswarar_temple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW0MQgaNVlU

Chola Dynasty has made a mark in History which will remain in History for ever and ever.

Hail the Great Cholas .

Test Cricket !!!!!

With the advent Of T20 ( Twenty 20) form of cricket , everybody said or at least thought Test Cricket will be Dead Soon.

Test Cricket was boring , long and most of the games didn't produce any result on the other hands T20 and Odi were fast , less time consuming , promised more excitement and yeah most of all a clear winner would emerge .

Test cricket is the purest and truest form of cricket , you need to have temperament , patience, perseverance , talent and skill . You should be in supreme fitness and indeed tests our endurance to the core . Test cricket is the breeding grounds for all great cricketers .It is true that a great test player would be able to play any form of cricket with authority .

The advent of One day and T20 cricket , test matched have evolved in to real battle field, the game have evolved so much , the speed at which the runs scored , the attacking fields and one captain has to outsmart the other captain with mind boggling tactics and his analytical abilities .Test Cricket tests your ability to cope up with different environment like dusty spinning tracks in the Sub-continent to bouncy tracks of the land down under and to the chin music of the mighty west indies .It is the Test for a Genuine Cricketer. Test Cricket is like a carnival , the whole city where the match is being played comes to a stand still , people flock with families to watch the game , its dance , music , fancy dress , party , lawn picnic , pool and beer depending on the country and it leaves a lasting impression in the mind of the youngster, he can learn and also have fun at the same time .

You cannot see a slip cordon comprising of 7 slip fielders in one days or t20's this can only happen in Test cricket .The Shewags , Gayles , Dravids. Sachins , Laras , Dilshans did certainly change the way Test cricket was played and now players like Virat kohli,Steve Smith, David Warner , Faf du Plessis , Kane Williamson make sure we sit up and take notice. The Test matches are being given prime importance and this was evident form the crowd attendance in the recently concluded India - Srilanka series and now the ASHES ( Personally the best was the tantalisingly close finish of South-Africa Vs England Series(2010) , were The English played out of their skins to held on to two draws in the most dramatic ways and the IND vs Aus Series in India (2106/2017)) .

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/3210338/Test-cricket-still-alive-and-very-well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ70wtD-fLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5kUPIbINbE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUqAmUkZSVo

With India climbing on to the Number One Spot in Test Cricket ,dominating the past one year in Home conditions and now the time has come where they need to prove the mettle overseas, the interest in the Test Matches have been for sure rekindled and all the three forms of the games i.e Test , ODI and T20 can co-exist peacefully and help one another to evolve in a better way .

Adios .

The King Is Back -Michael Schumacher

The King is Back --- Michael Schumacher is back, thats an awesome news if you are a F1 Fan. I was thrilled to know that Schumi will be back racing again and this time for Mercedez. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcBjx-viX3Y)

He left a big void when he retired and the gap couldnt be filled with any of the current drivers .

He owned the tracks , it was as though Schumi ruled them without any trouble , that invincibility and the aura he had is not seen in the current lot.

This season will be more competitive than the past few years and definitely the King will rule the roost .

Whenever i saw him drive , it was as though the machine responded to him in a way he wanted too ., he was always under control . It was like he didnt choose the machine, the machine chose him .

Iam sure , Schumi will bring back the magic which was missing in the last few years and will revive the interest and it will be even more interesting to see him drive in the new tracks and especially in the night races . Whatever the test may be , he is for sure to come out successful.

All the current drivers have acknowledged that he is the best and it would be an honour to race alongside with him , i bet it would be an honour and pleasure just to watch him drive.

Iam all eager and excited just to hear the crowd say Schumi! Schumi! .. and yeah he is just 2 victories away from 100 victories ..that will be special if he is able to achieve them in the first 2 races of the season itself .

As they say Age is just a number and what matters is our mind , Schumi , at 41 , is a prime illustration and by his return he indicates ..following one's passion will be for sure rewarding..

Well i would have been even more happier if he had signed with Ferrari but then Schumi Knows best.

All The Best to the King ..or should i say let luck favour the Other Drivers

AVATAR

Sometimes , somethings touches our heart and mind so deep , we have an impact for our entire lives , one such thing is the Movie " Avatar".

Man - The most destructive creature in this universe is at it again , this time trying to colonise an Alien Planet lush with life and colour especially Unobtainium which will fetch millions in $ , with brute force when his materialistic offer fails .

