Time Pass..!!

The things which sell in INDIA are Cricket, bollywood and to a certain extent politics in the same order(Ofcourse there r a few exceptions like Sania Mirza whom I don’t wanna touch). There is no point in thinking beyond these three to write a few words on this day of launchin of the masthmysore website.

Is there a lack of talented actors, technicians and Music directors in Mysore?

I am not an ardent follower of bollywood. But I know of people who follow it closely. Even they can’t come up with a name of a Mysorean bollywoodian. The only silver lining is Raghu Dixit. Raghu Dixit was not very happy with Mysoreans for making him wait for all these years to perform in a place where he belongs to. He made this statement during the Yuva dasara 2009. Mysoreans didn’t take the statement nicely, they refused to cheer him and dance to his tunes. Let’s not discuss the incident now. But what remains a fact is that there is no platform for talented Mysoreans to showcase their talent.

Kochi will have a IPL team from next season. Why couldn’t Mysore bid for it..?? Didn’t Mysore have money..?? There are many rich persons from mysore who could have formed an association and easily outbid Rendezvous Sports group. The problem is that we didn't have a galvanising force like Dr. Shashi Tharoor. Could Javagal Srinath have done a Tharoor act.? (Javagal Srinath, former Indian cricketer , hails from Mysore. He bowled above 150kmph in his prime touching 156kmph more than once)

No mysorean made it to the national level politics. Mysoreans are well educated, but still the turnout in the last assembly polls was 54%. Uneducated and under-educated people always vote(Reasons might be anything). It’s the so called educated who abstain from voting and then talk about the politics of our country. The educated are contributing towards the filthiness of our political system. The educated should take a leaf from the books of the uneducated and vote in numbers.

If one can’t make it big in any three of the things which sell, sit back and enjoy living in Mysore. But once in a while, voting doesn’t take away anything from the cosiness of living a life in one of the most beautiful cities of our country.

Don't be serious, be sincere..!!

A nice speech by the most loved Indian author CB...!!!

Chetan Bhagat says :

Don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nourishing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity.If we are lucky,we may last another 50 years.

It's OK, bunking a few classes,scoring low in a couple of papers,goofing up a few interviews,taking leave from work,falling in love,fighting a little with your spouse. We are people, not programed devices...:)

"Don't be serious, be sincere"

A to Z of INDIA...!!!

A – Ambassador... The quintessential Indian automobile...

B – Bollywood. It is the national obsession...

C – Cricket. Religion followed by almost ALL in INDIA....

D – Dogs. We've all been chased by one, atleast once in our life... Also the first abuse which comes out...

E – Eunuchs. The hijras are a peculiar phenomenon of the subcontinent...

F – Festivals. There are more festivals in a year than there are days...

G – Garibi. We have slums all over... Economically, we r a poor country...:(

H – Hanuman. Bachelor God, who united Ram n Sita..!!!

I – India. We love our country,in a strange way...

J – Jugaad. Vehicles used in small villages...

K – Khichdi. A popular Indian dish and occasionally concoction of everything...

L – Laddoo n Laloo. The favorite sweet n a favorite son of BIHAR...!!!

M – Marriage. No other thing is bigger in India than this... Its a big deal here..!!!

N – News. From neighborhood gossip to newspapers and news channels.

O – Offices with tea sipping,lazy,arrogant babus...

P – Pakistan,the enemy for all seasons and few reasons...

Q – Queues. They are everywhere from temples to banks .

R – Rickshaws. They can move even even bicycles can't go...!!

S – Sachin Tendulkar. God of Indian cricket... First man to score a double hundred in a ODI...!!!

T – Tea.Chai is India’s favorite beverage...

U – Unknown. Unknown calls n msgs r common in INDIA...

V – Village. The real INDIA.. Do u remember reading " INDIA is the land of villages"..??

W – Why,When,Who,What ? The gossiping and inquisitive Indians...

X – Add XX and you have a taboo... Prefix SE and you have crossed the line...

Y – Yoga. Cures many incurable things...

Z – Zero. We invented it...

A very old interview: Harsha Bhogle Interviewing Navjot Singh Siddhu on his life and times..!!

