SPECTACULAR TO SEE THEM

On the first day of this round of Davis Cup, when I came to know that India is down 2-0 against Brazil, I ignored the news that I would have to be disappointed again to see India loosing the match. But, as always, a ray of hope was there (which is there even when India needs 100 runs off the last over and Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel are in the middle).

Next day, as expected, Paes and Bhupati duo was successful in keeping India's hope alive with their win ,which was their 24Th consecutive win as a pair (a record for a doubles team in Davis Cup). This win kept India's hopes alive and even mine.

Now it was Somdev and Bopanna's turn to show that they can carry forward Indian tennis on their shoulders. First, it was Somdev who defeated with his talent and humidity of Chennai, the Brazilian. The last match of the round was going to be the most interesting and important as it was to cement a place for India in the world group for the very first time in the 89 years of the history of Davis Cup. Much to my delight, Bopanna seized his chance at glory and defeated the other Brazilian to complete a famous triumph. I, along with all the Indians, am proud to see Indian youngsters coming up in every sport.

I finish with a hope to see such glories more frequently and in every field.

Some LEARNINGS.......................

I have just returned attending the inauguration and the workshop for ESPIRE - The All India Level Business Plan Competition to be held in our college (LIBA) in association with TIE and EDI on 23rd of November. There were many great personalities present there like Mr. Laxmi Narayanan (Vice-Chairman and Ex-CEO of Cognizant), Swaminathan (Founder of the company called Startup2Scaleup) and an entrepreneur who passed out from IIM A many years back.

After joining the course here in LIBA, I have come across many such people who have succeeded in the endeavours of their life. Many top brass people of several companies have visited our campus in the past three months. I have found three common characteristics in all of them.

First and the most important of them being their simplicity, a very high degree of calmness in their attitude and behaviour towards other people (Obviously, it may seem like that just because they are not representing only themselves, but their organisation, family etc in front of several new faces). But, still they are different from others in their behaviour.

Second thing is their sense of humour. This may seem a bit absurd at first reading, but, this has been a common characteristics among all of them ( The reason may be that they need to talk for 2-3 hours and to keep the students awake they need to crack some jokes often). Their timing has always been excellent.

Although last, but very important is that almost all of them had faced failures on the way to their goal and had to come out of many difficult situations. They had to stand tall against the obstacles in their life. After many such unprecedented events, they come out to be successful.

Today I was very much impressed by Mr. Swaminathan of Startup2Scaleup and got to learn many things from him which I could implement in my life to achieve my goal.

DABANGG.....

I went for the movie with the perception that it will be better than Salman's last movie "Wanted”, as hinted by the promos and posters of Dabangg.
The start was good. Salman was awesome in his role. The actions were fantabulous. Sonakshi Sinha was good (keeping in mind that this was her first movie). I liked all the songs especially the title track, tere mast-2 do nain... and the item number. Salman deserves credit for his capability to dance on the Nain.. song, as it was not very easy (credit also goes to the choreographer). The tone of all the characters was mind-blowing especially..... Bhaiya ji.......ESSSSSShhhhhMILE and the one who got injured by the bullet of Chulbul Pandey in the beginning. Vinod Khanna continues to be doing justice to his role. Sonu Sood was also up to the mark.
But, as the story progresses a sense of incompleteness creped in. I think that the Director was in a real hurry to release the movie as soon as possible. I didn't like the acting of Dimple Kapadia which sometimes looked to be overacting. The fault here may be of the director who couldn't take out the best of her which we have seen in her earlier movies. Even some of the sequences of the movie were beyond our imagination. As in, why Chulbul Pandey had to go to his old house to get married? Why then Tinu Anand cancelled his daughter's marriage? He was not insulted by Chulbul. There were other instances as well.
Roles of Anupam Kher and Om Puri were not set according to their image and quality. Both of them are actors of great potential which should have been taken out of them.
Still, if we look at it as a whole, the movie is a complete entertainer. It is worth watching at least once (may be twice or thrice because of Salman and the accent of the other actors).

COMMON "WEALTH" GAMES

Last night I was reading in a newspaper about some of the "Achievements" of the members in the organising comittee for the CWG.How do they escape after commiting such open crimes? It is our right and duty to stand tall against such evils in our country, as the money they have devoured are ours. Until and unless accused are convicted, the spirit and the future of the games can't be safeguarded.
After that comes the incident, where many of the "Indian" athletes were tested positive for doping.
In a country like India which talks a lot about ethics, such immoral activities are a shame. When their coaches were asked about this, they replied that they didn't know that those drugs were banned. They mean to say that they take "Methyl Hexaaneamine" daily in their dose and don't know that they are banned for an ahelete. How innocent!!! Such players and coaches are also liable to be punished harshly to keep the sportsman spirit alive.

(NOTE:- Accused here implies a condition where charges against them have been proved)

People here and People there

We come to see a lot of people around us. No two are same. They have different external looks which is very difficult to change. But,( "BUT" is the most suspicious word) internally changes may be brought and in my opinion should be brought. Why people always think about themselves? I mean, they have the right to do so, but being a human they have the responsibility to think about others too.

This feeling of thinking about others used to be present among friends. But, now even friends tend to think about themselves before thinking about their close friends. I have never and perhaps will never like this kind of attitude on anyone's part. I am not talking about the ideal situation where everyone is ready to help others. That happiness which one tastes after helping others need to be cherished for long then only can one be unselfish.
A quote from the movie "BAAWARCHI"
"Apne liye to sabhi jeete hain, dusron k liye jine me jo khushi milti hai woh kisi aur chiz me nahi hai"
(Everyone lives for themselves, the happiness one gets living for others is unparallel)
I have seen some people who live for others and hope to see more such people in my life.....