James Cameron has put in almost 11 years of smart and hard work to bring the beautiful Planet of " Pandora" to life.

The life forms in Pandora is diverse and unique in all the aspects and the Ecological and the Biological link has been narrated so elegantly and vividly .Especially it was amazing to see the Tree's interconnecting with each other and how the nature responds to the biological communication .

It is astounding to such life forms in real , trust me given a chance i will definitely go settle in Pandora. Thi shas to be watched in 3D, it is indeed astounding.

The indigenous people of Pandora have been beautiful portrayed especially their love for nature and how they teach to establish a link to each and every living organism on Pandora . They are so thankful to Mother Pandora for her abundance supply of resources to them and it is beautiful to see the way they Cherish and thank each and every creature in Pandora for its role and productivity in their ecological system .

The following of customs and rituals are so unique and has blended with the persona of Pandora .

The Na'vi are brave hunters and fighters who are true to their belief and customs and very serene and at the same time fierce when it comes to the battle.All the clans unite together when it faced adversity and they obey their leader with respect . They live as brothers and sisters .. " All for one and one for all " and they are not against each other like humans .

The Animals, Insects , Plants , Trees , Birds( if i may call them ) are amazing , they take our breath by their sheer size , colour and they are majestic . iam just astounded by the way they bond with the Na'vi''s and remain faithful .

The Wisdom Tree, The Home colony are really amazing work of creativity and they way they respond to situation are to be felt by heart and not to be seen by eyes .

The floating Mountains are treat to your eyes and especially those waterfalls are grandeur in nature.

I bow my head to the Na'vi 's not only for that fact they live in Harmony with Nature but they also ensure that they give back to nature as and when needed and even thank the souls of the animals for giving them food , when they are hunted down .

Well , we Humans are the same wherever we go , what matters to us is our own survival , we treat all the other elements with utter disdain and disregard .We are ready to destroy everything on our way if it obstructs our survival without a second thought that what was destroyed was very essential in one way or the other for our survival and we often tend to realise that we are going to fall pretty soon.

Much is to be learnt from " Avatar " , ironically the Movie has been released when there is Great Climate Summit being held in Copenhagen , Denmark , haggling over whether the Developed or the developing nations has to sacrifice its growth to preserve our Mother Earth .

We have to learn to live in Harmony with Nature , Sustain the ecological and Biological balance , the rise in temperature (Global warming ) is the greatest concern , if this continuous millions of life will be lost , nations will be underwater , the whole of earth will undergo a drastic change .we must act fast .

We need not follow the Pandorian way , but at least learn and implement the essential balance .We must realise that we can also connect and give back to Mother Nature.

The Pandorians were greatly appreciated by my friends and i can see the loathes in their eyes for Humans while watching the movie , then i realised , we have a new hope , today's generation will fight to save our Mother Nature and they will surely succeed.

hope atleast by an accident the World leaders watch this Movie and learn the much desired ethics and how to treat Mother Nature and our Gifts to Human Kind as time is Running out Fast .

James cameron really deserves all the accoladed and praises and the whole crew ..Hats off to them.3D effect was amazing , we feel as though we are physically present in Pandora.The actors and actress have acted brilliantly to bring the entire story in to Life , they were incredible .

I wont be surprised if Avatar Sweeps the Oscars .

We Didn't Start The Fire-For India

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Maoist , Communist , Marxist , Mns , Shiv Sena , Bjp , Congress
Dmk, Admk , TMC , DDMK ...This is a Headache..

Naxals, Separatists , Fundamentalist and Politicians ...

Communism , Castism , Corruption , Feudalism , Sectism , and 100's of Religion ...

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light the fire
But we tried to fight it

Teen Sex, Second in Aids , Raise in Abortion , Drug Abuse , Dowry Deaths , Moral Policing , Death of Morality .....

Price rise , Unemployment , Poverty , Farmer's suicide , Famine , Floods.....

Bad Roads , Power cuts ,Accidents , Bad Infrastructure .....

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light the fire
But we tried to fight it

Kashmir , Pakistan , Arunachal , Sikkim , Assam , China and Bangladesh ....

Cricket , Hockey , Chess, Tennis and Kabaddi ....

Isalamaphobia , Babri masjid .,blown away, what else do I have to say

Domestic Violence , Lack Of Humanity , I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...