HB : Sherry, let us start from the beginning. Tell us about your early life.
NS : I was born in patiala on 29th October in1969. My earliest memories are of my father telling me ''Son, never be a Xerox''. So I always believe in being original. I speak English like a native, a native Indian villager. My father was a lawyer by profession, who used to gobble his rivals like sausages with his smart phrases. I used to watch him at court cross-examine witnesses and learnt the fine art of commentary from him. All I do, is translate those phrases and proverbs from Hindi to English..

HB : You made your debut in 1983 against the Windies, but made it big-time only four years later..
NS : My big break came in 1987 world cup, when I bamboozled and mesmerized all opposition, scoring four half-centuries in five innings..

HB : Just when you were all set for bigger things, you got involved in a police case..
NS : Yes, it was the most unfortunate incident of my life. Punjab police booked me and my close friend for culpable homicide. I was accused of killing one Gurmit Singh. I am telling you I was innocent, as innocent as a freshly laid egg..

HB : But you did beat up that guy...?
NS : But then I am a Sikh, a born fighter, someone who will fight with a rattlesnake and give him the first two bites. Believe me, that guy was asking for it. How can you kill anyone who is hell-bent on committing suicide..?

HB : Do you regret that incident..?
NS : Oh, yes Harsha I do, If only on that fateful day I had been able to check my emotions, which flew like the fare in Indian Taxi - but ifs and buts were pots and pans, there would be no tinkers After that my cricket career went in downward spiral. I became like kumbhakarna - six months in the team, then for another six months resting behind bars. My fortunes were swinging like a rubber ball in a tidal wave. Earlier I was traveling on a German autobahn, but now I was on an Indian road. For about five years I was in and out of the Indian cricket team, and my performance became as erratic as electricity supply in most Indian cities..

HB : After Sunny's retirement, you had several opening partners. Tell us about your experiences with them.
NS : Yes, there were several. There was Srikanth,completely unorthodox. The gap between his bat and pad used to be so much that I would have driven a car through it...and our fellow commentator Ravi,who was his exact opposite, very slow like Indian Three-wheeler which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30...

HB : What would you regard as the high point of your career.. ?
NS : When the Australians toured India with Shane Warne. Along with Sachin, I took Warne apart like a child tearing up the wrapping paper from his birthday present! I made mincemeat of the mighty Aussies and ate them with Tomato sauce. I was on rampage, just like an Indian elephant I trampled them like the elephant tramples the paddy fields.

HB : What is your opinion of current Indian team..?
NS : Indian team's performance is like current hindi movies, too many flops and too few hits. It is too dependent on Sachin, Dravid, Srinath and Harbajan. Indian team without these four is like CHICKEN BIRYANI without Chicken,Rice,Muttor, Biryani-Masala. It's an empty plate. you can not eat it nor throw it away.Our cricketers are very volatile like the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). You never know how they perform on a given day. They are like bicycles in a cycle stand - one falls down and the complete row will be down !

HB : ... and skipper Saurav ?
NS : Saurav Ganguly is too open-minded. If you leave a soda bottle open, the gas will vanish! You have to close it times. As a captain he sets a bad example for his team by his poor fielding. He moves so slowly on the field like jack of jack n jill who goes to fetch pail of runs for the opposition

HB : Sherry, you have made a dramatic comeback as a commentator. But don't you feel embarrassed by the constant ridicule heaped on you for your flowery style of commentary?
NS : You can take the tiger out of the jungle, but u can't take the jungle out of the tiger. Why should I be embarrassed about it? In fact, at present there are only two super stars in Indian cricket - the two S's -Sachin & Sidhu. Let me tell you a secret. Star sports-ESPN need me, as they can no longer rely on the performances of Indian cricket team. After Sachin gets out, they need someone to keep the viewers entertained. That is why they are now bringing that Bakra-guy Cyrus to commentate. I am telling you Harsha, your job is in danger, not mine. Soon the focus will be less on the game, more on us. It is going to become Sidhu-Cyrus show. The world is all about mind and matter, I don't mind and you don't matter..

India finish the year as the number 1 test side...!!!

Team India finishes this year as the top ranked test side in the world...!!! Of-course, I am referring to CRICKET...!! Cricket is a religion followed in INDIA...!!

After going down to RSA in the first test by an innings, they(we) came back strongly to win by an innings in the second test..!!

Congrats Team India...!!!